Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

dialed his Yamaha past Ogden and Turner to begin closing on McKenna into the fifth lap. For three laps Brown hounded McKenna to check out his lines then pulled up beside him to begin a wild pass· and-repass, literally handlebartangling fight for the remaining half of the moto. Sometines the lead would change three or four times a lap between the two as they would outstuff each other in the corners and then try to outjump each· other on the big downhill; the speed which would put them into wide·eyed tank slappers all the way down to the bottom where they would repass each other again in the corner at the bottom. It was McKenna who could hold out the strongest and the longest when it finally came down to the final half a lap to the finish line as he led Brown across by just a matter of a few bikelengths. It was one of the most exciting battles of the series and gave McKenna the overall win for the day. moving him up to within close striking distance of Brown for the overall series class win. Finishing out the final moto in third place was Ron Turner, then Randy Losh, Bryan Maloney and Lenny Giger as Husky's Gary Ogden went out on the last lap with bike problems while running fourth. A4fJ WESTERN UNITED STATES CHAMPIONS VIEWFINDERS fo~LsID~E!!~$;: GREAT BEAR W::::~D MARCH 1st & 2nd 1980 - The Same "GREAT" Cbal1cn1l" - The Same "GREAT" Counc - The Same "GREAT" Traditional Weekend of Excitementl - 500ccPro It was obvious that Steve Rhyan was out to claim the lead in the 500cc class from Yamaha's Rex Staten as he roosted out the opening moto holeshot with his WheeJsmith 450 Maico. Latched into second spot was Suzuki School of Motocross instructor Bob Elliot, followed by Maico rider Val Tamietti, Tim Locey, Dave Gerig, Larry Hooper and then Eric McKenna, riding his second class of the day. Quickly Rhyan pulled out a strong lead which had him running 10 seconds ahead of the pack by lap four. McKenna was the quickest of the group behind and making .up a position on Rhyan nearly every lap, but by the time McKenna was finally able to break his way clear of the pack and into second place there were just four laps to go and he had no energy. in reserve to close up the remaining distance on Rhyan and the lead. Rhyan took his moto win in stride ahead of McKenna by a good 10 seconds, tailed by Locey. Dan Turner (having moved his Maico up to fourth position), then Hooper. Alan Smith, Randy Losh and Steve Gall. The drop of the gate for moto two and Danny Turner traded his poor start in moto one for the lead of moto two with his Bill Harrison Construction·sponsored Maico. Tamietti had his Maico in second. at least for a while before dropping back again, ahead of Gerig, Locey, Rhyan and then McKenna in 10th. Quickly Rhyan began knifing his way up towards Turner's lead with McKenna in hot pursuit. Then on lap five McKenna jackhammered his way off the track and out of the race with a broken shock. With McKenna not breathing down his jersey any longer. Rhyan now had a clear shot at the overall win, but was still determined to pick off Locey for second at the halfway point. then try and close on Turner for the win. Once Locey was passed Rhyan tried to close on Turner with five laps still remaining. but Danny wasn't about to let that happen and picked up his speed to hold Rhyan off by a good margin the rest of the way to the checkered flag. For Rhyan it didn't really matter that much he did finish the moto in second. since he still had the overall win and would take over the series points lead from Staten. Tim ),.pc,n' . c;o.l'ected tljird ..fpr Iqe. moto. ~ • ~ •• " , ...., . ~. l ':oJ''' •• J..... ,..... •• '_ m ENTRY INFORMAnON .. • ENTRIF..8 OPEN JANUARY 12, 1980 AND CLOSE FEBRUARY 16, 1980. • MAIL ENTRY Sl!O.OO PER RIDER (inel. $1 for dist. 37 legal def. fund) • POST ENTRY $35.00 • STARTING POSITION DETERMINED BY POSTMARK ON ENTRY • NO REFUNDS. ENTRIES NONTRANSFERABLE. 'official !,1se only VtEW'FIN'DEkS OFFICIAL ENT1lY BlANK "'- ( PLlASE PRINT ) 1WtE •. --,- _ ADDIU'SS _ C1" RACE INFORMAnON ---'- PIIONE , • FOVR RACES EACH 100 ~nLES • PARTICIPATION PINS AND FINISHER DISTRICT , PINS. DISTRICT 37 POINTS. SILENCERS REQUIRED. NO PLAY BIKES. RESCUE OTHER (give nauM! of 3 WILL BE IN AITENDANCE. COMPUTE SCORING • .., SANCTIONED. WATER· TYPE POINTS '-'ANTED PROOFING RECOMMENDED. VIEW· FINDERS "LEGENDARY WATERJU~lP" WILL BE WAITING! • RIDER NUMBERS PROVIDED. 2,000 RIDERS EXPECTED • ENTRY INCLUDES RIDERS ADMISSION CLUB OR SPCNSOR, TO RACEWAY. VIEWFINDER G.P. DECALS. 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