Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

thern Nevada-Southern Call OPEN NOV : 1. Tracy Ma llory: 2. Scott Larson (Yam) ; 3 . M ike Mote (M ai). OPEN AM : 1. Dennis Parks (Han I: 2. Ch ris Leyua {Honl: 3 . Bill Scott (Hu.). OPEN EX: 1. Scott Sta llard (Han): 2. Lar ry W itt (Han) : 3. Mark Loen ig (HanI. OT NOV: 1. M ika Mala; 2 . A I Maynard (Han): 3 . Tom Peckmpaugn . OT A M : 1. Rick Mvers (Han); 2. Monte Whitaker (Han) . uD~gRAT'J&:rN~.' . 'DBA 1/8 Mile Super Nationals Ohio Valle y Raceway, May 14-16 Funny Bike Winner & NEW 'DBA RECORD - ET 5.02 Pee Wees pounce at AME Summer Series By Tom Griffith VALENCIA, CA. MAY 20 Th e bright ligh ts blinked in welcome as America n Motorcro ss Enterprises returned to the Intern ati on al Tra ck at Ind ia n Dunes for ro und two of th e Bud weiser Su m mer Ser ies. Tonigh t bein g 100% tro p hy night for Pee Wees mu st ha ve sp read a far as a large gaggle o f Pee Wees roared to life for the first shootout. Combinin g the Jun ior Cycles wi th th e Pee Wees didn ' t seem to bother Pee Wee winner Pa t Wad e as he mo tored past two o f the bigger machines to claim second overa ll beh ind th e Kawasak i of Do ug Huston . Pabl o Lara a nd J eff Will o tt waged a Suzuki versus Ya mah a ba ttle for the entire rive la ps wi th Lara having to sett le for th ird in class. Mo ta two prod uced on ly mino r cha nges, bu t Pa t Wad e did ha ve to settle for th ird overa ll as Jun io r Cycle rider Joh n Sha ver mo ved in to second behi nd H o uston. The eveni ng 53 W all 10 riders tak e . ho me troph ies a nd poi nts to wa rds the ser ies cha m p ionsh ip a t su m mer's end . As th e starter sig na led th e 250cc Pros to light th eir engi nes, among the " Wrecking Crew" was "old fa ce" Edd ie Perry on board a Yamaha from Go le ta. The real "old man " showed no respect as Ken Zahn bla sted hi s Pacific Brass Foundry Honda into the lead up the hill. Russ Wageman powered his KX250 into second by turn two . Dropping down towards the little pond, Wageman kept his coo l and darted outside then inside while clipping a tre e forced Zahn to the outside. That a dva n ta ge 'was all Wageman needed, and he flew to a pull-away first. KeIlY Pugmire and David Lynch kept Zahn al ert as they pushed their Hondas closer a nd closer to finish third a nd fourth at the checkered. Round two saw Zahrt muscl e his way into th e first co rn er for a repeat ho leshot. This time Zahn was read y for Wagem an and sh u t the door at th e tree. Zahn found th e cooling a ir to his liking a nd moved to a five-second adva ntage. Th roughout the 14-lap go , Wagem an seemed to stru gg le with slower riders a nd the nippin g o f Pugmi re a nd Lynch . T h ree laps from th e checke red Wagem an ca ug h t fire a nd rocketed to wi thi n a few feet o fZah n. Zahn kn ew fir st th is mota meant first o vera ll. Ta ki ng adva ntage o f slower traff ic, Wagem an n ip ped Zah n a t the wire for fir st a nd a thrill in g win. A bit o f exciteme nt ens ued as Zahn explained the negat ive as pects o f blocking to the slower rider. BO O'BROCHTA Bill Hahn Pr oducts Ka wasaki Fun nyblke Pro Stock Winner Pro Stock Top Qualifier & NEW 'DBA RECORD - 127.47 MPH CHIP SOLLEY Power Enterprises Suzuki Cypro Engineering Suzuki Katana JOE FOLGORE CMC Golden S tate Sarie s NatJonal S ide car MJC Championship AMA Ba ttle of the Twins Mid Ohio Raceway, May 21 Scott JIMMY ADAMO Tom WHITNEY/WHITNEY H-D MX Sidecar Team LeonI/Sure-Fire Ducati Wldowmal

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