Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Triumph a nd said, " I am read y, clear everyone off the fence, 1am .-. ... ~ ~' THANKS-FOR PUTTING US ON TOP. AtICl6* Bel' WInner! A1ex~rc="- Ascot TT Notional rdena . CAo saturdOV. Ga APril 9th The Winning Une See the new line of 1983 Bell Helmets at your d ealer today. go in g to win ton ight. " Th at he did . Davi s ca me off th e starti ng line in the 750cc mai n and was never passed. Shon Stova ll and his fast 490 Yamaha wa s a clos e seco nd wi th Tubbv Dot son a nd Danny Huffma n bat tli ng it o u t for third . T he sm oo th, fas t tra ck was a broadslider's de ligh t with th e big bikes purring o n a show for th e spectators. J immy T arlton, on hi s 250 Kawasaki, en tered th e Pro ranks this year an d proceeded to show a ll that he was to be th e man to beat on this night of flat tra ck racing. Jimmy and Johnn y Johnson reallv got things going in th e main even t, They we~e passi!,!g and f!ghting from start to finis h with Cra ig Louis hot af~er them and just waiting for th e m istake that never came. T hey finished in that order. Hot shoe Willis McCoy too k up where he left off last year by winning th e 125cc fla t track main. Trace Poi son let Willie know that he was there as ~id Alan Powers. These guys get sen o us. The 250cc Amateur main was a barn burner with Eldon Hultgren. Jeff Harder and Rick Isbell pleasing th e fans with excellent racing. The track .surf.ace was a wide groove, meanmg nders could pass about an ywhere th ey wanted. Ross Downs changed from motocross to TT scra m bles thi s yea r, and every body fell in love with it. TT is just a smoo th motocross that yo u can really get racing on. Jimmy Holder came prepared to win hi s first TT. He entered the 80cc class and won it , then entered th e O p en class, and finished third in it. Trace Polson and Greg Teague threw dirt a t each other finishing in that order in the 8Oc~ class. H .]. Hudler easilv won th e 250cc m ain event in hi s h om e town . Mik e Carroll. T erry Neuman and Kerry Wood al.1 stirre d up dust in the Open ~ Ia s s mam. It seems as though Irving, Tex as ha s a lot o f big bikes to en ter in TTs. most o f th em sponsored by th e Low Buck Ra cing Team. T hey put on a good show wh erever th ey go racin g . T hey have a lso been kn own to party a lill ie after winn in g a ra ce. Results FLAT TRACK 125 : 1. W ill ie McCoy; 2. Trace Polson: 3 . Allan • Powers. 250 AM ; 1. Eldon Hu ltgren; 2 . Jeff Harder; 3 . Rick Isbell. 250 PRO: 1. J immy Tarlton; 2 . Johnny Johnson" 3. Craig Louis. • 750 PRO: 1. Odell Davis : 2 . Shan Stova ll; 3 . Tubby Dotson . TT SCRAMBLES 8 0 : 1. J im my Holde r; 2. Trace Polso n; 3 . G reg Teagu e. 250 : 1. H...r. Hu dl er : 2. George Mazin; 3 . Da nn y Huffm an . OPEN : 1. M ike Carr oll ; 2. Terr y Newman; 3. J immy Holder . Molder, Friend fierce at BRA series opener By Brian George ST U RG IS. SO. APR. 3 Borderline Racing Association 's 1983 21-ra ce motocross series kicked off today at Sturgis Raceway. R iders from five Slates M/C The Motorcycle Ti re TIREWORKS and W heel Spec ia l ist s San Fer nando Va lley Torrance-Sout h Bay 9025 Sepulveda 34 · Sepulveda. CA (21 3) B ~3; ~ l!~. 26023 S . Western Lom ita . CA , , . 1 3 ) 5 3 9-4 1 5 0 .2.' See US for motorcycles, ATes, Odysseys & Generaton Whittier Ronda 14324 East Wh ittier Blvd . Wh ittie r, Calif orn ia 90605 (ZOl . . .·OO6S a n ~ Can ~d a <;o m pe ted upon a new ly revised crrcu u designed speci fica lly for the season ahead. Mother Nature kept skies cloudy and cool throughout th e a fternoon with light snowfall co nti n uous i ~ nearly every rn oro, but, fortunately, the heavier flurri es sta yed off unt il a'n hour after the fina l m ot o crossed the fini sh lin e. I In the Professional ra nks. two rid ers do m in a ted most o f the action Spearfish H on da 's Mike Friend a nd Rice Cycles' Dave Mo lder. Friend ca me fro m beh ind to win bo th moros a nd th e overall in the I25cc divi sion whil e Mol der fough t of f charg es bv Fri en d a nd Ben Norfolk to gra b both mot os of th e 250cc class, the n follow ed it u p with a pa ir o f mo to win s in th e Opens. Starting o ff th e 1983 seas on were th e [25cc Pro s. and out of th e ga te it was Ladd Poitra and LeeVern e Berry going into th e first rum . Poitra ili his first Pro race since moving ' u p from the Mini A wa rs, took the lead in th e second turn whil e Berry, Sh annon Ivey, Todd Gik ling and Ro la nd Girouix rounded out the top five. >Iv Gik li ng ma de the har dest charge ea rly in the first circuit, and as tti e pack head ed onto the up pe r portion of the raceway Gikling motored into fi~st a~ead of. Po itra , Ivey, Berry and Girouix, This lead was short-lived for the Black Hills Yamaha rider. h owever , for wh en he came back onto the lower secti on . the front end of his YZ kicked under in a fast lefr-hander, and Gikling went head-first 10 th e edge of a short drop-off. Poitra and lvey then fought for th e lead, and soon Ivey was in com m and, and Poitra began to fad e behind Berry. Gikling rem ounted in sixth, then proceeded to move int o fourth behind Po itra , and quickly shot into third before th e halfwa y mark. Back behind the leaders, Mik e Friend, wh o had . g<;m ~ down ~n th e opening lap, wa s picking off riders at an amazing rat e, and within four laps he had worked past Girouix for sixth pl ace . From th ere. the Honda pilot roosted by Po itra , a nd set after Gikling, who was fighting with Berry for th e runner-up slo t. Gikling displa ced Berry before Friend crashed th eir du el. Friend put th e moves on Berrv first . th en Gik ling, to move into s~cond. Ivey. who had not been able to com po und a su bstant ia l lead by this point. became th e next target for Friend . a nd within two laps Ivey had been dropped to seco nd an d Fri end wa s pull in g a way 10 a co mfo rta ble win . Gikl ing follo wed Friend 's pas s on Ivey a n d rolled h im self into th e runn er-up up spo t by th e en d o f qje race. Ivey had to settle for th ird ahead o f Berrv an d Po itra . Q Gikli ng , Fri end, Berr y and Ivey set up th eir battl e agai n in th e seco nd m ot o' s open in g moments. as Berr y ro ok th e h o lesh ot wi th Fr iend . Gi kling, lvey and Po itra ri ght in tow . Fri en d was.ted.lillle time in ca p turi ng th e lead th is lim e a nd used th e enti re moto to co m pou nd a health y lead over a bail ie bet ween G ikling and Berry for seco nd . _ Results 125 PRO: 1. M ik e Fr iend (Hon): 2. Todd Gik ling (Yam); 3 . LeeVe rn e Berry (Kaw) . 250 PRO: 1. Dav e Molder (Hon); 2. Ben Norfolk (Kaw); 3 . M ike Fr iend (Hon). 500 PRO: 1. Dav e Molder (Hon); 2. Perry Bicek (Han): 3 . Kell y Olson (Yam). MIN I B: 1. Eddie Mealey (Hon ): 2. Shane Joversak (Suz): 3 . Eric Eckholm (Yom). MINI C: 1. Ron Harlan (Hon ); 2. Bradl ey Georg e (Hon); 3 . Beau Bend igo (Hon) . MI NI A : 1. Randy St8hla (Kaw); 2. Dave Zuhr (Hon) 13 . Scott Jensen (Kawl. ENDURO: 1. Kim Ben digo (Han ); 2 . Ron Ha rwood (Yam}1 3 . Rusty Revere (Kaw). OLD IRON : 1. Jim Winchester (e -A); 2. Bria n Schoe nbe ner (Suz ). 12 5 B: 1. Doug Frenzel (Hon ); 2 . Jim Peters (Ha n); 3 . Sh an e Jensen (Yam). 25O B: 1. Rick Wooley (Hon); 2. AI Smock (Yom); 3 . Kevin Forrester (Hon) . SR: 1. Bill Stork (Yam ); 2. Ph;1 Stohlo (Kow l: 3 . Dave Hudson (M aj) . 125 C: 1. Heath GoodseIlIKaw): 2. Todd Dai loy (Kaw ); 3 . Henry Jordan (Yam ). ATC : 1. Chr is Jordan (Hon) ; 2. Bud Wooley (Hon) ; 3 . M ark Javersak (Hon) . • I

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