Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Northern Californ ia-Northern Nevada-Oregon-Washington-Idaho-Utah-Alaska-Canada- Northern California-Northern Nevad NORTHERN DATELINE o 00 0') ~ PUMP GASOLINE FULLY LEGAL FOR AMA COMPETITION • CALL OR WRITE FOR YO UR NEAREST OAECO GASOLINE OISTRIBUTOR.•. DAECO 201 WEST "0" STREET WILMINGTON, CA 90744 (213) 549-0840 • SA!..ES • PAR TS . SE RVI C E ACCE~O R I B oW 10· • ~ 48 CY CLE CENTER cr> 11835 E. Car son St. Heweun Garden• . Ca . to711 2 Block s b st 0 ' 106 Frwy.• Carson . lincoln off Ramp L.;.-. 1213)165·1 223 OR ...:.........: 521-4343 ______ (714 ) Craig Bogle and Richard Hewit 1 exhibit radically different j um ping 191 techniques in their Open Intermediate race at Mulkey. J im Anderson hunkers down enroute to 125cc Pro w in at Mulkey. to cross his fingers and water just a little bit. It turned out to be a near perfect day for motocross. By late afternoon the larger classes encountered some problems with dust as a result of the light watering bu t you'd have to be a seer to second guess the wea ther today. The program opened with Rick Benek (Ha n), Mike Somerville (Yam), Allen Pitts (Suz) and Tim Michlitseh (Yam) leading the 250cc Pros around the bend. Somerville got in trouble early on the third lap , dropping way back. Michlitsch put Pitts down to third and launched a futile charge on Benek. Kevin Jansen, Steve Williams and Jim Anderson were in a real contest over whose Yamaha was going to be in fourth. Nobody gave an inch for several laps , then suddenly Anderson dove by both in a turn. While Anderson set his sights on Pitts, Jansen a nd W illiams started getting pushed from behind by Clay Alar (Yam). On the fina l lap , all th ree went by Pitts and Al a r gra bbed t he fourth spot. Somerville ma y have had the thrill of his life at the start of the second mota . He arrived at the point of the first tum like the lead goose in a flock then la id it down in front of everyone. You 'd th ink one in the pack would have had a good enough aim to nail him, but they didn't. Pitts took the lead briefly, but by the third lap he was down to fourth and on his way to a DNF. Alar took over the top spot and ignored everybody else. Beh ind him Michlitsch and Benek had a real go for second spot. It lasted most of the mota before Benek ca me int o a comer as if he made no attempt to stop and overshot it clear over to the next track section. He narrowly missed getting nailed by Jansen when he re-entered just a head of him . Monte Mitchell and Rowdy Blasdell were involved in a Husky duel in the front of the first Open Pro race. Rowdy cut underneath to nab th e lead on the top sweeper then almost irnmedia tely laid it down on the drop off. He was out for the day with a bruised shin . Mitchell wou ld n't enjoy the lead long , though, because Cla y Alar plowed right by. Positions remained the same until the last lap when Mitchell slid out and Chris Washburn (Ya m) motored by. Barney Newman (Yam) led th e second mota while Alar worked on ge tt ing around W ashburn. He d id , 125 PRO: 1. J im Anderson !Yam) 2. Darryl ZUms1e1n ; IHonl 3. Mart< Sun (Honl. ; 2SO JR A: 1. Gregg Glass (Hon) 2. M:ka Robinson ; !Yaml: 3. Jim McAllister (Suz). 2SO JR B: 1. Jay Bouffard (Han); 2. J ;m Brockm";er ISuzI 3. RicI1ard Moore l!

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