Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

~uperstltion Mounbln - Jean - Rand Mountains - Luc_ Valley - Red Mountain· TEAM YAMAHA MOTa III By th~ second check th~ top two spots remain~ th~ .sam~, but now in th~ third spot was Malocco, follow~ by Saltzman and Cliff Thomas, who was r~ally on th~ move. Thomas had passed both Saltzman and Malocco by th~ third c~k, mov· ing into t~ position ~hind Smith. K~n Upp had pull~ into t~ slot ~ hind Saltzman; foll~ by Oviatt, Tony Megla, and Crandall, with an· othfi Amateur, Randy Joon, moving into th~ 10th slot. . Th~ I~ad~n r~in~ in th~ sam~ ord~r as tlley h~ad~ hom~ for gas. C~ting th~ mountains and rid~ running down towards th~ pits, th~ ridfiS ~ surprised, and ohm confused, by t~ fact that ~ ~ I~ back onto th~ mountain, t~n through a tight and twitting gully next to th~ road, and finally on~ mo~ tim~ onto th~ low~r section of th~ mountain ~. fo~ th~ finally h~ad~ into th~ pits. It was sp«tating at its finest. Ontt out onto th~ second loop, with Bal~ntin~ (Open) settling into a st~ady pac~ fiv~ minutes ah~ad of Smith (Open), th~ Othfi top 10 ridfiS ~r~ permanmtly positi~ for ~ balantt of th~ next two laps. Thomu (250cc) was in third, fol· low~ by Saltzman (V~t Open), Open rid~r Malocco (who was in only his second D-57 ratt of t~ ~ar), Upp (25Occ), Amateur Oviatt (Open), MegIa (25Occ), Amateur jones (25Occ), and McCasland (Open). Fmc "C," pilo~ by Pet~ POIIt~I, had hem in tM 11 th slot the whole rac~. ~ ~ wasn't tM usual "fr~· way" found in Luttrne VaI~. Instead it was extrmlely challenging and ~ worthy of being a National Cham· pionship round. T~ only sad pan was that t~ w~ v~ry f~ ri~n from outsid~ D-57 to cbaIIen~ for th~ points, although thfi~ were num~rous motocrOllllen t~~. Th~ top 10 Novice fmis~n w~~ I~d by Open rider Scott McManus (who finish~ an un~li~abl~ 27th ov~rall), ~nduro rid~r Larry Woodruff (Open) who was riding only his second District d~rt competition, Don Sh~ph~rd (Open), Larry Brown (250cc), Dal~ Crisk~ (Open), St~v~ Sampl~ (Open), Mik~ Logan (Open), pi~ plat~r T. Aufranc~ from D-58, Dan Davidson (Open) and Russell PiIt~ (Open). Th~ B~ginn~n had to rid~ two of th~ thr~ 55-mil~ loops so those who fmish~ truly ~arn~ th~ir pinsl Geor~ Davis (Open) I~ th~ B~ ginn~n into th~ finish, follow~ by J~rald Jaszarowski (Open), pi~ plat~rs j. Gilpin and M. Ca~, j. Ost~n (250cc), pi~ plat~r D. Cowgill, "c" rid~r M. Mont~ron~, pi~ plat~r N. Armstrong, j. M~f (250cc) and M. Young (Open). Th~ sun brok~ through th~ clouds as th~ riden paclt~d up th~ir g~ar and h~aded hom~. Results OPEN EX: 1. B. _ ; 2. D. SmiIh; 3. M. MlIloc:co. 2liO EX: 1. C. n.on.; 2. K. Upp. 12S-175EX:P._. TIlAJL EX: P . _ . VET EX: B . _ (Oponl. SR EX: M. NonMn Klpenl. WOMAN EX: L _ . OPEN AM: 131M. 2liO AM: Rondy Joneo. 125-175: R. _ _ VET AM: L Goodan 12501. SR AM: S. Ahuoro 125Ol. WOMAN: M. Autronc:e. OPEN NOV: 1. S. McM..,...; 2. L. Woodouff; 3. D. ~d. 250 NOV: 1. L Iln>wn; 2. S. Sample. 125-175 NOV: F. Heocod<. TIlAJL NOV: 1. J. ~_i; 2. G. Togiioferri. SR NOV: M. T...,IOponl. OPEN BEG: 1. G. ~ 2. J. J _ ; 3. M. Young. 2liO BEG: 1. J. 0.-,; 2. J. MegtIIf. 125-175 BEG: M. Mon_. TAlLBEG:l.P.~. VET BEG: R. SmiIIl fOponl. SR BEG: D. _10p0nl. E ~ Butler bests CRC E Hobo 100 By Mike Klinger LUCERNE VALLEY, CA, APR. 5 Three weeks ago, the die· hard California Racing Club enduro riden were in a frantic panic. An entrants to the April event, the Hobo 100, rec~iv~ a lettfi from th~ presi~nt of CRC, Jfiry McN~al, stating thit du~ to th~ lack of manpow~r to h~lp with th~ enduros h~ would hav~ to t~nninat~ all of th~ enduros from this day forward. A m~ting was h~ld April IS and t~ ~nti~ problem has ~n solv~. Som~ avid ~nduro ridfiS a~ going to k~p the w~k~nds alive and UEA's Larry Langl~ will ~ the man in cha~. As ~~ryone pull~ up to th~ starting Iin~ for th~ir minut~, signs w~r~ pos~ ~erywhfi~ ~quest ing ~~ryon~ to m~t aft~r th~ enduro to disCUIS th~ futu~. Kun Butler won th~ oVfiall at tM Hobo 100, but ~v~ry on~ cam~ out a winn~r. Th~ th~ loop ~ent took platt at th~ ~ver popular AndfiSOn Dry LaIt~. At 8 a.m. the fint rid~n jett~ south through t~ tight and twitty ravin~ just out of camp. Looking acl'Olll th~ d~n you could ~ that the traill~ ~t1y to Soggy Dry LaIt~. Soav Dry LaIt~ was not bad but tM tliiCit, choking dust on the perimet~r of tM 1aIt~ was a ~a1 c~~. After about 50 miles tM loop ~nd~ and again Larry Stdan won th~ overaIJ for one IooPfiS. Stdan won t~ SOcc A c1aa and 1000t only one second; a very impresi~ rid~. Following Stdan for tM top honon ~ T~nt Witsaman (125cc C·I6) who lost sev~n seconds with third going to a woman ridfi in th~ 125cc B cIaas, Sh~lIy McDonald. Founh position w~nt to Gin~r Smith (I25cc W /B) and Jim Devin~ (200cc C·I6) tied and J~ff David (8Occ C) mad~ up th~ top fiv~. "_ Loops two and thr~ w~r~ a r~al chor~. Both courses invol~ som~ n~w t~rrain and dynamit~ hills. On loop two a bottl~n~k d~veloped halfway up a st~p, rocky hill. No on~ could man· ~uv~r around th~ down~ rid~rs and th~ st~p gully was too rocky for most of th~ contestants. So ~v~ryon~ ~ith~r , took th~ir chances with th~ bould~n or sat and wait~ as the valuabl~ seconds ticlt~ off. Joe Smith turn~ in th~ day's best 5Cor~ for two loopen with a thr~-second loss and th~ ov~rall in th~ Open C ov~r SO class. Lucky Fr~man, J~ff Faulf and Ray Wilbur follow~d Smith in th~ Open C class but a f~w seconds separat~ th~ field. Fourth ov~rall w~nt to Mark V~raas, riding in th~ 200cc C class and losing ~ight sec· onds. G~g Cr~ finish~ out th~ top five for two loopen with a nin~ second loss. Th~ rid~ of th~ day w~nt to Kurt Butl~r. Butl~r best~ th~ field of 525 rid~n and tack1~ th~ 81·mil~ course, losing only 25 seconds. With BUtl~r's ov~rall performanc~ h~ also topped th~ 200cc A class just ah~ad of second ovt;rall linish~r Craig Lair (250cc A). Lan and Grant Pal~nsk~ ti~ for second ov~rall, both losing 1.70 minutes. Mik~ Frick~ (200cc B) and Dan Klin~ (250cc A + 50) finish~ third and fourth, separated by only ~ seconds. Making up th~ top 10 for all thr~~ w~r~ K~n Cat~r (Open A + SO) Bil Fullm~r, Jr. (200cc A), Rick Bi~niak (250cc A), Bob K~irns (Open A), Howard Smith (Open A +40) and finally Tony AnIt~rson (25Occ A + 40). With th~ continuanc~ of th~ CRC ~nduros, th~ n~xt big on~ is th~ May 5 ~.afl~i,to at ~p4., B~ th~fl;I. •.• • Suggested Retail Price $135.00 o Bell's '81 Moto III is now available in Yamaha o o o Team colors with Bob Hannah's own graphics. This limited edition team model is distributed exclusively through HRP. Full color HRP brochure available on request. Dealers! 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