Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

, UNBELIEVEABLE • T he seco nd la p arou nd saw Bro wn stop for fu el and sti ll go out wit h a two-minute lead over Halcomb, Smart and Jeff Irwin. Stitser had suffered ma ny fall downs and had dropped back while Pa u l Bostro m had fallen so hard, he had knocked himself out and was in the bushes for a few mi nutes. He came through a lmost 20 minutes off the pace while Vanderpool stopped for fuel and still got out al most one and a half minutes up on SCOll Davis. The race was now down from about 150 to 30 riders as Brow n came through to start his fourth lap with a two-minute lead on Smart who was moving up well and not falli ng a lot. That almost seemed to he the key, fi n ish well by not falling. It wasn 't a matter of goi ng fast , it was simply going. T he la p times increased as the . constant ra in muddied up mailers. Va n derpool and his Hi -Point/ Sou th Ci ty KTM came th ro ugh on lap th ree with a six-minute lead , and in th e top 10 overa ll , while Davis stopped with a flat tire and was ready to quit until a crew from Iron Horse Cycles begged, borrowed and put him back in the hunt. Bostrom came through just in front to take over second by a minute with Davis all pumped up and wheelieing out of the pits to try and regain his spot. At the two hour and 10 minute mark, Brown came through for the start of lap five. The fun was to watch how many could get through the time mark, or who would want to and not just wait for th e chec kered to appear. Some 32 minutes back was Smart on hi s Hi-P oint Yam aha with Halcomb a bo u t a nothe r minute back a nd less th an th at wa s Ir win who had hi s g lasses cleaned. Vanderpool was expected a t this mark to be th e on ly ot her guy 10 get in on the five laps, or want to, but he never appeared fro m the co u rse, wa lk ing in wit h the ignition gone and a very disappointing DNF instead of a sure win. O ld Timer Expert Ray H inso n rode his Sluice Box/ND KT M in. vow in g not to go a nother lap a nd th en rode across th e checkered for a third in class . At th e appropriate tim e of 36 min ut es, figu red for the last lap, it was a no-show for Bro wn. Smart took th e accolades for first overa ll o n hi s Sierra C ycl es YZ490 . H a lc omb co pped seco nd wi th a sm ile whil e Irwin did a great job for third o n th e JK Cycle Honda. Brown ca me in for fourth with th e p lug tal e. H aaker, Windham , Ramsey a nd Stitser ro u nded ou t th e top eig h t with former 'TT sta r Bostrom adding h is seco nd stra ig h t Vet Expert win her e. Da vis limped in with yet another flat rear tire for second in class over Pet er Bierw ith . Ron Dotson rode th e steady pace for th e first Old Ti mer Expert over Denni s H au semann o n h is H i Point/MPC Mai co. Rory Mu sca tel recentl y joined th e Vet ra n ks an d won th e Junior portion . Ed Bro wn took seco n d over Dann y Bo wd en wh ile J ohn Balzer came dow n fro m Idaho to win O ld T ime r Junior on his 200 Honda over Karl Ryser. Bill Reed wa s tops in th e O pen Junior over Paul Ryan an d Chris Riddle whil e Duke Dowell con verte d 10 a Bendler RM Suzuki for the 250cc Expert win . Mike Muldoon rod e hi s 250 Yamaha to first Junior, and Randy Pears on topped th e 125s. Results OPEN EX: 1. Charlie Smart (Yam); 2. Charlie Helcom b (KTM); 3. Jeff Irwin (Han) . OPEN J R: 1. Bill Reed (Yam); 2. Paul Ryan (Yaml ; 3. Chris Riddl e (Yam). VET EX; 1. Paul Bost rom (Han); 2. Scott Davis (M eil ; 3. Pete Bierwith (Han) . Just another Awesome Sale from the guys at Berfs Motorcycles....... OT EX: 1. Ron DOlSOn (KTM); 2. Denn is Heuse mann (Mai); 3. Ray Hin son (KTM). VET JR : 1. Rory Mu scatel (KTM); 2. Ed Brown (M ai); 3. Den ny Bowden (Yam). OT JR : 1. John Balzer (Honl 2. Karl Ryser (KTM ). 250 EX: 1. Duke Dowell (Su z). 125 /250 JR: 1. M ike M uldoon (Yam); 2. Randy Pea rso n (S uz). OPEN NOV: 1. Cherli e Lozier (Hon l; 2. Mark Maier; 3. Neal Notaro. OT NOV : 1. Jack Shields (Mai); 2. Harry Reed (Hus) . 125 NOV: 1. M anny Orn eales (Kaw) ; 2. Jack Roberts (Yam); 3. Doug Franklyn (Yam~ VET NOV: 1. Mike De M aree (Kaw); 2. Herm Pulyer (Hon l 3. Je rry Heath IYam~ 250 NOV: 1. Jim lack (Han); 2. Matt Vu lk (Ma i): 3 . cteuse Holm (Han) . TOP QUALITY MOTOCROSS BOOTS APRlL 1~NL~ - . .... • .-l REG.119.95 0.. NOW ONLY Losh leads Sacto Jammers mud-o-cross ~ 69~~ By Dianna Lenerd SACRAMENTO, CA, MAR . 14 • TOP QUALITY LEATHER CONS TRUCTION • STEEL TOE • REINFORC ED HEEL & ANKLE Mother Nature was certainly presen t at the Jammer J am boree at Pra irie City O H V Park. If tro ph ies were given out for • • • • th e most troublesome factor at a race, sh e would have won double first in rain a nd mud classes , as sh e crea ted a shift lever deep rnud-o-cross. Mud h ens or a ny on e who like mud pi es sh o u ld have been there, Some o f th e intrep id motocross riders th at b raved th e elem en ts, lik e Randy Lash wh o got first in the Open Expert class, didn 't even bother to slow down for good 01' Mother Nature. In th e 250cc Expert clas s, Brian Jodry took first a nd Spoof Pen a took fir st in th e I25cc Ex pert clas. So me o f th e p roblem s th e riders had was co m p leti ng one lap in under 10 minutes. Even th e flag p eopl e had trouble wit h the m ud . In teh Socc class. the refree a nd th e riders decided to on ly ru n o ne mo to . T h e winners of th at mot o wer e: Socc Junio r, Kell y Andries , and Socc Novice, T erry Cox. The reason fo r this decision was th a t th ey were co n cerned a bo u t n ot having eno u gh life g ua rds on d uty . T he Old T ime r and Vet cla sses were co m bined to ma ke a to tal o f 10 det ermined m ud -o-crossers, As the checkered flag fell on the second moto five mud covered participants oozed across th e lin e. The w here a bo u ts o f th e rama in ing five is sti ll in quest ion . The 125.250cc, a nd O pen Novice cla sses had th e lar gest number of fin ish er s, a lt hough wh ether" th is was beca use th ey were th e better swim mers, paddlers, o r racers has yet to be determ in ed. It 's a con tro versv wh ich ma y n ever be settled . . Many h ou rs o f p repara tio n went into th e crea tion o f a new track which cou ld have been a motocross spectac ul ar, but Mother Nature dec ided a rnud-o -cross wo u ld be a j ust reward fo r trying to replace h er with a wa tertruck. SIMPLE BUCKLE SYSTEM HEAVY PADDING VIBRAM SOLE ALL SIZES IN STOC K FROM 6 1/2 TO 13 Don't miss this geat sale. PERSONAL CHECKS Berts Motorcycles MONEY ORDERS " . MOTORCYCLE MALL 900W. Foothill PHONE ORDERS WELCOME Azusa. Ca. 91702 213 334-1288 MAIL ORDERS ACCEPTED ---------------- - - ---- - - - - - - - - HONDA- KAWASAKI WEST 0\)'1. sa\8 6 \0"" 1981 1981 1981 1981 GL500 GL500 CM400 XR80 ALL NEW MODELS Red 2122 Black 2207 Custom 7639 5332 81 °"'-' 0 lit Sale $1995.00 1980 XR250A $1048.00 $1995.00 1980 XR500A $1298.00 $1395.00 1979 CR250R $ 898.00 $ 495.00 Honda-Kawasaki West 2401 Li ncoln B lvd. Sa nta Monica. CA 90405 (213) 392-9593 ~tDml1·ad. CYCLE ~ ~W~ Results OT NOV : 1 . Paul M in or (Yam l. VET NOV: Bob Rivenb ar k (Yam ); 2. Cha rles Colar d (Kaw); 3. Richa rd Long IKawl. OPEN EX: 1. Rand y Lash (Ma i); 2. Jer ome Heiberger (Ma i); 3 . Troy De Herr era . 125 NOV : 1. Sco tt Rohrs (Suz); 2 . Frank W ilder (Suzl; 3. Robb For sberg (Suzl . 125 AM : 1. Davin M orn ing s (S uz]: 2 . Cris Heyman (Hon); 3 . Fran k Sigri st (Suz). . 125 EX: 1. Spoof Pena (Honl; 2 . Mar k Zeissler (Suz); 3 . Shane Gunnsen (Hon). BONOV : 1. Terry Cox (Yam l; 2. Paul Park (Yam); 3. Robby Herm an ek (Yam). 80 AM : 1. Kelly Andries (Hon); 2. Ja son M acken roth (Suzl ; 3. Rodney Freeman (Yam). 250 NOV : 1. Bay Navarrette (Kaw) ; 2 . Curti s Dias (Suz); 3. Ron Hal ey (Kaw) . 250AM: 1. Sean Grtheer (Yam); 2 . John McCapes (Yam); 3. Derek Wells (Han). 250 EX: 1. Brian Jodry (Suzl; 2. Dean Schultz (Han) ; 3. Pete Lang ley (Han) . OPEN NOV; r . JelfThompson(Mai); 2. BarryTaylor (Yam ). WO ME NS: 1. {TIE).Joyce Ford (Hon)/ J u lie Hartenback (Suz). 23 E GOOD SALE PRIC • YAMAHA LOS ANGELES !!!. • • • Unb.li .. bIo Pri c•• Dn All 1982 V.mohos . in SI.Ck. Pric.d sa rilIicul...., low rotu.s 18 priat ere" I.ws • • . .... V.m.h. Los AnS.... • • 2904 S.Figueroa.Los Angeles. CA 90007 . Ii (213) 747-0348 _ -

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