Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Southern California-Arizona-Southern Nevada- Southern California-Arizona-Southern Nevada- Southern California-Arlzon : Western hotline reputation for being the roughest race in the state, and th is year was no .exception. Amorin scores Hawaiinumber one MX Pla'te By Jon KAVAI , HAWAII David Amorin, already carrying the number one p late for th e island of Kauai,,proved he deserves his num ber by di sap- Brian Myerscough took a pair of wins in SSM 125cc Expert action. Levinthol fin ish ed 1-2-3, and only Ri ck y Garcia and Keoki Rapozo finish ed within an hour aft er th e top three. The trails got progressively worse, By J on and cutoff times at th e gas checks KAVAI , HI, SEPT. 5 were enforced to keep riders from Pat Quel has laid out a lot of spending the night on the trail. If riders didn't pass the second gas check trail for Hare 'n Hounds over by 12:30, they weren't permitted to the years, and at the Friday . continue. The Garden Island Motornight riders meeting in Kapaa cycle Club, promoters of the race , had for this year's 28th annual race, he a walkie-talkie checkpoint after check told the riders this wou ld be his last. 18. When Amori n, Gouveia and Lev"I want you gu ys to remember me," inthol had already finished the race he told them "when you're riding with all 30 checks, on ly four o ther this -trail, remember my name." Well, riders had even passed checkpoint 18 a lot of riders couldn' t finish the race - Garcia, Ra pozo, Silverio Pegeder because it was so tough, and they Jr. and Ricky Ochoco. Those four remem bered Pa tri ck Quel when they riders finished fourth through sevwere dying in the woods. enth overall. . Eighty-four riders started the race, All in all, 22 riders managed to racing down the beach across from cross the finish line completing the Kealia store. David Amorin streaked whole course - and three-fourths of off to an early lead, closely followed the entrants dropped out. by Nicky Levinthol. Pa t Gouveia The trophies for the Hare 'n Hound worked his way through traffic and are huge and well deserved. The caught Nicky by the halfway point, overall winner, David Amorin, when two minutes behind Amorin. The asked about the difficulty of the course rest of the riders were finding the replied, "It was perfect. I only had to hills un makable, and that the downpush up one hill , and that was right hills required crashing just to make it at the end. The lauhala and mud to the bottom. packed up the wheels so badly you The trail covered mostly guava had to gas it on the off-cam ber downforest, with slick off-cambers the rule. hills to keep the rear wheel from lockAfter a few bi kes used up what little ing up and sliding off the edge. " traction there was, the rest of the pack Nicky Levi nthol said of the lauhala fought the slick mud foot-by-foot. mud, " Yo u grab a guava stick and Occasional stream crossing broke the clean off the rear wheel for traction, off-camber mono tony, and the hill then one hill later you grab another before the second gas check deteriostick and clean it off all over again ." rated to requiring a six man team Everyone agreed it was a rough year, with ro pe to p ush and drag the bi kes and that they'll be back next year to to - the -rops-Am orin - Gouveia - and. c , do it all.over.again. .The. H&H.has..a _ ~ 28th Annual Kauai Hare 'n Hound 26 pearing from the other 250cc Experts in the annual Inter-Island H awaii State Championship race. David went wire to wire in both motos, riding for Two Wheels and Amsoil, to capture the Championship for this year, turning consistent 3:09 lap s on the long and tricky co urse. H ag i Alexander of Oahu was the only non-Kauai based rider to grab gold; He easily won both motos of the 125cc Ex pert class on his Yamaha of Hawaii 125. H agi turned 3:18s, but the three-way battle for second had the crowd on their feet. Bill y Carvahlo swapped second with jojo Cas pillo throughout the first moto as Bert Vyeda worked his way up to fourth. Second moto saw Bert getting by Billy early, but he couldn't get around jojo, even by showing him a front wheel in every corner. jojo took second overall on his Honda, Billy third (Yam) and Bert fourth (Yam). Rumors abounded about a ringer in the Open Expert class. An ex-Pro from the mainland, Doug Boyd who now lives in Kona, was riding a borrowed CR480 to take on Oahu's number one, Stu Whittingham. Coming over the hill after the long, uphill start, it was Boyd with a big holeshot and running away from Stu and the rest of the pack. Half a lap later, Boyd slid out on a tricky offcamber section of the natural, mountain track, allowing Stu to set up a 15-second lead. Stu was turning consistent 3:15s, and Boyd remounted and charged. Reeling in Stu in three laps, Boyd established himself as a power-house. Stu had been undefeated in MX action this year and cruised home a rare second. Stu had twisted his knee during the hot-paced .firs t m oto and lined up in pain for the second. St u grabbed the second holeshot wi th Boyd glued to h is silencer. Lap af ter lap , on every corner, Stu was having to close th e door to keep Boyd beh ind. Two corners before the whi te fla g, Boyd torpedoed Stu in a slow r off-camber. Stu wa s up first and Boyd u n loa ded in a 40 mph face sli de trying to catch h im on the last lap. O verall it was Stu wi!1.!!i.ng on the. tiebreaker. Boyd, of his torpedo move said, " Sure, I did it on purpose. I' d tried everythi ng else and fig u red my only chance would be to crash him and beat h im to the checkered." Boyd elated at clocking some la ps faster then H a wa ii 's new number one, Amorin, sai d he'll ho ld a few m o to cross sch ools before returning to Austra lia, or maybe So u th Africa, to race. He sai d of Arno ri n, "He's got this track wired. If Amorin raced me at Carlsbad, I'd bea t h im by half a la p." If it wo rks o u t, Amorin will race in California next year - 'then Cal ifornia can see what's been cookin' in Hawaii besides pinea p p les! Results ~ MINI 60A: 1, J esse Olanolan (Yam); 2. Conrad Inanod·(Yaml; .3. C8rrie.Maka (Yam). _ _ • . MINI 60 B: 1. Branda Wattson (Suz); 2. Kanoa Huddy (Suz); 3. Jason Al ejo (Suz). MINI 80 AM : 1. Craig A rzadon (Suz); 2. Charli e Lin dsey (Han); 3. Kevin Boyd (Yam). MINI 80 EX: 1. Terrence Huddy (Yam); 2. Blayne Soma (Yam); 3. Jason Alfiler (Yam). 125 AM : 1. Brian Barrett o (Yam); 2. 8 rian Arzadon (Suz); 3. Joseph Gin o (Yam). 200 AM : 1. Brian Higa (Yam); 2. Ronald Barretto (Suz); 3. Carl Lym an (Yam). 250 A M : 1. Ed Cummings (Yam); 2. W all ace Lee (Yam); 3. Wayne Souza (Yam). OPEN A M : 1. Raynard M achado (Han); 2. Michael Saun t er (Han); 3. Jim Peacock (Yam). 125 EX: 1. Hagi A lexander (Yam); 2. JoJo Caspillo (Han); 3. Bill y Carva lho. J r. (Yam). 200 EX: 1. Paul Daly (Yam); 2. Roy Higa (Yam); 3. Bob Kutz (Han). 250 EX: 1. David A mor in (Han); 2. J on Bratten (Han); 3. M att Lym an (M ai). OPEN EX: 1. Stu W hitt ing ha m (Hus); 2. Doug Boyd (Han); 3. Rick Romas (Yam). Hardick headlines Summer Sizzler By Terry Whytal ORANG E, CA, SEPT. II ' Su zu k i support rider Clin't Hardick powered to th e 250cc Pro class win at the first Cycle World Accessory Center sponsored Saddleback Sum mer Sizzler. A strong field of local amateur riders turned out to compete for the $2,000 in gift certificates do na ted by the Cycle World accessories people, but the hottest action o f the day was in the Pro races as many National riders entered the race . The toughest competition for even tual 250cc Pro winner Hardick came from two Honda riders, Jim Tarrantino and Kenny Keylon. Tarantino mastered the first moto with his usual style, smooth and fast. Hardick kept the pressure on Tarantino to finish second while Keylon battled his way up to third. Tarantino, Keylon and Hardick again headed the field as the second moto reached the cruising stage. Surprisingly, both Honda riders then dropped from the race with mechanical problems and Hardick motored home the winner with a huge lead on the second place finisher, Yamahamounted Scott Manning, Manning went home with the runner-up share of the purse money wi th Honda rider jim Brodie p icking up third and Vince McMahon wicked his Yamaha in for fourth pl ace overall. H onda factory rider Steve Mart in topped the O pen Pro cla ss after a tough battle with Honda p rivateer Steve Rh yan and Su zuki-moun ted Robert Reisinger. R h yan went home with the second place share of the purse money with Reisinger tak in g th ird and Ma ico rid er Da le Lewis p icked u p fourth in h is first race after ha ving kn ee surgery. Br ia n Myerscoug h p iloted h is Honda to come-from-behind-wins in bo th 125cc Pro motos despite tough competition fro m second p lace finisher, Yamaha rider Ron Le chien. Kawasaki rider Todd Campbell p ick' ed up th ird overa ll. Suzuk i rider Alan Ol son dominated the Vet Expe rt action by winning bo th motos. H onda rider Dan Moore battled for the n u m ber two slo t with Maico-mounted j im Beltinck. Moore ' got the nod at the chec kers for second overall followed by Beltinck and Suzuki rider Jody Wei sel. Ma rino . Bas tio nell rounded ou t th e top five. Results OPEN PRO: 1. Steve M art in (Han); 2. Steve Rhyan (Han); 3. Robert Reisinger (Suz). 250 PRO: 1. Clint Hardick (Suz); 2. Scott Ma nning (Yam); 3. J im Brod ie (Han). 125 PRO: 1. Br ian Myerscough (Han); 2. Ron Lechien (Yam); 3. Todd Campbell (Kaw ). OPEN INT: 1. George Wagner (Yam); 2. Paul Huffman (Han); 3. Gary Martin (Han ). 250 INT: 1. Ian Fitzgi bbon (Suz); 2. Kje ll Brudevoid (Yam); 3. Rick Fiu re (Han). I

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