Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

) , J f I J I ., J i ..I. ( 1 I .• " I. .. : f .... " Winning is never easy," said Hansen . " You j us t get some lucky break s a nd cross th e line first." " I was shooti ng for a to p five fini sh and go t it !" sai d Bell . " My kn ee feels grea t!" "A deep rut knocked the chai n o ff. I had to drag the bike to th e pits wi th the rea r wheel lock ed u p ," said Shul tz concerning hi s pi t sto p . Sunday So me riders com p lai ned of da ngero us sections o n th e co ur se, a nd the tra ck cre w cut a few of the lips o ff th e higher jumps. Wosick 's crash in practice was th e most dramatic, as he flew outside the boundaries of the track clip ped a bulldozer before he hit the gro u nd. O ' Mara hol esh ot heat one but by lap two it was Han sen 's game to th e fin ish . Bell moved from a di stan t third to second. O 'Mara retained th ird , a nd Breker too k fourth despite a slide-o ut on lap two. The race was between G lover and Barn ell in heat ' two. Barnell won , Gl over was seco nd , a nd Benolkin was 23 seco nds back in third a t the finish . Fred Vertucci priva teered h is way to fourt h a nd a tra nsf er o n a Suzu ki. H e was one of the few pr ivateers over the entire weekend wh o turned in a competitive performance. It was Ba iley all the way in heat three fo llo wed by Reid , wh o passed third place hu ltz in the earl y going. Ho nda supported J eff Surwall rode to a strong fourth . Johnson ended up in the haybales whi le leadi ng heat fo ur. Gibson put in a clea n ride to win, putting a lmost a half la p o n the field . Ward throttled past Mart in ove r a ju mp for seco nd , and third went to Turn er, wh o edged Martin on th e last la p. Keylon led sem i one bu t looked over -an xio us a nd crashed, leav in g the winnin g rid e for Suzuki su pported Clint Hardick. Keylon ca me back for seco nd after Lil es fell from co ntention after smacking into the wall. Semi two sa w Burnworth tak e an outside line o ff the sta rt to lead , then win . Peder son used the back sect io n ju mps to take seco nd o n la p one to take th e second tran sfer. It was Ellis a ll the wa y in the co nsy to earn hi s transfer slot the hard wa y. Gibson hol eshot the fin al wi th Gl over , Bell a nd Pederson left behind off th e sta rt, By la p two Ha nsen and O ' Mara tigh tened up o n Gi bso n, with Shultz a lso movin g up to make it a red , wh it e a nd blue strea k u p front. By lap six Hansen was leading for good, and a lap lat er O 'Mara moved into seco nd over Gi bson, sell in g th e front three fin ish in g order. J ohnson put together a smo o th rh ythm wi th speed and moved to fourth, and behind h im was a cluster consisting o f Shultz, Burnworth and Reid. By lap 12 H a ns en had fo ur seco nds o n O 'Mara, He wasn 't running away with it, bu t wa s puu ing in th e machine-l ik e performance Barnett ma de a trademark. G ibson and J ohnson had the ir 3-4 slots secured, an d Barnell moved into fifth, wo rking ha rd after a mediocre sta n . Bu rn wo rt h took a dvant age o f Sh ultz 's mistakes and moved to sixth. Shultz reta in ed seventh with Bell , Ma rti n a nd Ba iley fill in g the top ten. ''I' m sta rring to feel better o ut front, " said Hansen wi th a smi le a fter receivin g a cha m pa gne shower fro m O'M a ra. " Yo u just ca n ' t afford to mak e any mistakes, tha t' s al l. " " I think it's time to than k Jeff Spen cer, th e tea m tr ai n er ,' said O'Mar a, " H o nda rid ers o ne, two , three, an d he's responsibl e for getting us in th e sha pe to do it." " I g ues s I'm not used to bei ng u p front yet," sa id Gibson. " As soon as I get a bit mor e confidencc I'll be wi nnin onc of th ese th in s." 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