Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

~ Barnett got up, but th e mishap had fo rced him all th e wa y back to last place. Ward a lso had a poor sta rt, a nd was near th e back o f the pa ck. Lechi en passed Kehoe halfwa y through the first lap and im media tely put five seco nds on him. O 'Mara and Myerscough were running third a nd fourth . Barnett was cha rging wildly, and by th e end of only two laps had worked all the way up to fifth place. H e was goin g to th e outside on most of the corners , a nd nabbing two or three places on each attempt. Ward was a lso rapidly moving up. At th e end of three laps, Barnett had made successful moves around Kehoe a nd Myerscough , and had for ced hi s wa y into third. Lechien was runn in g a lo ne out front wi th O'Mara a d istant seco nd . Barnett beg an to rapidly move in on O 'Mara. By lap six, Lechien was 13 seconds a head of O'Mara, while Barnett had moved to within three bikelengths of O 'M ara. Barnett moved closer as they made their way to th e top of o ne of th e hills at th e back of the course. Coming back up the next hill , Barnett made a successful pa ss on O 'Mara. L echien co n ti n u ed to en j oy a lengthy lead, but Barnett was on a rampage. Shaving abou t three seconds off Lechien 's lead on eac h lap, Bar nett mo ved to within two seco nds of him on lap n in e. Rain started to fall , but Barnett co n ti n u ed to close. O 'M ara was still in third. follow ed by Myerscough. Ward had worked his way into fifth. With two lap s left a nd th e rai n co mi ng down harder, Barnett was at th e rear wh eel of Lechien , a nd we nt around as th ey ca me up a hill on th e J back of the co urse. Barnett th en pulled away, comi ng through with his second mot o win ah ead of Lechien, O 'Mara , Myerscough a nd Ward. " After th e crash in th e fir st co rner, I was seei ng sta rs," said Barnett . " I just got up and went ber serk. I just started passing th em in globs to th e outside." " For so me reason , Barnett always seems to pull Ward when he gets ah ead of him." sa id J eff Clark. Barnett's tuner. " I guess th at was why th ey filed th e p rotest." 250cc National T eam Suzuki's Scott Burnworth ro u nded th e open ing co rne r of th e first moto a he ad of T eam Kawasaki 's Billy Lil es, T eam H onda 's David Bail ey a nd H a nnah. H annah was ca ugh t in traffi c a nd fell back to sixt h by th e next corner, behind T eam H onda's Kenn y Keylon a nd Yamah a Support rider Donnie Cantaloupi, At the end of the first circuit. Burnworth was still o ut fro nt with Liles a tight seco nd . H anna h went wi de to get by Keylon and Can taloupi, a nd began to move in o n Bail ey. Running alongside Bailey through the whoops , Hannah ca me ou t of the section in third. Liles p ulled next to Burnworth. th en mot ored past into th e lead . Ha nnah closed on Burnworth and wedged int o seco nd a few corners la ter. Within a lap, Hannah was with in a bik elen gth o f Liles. It took H annah another lap to make th e pass, a fter which he began to easil y lea ve Liles behind. Burn worth a nd Bailey were running th ird a n d fourth. Burnworth came back to battle with Liles, ( but nearly cras hed along the back section and Bail ey moved closer during the incident. H annah conti n ued to stre tch hi s lead on eac h lap ove r L iles, and had bu ilt up a 20-seco nd ga p with two laps left . Burnworth a nd Bail ey were sti ll ru nning third a nd fourth . Hannah ca me aro u nd th e scori ng to wer a t th e chec kered nag a nd th rew his goggles into the cro wd. L iles held o n for seco nd , as Bailey ja m med in side of Burnworth as th ey ca me across th e fin ish lin e. Burnwo rth man aged to remain in third by a wh eell en gth. J im Tarantino worked his way up to fifth on a Honda. With a full-bl own th understo rm underway during th e line-up for the second moto, umbrellas were ra pidly becoming a very popular item. Burnworth pulled his second hol esh ot ahead of Hannah, Thomas Ri ce a nd Cantaloupi. Burnworth was mak ing good time th ro ug h th e slo p , but H annah was closing on th e next lap, followed by Cantaloupi a nd Tarantino. H annah slid around Burn worth in th e muddy opening corner at th e start of th e second lap and quickl y pulled 25 yards ahead. Thunder a nd ligh tningcontinued and th e ra in s inten sified . Tarantino was still floating back in fourth. By th e middle of the moto most of th e co rners were fill ed with wa ter and going to th e outside proved to be th e best line in most cases. Hannah was go ing as wide as possibl e a nd motoring around. The method was working well , a nd he had put Burnworth 30 seco nds behind a fter five laps. T eam Yamah a's Denny Bentley had mo ved up to fourth behind T arantino. H annah was still sp las hing o u t front a nd had 55 seco nds on Burnworth with two laps left. Bentley moved around Tarantino to secu re a di stant third. The rain fin all y ca me to a halt as H annah starte d hi s last lap, a nd th e sky brightened as he sloshed th ro ug h for the win. Burnworth was over a minute behind, followed by Bentley, Keylon a nd Tarantino. Hannah had lapped a ll th e way th rough seventh place. "I didn 't have man y problem s," sa id H annah. " I was shifti ng up a gear, a nd the H onda was hooking up well. I don 't usu ally have problem s with th e o u tdoor mud, but I di slike mud in th e stadi u ms." - co 00 0') ....... Results 500 : 1. Danny Chandlar (Han) 101 : 2. Kent How · ertcn (Kaw )3 · 3: 3 . Steve Martin IHanl; 6 -4 ; 4 . Goat Breker (Han) 5·6 ; 5. Broc Glover (Vam) 13 -2; 6. We"en Reid (Yam) 8 ·5 ; 7. TIm Locey (Vam) 7 -7; 8. Phil Larson (Han) 4-12; 9. Alan King (Suz) 2··; 10 . Pete Snorteland (Yaml 12 ·9; 11 . Mickey Dymond 10-11 : 12.John Finkaldey (KTM) 15-10; 13.Jerome Heiberge r (Han) 11 ·14 : 14. Chuck Sun IMai) 9·18; 15 . Er ic Eaton (Ma i) • · 8; 16. Gary Pustelak (Honl 18 ·13; 17. Mike Tripes (Husl 14 ··: 18 . Mickey Kessler (Mai) · ·15: 19. Ron Jones · -16; 20. M ike Shoemaker (Han) 20 -17 . 500 POINTSTANDINGS: 1. Kent Howenon (211); 2. Broc Glover (186); 3. Danny Chandler (170); 4. A lan King (152); 5 . Steve M artin (144); 6 . Warren Reid (135): 7. Goat Breker (130); 8. Phil Larson (128); 9. TIm Locey (124); 10 . Jerome Heiberger (85). 125 : 1. Mark Barnen (Suz) 1· 1: 2. Ron Lochi en (Vam) 3·2 : 3. Johnny O'Mara IHon) 4 -3; 4 . Jeff Ward (Kaw) 2-5: 5. Br;"n Myerscough (Han) 5-4 ; 6. Chr is Hei...r (Suz) 6-7; 7. Erik Kehoe (Han) 8 -6: 8. Eric Hall (Han) 11· 10: 9. Mike Crane (Kaw) 13-9; 10 . Karl Jordan (Yam) 19·8 : 11. Steve Burdette (Yam) 15-12 ; 12. A.J . Wh it ing (Vam)7-· : 13. Rod· ney Sm ith (Vam) 18-11 ; 14 . Gene Gentsch (Yam) 14 · 15: 15. Kyle Landrum (Kaw) 9· · ; 16 . Carlo Coen (Top) Danny Chandler (22), the 500cc class winner. JeadsPhil Larson (25), Eric Eaton, Kent Howerton (26) and Brae Glover./6). (Above) Jeff ~ard and Mark Barnett in the 1255. (Below) Second placing 125cc Ron Lechlen. (Ho n) 10·-; 17 . Con nie Feist (Yam) 12 ··; 18. Dll vid Weak (Han) · · 13; 19. Ted 8rady 16-18 : 20 . Aaro n Pins (Han) ·-14. 125 POINT STANDINGS : 1. Jeff Ward (217); 2. JohnnyO'Mara (216); 3. Mark Barnen (201 ): 4 . Ron Lochien (176 ); 5. Brian Myerscough (156) ; 6. Chr is Heisser (137); 7 . A.J. Wh it ing (119); 8. Rick Ryan (83t, 9. Erik Kehoe (73): 10 . Karl Jordan (7 1). 250: 1. 80b Hannah (Han) 1-1: 2. Scott Bur n wonh (Suz) 3-2; 3. Billy Lile s (Kaw) 2·6 ; 4 . Denny Bent ley (Yam) 9·3 ; 5. Kennv Keylon (Han) 7-4; 6. J im Tarantino (Honl 5 ·5 ; 7 . Donnie Canta loup i (Vam) 6· 7: 8. David Bailey (Han) 4 -10: 9. Jeff Hicks (Hon) 11 -9; 10 . Thomas Rice 14 ·8; 1 1. Darren Rhoten (Kaw) 17-11 ; 12. Clint Hardick (SuzI8-·; 13. Eric McKenna (Han) 18 ·12; 14. David McClain (Han) 15·15; 15. Kevin Davis (KTM) 13·1 7: 16. Jim Holley (VamI 12· 18: 17. Ross Pederson (Suz) 10-·; 18 . Dan Wallace (Han) 19·14; 19. Dan Hafner · · 13 : 20 . Larry W itmer (Yam) • · 16. -nenetes placing out of the top 20 . " 250 POINT STANDINGS : 1. Bob Hannah (200); 2. David Bailey (187); 3. (TIE) Scan Burnwonh/Billy Liles (164); 5. Rick Johnson (142) : 6. M ike 8ell (131) : 7. Tim Tarantino (123) ; 8. Kenny Keylon (106); 9. Jeff Hicks (99); 10 . Ross Pederson 196). AMAlWRANGLER SUPERSER IESPOINTSTANDINGS: 1. Bob Hannah (545) : 2. Mark Bernett (531 ): 3. David Bailey (489); 4 . Jeff Ward (471): 5. J ohnnv O'Mara (441 ); 6. Broc Glover (43 1): 7. Mike 8ell (367); 8. Ron Lochien (3 11); 9. Alan King (310): 10. Warren Reid (306): 11 . Brian Myerscoug h (304); 12. Rick Jo hnson (2B8); 13. Billy Liles (274); 14. Scon Burnwonh (270): 15. Kent Howe non (2701 ; 16. Steve Ma n in (253): 17. Goat 8reker (252); 18. Donn ie Cantaloup i (200); 19. Oa nny Ch8ndl er (194); • ~~. r~il~Lf!rS9,!.l~ 83). t l i ,J I • J ' 7

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