Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

ern Nevada- Southern Califo r n i a -A r izo n a -S o u t h e r n Nevada- Southern Californ ia-Arizona-Southern Nevada-Southern Call OPEN EX: 1. M ike Kirby (Tri); 2. J oh n Barricklo w (Yam). 250 MONEY : 1. M ike Kirby (Yam); 2. Roger Thompson (Kaw ); 3. Greg Nelson (Yam). OPEN MONEY : 1. Pete Hames (Tri); 2. Jeff Johnson (Tri); 3 . John Burnett (Yam). the interference to repass Peterson and then caugh t H einrich on th e last lap to finish seco nd. In the second rnoto, Meeks took the holeshot and was gone. Marcell and Cates battled it o ut for second with the nod going 1O Cates. Bo th Peterson and Heinrich didn ' t start the second moto due to mechanical problems. _ The first rnoto of 250cc Pro produced the closest finish since th e special Pro section of the track wa s put in earlier this season. Jim Brodie took the holeshot on his Tammracin g H o nda with Peterso n close behind. The Ya maha-su p po rt rider took the lead on the second lap. and Brodie la id back, bu t stayed close to the leader. On the final la p , Brodie began to close in on Peterso n and tried to set u p a pass just before the Pro section. Peterso n quickly cut off his line. Brodie then moved to the outside to try to fin d an opening. In the whoops. the two were close. Bro die let hi s H onda fly over the third one and was dead even wit h Peterson going into the last do ubles. In midair, the two bumped and Bro die went down with Peterson s taying up to the checkered fla g. By the ti me Bro die was up and across the line. he was in fourth behind Andy Gu th and Brya n Maloney. In the second moto, a red flag ha d to be thrown when Guth and Danny Bartholomew tangled on the second lap. On the res tart . Brod ie again took the holeshot wit h Peterso n and Matt Tedder second and th ird. Peterson was content to fin ish second and Meeks, Peterson, Cavness grab OelRcash By Steve Crosby IRV IN E. CA. AUG . 26 The pits were jammed and the grandstand s were st u ffed a s Orange Cou nty Intern ationa l Raceway enjoyed its bu sies t ni g h t of th e summer ton ig ht, The la rge turn o ut led to large Pro classes, a nd. with th e increased payo ut, that led to a hef ty p ayda y for th e P ro victors. In th e I25cc class, Tracy Mee ks re tu rned to the County a nd swept ' bo th motos. T odd Peterson ba tt led it o ut with Jim Brod ie in the 250cc class with Peterson taki ng the overa ll . And in th e largest Open Pro class ever a t OCIR (14 rider s), Scott Cavness use d a 1-2 finish to stuff his wa llet. In 125cc Pro action. Taylor Marcell took th e first moto holeshot on his PJ- IIYama ha-spo nso red entry. Kawasak i rid er Tracy Meeks was close beh ind a nd took th e lead on the seco nd lap. Chris H einrich was third with Dean Cates fourth . By the fourth lap. T odd Peterso n . who started last whe n his bik e went into neutral when the ga te dropped. had moved to fou rt h. A lap later Marcell crashed . p u tting himself far beh ind . Dean Cates used FullyadJustab' Pro-Lever sus- .. pension with Fox Facto ry Twin Clicker single shock_ lve speeCl' transmission. \f- ~,,/h9}; ,:,. .:@ ;:' ~;, For . • ormation. write ... _ rica. Inc. 1900 Broadway, Lorain, 0 44052 or KTM AIMrlca. tne; Weatern'Sa/liS .Off lce,_ 65-1 Hamilton. Novato. California 94H7 or _ yaul'" ",atWt KTM dealll r. i.h. '-<"'-,,~+:t: Tony Gomez m oved up to third. halfwa y through th e ra ce. Overall, it was Peterson 's 1-2 for the win. Jim Brodie had a 4-1 with Dean Cates' 5-4 good eno ug h for thi rd. Result s 60 BEG: 1. Brandon Sper ling (Yam); 2. Chad Ponegalek (Suz); 3. Chr is Long (Yam). 60 NOV: 1. Bobby Yorba (Yam); 2. Moose Wine (Yam); 3 . Jacob Swa in (Yam). 601NT: 1. Jason Collier (Yam); 2. Eric Unenberg (Yam). MIN I BEG DIV 1: 1. Steve Jarrett (Yam); 2. Chris Henry (Kaw); 3. Jeff Long (Yam). _ M INI BEG DIV 2: 1. Murray Shackelford (Kaw ); 2. J im Randel (Yam); 3. Steve Kendall (Suz). MIN I BEG DIV 3 : 1. Chr is McCoy (YamI; 2. M ike Sandoval (Suz); 3 . Craig M iller (Suz). : MIN I BEG DIV 4 : 1. David Dickenson (Kaw l; 2. Tom Allen (Yam); 3. Todd Kobetsky (Yam). MINI NOV: 1. Chad Smart (Suz); 2. Chr is Broders (Kaw); 3. Joey Mendoza (Kaw l. MIN I INT: 1. Jeff Matiasevich (Kaw); 2. Ronnie Tichenor (Yam); 3 . Keith Morabito (Yaml. MIN I EX: 1. Paul Den is (Kaw); 2. Nike Healey (Hon l. MINI PRO: 1. Dave Miller (Yam); 2. Rich Collins (Hon); 3. Scott Atk ins (yam ). 100: 1. Mark Browne (Yam). 125 BEG DIV 1: 1. Erich Fertschneider (Yam); 2. Henry Stapleton (Kaw); 3. Fern ando Torrez (Kaw). 125 BEG DIV 2: 1. Cary Lambeth (Suz); 2. M ike Webber (Kaw); 3. Todd Roberson (Suz). Pritchard takes SeTA Watermelon Trial By Clutcher Cruickshank VALENCIA, CA, AUG. 22 Indian Dunes, the sight of the January Joe Ige Cup Trial, was the setting today for a very hot and humid Southern California Trials Association Annual Watermelon Trial. The loop was laid out along the Santa Clara River, up into the h ills and back down through the river that saw many riders swimming, instead of walking, their sections. . A lot of imagination went into the 10 sections. considering the very little they have to work with at the Dunes. Sections five and six were the most talked about after the event: Section five had the riders cross a three foot gully to make a quick right, then straight up a hill , around an old oak tree, 180 degrees down (avoiding another tree) , then a right camber turn to the exit. If the riders man aged to ride this section without encountering these trees , they were doing okay. This section saw many crashes. Ro n Stevens '(Fa n ) again showed us how to take a fall , a repeat of his two-day Big Bear log trick! Many riders found it hard going with no traction in the deep, dead leaves. Section six was also tricky. The Experts rode up a six foot wide rain rut. that was full of small boulders, to a hairpin turn at the top and a straight ride down to the exit. The Amateur and Novice section went halfway up the hill just to sen d them . - off a ledge . across the rut and down to the exit. This really tested the ri ders on their floating turns, which seemed to be the best way to ride it . With the absence of Dwayne Walters (Ital ), Matt Pritchard (SWM) rode an impressive 14 point event to top the Expert class before leaving for the East Coast Nationals. In the Amateur class, the favorite to win was G reg Papazian (SWM), but at the end it

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