Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

~ c<"'l ~ Q.) ..c o .... u o (Abpve left) Chuck Miller. winner of Class 22. (Above right) Duane Summers took Class 20 honors. (Below) Second-place Dan Ashcraft. Brian Manley (Hon) won both motos for Class 21 in a convincing style. over 15 seconds ahead of second place in each moto. for the mOLOrcycles began. When they started, there was a drizzle. Midway through the race, it turned iOlO a steady downpour, making for slippery pavement and poor visibility. Class 22 As with a lot of the classes, there was a relatively low turnout of competitors for the Open class. But that didn't slow Miller's charge. Although he admitted having some problems seeing in moto two, Miller was flying when the going got LOugh. "I started to enjoy sliding around on the pavement," he said afterward. He, along with Manley, completely ran away and hid from the pack in the first moLO. Desert ace, and usual SCORE winner Dan Ashcraft suffered a blown base gasket in the first round, slowing him LO a third-place finish behind Rick Lee. However, in moto two, Ashcraft was on the gas, but couldn't catch Miller after a poor start. The Husky rider passed a lot of people in his attempt to catch the fleeing Honda pilot, but didn't make it by the finish. Ashcraft's secondmoLO runner-up gave him second overall in the class, ahead of Lee. SCORE Off-load World Championship Summers, Manley, Miller SCORE at Riverside By Matt Hilgenberg RIVERSIDE, CA, SEPT. 16 Brian Manley completely dominated both motos of SCORE's 12th annual Off-Road World Championship at Riverside Raceway this afternoon. Manley's convincing rides netted him the overall motorcycle victory, as well as the win in Class 21 (250cc). Running second to Manley in both lO-lap eveOlS was Honda CR500R-mounted Chuck Miller, who captured the Class 22 (Open) win. A little off the pace of the overall leaders, but ahead of his Class 20 (125cc) counterparts, was Cagiva rider ed.a !-'t'p Sl!!!1l1)ers. SUII!rpe ... 4 • • I-I tally in his class on his way LO the number one position. The SCORE course at Riverside was designed to simulate all the obstacles that one would encounter in Baja. There are paved sections, offcambers, whoops, jumps - justabout everything. To make matters even more like the unpredictable Baja, a freak desert rainstorm hi t the Raceway jus bo e time th~ second moLO Class 21 Seventeen-year-old Gordon Ward, on a Malcolm Smith Honda, had the lead of the first moLO as the pack crossed in front of the grandstands to start the race. Second in the class was Manley, followed by Bill Boyer and Kent Pfeiffer. In the 180-degree lefthander turn off the pavement on lap two, Ward crashed, letting Class 22entrant Miller and Manley past. Ward rejoined the fray, second in class, where he stayed till the finish. Mike Sixbery, who started out in fifth, got past Pfeiffer when Pfeiffer dropped back LO lOth on lap two. Then, on the third circuit, "Sizzlin' Six" passed Boyer to claim the third spot. From there on out, the positions remained fairly stable, with Manley claiming the overall lead, which he stretched LO about I0 seconds by the finish. Former Yamaha four-stroke pilot Randy Morales was riding an '85 CR250R, getting settled in for his new ride with the Honda team. Morales will be teaming with Miller in the Class 22 wars on an XR500 for the remainder of the season. He finished fifth in the first mode here at Riverside. In the second moto, Manley was the second bike to hit the course, behind Miller. By lap three, Manley had mana LO make up the mar in 1111 'li that Miller held, and take the lead. Manley continued to pull away umil the finish, when he held an almost 15second advantage over the second bike, Miller. John Rudder, who ran eighth in moLO one, was second when the flag fell, making him third overall in Class 21, for the day. Ward was apparemly having problems in the rain. He started in third, then dropped steadily back until lap eight, when Manley finally caught and lapped him, Ward finished 10th. Darren Sikes, of Anaheim, California, got a good start after finishing 12th in the first moto, and managed LO get third position by lap eight when he passed Sixbery. At the finish of the second goaround, Manley took the win, with Rudder second, Sykes third, and Sixbery fourth. Class 20 Summers led both 125cc moLOs from the start, and ran a blistering pace LO capture both moLO wins over a field of five entrants. In the first round, Kawasakimounted Shawn Davidson ran in second the entire race; there was virtually no change in places during either moLO. Cagiva North America's Ed Foland ran in third ahead of Robert Miller. The second portion of the event had Summers jumping out to an immediate lead, followed bv Davidson and Foland, in close formation. That lasted until the third lap, when Davidson dropped out, leaving the Cagiva pilots to run 1-2. Again, Miller trailed Foland, only this time it was for third. Foland's 3-2 tally put him in second overall, behind Summers; Miller's 43 was good for third. Class 30.38 There was only one entry in Class 30, for riders over 30 years of age. Gary Colbert, riding a Honda out of Glendora, Califorrtia, took the honors. Richard Jackson, on an Up-Titel Malcolm Smith/Maxima-sponsored H usqvarna, took both moto vicLOries from AI Lyons (Hon) for the top placing in Class 38, for riders over 38 years old. ". Results CLASS 22: I. Chud< Miller (Hon); 2. Dan Aohcraft (Hual; 3. Riel< Lee (Hon). CLASS 20: 1. Duana Summers (C8g); 2. Ed Foland (C8g); 3. - . . Millar (Hon}; 4. Shawn Davidaon (K_); 5. Dana Jon.. (Hon). ClASS 21: 1. Brian Manley (Hon); 2. Mika Sixberry (Hon); 3. John R'-r ICag); 4. tarry Fife (Moo); 5. BUllIoyar (Hon). CLASS 30: 1. Gary Colben (Hon). CLASS 38: 1. Richard Jeckaon (Hua); 2. AI Lyona (H~). (! Jere t ..

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