Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Western hotline ~ 00 C7) ~ Rick Mltchell_ the Open GP winner in the ARRA'. Willow SprIngs RR. Honda in the lead again and lasted two laps before the big pre-production bike ate another chain tensioner. Marcell took the lead with Ward in fourth place. Jeff had not gotten a great start and had to work his way by several riden who thought it could also be their tum to beat a factory rider. On the fourth lap, Ward made a good move to pass Chris Heinrich and move up to third. Ward uaed a whoop-dedoo to fly to the inside of the next flat turn and get there just in time to block Heinrich's line and pass without ever bumping into the SuzuIr.i rider. On the next lap, Ward caught the leading Pro, Bill Boyer, and didn't need to do anything more to win the money. But Ward was as serious as Marcell about the race as penonal pride was on the line. Ward moved up right behind Marcell and put the pressure on. Several times Ward tried to pass where he had caught Marcell in that aborted fint moto but couldn't do it. Then Ward seemed to be content to let Marcell have the lead and the pressure that went with it, hoping Marcell would falter and if not, try to get him on the last lap. Marcell did not falter, and when the white flag came out both riden opened it up a bit more. Both were racing smart. Ward tried to move inside by the dropoff but couldn't get by. Over the big jump, Ward tested going outside into the next tum where Marcell had passed him but found nothing there. Then Ward set in and waited to try to set up Marcell in the same place he caught Heinrich. As they came around the off-eamber turn, Ward was only a bikelength back. They came over the two whoops and Ward tried to let it fly into the tum and block Marcell's line. But Marcell reacted well and got his bike down and turned his wheel just ahead of Ward who had to put on the brakes to avoid a collision. The only place left to pass was in the Pro section. Since last month there were four whoops instead of two, and Ward pulled even closer to Marcell as they both double-jumped each set of whoops and came to the finish. Into the last tum, Marcell was on the inside and Ward was flying on the outside moving twice as fast. At the checkered flag, there was less than six inches, Marcell taking the victory. It was a race everyone enjoyed, including the combatants. Ward could be proud of his ride on a strange track, and Marcell earned boasting rights over the other Intermediates for quite some time. Results 36 eo lEG: 1. .MII Lang lY..v. eo NOV:1. SNne HunllYomI: 2. _ _ lY_l. eo INT: 1. a.-.y Gu\«llY..v. MINI BEG DIV I: 1. SI.... oezw.t lV..v; 2. Jeff o.vId (Y_I; 3. Chod Sm.< lV_I. MINI BEG DlV II: 1. Deron WIIoon lV_I; 2. Chrlo -.1K.w1; 3. Tim Kooi 1K.w1. MINI BEG DIV III: 1. a.-.y ~ lV..v; 2. Jim Pony lSuzl; 3. Don KimM lHanI. MINI NOV: ,. Greg Armotronv l~; 2. S _ Tucbr lV..v; 3. Byn>n o.nou lVoml. 125 BEG DIV I: 1. Rick -.lV..v; 2. BllI _ lV_~ 3. Mort< T _ (Suzl. 125 BEG DIY U: 1. "-on Woody lHan!; 2. S_ _ISuzl; 3. O-O.Johr-.lYoml. 125 NOV: 1. Komy Gu\«llVoml; 2. PIuI ~ lK.wl; 3. ~ S_lSuzl. 125 INT: 1. Toylor _ I~; 2. CIlrio Hoirrich lSuzl; 3. Jim _lV..v. 2!iO BEG: 1. 0-0 .Jon. lVoml; 2. Cory BonhIm lVomI: 3. Chrio Vorgoo lV_I. 3. 2!iO NOV: 1.lHanl._lSuzl; 2. Greg Mc:EIroy lVom); _ _ e.t 2!iO !NT: 1. lin Atz.Gibbon lYom); 2. Gory L - . .MIl Scott lSuzl. OPEN lEG: 1. Ozzy . . . . . lV..v; 2. Jeff ~ (Moil; 3. Mid< _lSuzl. VETS: 1. Jim Smith lHuol; 2. ~ JorNt !Moil; 3. Domio o.vid lVom). PROS: 1. Jeff _ lK.wl; 2. IIiII IlooI- lYomI; 3. 0-0 Eropldn lSuzl. OPEN INT: 1. Mort< GIodd 1_; 2. Michell Crull lVom). lY_~ 3. Glover goes for the gusto at ARRA WIllow SprIngs RR By Lori Tyson ROSAMOND, CA, OCT. II John Glover and David Emde put on the best show of the day in 250cc GP at the American Road Racing Association's Willow Springs meet. Glover, on his 'John Deere Special," a previously munched TZ, had a bit of a disadvantage running without a fairing, but Emde had a weight disadvantage so they were pretty evenly matched. Down the straights they were side by side, and the lead for each lap was determined by who got into tum one fmt. The fmish was so close that most spectaton couldn't tell who won, but the $Coren determined that Glover would take home the trophy. Two 450cc classen were out front on the fint lap of the 450-60Occ Super Street, with Danny Drusen in the lead and Howard Monise in the number two spot. Ron Harbeck (600cc classer) and Clint Whitehouse filled in the top four. By the second lap Drusen had widened his lead to six seconds over Monise, but Steve Sowden on a GPz550 took over the number three spot with Harbeck following in founh. The order stayed until lap six when second place Monise took an unplanned excunion into the fields in tum nine. Howard got up and back into it, but by that time it was too late to do any good. Drusen continued to lead until the finish, where he won over Sowden by just a couple of seconds. In the Open Box Stock race Chris Steward (on a borrowed bike) led from start to fmish to win by a comfortable margin. Second place Aaron Post diced with 750cc classer Mike Krolick throughout most of the race until Chris Mencher took the number three overall spot from Mike to place fint 750cc. . The U5cc GP race was a Danny Cae show all the way, with Danny on a Honda instead of his usual Can-Am. Len Gambo kept Danny's tail end warm as he followed on his Honda to take a close second. Number three overall (and 200cc GP winner) was Steve Stevens on a Kawasaki dirt bike who ran the entire race with a cracked frame that was held together with hose clamps and duct tape. Jeff Stanley and Rick Mitchell fought it out in the Open Four-stroke GP match, with Mitchell (on his Ibco-SBS Brake Pads-sponsored Kawasaki) leading the fint part of the race and Stanley taking over for the last part and taking the win. The number three spot was traded off by Pat Eagan (on a 750 Seca) and Kevin Bracken (on his killer Ducati). Braken took third overall to win the 900cc trophy. Whitney Blakeslee took the 600cc class win. Results 50 GP: 1. K. Guttnw1 (Han). 100 GP: 1. E. Smith lHanl; 2. D. _1Honl. 125 GP: 1. D. Coe lHan!; 2. L Gombo lHan!; 3. T. DeWItt 1Honl. 200 GP: 1. S. S_lK.wl; 2. D. _IC-AI; 3. T. _lY..v. 2!iO GP: 1. J. ~ lV_I; 2. D. Emdo lV..v; 3. R. DeWItt lV..v. 500 GP: 1. R. DeWItt lV..v; 2. B. ~ lV..v; 3. M. _lV..v. OPEN GP: 1. R. Miu:hoI (K8wl; 2. P. ~ lVom); 3. C._lYom). 800 4-Sl1lOlCE GP: 1. W. _ _ oc-t; 2. J. lolllne 1Honl; 3. D. ZirldelSuzl. 900 4-STIlOKE GP: 1. K. _IDuel; 2. P. ~ fYomI; 3. S. D,.1Honl. OPEN 4-Sl1lOlCE GP: 1. J. S-.Ioy oc-t; 2. R. _ oc-t; 3. T. _lK.wl. 2!iO SUPER STREET: 1. S. s - . lVom); 2. R. TrooklY..v; 3. J. ~lY..v. ~ SUPER STREET: 1. R. an- lY..v; 2. C. Wh_lV_~3. J. _lV..v. 800 SUPER STREET: 1. S. s - . l~; 2. B. Chona 1Honl; 3. R. Horbodn lV..v; 3. _1oo.lY..v. 500 JR: 1. Jim ~ lK.wl; 2. CIwtoo See lV..v; 3. Ciff o.om..lSuzl. VET EX: 1. Bob DunIlIm lVoml; 2. AlIn V _ IMoiI;3. Bob _lV_I. VET JR: 1. K_ m-d ISuz); 2. ~ Thoma lMoiI; 3. Ric:hord DroIIn IHuol. 100 EX: 1. Jony Ank. lV_I. l00INT: 1. Scott Monloon lV_I. 100 JR: 1. Kelly V.chow lVom); 2. Alex Kr.... tSuz); 3. Tim _IYoml. B3 MINI EX: 1. Jim Collier 1K.w1. B3 MINIINT: ,. Gory Miller lV_I; 2. lJn:e Johl'llOfl ISuzl; 3. WOIOly Furrh lV..v. B3 MINlJR: 1. TonyT_lV_l; 2. SIwwn Condon ISuzl; 3. Todd Vorl< lV_I. 81 JR CYCL£ EX: 1. Shone Trittler lVoml. 81 JR CYCL£ INT: 1. Donny Lamb lVom); 2. AIIn _lVom). 81 JR CYCL£ JR: 1. ,.,.. McDonold lVom); 2. Tony Suley lV_I; 3. Joe Brown ISuz). 125 BEG: 1. 0-. _ . lV..v; 2. SIwwn Mc:Gurrin lHan!:3. TonyT_lV_l. 2!iO BEG: 1. Robb Hvn- lSuzl; 2. Rick _ lHan!; 3. ea-t L.-lV_l. '""'"*

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