Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

nada- No rthern Calif orn ia-Northern Neva da-Oregon-Washington-Idaho-Ut ah-A laska-Canada-Northern California-Northern Nev ada-Oregon-Washington-Idaho-Ut nard (E ugene Yam). Klum now holds a commanding lead in the season points( race going into the Champ io ns h ip round, with Jeff Ca m p bell wh o d id not contest tonight, seco nd in points. Su n n y Valley Racewa y is p ro babl y the finest n o n- AMA faci lities tha t Oregon has to offer and rumors have bee n flying around this town (29 people, 16 ch icken s and a ho rde of co ws) that it wi Il meet its dem ise at the co m p letion of the season, wh ic h leaves on ly the indoor racing fo r so u the rn O rego n ian s. Speaking of southern O regonian s, o ne of th e ho ttest up and co m ing riders is Klum , a hefty rider wh o had fire in his eyes as he roIled his machines to th e line to top his heats , tu rn ing right around to come back to tac kle the 250cc T rophy dash an d ou tdista nce Ro bert H o rban (Ya m Sports Center) for th e win. Klum was ready to go, settli n g into the lead o nce aga in to tak e a P ro Money da sh o ver Reynard , who would be his closest riva l a ll throug h the evening. Wh en th e mains got to the " bigger" disp lacement races, Rod Bixe l (Grants Pass Su z) gave the specta to rs what they had p aid to see (a killi ng) in th e 125 A main. Bixel had a lo ne ly win, ridi ng o u t fro nt all alone after Chris H orban (Yam Sports Center) di d a nas ty so u thern O rego n so il sa mple, los in g it a t 55 mph. Bixel wo n a nd padded his p oints lead. There was n o doubt on anyone's m ind that th e 250cc A main was the best ra cing to be seen as l O a f th e area's hottest riders were o n th e li ne, rea dy to stage an all out feud . Klu m sh ot - off th e line with a two bi kelen gth lead on H orban , Ch ris Horban and Reyna rd. No one even da red to attem pt to put a pass on Klum , bu t the n again there wasn 't anybody close eno ug h as th e deadly duo of H o rb a n brothers fell p rey LO Rey na rd, who soo n whittled down the lea d that Klu m had bu ill up. Klum had other ideas o n his mind as he sh u t th e door on Reyn a rd , ta king a look over hi s sho u lder just in time to see Reyna rd tangle with a la p p er and go do wn, gi vin g Klum a n easy wi n o ver th e Horbans in seco n d and third , with Reynard remo u nting for fou rth ahead of Bruce T urn bu ll (Suz) and AMA Novice Bob Ingel (Yam). The P ro Mo n ey race was a bar ba ngin' race righ t off the line, as Klum took co mmand into tu rn o ne. With the loo t on th e line, it' s su rpris ing how much moreenthusiasticeveryone gets whe n th e g reen stuff co mes out. Klum and Reyanrd took off whe re they left off, as Reynard stayed on two wheels th is time and the tw o set ou t tow ard th e ch eckered fla g. KIu m kept hi s ins ide li ne a nd is defin i tely ki n g of the low line wi th Reynard ri d in g h ig h . The bar bangin ' co ntin ued la p after lap and the racing wa s j ust as fierce for th ird between Joe Klum (H a n ) and In gel. Klu m held o n all the way to th e checkered flag a nd seco n d was Reyna rd . Joe Klu m won his ba ttle for third money over In gel , who co uld n 't get around Joe Klum throug h the final turn. Result s OPEN PRO: 1. Bob Klum (Hon); 2. Greg Reyn ard (Hon); 3. Joe Kl um (Hon). OPEN A : 1. Bob Kl um (Hon) . 250 A : 1. Bob Klum (Hon) ; 2. Robert Horban (Yam); 3. Chr is Horban (Yam). 125 A : 1. Rod Bixel (Suz); 2. Chris Horban (Yam); 3. Bria n Sh eets (Yam) . MI NI A : 1. Ken ny Craig (Yam); 2. Ben A ll ison (Yam); 3. M ikey Fram pto n (Suz). 80 A : 1. M ike J ackson (Suz); 2. Heat h Hutchens (Suz). TROPHY DASH PRO s : 1. Bob Klu m (Hon). OPEN SPTSM N: 1. Bob Klum (Hon). 250 SPTSMN : 1. Bob Klum (Hon) . 12 5 SPTSMN : 1. Rod Bixel (Suz). ~ 80 SPTSM N: 1. M ike Ja ckson (Suz). M INI SPTSMN : 1. Ken ny Cra ig (yam) . Berluti, smoot h and consistent in Nevada Championship MX c-r 00 0") ,....,.-4 "' (.0 ~ (1) By Moto Depo ..0. STEA D, NV, SEPT. 12 0 Past District n u m ber o ne Ala n Berluti. ro ?e his.H u sq varna 'to a co n vmcmg WIn over a combined class of Pro riders, which -.l U 0 included ser ies poi nt leaders Do n Frankli n (O pe n Expert ), 250cc Expert Jeff Cloutier (Kaw) and 125cc Expert Robbi e H adlock , w ho was riding a 250cc Suzuki. Although Ber lu ti did not run away wi th th e race, h is experience and ca lculated ri ding kept him a winner. Newly turned Expert Kevi n Bro wn , riding an Open Honda out of the Honda shop in Yer in g to n , took the holeshot in the first moto with Berluti a nd Robbie H adl ock in pursuit. For the first co up le la p s it looked like Bro wn mig h t upset th is race, but o n the third la p Bro wn had an encounter with a tree an d came around in last p lace. Wit h Bro wn out, attention returned to Berl uti, H adlock and Jeff Heying, who were a ll trying to fit into fir st p lace . T he lead changed a num ber o f ti mes wit h H eying d ropping back in the closi n g laps. Berl u ti a nd H adl ock diced a ll the way to the checkered flag, where a photo finis h gave th e win to Berl u ti. Cloutier (Kaw) fin ish ed th ird . The second mota start was another Brown benefit. H e used all the Open Honda's power to give him a comfortable lead a t the close o f the first la p, wi th H eying a nd Berlu ti in tow. Berluti passed H eying fo r second a nd Bro wn continued to put space between himself and seco nd p lace. O n the fo urth la p , the race was red flagged for a restart. J eff Cloutier had crashed bad over th e big specta tor j um p a nd the ambulance was on th e track . J eff was shaken up badl y but seemed to be intact. AIl h e h ad to say was, " I took a nother Magoo." At th e res ta rt, Bro wn took h is th ird h oleshot of the da y and held it to th e fin ish . Berl u ti came in second, securi ng his fir st overall position a t the pay window. Bro wn was second Open Pro a n d Ro bbi e H adl ock was fir st 250cc Pro . The Kay family continues to do m inate m inibike raci n g in th is ser ies with expert Ra nd y Ka y (Kaw) g iving no th in g to the bigger bikes in ter m s of exci teme n t. H e rac ed around the co u rse WFO , flying off th e j u m p s, whe eling down th e straights and destroying th e co rners in a class by him self. Bro th ers Chad and G en e deci mated th e J u ni o r class bein g first a nd secon d , res p ectively. Onl y n o vice wi n ner Mark Lawson (Kaw) didn ' t feel th e wra th of Kay. Chris Ca rr won the 2 50 & 500cc Expert c lasses at Bay land s ST. VET EX: 1. Harold M yer s (M ai); 2. Joe Hathaway (Ma i). VET JR : 1. Wylie W ilson (Su z). VET NOV : 1. Jea n Jo ly (Yam ); 2. Ron Shakespeare (KTM ). OT EX: 1. Jo e Hat ha w ay (mai); 2. Bob Bog ue (M ai ). OT JR : 1. Sta n M iles (ma i). OT NOV : 1. Bob Hylton (Yam ); 2. Tom Ga llager (Hus). 80 M INI EX: 1. Randy Kay (kaw) . 80 MINI JR : 1. Chad Kay (Kaw) ; 2. Gene Kay (Hon). 80 MINI NOV : 1. Mark Lawson (Kaw); 2. Pete Pecor illa (Yam); 3. Rob Goucher (Kaw). Carr/Freitas smoke 21st E & R Benefit By Bill Spencer SALINAS, CA , SE PT. 12 Chris Carr an d Wi n kie Freitas came off the best in District 36 half mile action at the 21st running of the Sa linas Elks Results 12 5 PRO: 1. Rickey DeCarlo (Suz). 250 PRO: 1. Robbi e Hadlock (Suz); 2. Ken McKin· zie (Suz). OPEN PRO: 1. Alan Ber l ut i (Hu s); 2. Kevin Brown ( H on~ 125 J R: 1. Doug Richa rds (Suz); 2. Barry Larso n (Yam). 250 J R: 1. Ron M cCoy (Hon); 2. Beau Hibdon (KTM ). OPEN J R: 1. Werner Mart in maas (Mai); 2. Stan Sm it h (Yam ). 125 NOV DIV 1: 1. Tom Cooper (Suz); 2 . Mike Baxter (Yam); 3. Tim Hanna (Suz). 125 NOV DIV 2: 1. Jo ey Pecor ill a (Hon); 2. Davi d M cCombs (Suz); 3 . Jeff Pu tite (Kaw) . 250 NOV : 1. Case y McCoy (Hon); 2. Dave Ohl (M ai); 3. Randy Fie lding (Mai ). OPEN NOV: 1. Dave Ohl (M ai); 2. Craig We ar jMai); 3. Rick Froch (Yam). 0 ' , a nd Salinas Ramblers Ben efit event a t the California Rodeo grounds. Rocky Robinson , getting ready for th e San Jose mil e, wo n the big bo re class o n h is H arley-Davidson. Winkie Freitas was o u t for his last rounds of mini competition and aced . both th e 100 a nd 80cc Expert mains with relative ease. H e will join the sportsm an ranks after a two year stint as th e number one mini racer in n or thern California, fo Ilo win g perh a p s , in the foo t st eps o f Do u g Chandler an d Chri s Carr. SCOll Martin and T om Ca rr iger had a real good bat tle over second in the 80cc Expert class wi th Martin just inch es ahead a t th e checkered . Steve Raym ond wa s top 80cc J un ior over Dave Woodward a nd R ich ie Gonzal es, a ll close. BiIl McCl ear y took th e 80cc Novice p ortio n ove r Ca rter Schme ck and J erem y Gonza les. It wa s Chris Carr a ll th e wa y in th e hea vil y co ntested 250cc Expert sh ow . Carr led , Doug Cha ndler home in both the hea t and main with Chandler n ot necessari ly up to 100% having twi sted h.is left foot durin g practice! once aga m. Chris rea d th e starts jus t about rig ht eac h time and was long gone on the J o rgy Ca n- Am with Chandler ridi ng his T eam H o n da C R250 in fo r second. Rick H ocki ng , wh o just can't seem to stay away from the competition, brought out a Terry Knight Yamaha 250 a nd took th ird. Chad Fe lic ia ro de hi s KX250 to a good fo urt h o ver P .J . Sanchez and Bruce Joh nson. Kenn y Nella fiIled th e fin al . tro phy spot. Carr and hi s 370cc Ca n -Am m ade mincemea t of th e 500cc Expe rt s wi th a n o th er runaway win. Aaron Hill a nd Danny Moor e di ced over th e front spot a t first, bu t Ca rr got o u t a nd went fo r th e win. Moo re and h is XR500 Honda held off Aaron H ill on a similar mount with Joel Green back in fourth over Steve Carrillo a nd Danny McDonnell. Results 80 EX: 1. W ink ie Freit as (Hon); 2. Scott Martin (Kaw) ; 3. Tom Carr iger (Yam ). . 80 JR : 1. Steve Ray mond (Kaw ); 2. Dave Woodw ard (Yam); 3. Rich Gonzales (Kaw ). 80 NOV : 1. Billy McC l eary (Su z); 2. Cart er Schmec k (Su z); 3. Je re my Gonzales (Yam). 100 EX: 1. W in kie Freitas (Yam ); 2. Tom Carr iger (Yam); 3 . Steve Mayfiel d (Yam). 1oo JR : 1. Steve Raymo nd (Yam); 2. Ricky Sm it h (Yam); 3 . Dave Woodward (Yam ). 125 NOV -EX: 1. Craig Howard (Yam); 2. Ron · Brown (Yam ); 3. Bobby M cDowell (Yam). VET: 1. J ohn Tay lor (M ai); 2. Bill Hermant (Hon); 3. Roy Fis her (Yam). OT: 1. NickThero ux (Hon); 2. Bud Ridd le (Yam) ; 3 . J im Martin (Tri). 250 NOV : 1. Er ic M ayf ie ld (Yam); 2. Scott Casey (Yam ); 3. Tim Wallace (Yam) . 250 JR : 1. Tro y Gra ha m (Yam ); 2. Ada m Sabed ra (Yam ); 3. Shaun Reyna (Yam). 250 EX: 1. Chr is Carr (C-A ); 2. Doug Cha nd ler (Hon); 3. Rick Hock ing (Yam ). 500 NOV : 1. M ike Cahoo n (Suz); 2. Steve Haymond (M ai); 3. Roger Har r ill (Yam). . 500 JR : 1. Adam Sabed ra (Yam); 2. Jamie Mason (Yam); 3. Ma rk Day (Yam ). 500 EX: 1. Chr is Carr (C-A ); 2. Dan Moore (Hon); 3. Aaron Hill (Hon ). OPEN NOV -JR : 1. Bill y Tay lo r (Yam); 2. Bud Rid dle (Tri); 3. Bill Stephe n (BSA). OPEN EX: 1. Rocky Robinson (H-D); 2. Dan M oor e (H· D); 3. Paul lwa naga (H-D). Silhanek sails at Sand Hill Ranch By The Ra nchhands BRENTWOOD, CA, SEPT. 12 Allen Silhanek won bo th the 125 and 250cc Pro classes at San d H ill Ran ch in Brentwo od to day . J err y Bra nd t won th e Open Pro overall. 33 ..

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