Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

(Above) Goat Breker (14) leads winner"Broc Glover (6) at the 600cc start. (Top right) David Bailey (11) leads Jim Holley (49), Roger Brown (292) and Scott Burnworth (16). (Lower right) Women 's MX champ Kathy Holman spectates. (Right) The Bailey/Billy Liles duel. (Below) Danny Chandler babies his ankle. fourth lap, then Myerscough moved J o rdan bac k to sixt h. War d dropped h im o ne more spot two la ps later. It appea red that O 'Mara a nd L ech ien bo th went by Barnell at the same tim e on the eig h th lap, and O'Mara led for a la p before Lechien took over for the duration. Barnell was held to third, wh ere he fini shed both motos. Ward took fou rth from H olland after mid-race, and th e top five soon incl uded Myerscough in the final order. H olland was sixth followed by Whiting. Lechien apparentl y d ecided to simpl y domin at e th e second moto as he led from th e sta rt and blistered to so me of th e fastest laps of th e day. Barnell wa s next, and by th e secon d lap he was tra iled by Myerscough, Mark Flesia, Wh it ing, Ward, J a ck. son a nd O 'Mara . Ward and O 'Mara stayed a bo u t 30 yards a part and moved up ra pidly, but Myerscough gave Ward third for free when h e hit a led ge th a t flatten ed both his fro n t rim and tire. O 'M ara filled righ t in behind Ward at fo urth. H olland moved into fifth from a poor sta rt but did not look like h e had enough stamina to co nt in ue ch argin g in the h eat. The fo ur riders ahead opened u p a large ga p that gr ew to more tha n half a lap by race's end. Flesia had a hold on six th fro m th e sixth la p on. Myerscough rode to seventh with th e flat for most o fth eway. The first four riders were sp read a t th e seven-la p ma rk , but Ward had reeled in Barnell by lap 11a nd passed him by lap 12. Ward conti n ued hi s drive right to th e back fender of Lechieri' s Yam aha with two laps to go in th e fina l mota . Th e Kawa sak i p ilo t held it on in-a sweeper near the start straigh t and sh u t the door on Le chien. Ward rode th e last lap for th e mo ta win and seco nd overa ll. Barnell was thi rd a nd O 'Mara fourth. ,i l Ielt real good. Everything seemed come together for me. My bik e has been run ning real well th is week and 1just felt real good o n th e track ," was ho w Lechien felt abou t it, " I got good sta rts a nd held m y lin e a nd d id real well. " Ward felt h is problem had been sta rts, " I had to come from l l th or 12th in both mot os. On th e ceme nt starti ng pads my timing is a ll o ff. 1 judge the gate well, but on th e ceme nt it's not how yo u judge th e gat e it's how much tra cti on you get that' s im portant. It messed me up th e whole race. 1 pulled points on ever yone but Lech ien but he's wa y beh ind. I'm making a lillie cu shion on Barnell a nd trying to close on O 'Mara. I'm not too upset a bo ut m issing th e o verall. I'm going for the cha m p io ns h ip." 10 250cc H onda 's David Bail ey had th e gu nfighter 's reflexes in the first m ot o as he led th e 250cc showdown 10 the first turn and roosted smoo thly away. Local sta r Roger Bro wn put h is Big T ex Yamah a into seco nd a head o f Kenny Keylon, Yama ha Su p port rider J im H olley, Burnworth, Ca nta loupi a nd Dave Hollis' facto ry KTM . Brown d id a good job o f holding ba ck Keylon till he let the Flo rida H onda rider by o n th e fo urth lap . Holley, wh o was sufferi ng fro m a severe flu , was fading in th e heat, Bro wn dropped back a few posit ions a nd Ca n ta lo up i went down briefly. That sh u ffled th e o rde r but let Ba iley clear away o u t front. Keylon was in seco nd for two laps befor e Bu rnwo rt h went by, th en Liles, wh o had been doing some o f the best movin g o n the tra ck , p icked h im o ff for th ird. As L iles closed on Burnworth , bot h ride rs seemed to close sudden ly o n one la p as they more th an cut Bail ey's lea d in hal f. In actu a lity, Bail ey had fallen o n a straigh t and sweat a nd dust foul ed h is goggles. Ba iley said lat er , " O nce 1 took my . goggles o ff 1 might as well have pu lled over and let Liles by. 1cou ldn ' t see a thi ng. 1 was try ng to hol d hi m o ff with my eyes closed." L il es moved steadily closer and executed a bea urifu l o u tside- to-inside pass in a long swee pe r for th e lead o f th e last few laps. Bailey rem a in ed a stro ng seco nd over Burnworth, Keylon, Ca n talo upi a nd Bob Hannah. H annah, ridi ng with th e wr ist he inj u red th e previous week, was a moving demonstrat ion o f th e smooth lin es as he rode nearl y o ne -handed. Jim Tara nti no and Eri c McKenna were next on th eir Hondas. Beh ind the m, Brown was the last rider on th e same lap as th e lead ers. Burnworth chan ge d 10 a no the r brand o f rear tir e for th e second moto, comme nti ng la ter that it made a la rge di fference, and gra bbed the hol esh ot . Ca ntaloupi, Tarantino, Bro wn , Bailey, McKenna, Keylon a nd L il es were nex t. Ba iley a nd another rider, presu mably Bro wn si nce he disappeared fro m the leader-board wh en Bailey di d , co lli ded a nd Ba iley had 10 sto p a nd ha ve h is bars repa ired . H e started a la p down , but he j umped on the track behind lea der Bu rnworth and rod e to a ninth p lace finish at mot o 's end. L iles moved 10 fourth by lap th ree a head of Keylon and Carter Yarnaha's Kirk Spen cer , a local rider . T ara nti no passed Cantal oupi and L iles passed one of them eac h lap to ta ke seco nd on lap n in e, a lthoug h Burnwo rt h seeme d long go ne . McKenna pu t togeth er his best ride in a National as he moved his Petaluma H onda into fifth . L iles p rov ided th e rem ainder of th e drama in th e mot a as he reele d Burnwo rt h in. Team ma nager Roy Turner said tha t th e stra tegy was not for Liles (a hold even though he had th e overa ll. H e needed th e points si nce H an na h and Bail ey had low- score da ys, a nd th e race could move Li les to a cha m p ions hip position. Lil es' first comment to his mechanic was, " Ma n, am 1 hungry." H e la ter added th a t he enjoyed every minute o f it. Bail ey can finally begin ru nn in g o n h is a n kle that in jured in Washington, and he p romi sed to come back stro ng . • Results 125 : 1. Ron Lech ien 1-2 (Yam): 2. Jeff Ward 4-1 (Kaw): 3. Mark Barnett 3 -3 (Suz); 4. Jo hnny O'Mara 2·4 (Hon); 5. George Holland 6-5 (Suz); 6. Brian Myerscough 5-7 (Honl : 7. Mark Flesla B·6 (Yam); B. A.J . Wh iting 7 -B (Yam); 9. Doug Jackson 9·9 (Yam): 1D. Karl Jordan 11 ·11 (Yam): 11 . Clay Hoen shell 13 ·10 (Yam); 12 . Aaron Pitts 16 · 13 (Hon); 13. Rick Ryan 14·16(Suz); 14. DavidWeak 17· 14(Hon); 15. Erick Kehoe 10· - (Han); 16 . Rodney Smith - ·12 (Yam); 17. Stave Gauthier 12·' (Yam); l B. Ted Brady 19·15 (Hon); 19. Steve Burdette 15 ·19; 20. Steve Pate ' -17 (yam). 250: 1. Billy Liles 1-1 (Kaw ); 2. Scott Burnwroth 2·2 (Suzl; 3. Donnie Cantaloupi 5-3 (Yam); 4. David Bailey 2-9 (Honl; 5. Kenny Keylon 4 ·6 (Hon); 6. Jim Tarenr inc 7 -4 (Hon); 7. Eric McKenna B-5 (Hon); B. Bob Hanna h 6·12 (Honl; 9. Clinl Hardick 14-7(Suzl; 10. J im Holley 10- 13 (Yam); 11. Kevin Davis 13- 11 (KTMI; 12. Kirk Spencer 17·B (Yam ); 13. Ma rt< Murphy 16-14 (Yam); 14. Roger Brown 9-' (Yam); 15. John Whelchel ' ·10(Yam); 16. Jeff Hicks " -' (Hon); 17. David McC lain 12 -' (Hon); 18. John Lambe rt ' -15 (Yaml; 19. Hut ner Carot hers 20- 26 (yam); 20 . Jeff Schu macher 15·' (Yaml . 500 : 1. Broc Glover 1-1 (Yam); 2. Danny Chandl... 6· 2 (Hon); 3. Kent Howerton 7 -3 (Kaw); 4. Steve Mart in 5·5 (Hon); 5. Tim Locey 4· 7 (Yam); 6. Phil Larson 8-4 (Hon); 7.Wa rre n Reid 9-6 (Yam); 8. John Finkeldey 10-8 (KTM); 9. Goat Breker 2 · ' (Hon); 10. Andy Stacy 13-9 (Hus); 11. Alan King 3·' (Suz); 12. J ames Knupp 14- 12 (Yam); 13. Dan Conwa y 17 -1 (Hon); 14. M ickey Dymond 16·1 2 IMa i); 15. Er ic Ealon 11·' (Ma i); 16. Pete Snort eland 15- 1B(Yam); 17 . M ike Shoemaker 12-' (Honl; 18. Greg Zitter· kepI ' · 13 (Yam); 19. Jo hn Collins 20- 24 (Hon); 20. Gary Pustelak ' · 15 (Hon). -De note fi ni sh outs ide of top 20 . POINT STANDINGS 125: 1. Johnny O'Mara(301 ); 2. Jeff Ward (298); 3. Mark Barnett (288); 4 . Ron Loch ien (26 1); 5. Brian Myerscough (204); 6. A.J . Wh iting (167); 7. Chr is Heisser (153); 8. Rick Ryan (1251 9 . Karl ; Jordan (114); 10. Erick Kehoe (108) . 250 : 1. Bob Hannah (2741 2. David Baile y (259); ; 3. Billy Liles (248); 4. SCOtt Burnwonh (24 1); 5. Ji m Taranti no (191); 6. Kenny Keylon (155 ); 7. Donnie Can.aloupi (1531; 8. Rick Johnson (142); 9. Ross Pederson (13 2); 10. Mike Bell 1 1). 13 500 : 1. Broc Glover (1861; 2. Ken. How erton (276); 3. Danny Chand ler (226 ); 4 . Alan King (206 ); 5. Warren Reid (197); 6. Goat Breker(I94); 7. Steve Martin (190); 8. Phil Larson (189); 9. Tim Locey (181 ); 10. John Finkelday (142) . WRANGLER SUPER SERIES: 1. M ark Barnett (64 8); 2. Bob Hannah (61 9)j; 3. David Bailey (586); 4. Jeff Ward (577) ; 5. Jo hnny O'Ma ra (556 ); 6. Broc Glover (542); 7. Ron Lechien (429 ); 8. Warren Reid (391); 9. Alan King (388); 10. Brian Myerscough (371) ; 11. M ike Bell (367); 12. Billy Liles (365); 13. Scott Burnworth (363); 14 . Kent Howerton (3331 ; 15. Goat Breke r (3 16); 16. Steve Mart in (309); 17. Rick Johnson (28B); 18. Donn ie Cant aloupi (279); 19. Danny Chandler (2501 20. Phil Larson (244) . : 9-

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