Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

- ~. Northern Californi.Northern Nevada-Oregon-Washington-Idaho-Utah-Alaska-( ~ ~ C'J 00 m ...... ~ -.::t' ...... ...... ..... ~ 0. ' < .... " SMOOTH-BORE . , . ~ ~ ~ CARBURETORS David laPierre aced the Mini Pros at Mabton Dunes' MX opener. Thompson is II yea rs old. so Low ell would pull ahea d in th e stra igh ts a nd lose time in th e corners as Dave would berzerk it tryin g to mak e up time. T ho m pson mad e a mista ke on th e last lap , lett in g LaPierr e by for the wi n. The seco nd rn oto was no t near! y as exci ting as Th ompson took the early lead o n ly to fall early in th e race, givin g an easy win to LaPierr e wh o was foll ow ed in by Scott Myers (Ya m ). The 250cc Pr o class was a cakewa lk for Rod O striern (Ya m) as he led both rnot os from sta rt to fini sh . Kyle Fast (Yam ) ra n a consis tent seco nd in th e fir st rnot o o n lv to su ffer mech anical s in th e second. Eddie Wickward (Kaw) put together 4-2 rides for seco nd. Results J R CYCLES 0·8 : 1. Butch Smith (Yaml: 2. Bill Cooper (Suzl. JR CYCLES 9-11: 1. Lowell Thompson (Yam); 2. David W ill (Yam ); 3 . Cra ig Trout (Yam). MINI B: 1. SCOll Myers (Yam); 2. Lowell Thompson (Yam); 3. Matt Wilcox (Yam). MI NI PRO; 1. David laPie rre (Kaw); 2. Lowell Thompson (Yam ); 3. Scott M yer s (Yam) . 12 5 B: l . Tom Carlon (S uz); 2. Rick Wa lzari (Ya ml ; 3. Pat Jaquish (Hon) . OTHG: 1. Jim Reynolds (Yam); 2. Rick McUne (Hus); 3. Den Erdmen (Mail. OT: 1. Jo e M acKenzie (Mai) ; 2. Ken Chickering (M ail; 3. Howard An derson (Yam) . 250 PRO: r . Rod Ostr iem (Yam); 2. EdWickward (Kawl; 3. Ken Wall (Hon). 25DB: t , Terry Wise (Yam); 2. Gery Larsen (Kawl; 3. Tom Hil ker (Yaml . 250 COIV 1: 1. Wally Boak (Yaml; 2. Randy Stemp (Kaw ); 3. Jeff Price (Yam). 250 C DIV 2: 1. RandyHorn (Kaw l; 2. Brien Koons ISuz); 3 . Neil Cu lbertson IYam ). OPEN PRO: 'l • An dy Tudo r (M ai l; 2. Ron Pom eroy (Yam); 3 . Chr is Huuelma n (Yam ). OPEN B: r . GregWilliams {Yam); 2. Jim Reynolds (yam); 3. Randy Hasse lstrom (Hon). OPEN C: 1. M ike Ma cKenzie (M ai); 2. Ronnie Marshall (Ya m); 3. Scan Busb y (Yam). Mitchell masters Washougal's marathon GP By Action OZ WASHO UGAL. WA. MAR. 7 Everyone knows Was hougal is a mot ocross track that once a year hosts a l25 / 500cc AMAsa nctioned National. What everyo ne did not kn o w is th at a sevenmile gra nd prix co urse that would pl ease everyo ne co u ld be la id o u t, Terra in such as o pen fields. tight wood s. strea m crossings. po wer lin e roa d a nd the mot ocross track ru n backw ards provided the 190 rid ers with a littl e so me thi ng for everyo ne. The genera l co mment hea rd a t the end. thro ugh puffing and wh eezing voices . was that scoring co uld have been a lot bett er. This is true and will be remedied next year. Ron Sun. ri di ng a Honda. led the even t ove ra ll fo r th e first three hours o f th e four-hour race befo re he brok e do wn . Sun wa s go in g very fast a ll da y. Steve McCall . o n a brand new ITI 75 Yamaha. rod e very hard all day for a third a n d a silver medal. Monte Mit ch ell . o n a Mai co , wo n th e Pro class. Mit chell ran hard a nd consi ste nt ly for fo ur hours. When he p u lled into the finish gate a t th e end. he look ed as though he co u ld contin ue a no ther four h ours. St ev e McCall wa s another wh o looked lik e h e co u ld go a no the r four. J oh n Chri sten (Ya m) took seco n d a nd was very smooth throughou t the event. Den n is Fennell (Ya m) too k fou rth a nd a bronze meda l. Ga ry Pi azza wo n his class. l25cc A. a nd for hi s fin e ride got a go ld medal. The 125cc B class saw Mike Chase a nd Steve Bra nstetter go head to head with Chase ta king a go ld a n d Bran stetter a silver. In the 200cc A cla ss. i t was Ed T he rria u lt winn in g the go ld and Ken Ott takin g seco n d a nd th e silver meda l. T he 200cc B class h ad Ra y O pfur winn ing and Bob Wa sson second. Bob Lampher e. j r., took third o n a Honda. Th e 250cc B cla ss had a la rge ent ry, a nd the co m pe tition wa s tough. By the tim e th e score wa s tabulated . bv hand a week lat er. it ....-as Dea n Bidd le first. Ken Eliuk seco n d a n d T ed Bernert third . Ala n Hinkley won the go ld in th e O pen A class. Barr ett Brown took seco nd . Guv Will iamson won a silver medal for th ird in th e class . T he Open B class had a three-wa y battle go ing all four hours. Dan Hu ffman was in th e lead for a whi le. then it ....-as Bob Johnson goi ng into the lead. Fi na ll y. David Paul in g pa ssed th em bo th to la ke the lead a nd stay to the gold. It was J oh nson second a nd Huffman third. Stu O sborne- won the 30-40 class going a way for a gran d a nd go lde n medal. Steve Sh in d lee took a seco nd a nd Dave Merk lin a third. • Resu lts PRO : 1. Monte Mitchell ; 2. John Chr ist en ; 3 . Steve M cCall . 125 A : 1. Gary Piazza. 125 B : 1. Mi ke Cha se; 2. St eve Bran stetter ; 3. Du n can Davi s. 200 A : 1. Ed Th erriault; 2. Ken Ott; 3. Bren W ard. 200 B: 1. Ray Optur ; 2. Bob Wasson; 3. Bob Lamph ere. 250 A : 1. Br uce Ha rd y; 2. Ke n M aahs ; 3. Jer ry Jasten. 250 B: 1. Dean Biddle; 2. Ken Eli uk; 3. Ted Bernert . OPEN A: 1. Alan Hin kl ey; 2. Bar rett Br own ; 3. Gu y Williamson . OPEN B: 1. Davi d Pa uli ng; 2. Bob Johnson; 3. Dan Huffma n. 30 -40 : 1. Stu Osb orn e; 2. Steve Sh ind lee; 3. Dave Merklin. OT : 1. Cleve Tomas; 2 . Bob Knox; 3 . M ike Bisceg li n . The bigger smooth-bore carburetor you demand! You tra ded up to a larger, mor e powerfu l cycle. 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