Cycle News is a weekly magazine that covers all aspects of motorcycling including Supercross, Motocross and MotoGP as well as new motorcycles
Issue link: https://magazine.cyclenews.com/i/126403
IA bove) Can-A m rider Rich Eierstedt. formerly of Team Honda. and Honda rider Gary Sem ics (below). formerly of Team Can-Am. put In solid seventh and sixth place rides-, respectively, on Friday night. 10 (ContinuedfTom page 6) tried an inside line. Every one of the rear wheel spokes was stripped from between the hub and the rim of th e Husky b efore th ey ground to a stop. Danny's foo t was jam m ed so tight up between t he wheel and the swingarm of the bike that th ey were stuck th ere the entir e race as mechanics and t rackside officia ls finally had to use a ha cksaw to cut the swingarm apart to get the factory Suzuki star free . Danny was able to walk away from the incident with just a sore foot. Meanwhile, Hannah was pulling away with his ever increasing lead. The only action at all was in a lighted fuse under Steve Wise as he elbowed his wa y up from his ninth place start to pass Mosier and Reid on the tenth lap for second p lace. ..After 1 got up int o second place 1 could see Hannah ," cla imed Wise . "1 tried for three laps to catch him , but I couldn't , so 1 decided to take it easy and not chance breaking or crashing." Hannah collected an uncontested win as Wise took second. Mike Bell worked his Yamaha into third place at th e end of the race, passing Warren Reid as . Gaylon Mosier was dropped back to mid-pack because of a thrown chain. Marty Tripes expected to do better than fifth and was disappointed in himself. Following were Eierstedt, Semics, Boone and Weinert. "1 just got a bad start ," moaned th e Da yton a Supercross winner, Weinert . " He, (H a n na h) doesn't have me on spe ed , I know that. 1 need to practice m y sta rt s. I know 1 can match him when it comes to riding ability. " But the Jammer was slipping back slowly in points. Saturday The Texas fans were hoping that Steve Wi se would get a better st art tonight and really give Hannah a run for th e m on ey: So was Steve. But when th e .weekend 's qualifyin g races burned their wa y off th e starting line for th e seco nd time, all a nvone had to do was look at what h ard ly amounted to much more than an instant re play of Frida y. H a nnah o nce agai n led the first qu alifi er fro m sta rt to fin ish . T he o nly act ion behind him had Honda team sters W arren Reid and Marty T ri pes banging their way past Suzuki 's new est team rider Scott Gillman and th en Ga ylon Mosier to collect second a nd third place. Despite the fact he wasstill limping slightly from the previous night'S accident , Danny La Porte streaked to victory tonight in the second IO·lap qualifier. Weinert was running second until Kent Howerton pushed his way past t9 join his Suzuki teammate up front . LOP's Stackable and Theiss thought they had a secure hold on the remaining transfers to the featu re . only to find Ken Ad a ms stuffing his Maico between them during a hard running battle a nd co llecting fourth. Theiss was left with fift h and Stackable was left with a trip to the semi. Q ua lifier three proved to be a real battle as Marty Smith pulled the start ahead of DiStefa no . Boone, · Bell , Stacy and Eientedt. It was a close race with everyone together and side by side. Mike Bell was the best of the group as he worked up to pass Smi tty .o n the fifth lap for the lead. Tony D missed out on making the five-man cutoff when he lost his rear brake. The final qualifier went to Steve Wise after moving up from third place to pass Croft and Semics. Steve looked fast , and everyone was hoping that speed would be good enough to match Hannah's..:if not better it . -All Steve wanted was a good sta rt for the feature which now wasn't far off. Clark J ones and Dav id Bowman also made the cur , Ha~ing to make their transfers the hard wa y were Steve Stackable and