Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

", Stacy Thornton gave other Woodland 125cc Pros a damp 125 B: 1. Jay Spadoni; 2. T roy Blake; 3. M ike Kardash. 125 PRO: 1. Stacy T horn t on; 2. Kurt Howland. 250 C: 1. Raymo nd Fredler. 250 B: 1. Wade Richon e; 2. Tim Gates . 250 A: 1. Da vid Froe m bling. 125 A : 1. David Froe m bling : 2. David Bailey; 3. Billy W eiland . 250 PRO: 1. Rob b Manning; 2. lance Richone; 3. Rich Easton. OPEN C: 1. J oh n Feu tz. OPEN B: 1. Randy Glaze; 2. Dave Weber: 3. Wes Jacobson . OPEN PRO: 1• Lance Rdlott e. OT: 1. Owen Glaze . OTH A: 1. Mike Mounts : 2. Norma n Bergs ma . OTH B: 1. Ro bert Quarterman ; 2. John Co llum . Waddle wraps up Woodland Fall Series By Jan Newman WOODLAND, WA . DEC. 19 Drenching rains fell the night before and early in the morning of this last race of Woodland Winter track's Fall Series. This 40 kept the turnout down but th e MX gods took over whe n practice began to keep the ra ins awa y until th e ra cing was completed. T here were plenty of puddles to avoid at the edges of the tra ck . but we didn't lose a soul. T he top series winners in severa l classes came right do wn to the fina l mo to . T he 125cc Junio r class was the tightest of all. Only six points separated Da rryl Waddl e (Suz), J on Niem i (Hon) and Chris Stu der (Suz). With 20 points riding on today's win, it behooved them all to ha ng in th ere, a nd ha ng they did . . Niemi led th e first mo ro WIre to wire . Studer ca m e off the line in second. but Waddle moved by after rwo laps to pu t them 1. 2. g a t th e flag . In rou nd rwo it was Niemi , Waddle a nd Stud er aga in in the lead. Waddle took th e lead on the second lap for the win and the series trophy Stud er mo ved up to second at the halfway poin t. Denni s Campbell (Yam) ent ered to day with a slightly bigger cus hion in the 250cc J u nior series , but he still had to add a few points today to maintain his lead. It wasn 't one of his be tter days ; he could onl y mu ste r rwo fou rt hs behind Mike Robison (Yam) , John Pierce (Yam ) and Mike Jolma (Yam ). but he added just enough to edge Pierce out for the series . What at first appeared to be shaping up as a good 125ccPro battle ne ver quite materialized. Sta cy Thornton (Suz) led with Robb Manning (Suz) right behind him . Ted Holt (Suz) was clear at the back of the pack but came charging th rough to third on the th ird loop. It looked like a good tight race shaping up between the three before oU~look. , Holt dropped off the pace. Manning held just behind Thornton the entire moto. Moto two was just about a rerun ex cept Holt started in fourth . When asked later why he lagged behind without making a charge, Manning said it was a borrowed bike and slow. Manning's story was extremely different in the 250cc Pros. Steve Sm ith (Yam) led the charge in both motos , but Manning and his new Honda went by and disappeared in both. Smit~ picked up rwo seconds , and Brad Ellis (Suz) was third. Santa arrived on a motorcycle with a bag full of goodies which he and a good looking helper ha nded out to all the little kids . The big kids got a treat . too , when the helper handed out th e series trophies. Results PEE WEEJR: 1. J...,n Webber (Yam ). PEE WEE EX: 1. Grant Bergstrom (Yam); 2. Justi n Stanning ISuzl . MINI JR : 1 M ike Ctowall (Yam ); 2. Mar k Baumgardner IKaw) ; 3. Brant Bergstrom IVam). MINI INT : 1. Tracy Bethel (Kaw) ; 2. Ca

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