Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

New Mexlco.Color.do.WyoDlmv·Mont.n••North Dakot.·Sonth D.kot.·Nebr••k.·Kan...·Okl.hoDl••Tex... New Mexlco.Color.do.WyoDll Central Pipeline Seals takes first series vvin; Semar, Hakestrawtop Pros By J oe Milian Phot os by Tin ker Mayfield BU RLESON , TX•.AP R. 17 Ken t Howerton once sa id the secret to w in ni n g a t motocross was n ever to gi ve u p no m a tter how far back you found you rself in a race or a series . To be consistent a n d p ersis ten t. that's wh at co u n ts. T ha t bi t of logic finall y paid off for Open Int ermed ia te rider ' ''''vatt Seals today as he co llec ted h is fi rst Texas Series wi n after three co n secu tive second pla ce finis h es. Sea ls bested a rch riva l Sh ane Bea vers in th e day 's mos t closely d ispu ted action . T he two riders traded mot o ., victo ries, but overa ll la u rels we nt to Sea ls by virt ue of hi s second h eal fin ishe a hea d o f Beavers. fn ot h er In termd ieat e raci ng, the o th er ha If of th e Beavers effort. co u sin Ski pper, edged Robert Fel iz by a scant point in th e quarter -lit er class and finishe d seco nd to th e fleet Kit Vick in th e 125s. A disappoint ing first moto relegated Rodeny Wa llace to fourt h overa ll in th e 250s just a head of Kevin She lburn e. Brent Carriza les made a stro n g retu rn to th e series by p laci ng . fo u rt h in the 125cc class. Troy Ra p p and J im Smith fini sh ed firs t and seco nd fo r th e fo u rt h week in a ro w as the y co nt in ued to domi nate the O ver ,10 in termediates. Ra p p made a m in or error in th e first m o to th at bro ught h im close to d isas ter , but th e ve tera n Yam ah a ca m pa ig ner saved it in style a nd co nti n ued o n to the win . " So me du st blew up in my face a nd I tu rn ed my head to o ne side just fo r a seco nd . T he nex t thin g . I kn ew m y front wh eel fo u nd a ho le a nd mv rear tire tried to pass m e. I wa s lucky 10 get o u t of tha I o n e, " th e rel ieved Ra p p stated a fter he too k th e ch eckers. Mi nib ike sensa tion Billy Wh itl ey was a no show th is week a nd com pet ito rs in three class es brea the d a li ttl« ea sier in h is a bsence. Kawasa ki flas h - Sco tt T homas took up the slack by running a way wi th th e Mini Stoc ks a nd th en barel y gell ing by Ce da r Park 's Michael Merlo in th e Mini Senior cla ss. . J a son Sch u ltz co mp leted a successfu l da y o f ra cing by taki ng home firs t p lace go ld in the Mi n i Mi ni tuss le a nd p lac ing a so lid fo urt h in the M in i Juni or cla ss. C h ris G u lla ksen add ed a not her tro ph y to h is sizable co lle ct io n ~I S he led th e Mini J u n ior da sh a head of Sea n Cook a nd H o nda 's Jac k Ri ck s. With Wh il ley ou t o f co n ten tio n th e scra mhl e is o n fo r the poin ts necessa ry 10 ca p ture fi rst overa ll in th e Iive-rao - set. Next week's fin al e sh ou ld see so me n ervous th rot · t le han ds as th,' sma ll bo re aggrega tion goes fo r brok e a t Swan Racewa y. Mark Cochran ca me int o tod av's co n test with 1111' ser ies lead in th e 250cc Novice class , hut the d im inu tive Kaw asaki p ilo t cam e to g rid in p racti ce as h e seriot!sly twea ked h is lef t a n kle wh en h is foo t ca me o ff th e peg over a jump. A It houg h he bra vely rode both mo tos o f h is \livisicHI , t he pai n was persis tent eno ug h to keep hi m well ba ck in th e fiel d in a game a tte m p t to salvage so m e point for the day . Da nny Ri cha rdson took adva n tage of Cochra n's misfort une a nd motored horne w it h th e victory o ver C raig Ramsey in o ne half of the pa ir ings . Doug R oberts foll owed Ra m sey w ith M i ke G arn ison amd Mar k M ill s ro u nding o ut the top five. In th e o ther q ues t for fa me a nd fortune in 250cc Novice land . Kurt Land held o ff European Cycl e Sa les o f T emple rid er T erry Dut to n and Chris Blac k to ta ke th e to p spot. All three rid ers tied wit h fo ur po in ts a t th e co m p letio n of th eir two m o to d uel, but Land won the cont est that co unted and wa s awarded th e prem ier prize. Kirk Spe nc er co llected cash in two classes as he garnered a seco nd in th e 125s and th en too k th ird in th e 250cc cl ass . T im Butler wo n the first o u ting in th e 125cc clash , but a seco nd heat cra sh put hi m ou t o f co n ten tio n . Greg Fouts also fo u nd h imse lf O U I o f the o verall picture in th e seco nd mo ro af ter finishing seco nd in th e ini tia l h ea t. Fouts o vers hot th e big Bow l typ e berm j u st before th e fin ish line and had to ea rn h is even tua l 10th p la ce by figh tin g thro ug h traf fic. A ll this jost li ng a ll o we d All ey Semar to ta ke first over Spen cer a nd Mark R ak estraw . Kvle La ndrum. o n a tricked O U I Ka wa ~ak i , filed in fo r •fo urth a hea d o f Fo u ts. Rak estr a w co n tin ued to impress th e mult itu des by ' ri di ng a smoo th a nd well paced race in bo th mOlDS to gai n fir st pl ace ca sh in the 250cc C lass . Roger Bro wn and Kirk Spe nce r survi ved a hi gh spe ed co n fro nta tion down th e fro nt stra ig h taway, bu t th e ' m om entary co ll is io n slo we d th eir effo rt s to (:atch Rak estraw . Spence r took third beh ind M ike C leme nt an d Brow n was fifth. Kevin Dav is. wh o co mpeted in the Mill er High L ife Superrross in Da lla s' Cotton Bowl o n Sa tur day n igh t, mak e h is tri p to th e Lone Sta r Sta re a p rofi ta ble o ne by ea rn ing a p ayda y in bo th big bikc classes. " I don't want to make th e folks back h ome ma d. bu t th e tra cks h ere pay a la i bet ter than the o nes J race o n in so ut he rn Ca lifo rn ia . Thi s sa ndy loa m is great too . You g uys have a good dea l goi ng fo r YO U here . I' m gl ad I ca rne, " Dav is ('n th used u pon ;'eceivi ng h is rew a rds for th e day . Resu lts M IN t M IN I: 1. Jason Sch ult z (Kaw ); 2 . J ack Ricks (Ha n); 3. Colin Edw ar ds (Kaw); 4 . Cha rlie Wi nn 5 . M ich ael Wa ll ing (Han ) MINI JR : 1. Chri s Gullak se n (Kawl; 2. Sean Cook (Yam): 3 . Jack Ric ks (Ha n ); 4 . Jason Schultz (Kawl; 5 . Shan e Ku he ler (Kaw ). MINI SR: 1. Scott Thomas (Kaw ); 2. M icheal M er lo (Kaw ); 3 . Bud dy Nell (Kaw); 4 . Tom m y M er cer (Yam); 5. Steve Hil l (Yam l M INI STK: 1. Scott Thom as (Kaw ); 2. Tommy M erc er (Ya m ); 3. Gar y Bel ew (Yam ); 4 . Steve Hill [Ya m]. (Top) Mark Rakestraw won the 250cc Pro class . (A bo v e) Things get wild and crazy during the 125cc Expert class start. TH REE W HEELERS : 1. SCali Buc sanyi (Vam ); 2 . Ray Stephen so n (Ha n); 3 . R E. Jackso n (Yam); 4 . Dou g Hin ton (Ha n); 5 . Phil Wa shburn (Yam) . 125 BEG: 1. Ham lin (Varni; 2. J im Jopl i n (Kaw); 3 . Will iams (Han ): 4 ..Lon g (Vam ); 5. Haney (S uz). 25D/ O PEN BEG : 1. Hay/ Han ); 2 . Cou ntess (Vam); 3 . Horto n (Ha n ): 4 . Lin dsey (Vam); 5 . Bad gley [Ha n ). 125 NO V : 1. Cha d Parker (Yam ); 2. Rocky Caner (Kawj: 3 . Terry Prin gl e (Kaw ); 4 . Lee Hawthorn e (Kaw); 5. Bi lly Com pt o n (Vam) . 250 NO V A : 1. Dan ny Rich ar d son I Suz ): 2 . Cr aig Ramsey (Vam); 3 . Dou g Robe rt s (Vam); 4 . M ike Gami son (Hon); 5. Mark M ills (Yam ). 250 NOV B: 1. Kurt Lan d (Yam); 2 . Terr y D utton (Kaw ); J . Ch ris Black (Yam ); 4 . Todd Payne (Hon ); 5 . Bobby Poe (vern }. . OPEN NOV; 1. Terry Ja cobsen (M ai l: 2 . Br ian Darn ell (H us); 3 . Kev in Bart on (Ho n ); 4 . M ike Geo rge (Ma il : 5 . Kevin Rivers (Suz ). 125 INT: 1. Kit V ick (Kaw); 2 . Ski pper Be av er s (Suz); 3 . Br en t Car ri zales (Kaw ); 4 . Br uce Wagnon (Yam ); 5. We ndell Tri gg (Yam ). 2 50 INT: 1. Sk ippe r Beavers (Suz) : 2 . Rober t Feli x (Ho n); 3 . Jo hn Pol lard (Suz); 4 . Rodn ey W all ace (Yam ); 5. Kevin Shelburne (Yam ) OPEN INT; 1. W yatt Seal s (Ha n); 2 . S han e Beavers (Suz), 3 . Br ad Mill s (Yam ); 4 . Marco Martin (Vam ). OVER 30 INT: t . Troy Rap p (Vam) : 2 . J im Sm ith (Vam); 3 . Gar y Berr y (Ha n); 4 . Ol e Fi n sta d (Han ); 5. Don Q uick (Hon) 125 EX: 1. A ll ey Sem ar /Vam): 2. Ki rk Spen cer (Yam ); 3 . Mark Rakestr aw (Yam); 4 . Kyl e Land r um (Kaw ); 5 . Gre g Fout s (Yam ). 250 EX : 1. M ark Rakestraw (Yam ); 2. M ike ereme nt (Han) ; 3 . Ki rk Spen cer (Yam) ; 4 . Ke vin Davis (KTM ); 5. Roger Brown (Vam ). O PEN EX : 1. Den n is Hawth orne (Hu s); 2 . Nic k Cor dova (Han); 3 , Kevin Da vi s (KTM) ; 4 . Scoot er Bates (Han ); 5. Ru ssell M iksch (Mail. OVER 30 EX : 1. J im William s (Yaml; 2. Roger Ol son (Su z); 3 . Bill Perry (Su z); 4 , Scooter Finc h er (Hus ]. 5. Tim M cCask ill (Ka w ). Woolsey wins High Country MX By Pat Solomon PABL O , MT . AP R. 3 Riding in th e sa nd aft era morning snow sto rm . Eme ry Woolsey (H o n ) wo n both mot os o f th e 500cc Expert class a fter dicing it o ut wit h Ma rk J ohnsto n (Han) . Johnston had 10 p u ll h is H onda off th e tra ck wi th mecha n ica l problems . LaS! year these two ri ders were neck and neck for the H CM A cha m p io ns h ip. and hath rid ers are bac k aga in this yea r, a nd bo th ride 2S0cc Expert as well. Seco nd pla ce in bot h mo tos we nt to Cern' Nelso n, a lso mou nted o n a H on da .' T he snow d id not da mpe n th e ent h us ias m of 166 ho pefu ls sign in g . up fo r the seco nd H CM A race of th e season . Soon the su n appeared, the snow melted and racing went o n u nde r clea r skies. T h e l 2Scc Beg inner class d rew the largest num ber of riders . Robbie Bak er (Ya m) led from sta rt to finish in bo th motes but he had Jerry Kell y (Hon) , brea thi ng righ t down h is neck. Dave Sa lo mo n . ridi ng in th ird . had to gi ve up hi s pl ace after a crash to Do n H an cook (Ya m ). T he first turn afte r th e sta rt took its to ll o f rid ers wi th lots of spills a n d p ile -ups of men and bikes in a ll classes. Expert J ay Mintya la (Ya m) . was leading in hi s I25cc race wh en he we nt flyin g over th e to p o f h is bike. He sti ll pl aced first a nd th ird in h is two rno tos to ta ke home th e money. Also third and fir st in thi s sa me class was Ca nadian Steve Visser rHon ), wh o earned so me U.S. dollars. Second o vera ll . was Kevin L ittle. who rode a good race o n hi s Honda. Bobby Bouck (Yam) had a wicked cras h down a sa n dy h ill but go t up to ride two more laps and fin ish ed before he la id down a nd went via am bu lance to th e hospi tal. Soon he wa s back ' ...ea ring a ne ck brace a nd racing agai n in hi s seco n d rnoro , • Results 50 MINI: I . Kenn y Crawford (Ha n). BO M INI BEG: 1. Tr avis John so n (Kaw ): 2. J ack Gab elhausen (Yam); 3. J ason M ill er (Suz). BO M tNI EX: 1. Carl M iller (Vam ); 2 . Billy Bouck (Yam ); 3 . Derek M eli char (Yam) . OT: 1. Bob Bald erson (Hu s); 2. Dorsey Fren c h (Yaml ; 3. Ken Evenson (Kaw) . SPTSMN : 1. Rand y Carlson (Yam I; 2. Dean Hau n (Han); 3 . Glen Cu nningh am (Yam ). 100 BEG: 1. Bill Bouck (Vam): 2 . Mike Crowley (Yam ); 3 . Sc ott Halve rs on (Yam ). 12 0 AM : 1. J ust in M artz (Yam l. 12 5 BEG; 1. Robb ie Baker (Vam ); 2. Jerry Kell y (Hon ); 3 . Donald Ha ncock (Yam). 1 25 A M : i . Eri cTice (Ya m ); 2 . Tom Krause (Ya m ); 3 . Dou g M cCull ough (Han) .. 125 EX: 1. Stev e V isser (Hon ); 2. Jay M intyala (Yam ); 3 . Kevin Little (Han). 250 BEG : 1. Kell y Blac k (Suz ); 2 . Dave Sh epherd (Yam ); 3 . Hen ry Wolos cyn (Suz). 250 A M : 1. Rob er t Car nett (Su z); 2 . M ike Ben son (Suz); 3 . Gordon Irvine (Kaw). 260 EX : 1. Steve V isser (Hon ); 2. Emery W ool sey (Han); 3. Tim Little (Han ). 500 BEG : 1. Carl Sc hweg el (S uz); 2 . Tyler Coll ier (Hon); 3 . Jim Brown J r. (Han). • 500 A M : 1. Rory Kizer (Hon); 2. Gary William s (Hon); 3 . Rich ard Clar k (Suzl . 500 EX : 1. Emer yWooI S8y (Hon); 2. Gerr y Ne lson (Han ); 3 . Dan Hulls (Mko). 33

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