Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

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Prepaid with money order or cashiers check for 5110.00 per 278 1 MAINE AVE., LONG BEACH, CA 90806 . cylinder any s ize 1:00-5:00 call 2131427-4652 Return Shipment C.O.D. U.P.S. '--_-=-= --' ONDA-KAWASAKIWES New Honda MX·ATC Support Dealer Special Parts & Accessory Discount w ith purchase of any MX or ATe through all 1982. 'K M SA hare scrambles champions incl uded. from left, Darrin Taylor. Gary Hershberger, Stewart Nowlin, David Rathbun and Loy Burnett. '- "Help Us B e Your A TC-M X He adquarters" 2401 Uncoln Blvd.• Santa Monica. CA 90405 Awards presented at 19th annual KMSA banquet By Dick Ainsworth HUTcHINSON , KS,JAN. 30 A nearly p acked house was on h and at the Holidome in Hutchinson to applaud the racing re cipients of the 186 awards earned during the 1981 KMSA seaso n in flat track, scrambles,' motocross and hare scrambles. Season poin ts honors and those coveted n umber one plates were the top awards, but there were a lso four state championship classic races wliere the top three finishers in each class received a plaque. Special awards were also handed out to th e deserving, the results of this .d eterrn ined by a written ballot vote of the membership . Kenny Powers , the incomi ng KMSA President for 1982 , was voted the Booster of the Year wh ile Race Place II, a ~oup of promoters from around j unction City , was voted Club of the Year. Sportsmanship awards were presented to Loy Burnett (hare scrambles) , Tony Reynolds (MX) and Dallas Babcock (scr am bles and flat track). This year's inductee to the Kansas Hall of Fame is long-time points keeper, scorer, secretary. and doer of everything else that needed to be done, LaVona Engdahl. The championship classic races were' held at W ichita, Great Bend and Lake Kanopolis in 1981. The clubs volunteered to hold ' these races, and the rider entry fees went to the KMSA's genera l fund. These events also paid triple points. Area de alers donated many items to be used as door prizes which made everyone happy (especially Kent McGrew who brought eight girl friends and made several trips to the front to clam his , and their, p rizes! The number one racers in scrambles/flat track points were Jason Yager (mi ni ), Ste ve look (125cc), Jon Bomberger (200cc), Todd Ratliff (250 and 500cc) and Tim Lindfors (O pe n) . Ratliff and Lindfors repeated as number one, but the others were on top for the first time. The hare scrambles points championships went to Darrin Taylor (m ini), Gary Hershberger (125cc), David Stewart Howlin (200 cc), Rathbun (250cc) and Lo y Burnett (Open) The top Junior motocrossers were Derek Taylor (m ini C), Darrin T aylor (m ini Band 100cc), Kent Strant (m ini A), Rhonda Johnson (Powder Puff), Kent McGrew (125cc), Tony Reynolds (213) 392-9593 (25l)cc) and Tim Parks (Open). The Senior MX honors went to Louis Kebert (125cc), Kevin Dunham (250cc) and Loy Burnett (Open). After the baked ham dinner and the awards. plenty of racing movies, dancing, partying and bench racing occupied everyone's time until t he wee hours. Holtan hauls at SwanMX By Lynn Nickerson TYLER, TX,JAN. 24 Tom H oltan and Todd Young put aside their 125s for big-bore machinery as they split rnoto wins at Swan MX. Young, now 250 Suzuki-mounted, showed the class a sneak peek of ab ilit y on big bikes by winning the first moto in a nine-lap ba ttle against Honda 480R-mounted Holtan. Todd holeshot the event followed by Jimmy Booth (H on ) and Holtan. As the moto wore on, Young and Holtan's warp drive riding put them 30 seconds a head of the pack. Todd had a fla wless ride to win the race three bikelengths ahead of Holtan. The second moto started the same way , but this time, Holtan dialed the holeshot pursued by Young and Booth. Three laps into the ra ce Young's chance to win was shot down by an untimely engine seizure. This allowed Tom to cruise to his first win on the Open class Honda. Lee Thompson got second on the tally sheets. Ka wasak i rider Stua rt McAvoy went 4-3 for third . After mechanical gremlins plagued hi s secon d moto ride, Jimmy Booth was fourth . With a smaller than normal Intermediate rider turnout. the 125 , 250 and Open classes were all combined. The talent-filled class and multi-sized bikes were no match for Rusty Pipes , though . His Suzuki 125 Floater gave more than one 250 and O.pen rider a shock in his double moto WIns. Second place went to Bo Ste~l aboard his new KX250 . David Smith was third. Two excellent come-from behind rides gave Hugh Hagan fourth. Results EXPERT: 1. Tom Holton IHanl; 2. Lee Thompson (Varni; 3. Stuart McAvoy (Kawl. INT: 1. Rusty Pipes ISzuI; 2. Bo Stegal IKawI; 3. David Smith (Varni. OVER 30: 1. Dwight Lea_ wood (Mall: 2. Jimmy MoorelSuzl: 3. David Ray. BEGINNER: 1. Rich North ...n (Yam): 2. Kelly Kline (Yam); 3. Glenn North (Yam). 250 NOV 1. Donny Margrave (KawI: 2. Stacy Glenn : (Kawl : 3. Doug Roberts (Yam). MIN I JR: 1. Jaoon LangfO

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