Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

00 0') (Clockwise from top left) Gary Scott w .. covered with Randy Goes' oil in the first heat. Brow .howers Mike Kidd a. Lynn Griffis hides. Hank Scott grabbed MCOnd. BDI Herndon gave Honda's NS750 Its first win In the Junior race over Rod Sullivan and Mike Hale. Kidd passed Alex Jorgensen en route to third. The second lap saw what hasn't been seen this year - Boody was leading on the Honda with Kidd and Jorgy right on him. Boody's outstanding ride would only last one more lap, however, before the oil pressure gauge busted and the machine was coated with oil. Upon Boody's demise, Jorgensen took over the lead with Kidd second and Steve Morehead moving up to third. Jorgensen and Kidd continued to battle for the lead, but in the end Jorgy took it with the fastest 10 laps of the heats. Kidd and Morehead took the other transfers as Brad Hurst finished a distant fourth. Junior Invitational It was a coast to coast battle in the Junior Invitational as Florida's Michael Hilley and California's Rod Sullivan grabbed the first two positions off the start. Texas' Bill Herndon, riding a Honda NS750, and Mike Hale were also up near the front. Hale overtook the leaders to move iDto the point position on the fIfth lap, but two riders crashed into the haybales on the same lap and the red flag called things to a halt. Dennis Camp and Kreg Hunt were the two riders into the haybales, but they were apparently not too badly injured, although they took a trip to the hospital for observation. On the restart Sullivan was out front, with first Hilley, then Hale chal· lenging him. What developed into a two-rider battle became a three-rider battle in the last two laps as Herndon joined in. Finally, it was the Texan who came up with the best last lap per· 'formance as he gave the NS750 its inaugural win. Sullivan was a close second with Hale and Hilley third and fourth. Semis After Rickey Campbell showed the first semi how to get started, Mike Inderbitzen and Steve Monger moved to the front and stayed there. Monger passed Inderbitzen on the third lap and led to the finish. Freddie Spencer held third early, but dropped out when a carburetor fell off. At the fInish Ricky Graham was third, and Jim Filice worked the Virago-based Yamaha into fourth. Bubba Rush took the lead of the second semi and soon stretched it out to run uncontested. Second was the subject of much discussion as Brad Hurst, Rob Crabbe, Rob Morrison, Jeff McDaniel, Rich Arnaiz and Scott Adams argued over it at various points in the race. When Rush's machine suddenly expired with two laps to go, it was a whole new ball game. In an exciting finish, rookies Arnaiz and Adams took the final two transfers to the National. Crabbe finished third ahead of Hurst. Trophy Race Brad Hurst wasn't in the top three on the first lap of the Trophy Race, but was leading it on lap two over Ricky Graham and Rob Crabbe. It soon was a two-rider contest with HursJ and Graham, and Graham held the upper hand for two of the last three laps. Hurst, however, made a perfectly timed move as he drafted Graham, took advantage of a tailwind down the front straightaway, and slingshotted past at the line. Crabbe took third with Jay Beach fourth. National Polesitter Alex Jorgensen dashed into the lead of the 25-lap National, with Steve Morehead and Terry Poovey the first two occupants of second and third positions. Morehead had the advantage on laps two and three as Gary Scott, Scott Parker and Garth Brow pulled into the lead group. From then on the leaderboard changed every few feet, depending where you were on the track. Brow and Morehead were at it for the lead on laps four· five as Jorgy dropped back from the top group. The next three laps saw Brow, More· head and Gary Scott toss the lead back and fourth, but soon after that Gary Scott started to drop off the pace when his motor slowed - a similar, but not as severe, reoccurrence of his Syracuse problems. While one Scott was fading, another was moving up to take his place. Hank Scott made his appearance in the party on the 10th lap. The middle stages of the race sa'w Brow, Parker and Hank Scott going at it most heavily. Morehead's presence was replaced by Jorgensen as the top riders stayed in drafting distance. With five laps to go, Brow, Jorgensen, Parker and Hank Scott were still at it. Mike Kidd, meanwhile, was starting to make his move from eighth place. By lap 22 he had caught the leaders' draft. With one lap to go, Parker found himself in the wrong position - he was leading. Brow took him through the first turn, and Kidd got a strong enough drive off tum two to go all the way up to second. Hank Scott had dif· ferent ideas, however, and took second away from Kidd in the final moments. With Park.er going from first to fourth, fifth was filled by Morehead and sixth by Jorgensen. Wayne Rainey, Gary Scott, Terry Poovey and Steve Eklund rounded out the top 10. "I was happy to win this," said Brow. "I didn't get a real good start, but I knew that wasn't real important. I knew I needed to get up in there. I weaved through 'em, got up front, and I just decided to take on all challengers and run my own race." "That's the hardest, closest 25 laps I've ever raced on a mile," said Hank Scott, whose runner·up finish advanced him to fourth in the points. "There was six or seven guys up there, and we were banging each others' handlebars in the comers, rubbing each other. I've never raced that close." "The first ·half of the race I was always in the wrong place," said Kidd. "I couldn't catch a draft, I couldn't make any moves. Things didn't really start to go my way until the top four or five guys started getting in each other's way the last four or five laps of the race and it allowed me to catch their draft." For Kidd and Gary Scott, who came up together as rookies along with Kenny Roberts, it all comes down to Ascot. Kidd confirmed thqat he will be riding the Harley. Scott, frustrated that his engine didn't want to run when he did, will regroup for the final race. Goss is still in it, but both the points leaders would have to run l11th and 14th in the National while Randy won. In the rare likelihood of a tie, Kidd has an advan· tage with two National wins on the season while Scott and Goss have one apiece. • Results 2S-MILE NATIONAl CHAMPIONSHIPIWlNSTON PRO SERES: 1. Garth Brow IH-O); 2. Honk Scott IH-OI; 3. _ Kidd IH-OI; 4. Scott Porl<. IH-O); 5. S _ Mcweheod (H-O); 6. Alex J o r _ IH-D); 7. W.",. Reiney IH-O); 8. Gory Scott IH-O); 9. Tony I'oowy (H0); 10. S_ Eidund lH-D1; 11 . S_ Monger IH-O); 12. Mikolndorbitzin IH-OI; 13. Rich _IH-O); 14. Scott "-'eon (H-OI; 15. Scott Ada-no IH-O); 16. IAnco Jot.IH-OI. TIME: 15:44.06 - 95.333 mph. TROPHY RACE: 1. 8... Hurst (H-D); 2. Ridty Gnohom IH-O); 3. _ C _ (H-O); 4. Joy _ tHO); 5. S_ Dart IH-OI; 6. Jim Filice !Yom); 7. Buddy Robir-.; 8. Jeff McDaniel IH-O); 9. Chubby Armour IH-O); 10. W1nllom e.-IH-OI. TIME: 7:40.28 - 93.8157 mph. JUNIOR INVITATIONAl: 1. WHIlom Herndon IHonl; 2. Rodney Sulliwn IH-DI; 3. Miko ~ IH-O); 4. MichIIoI Hilley IH-O); 5. Mike Gorrioon IH-OI; 6. S_ Komen· IH-D); 7. Rondy Spence; 8. Dorothy Rowe IH-OI; 9. Scott _goio; 10. Tommy Kirk IH-OI; 11. Timothy HUnlIH-OI; 12. Donnio Comp IH-O). NO TIME - RED FLAG. AMAIWINSTON PRO SERIES POINT STANDINGS: 1. (TIE) Miko Kidd/Gory Scott 1184); 3. Rondy Goa 1168); 4. Honk Scott 11481; 5. Scott "-'eon '1351; 6. Joy Sp....._ . 1126); 7. Alex J o r _ (122); 8. Tony I'oowy 11181; 9. S _ Eklund (1161; 10. S _ _ _ (113); 11. Scott Port<. (99); 12. Ted 800dy 185); 13. W.",. Roiney (77); 14. Gerth Brow (761; 15. Ridty Grahom 1701; 16. Jim Filice 158); 17. Dolo Singleton 152); 18. L.anco Jot.- 148); 19. Nicit Richichi 1451; 20. Micltoy Foy 144). 7

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