Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

o 00 0') ~ Mike Bell. leading Steve Wise here. sewed up the 1980 Supercross title with his win Saturday night and third on Sunday. rider David Bailey ca m e up to ch allenge. In a berserk move he put a wh eel in front of Canraloupi at the last jump and th e two crashed off the tr ack . Bailey went over the bars. roll ed twice , a nd was up dancing a round! "I knew if I held it wide open in those jumps and ate it - even if I b roke mybike or body - it would at least .get m e in the ma in!" sa id an elated Bailey. T ripes was ex hausted in th e pits . "If I was cha ngi ng lines it was because I was so tired. 1 haven't ridden mu ch becau se I've been hurt." J im Gibson and Je ff Hicks found a way to the final by virt ue of their 1-2 pl acings in sem i one. Honda' s Rich Coo n fell and injured his left shoulder. Cantal oupi and Shultz d iced in sem i two with Shultz passing on the inside' in a sweep er to win . The two were followed to the final by consola tion winner Kr is Bigelow , who wa s cha llenged all the way by Frank St acy. Wa rd , Bell , Hansen , Gibson and Bailey led th e invasion into the final 's first turn . Bell took Ward in th e ba ck st ra ig ht and ran awa y to hide. Hansen dropped back and Gibson was moved on by Wise and Sun, who had passed Bailey. Shultz crashed a nd Moroney was off the track. Steve Martin crashed and laid in pain on th e track , and Barnett and How erton took up the chase in the 7-8 positions. At halfway things stayed the same, but then Barnett and Re id took Bailey. LaPorte went down, another victim of a m isjudged jump. He crawled off the track. Ward went down and Gibson took second after passing Wise. Then Reid flew off the track. Bell took the win with a nine second lead over Gibson with Wise , Barnett, a nimble Glover, Sun , Howerton , Cantaloupi , Hansen and top privateer Bailey following . _. ' "My mechanic was telling me 22 laps to go after I went three laps. I wasn 't ready for it . The track got kind of rutted ," sa id Bell . At the start of the race it had mistakenly been announced the final would be 25 laps instead of the usual 20. " I slowed up to wards the en d because I couldn't see Bell and I didn't want to crash out ," said Gibson. "I was pr essing su pe r hard to pa ss lappers. Then my - back started to hurt ," said W ise. Bell's neck looked nasty from th e banner incid ent , an d he had put salve on it to keep sweat off, which would hav e made it sting. Sunday Hansen. Ed Braz ina and Shultz led heat one , bu t soon it was Bell agai n into th e lead for good, cha lking up an othe r three points towa rds th e title he wanted so badly. Shultz carded second a nd Hansen th ird , with Cantaloupi edging Martin at th e line. " I need a seventh today to win (the title)," said Bell as he awa ited th e fina l. Gibson, Ward and Howerton volleyed for position in qualifier two with How ert on winning. Gibson followed even though he had fallen, and Ward hit the inside of the tunnel. Myerscough moved into transfer slot three with Mark Garrison of Keystone MX Works next . Marty Moates made the final with fifth, even though he had thrown it away earlier whil e ba ttling with Myerscough. . Tripes again displayed his talent with a blast past Sun, Wise, and Frank Stacy in heat three. Then Stacy squared his ba ck off against a cement wall in a crash. He was in pain but OK. Tripes won by 10 feet over Sun, Wise , an on I the gasJimmy Ellis and Dynamic Cyclel Hi Point's Kris' Bigelow . . "I took a really bad shot on the back. It 's really sore, but nothing's going to keep me away from Europe," said Stacy. He heads for France to compete'in the ISDT in September. . Hollis showed p rivateers can tum up the wick as he led heat four followed by Reid and LaPorte. Barnett worked into the lead , and then LaPorte moved past then second place rider Reid. Kawasaki's Ga ylon Mosier got Hollis, but fell . Kessler was pumped by his New Jersey cheering section and rammed to fourth . Hollis hung on and clai med th e last transfer. " I was going for it. Mosier got by and then he ate it. 1 wasn 't going to let him get th e tr ansfer ," sa id Hollis. Glover led a berserk Moroney a cross th e line in semi on e, with CSM's Darren Rh ot en cra shing in a last d itch effort on Moroney. " I wasn't going to stick around and look like a turkey. It was cras h or qualify. You try a nd ride a stock bike at factory speeds!" sa id Moroney. Bailey took command of sem i two with Englund closing at th e fin ish. LOP's Mike Brown was involved in a crash that left him with a concussion. Yamaha . support rider John Day made his way to the final with a ride from behind in the consolation ra ce. Glover did it before and he did it again this time, taking the holeshot in the final and running to th e checkers uncontested . Gibson had second but Tripes took the position over Wise. Barnett and Bell followed . It didn't take long for the leaders to become en gulfed in lapped riders. Tripes faded and Bell slid into second. T hen a charging H owerton passed Tripes, but Tripes got him back when Howerton was slowed by Cantaloupi. How erton took Tripes ag ain and mounted a charge for Bell , getting by on the front strai gh t late in the race. Bell seemed to be content as Glover, Howerton , Bell, T ripes, Wise , LaPorte, Shultz and top p rivateer Kessler crossed the line. "I tri ed to hold a pace but I went by a scoreboard and was gaining a second a lap. In my home town of San Diego the fans will be a factor ," said Glover concerning the final Supercross round . " I wanted a good start but I was bunched in . The la st five laps I saw Kent was catching m e. I'd like to thank Dave ( O st e rm a n, Bell 's mechanic). We didn't have on e DNF t he whole series," said Bell . "T here were ' too many fa ctors against me this time," said Howerton. " It was a matter of su rvival ou t there. Now comes the T rans-AMA - real motocross." • Results SATURDAY: 1. Mike Bell IYam); 2. Jim Gibson (Hon); 3. Steve Wise (Hon): 4. Mark Barnett (Suz); 5. Broc Glover (Yam); 6. Chuck Sun IHan): 7. Kent How erton (Suz); 8. Donnie Caritaloupi (Yam); 9 . Donn ie Hansen (Hon); 10. David Bailey {Kaw); 11. W arren Reid (Kaw); 12 Marty Tripes !Yam); 13. Arlo Englund !Yam); 14. Kris Bigelow (Yam); 15. Dan Conway (Han); 16. Boo Stichter IKTM); 17. Marty Moates (Yam); 18. Dave Hollis IYaml; 19. Pat Moroney IYaml; 20. Jeff Hicks . !Yam); 21. Jeff Ward IKaw); 22. Steve Mart in IYam); 23. Mickey Kessler !Yam); 24. Danny laPorte ISuz); 25. DarrellShultz (SuzJ. ' . SUNDAY: 1. Sroc Glover (Yam); 2 Kent Howerton ISuz); 3. Mike Bell IYaml; 4. Marty Tripes !Yam); 5. Steve WISe (Han); 6. Danny laPorte ISuzl; 7. Darrell Shultz ISOlI; 8. Mickey Kessler !Yaml; 9. Mark Barnett ISOl); 10. Donnie Hansen (Han); 11. David Bailey IKawl ; 12. Chuck Sun IHon); 13. Jim Gibson IHon); 14. Jeff Ward IKawl : 15. Donnie Cantaloupi (Yaml: 16. Steve M artin (Yam); 17 . Dan Conway (Hon); 18. Jim Ellis IYam); 19. Warren Reid (Kaw); 20. Pat Moroney !Yam); 21. Arlo Englund (Yam); 22. Kris Bigefow (Yaml ; 23. Dave Hollis (Yam);24. John Day (Yaml. AMA SUPERCRDSS SERIES POINT STANDINGS: 1. Mike Bell (372); 2. Kent How erton (329); 3. Chuck Sun (3091; 4. Mark Barnett 1277); 5. Broc Glover 127S); 6. Jim Gibson 1239 7. Steve WISe (199); 8. Donnie ); Hansen (154); 9. Warren Reid 1151}; 10. Marty Tripes 1 133); 11. Darrell Shultz (132); 12 Brian Myerscough 1129 13. Donnie Cantaloupi (125); 14. Jeff W8Id 11 02); ); 15. Marty Smith (99); 16. Danny laPorte (93); 17. Rex Staten (84); 18. Arlo Englund (70); 19. J im Ellis 160); 20. ITIE)Rick 8urgettJlarty Wosick 145). 7

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