Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

... 37 f-j. .fa ' ~ MONTESA City State_ZJp,_ o..--t o V isa 0 Mastercard Exp. date -f Signat u re 1 NEW LOWER PRIC ES Currency deva luat ion , combine d with Honda/M ontesa mar ke ting agr eeme n t. hav e allowed M o ntesa prices to drop to pre·1980 levels ! NEW MODELS The Cola 349, w inner of 2 W orld and 3 U. S. Trials Cham pion ships, is d rast ically impr ov ed fo r 1983. Th e C ola 25C is an a uthentic trials mach ine proportioned for you nger r ider s, while the COl a 200 ju st mi ght be th e, perfect in termed iate tri als bike . Coming soo n is the all new C ot a 242, which promises to revolutioni ze the new genera tio n o f ultralit e tri als ma chi nes. See your Mont esa dealer or contact: Cosmopolitan Moton Inc. sor Jacksonville Road Hatboro, Pa. 19040 ~ (215) 672-9100 $999 .00 $1099 .00 $899.00 $1499 .00 AtM SANC T IO N ED Mail orders to: GRAND PRIX MOTOCROSS IN C. P.O. Box 1256. San Juan Cap istra no . CA 926 90 . 714 661-4198 Name'- -f price qt)'. Str =-- -1 TICKETS Adults (Sat . & Sun.) S15.00 __ (Sunday only) S12 .00 __ Children 12 & Under S 7.00 __ Am. e 1 New New New New THE' GUYAHEAD OF YOU USES THIS. SCHEDULE: saturday. In terna t Io n a l Time Tria ls . Sund a y . gates open at 8:00 A .M. First mo ta begIn s a t 1:00 P.M. TJCketsavailableatall TicketronOutlets. by ma ilorcnarge to Visa/Mastercard by ca lling ( 714) 661-4198 O rder now a n d save 52.00 Dave Mungenast's Dirt Bike Headquarters You name it, we got it l UPS Dail y '· Call collectI 314/351· 1886 6820 Gravois St . Lou is, M O 63 116 ' 8 1 PE175's '81 PE400's '82 RM125Z's '82 RM465Z's NOW AVAILABLE! : ~ J983 490 MAleOSPIDEll ...::..., /' . In S t o c k Now "'It ' SUZ U KI CO UNTRY ,ro '"', 206 N . Hemner A v e. # 4 0 4 : ( ~ (71 4)3 59 -85 4 6 I , • (7 14)7 3 4· 0 6 4 0 - ' " , " 500cc WORLD CHAMP ONSHIP Carlsbad Raceway, Jun e 25-26, 1983 BLOW'EMOVT SALE Sensation of Suzuki Prices Include Factory Rebate ~·!!@A~ Jus t enc lo se S1.0 0 to cover pos tage and h an dling fo r lat est stree t and cnrt b ike ac cessor y cat alo g an d mali to : MOTO-X FOX. DEP T. '· C. 520 McGLINCY LA N E. CAMPBELL . CA 9500B U .S.A. MAICD le1 Husqvarna ! No"" at Suzuki of Van Nuys .6.4. Sherman W_a-y (Z.31994-Z800. (Z.3] 994--Z88Z 3 Blocks West of~an Diego Frwy. (405). Open Mon. - Sat. Sitts came ba ck o n a Suzuki to lead th e Min i Experts o ver Jim Fleming a n d Mont y Spa uldin g . Fl em in g moved b y so o n aft er a nd stayed o n both wh eels lon g eno ug h to swoo p up th e win . Fleming flew into th e lead in th e second round as th e ra ins co nti n ue d to fall harder and harder , making for some tri ck y man euverin g o n th e m inute 80cc machines. Sitts , Spa u ld ing a nd Sportsman hi -point rider Cory Wai te a rgu ed o ver th e e lu - sive ru nner-up po sition . whi ch n!- main ed up for g ra bs unt il the la tter stages wh en Sitts p ut the hammer dow n, took th e spot a nd a 2-2 ta lly . Larry H ooper was h ot o ff th e AMA Na tio n a l tr ail a nd put in so me very im p ress ive m o to finishes durin g the ser ies. The " H oop " ca m e up fro m hi s hometo wn o f Medf ord 10 co llect hi s a wa rds for being " N u m ero U no " in the Winter series Pro ti tl e c hase and I . d ecid ed he'd giv e th e loca ls a lesson in th e a go ny of def eat as well. Hooper du g a deep tr en ch into turn o ne with hi s big bor e Honda foll ow ed by Ra nd y Toreso n, J a ck George a nd Jim J ones. H ooper kept th e th rottl e ta pped a n d was o u t lO sho w th e loca l yoca ls what he had learned during h is second yea r o f AMA Wrangl er S u pe r Ser ies raci ng . Hooper took the chec kered fla g wi th a co m ma ndi ng lead for top loot in mot o o ne a nd ca rne bo u nci ng rig ht ba ck lik e a bad ch eck in rnoro two . T oreson a nd George swa p ped it o ut in a p riva te du el . but o nce a ga in H ooper would g o u nc ha lle nged and ta ke the fina l dou ble rnoto blitz o f th e day. Resu lts OPENPRO: 1. Larry Hooper (Han); 2. Randy Tore- son (HQnI; 3. Jack George (Xaw). . 250 PRO: 1. Larry Hooper (Han); 2. Randy To re - son (Han): 3. Jim Jo nes (XTM). 125 PRO: 1. SI eve Nelson IHan). 250 J R: 1. Donald Beck (Suz): 2. Jerry Glenn (Vam). 125 JR: 1. John Whil more (Xaw ); 2. Joel Sin s (Suz); 3. M Ike Hayes (Yam). 125 INT: 1. Greg Holmberg (Xaw ). OPEN JR: 1. Robert Hunsucker (Han). M INI JR : 1. Dar ren Clayton (Hon); 2 . J ason Ja nse n (Yaml ; 3. J er im y Gates (Yam ). PEE WEE J R: 1. Chr is Renard (Vaml; 2. Bruce Stallings (Hon) ; 3. To m Lenz (Hon). PEE WEE INT: 1. Ryan Huff ma n (Vam). M INI INT: 1. J oel Sin s (Suz); 2. Manl y Spauld in q (Han); 3. Cory Waite (Xaw). MINI EX: 1. Ji mmy Fleming (Suz). OLD TIMER: 1. John Broadw ater (Vaml. W INTER SERIES HI· POINT AWARDS: Pro. Larry Hooper (Hon) ; Open , Br ad Cole man (Hon ); 250. Rick Huff man (Ho n); 125 . St eve Nel son (Hon); O ld Ti mer. John Br oadwat er (Yam); M ini, Joel Sitt s (Suz) ; Pee We e. Ryan Huffman (Yam); Spo rt sman. Cory Wait e (Xaw l. ada-Northern California-Northern Nev Shandrow r epeat s at Hangtown Hangover By W .H . Spen ce r BR EN TWOOD . CA. l\IAY I Un typ ica l pring rain s brough t OUt the worst in Ma Nature, ca ncell in g th e San Jos e Mile weekend and putting an extra workl oad on th e ent ries for th e first o f .seven Old Timer National s ' held at Sand Hi ll Ra nch and put o n' by th e Si erra O ld Timers. Ken Shand row o u t of the Was hinto n cha p ter of old foggies repeated his Masters wi n wi th a two-day, six-ev ent score of 15 points, ' just th ree points a hea d of form er win ner Zo li Ber en yi. Ea rly co ntender Dick " Bugsy" Man n sa t o ut th e la s t two ro u n ds w ith bu sted eq u ip me nt. Ma n n. A MA Grand Na t io na l Cha m p io n in 1963 a nd 1971 . hea d ed up th e track p re p committee but stated ea r ly in th e weekend that there j ust was n't m uc h th a t co u ld be done. what with four straight da ys o f bu ckets o f ra in. T h e slo p py co nditions di d n ' t seem to bo ther Berenyi a s h e aced the first

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