Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

1·~EIii'DiiiUtiE"'"""IIion-l_U"'''''ob<:io''''_'''''''''Io-N~ Payne paces sion, but after thr~ laps, San Diego's Bob Whit~ jum~ in front and rod~ t~ position to th~ checlr.~ flag. ~arls cam~ back in th~ ~ond moto, I~ading from t~ ~ond lap to th~ finish and took hom~ overall trophy. ~arls bardy held off a charging Mark B~rquist who fmished th~ ~nd moto only a bikel~ngth off ~arl's pac~. In O~ In~.rm~at~ com~tition, Bob Sh~n of Nevada City rod~ to third and first-plac~ finishes to tak~ t~ ov~rall. Bob K~rz edged Jim St~art in th~ first moto. but cam~ back with a disappointing 11th plac~ in th~ ~ond round. Shor~n finish~d t~ ~ond moto with a comfortabl~ sev~n ~ond I~ad ov~r Tom Brown. E GoldenState r-4 ~ r-4 ~ tn Sportsmen at Prairie City w By Chuck Woodbury SACRAMENTO, CA, FEB. 7 CN Amateur motocross riders from throughout the state poured into ~ Sacramento's Prairie City OffHighway Vehicle Park for the f:' 2 ..c Q) ~ .. th~ DG Gold~n Stat~ S~ries s~rtsman com~tition. DespJt~ a chilly, d~~ moming fog. sixth round of th~ contin~nt of !l28 rid~ w~r~ t~at· ed to a w~ll·run, fast-paced program ov~r a modified and short~ned v~rsion of th~ Hangtown track. Chris N~al. Troy Blak~ and Willi~ Surratt scor~d doubl~ victories for th~ day - but th~~ w~~ oth~r stars. Th~ bi~t h~ro, in fact, may hav~ ~n a h~roi~. Dor~n~ Payn~ of N~ ark pow~red h~r 125cc Yamaha to an ov~rall victory in th~ Wom~n's division and in th~ process ~mbarra~d th~ mal~ lOOcc rid~rs who shared th~ moto with th~ ladies. After a sta~red start in th~ first moto (th~ Wom~n w~nt off last), Payn~ played catchup to 1OOcc rid~r Franlr. Ciolkosz and finished only a second off Ciolkosz's winning pac~. In t~ ~ond moto. howev~r, ev~ry' body left th~ ga~ at ~ sam~ tim~ and Payne Rt sail right from ~ start, ~m barrasaing ~ largely mak group with an unsurmountabl~ I~ad. Tailing Payn~ to ~ finish line was another f~le ri~r. M~rcedes Gonzales of Burbanlr.. Ciolkosz, m~anwhil~, pulled acroa t~ finish linr a distant third to taIt~ t~ ~rall victory in ~ lOOcc class. Troy Blak~ may have provided two of ~ moat outstanding rides of t~ day. Blake ~arned victories in th~ 80cc Modified Expert, 12 and ov~r, and 80cc Stock Expert classes. Blak~ had litt1~ difficulty winning th~ Modified trophy. In t~ first moto, Blak~ put away ~arly l~ad~r Bruc~ Bu~l aft~r two laps and fI~ to t~ checlr.~rs, finishing with a th~-second I~ad. In th~ Rcond moto, Blalt~ r~· bounded from an ~arly fall to win th~ moto. but only aft~r a tough battle with Burel. In Stock action, Blalt~ again pow~ his Yamaha to 1·1 finishes. Both motOll w~r~ highlighted by in~ contests for second pla~ ~twttnJo~r Kight and Tim Aston. Kight won t~ first, Aston t~ second. Yamaha's MOUR McCoy rod~ to a commanding win in the flJ'St moto of the 60cc Int~rm~t~ class. McCoy fought hard for his second mota victory, how~r. af~r a short but int~~ bat~ with Shaun Woot~n. Mik~ H~alq was devastating in 80cc Modified In~t~, 12 and ~r action. H~alq finished his motOll with ~ight and 15·~nd margins en rou~ to t~ ov~rall award. Richard Fleming finished second overall with two third· plac~ finishes. J~ Rincon ~arned th~ ov~rall in th~ 125cc Junior Division I contest th~ hard way with 4-2 finishes. First-moto winn~r ~an Davis finished w~ll out of cont~ntion th~ second round. Mik~ Siler took third plac~ in t~ first moto, but not until providing spectators with a grandstand finish. Sil~r crash~d almOllt directly on t~ finish lin~ and for thoee watching, t~ question was, "Did ~ or didn't h~?" (finish, that is). Results eo JR: ,. Mitchell Pooc.r.; 2. Jomie Wooten IVoml; 3. DIrren Ciolkozll IVom). 80 INT: 1, Mouoe McCoy IYoml; 2. Shoun Wooton; 3. Chrio _lVoml. PEE WEE: 1. PIn HeIley; 2. Bobby _ello (Y.ml; 3. Seth Young ISuzl. 80 MOO EX 12 UP: 1. Troy Bioi<. IYom); 2. Bruce Burel lSuzI; 3. Tyoon Vohlond (Yoml. 80 JR 11 & UNDER: 1. Clvis Neol IYom); 2. Scon Stone IYoml; 3. lAnce _ISuzl. 80 (NT STOCK ~ 11: 1. Willie Summ IKewI; 2. Mouoe McCoy IVom); 3. John McLellan (Yem). 80 JR MOO 12 UP: 1. Marcus Sebedo; 2. Roger 81ing (Kewl; 3. Phil Butler ISuzl. 80 INT MOO 12 UP: 1. Mit

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