Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

IAbove left) Glover 161 end Barnett staged a tight battle in the second moto.IAbove right) Darrell shultz posted a 3-2 for second overall. Bentley's race hit its high note on the 15th lap when he p~ Barnett for third. But in the last five laps of the race, Bentley dropped back with unknown troubles to finish 12th. Before he started dropping back, Bentley was joined by Shultz and O'Mara, both of who had gotten past Barnett. Coming into a ·single-line tum Shultz' had burned into Barnett from behind and knocked him up and over the berm, allowing O'Mara t<>'get by as well. O'Mara's time in fourth was shortlived. A lap later he fell, landed on his right wrist and sprained it. After circulating a couple of laps at slow speed, O'Mara called it a day. When the checkered appeared, Glover had the victory with a narrow lead over Smith. Shultz was third and followed by Barnett, Bell, Hansen, Gibson, Hannah, Kawasaki/Moto-X Fox rider David Bailey and Honda's Steve Wise. The second moto began with Barnett first out of the hole, but Glover made a pass through the first turn to take the lead. Behind them were Shultz, Hondamounted Ron Turner and Hansen. Glover and Barnett were soon, as has been the case a few times during this ~ries, hard at it in the battle for the lead. At most points on the track Glover usually had a bikelength or two, but not much more. Shultz had settled into a firm third by the fifth lap, trailed by the Honda trio of' Hansen, Wise and Danny LaPorte, who had a versy disappointing first mota, where he finished 15th. Behind the top six were Marty Smith, Bob Hannah, Rick Burgett and Mike Bell. Barnett made his strongest challenge of the moto right at the midway point, but in doing so he fell and dropped to fifth. Shultz seized on the opponunity to move into second with Wise and LaPone running 11-4. Bell was doing his best to move up, and by lap 15 he was ahead of teammates Burgett and Hannah and had just p~ for seventh. With seven laps remaining, LaPorte put a move on Wi~ to take over third. Behind them, Hansen was beginning to slow as he suffered through a painful sideache. Shutlz kept the pressure on Glover, but couldn't get c1~ enough to set anything up. Barnett salvaged something out of the mota by taking fourth from Wise with three laps remaini~g. Bell couldn't move any higher than sixth, where he was followed by-Smith, Burgett and Hannah. Hansen finished 10th, just ahead of the moto's top privateer, Steve Manin on an LOP Honda. Bailey crashed twice in the second moto, but his combined score gave him top privateer honors at 12th overall, one position ahead of Martin. "I like this place," said Glover after the race. "I usually do pretty well here. It's fast but it gets pretty rough too. In the second moto Barnett got the jump off the gate and I squared him off through the first tum and p~ him on the straightaway. That helped out a lot because at this track you're really at a disadvantage when you're behind because there's so much roost coming off the tires. It's not the hot tip to be behind." Shultz, down for so much of the year with injuries, was happy with his second pake. "It went well. I'm still a little bit impatient, a little bit unsu're of m~lf. I'm just coming back into racing after a whole summer off. I'm geting my confidence back up now so I can relax and quit crashing, knowing that I can catch the leaders. I hope next week I can put the finishing touch on this ~es and at least win the race." "I just didn't have a very good day today," said Barnett. "My arms pumped up in the first moto and in the second moto I crashed. Go for it next week, I guess. ". 500ccSupport Magoo's domination of the Support cJass - he'd won five of the six previous motos - looked to continue as the pack left the line in the first moto. Chandler pulled the lead out of the first tum followed by Kenny Keylon (Yam), Honda pilots Mike Brown and Jimmy Ellis, andJeffHicb (Yam). While Chandler occupied hi~lf with building a lead, Ellis moved himself to third, on the second lap. The order remained through most of the first half of the race, until Keylon dropped his bike in an off-camber tum and dropped to fourth. Keylon dropped another two positions soon afterward as Honda's Rich Coon and Honda pilot Larry Wosick passed him. The top two positions were settled but third place went down to the line - literally - on the final lap. Coon staned a late race drive that had him on Brown's rear fender when the white flag came out. Coming down to the last jump before the flag, Coon berzerked it in a last ditch effort to take third. Unfortunately, not 0I11y did he miss it by inches, he crashed in a big way. "I knew I was going to crash," said Coon, "but I didn't think I'd crash that hard." The incident knocked the wins out of him and left him somewhat bruised. . Following the spectacular effort for third and fourth were Wosick, Sun, Keylon and Keith Oelerich. The start of the ~cond moto looked to be a repeat with Magoo out front and followed by Ellis, Coon, Hicks, and Keylon. This moto, however, Chandler's lead was not continuous. On the second lap he dropped the bike and Ellis sailed past. Chandler was up in time to regain second, but had some distance to make up. While Chandler was making up the rime, Mike Brown moved into fourth behind Coon. Wosick followed. With a little over 50% of the race on the books, Chandler caught up to Ellis. "Captain Cobalt" was ~rious about winning, and Chandler fmlnd his efforts stymied for several laps. But in the end, Chandler did get by. pulling away once he was in front. With only two laps to go. Chandler skined disaster once more. He ran into the back of a lapped rider in a slow comer and stalled the engine. He got it started in the nick of time to hold his lead. Coon ran a steady race all the way for third overall. Wosick triumphed over Brown in their battle for fourth. Overall, however, it was Brown founh and Wosick fifth. "I felt pretty, good out there in the first moto," related Chandler after the race. "In the ~cond moto I was riding too loose and I let m~lf relax too much. I slid out and he got by." • Results 260cc: 1. Broc G_ 1-1 (Y1m); 2. DarToII Shultz 3-2 (Suzt; 3. _ _ 4-4 (Suzl; 4. MIrty Smith 2-7 (Suzl; 5. Mike EIeII ~ (yeml; 8. S _ W. 1(>.5 (Han); 7. Denny I..aPone 1 f>.3 (Han); 8. Donnie - . 6-10 (Honl; 9. Bob Hennoh 6-9 (Yam); 10. Rick Burgett 11-8 (Yam); 11. Jim Giboon 7-13IHan); 12. DlMd I18iIey 9-14 IKawt; 13. S_M8nin 13-11 IHan); 14. Gory Semica 16-12 (Suzl; 15. Scott Burnworth 1""15 (Yam); 16. Denny Bontley 12-" (Suzl; 17. Ron Tumor 18-1B IHan); 18. Johnny Spew 17-19 ISuzl; 19. Rick JohMoo "-16 (Yam); 20. Nick CordcMI "-17 ISuzl. 5OOa: SUPPORT: 1. Denny C _ 1-1 (Hanl; 2. Jimmy Elli. 2-2 (Han); 3. Richird Coon 4-3 (Han); 4. Mb Brown 3-5 (Han); 5. t.Ty Wooick 5-4 IHanl; 6. Ron Sun 6-10 (Han): 7. Jeff Hic:ko 11-8 (Yom); 8. Kirtt ~ 10-7 (yeml; 9. Rondy K~ 9-11 (Yam); 10. I79B 13-6; 11. Gory ~ 12-13 (Hue); 12. SlIM 1~12 (Huol; 13. Kenny Keyton 7-" (Yam); 14. Keith Oelorich 8-" (yeml; 15. Eric McKonno "-8 1_1; 16. Riclcy B _ 16-14 (yeml; 17. Jeff EHeno 17-16 (Han); 18. Joe Boker 2Q.15 (_1; 19. n4918-17; 20. Robert Hendy 14-" (suzl. "Donot8I pIeci ....-lhe top 20. AMA TRANS-~ MX SERIES POINT STANDINGS: 260cc: 1. Broc GIowr (171); 2. DarTeII Shultz (142); 3. _ Bell (139); 4. _ _ (1321; 5. Bob HonnlIh 11261; 6. Donnie Her-. (104); 7. Denny I..aPone (103); B. MIrty Smith (101); 9. S_ _ 1961; 10. Devld IlAlley (78); 11. Jim GlbIon 1711; 12. Rick Burgett 170); 13. Scott _ (89); 14. Denny Bentley (601; 15. S_ _ (581; 18. Ron Tunw 143); 17. Rick J""'-> 1401; 18. Gory Semica (37); 19. Mike Guero 1311;-20. Donnie CanfIIIaupi 12Ol. 5OOa: SUPPORT: 1. Denny C~ (193); 2. Jomrny Elllo (144); 3. t.Ty Woolck(139); 4. Jeff Hic:ko 11381; 5. RIch Coon 1133l; 8. Mllce Brown (101); 7. ArIa' Englund 1891; 8. JoJo K _ 1601; 9. Kenny Koylon 159t. 10. Gory ~ l58l; 11. !TIEl Array StM:yIEric _ . . . (56); 13. mEl Ron Sun/llenny ~ (54); 15. Keith Oelorich 143); 18. Troy _ I4C»; 17. BIR Gr.-i (38); lB. ~ Rice (33); 19. Kirtt ~ 1251; 20. Rondy Klrwchbeum (22). J-., 7

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