Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

lQockwIM from ebove IeftJ Telep."toto Ien8 cornpreaIon II'IlIkea N . . . .-up G8ry Scott 151 and Steve Eklund appeer to be alttlng on the Ame bike; they're r. .11y a couple of feet apert. Hank Scott 1141 worked pat Mike KIcId 1721 for thlnt. Scott PeInon 19&1loat Ii ..ml to Terry Poovey 1181 but won the Trophy Rece.. A happy Springer. BII Scott 11m won the Junior Im,ltatlonlll. Wayne Rlilney 1801 and Gerth Brow fought herd In their heet. very slow in getting underway, but' was up to challenge Scott within two laps. A lap later Kidd was by and off to the checkered flag. The battle for second tightened up between Scott, Alex Jorgensen and Boody. In the end, Jerry Branch/Jack Sizemore/L. Di,ckie/KRW/ RPM/Team Jesus/CastroIlBames/FalIS Gass/John Sullivan/Lubri'Tech, et ai, sponsored Scott took second by a narrow margin over Sacramento winner Jorgensen, who was supported by Sal Acosta, Megacycle Cams and Hi-Point Racing Products. Boody and Labri.e took the next two spots. Junior Invitational Northern California rider Bill Scott, carrying number l2Z on his 350cc water-cooled Yamaha two-stroke twin, spent 12 laps in the lead of the 12-lap Junior Invitational. Steve Karsten (H-D) moved up to challenge Scott at the midway point, but then Scott bobbled badly, and in avoiding him, Karsten lost several places. Mike Hale (H-D) had been back in the pack, but after Karsten had hit trouble, he passed Chris Cannon (Yam) for second. Mike Garrison (H-D) then got by for third until three laps from the finish, when Dorothy -Rowe (H-D) took both the position and ·its advancement points towards an Expert ranking. Semis Scott Peanon pulled a characteristic holeshot on the fint semi, but Shoei/ Jad Sisemore-sponsored Terry Poovey took the lead on the second lap and pulled out to a commanding lead. While the Texan disappeared, Peanon was challenged heavily for second by TIIil MertenI and Bubba Shobert. With . two lape to go, Peanon got stud at the wrong end of that three-way pad. Shobert narrowly edged Mertens and Pearson for second and a transfer to tP~ !'ia.qqna.l. t I : I , I - , ~ ,j" ; j' 1 ) Four riders from the front row of the second semi were sent to the penalty line. allowing Ted Boody a clear shot at the lead. But in the third turn, Steve Monger and Bill Labrie went down hard and the red flag came out. Labrie was taken to the hospital and reportedly x-rays showed a broken leg. BOQ.Iiy again took the lead on the restart, battling with Peter Gr.ant and Rocky Robinson. Grant and Robinson faded, allowing Rickey Campbell to challenge Boody. He did just that, leading briefly before Boody got back in front to take the win for sponsor Arai. Campbell, sponsored by Southeast H-D/Newman's, took the final slot in the National as Joe Wilson placed third ahead of Robinson. . Trophy Race Scott Pearson again showed great starting ability as the l2-lap Bell Helmets Trophy Race began. Soon four riders - Pearson, Joe Wilson, Jim Filice and Bill Crabbe - were closely grouped up front. Pearson led for the first four laps, then Wilson got by for a couple. and Filice took good advantage of the draft to lead for a short while. But as it came down to the last lap, Pearson had the lead with Filice second. But on the final comer, the Yamaha rider got into a hairy fulllock slide that nearly pitched him over the ban. So at the line it was Ray Beck/Arai/Castro)/Interpart/Circle Bell-sponsored Pearson first, with Wilson and Crabbe going past Filice after his near get-off. Nlltlonal The National was almost . . (l!i1; 17. mElRondy~FeyI141; 19. mEl -~~/I31. .ret:. J.J -j J & J; J; _ oj::' , ... " .. .J I , J , • • .J , 9•

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