Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

. Northern California-Northern Neva - . ' .. three-qua rters o f th e race wh eel to wheel. Dashiel sho t under McRae o n a n in side corner and loo ked lik e a su re win whe n McR ae came back o n the las t la p to pass him . McRae and Kelly Barry du eled in mot a two as Dash iell mad e a mad dash o n the downhi ll to ca tch up a nd d id a spec ~a cu l a ~ ~ndo . T his put T o m Sweeney m posruon for the third overal l. 0 Results 125 PRO: 1. All en Silhank (Yam); 2. M ike Johnson (Yam); 3. M ike Wh ale n (Han ). . . 250 PRO; 1. Ooug McRae (Yam); 2. Cra ig Chr isnan (Yam); 3. Theu Berhard (Han). OPEN PRO; 1. Doug McR ae (Yam); 2. Kelly Barr y (He n): 3 . Tom Sween ey (ve rn). Amateurs tackle tough .Gold Cup MX 'opener I) Il By Brian Barnes KENT , WA, MAY 8 With the ope n ing of th e 1983 Yama ha Perpetual Gol d Cup a t Seattle International Raceway, a ma teu rs wer e a ble to . . Doug Lange takes ashort-lived lead at the Woodland MX. He finished second overall behind Jim Anderson. Anderson, Hall, Burgett take Woodland Gold By Brian Barnes WOODLAND, WA, MAY 15 T h e 1983 Yamah a Perpetu al Gold Cup made it' s second stop of nine h ere toda y a t Woodland Winter Track . Wi th ' '. 40 86 profession al s o n hand , J im L. An derson, Eric Ha ll a nd R ick Burge u sped to victori es in th e 125, 250cc a nd Open classes respectivel y. T he 125cc class fou nd 32 riders try~ ng f~r posit ion s on the 26-ga te start m g lin e, wit h two qua li fiers and a co nso la tion race ru n to th in down the field to size. Robby Wa tilo a nd J ack McGi.lI, ~o t h Yam ah a-supported , too k wins m th e qualifi ers whi le a no ther Yam a ha -mount ed r ider La rry Sa hlie won th e conso lat io n . ' D ou ~ Lange, Kevin Logan a nd Gary Kuest took the lead as the first mo ta ca me o ff the line, but it didn 't take lo ng for Anderson to tak e th e lead. Lange moved to second, Marvin Wa ldo to th ird a nd Watil o ran a stro ng fourth . By th e m idpoint, An derso n had a com forta ble lead o ver Lange wi th Waldo ho ld in g Wari lo a t bay and Robb Manning moving up to fifth afte r a bad sta rt. On lap seven Watil o cras hed whi le trying to get by Wa ldo a nd tha t set th e top five for the rem ainder of the mo to - Anderson, Lange, Wa ldo, Manning a nd Kuest. The second mot a fo und Lange McGill , Denny Fennel a nd T ed Hal; running first th rough fourth o n the scra tch, whi le a big wreck left Anderson, Manning a nd Brian Ell in gson on th e g rou nd. McGill too k ove r th e lea d d uring th e first lap wi th Ho lt foll ow in g him in second. McGill and H olt kept o n th e gas to fini sh fir st a nd second, wh ile Anderson (Yama ha S up po rt / ATK /MX Fox /D all a s Ba~er ) past,20 rid.ers a fter hi s sp ill for a n irnp ressrve third a nd overa ll win. l:'lIlge was fourth , Rowdy Blasdell Iifth an d Stacey Thorn ton six th. The 250cc Pros a lso req ui red qua - l i fi ~rs with 32 entra nts signi ng up. M ~l co Su pport ri.ders SCOll T yler a nd ~n c Ea to.n. dom inated the ir respec- live qual ifiers wh ile Yam ah a Su pport's Kyle Fast won th e co nso la tion. H onda- supported M ile La rso n gra bbed the first mot a ho lesh ot with Ri ck Bu rgett. T yler a nd Eat on close behind. Larson led u nt il he a nd Bu rget~ bit th e dust in a rough sectio n. T his a llowed H a ll , Bob Buffa loe a nd Tyler to move into th e first three spo ts. H a ll held Buffa loe o ff for th e remainder of the race wh ile a cha rge by Yamhill Yama ha 's Mark G regson landed him in th ird. Bu rgett , Larson, Ty ler a nd H onda rider Kevin Jan sen were fourt h th rough seventh. T he seco nd race was Eat on 's from start to fin ish whi le Bur gett a nd Ha ll , Larson and Anderson diced fo r the nex t fo ur spots. H all took 'adva nta ge o f a Bur gett mi sta ke as did And erson o n the'last lap a nd tha t set the o rder for th e rest o f the mo to , Eaton (WP Racin g/ CEET / Newberg Honda Support) was the winner, Ha ll second Anderso n thi rd , Bur gert fourth , Buf: .: fal oe fifth a nd Idaho 's Warren Hickman six th. .Burgett (Tow n Ce n ter Yamaha Suppor tlMX Fox ) led th e 21-entrant Open field o n both ho lesh ots a nd kept a comforta ble lead over Buffa loe unt il th e fina l laps in both mot os. The former Nat ional Ch amp kept hi s cool though a nd won bot h races over a hard-ch argin g Buffa loe. La rson ran third bo th motos for th ird overa ll. Results 12 5 PRO : 1. J im A nder son (Ya m ); 2 . Doug Lange (Yam); 3. Jack McGill (Yam). 250 PRO: 1. Eric Hall (Han ); 2. Bob Bullaloe(H on ); 3. Rick Burg ett (Yam). OPEN PRO: 1. Rick Bu rgett (Yam ); 2. Bob Bullaloe (Han ); 3. M ike Larson (Han). Silhanek shanghais Sand Hill MX By Sally Sideliner BRENTWOOD, CA, MAY 8 The clouds finally gave way to clear ski es as more th an 200 ri ders co n verged on Sa nd Hill Ranch for th e firs t race in Ma y. ~he good weather agreed with Allen Si lha ne k as he too k top honor s a nd the cas h fro m the 125cc Pro s for th e th ird week in a row . In mot a o ne , Silhanek took the lead by la p two with Mike J oh nso n a co ns tant th rea t. Steve Nauman o f Wa lnut Creek Honda mad e hi s first ap pea ra nce in severa l mont hs for a st ea.dy .third-pla ce fi n ish . Craig Chr istain rod e a gr eat defen sive race holding o ff Chris P la in of Oa kland Yama ha for th e th ird . Si lhan ek a nd Johnson led aga in in mo to two , but the four-way bail ie for third overa ll ga ve the score keepers a headach e! Four riders tied in ove rall poi nt s for th ird , but the position went to the number o ne CMC rider Mike Wha len with a 8-3 tallv. Wh a len and Steve Vla ho s both wo~ked th eir way from insid e the pa ck to third and fourth. Vla hos fell o nce o n a small up~i~l but was up, losing o n ly two poslllon.s a nd quick ly ga in ing them back. Mik e Wenzel put in a cons istent ride, a lso vying for the th ird overa ll. Doug McRae's Yam aha was unbeat abl e aga in as he ho leshot and won th e 250cc a nd Open Pros. R ich Myth en ga ve McR a e some com petition in th e first 250cc mot o. Myth en , Ro bert Da y a nd Doreen Payne ou tdistan ced the o thers bu t co uld n 't hold the pa ce to th e finish . Payne went down o n top of the hill duri ng lap six as Tim Leat, Craig Ch ristain and Da ve Creech caugh t up to the leaders. O n .t he last tl;l rn Creeh and Myth en colltded, lea ving th e rest little room to scra m ble aro und. T heu Ber hard scooted to the o u tside for second p lace with Christi an close beh ind for th e th ird . McRae (n u rsing a in jured co lla rbo ne ) too k the lead for th e fourth tim e as T im Lea r pulled in second . Ch ris tain wo rked hi s wa y up to thrid, passin g Berh ard and d uel ing the last two la ps with Leal. Ch risrain took th e second overa ll for hi s efforts . Larry Dashi ell tried to tak e on McRae in the Open P ro 's, raci ng begin the ir a ttac k on th is year's ni nerace series . Rain left th e track in a less-th a n -d esirea ble co nd itio n but riders let it a ll han g o u t to gai ~ th e advantage for overall series po int s. A n um ber of pa rticipan ts com p leted sweeps o f th e classes by winning bo th mot os. Ka wasa ki rider Sha ne West f wa s th e fir st b y o u td is ta nci n g Yamaha-m ounted Aaron Ly kken in t h~ Pee Wee B cla ss. J ason McCor - , mi ck went 2-4 for thi rd overa ll. . T ea m Green 's La rr y Wa rd demol- ,j ished th e nin e-entry Min i A class. Ward was rid ing wi th a bro ken wrist , but you co uld n ' t tell as he holeshot in n bo th races a nd ran a way for the wins R ick Simmett a nd J ohn Calhou~ were seco nd a nd thi rd both aboard G reen Ma chines whi le H onda rid er H Brian White was fourth . Pa ul Rowland took .two conv inc ing wi ns over E th e Mi n i B clas s, while most o f th e ~t h.e r riders struggled for one good fini sh, T he 125cc A Class found th ree riders ba tt li ng it o u t for the overa ll win. Tom my Judge, Brvan Birk esto l and • l':lark Si m me tt ra n' 1-2-3, du rin g the first ro und. Yam a ha -mounted Kevin Webster was fourth and R udy Sm ith J r., ro und ed o u t the to p five. . o . Birk estol turned on the pow er durm g mota number two and cla im ed th e win and overal l. Simmett cruised . q i n .sec o n d with Jud g e , H o nda- • mounted David T ho m pso n and Mark Snove r f.i nish ing thi rd th rough fifth . J eff Birk estol was the 250cc A win- . !ler via a fi~st- and seco nd- p lace fin - r Ish . Four nders were tied with seven . p~ints eac h for th e next posit ions w it h J erry Ashj orri son , Sn o ver, Ch arl ie Mitch ell a nd Ro n Larter taking . seco nd throug h fifth afte r th e scorers fin ished th e final tall y. ~ In Open A acti on Ed And erson and ol. R ussell Long, both a boa rd Yama ha s ." trad ed win s a nd run ner-u p positio ns: bu t Anderson 's seco nd mota win prevailed for the overal l. H on da -mounted Rich ard Merr itt was th ird . Results PEEWEE A : 1. Butc h Smi th (Kaw ); 2. Louis Aron (Yam). PEE WEE B; 1. Shan e W est (Kaw); 2. Aaron Lykken (Yam): 3. J ason McCor mick (Yam). MIN I A : 1. Larr y Ward (Kaw ); 2. Rick Simm ell' (Kaw ); 3. Rick Calhoun (Kaw ). M INI B: 1. Paul Rowl a"n (Kaw); 2. Corey Halterd men (Yam); 3 . Doug Burton . . 100 A: 1. Les Yocum (Suz). 100 B: 1. Sha wn W ood (Yam); 2 . Justin Pen is (Yam ). 125 A: 1. Bryan Bir kastol(Yam); 2. Tom myJudge (Yam); 3. M ark Simm ett (Kaw). 125 B: 1. Jail Nal son (Yam); 2. Troy Rose( Yam); 3. Lloyd Youn g (Yam l. u2

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