Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

........i ".deo.CO O~••O.WY""L CeDlral PipeliDe. - The track wa s dust y by second rn or o time. Elli s grabbed the hole- Kyle Landrum put in enough air time to take two Pro classes at Austin. • shot again , foll owed by Brian Bri ggs ' Yamaha , Cardwell a nd R obertson. Briggs dusted Cardwell , but Cardwell hung in th er e until he managed 10 gel besid e Bri ggs. T he two Yarna has ·ode as a team . jumping parallel. until Cardwell sq ueezed o u t a lead a nd moved in front of Brig gs. The checkered nag found Ell is wa y o u t in front . followed by Cardwell a nd Bri gg s. with Robertson g ua rdi ng fourth. Kawa saki rid er Kyl e Landrum dominated both motos of th e 250cc Expert class. David Stutts a nd Hunter Carothers, both on Yamahas, held down seco nd a nd thi rd in th e fir st race. so th e race wa s for fourth. On hi s Yamaha. Russell Chapman fended off W yall Seals' Kawasaki and Kevin Horton 's Hu sk y, which found the bailie with Chapman falal- it DNF in th e first rn oto and didn 't sh o w up for the second. Joey Balcom 's Honda held fourth next. when Chapman had problems a nd fell back for a n 11th pl ace fini sh . J ack Beckham fin ally worked hi s Honda up to fourth a fter a bad sta rt a nd hel d o nto it. In th e second mot a , racer s rode th rough dust and long sha do ws of spectators, Landrum led th e whole race agai n wi th Ca ro the rs in second . St ut ts had to pa ss Mark Brown 's Suzu ki a nd Sea ls for thi rd , a n in con ven ienc e he ~ ad acco m p lis hed by th e end of the first lap. Beckham c u t in line for a no the r fourth . Sea ls was running in fifth until he bo un ced off th e downhill bank. The ba ck of Seal s' leather s read. "U8 12." Besid es winning th e 250s , Landrum a lso had a so lo flight to two fir sts in th e 125cc Expert class. David St u tts, sponsored bv Yamaha o f Sa n Antonio, to ok the h i>leshot in th e O pen Expert fir st m ot o but went in to th e pit. John Ham look th e lead but went o ver a berm . jack Beckham took the lead and pulled away from J ohn Perrin 's Mai co. H am a nd St u tts recovered to lake second and third , but Stuns wanted second, which he finall y ..arn e d passin g in sid e on th e downhill. The order wa s th e sa me in th e second mot a - Beckham , riding for MOloSport Ra cewa y, Honda o f Au s tin a nd hi s wif e, S t u tts aud H am . Results San Antonio's David Stutts works his Yamaha support 490 through a turn. Landrum lands two at Austin MX By Donald Mueller AUSTIN . TIC MAR. 7 The west end of th e track a t Austin's MotoSport Racewa y was rough on MXers toda y. Riders crashed in the same spot in a t least three races. leavin g o ne with a broken leg . In th e 250cc Novice divi sion, Bru ce Dibrell took hi s Suzuki to a n ea rl v lead, but Mark MOllS. a lso o n Suzuk i, quickly took the front spot from h im. Running in third was T od d Landry's Yamaha . Sane T abassi worked hi s Hu sk y from an ea r ly seventh to a fourth pl ace fini sh . MOllS stre tche d o u t hi s lead . as Dibrell fended off Landry's a ttem p ts to pass. Blair Bedford's Kawasaki took th e holeshor in th e second mot o, but by th e end of th e lap. he was in th e back of the pa ck and ultimatel y DNF. a 50 Ta bassi led in the early la p s. fo llowed by Dibrell and MOllS. By th e th ird lap. Motts had overtaken Dib rell . though slayi ng close a nd being agressi ve o n the ber ms just didn 't see m to be e nough 10 ca p tu re the lead . But the race wa sn 't over, MOllSstuc k tight 10 Tabassi unt il th e last lap. wh en MOllS su rge d past right before th e checkered n ag . J eff Ell is o n a Honda took th e hol esh ot in th e O pen Intermed iat e class. but Ba rr y Myer s' Husk y took th e lead when Ellis mi ssed a turn . But Myers axed hi s racing for a while when he cras hed in th e northwest co rner o f the track , receiving a co m pound fracture of the tibi a -fibula . The yell ow n ag waved th e remainder o f th e race as th e EMT s sp linted hi s leg . Ell is found h im self in th e lead aga in, foll owed bv Sieve Cardwell o n a Yamaha. Stephen R obert son . ri ding a Suzuki , took third from Husk y rider Jon Bennett. Ellis stretched o u t th e gap between himself and Card well. a ndRo ber tso n held third. MINI M INI: 1. J .D. Fuller (Yam); 2. Brad Wag ner (Yam); 3. Derek Hanson (Yam ). MINI JR : 1. Der ek Han son (yam); 2 . Ju sti n Ort o (Yam); 3. Ban Fuller (Yam). MINI SA; 1. Danny Storbeck (y am); 2 . Br en t Freed (Kaw); 3. Jerry Wag ner (Kawl. BEG: 1. Gle nn Tedesco (Yam); 2. Tom McDow (Yaml; 3. M ark Lut z (Yam). OOV: 1. Harold Grosc hke ( H on~ 2. Mark Leeth erm an (Hon ); 3. Kevin Posey (Hon). OVER 40: 1. Dale Shan k (SUl); 2. David Parker (Yaml; 3. Ray Pocher IHus). OVER 30: 1. Lest er M unson (C-AI; 2. John M ul li ns (Suz); 3. Dave Adams fHus). 125 NOV: 1. David Bidwe ll (SUl); 2. Charles McDonald (Vam); 3. Tracy Tolbert (SUl) . 250 NOV: 1. M ark M ott s (SUl); 2. Br uce Dibrell (Suz); 3. Sane Tabassi tHus). OPEN NOV : 1. Jo hn Mull,ns ISUl); 2. John Bal · com (Hus); 3. Andy Gilkey (C-A). 125 INT: 1. Jason Ono (Yam); 2. Brett Wagnon (Hon); 3. Chip Mc Call (SUl). 250 INT: 1. Steve Turner (Hon); 2. Casey Loft in (Hon); 3. Rob Le..ure (Hon). OPEN INT: 1. Jeff Ellis (Hen); 2. Steve Cardwell (Yam); 3. Stephon Robertson (SUl). 125 EX: 1. Kyle Landrum (Kaw l: 2. Hun ter Carothers fYam ); 3. Chris Loftin (Sud. 250 EX; 1. Kyle Landrum (Kaw ); 2. Hun ter Carothers (Yam); 3. David Stutts {Yaml . OPEN EX: 1. Jack Beckham (Hon); 2. David Stutts (Vam); 3. John Ham (Honl . Landrum lets loose at Rio night MX By Lisa Milcich HO USTON . TX , MAR. 5 Kyle Landrum powered his Kawasaki 250m a I; I win tonight in the 250cc Expert class at Rio Bravo's night MX and finished firs t in th e second malo o f th e 125cc Expert cla ss, yet DNF the fir st mota so he was not sco red. The first mot o o f th e 250c c Expert class opene d with Landrum blazing a tr ail for a ll th e o the r rider s to try and follow . Brent Hermann a nd Jerry Surber were next in line as J ohn Roll o a nd Keith Eldred di ced Ior founh a n d fifth spots. Landrum mo ved o u t o n everyone by the seco nd lap. Surber sk y ShOI an air-pi tch in g j u m p a nd barel y recovered en o ug h 10 save h im self from a fall. He pulled himself together eno ug h to push by Herman n o n the inside of a nearby co rner. Meanwhil e, Eldred was running in f~urth with Ri cke y Glaser behind him, Gla ser was one lap beh ind when he got by Hermann. He got up to where he could put a pass on Surber and sho t by o n h is new Suzuki after the doubl e j u m ps . Landrum cla imed a n u nch all enged fir st trail ed by Glaser , Surber, Eldred a n d David :\1cCl ain . Eldred got o n th e gas to fI y o ff the ga le first in th e second mot a but lost il o n th e first co rner with Roll o's suecessf ul pass. Roll o wa s followed clo sel y by Surber, Eldred . McCl ain and Landrum. Roll o led th e freight train of riders for a coupl e la ps till Su rber exercised his voca l rights a nd jammed a disg runt led Rollo o u t o f a left -hand co rn er. knockin g him back three po ints. Landrum ra n up 10 seco nd pl ace" a nd McClain was in third. Rollo a nd Eldred wer e slacking off some by th e founh lap: McClain dropped back o n fifth . Su rbe r d ispla yed a fine knowl edge o f rid ing technique a nd held off Landrum till th e six th lap when Kyle ~ounded by th rough th e stad i u m lJ ~ m ps. Sur ber staye d ri ght up with him. Hermann had a bad get-off through th e sa llie sect io n, yet remounted soon a fterwa rd. Landrum never gave Surber a cha nce to get by and claimed victory for th e seco nd mota win. Surber got seco nd as Eldred ca me in for third. J eff G i bbson was o ff lo a good sta n in the lOOccclass, leading Mark Sax er , SCOll Miln er a nd Jimmy Edwards. Gibb~on pulled a way quickl y a nd rema ined a di stan t spot from hi s adversaries. Milner bobbled o ver th e doubl e j u m ps lettin g Ed wa rds cr uis e bv. . Gibbson repeated h is flawless first m ot o perfor ma nce in th e second mota. Sa xe r ca me a way from th e first turn next with Edwards a nd Milner not far off. Edwards flew by Saxer after th e double jumps and a lmost lost it afte r sa il in g o ff th e jump on the downhill side o f th e bridge hill. giving Saver a bi g edge. Gibbson took first as Edward . Saxer . • a n d Milner fil ed in. Results 60 : 1. Sean Cook; 2. Crispy Vreeland (Yam); 3. Dave Shade. Bo: 1. Rich ie Hull (Vam); 2. Eddie Vreeland (Vam)· 3. Kit Vick (Vom). • BOOPEN; 1. Richie Hull (Yam); 2. Eddie Vreeland IVam); 3. Kit Vick (Vami. 3-WHEEL: 1. Keith Fowler; 2. Chr is James: 3. Kenny Templeton (Han). 100; 1. Jeff Gibbson (Varni; 2. Jimmy Edwards ; 3. Mark Saxer . 125 NOV: 1. Glen McKenlie (Sull; 2. Lloyd Clayton ; 3. Jeffrey Arnold IKaw). 125 INT: 1. Darryl Austin (Yam); 2. Rusty Dovell ISUll; 3. Darryl Mills. 250 NOV: 1. Eddie Jones: 2. Ronnie Russel ; 3. Craig Helmore. 2S0/0PEN INT: 1. Ron Sussman; 2. Craig Bonner; Ray Stephenson. OVER 30 : 1. Billy Click (Honl ; 2. T.o . Smith (Hus); 3. Guy Humphy. 250 EX: 1. Kyle Landrum (Kaw ); 2. Jerry Surber (Hont. 3. Keith Eldred (Yam). 125 EX: 1. Terry Thomas (Kaw t. 2. Jemes Bal· dridge (Vam).

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