Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

••tller. Me••d.· So.tller. Call1or.I..Arlzo••·So.tller. Me••d.· Tripes tried 1O pass Gerig on the ledge on lap fo ur bu t hooked his rear lire and fell . though he was able 1O hold th ird. Tripes closed th e gap between second a nd th ird on the eig h th lap as they flew up th e uphill. Tripes moved into seco nd as th ey rounded th e top. Gerig tr ied to come back on the OUlside, but they tangled . and G er ig went down and dropped to fourth after res tartin g, Rhyan held th e lead a nd im p ro ved i t on every lap lOlak e a 65 seco n d win ov er T r ipes. Dymond , G erig and L ew is. In th e seco nd m oto i t was Tripes laking th e holeshot with Rhvan, Eropkin, Gerig and Lewis follow ing. Rhyan moved into th e lead on th e second lap wh en h e p ass ed Tripes. Moving into third and fourth were G erig and Lewis ahead of Eropkin. On th e next lap Billy Keefe moved into the top five when he passed Eropkin. Keefe continued to move upward through the pack. passing Lewis on th e sixth lap and Gerig on the eigh th . Rhyan pulled away For another eas y win with Tripes holding second. Keefe third and Ge rig fourth. Dale Anderson look Fifth after passing Lewis on th e 12lh lap. Rick Johnson look th e holeshot in th e first rnoto of th e 250s ahead of Gerig. Tripes, Andrew J efferson and Jon Faure. On th e second lap Jefferson held it on orr th e downhill j u m p lO pass Tripes for third. On the same lap Fr itz Schlegal passed Faure to move i nto fi ft h. Two laps later Schlegal took over fourth when Tripes sl id OUl on th e small ledge. At th e halfway point Jefferson caught and passed Gerig to take over second. Al the start of the lOth lap Schlegal passed Gerig for third, and halfway through the lap he moved into second when Jefferson fell and DNF. Johnson held on for the win. and 34 seconds later Schlegal cruised in for second, Gerig th ird, Tripes fourth and Jim Odie fifth after passing Faure. In the second moto it was Gerig holding the lead after the first lap with Johnson. jefferson, Doug Bowers and Woody Carlson in hot pursuit. On the second lap J o h n so n and Jefferson passed Gerig for first and second. Tripes passed Carlson for fifth after an eigh th place sta rt. On the third lap j efferson look o ver th e lead when J ohnson slid OU l o n the ba ck side. an d T ripes moved up -to fourth , pass ing Bow ers . Johnson worked back into the lead o n the eigh th la p and qu ickl y started pull in g a way fro m Jefferson. Tripes m oved into th ird o n the IZth lap when he passed Gerig on the backside. J o hn son held a 12 second lead over jefferson fo r the win. a nd T ripes h eld onto t hi r d over Gerig a n d Schlegal , who came fro m a near la st p lace sta rt . Results 125 JR: 1. J im Huizsar (Vam): 2. David Krodk (Han): 3. Dirk Price (Yam). 125 INT: 1. Rog.r Hay• • (Suz); 2. Randy Canar (Vam); 3. Randy Frey (Yam). 125 PRO: 1. Troy Blak. (Yam); 2. Fr itz Schlegal (SU<): 3. Doug Dubach (Yam). 250 JR : t . Chr is Go shro n (Su z); 2. Br. nt Rhoade.1 (Hus); 3. Philip Sut ierf. (Vam). 250 INT: 1. David B.hl in.s (Kaw ); 2. Chuck Hogan (Han); 3. Brian Shawa~.r (Han). 250 PRO: 1. Rick Johnson (Vam); 2. M ika Tripes (Hus); 3. David G.rig (Husl. 500 JR: 1. Mark Sm it h (Vam); 2. Chari•• Ball (Vam); 3. Rog.r Dufur (Yam). 500 INT: 1. L.land Bacon ISuzl ; 2. GI.nn Dawson IHon ); 3. Mark McNallY IMai). 500 PRO; 1: St.v. Rhyan (Han); 2. M ike Tripes (Husl; 3. David G.rig IHus ). OT JR; 1. Raben B.rdeck (M ai); 2. Carl EII.n (Mai ). OT INT; 1. SI.V. Buss.lI. Sr. (Han). VET JR: 1. Ron Kaubl. (Yam). VET INT: 1. Charle. Ball (Vam). VET MASTER; 1. Ed Elli. (Vam); 2. Bob Tonan (Sull. MINI: 1. 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Be sure to cheth 'em oul at your Hi-Point dealers 8 10se takes "SU PER PROTECTIO N" Canyo" MX win 'DARRYL SHULTZ "'M A GOO " CHANDLER 'JACK PENTON "RICKY GRAHAM "BOB HANNAH "ALAN KING By Pam Hardin PHOENIX. AZ. MAY 22 A new Honda , piloted by Chappy Blose, took off with back-to-back wins in the 250cc Expert race tonight at Canyon Raceway. In the first moto Will Mundy j u m ped into th e lead with a powerful holeshot, but by the start of th e second lap h e had dropped down to fourth . Blose jammed from m id-pack 1O take over first with Pal and John Imbriale close behind. Gary Dircks. back after a few weeks of rest, had a rough lime of it when he got a liule crazy on Insanity Ridge and went over the berm , Recovering from that spill. he was on the rear fender of Tom Tail when Tait Ios t it and look Dircks with him. Dircks was a no-show for rnoto number two as Blose grabbed the lead early. Bryan Hayes and Steve Patterson jammed into second and third, They were both involved in a wreck at the first turn that PUl them OUlof the running in the first moto, Blose had a three-second lead by the third lap, and he continued 1O gain a little every lap rill no one had a prayer of catching him. Pa l Imbriale in fourth . edged up on Patterson, but he held h im off until h is cha in derailed a n d broke h is bik e's cases. H a yes DNF. and left second to Imbriale while hi s brother John fin ish ed thi rd, • Results V-ZlNGERS; 1. Brian Cook(Yam); 2. Chucky Cook . (Yam). PEE WEE NOV; 1. Chip Voung (Vam); 2. W• • lay Adltin. (Yam); 3. Morgan Adams (Yam). PEE WEE AM; 1. Greg Stultz (Yam); 2. J.rry Adkin. (Yam). BO BEG: 1. Je rry Ti.tl. ( H on ~ 2. Mike Ma ri ani ( Ka ~ 3. Shau n Haley (Sull. BONOV: 1. Rachel Hurlbun (Yam ); 2. K.n H i ~on (Yam~ 3. Billy Carlson (Yam). BO AM : 1. Shawn Hilton (Yaml; 2. J.ff Riggi. ( Ka w~ 3. Curtis Culbert (Han). BOEX: 1. Broc k And.rson (Yam); 2. Brya n Brune r (Kaw) . 105: 1. Scon Bawd in (Kaw); 2. Paul K.llogg (Han); 3. Curt i. Culbert (Han). 125 BEG: 1. Adam V.sely (Kaw ); 2. Douglas Teye (Kaw); 3. SI.V. Su.... (Han). 125 NOV: 1. John Humph r. y (Ya m~ 2. Garo Rol· nik (Suz); 3. T.rry Cross (Kaw). 125 AM: 1. Sle""n Belluzzi (Han); 2. Eric Kirk (Kaw ); 3. Gary Hoffm an (Yam). 125 EX: 1. Chappy Blose (Han); 2. Tom Tait(Ya m): 3. Todd K••••I(Hon). 250 BEG: 1. Sluan Peters; 2. Randy Allen (Suz); 3. M ike Van Leewen (Yam). 250 NOV: 1. Charl.sTat. (Hon); 2. Ed Harrington (Suz); 3. Chuck Hayne. (Han). 250 EX: 1. Choppy Blo.e (Han); 2. Pal Imbr iale (Vam); 3. John Imbr iale (Hu.l. 250 AM : 1. Br.n Buckn.r (Han); 2. Tom W itt (Yam ~ 3. Aaron Womble (Han). OPEN BEG: 1. St_ Sigala (Yam); 2. Chri. She· perd (KTM ~ 3. Denn i. Burk (Suz). OPEN AM : 1. Bob Tomaw (Han); 2. Mik. Mota (Mail; 3. Bill Lynch (Han). OPEN EX: 1. Jam • • Georg• . OT AM: 1. Rick Myer. (Han); 2. Tim Kenned y (Yam ~ 3. Rick Tabor (Vam). . . . . 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