Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

.eW;;;;;;ri;;ii;;;vadae · Southern California-Arizona-Southern Nevada-Southern California-Ariz, . . VET J R: 1. M ike Boa l (Yam ); 2. Harry Steve ns (Hon); 3. Ken Wa rre n (Hon). VET INT: 1. Jay Ward (Suz); 2. J ames Richardson (Hon); 3. l arry Lowen (Su z). • - . VET SR: 1. Dav id Wilson (Suz); 2. W i llia m Cline (Su z); 3. Chu ck M inert (Hon). VET NOV : 1. Kurt Sofka (Suz); 2. Ter ry Prall (Yam); 3. Bill Ot sen (Hon). M INI EX: 1. larry Brooks (Suz); 2 . W ill iam Sur ratt (Kaw); 3 . John Conn ey (Suz ). M INI BEG: 1. Ste ve Kend ahl (Suz); 2. J im Reil ey (Yam); 3 . Garth Tar low (Yam). Bowman, Benavidez, Tarantino, Holland . Torgerson, larson top ,SSS ro.und two winAME Sprockets By Terry Whytal O RANGE, CA, SEPT. 18 Yamaha rider Juan Ben avidez managed to overcome some very tough competition en ro ute to topping the O p en P ro class at There w as tight racing at DeAnza in the 12 5 cc class. in a smooth move near the end of lap seven, Tripes shot a ro u n d Jefferson for the lead and th e eventual win , as he held off Andy's charge, again and again, right to th e end . Carlson fin ished third. While this was going on, Randy Yetto led the 125s until a nasty spill .cost him the lead. Opportunistic Pat Hubbs then took the lead and never relinquished it. Randy worked his way back to second and Tim Lunde took third. In the second 11'\0 to , Hubbs again took the lead from Yetto on lap four. This time without the spill. Mark Den nin g rever sed finishes wi th Lunde to take third for the moto and the day. Tripes repeated his 250cc pe rformance in the O p en race as Jefferson's machine coughed and sp u ttered for the firs t few laps of moto one befo re , giving up the ghost. Mi ke's competition th erea ft er , though not as thrilling as the 250cc contest, wa s supplied by Da le Anderson (2-2) and Da ve Eropkin (4-3), with David G erig (3-4) rig h t in the thick of things. Resu lts \ OPEN PRO: 1. M ike Tr ipes (Hus); 2. Dale And er son (Hon); 3. Dave Eropk in (Suz). 250 PRO; 1. M ike Tri pes( Hus); 2. A nd y J efferson (Suz); 3. W oody Carlson (Yam) . 125 PRO; 1. Pat Hubbs (Suz); 2.· Randy Yett o (Yam); 3. Mark Denni ng (Suz). - OPEN J R; 1. No. 786 (M ai). 2 50 INT: 1. Tony Pullian (Yam); 2. Sam Groce (Suz); 3. Charlie Mazze i (Yam). 250 JR : 1. Doug Bearden (Yam); 2. St eve Cun. ni ngh am (Yam); 3 . Jerry Boot h (Hon). 12 5 INT: 1. J ohnny Ray (Suz]: 2. J ake Roach (Su z). . 125 JR : 1. Gonza lo Estr ada (Suz); 2. Bob Bearde n (Kaw); 3. J ohnny Webb (Suz). M INI: 1. Kenneth Tate (Yam); 2. Tr avi s Jefferson (Suz); 3. Grego ry Tate (Yam). Delameter, Gorton duke at DeAnza By Kit Palm er SU N NYMEA D, CA, SE PT. 19 A la rge number of ri ders came out to do battle today at DeAn za Cycle Park under almost perfect wea the r conditions. Low 30 tem pe ra tu res kept the traction up while keep ing th e dust down. Some of th e da y's lightest racing action took place in the 125cc Novice class when Rincon Kawasaki 's Lance Gorton (Ka w) jammed into the lead at th e start of moto one, while being pursued by Jason Newman (Yam ), James Tonery (Suz ) and Pat Vernola (Suz). Within a few laps, Gorton managed to build a sizable lead, but near the rear of the pack was Scott Def.ameterrYam ). He began picking his wa y through the pack. With only two laps remaining, DeLameter had control of second, but Gorton had enough of a cus hion for the win. Dek a meter took seco nd followed by Neuman, Vernola and J oh n Tarranl (Suz) . In the seco nd m o to it was DeLame-, ter who had control of the lead while Gorton trailed a d istant seco nd. Gorton decided to ho ld the throttle wide open to catch the leader. And he did. The two bo unced off ber ms and each other throughout the moto, while Gorton searched for a way in to the lead. O n the last lap, the two were neck-'n-neck, but DeLameter held on for the win and overall vic LOry. Second overall went to Gorton while two thirds by N eurnan were good enough for third. A flawless I-I combo gave Garry Bened ict (Yam) the overall in the Mini Novice class. Benedict's nearest competitor was West Coast Furnitu re 's David Church (Suz) . Church's 3-2 outing gave him second while Honda of R edla nd 's Da vid " Su m oe" Sharp (Hon ) cruised LO a third. Result s MI NI BEG: 1. Frank Sm it h (Yam); 2. M itc h Eber (Kaw); 3. Chris W inkler (Kaw) . • MINI NOV: ,1. Garry Bened iet (Yam); 2. David Church (Suz); 3. David Sharp (Hon) . 12 5 BEG: 1. Scott Wilson (Suz); 2 . Br uce Gu ert in (Su z); 3 . Todd Zor iki (Su z). 125 NOV : 1. Scott Del am et er (Yam); 2. la nce Gorto n (Kaw); 3. J ason Neuman (Yam). 125 INT: 1. Kevin M ont gomery (Suz); 2. Rodney W . Phelps (Yam); 3. Doug Daviso n (Suz). 12 5 PRO: 1. Paul Thede (Su z); 2. Jo hn Rudde r (Suz). 2 50 BEG: 1. Ste ve Remy (Yam); 2. J.M. Cart er (Yam); 3. Rich ard Benson (Su z). 250 INT: 1. Kit Pal mer (Su z); 2. John Sarror (Suz); 3. Larr y Dimmit (Su z). 250 PRO: 1. Vin ce McMahon (Yam); 2. Tim Cau by (Yam); 3. Mark Ell is (Yam). OPEN NOV: 1. Greg Roberg (Yam ); 2. M ark Mol ina (Yam). OPEN PRO: 1. Greg Zitterkopf (Yam); 2. Ronn ie Gibson (Hon); 3. Danny Sanch ez (Hon). WO M EN VET: 1. Bonny Coll ins (Yam ); 2. Palli St ue bner. this second round of the Cycle WorId Accessories' Saddleback Su mmer Sizzler. Benavidez battled with Honda rider '. Steve R h ya n and Yamaha -mounted Greg Zi tterkopf fo r most of the first rnoto with Benavidez crossing the finish line first followed by Zitterkopf, Rhyan and Honda factory pilot Steve Martin, who was suffering from a mild case of food poisoning. Benavidez and Zitterkopf again argued for the lead in moto two as Rhyan dropped out with mechanical problems, and Martin was forced to the sidelines with his aforementioned handicap. Benavidez went on to take th e win, and overall, with Zitterkopf second. "Jammin' Jimmy " Weinert showed he sitl l has pl enty of speed as he fini shed third on a pre-production Kawasaki. Maico riders Randy Rodriquez and Val Tarnietti rounded out the top five . Honda rider Jim T arantino placed second in the first 250cc Pro moto and came back to run away with round two and take the overall win . Honda's Ken ny Keylon wo n round one, but slipped for fourth in the second moto complaining of the same disorder that parked teammate Martin. "We ate at the same Italian restau rant last nigh t,' .' explai ned Keylo n later, "and we haven ' t felt good since. " Suzuki rider Cl int H ardi ck ro de hard to post 3-2 scores fo r second overall with Keylo n finishing th ird , and Vince McMahon picked up fourth on h is Malcolm Smith sponsored Yamaha. Many of the fastest localI 25cc P ros turned out for the race including Suzuki's George Holland, Honda 's Bria n Myerscough, Yamaha tea msters Troy Bla ke and Ro n Lechien and Kawasaki pilot Todd Ca mpbell. When all the dust had settled, H o lla nd came out on top followed by Myerscoug h, Blak e and Lech ien , who won the second rnoto after he DN F the first. Campbell fin ished out of the money after posting third in rou nd one; mec hanical pro blem s dropped him from the race in round two. Results OPEN PRO: 1. Juan Benavidez (Yam); 2. Greg Zitterkopf (Yam); 3. J i mmy We ine rt (Kaw) . 250 PRO: 1. J im Tarantino (Hon); 2. Clint Hardick (Su i); 3. Kenny Keylon (Hon). 125 PRO: 1. Geo rge Holla nd (Suz); 2. Br ian Myersco ugh (Hon); 3. Troy Blake (Yam). OPEN INT: 1. Geo rge Wag ner (Yam); 2. Gary Ma rtini (Hon); 3. Dan Ma rt i ns (Suz). 250 INT: 1. Ian Fitzg ibbo n (Suz); 2. M itch Davis (Su z); 3. Randy Owen (Suz). 12 5 INT: 1. Sean Corcora n (Suz ); 2. M ike Dodge (Kaw); 3. J im Cobham (Suz). OPEN NOV : 1. George Ko hler (Yam ); 2. Scot Wiseman (Yam); 3. Dave Bloss er (Yam). 250 NOV: 1. W illiam Noble (Suz); 2. M ike Ma rt i n (Yam); 3 . Chr is Capman (Yam). 125 NOV : 1. Sco tt lund (Suz): 2. Greg Gro om (Suz); 3 . J ose Hernandez (Hon) . OPEN BEG: 1. Ken Feu lner (M ai ); 2. Greg Gr een (Hon); 3. Dale Hess (Yam). 250 BEG: 1. St eve Polenske (Hon); 2. Von Wa llace (Kaw) ; 3. Brett Daw son (Hon). 125 BEG : 1. J eff Glatz (Suz); 2. Rich ard Oliver (Yam); 3. Steve Helm (Yam). VET EX: 1. J ill"l Belt inc k (M ai); 2. Dan Moo re (Hon); 3 . Al an Olso n (M ai). .VET INT: 1. Gary Ric hte r (M ai); 2. lorie W at son (Su z); 3 . J ohn Tart agl ia (M ai). By M ichael J ohn s BAKERSFIELD, CA , SEPT. 18 With th e p astel sunset in the backgrou n d, th e American Motocross Enterprises kicked off the m ost excitin g nig ht ever seen a t Sp ro ckets Park. . T h e firs t P ro events were the O pen and I25cc combined. T h e Open class showed with Greg T o rgerson 's support Yamaha in fro nt with Am erican Honda rider Phil L arson in second. T h e two rode hard, leavi ng the rest behind. La rso n tried everyth ing in the book to pass Torgerson, bu t con sistency was the name of the game and the Yamaha rider was aware of that fact. At the checkered fla g it was Greg Torgerson followed by Phil Larson. . In rnoto two, Larson took the win with Torgerson's Yamaha ta king the night off halfway through the race. T hat's racing. In the 125cc class, another battle was brewin g. Gary Bo wm an (Suzuki of Ba kersfield ) had his hands full with Team Honda rider Mi ke Larson. Larson nailed the ho lesho t with Bowman right behind. Fro m there on it was a freight train to the finish with Larson playing engineer and Bo wm an following in the caboose for second. . Second time around saw Bowm an pulling the old switch-a-roo on Mike Larson. Who, like his older bro th er, tried everythi ng to get by. Yet, after all said a nd done, Bo wman took the overall with Larson ta king h ome second. Wh en the 250cc Pros hi t th e track , it was anybody's race. G rabbing the holeshot for rnoto one was T orgerso n aga in . T orgerson we nt from green fla g to checkered , ne ver ch a ng ing h is position. A t lea st Darin Oliver got . hi s two cents in. O liver came fro m a m ediocre start to wo rk h is way up to T orgerso n , fro m w h ich point they had a tu g o f war going fo r the lead. T h e Ya maha ri de r won th e battle a nd re peated i t in th e second moto to take home the cash. Wamboldt smokes Corona Miniaction By Kit Palmer CO R ONA, CA, SEPT. 17 Consistent riding ga ve Yamahamounted Steve Wamboldt top honors in the Mini Beginn er class by combining a 3-2 score to night at Corona R aceway. Wamboldt and Kevin Bus sey (Yam) tied in ove ra ll po ints after swapp in g 2-3 rnoto finishes, bu t Wamboldt's second moto second broke the tie fo r the win. However, i t was Mitch Eber( Kaw), w ho passed Bussey o n the second lap of moto o ne, who took the eventual first mot o win. Paul Cline (Yam) spe n t much of h is time cru isi ng in third before handing Wamboldt and Jim Barberi e (Suz) th ird a n d fo urt h positions wh en Cline fell ba ck to six th . J eff Longwith (Yam) settled for fifth.

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