Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

So.thera Callf...al.·A.....a .....th.ra N.v. . . . . . .th.ra Callf.ral•• Arlzoa.....thera N.v. . . . . . .th.ra Callf.ral•• Art....... Western hotline (Abovel The CRC Supercycle GP team race gets started. Co-winner Craig Adams is on the left. (Below) Rick Johnson won at CMC. At CMC Saddle"ck. Devid Gerig barely missed a downed Steve Welker. CRChosts Supercycle GP By Terry Rezek CARLSBAD, CA. MAR. 16 - ... 32 A few miles to the north, one kind of Klan was gathering to do violence to almost anyone; here the dedicated motorcycle racers were gathered to do violence only to themselves. Since I'm still mending from that same tendency to be careless when least likely to survive, my viewpoint was limited to a few select spotS, notably the start and the big jump immediately following. What I saw was that craziness is still rampant among racers. I love it! The course was essentially the same as what we all saw on TV, plus the drag strip and a downhill. asphalt strip, plus the motocross course. There were two areas that caused most of the position changes throughout the day - the very hard, very rough section immediately after the start jump and the muddy sections of the motocross course. The first race off into the beautiful morning were the screamin' minis. Terry Woody got a beautiful holeshot and came off the jump looking in control. His glory didn't last, however, because at the end of the ftrst lap Chris Gables had taken the lead, not to be headed again. Barry Crawford gave Gables a battle in the first three laps but Gables began to pull steadily away. Meanwhile, back in the dust, TerTy Woody and Dwayne Sardinsky had settled into a knock-down, knucltJe·bitin' fight for what turned out to be fourth and fifth at the end. Woody, riding as a Beginner, parlayed a well-tuned bike and determination into the fourth spot while Sardinsky tried to overcome a slightly sick bike by some great riding. As these two were worrying at each other, Bob Pickard put together good riding and a good machine to come out of the sunset into third place. The Veterans' race belonged entirely to Lee Evans and Lynn Vick. They were the first off the line and over the jump and that's the way they stayed_ The only moment of high drama came when Evans got a little exhuberant coming off the jump in a later lap and almost looped it. He recovered without problem and held the lead. The 81·200cc race was another walkaway, this time in favor of Robert Miller. He was challenged briefly in the first lap by P69 and Albert St, George and later by 'Mark Davis. but Miller was never in real danger and St. George and Davis settled for second and third. The 250cc race was made notable by a Maico rider who repeatedly practiced the start and exhibited some fine wheelies when returning to the start line. The practice paid off because he was first by far at the start and over the jump. Apparently the wheelies didn't help, however, because he dropped steadily back and soon disappeared. Right behind him at the start were Troy Smith and Norman Francis with Francis emerging as the leader at the end of the first lap. Smith soon took command on the motocross· oriented course and although Francis made him work for every inch, Smith gradually pulled away to put enough room to allow a hard· riding Robert Miller to slip into second by the finish. If this is the same Miller who won the lightweight race. he indeed put in a hard day's day! Another glutton for punishment is Lynn Vick who finished second in the Veterans race and picked up a fourth against the kids here. In the Open class, Bob Broten got the starting jump on Eric Graves, but within two laps. Graves jumped back and stayed on top. Jerri Marquis rode a hard, steady race and finished third. Paul Huffman was warming himself and his KTM for the team race and warmed his way into fourth. The ATC/Odyssey race always pro· vides a lot of excitement and there was plenty in this one. The IO-Second Race Award goes to Odyssey IgOI who screamed over the jump, hit the rain ruts just beyond, and brought the crowd to the fences with a tumbling act that would have made a gymnast proud. He crawled away from that but a bent axle ended his aerial exhibition for the day. While the spectators geewhizzed over this crash, Bill Mow took his highly modified Odyssey to a firm and well-deserved first place. Some of the day's best racing occured during the rider swaps in the team race, It was a wire·to-wire battle between the KTM team of Paul Huffman/Craig Adams and the Suzuki - team of Mike Johns/Troy Smith. At the final lap, even the partners left in the pits weren't sure who would show up first. It went to the KTM team but it couldn't have been closer or better contested, Results MINIS: 1. ehrio GIbloo. Am. (Yoml; 2. IIorry Ex, ISUll; 3. Bob Plc:Urd. Ex, IHonl: 4. Terry Woodo(. IIeg. ISuzl; 5. SerdinoIly. Nov. (Suzl; 6. Mille ' " " ' " - . Nov. C~~ 7. Mille ~. IIeg. (Yoml. 81-2OOcc: 1. - . M~1er 1Suz); 2. -"-t S~ Goorvt (Yoml; 3. _ ~ 1Suzl; 4. s--. Co

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