Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Southern Californla.Arli oiii.Southern.Nevada. Southern Cal Western hotline Terry Stauwald and Don Mathews were third in the team race . (File photo. ) Nolan, Larsson top Factory Rider GP By Loretta Pipkin LIVE OAKS SPRINGS, CA. APR. IS Lars Larsson and Rob bie Nolan each captured two overall wins in the Marty T ripes' Factory Rider Grand P rix, held in the Cleveland Forest. A very tight course was the feature of this event, the first in a six-race series. The first race run was the 125cc event, and Kearney Mesa Yamaha's Nolan led with Rory Chenowth and Ed Foland chasing. Chenowth, a Novice rider competing on a l 25cc machine for the first time, hung tough and finished second ahead of Fo land. Foland's pretty wife Pam finished second in the Amateur class behind Bob Bell. However, she'll be retiring for awhile to await the birth of the newest addition to the Foland clan. Nolan , feeling triumphant , ran straight to the 250cc race and led it start to finish. Novice Todd Kennedy turned in a gallant ride to finish second overall after dicing with Experts Matt Hope and Paul Edd y. Larsson turned in h is two victories in the Vet and Senior races . In the Senior class, Bill Silverthorne took the early lead with Husky-mounted Larsson chewing on his heels. For two laps through the water, jumps and tight .turns, they were Siamese twins. "Into a turn I was going for the inside," said Larsson later, " Silverthorne overshot the turn and h is bike stalled for a moment. I screamed Thank You ' as I passed." Larsson eventually finished one minute ahead of Silverthorne. Bob Mayn ard took th ird with desert rivals W.e. Thornton and Roger Adsit fourth and fifth. Five minutes after the finish of th e Senior race, Larsson p ulled up to the start line in the Vet race. He led this one start to fin ish, with Monte Lee and R.D. Tuzinsky wa iting for a mistake that never came. They finished 1-2-3. In the Open class a red flash went by on a Honda. It was young Lloyd Thomas from Escondido. Larsson joined the ranks of Chip Howell, Mike Rose and Ra ndy Hollenbeck for this one. Thomas was to crash two times in two la ps and still hold the lead - "He went past like your paycheck," said Larsson. However , T homas had to pit and try and fix his twisted handlebars. Th is put h im way down and didn't solve the problem , so his dad pulled him in. T hat gave the lead to Howell , who kept it for first overall in front o f Rose and Leon Livin gston . The strain of ru nni ng th ree races in a row finally tol d on Larsson, wh o reti red on the th ird la while running sixth. Results VET EX: 1. Lars Larss on (Husl; 2. M ont e Lee (Yam); 3. R.D. TUlinsl

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