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Jeff Surwall (87) leads Rodney Barr (80). Clay Hoenshel (3 8) and Jeff
Frisz (42) at the start of the 125cc Pro class. Frisz won.
Hon~a/Scott USA Florida Winter AMA
MX Series: Round 1
Hannah, Keller &
Frisz tackle
Gatorback
a q d mv mechani c, Kent Srn ol ek. "
Oklah~ma ' s Hoen shell rode his
j orsky /PSI Suzuki 10 third ov erall
beh ind Barr.
250cc
R and D Suzu ki's Sco o ter St afford
was n ot intim id at ed by th e presen ce
o f Bob Hannah o n th e sta n line, a n d
quickl y opened a lead o ver Kawasaki 's
Billy Lil es, j o j o Kell er , H annah ,
Kenn y Keyl on, Ant hony Duboski a nd
Kevin Fol ey. Keylon , o n a S u p port
By M ike & Anne Adair
Yamaha. crashed but rem ounted to
sa ve third. St afford m aintained a
G AINESVILLE, FL. DEC. 30
bli sterin g pace as H annah slice d
through th e front-runn ers in pu rs u it. H annah gai ned the number two
spot and pressured Stafford.
At ih e midpoint, "The Hurricane"
twi sted th e throttle on hi s Brian
Lunnis-rnaintain ed bik e and H annah passed a nd led Stafford to the
Burdette, jeff Frisz, Mik e Cran e a ncl
finish . H annah's bike was a producopening ro und of the 15th AnRaben Anzalone orr the plateau into
tion Honda CR250R provided by
n ual Super-Sports-promoted
th e gO-foot -deep sand pit. Barr, on a
Streits Honda o f G ainesvill e.
series at Gatorback MX Park. . Sure-Fire/Barr's Compeur ion /Team Stafford was ela ted o ver his ride,
As Hannah moved among
Green Kawasaki, to ok o ver th e point
a nd th e three-time Florida Winter
th e cro wd signing autographs before
a n d led the Suzuk i tr io o f Burdett e,
O lympi cs cha m p sai d, " I rode Yam ath e ra ce, a fan asked him , " Are yo u
Fri sz and C rane p ast th e scorers o n
has a ll 'th ro ug h m y ca ree r, but m y
going to win th e 250cc class? " Hannah
lap o ne. Near th e end of th e race,
dad so ld h is S&S Yamaha shop
t
repli ed, " I m a y win , but th en again , I
Fri sz bre ezed by Ba rr o n th e stee p
yea r. I didn 't hav e a ny support so
m a y not." H annah has been pract icclimb o u t o f th e pit, bu t Barr launch ed
wh en Suz u ki's co nt ingency p ro gr am
in g in th e desert, but until this race,
a co u ntera ttack and reg a ined the lead
ca me up I went for it." Bill y Liles,
for th e win o ver Fr isz a nd Bu rd ett e.
where he won both 250cc rno to s, he
who finished fo u rt h beh ind Keylon ,
" I was tr ying 10 sa ve so me stre ngth
had n ot tested his a n kle in co m petitook a week end orr from buildin g his
ti on since a n injury in O ct ober.
for the 250cc class," sa id Barr. " I lost
hom e in j ackson, G eorgia.
Kell er, a former W inter AMA Se rm y co ncentra tion a n d Fri sz go t by
Sta fford ex p loded agai n in to th e
ies winner , rever sed hi s lu ck fro m last
m e. I'm reall y happ y 10 ha ve started
second m oto lead with Todd H arrell .
season a n d won th e 500cc class via a
j oe Waddingt on, Liles, H annah, Ti m
o u t well because I see m 10 h a ve a fir st
1-3 tally. Yamaha- supported Mark
race jinx in Florida ." Com eb ack
Eal y a nd To m Carson o n th e gas.
Murphy, looking for h is third co nhon o rs went 10 Ca rroll R ich a rdson,
Wadd in glOn m oved by H arrell o n
sec u tive series cr own, DNF rn o to o ne
who moved from last to a fourt h
la p two as H a nnah sta lked th e pa ir.
with a trash ed rear wheel , but repla ce fini sh .
'.
Keylon exp lai ned his bac k-of-the -pack
bounded with a second m ot o win .
In moto tw o , Barr and R ich ardson
sta tus: " A gu y ta ngled with m e o n th e
Kell er sai d, ' 'I' m gl ad th at it 's not m y
were wheel -to-wh eel with Fri sz, Cl a y
big drop-orr a nd I reall y cras he d
turn for th a t kind o f lu ck."
H o en sb el l, Dew a yn e Mu ell er a nd
hard . I was go ing with a ll I h ad a £ter
For 125cc class winner j ef£ Fr isz,
G reg Mayo in pursu i t. It took Ri ch ar dth at. "
the ra ce represented hi s fir st " pay
Th e part isan cro wd screa med as
son three la p s to ge t by leader Barr,
d a y" from Suzuki, 10 th e tun c of
bur rh e du o srill sta yed in ta nde m . On
Floridian Keylon cla wed hi s wa y back
$2,000. Suzuki has repl aced th eir pro
lap eig h t, Fri sz m o ved b y a slo wi ng
10 fin ish fourth. H annah m ade h is
Barr. "The rear shock just went a way,"
su p po r t program with contingen cy
move 10 th e front o n lap four a nd
money. Frisz said, " I had hoped that
sa id Ba rr. " W ith th e tr ack so ro u gh . J
found Li les a turn ha ck, hut Liles
had to back off."
d ropped o u t on th e. n ext la p . "The
Honda would renew my support ride,
Fri sz pushed h is bik e hard a nd
cha in rension er block ca me lo ose a nd
so I brought Hondas a nd Suzu kis to
blitzed into th e lead when Ri ch ardwr eck ed th e cha in," Lil es exp la ined .
th e track . But Honda didn't come
H annah won with Stafford, H arso n's rear shock exp ired. Frisz won,
through. and here I am on a yellow
and blue bike."
whil e H oensh ell m ad e it a o ne- two
rell a nd Keylon stru ng o u t behind.
125cc
Suzuk i show. Sure-Fire/S impsonH annah receiv ed hi s tr oph y a nd ga ve
Starter Bob Yarnell rel ea sed 4 1
spons ored Fr isz sai d a t th e cha mit toll-year-old Barry Sander s. " I
sna rling 125s in m ot a one, and Labaus
pagn e fest . " I co u ld n' t ha ve ada p ted
gave him my troph y from last yea r 's
Beer/Kawa saki o f Canada- sponsored
Nat ional (a t G at orback ) a nd I promso well 10 th e Suzuk i with out th e set J.et{ §~!'J1'!1. Le~. Rp.dpn '. I!,!rI . $!e\~e, • .:LW Q( -':0,J-~ p c (q,rl1) '1rl r;c, .WKR,, ~~SI.. •• • • iss:~ h.i,"l !t.!i .oN. tW . ':'li d_~-I6IIlPplt••
Team Honda 's Bob H annah , Betten co u r t
H onda 's Jo Jo Kell er and Suzuki- m oun ted
J eff Frisz got to dri nk ch a m p ag ne in the
win n er's ci rcle after P ro class wins at the
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In the 250cc class Pro class . Bob Hannah (1 ) and Billy Ules (1 2) sneak up
and pass Scooter Stafford. The win went to Hannah followed by Stafford.
500cc
Regular Winter AMA Seri es 500cc
cl ass co ntende rs Mark Murphy.jo jo
Kell er, j ohn Reinbolt a nd Keith
Oelerich were joined by j apanese
250 cc National Champi on, St eve
Martin . Martin will co m pete in [h e
ser ies for Kawa saki Tea m Green.
" T hey gave m e a bike 10 ride. Al an
Sa ari set it up, and I'm just now get ting used to it ," sa id Martin . " I' ve
ridden H ondas so lon g th at it's hard
10 make rh e transit ion." Kell er beat
Martin , Brad Wallace, Dennis H awth orn e, Murph y a nd Tim Dohm 10
th e fir st turn in rn oto o ne a n d thunder ed lip th e hill o u t of th e sa nd pit in
command . Martin m ov ed up qui ckly
into second with Murphy for co m pany . Murph y's Ri ch ard Bunchtuned , Malco lm Smith /Scott USAf
Answer-sponsored Yama ha nipped
a t Keller's fender for three la p s before
going o u t front a nd pullin g away.
Murphy enjoyed two laps o f fun
a nd g lo ry before gremlins attacked
h is rear wh eel. " I' ve had a lot of rear
wheel trouble o n this tra ck . Toda y
th e spo kes just let go," sa id Mu rphy.
Kell er to ok o ver a n d won , with Hawth orne seco nd o ver Martin a nd former
ser ies cha m p io n Reinholt fourth.
O el er ich 's T &D H onda paced th e
secon d m oro , with Mike j ohn son,
Kell e r , Martin , H awth orn e a nd
Murph y foll owing. O el erich rul ed
for five laps before tirin g a nd leaving
th e di spute to Kell er a n d Murph y.
Kell er , on a Savage Racing /H allmanspo nsored H ond a . hel d Murphv off,
but it was a ll Murph y's race a fter lap
eigh t. Ma rt in took second a head o f
Kell er.
" T h e bik e is h andlin g well a nd I
h ave co n fide nce it will be a good sea so n, " sai d Mu rph y.
The o vera ll win belo nged 10 the
redhead from Mas sachusetts, Kell er.
Kell er sa id, " It' s a big relief to get
back 10 Florida , a nd winn in g even
makes it swee ter."
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Results
125cc: 1. Jeff Frisz(S uz); 2. Rodney Barr (Kawl: 3.
Clay Hoen sh ell (Suz ); 4 . Steve Bu rdette (Suz); 5.
Dew aym e Mueller IKawl: 6 . J eff Surwa ll (Kaw); 7 .
M ich ael Crane (Suz) ; 8 . Michael A nd rews (Suz): 9 .
Carroll Richardson (Kawl; 10 . Greg Mayo (Suz).
250cc: 1 . Bob Hann ah (Han); 2. Scooter Stafford
(Suz): 3 . Kenny Keyl on (Yaml: 4 . Todd Harrell (Suz) ;
5. Tom Car son (Han ): 6. ~evin Fole y (Vam) ; 7 . Gr~g
Mayo (Suz); 8. Joe Waddington (Hon); 9 . Don Wlpf
(Yam ): 10 . Earl May (Han I.
OPEN: 1. Jo Jo Keller (Hen); 2 . Steve Martin
(Kawl: 3 . Dennis Hawthorne (Kaw); 4 . Ron Du nfee
(Han); 5 . Fred Vertucci (Hon ); 6 . Keith Oelench
(Hen); 7 . Tim Oohm (Yam) ; 8, Mark Murphy(Yam); 9 .
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