Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

, cia· Northern California-Northern Nevada·Oregon·Washington·ldaho·Utah~Alaska o 00 0') ~ - CN ..... . s.. <: Tim Worth b.188ted both Pro mOt08 at Tulare. One couldn't ask for a more beautiful day as a touch of spring touched Oregon and the temperature rose to almost 70 degrees. Add to that the good track conditions and beautiful facilities at the Roseburg track and you had a perfect day for motocross. The Clarks Branch track lies against one of many steep rolling hills in a valley that is so green it would put the Emerald City of Oz to shame. Sheep and cattle graze next to the track oblivious to the racing taking place next to them. The course is very wide and winds along the hill and through the trees. Since the course is laid out on a hillside there are many off-camber turns, uphills and one huge downlllil. This downhill is about the length of a football field and contains twO jumps about one third of the way from the top. These jumps offer the riders the opportunity to hot dog it for the cameras and a wave or a foot off the peg while flying through the air is the order of the day for this spot. The track was smooth and moist with lots of traction when the 125cc Pro class left the backwards-falling gate. Jeff Bryant got the holeshot with Roy Davis close behind. Two ri?ers fell just after the start, one of which was Rick Smith. Smith remounted but was in the back of the pack. Bryant led for three quarters of a lap until he and Davis started down the downhill. Roy Davis didn't even blink as he plunged down the hill shifting up through the gears. He leaped his Yama·ha over the jump flying !l0 feet in the air: passing Bryant in the process. The tncky part was slowing down enough to make the sharp right-hand turn at the bo.ttom. No one jumped further than DaVIS. Davis continued to lead with B.ryant in second followed by Stan Roberts and Rick Smith. And that was the order of the finish. Smith rode almost the entire moto with his clutch lever dangling from the handlebar. There w~ some dust visible as Steve. Williams got the holeshot in the 250cc Pro class. Behind Williams was Rod Huffman, Craig Prause and Randy Wing. As the riders started up one of the short uphills. Huffman muscled around Williams for first place. A few laps later, Prause began to move as di~ Wing. Prause pulled hiS Kawasaki around Williams' Yamaha for second as Wing was moving up. Near the halfway mark the order was Huffman, Prause, Williams and Wing. Prause was really putting the - pressure on Huffman for first when, at the boltom of the big downhill, he stalled his Kawasaki. By the time he got restarted two riders had passed him. Prause rea·IJy got down to busi· ness as he repassed the two riders and again started working on Huffman. At one point Prause and Huffman were so close that their machines made contact and Prause almost went down. Prause later commented that he had lost his rear brake early in the moLO and when he and Huffman got close he wasn't able to stop. Huffman was unshook by the contact and went oil to take the checkered flag followed closely by Prause, Williams and Wing. One other interesting entrant was Rich Earl who is Team LOP rider Mark Gregson's mechanic. Rich didn't have too good of a day placing sixth in the first moto. In the second set of moLOS, the dust was really becoming a factor as Roy Davis grabbed the early lead in the 125cc Pro class. Behind Davis was Smith. Stan Roberts and Jeff Bryant. Just as the riders completed one lap, Smith and Bryant got tangled up and both went down. That put Roberts in second place. Smith got up before Bryant and therefore was in third place. Smith caught up with Roberts and the two diced it out for second place. Smith finally got around Roberts and held onto second place until the finish. Davis never lost the lead. As the noisiest water truck in captivity pulled off the track, Steve WiIJiams' 250 Yamaha pulled onto the track and again got the 250cc Pro class holeshot. Once Prause's Kawasaki left the start· ing gate, his front wheel never touched the ground until he reached the first turn which is a good 100 yards away. Between motos, Craig had said he would get the brake flXed on. h~s new Uni-Trak and really got for It m the second moto and it looked like he meant what he said. On the second lap. he easily pulled by Williams for first place. Meanwhile, Williams had his hands full with Rod Huffman. Huffman too got around Williams and began trying to catch Prause. But there didn't seem to be any way to catch Prause and Huffman had to settle for second. Williams held off Wing for third. 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