Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Bo od y, Morehea d a n d G arr ison. Mo re head to ok a good run at Bo od y with some side- by-side raci n g goi ng o n before Mo rehead m ade h is mo ve comi ng o u t of turn two . Nex t lap th in g s h a p pen ed very fast: Mo rehea d was mak in g h is bi d fo r first when H a m es' fro nt whee l lit era ll y dug into th e Asco t surface , abrup tly high -siding him, Boo d y, who was right with them, missed him. H am es ha d the h a ir -ra isin g experience of raising h is head and see ing t he wh o le pac k co mi ng stra igh t at h im . All bei ng Expert s they missed h im , but that was th e end of the even ing for H a m es, who is th e bes t yo u ng dirt trac ker to co me o u t of Sout hern Ca li fornia (or many a season. Then it was Morehead, Bo od y, Garriso n , Da y and , nose to ta il, Mertens a nd Ca n non. Morehead just kept on goi ng on that big H a rl ey p u tti ng dis tance between himself and Bo od y wit h the rest of them j ust keep in g eve n spaces between th emsel ves except for th e cl o se ra ce goi ng on abo ut si xth spo t. Ca nno n passed Merten s, a nd Ior several laps it wa a real go between Da y, R ozow icz and Ca nnon as they th en st rugg led over who wa s to g et fourth wi th Rozow icz ta k ing it. Ed die San Roman ea rned the pol e in th e Juni o r m a in w i th Do u g C ha n d ler th e fastest tria ler at 23. 74 next to h im . C ha nd le r and La rry Earhart we re the tr an sfer s from hea t one , Eddi e Sa n Ro ma n a nd M ike Kirb y fro m th e second and fro m the third Dave Caba llero a nd Bo b La nd . Bud Car ro ll took th e Jun ior semi start to fin ish with Don Ro bert s secon d a nd Pa ul Iwa n a ga a n d J oe Kn ig h t th e o ther tra ns fers . Kni gh t, wh o wa s a boa rd a motocross Suzuki, enterta ine d th e crowd with a co up le o f s li de s up to th e h a y bal es whi le sti ll tu rn in g in a good rid e, th e wet tr ack giving h is bike a di stinct a dvanta ge . Sa n Ro ma n ha d the ea r ly lead in th e mai n for severa l laps fo ll o wed by Ca ballero a nd Land. T hey ca ugh t u p with h im a nd fo r a bit th ey wer e doign so me goo d threesome raci ng until Doug Cha ndler a rrived. Cha ndler g o t through them a nd lo o k o ver th e lead spo t. It was ro ugh ra cing, n o t by the rider s, but because o f a tra ck surface, wit h lo ts o f bob bles a nd kickedback leg s. O nce Cha nd ler and h is Honda ha d th e lead th ey kept it. Bob La n d , o n a bigger H -D, mad e a rea l cha rge a t him in th e last four la ps, La nds j us t cou ld n' t na b th e fleet lillie Honda. T he No vices ha d a res tart in the mai n too whe n J eff S pringma n got lef t o n th e lin e. H e was to go o ut eve nt ua lly wit h a b roken engine. Frank Wish am dashed o ff first an d that 's wh ere he stayed . Ear lier h is hea t had been th e fastes t No vice hea t of th e year. Beh in d wer e G reg Ne lson a nd Mike Art h u r. As th e la ps went down, Don Grigg s got o ff in tu rn tw o , a nd with Wi sh am sti ll sa fely in front, Da rren Hul bert ca me up th rough th e gaggle to take a fi r m seco nd foll o w ed b y Mik e Art h ur a nd C ha d Felicio. - Results TROPHV DAS H: 1. Steve Mor ehead (H·D ); 2. M ike Ga r r is on (H · O); 3 . Tim M ert en s (H- O); 4 . Pete Hames (H -OI. NOV MAIN : 1. Fra nk Wis ha m (Yaml: 2. Dar ren Hu lbert (Kaw ); 3. M ike Art hur (Vam); 4. Chad Fel icia (Kaw); 5 . Gr eg Nels on (Yam); 6. Bob Beer (Vam); 7. Randy Bird (Vam); B. Ken Barrow (Ya rn]: 9. Jeff Springman (Vam); 10 . Don Driggs (C-A) . JR MAIN ; 1. Doug Chand ler (Hon); 2. Bob Land (H· D); 3. Dave Caball ero (C· A); 4. Don Robert s (H-D): 5. Larry Earh art (H-D); 6. 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