Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Ma r k Hy de ca me wo b bl in g int o th e g as slap a n d m ade sh a ri c ha n ge o f p u tti n g a new rear wheel o n hi s I i s Hus ky. " It we nt fla t go ing in th e first sectio n . I' m dow n five a n d th ree now . There are a lot of rocks ou t th ere." T he rai n the n ight before th e run a nd s p ri n kles d u r in g t he race ke pi m o st of th e trai ls soggy . :\Ia n y were so wa te rl o g ged th ey had t u rned to runni ng st rea ms . Sever al top riders finis hed th eir rides ea r lv wit h ei ther flats o r electrica l problems. Past L onesom e P in e winner Wa yn e Bea rv m a de it to th e seco n d check with 'one o f th e best sco res o f th e d a y, but fini shed h is ride ther e. Whil e bein g checked hi s Husky' cu t o ff a nd refused to -rest art . By the sec o nd gas th e tw o leader s had acquired a not her three p oints with Melt on taking the third tie br eaker c heck by 13 seco n ds , but it was not en ough to take the lead. Mel ton sa id h e knew then he was going to h ave to pi ck up a painton teammate Cunningha m to win, because there would be no m ore tie-breakers. But as it turned out. he n ever got th e chan ce. The top five riders were a ble to zero the rem aining four checks despite several long, rocky wood sect ions. H yd e m anaged to pick up a n o th er flat tire a n d paused lo ng en o ug h to sa y. " If 1 had known a ll thi s wa s go ing to h appen 1 would have stayed in bed ." H e fini sh ed th e da y w ith a brok en br ake rod a n d six th ove ra ll. " Every th in g worked g ood toda y, a n d 1 guess 1 ro d e p re tty well ," sa id o vera ll wi n ner Cunn in gham as the fi n a l sco res were goi ng up. " T he wood sectio ns we re a lillie easy, but o ver a ll it was a good test. " O f the th u mb he broke ea r lier in the yea r. " T. C.'· sa id it wa s " a lilli e swollen " b u t o n ly bother ed h im if he h it it o n so m eth i ng . " H e sm o ked 'm e o n the ti e-breakers," sa id " Sna ke" Melton. " I sta rted th e m o rn ing a li t tle slo w, 1 g u ess. 1 wis h I h ad kn o wn we wer e that cl ose ea rl ier." Of the run, he sa id, " It could have been a Iiule tougher bUI it wa s . go od enough to set everyo n e apart. " And o f his mid-season points lead: " I' m trying to stay co n siste nt. It pays o ff." Th'e best B cl ass score o f th e day was turn ed in by J oe Laws. L aw s' score o f 16 put him in th e 101' 12 o f th e ra ce , whi ch wi ll a u roma tica llv eleva te h im to th e A MA A class. No A o r B o vera ll wa s a wa rde d so La ws to o k th e 250cc B cl ass. T he Lon eso m e P in e. w hi ch wa s a lso co-sa nc rio ned by th e So u theas tern End uro & Tra il R id ers Asso ci ati on . sa w sever a l SE&T RA riders' ta ke class wi ns am o ng the 300 rider fie ld. illffirPffiffiffiIDilJ . _- ycle -5. p p ly-:-- * OPEN 7 DAYS Dai ly 10 Sat. 9 Sun. 10 - Co me in for new Free Spring Cata log with color pages 7 5 4 --r----::::::=:::::::::---r---; ........ METZELER KNO BBY DUN.£DP SPORT ELITE K2I1S Tubel...lTubed 12OIto Yl' 130/ 10 Yl' 130/10 Y17 110110 '411' 120/IOY1I 130/10 Yl' 100/10'4111"1 110 / . '411 " " l00Jto Vl"llI '51.1' IE ) S51." If ) SSLII (E) 147." IDI $51"(£1 SSL" II!) ' ( D) 145." ID) S4L"IDI '42,." Painted - Star l TO CHENG SHIN KNOBBYT'A£S C755 Metzel., Copy ' 12.1 0 fE) ' ...... (1) ltD... fE) 1 5L II (IE) " 1." (D) . 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C A '1"~ (1 1" 1 718 · 522 0 17' '' ' 1l 1·1"' ? 8 Results OVERA LL: Terry Cunn ingham (Hus) 6 pts . AA: 1. M ike Melton (Hu s) 6; 2 . Dave Bert ram (Hus) 3. John M ar t in (C· A ) 10; 4 . Kevin Hines (Hus ) 1 1; 5 . Mark Hyde (Hus) 13; 6 . Dar ry l Kuenzer (C· AI 15 . 7. John Fero lMa il 15 . OPEN A : 1. T. Notestone (Hus) 16 ; 2. Ronnie Dea l (Ya m ) 19 ; 3. Frank Price (Hus) 20; 4 .'A lvi n McCan non (Hu s) 21 ; 5 . C. Hennen (Yam) 22 . 2500c A : 1. Dwight Rudder (Hus) 14 ; 2. RatJiH (KTM ) 15 ; 3 . K. Brown (Hu sI 15; 4 . W . Bowery (Hus) 19; 5. M . Too le tHusl19. 2DOcc A : 1. E. Salyer (Ka w) 1B; 2. S. Salyer (Suz ) 19; 3 . M . Detsens (Kaw) 26; 4. M . Harley (Yam) 28 ; 5. R. Dunn (Ka w ) 35 . 1250c A : T. Opichka (C·A) 55 . OPEN B; I . M . Hunt (Honl 27; 2. S. Ralliff (Hus) 2 8; 3 . W . Wetmore (Hus) 32; 4 . M . Looper (YamI37; 5. M . Bradsha w (Ma i) 3 8 . 250cc B: 1. J oe Laws (Han) 16; 2. Alle n Garvitt (M aiI 2 2; 3 . M . Grizzle (Husl 24 ; 4 . Sh ey Tan ker s ley (Han ) 25 ; 5. E. Lu ncefor d (Hus) 30. 2000c B; 1. D. Cros s (Ha n) 22 ; 2. S. Carlton (Han) 24 ; 3 . J . Potsa n (Kaw) 35; 4 . E.Slamey (KawI36; 5. 8 . Hamrick (Yam) 37 . 125cc 8 : 1. R. Hawkins (Hus) 20 ; 2. Johnny Able (KTM ) 40; 3 . V . Young (Hu s) 44; 4 . S. Genter (KTM ) 52 ; 5. D. Swift (Yam l 95 . SR : 1. G. DeVeny (M ai l 35 ; 2. L Kenimer (Hus) 36 ; 3 . J . Armitag e (KTMI 40; 4 . H. Greenl ee (Han ) 55 ; 5. E. M ell or (KTM J 64 . SUPER SR: 1. A. Duk e (Yam ) 117; 2. R. Pall er (Hon I 14 3; 3. R. Groffen (Han ). FOUR STROKE: 1. R. Bowman (Ho n l 30; 2. R. Nelson (Han ) 57 ; 3 . R. Cart er (Hon l 184. WOMEN : 1. S . Fan n (Yam) 83 ; 2. R. 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