Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

~ NORTHERN" N...da-O",.n-Wa.hln",.n-ldahoU'ah-AIa.kaCanada- Northa.. Call'.'nla-N.rtha.. N...da-O...~W..hh"..n-ldaho-U_'a, ~ Warren Hickman (289) prepares for another Expert class w in - he got two - at the Shockey Benefit MX. Honda su p port program, mad e a triumphant return to the local . scene after giving Brad Lackey Joey Schlag bagged t he Open Expert w in at Sa nd Hill Ranch. (Fil e photo) Schlag, McConn tops at SHR MX By The' Ranchhands BREN TWOOD, CA, MAR. 7 Shawn McConn h olesho t the 250 cc Expert s at Sand Hill R a nch 's mot ocross today with Doug McRa e, riding for Karl's .. 46 Ya m a ha in Rich mo nd , and Mik e H ol m es in p urs ui t a nd never switching posi tio ns. McConn also led all 18 bik es in rnot o two with Holmes in tow as McCrae wa s stuck in the pack. By lap th ree, McR ae had wo rked u p to seventh. Co leman, holding third, crashed in a m uddy co rner a llowi ng Da n n y Do bbins to ta ke th e thi rd, bu t Mc Rae kep t th e gas o n a nd fin ished in th e number three spot. Although the 125cc Expert class was small, the raci ng was fu rio us. Mot o one saw Mark Hearn s hol d the lead through th e firs t ha lf as Mike Wh a len 's Yamaha stuc k to h im li ke g lue. But Whal en took advantage of a lo ng £l yin g jump a nd passed in midair for the wi n, as Steve Richar ds took th ird. Lady luck wasn 't wi th Wh a len in moto two as he and Chris Pla in , fro m O aklan d Ya mah a , ta ngled in co rner two , a nd Wh al en D NF. Hearn had a ' clea r first with J immy Ol son in seco nd wh ile Kim o Casey a nd Steve Ri ch ards vied for thi rd. Ri chard s had p roblems on the uphill, a nd Casey went by for third. H a lf a la p la ter, Casey missed a shift and missed a turn, slamming into the mou n tainside and letting Richards take over th ird again. O n the last lap. Richards bail ed before the white £lag, a nd Casey moved back 10 th ird. H an gin g close behind a ll this tim e was Rich ards' bro th er David who passed Casey o n th e la st lap for third , but Casey to ok third overa ll for Wal nut Creek Honda behind Hearns an d O lson . T h e O pen Experts were led orr th e line by J oey Schlag as Dave Myth en tagged closel y behind. Sch lag lost ti me wh en he stopped to adjust h is cha in on "Score booth Ben d ." a nd Mythe n go t a good lead as Schlag dropped 10 sixth. Schlag, KTM 's facto ry ri de r a lways quick 10 co me back , finished seco nd. Rain began to po ur on mota two , led by Sc h lag and Ken n ie Klein . Mythe n go t o n th e move, passi ng Bill J a merson for th ird . Jerry Bra nd t from Co ncord Yamaha pu lled in for fourth . Results 250 EX: 1. Shawn McConn (Hon): 2. Dou g M cRae (Yam); 3. Dan ny Dobb in s (Honl. 250 INT: 1. R;ck Mythen (Mei): 2. Do n Poet zsch (S uz); 3 . Van Bu xton (Hon) . OPEN INT: 1. Rick Timossi (Mai); 2. Glen Zen er qu ist (Hu s). 250 JR : 1. Rand y Cana le IHon); 2. Dann y Sell (Su z); 3 . David M injares (Suz) . PP: 1. Nin a Bev i lacq ua (Yam) . VET J R: 1. Gle n Radf ord (Su z); 2. Gary Estes ISu z). 125 EX: 1. Marl< Hearn (Yom) ; 2.Jim Olson (Yem); 3 . Kimo Casey (Ho n). OT: 1. Cra ig Bos tard (Suzl; 2. J im Rap in (Mai); 3 . Jer ry Au vi ne n (Suz). " 12 5 INT: 1. Mike Oaws (Suz); 2. Steve Nau m an lHonl; 3 . Dieter Kla u5s ing (Yam) . 125 J R II : 1. Jerry Perin o (Yam); 2. Dave Bc jc rquey (Suz ); 3 . Ru ss Baker (S uz). M INI JR: 1. Kev in Maas (Yam); 2. Ter ry Bostar d IVam); 3. Casey Rau IS UI). MIN I PRO: 1. Tony Fores IVaml. OPEN EX: 1. Joey Schlag (KTM ); 2. Dove M yth en (Mai); 3 . Je rry Brandt IVam ). Anderson, Larson snag SI R MX wins By Clay Light KENT , \VA, MAR . 7 Phil Larson', riding for th e fits in the Open class at the Go lden Sta te Series. Larson wo n both the 250cc and Open Pro classes at Seattle Int ern at io n a l Racewa y today. taking all four mota wins. Jimmy Anderson (Mo to-X Fox Yam) snagged the I 25cc Pro overall and finished i n the runner-up spot in the 250s. In 250cc Pro rnoro one, Larson left the line like a roc ket on h is Pro-L in k ahead of Anderson. Ro bb l\la nning (H i-Po int/ America n Ho nda ), Da nn y Diesson (Burien Suz ) and Eric Eaton (H usq va rna U.S.A.). A to tal of 19 riders wer e goi ng at it fo r the glory. La rso n bega n to pull away in th e early part of the mota whi le Ma nn in g go t by Ande rso n for seco nd. T he two p u t on a spec tac ular d ispl a y o f ridin g and swa p ped pos itio ns mo re th an a time or two , as La rson o pe ned up a ni ce six-seco nd lead . An interesting ra ce for th ird wa s develo pin g beh ind th e spee ding tri o. Diesso, Stacy Thornton (DH / S u per Seer Yam ) a nd Eaton went a t it. T h is was MX a t its best as five of th e to p six riders are all Nat ion al class rid ers, T ho rnton a top local rider tha t has put it 10 th e big g u ns a tim e or two. La rso n took th e chec kered £l ag for the moto win over Mann in g a nd An derso n. Diesso wo n a ha rd fo ugh t ba ttl e for fou rth p lace. hol din g o rr T hornton wh o fin ished fifth with si x th to Eaton, wh o appeared to be havin g an o rr day . Seco nd mota was a lso a Lar son benefit. Phil smoked orr the lin e ahead of Anderson . By the early stages, nearly h a lf th e pack DNF , wh ich incl uded Ma n ni ng, Eaton. T horn ton and Diesso , all of whom finished in th e top six in m ot a one. T his rno to Anderson stayed close enough to pr essur e Larson, who has the stea m to go six motos. I recall many a ti me th at Larson swep t six motos (a ll three Pro classes) at SIR and surrou ndi ng tracks. This year. a n AMA rul e cha nge does n ot a llow a rider to compete in three P ro classes. Ru nnin g thi rd beh in d La rson a nd An derson th is moro was War d Zieler (Ho n ) wh o was bein g hou nded by Ro bbv Burkha rd t. La rson took the mota ~i n goi ng I- I for first p lace pay while Anderson's 3-2 n et ted t he Mo ro-X Fox team rider seco nd loot and th ird 10 Zieler, who had an o rr firs t mo to and com bi ned hi s 8-3 score for third money. Mo st o f the riders a re preparing th em selves for th e u pcom in g Deal ers Challenge race nex t wee k; La rson wants to hau l in the loot, the megabucks th a t Anderson and Mark G regso n spli t last year. Larson once again led out of th e gate o n h is 480 Honda , thi s ti me it was in the O pen Pro race . Eaton held dow n seco nd ahead of Tom Moen (Scagit Yam ), " Mad" Mike Mohrbacher (H us ) and Bret Ro ch est er (Han ). Larson and Eaton quickly disappeared from the pac k 10 p u t th e motor on the o thers. The pack. at on ly eigh t riders, left a hol e betwee n themselves and Moen , wh o mot ored around the sa ndy. roc ky co urse all a lo ne in th ird. Larson took the rnot o win over Eaton, Moen, Mohrbach er a nd Roch ester. Mot a two ha d Eato n cho mpi ng at the bit for a win . Larson th ou ght d ifferentl y, a nd it was factor y su p po rted riders 1-2 aga in th is m ot a , but don 't wr it e th e race o rr this ea rly. Lar son and Ea to n o pe ned u p a wall oping lead o n th e tro ops 10 tak e first a n d second. La rso n took th e o vera ll in fash io nable style wh ile Eato n took runner-u p hon or s wi th thi rd . A l 6-rider l25cc Pro field was raring to go, a nd whe n th e m inute sign went sideways, they were un leas hed. Anderson put his Yamaha into th e lead over Cory Kla ud t (Kaw ). Manning a n d Anderson go t into a nother one of their classic dices up fro nt while Klaudt , Mik e Larson (Ha n) and Stacy Thornton (DG / Su per Seer Yam ) gave chase bu t to no avail. Ma n n in g put the race in the bag for first over Anderson, Kla ud t. Larson. Br ad Ba lm es ( Ya m) a nd Teddy Pink ma n (Yam aha support ). Second go had Anderson na il do wn a hol eshot over Klaud t, La rson. jeff Moore (DG Suz) a nd Mann in g. Mannin g worked th ro ugh the traffic lik e a mad man wh ile And erson rode effortlessly o u t fro nt of a pack th at wa s now 12. Klaud t bega n to wor ry when Mannin g moved to th ird but co uldn't find a wa y aoru nd th e Kaw asak i pil ot . Anderson pulled away to ro ost th e pack a nd collect first mon ey with hi s 2-1. Mannin g' s 1-3 nett ed seco nd, Klaudt' s 3-2 good for thi rd. A tot al o f 310 riders ...cere on hand tod ay, ge tt ing set for the Dea lers Cha lle nge race which is one of th e bi ggest even ts of the year in reg u lar racin g at SIR. Results OPEN PRO: 1. Ph ill ip Larson IHonl; 2. Er ic Eaton (Hus); 3 . Tom Moen (Vam). 250 PRO: 1. PhiU;p Larson (Hon) ; 2. J im my Ad nerso n (Yam); 3. W ard Zieler (Hon). 125 PRO: 1. Ji m my Anderso n (Yam); 2. Robb Mann ing (Hon); 3 . Cory Klaudt «Kawl . OPEN EX: 1. Ted Devol (M ai); 2. Kevi n Silve rhale IM ai); 3 . Bill M cLean (SUI). 250 EX: 1. Bill Rowland (SUI); 2. David Proembling IHon) ; 3. Logon Edrington IKaw) . 12 5 EX: 1. Kun Ho w land ISuzt; 2. Denn is DoIquist (Yam»; 3. Bill y W eila nd (Yaml . 100 EX: 1. W ade Ja nssen (Yam); 2. J am ie Clendenen (Yam ~; 3. Brad M iller (Yam). BO EX: 1. Todd Hoover (Kaw); 2. Steve Oster (Yam ); 3. Scott Grim m (Ya ml . PEEWEE EX: 1. Cory Lee Ban lett (Vam ); 2. Casey Jones (Yam); 3. louis Aron (Yam) . PEE C: 1. Boris Portnoy (Yam ); 2. M ike Hurst (Vam); 3. Sha ne W est IVam). PEE WEE B: 1. Scott y Fisher IVam ): 2. Amy And · er son (Yaml; 3. Tara Har riso n (Yam). M INI C: 1. Rdon ey Kai ser: 2. M ichael Favre (Hon); 3. Ric ha rd Go ld en (Kaw ). MIN I 8 : 1. Jeff Sowards (Yaml: 2. Tommy Judg e (Yam); 3 . Je ff Brow n (Ya m). 100 C: 1. Tony Telm edge (Suz); 2. Steve Vod epick (SUI); 3 . Greg Knox (Yam). 100 B: 1. Todd Barber (Su z); 2. Mike lavigure; 3 . Stev e Dav is (Suz). 125 C: 1. J im Ca meron (S uz); 2. Car l Fran ssen (Suzl; 3. Sc ott Hick son (Suz l. 125 B: 1. Todd Hoover (Vaml ; 2 . Bob Monroe (Kaw ); 3. Darrel Peterso n (Hon). 25 0 C: 1. Ron Sod er (Ka w) ; 2 . Matt Grunke;..3. Brian Cro ss (Hon ). ... 25 0 B: 1. R;ck Bruc elYa ml ; 2. Eric Li ndeIVam ); 3 . Dan Fitc h (Suzl. OPEN C: 1. Doug M cFer land IS UII; 2 . Keit h Gjernes (S uz); 3 . Dav id Detwiler (M ai). OPEN B: 1. Char lie Mitchell (Yam); 2. Tim Gate s (Hon); 3. J ame s Burns (M ail. aT: 1. Charl ie Paska (Hus) . OTH : 1. Tom Lansford IHonl; 2. Gary cense: 3 . Richa rd Kell ey. wee

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