Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Western hotline One of CMC's 125cc classes gets around the Carlsbad f irst turn. - . Gary Scott (51 congratulates Pete Hames on his Ascot half mile win. .80 Griewe tops 20 at DeAnza By Kit Palmer SUNNYMEAD, CA , MAY 8 Honda-mou nted Don G riewe, ri d ing for T erry Good Co n - struction a n d Mo to cro ss Fox , captu red the wi n in th e 250cc P ro cla ss today a t DeAnz a Cycle Pa rk. Gri ew e u sed a 1-2 co m bo to cas h in o n th e bi g bu cks as a $ 1000 p urse was up for g ra bs. W he n th e ga te dropped for th e start o f rno to o ne, 20 250cc P ro s ja m m ed into th e fir st turn . An d ex iting th e turn first was T eam Montoya 's Ro bert Rei singer (Kaw) . H ot in p u rs u it fol- low ed Griew e, Mid-Cities H onda' s J eff J enn ings (Ho n) , Ya m ah a of Indo 's Cr a ig Gormley (Ya m), Su zu ki Country's J eff Cl a rk (Suz) a n d Sin- isalo 's G reg Zitterkopf (Ya m) . By th e en d o f la p o ne, J enn ing s h ad taken o ver th e lead. But , durin g th e second lap , J ennings d ropped ba ck to th ird , h and ing th e lead back to Re isin g er. Two laps lat er Rei sin- . ger went down , dropping ba ck to th e m iddle of th e p a ck. Griew e to ok o ver th e top spot fo l- - lo wed by J enning s and Zitterko p f. A battle for seco nd too k sh ape betw een J ennings a n d Zitterkopf. With o n ly a few la p s rem ainin g Zitterkopf slip ped by J ennings. But J ennings ret al iated a lap lat er. The win went to G r iew e Io llowed by Jennings, Zitterkopf, KTM's Ron Turner a n d Rei sin ger. J ennings sq u eezed o u t th e hole- sho t at th e sta rt o f moto tw o inches a he a d o f Griewe , Turner and Suzuki of Ri ver side's Eddie Mi chetti (Su z). Three laps from th e en d , then- lead er Zitterkopf came to a n untimel y sto p w he n h is bik e seized . Turner, who h ad in th e late la ps sn u ck by Jenni ngs and Griewe, i n he rit ed the lead. At th e same time an ex ha us ted Jennings dropped back to fourth , handing Michetti th ird. Turner to ok th e win follo wed b y Griew e, Michetti , Jennings a n d Rei singer. Results PEE WEES : 1 . Brian Peterson ISuz); 2. Dale Smart IVam); 3. J osh Bakrer (Ita). PEE WEES : 1. "ric W right (Hon) . PEE WEES : 1. Judd Scanlan (Vam) ; 2. Josh Barker. . JR CYCLES : 'l . Wesley Kle in(Kaw); 2 . Judd Scan- lan (Yam); 3 . Josh Barker (Yam l. MINI BEG: 1. Adam Fitzgerald IHon ); 2. Eric Bis- bee (Vam ); 3. Dana Wiggins (Kaw) . MINI NOV ; 1. Brad Edginton (Kaw) ; 2. M ik e M ich ett i (Kaw); 3 . Dered Parson s (Kaw l . MINI INT ; i . Dina Terracc ian o (Yam) ; 2 . Roy Ch ambers (Yam ); 3 . Gar y Benedict (Yam ). MINI EX: 1. Terry Szucsko (Kaw) ; 2. Tom Combs (Ka w ). ~ 1~ .;C 't \~)\~:;\\!':'-~ ~ i1 \ 125 BEG: t . Dan Hendricks (Su z); 2. Vic Nunez (Vam); 3. Robert Cadwell (Suz). 125 NOV : 1. Stev e Andre IVam) ; 2. Ter ry A ltman (Kaw); 3. Foster Edwards IVam) . 1251NT: 1. Danny Can tley IKaw); 2. Mike Magal · lanes (Yam); 3 . Ji mmy Palm er (Suz). 125 PRO: 1. J im Brod ie IHon); 2 . Tro y Blake (Vam); 3 . Bobby Urhel (Hon ). . 250 BEG: 1. Mike Hogue (Vam) ; 2. J oe M errian (Hon ); 3 . Peter Bruches (Yam). 250 NOV : 1. J oe Ham il ton (Han); 2 . Mi ke Gl en - nanesis (Yam ); 3 . Tom Mee (KTM) . 250 INT: 1. Robert Stephen son (Han ); 2. Larry Dimmitt (Han); 3 . Rick Being esser (Han). 250 PRO: 1. Don Griewe (Han) ; 2. Ron Turn er (KTM ); 3 . Jeff Jennings (Ho n). OPEN BEG: 1. L inden Stevens IMa i); 2. Dean Teagu e (Ma il : 3. Max Hernandez (Mai). OPEN NOV : 1. Bob Lamb ert (Hon ); 2 . Scott Cecil '(Hon ); 3. Maurice Woods IHon) . OPEN INT: 1. Ron Lawson (Hon). OPEN PRO: 1. Greg Zitterkopf IVam) ; 2. Joe Bond (Hon); 3 . Randy Skinner (Hon ). Turk goes three- for-four at CMC Carlsbad By Kenneth Stein CARLSB AD , CA, MAY 8 Sunday wasn't a good day for Don Turk. All h e could wring out of his Honda in four Conti- nental Motosport Club motos at Carlsbad was th ree victo ries and one .seco n d p lace, for o ne fir st a n d o ne seco n d pl a ce sha re o f th e winni n gs for th e da y. Turk won th e fir st h eat of th e 250cc Pros h andil y, leading fro m fla g to fla g ove r th e spa rse fiel d . Sco tt Sla y- ton (Ya m) ra n a d istant seco n d until th e 10th lap , wh en Eric Baker (Ho n) s li d by a n d held him off to th e ch eck ers. Turk agai n gra bbed th e lead at the start o f moto two , but Baker tucked in behind him a n d st a yed right on his rear fende r for th e duration . While close enough to keep the specta tors , a n d Turk, anxious, Bak er could not manage to put a m ove o n Turk, an d settled for second best. The Open Pro cl ass w as ex pected to su p p ly more co m pe ti tio n for Turk . H e d id hi s best to m ak e i t a bo r in g ra ce, but Mike Tripes (H u s) gave h im a run fo r h is m oney. Exiting turn o n e in second, T ri pe s m at ched Turk's p a ce lap fo r lap. But tha t wa sn 't good eno ugh to beat him, so Tripes wa s for ced to fin ish as h e sta rte d . T ripes h ol esh ot m o to two , follow ed by Sco tt Sa rge nt (S uz) a n d T ur k. Sa r- ge n t ca u g h t Tripes bri efly o n th e fo u rt h lap, but dum p ed o n th e fift h la p . Tripes a nd Turk ga bbed fi rst a n d second, a n d Tripes ru in ed T u rk 's perfect d ay by ho lding h im o ff for the rest o f th e ra ce, p u lling aw ay in the la st few laps . Intermed iat e r ide r Bruce Ioppolo (H o n ) h a d a good da y for h imself, too. H e won bo th m o to s o f the 250 , a n d th e seco n d o f th e 125cc cl a ss for first a n d seco n d place trophi es. Results MINI J R: 1. Sh awn Sla yton (Kaw ); 2 . Ja son M cCor mick (Kaw) . MINI INT: 1. Gary Pratt IKaw); 2 . Bobby FiteIKaw); 3 . An thony Gorin (Su z). M INI EX: 1. John Conney IKaw). PP: 1. Ter esa McCassy (Han) : 2. April Sa lisbury (Hon). VET J R: 1. Dan Featheringill (Kawl; 2. Dennis Holladay (Hon) ; 3 . John Baker (Hon) . VET INT: 1: Mark Sm iv h (Yam ); 2. Steven Cirone (Hon). VET MASTER ; 1. Ch uck Rouse (Hon). 125 JR ; 1. Billy Wiggins IVam) ; 2. Greg Boyce (Suz); 3. Kev in Allen (Kaw) . 125 1NT: 1 . Mark Scott; 2 . Buceloppolo (Hon ); 3 . Chr is Apodaca (Hon) . 125 PRO: 1. Ray Tetherton (Suz); 2. Mark Den- ning (Yam). 250 JR : 1. Dean Stafford (Hon) ; 2 . Dana Hughes (Hon) ; 3 . Joe Dragna (S uz). 250 INT: 1. Buce loppolo IHon); 2. Donald Con - nelly (Suz); 3. Chr is Shaw (Suz). 250 PRO; 1. Don Turk IHon); 2. Eric Baker (Hon) ; 3. Scott Slayton (Vam). OPEN JR : 1. Chuck Rous eIHon); 2 . Douglas Cave (Hon ); 3 . Lou is Ball (Suz). OPEN INT: 1 . Kirk Chandler (Hon) ; 2 . Don Martins ISuz); 3. Gary Sowers (Hon). OPEN PRO: 1. Mike Tripes IHus) ; 2. Don Turk IHon ); 3 . Scott Rider (Suz). Hames sets new record at Ascot By Maureen Lee Photo by Dan Mahony G ARDE NA , CA , MAY 6 Last week Pete Hames closely followed Randy Goss a ro u n d Ascot. Tonight Hames ground Goss ' 1981 15-laptrackrecordof 5:38 .91 down to 5:37.22, beating G ary Scott, T erry Poovey a n d Ted Boody wh ile doing it . The track was in top shape and sever al series h eat records were set . Whenit was main event time, into the south turn went H ames, Poove y and Scott. End of lap one, Poovey, on the n ew Honda , wa s m aking a g ood sh o w in g and leading it , then Scott, H ames, Boody, Rod Farris a n d T im Mert ens. Poovey held the lead for a few laps , th en Scott a n d H ames got past and p ro ceed ed to pull away a bit. Boody went by Po ov ey a n d then Poovey pulled in to th e p tis with h is rear br ak e so h ot it gl ow ed ! Bo od y wa s th en firml y in third, bu t u p a he a d o f him wa s o ne o f th ose o ne -o n -o ne p erfo rmances th at are so grea t in sports. Sco tt, w it h a ll h is years as a nation al ca m p a ig ne r , was bei ng h a rd pu t to keep the yo u n g rookie, who h a d co m e fro m th e same local spor tsma n tracks Scott gre w u p Oft ,' laeh indoh im. , • H am es wa s ri ght o n him , th en by hi m, the n Scott wo u ld cha nge h is lin e a n d pa ss him ba ck . . Wh it e flag a n d H am es h ad th e edge, th ey were sti ll ver y cl ose, but H am es h eld it ri ght to th e en d a n d set a n ew tra ck reco rd in the p ro cess. It was h a rd to tell w ho was th e h a ppiest as h e a ccepted the H a rr ison R en o Trophy; H a m es , h is famil y o r h is fans. Lat er in th e p it s. Scott ga ve th e yo u ngster fu ll points fo r a grea t ride w hi le still looking a bit da zed. T he re we re n o exc u ses, j u st lines h e co u ld h a ve ridde n better. In h is roo kie yea r H ames h a s done so me th ing th ought impossibl e, h e'd broken th e lap record a n d beat en the King o f Asco t, G ary Sco tt , in th e pro cess. Results TROPHV DASH : 1 . Ted Boody IH -D); 2 . Frank Wrod (H-D); 3. Mavt'h ew Rozowicz (H-D); 4 . Tim Mertens (H-D). NOV MAIN: 1. Mike Arthur (Vam); 2. Chad Felicio (Kaw ); 3 . Randy Bird (Vam); 4 . Greg Nelson (Vam); 5 . Adam Sabeara (Vam); 6. Larry Staggs (Kaw); 7. Richard Witte (Kawl; 8 . David Walden (Hon) : 9 . Dan Kane (Vam); 10 . Greg Gray (Vam) . JR MAIN: 1. Doug Chandler (Hon) ; 2. Bob Land (H-D) ; 3. Mike Kirby (Tri); 4 . David Caballero IC-A); 5 . Eddie San Roman: 6 . Joe Knight(Suz); 7 . Ross Klatt (H -D); B. Larry Earhart (H -D); 9 . Bud CarroIlIH -D ); 10 . Bud Carroll (H· D). EX MAIN: 1. Pete Hames (H-D); 2. Gary Scott (H-D); 3 . Ted Boody (H·D); 4 . Rod Farr is (H-D); 5 . Tim Mertens IH -D); 6 . M ike Garrison IH-O); 7 . Sal Hoff- man (H-D); B. Frank Word (H-D); 9. Jeff Johnson (H·D) ; (H -D);10. Terry Poovey (Hon) Shockehord shocks Corona Mini Beginners By Kit Palmer CORONA, CA, MAY 6 By far the most popular class of the n ight at Corona Raceway was the Mini Beginner class. Twenty-one riders lined the st a rt in g gat e in divisi on one o f th e l3 -years-of-age-and-over whil e 10rid- ers did battl e indivision two in th e l 2-a n d -u n de r cla ss. Murra y Sh ock e- hord (Kaw) of Whittier Kawasaki too k the o vera ll in div ision one whil e Frank Fi erro ( Kaw) to ok th e w in in divi sion two . In th e firs t m o to o f d ivision o ne , Sh ock eh o rd sto le th e h ol esh ot a nd th en ra n a way with th e win .J.D . Arm - strong (Ya m) took second a fter pass- in g Casey Mahoney (Ka w ) w i th two laps re ma ini ng. Mah oney went dow n on .th e las t lap, droppi ng back to fourth . T his gave Bo b Zoha (Ka w) th ird. Maho ney ca p tu red th e seco nd m o to h ol esh o bwh ile S ho cktih ond ho tly pur-

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