Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

-Canada- Northern Cal ifornia-Northern Nevada-Oregon-Washington-ldaho-Utah-AI process of unlapping himself when he threw it down again braking for th e hairpin . He later explained that he hadn't had time to get certain vital bits fully unkinked from the first crash (like , the throttle. brakes and clutch). In the Superbikes . Rocky Phoenix had full command o f the first heat with his 1000 cc Kaw and looked to be on his way in the second , but lost it coming up the hill from the hairpin . " It started coming up . the front end got cocked wrong and I couldn't climb off the gas fast enough." said the largely unharmed Rocky, obs erving from the edge of the second ess. This left Bob Loose . who had shadowed Rocky in the earlier heat . to cruise for the overall, ahead of Dick who ought to get some sort of hero award for hanging ont o a C BX with crash ba rs. yeti Rh ys Howard (o n a Honda single) put together two good races to win 125cc GP after Dick crashed. win ning the second heat outright via a spirited repassing duel with Murray Niebel (C· A 175) and Goldie Trelenberg on an ot her Can-Am single. Results SUPERBIKE: 1. Bob Loose IKaw); 2. St eve Did< IHon): 3. BillMany (S uz). SIDECAR: 1. Wi ldma nl\Vlldma n rrri); 2. WildmanJ OaW::tson(Tri); 3. Hudson/Hag ue. 250 GP: 1. Ala'; Seddon lY am ); 2. Ken Botham lYaml; 3. Bruce l ind CWas ). 125 GP: 1. Rhys Howa,d (Honl; 2. Munay N_ ICAl; 3. Gold ie T< e1enberg (C·A). 550 CAFE: 1. Bryan Rolls IYam); 2. Chris Michak (Honl; 3. B,act Coch hn ISuzl. 410 PROD: 1. SIe ve [);ek IYaml; 2. Mike Dennis (Ya m); 3. Fraser Mithcell (Yaml . Danny Magoo and Eric Hall too at Honda AME round eight By Delbert Longbrake ROSEBURG . OR. JULY 20 The 1980 Honda / AME American Minicycle Championship Series made its way to the great Nort hwest and Jerry Shore, president of American Motocross Enterprises. or AME, brought a first-class program to the Clarks Bra nch Motocross track near Roseburg. The riders found a dusty track on their arrival to Clarks Branch even though the loca l club had just spent thousands of dollars on an elaborate sprinkler system . Apparently someo ne or som ething had dammed the creek above th e pump and at midnight Saturday, the creek went dry. A water truck was brought in to take up th e slack in th e morning and by noon on Sunday. enoug h wat er got around or over th e dam so tha t the sprinkler system could be turned on. Honda factory rider Brooks hurt his leg in practice and had to sit on th e sidelines a nd watch as the 83cc Expert Stock class left th e line withou t him . Eri c Hall from Camas , WA . riding under the Yamaha sup port program and for LOP . rode into the lead and was never to be seen in any other posi tion . Beh ind Er ic was local rider Carey Lund who rode in second until the halfway mark when his Suzuki stopped. Wit h Lund out. Tim Aston from Briggs. CA. fou nd him self in second. At th e finis h . Ha ll had easi ly won with Aston in second a nd Aurora . O R . rider Craig Lambert in third . In the second moto, Aston led for two laps until he dropped out with unknown trouble. Hall then moved into first for double moto wins . In second place was Lambert , but he too had problems a nd dropped out . leav ing second ~o T.!'~C;y .~ ka y . Sp ecta tors got t heir first view of Honda factory rider Todd Hewatt as th e 83cc Intermed iat e Stock class lined up . Hewatt , from Appl e Vall ey. CA . moved ou t int o first wit h Russ Reim er in seco nd a nd Bobby Moore in thi rd . In th e second rnoto, Moore , on his Pro Trac Trailer-sp ons or ed Ya ma ha . dove int o first p lace with H ewa tt close beh in d . Hewatt was una ble to take fi rst a way fro m Moore a nd at t he fin ish it wa s Moore . H ew a t t and Reimer across in tha t ord er. Eric Hall rode the 83cc Expe rt Modified cla ss and again dominat ed , winning both m ot os. T im Ast on placed second in bo th mor os a lso. The b ig crowd pleaser of th e day was the 125cc Expert Modified class. partly due to th e fa ct that Danny "Magoo" Chandler cam e up from Ca lifornia to ra ce . It was Tomm y Meyers from McMinnvi lle , TN , how ever . who saw the gate fall first and bolted out int o th e lead . Behind Meyers was Chand ler on his very stoc k looking Pro Trac Honda . In t hird was local favorite Roy Da vis. Before one lap wa s com p le te d , Chandler got by Meyers for fir st and Dav is sta rted moving up also. Lat er, Davis would pass Meyers while in mid a ir flight on th e downhill jumps. A littl e fu rt her b ack in th e pack . Jerry Sh or e on his E.C . Birt , Honda support mount was battl ing Bryan T a ylor from T exas on his Moto-X Fox Yamaha . Da vis was unable to ca tch Chandler and at th e flag the order was Chandler , Da vis a nd Oregon riders Rod Kell er and J amie Classen. Taylor was able to finis h fifth j ust one place ahead of Shore . Meyers , who ha d done so well ea rlier . had dropped out with bike problems. In th e second 125cc Expert rn oto , Meyers once aga in got th e holeshot with Keller and Da vis behind him. By th e tim e th e riders got to th e downhill , Da vis had gotten a round Kell er and began putting th e pr essure on Meyers . Chandler was back in sixth place but was sta rt ing to move up . Davis was soon around Meyers for first p lace and Chand ler meanw hile m oved around Taylor. Ke ller and fina lly Meyers . Magoo then went after Davis, but just when he got close . he fell . This ga ve Dav is a new lease on life as he st re tc hed his lead . A few laps lat er , though , Davis pulled into th e pits with a front wheel full of broken spokes d espite th e fa ct that he had used caution on th e d oub le downhill ju m ps whi ch is wher e he usually breaks his wheels . With Da vis out . Chand ler ha d smooth sailing to th e fla g. Taylor had moved up to second with Meyers in third . Keller was first Oregon rid er in fourth and first Oregon rider overall in th ird behind Chandler and Taylor . M O DEL MAX . T RAVEL H ond a XR 200 ·SO 9 .4 " H ond a C R SO ·SO. · S .O" Ka wa..k i KX SO 'SO S .7 5" Kawasak i KLX 250 '79 & ·SO 10 .2 5" Ka wa sa ki KDX 17 5 ·SO 10 . 25" Ka wa sa ki KD X 250 /400 ·SO 10 .5" Su zu k i R M 125 /250 /400 '7 9 & ·SO 12 .0 " Suz u ki RM SO ·SO S .5 " Yamaha YZ 250 /465 'SO 12 .4 " Ya mah a IT 250 /425 ·SO 11. 0 " Yamaha Y7. SO ·SO S . 75" Yam aha YZ 10 0 ·SO. . . ... . .. ... •.. . S.O" Yam a h a IT 125 'SO S.6 " Ya m a ha l T 500 '7 9 & ·SO 9 .2 5 " Yam a ha IT 175 ·SO 10 .9 " • Kiu a lso available fo r most other b ikes. Out of state call toll free 800-854-469 1 90 da y mon e y back guarantee. Dea ler or Direc t Resu lts 83cc JR STOCK 9-11: t . Bill Boresek IKawl ; 2. Tony Guido lSuz); 3. Terry Davis ISUll. 83cc JR STOCK 12-16: 1. J amie Gillett e IYam); 2. J on NtemllHonl; 3. Mickie Leper (Kaw). 83ce INT S TOCK 12·16 : 1. Todd Hew att IHon): 2. Bobby M OOfe (Yam); 3. Russ Retmer (Han). 83ee EX S TOCK 12·16 : 1. Ene HaIi IYam ); 2. Tracy Skav (Kawl ; 3. Craig Lambert (Yaml. PEEWEE MOD: 1. Rvan Hutfman (Suzl . 61cc 6-8 YRS: 1. M on ty Spalding (Yaml ; 2. J eH Dally ISuz). 83cc INT MOD : 1. Troy Davis l Suz). 8Jcc EX MOD : 1. Eric Hall IYaml; 2. Tim Aston (Yam); 3. Trecv Skev IKaw ). 83cc JR MO D 9·11: 1. Terry DaVIS (Suzl. 83cc JR MOD 12·16; 1. J on Nierm IHa nl; 2. Kirk Smith (Kaw); 3. Brian Springer (Suzl. 1DOee INT STOCK: 1. Brad Jo hnson {Yaml ; 2. Kent Egli (Yam) . GIRLS DIV: 1. Paige Drckensen {S Ul "!. 100 EX MOD : 1. Bryan TavlOf (Yaml. 125 JR STOCK: 1. Brett Cahors (Yam l; 2. Tod d Krun8 erger (Ho n); 3. Bob Ma nsfle4d (Yaml. 125 l NT STOCK: 1. Loch Names (Yam); 2. M ike Hayes (Yam); 3. Rand y Alhman (Suzl . 125cc JR MOO : 1. Brett Cahors (Yam t; 2. Daniel Pischke (Yaml; 3. lawrence VanHoo f (Yaml . 125 EX MOO: 1. Dann y Chandler (Hon); 2. Bryan Tavtor ~Y~m..); 3.:.Rodney Ketler l~uz) . Hand -R d lng W ashable !l A I,.( \ • PAR a - Racing S tay Soft Othman Disl,ibuting Co. Box 356 San Luis Obispo, CA 93406 lB051 544-61 81 " S treet GLOVES Deale' Inquir ies Invited • !l( 1J ~ I C r A( CL " J ll'l B W " ~NG",. (Y Ct! C[NTE ~ "P 11835 E e M_On 5, Ha w aii_n G... d.ns. c.. 90716 2 Bloc ks U5t 0' 605 kwy.. C.~n l inColn 0 " Ramp (Z13) 165-8223 OR (7 14) 521-4343 25

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