Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

I· TEN YEARS AGO ...... ...... Ten years lat er , we still don 't believe tt: Papa Wealey reported th at New Zea lander Bill De Garis ro de a fivesPeed 250 CZ to the to p o f Mt . Kiliman jaro in Afri ca. T hat particu lar m unt a in is 19,3-10 feet in heigh t; we p resume th at stops were mad e al ong th e way for je tti ng changes. > , Afte r a co u p le of lukew arm yea rs, Husqva r na -mo u n ted Hen gt Aberg carne back to win th e H ants Grand Interna tio na l Mo to cro ss, bestin g _ Ya ma ha riders Christer Hammagren ar~ Ake Jonsson. A T ra n s-Asf A MX q ua lifi er a t Sp illway Pa rk in Sa nta Mar ia , Ca lif., fo u nd Suzu ki teammates Rich Thorwaldson a nd Mik e Runyard wi nning the 250 a nd 500cc cla sses. Fin ish in g u p behind T hor in th e 250s were R on Self (Ma i) a nd Parry Klassen (CZ). Jim West (H us) and Dick Mann (BSA) took second and th ird in the 500s. Neil MacDa n na ld won tw o classes a t a Ch ow chilla . Calif., scrambles. Using a Penton , h e bested Do ug Garrison (S uz) in the I25cc Experts, then rode a H onda 10 th e 250cc Ex pe rt victory over R ick Arm itage (Bu l). T he AMA Gra nd Nationa l Cham pions h ip point sta ndi ngs fo u nd Kenn y Roberts leadin g wi th 285 points, fo llow ed by Gary Scott (226), J im Odom (200), Paul Smart (180) a nd Mike Haney ( 150). I Chuck Sun (Ka w) wo n the 250cc Expert class o n a McMi n nevi lle , Ore., mot ocro ss. H e was foll o wed by Les Womack (Mon ) an d Bill Cook (Mai ). Cook d id win th e Open Expert class, how ever , fini shi ng up on top of Mike Crandall (Cl) and Jim Ph ill ips (H us). $1 .00 In a week 's wort h of so u the rn Cal iforn ia speed way ac tio n from Costa Mesa to Bak er sfield to Irwindal e, Scra tch main event w ins were ta ken by Bill Cody, Steve, Bast a nd Mike Bast.Han d ica p wi ns . were recorded by Mike Curoso, Jeff Sexton a nd Don C u ll u m. Jef[Wai-d(Hon) wo n th e 100cc Intermed iat e class of an AMC m otocross a t Saddleback Park. The Au strian 500cc Mo tocross G ra nd Prix was th e victim of a sn owsto rm tha t left the entire area u n der a t least two feet o f snow. Most o f th e top rid ers, led by World Cham pi on R oger DeCoster refu sed to ride th e event, w hich was' run any way a nd wo n by facto ry CZ rider Jiri Stodulka. T he Am erican Mo to rcycle Associ atio n a nn ounced a seven-even t Natio n a l C h a mpions h i p Mini-Cycl e Series. T h e series was to consist o f five m otocro sses, a short tra ck an d a TT scra m bles. Ridin g a H od ak a Combat Wombat , Tommy Croft took top honors in th e 125cc Expert cla ss at a CMC Carlsbad m o tocro ss. H onda 's Gary Jones took the 250cc Expert w in a fter Gaylon Mosier lost a handgrip o ff h is Mai co while leading. J oh n DeSo to won the • O pen Expert class on a CZ. r------------------------------------------~ $ 1.00 • $ 1,00 SAVE A DOLLAR On Speedway Adm ission Co urtesy of Cycle New s. Good o nly May 20th. Present at t icket w indow. SAVEA DO LLAR $1 .00 • • • $ 1 .00 I L I SAVE A DOLLAR On Swap Meet Ad m ission Courtesy of Cycle News. Good only May 20t h , Present at ticket w indow. SAVE A DOLLAR $1 .00 $1. 00 _ --------------------------_.------ ---------~ - ~ aaeDJI. EOF WlHHERS CIRCL...,.::"".:.:.~~,:.,:<:.:.,c;::..:r;.::·~?:~;<~:=.~t~t:::~· .~:)~/:·=?~~:f.:~-:·: ·~(~.~?i:\~t.·~;._~:::~1::?:~~~~f:.~~.(.!;.: .. . - .:-.-::. . St .. ... -#::: · 4 /24 /83 Gainesville. FL AMA WRANGLER 500cc NATIONAL MX KENT HOWERTON Kawasaki on DUNLOP Front & Rear Super ri des. Ke ntl W inning both motos he re and taking over the Open Class points lead l Tha nk s fo r f itting DUN LOP to your RICK ASCH tuned Kawasaki. More cycles ride on Dunlop than any other tireintheworlcl. ~ 'DUN.£OP The Logical Choice 23

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