Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

South e rn California-Arizona-Southern Nevada- Southern Californi a- Ari zo na-So u t h e r n Nevada- Southern California-Ariz. Weste rn hotline Bob "Popoff" Led esma shows the f iner points of Indian Dunes c ras h ing. 80 MOD NOV : 1. Tony Mercier (Suz); 2. Scon Sutton (Suz); 3. Danny Lamb (Suzl . 80 STK INT: 1. Kurt Damato (Kaw): 2. Chris Bur gess (S u z], 80 STK EX: 1. Kyle Lewis (Kaw) . 80 MOD INT: 1. Chris Burgess (Suz); 2. Bria n Hah n (Yam ); 3. Doug Fisher (Kaw) . Tarantino survives LaborDayGP By Kit Palmer COR O NA, CA, SEPT. 6 By far th e most grueling G rand Prix event Corona Raceway holds is the Labor Day G P. This year's Labor Da y G P should have been named "The survival of the fittest ," because it takes place in the middle of the summer, amidst 100-plus temperatures. This year's fittest rider was Honda 's Jim Tarantino. Not only did Tarantino capture rhe win in the 250cc Pro class, he al so topped the fiel d, finishing first overall. Whe n the flag dropped for the start of the straddle-th e-fro nt- wheel-deadengine start , it was Dales Modern Cycle's Sco tt Manning (Ya m) who led the field into the first tu rn. However, by th e end of the firs t lap it wa s J ua n Benevid ez (Yam) wh o had comman d. Recuperating from so-so starts were Taran tino and Goat Breker (Kaw). T he two pla yed follow -th e-leader th ro ugh the pack until they fou nd themselves in th ird and fou rth behind Ma n n ing. Ma nning , sufferin g from a rea r-bra keless Yamaha, was easy prey for Tarantino and Breker. Tarantino and Breker were still quite a distance behind th e leader, so the two had their work cut out for them if th ey wa nted an y chance of ov ertakin g Benevidez, wh o was putting in a fa ntastic ride. Benevidez's luck went sour wh en his Yamah a came to an u ntimely halt. Taran tin o, Breke r and Ma n ni n g cruised by the hap less rider while engaged in a dog-figh t for the lead. . The battle was one of the bes t in Co ro na GP history; they neve r spread more than a bikeleng th apart. Whe n the three h eaded for the ch eckered flag, after nea rl y 50 miles of racing, only four seconds separated th em . T ara ntino took the win wit h on ly inc hes to sp a re over Breker wh ile th e ha ndica p ped Manning too k a close th ird. Fourth went to Dean Cates (H on ) while Vince McMah on settled for fifth . In the 500cc Pro class, Tim Locey (Yam) had to fend off Suzu ki-mou nted, Team Mo ntoya's Ro bert Reisi nger before he co u ld claim the hardfought victory . The two leaders battled closely throughout th e race while hearing the th undering knobby steps of Greg Zitterkopf (Yam) in third. Zitterkopf ha d la bo red his way through the pack after a slow start to eventually capture third. Matt Tedder (Yam) reeled in fourth while Bret Wallings rounded out the top five. In the 125cc Pro class, Chris Lance (Kaw) emerged on top after tangling with Steve Wiseman and Steve Cardillo. All three put on quite an exciting show, throughout the moto, with second goingto Wiseman while Cardillo and Tim Foster settled for third and fourth . Cannon shoots to DeAnza MX victory By Kit Palmer SUNNYMEAD, CA, SEPT. II Yamaha-mounte d Kirk Cannon used a flawless I-I ta lly 'to secure the win in the 250cc Beg inner class today at DeAn za Cycle Park, edgin g out second place finis her Mickey Brannan (Hon). Sco tt R issm an (Ya m) roosted to the fron t of th e pack at th e start o f moto o ne while heavil y pursued by Branna n, Cannon, Eddie Moseley (Suz) and J im Cart er (Yam ). By th e second lap, Cannon had already shot do wn Brannan for second in h is assa u lt for th e lead . R issman extended his lead with each turn , but dro pped out on ly three la ps from the en d. T his gave Cannon a clear shot at the wi n. Brannon held on for second while Carter labored h is way into third. In the seco n d rn oto it was Bra n na n who h ad co ntrol of th e lead by the end o f la p o ne, follo wed by Rissma n, Do ug O ssa n na (Suz), Cannon and Ca rte r. Brann an held on to hi s lead for two laps unti l Ri ssm an fou nd a flaw in his defense, as did Can non a la p later. Cannon put p ressu re on th e leader, and Rissman folded on the final la p ha n ding Cannon the victory. Third went to Bra nnan , just ahead of Carter. Results PEE WEE: 1. David Ochoa (Yam); 2. Lee Ford (Yam); 3. Ton y Espinoza (Yam). PEE WEE: 1. Ryan Doly (Yam); 2. Mike Metzger (yam); 3 . Judd Scanlan (Yam). M ickey Bra nnon took second ove ra ll in DeAnza's 250cc Beg inners. 250 INT: 1. Ron Lawson (Suz); 2. Larry Dimm it (Suz); 3. John Sarra il (Suz). 250 PRO: 1. David Hamivond (Kaw); 2. Jon Friesen (Suz). OPEN INT: 1. Reyna rd Rice (Yam ); 2. Pete Vetrano (Hon). VET JR: 1. Richard Bealer (Yam); 2. Howard Keeling; 3. D.J. Kokos {Husl. VET INT: 1. Lar ry Lowen (Suz]: 2 . Kevin Putnam (M ai). VET SR: 1. W ill iam Cli ne (Suz); 2. Ed Michetti (Suz). JR CYCLE: 1. M ike Metzger (Yaml; 2. Judd Scan lan (Yam). M INI BEG: 1. Frank Sm ith (Yam); 2. M itch Eber (Kaw ); 3. John Scarberry (Yaml. 125 BEG: 1. Ken Colem an (Suz); 2. Joe Wolf (Kaw); 3. M arlon A ran a (Hon). 125 NOV: 1. M ike Magallanes (Suz); 2. Ray Arne y (Yam); 3. Larry Bened ict (Yam). 125 INT: 1. J im Pear son (Su z); 2. Bruce Harcrow (Suz). 250 BEG: 1. Kirk Cannon (Yam); 2. M ickey Bran nan (Hon); 3. Ji m Carte r (Yam). 250 NOV : 1. J oh n Dim m it (Su z); 2. Mark Mo nt gomery (Yam); 3. Don Cole (Su z). Stix: Grand eludetion at Dunes By Tom Corley VALENCIA, CA, SEPT. 10 Indian Dunes nighttime racers were presented with their first chance to qualify for the Cal ifornia Racing Club's Ama teu r Supercross to be held at San Diego 's . Jack Murphy Stadium on Sunday, Nov. 7. There will be one more Friday night CRC l\(lotocross at the Dunes, on Sept. 24, and that happens to be another qualifi er. The CRC is gi ving ever yone pl enty of chances to qualify with 21 qualifying events in a ll. Throughout th e season, Gu y Arnone (H on) a n d G ary Sailors (Su z) have been trading victories in th e 125cc No vice class. Tonight Sailors was absent froin the line-up and Arnone was red hot, but not enough to take th e overall win . West Manufacturing's Andy Stix usually p laces in th e top five, but tonight h e downed Arnone to tak e th e fir st place trophy . Arnone was aft er Stix in both motos, but didn 't have th e luck and took a couple of falls . The final moto sa w severa l of th e top riders go do wn in a chain reaction. Stix was out fro n t and was pursu ed by Arnone, who slid out on the score tower corner. Jon Ba rr ick was in third and within a few seconds o f Arnone's fall Barrick went down also. Then, on th e first score tow er whoop, yet anoth er rider tasted th e soil. About th e onl y rider who didn 't tak e a spill was Bob " Popoff " Ledesma who is well kn own for crash ing off of the whoops. O verall it was Stix, Arnone, Gauthier, Rowland a nd Barrick. All five of th ese riders took home a trophy a n d th ey qualified as well. Bobby Kline was n't around to rival th e pack of 125cc P ro riders. The cla ss was still won by a H onda rider, Mark Moscrop of An swer Products . Moscrop had two clear victories whil e Bru ce Delgado , the rookie in th is class, h eld off R uss Wagema n for the most part. Delgado ca ptured th e second place posi tion in the first rno to , but Wageman made a fan tastic p ass to take the runner-up place in the fin al event. These two riders were very close wh en th ey came to th e corner af ter th e series of whoops. Wageman veered his front wheel to the inside lin e while Delgado went to the berm , a nd Wageman executed the pass by the nex t corner. Overall for the n ig ht it was Moscrop, Delga do with a 2-3, Wageman with a 4-2 and Cendro ta kin g a 3-4. Da rryl Werner is vis iti n g from South Africa and he is qui te a compe titive Pro. H e was battling Ro n Turner at Ascot on a Honda 125, bu t now Werner is without a bik e beca use someone stole it. Tonight he borrowed . a mach in e and raced for third place in the 250cc P ro class behind winner Mark Amendola and Jeff Jones. Results 100 BEG: 1. Doug Fisher (Yam). 100 NOV: 1. Raymo nd Bryson (S uz], 125 BEG: 1. Paul Thompson (Hon); 2. Ric Reynerts on (Yam); 3. Tony Mercier (Suz). 125 NOV : 1. A ndy Stix (Yam); 2. Guy A rn one (Hon); 3. Ken Gaut hier (Hon ). 125 PRO: 1. Ma rk Moscrop (Hon ); 2. Bruce Del gado (Su z); 3. Russ W ageman. 250 BEG: 1. Duke Rennie (Hon); 2. Todd An ders (Yam); 3. Roger Spencer (Hon) . 250 NOV: 1. Ma rt y Desbrow (Hon); 2. J im Neubau er (Suz); 3. Richard Lloyd (Suz). 250 INT: 1. Rob Pet rin (S uz]: 2. J ame s Bennett (Su z). 250 PRO: 1. M ark Amendola (Yam); 2. Jeff Jones (Yam); 3. Darryl Werner. 500 BEG: 1. Ed Tashjian (Suz); 2. Scon Welcher (Yam); 3 . John Lu nsf ord (Hon). 500 NOV: 1. Mark Heller (Hon); 2. J eff Otten (Hon ); 3 . Calv in Bakis (Hon) . 500 PRO: 1. Jim Holley (Yam); 2. Adam Ford (Hon). VET J R: 1. J erry Thayer (Yam); 2. Steve Dietaich (Suz). VET INT: 1. Robert Fort ier (Suz); 2. Art Seibert (Hon); 3. Gary Eores (Suz). "

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