Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

plllced ucond overall In the rece with e 3-4 -'Iv. c.IqvIat took third In the World Chemplonlhlp . . . . . with e 201 totIIl following him were VemehII', Andre Vromena 11&4L Suzuki', Jeen-J8CqU8I Bruno 1162) end Suzuki', Bred lAckey 1_ lAckey didn't Mow In the top 10 of either motu et Luxembourg. 00 c:n With only one round remaining in the 500cc World Championship Road Race Series, Suzuki's Marco "Lucky" Lucchinelli is the solid favorite to claim the 1981 title. At the Aug. 9 Finnish GP at Imatra, Lucchinelli beat second placer - and sole challenger to the title - Suzuki-mounted Randy Mamola by a full 20 seconds after Mamola was forced to recover from a very poor start. Reigning World Champ Kenny Roberts placed only seventh after the Yamaha's power valve failed only two lape from the end. Teammate Barry Sheene retired, also with power valve failure, at the halfway point in the race as he and Roberts battled for second place. Lucchinelli's winning time was 48:05.7, totally dominating the field ahead of a close three·way race for second place. Second went to Mamola (48:25.2). but Kawasaki's Korit Ballington (48:25.5) and Suzuki rider Jack Middleburg (48:25.7) followed within one-half secondl Suzuki's Graeme Crosby finished fifth with a 48:S9.4 time. In the points standings, Lucchinelli holds a nine-point lead over Mamola, lOS to 94. With 15 points awarded for a GP win, Lucchinelli would have to fare poorly at the Aug. 16 Andentorp, Sweden series finale while Mamola placed third or better for Randy to take the title. Roberts is out of contention with 74 points. a seven-point third over Sheene's 67. Crosby holds fifth with 62. In 250cc GP action, Kawasaki's Anton Mang continued to dominate the series with yet another victory. Rich Schlachter retired on the last lap when his Yamaha ran out of gas. Schlachter was running fifth at the time; he's ninth in the points standings. Suzuki', Herry Ev.rta won both moto, In the Cz.chosloveklan round of the 12&cc World ChernpIonahlp MX SerI.. held Aug, 9 et Oelecln. Vemehe', Mere V.lkeneen end Suzuki', Eric G.boerI each picked up GP poInta for e I8COnd end e third piecing. Velkeneen with e 2-3, G.boen with e 3-2. Evwts hold' e 14-poInt Ieed over Geboera, 184 to 170, with one I'8C8 left on the circuit. A&Jv. 18 In Spain. VeIk.neera II third with 184, juet ..... of MIch.1e Rinaldi', 1l1O-po1nt fourth. Team Yamaha rider Neil Hudson aced both motos of the 250cc World Championship MX Series round held Aug. 9 in Leningrad. Russia, drawing to within 11 points of series leader, Team Suzuki's Georges Jobe, 2SS to 222. Jobe finished second to Hudson in the fint moto, but crashed in round two. breaking his arm. With the third place rider in the series points standinjll, Kees Van der Ven, almost 100 points out of contention at 129 points, Hudson is almost certain to take the title in the final round, Aug. 16, in Holland. American Mike Guerra didn't show up in the results from either moto; he's presently sixth in the standings with 6S points. Andre Melherbe wrapped up hll aecond conaecutIv. &OOcc World Champlon,hlp MX Serle' title et the Aug, 9 I88IOn finale In Eta!bruck. Luxembourg. edging Honda teemm8t8 Grehem Noyce by ,Iix points. 213 to 'llJ7. Melherbe rod. 2· 9 et EtteIbruck while Teem VemeM" Heklin c.IqviIt won that event with e 1-2 1COre. Noyce Here', Vemahe', .erty entry Into the 1982 moclelline-up, the 7&Occ Vlrego. At ma, W, e deeI that V·twln IoV8l'l wII find herd to pea up. Don't look for major chengea, only the St8r Silver paint II new for '82. Bo O'Brochta ODCe again put his name on at the head of the Top Fuelatack in the NMRA Golden State Nationala. Aug. 8-9, at Fremont. CA. O'Brochta took an euy win over the Jim Bernard/Ron Teson Yamaha in the final run when the shifting mechanism on Bernard's bike failed. leaving him stuck in high gear. O'Brochta ran 7.42/160.71 while Bernard rolled through a 8.96 seconds and 128.02 mph. Bob Carpenter beat runner-up Superbilte Milte Keyte in the Pro Stock fmal. 8.69 seconds and 151.51 mph to Keyte's 9.85110S.56. Series leader Terry Vance had problems all day after his Vance-Hines Racing Suzuki's shifter malfunctioned in the fint round. Byron Hines pulled the motor from his street bike and put it into the Pro Stocker for round two, but the ignition failed there. Vince Santangelo topped Jon Baugh in Funny Bilte with a 7.76/169.17 blast. Rick Gero won the Pro Comp class. and Joe Yeager set a new record in Super Mod with a 10.55/125.17 run. Full coverage next week. Word II out through the Council on Environmental Quellty that the Reagen edmlniabellon has decided not to enunend or rncInd the two exl8tlng Executive Ont.. IE.O. 11844 end E.O. " . , illued by Pr.,ldentl Nixon end Carter, reapectIveIy) concerning OHV u.. on pubic Ienda. The AMA heel hoped that elter8tlon of the Executive Orden might Ieed to Inc:nI8MCI eccea, to public Ienda by treD rid. ., but AMA Government Rel8tlon' A8,oci8te Director Rob Reaor I8IcL "The feet that they' ever COI1IIcIered It II Important. I think in the future we can look for more IUpport from the edmlnl8tretlon end the Departm.nt of Interior," Last week we told you about the AMA'slSDE tour. Well. due to lack of support, it has been cancelled. So that leaves the Love International Travel tour, organized by Gigi Penton. The only differences in the two toun are the airline (Alitalia) and $6 in the base price. To resene a spot, contact Love International Travel. 5S80 Oberlin Ave., Lorain, OH 44055. 216/2826185. The tour will leave New York on Sept. 28 for the ISDE, which wiD be held Oct. 5-10 on tbe island of Elba, off the coast of Italy. It returns to New York on Oct. 12. sen At the Diego Off-Roed Vehicle CoeIItIon-org8II1zed pubic meetltlg In Sen DIego on Aug. 8. It wei reve.led that the propo'ed Sycamore Canyon OHV perk project. under COII8IdenItIon for G...... StIckle funding. wei eheIved by CeIIfornlll P.u end Recrwdon DIrector Pete D8ngermond In flWor of other. nonOHV "'ted. projecta. So It went to the LegIlI8tlve AneIyat end then to the Iegilleture _ e "akeleton" 10 to ,peek. with no feellbIHIty I1Udy or 8CCOmpanying paperwork. end we, rejected In the 1eg1,l8ture. Legilletorl et th. Aug. 8 meeting kicked the lau. beck to Sen Diego County, IncIIC8tIng e need for wong end formel ,upport of the project by the county. 2 Yamaha-mounted Bruce Ogilvie swept both Open Expert races at the Propectors M.C./San Gabriel Valley M.C. D-57 Dual European Scrambles held at Red Mountain. CA on Aug. 9. Cliff Thomas, also Yamaha-mounted. scored a double win in the 250cc Expert ranD. We forgot to point thll out Iut week. but the mi•• d acorIng In the AFM Budw....r S1x-Hour moved the prlva... KawMeki teem of Rick Mitchell end Steve Sowden up to third piece overalL third In tbe Open cIeaa. MitchelL who had believed the teem fInIahed tI*d .. eIong. IBId that they fInIahed e IC8nt . . . eheed of DevId Emcie end Harry KUnzmann on the Sen JOI8 BMW after Iix hcKn of I'lIcingI He". Top privateer in the AMA 500cc National Championship MX Series Alan King crashed at the Washougal National and suffered a severely dislocated wrist. Alan will be out of action for at least two months, according to Maico's Rich Schuenemann, so some cards and letters would definitely help ease the pain of having to miss the final 500cc race at Carlsbad and the Trans-USA MX Series. Send 'em to Alan King. 1526 McManus. Troy, MI 48084. Chuck Sun will ride et Cerllbed. Sun. who ...elned hie enkle et the WlIIhougel &OOcc N8tIoneI MotocrOll, wDl Into e Scott pIe8tIc boot end defend hie ucond piece 1181 ..... ItIIncling et the A&Jv. 18 AMA IiIDOcc National C1wnpionehlp MX SerIea flneIe. .p Do you want the United States to field a motocross team for the 1981 Trophee des Nations and Motocross des Nations races? Time's running out. The major manufacturers have agleed to match donations from us to support such a team. but it'll all be over in a couple weeks unless we send in our support checks. One way to do it is to buy a commerative T-shirt from HiPoint Racing Products, S709 W. Erie Ave., Lorain, OH 4405S, Westerville, OH 4S081. Whatever you decide to do, be sure to do it todayl At tip of the Cycle News helmet to Mlk. Gillman, brother of N8tlonal MX 188 Scott Gillman. who won the PepaI Chelleng. of Chernplona for CI8IlI 1 lunlmibld ........ 188t8I1 cera et the 8rIdgeI1oneISCOE Off· Roed World Champlonahlpa. H. wi! don8t8 hie .18.&00 prize to the CywtIc Rbraala Found8tlon. Scott ren _ high _ tI*d In the rece before cIrappIng out near the end. Desert ace and ISDE contender Jack Johnson swapped from the ban of a Maico to the wheel of a Hi-Jumper for the win in Class 9 (12OOcc singleseaters) at Riverside. He also finished ninth in the Pepsi Challenge. MoIDa1I••• r ..... Wenk8t. Ne1IaII8I III, end g11lh_MI U88 Monohllll wi! be nW'I'Ied A&Jv. 29. How'd you lilte to learn basic motorcycle maintenance? How'd you like to Jearn it for &eel Anaheim Honda· Kawasaki's Wayne Murphy and Terry Sonbie will be offering such a class on the first and third Tuesdays of the month from 6-8 p.m. All you have to do is phone one of them at 714/7786700 and make a reservation. Anaheim Honda-Kawasaki is located at 909 N. Anaheim Blvd. Oevld Emd. IBMWI won the Augult 2 round of the BettIe of the Twina N8tIonei Chempionlhip Road Reclng Serle' et Loudon,

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