Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

deteriora ted grea tly. Some sections were a sin g le mud g roove. Pit crews , famili es and retired riders wa ited a n xious ly fo r th e first ri der to m ake i t to th e fin al check. Hines, who had sta rted o n th e six th minute. was th e fir st to arr ive . " I kn ow someone else is sti ll co m in g. I heard th em a whi le back ," sai d the mud co ver ed H in es. Within the ne xt few minutes. Brown . Ribolzi, Stacy a nd th e remainin g riders began co m ing in. All looked extreme ly ti red. justly so, as fi nish ing was a major accomplis h ment. Cunni ngham sai d. " When I sta rte d th e seco nd loo p . I wanted to qui t. " H yde kn ow s n o t th e m ean in g o f th e word q u it . but h e d id say. "Man , I was hating l ife du ri ng that second loop." On ce ten riders had m ad e it in . rhev were li ned u p for a final four la p m otocro ss. Cu n n ingham ba sicall y just had to keep ro llin g to have th e Open cl ass in th e bag as he had Melton by 115 seco nds g oi ng in to th e mot ocross. But neither C un ni ngha m nor Mel to n wer e to be th e star o f th e mo to cross. Th e 250cc class win was up fo r gr abs as Brown a nd Hin es had each lost th e sa me amou n t o f points o n th e trail , so Bro w n was a bo u t to give a . dem onstration o f hi s a bili ty to r ide mudocross. In front o f h is hometown cro wd. Brow n gra b bed th e ho lesh ot a nd n o one even ca m e close to keeping him in sig h t. Cu n n ingham was con tent w ith second with Melton a dista n t th ird . The riders became sp read o u t a nd not too much passin g took p la ce. Hyd e's 125 began runn in g poorl y a nd q u it o n th e th ird lap. Burleson stop ped. as ked what was wrong. o ffered h elp a nd then co n ti n ued to finis h th e m oto, Wh en Brown took the checke red fla g. h e h ad put 23 second s bet ween h imself a nd Cunningham. "Th is is home!" sa id a ha ppy Brown. Wh il e th e scores wer e qu ickl y posted in th e cl u b hou se. m ost fin ish ers had th e sa me feelings toward th e even t. Pa t Moroney sa id, " I just wanted to be one o f th e 14 fini sh er s." T eam Wheel sports Wall y Wilson a lo ng wi th th e up-and-coming Jeff Russell. Mai co su p port rider Dwight Rudder , and La rr y Roeseler shou ld all be proud to h ave finish ed. Yamaha IT 250 m ounted Vic E ly sai d. " It would be a lie to say I en joyed it. T he o n ly reason I finished today is because my bik e d idn 't m iss a bea t. If it had. I would have qu it ." H in es sai d. " It was a rea l Quali fier. T h is was excelle nt p repa rati on for Wa les." T he Massachu setts rider recei ves su p port from h is fa th er , P aul H in es. Hi -P oint. Ceer, a nd J ones. " I ge t the o ldest finish er a wa rd ," Bu rleson said wi th a gri n. Stacy h ad problems early in the run wi th trash in hi s ca rb uretor a nd then h is engi ne seized. b ut S tacy kept pushi ng. " T'rn doi ng better now that it' s o ver with. T his was th e to ughest run I've ever r id d en ," sai d Stacy. Melton said , " Yea h. it wa s fairlv tough. " " Sna ke " th en had h is g irlfrie nd. Robin . wash h is face as h e wa s too tired to d o it hi msel f. " T h is was worse than a ny da y in Czec ho!" co ncl uded R ibolzi. • Results 125cc IN TENT GOLD: M ark Hyde IHus) 14.999. SILVE R: None . BRONZE: Non e. 2 50cc INTE NT GOLD: Kevi n Bro w n (Hus) 1557; Kevin Hines IHus) 1645 . SILVE R: Ron Ribolz i (Hus) 1984; Dick Burl eson IHus) 2065. BRONZE: Fra nk Stacy (Hus) 24 B6; Jeff Russell (Hus) 25 66; Vic Ely (Yam) 29 BB; Dw ig ht Rudder (Ma il 49 59 . OPEN IN TEN T GOLD: Terry Cunni ngham (HusI1 3 60 . SILV ER: M ike M elton (HuI) 15 18. 8RONZE : W ally Wilson (HuI) 3402; Pat Moroney (Husl 4552; Larry Rcesel er (HuI) 50 24. HUSOVARNA: IT'S FOR WINNING DESERT RACES Irs the law of the desert; to the strongest goes the victory. Ihat's why.as man and machine compete III this extreme environment, one machine reigns supreme O machine is called the King of the ne Desert; the Husqvarna. W do they call it the King of the Desert? hy egas, without a Husqvarna you Because in Las V just couldn't win. oeseler & S Harden, 500XC . 1st Open Pro: L. R 1st 125 Pro: D. Beck & D. Cartwright, 125XC 1st Class 30: A. C Bakken & G Jones, 500XC . . 1st Class 38: M. Switzer & D. Miller, 500XC R 1st Iron Man: B. McDaniel, 430C ·Special Thanks to the Husky Pit Crewl" 1983's Las V egas 400 only compounded years of winning tradition. Husqvama mounted S cotHarden and Larry R oeseler ran supreme, tlllishing first in the open class and lirst overall.The t25. 30, 3.8 and Ironman classes also fell to Husqvarna And Husqvarna carried more contestants across the hmsn line than the next two makes combined. Husqvarna t~ms ...... ...... W Bel·R toW • ith ay illi Husqvarna, 492 5 Mercury S treet, San Diego. C 92111. A (619) 565 1414 (lie E 5 CIRCL~"~!",~, " .,~",,,<, ", ¥,, >, , ,,:,:,:,.,'-.::.:.f ' ;"" .:::':':': 4 /24/83 Athens. OH -.,:.,.....e. '.:0 '::' : ;c.; .......: :: , '.::-.: : : :... .'.::' St ISDE QUALIFIER TERRY CUNNINGHAM Husqvarna on DUNLOP Front & Rear 2nd Mike Melton Husqvarna on DUNLOP Front & Rear Congratulations Terryl 1 5 7 Starters, Only 14 Fin ished this grueling event! TC. It's amazing that you and your Husky teammate finished 1-2 .. . Thanks for doing it on DUNLOP. ' More cydes ride on Dunlop than any other tireltitheworlcl. ~DUNLDP The Logical Choice \", . _If · .. •• • ..... 1(, ~ " •• " 19

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