Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Hyde spent the day running with new Kawasaki teammate Vic Ely. "Vic and 1 had at it all day. 1 beat him in the final tniles. He had me by one point going into that last section, but he got stuck in a traffic bottleneck and 1 beat him." The traffic at 24 points was a five· rider jam - defending National Champion Dick Burleson, Kawasaki's Ely, Yamaha's1ohn Fern and Larry Roeeler and overall A class winner Keen. "I just flat tired out," said Burleson a bit disgustedly. "I probably rode 10 tniles on the flat before replacing the tube. Maybe 1 lost five minutes, but 1 made up some of that time in the fol· lowing section. Looking back, 1 should have ridden one more check since the section was an easy one and 1 might have lost only a minute or two. Unfortunately, that's hindsight. 1 didn't have to gamble the tire would come off . thenm. " Fero took vacation time to come to the run. He is now out of R&D at Yamaha and into the competition support program. "I hope I'll be able to ride the rest of the series," said Fero. "Right now Yamaha would rather, 1 didn't. 1 haven't been in the woods in four months and it felt l{OOd getting back into the swing of things." Fero was the only other rider besides Burleson to score points in every National last year. Roeseler felt with a bit of luck he could have been in the hunt. However, he had a rough time before the second check. "I lost some points that 1 shouldn't have. 1 had a spill because 1 didn't yell soon enough for the slower riden to get out of the way. Still, 1 feel good because this was my fint ride on the 250." There were funny stories as well as. Bill Berroth was passing a friend and did it the hard way. "I guess 1 wasn't really concentrating 100 percent, .. said Berroth. "I passed my friend - maybe showing off a bit - and gave.him a demonstration on the correct way to centerpunch a pine tree. 1 wrecked the headlight and front fender. It took me a bit of time to get going again. It was a silly mistake... How long does it take to put together an event like the Stone Mountain Na· tional? "Too long," said Jim Spinks of the sponsoring club. "You can't realize the number of houn that are put in to bringing something like this to a success· ful finish. Once we finish the c1ean·up, I'm going into hidinlt for a long time." The club thanked Hi·Point Racing Products and Husqvarna for their • product support of the event. ..... 00 ..... C') Results OIIERAlL: Mike MeIlIDn lHuolI8. OVERALL A; Ed K_IKTM) 24. OVERALL B: K., ~ lSuzl37. TOP 10 OVERAU.: 1. Mike MeIlIDn lHuol18; 2. Dorryt K _ (KTMI 19; 3. Aan l~ 22; 4. K_ . . - lKTMI 23; 5. T...., C........." lHuol 23; 6. Hyde oc-l24; 7. Did< Burtooon lHuol24; 8. VIC Ely oc-l24; 9. John Fero lYom> 24; 10. Ed K_IKTMI 11_ 24. 125 A; 1. B. '"""-IHuol53; 2. B. _1K8w1 83; 3. C. BoniI8ciuIlHuol72; 4. II.llegellYom> 92; 5. l. s..mn.l~104. 200 A; 1. S. Poulk lYom> 31; 2. C. S1Ud 3B; 4. D. Pierce (~ 38; 5. J. _lSuzl38. .,._.Id 250 A; 1. F. ~ IC-Al25; 2. B. Avwy lHuol28; 3. C. Ahior lKlMl 32; 4. A. (C-Al 33; 5. B. _IKTMI33. OPEN A; 1. D. Moody lYoml30; 2. F. GiIlIo lKTMl31; 3. W..,... a.nv (H.-I 31; 4. M. K_ lHuol35; 5. D. W_IHuol35. 125 B: 1. P. Cridor IKTMI 57; 2. J. S _ lHuol 66; 3. F. V _ lHonlll9; 4. V. Young (Suzl 76; 5. II. MIrlinlSWMl84. 200 B: 1.11. Pino lYom> 39; 2. G. Gormon (VomI44; 3. S. loony I~ 48; 4. II. Wiloon ISuzl 49; 5. W. S...... lYoml50. 250 B: 1. J. PIIlumbo IKTMI 41; 2. L "-000 ISWMI43; 3. L Siolc (SuzI46; 4. l. AIIi.on (HUll; 47; 5. B. Bobbitt IC-Al49. OPEN B: 1. F. Ptioo IHuoI38; 2. L Henning IKTMI42; 3. J. Ta IKTMI 46; 4. D. H.n IC-Al; 47; 5. G. W_ IHUIl50. SII DIY: 1. D. _IHuol38; 2. B. - . (Moil 48; 3. F.lord oc-l48; 4. J. Mot'" IHUIl48; 5. F. Brown ISuzl 51. SUPEII SIl: 1. II. l_ISuzlI7; 2. F. ~ 1K8w1 91. 4-STIlOKE A; 1. N. WlIIdrop (HonI 41; 2. C. _ oc-l5l5; 3. II. 8utIlIr lHonI76; 4. T. KlImlIdy l~" 5. F. AbMy lHonl131. WOMEN: 1. It CompblIIIlSuzl 71; 2. S. 8lIrr lYom> 81;3..S.IlIct...... lYomI81. _'-' - • -..:..:..:.~ NATIONWIDE Magura Distributors WANTED Magura ~AGUAA] U.S.A. Corp. • •• P.O. Box 337 Milroy, PA 17063 7171667·2118

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