Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

" M r. Mike" Fisher survived a crash to win the first 500cc Pro moto, and he easily won the second to capture the overall, Neither Bob Hannah (B25) nor RickJohnson had a very good day, Hannah finished sixth in the first moto and DNF the second. Johnson took sixth. (Left) Whiting lost the first 12 5cc Pro moto t o Honda 's Johnny O'Mara, but Whiting came back to w in the second and take the overall. (Ri ght) Lechien spent bo t h 250cc motos dicing w it h W ard , Glover (4 B), Lechien (6) and Scott Burnworth battle f or the lead at t he start of t he second 250cc moto . Glover finis hed t hird, Burnwo rth fourth. Lechien and Ward battled closely for the remainder of the race, but Lechi en stayed tough and held Ward at bay. Burnworth tri ed a last -second pass on Glover for third but fai led. H o ll a n d finished fifth ahead of O 'Mara , Johnson and J im Holley. " I didn 't have enough energy - it got hard lD hang on," said Ward. "T h is one section I wo u ld p ull on him , and in the back, he would pull on me. H e must have had a co uple of good lin es. It was n' t unti l the las t la p I felt I cou ld n ' t ge t h im. I overs hot a berm , and he pu lled maybe three second s on me. Since it was the last lap, I didn r' want lD p ush it ove r m y head . It 's reall y easy to get o ff o u t there and it wasn 't worth it." " I o bvious ly d id n' t have the suspension set up righ t," said G love r, " tho ug h , those ot her guys went reall y fast. T wo g uys we n t faster than I d id, tod ay - I think th at's what happened. It's m y first ride thi s year o n a 250, and I'm not really on th e pace, I guess. We changed the shock a nd forks between moto, 'cause I didn 't like the m - we went th e wrong directi on . We made it softer a nd it ended up bo ttoming five or six ti mes a lap, defin itely not th e th in g to do - it limits how fast yo u can go." " G o ing into th e fin al turn, " said Burnwo rt h , " I had him (G lover). Bu t th ere wasn't a line over th e double jumps, a nd I co u ldn ' t get by. But I' m happy with the way I rode, 'ca use I' ve ridde n so cru m m y la tely." 500cc Pro Making hi s first racing appearance after a leg injury, Mike Fisher returned lD the 500cc class and ran away wit h an easy sweep. In the first moto , Fis her exi ted th e first turn in the lead bu t was q u ickly passed by Honda rider Mike Larson, who was followed by Eri c McKenna, G reg Ziu erk op f, J im Ellis, Larry Dashi el and Jon Nelson. Bu t a h alf-l ap la ter, Fisher fou nd h is way bac k in to th e lead. H e than started to ex tend his lead to a comfortable margin . About ha lfway in to th e race, though , Fis her cra shed bu t managed 10 maintai n hi s lead over Larso n. After Larson brewed a tough baili e over thi rd bet ween Zitterk opf, Ell is, J oey Sch lag, Dash iel, P h il Larson an d SCOll Manning. At th e fin ish , Fis her wo n by about 15 seco n ds ahead of Mike Larson. With Phil Lar son sa fely in third , the bail ie for fourth en ded u p in a tworider duel between Mann in g and Ell is. H ow ever, the duel en ded wh en Ellis got o u t of shape in a ro ugh, to p-gear stra ig h t. Ellis was ejected off h is Yama ha - he a nd hi s bik e sa iled o ff th e track a nd in to some specta tors . Luckil y, onl y o ne specta tor wa s sha ken u p, but Ellis dislocated h is right shou lder. Phil La rson fini shed third a head of Manni ng, Da sh iel . Will y Simons, Ron La Poin te and Rick Bu rgett. Burgett led fro m th e start in th e second moto , whi le Fish er passed him a few tu rn s lat er. Fisher then j u m ped o u t to a' huge lead. By the third lap, Mik e Larson had wor ked into second, while ManningandZiuerkopf batt led for third. Ziuerk opf pa ssed Ma nning in th e whoops and sta rted to pull a way, bu t the rear suspensio n on Zitterkopi's M-Star broke. dropping him ou t of th e race. At th is point, Fi sh er had a huge lead over Mik e Lar son , who had a huge adv antage over Man n ing, who had a huge advantage over Simons. For the nex t five la ps, positions rem ai ned the same . Fish er won with 24 secon ds to spare over Mik e Larson . Manning finished third , Si mons fou rth . 80cc Expert Kawasaki rider Lowell T ho mpson led fro m sta rt to finish in the first BOcc Expe rt mot o , and easi ly won the seco nd lD claim the overa ll. T hompson's neare st com peti tion was H onda rider Kyle Le wis a n d Sco u Brown . Lew is fini sh ed seco nd in th e first moto and too k fourt h in th e seco nd, wh ile Brown finished fourth n the first rn oto an d took seco nd in th e second. After T ho mpson , th e overa ll went ; Brown , Lewis, Mike Pascarella ; (5-5), Colin Ka rcher (6-9) a nd Sha u n Woot en (7- 10). • Results 8 0cc EXPERT: 1. Lowe ll Tho mpson (Kaw) 1·1 ; 2. seen Brown (Hon) 4-2; 3. Kyle Lewis (Hon) 2·4; 4. M ike Pascarella (Yam) 5-3 ; 5. Coli n Karcher (Yam ) 6-8 ; 6. Rick Simmet tHon) 3-1 1; 7. Shane Tr illier (Vaml 8·7; 8. Shaun Woote n (Vam) 7·10; 9. Sean Blanch ar d (Kaw) 10 -9 ; 10 . Nicky Poun ds (Su z) 165; 11. Ste ven Kotaja rvi (Kaw) 11- 14 ; 12 . Mike Wi ese (Vam) )4-1 2: 13 . W es Parker (Vam) 12 · 15: 14. Chr is Neal (Kawl 9-18 ; 15. Paul Vla ch (Kaw l 15 -13 ; 16. Bria n Elder (Kaw) 13- 16; 17 . Rob Gordon (Kaw l 17 -7; 18. Shaun Kalos (Hon) DNF-6. 125cc PRO: 1. A.J . Whi t ing (SuzI2- 1; 2. J ohnny O' Mara (Hon) 1-3; 3. Erik Kehoe (SuzI 3·2 ; 4. Doug Dubach (Suz) 4 -4; 5. Brian Manlay (Honl 6-5 ; 6. W illie S urratt (Hon) 12 -7 ; 7. Russ Wageman (Suz) 14 - 6: 8. Ray Sommo (Kaw) 11 - 10: 9. Doug O'Donnell (Kaw) 10· 1 1; 10. Ter ry Fow ler (Suz) 9·12; 1 1. Dray Oircks fS uzI8- 13 ; 12. Craig Canoy (Kaw) 7 -1 4; 13. Eddie Hicks lYam) 17 -8 ; 14. Rodn ey Harri ger (Kaw ) 18 -9; 15. M ouse M cCoy (Hon l 15 -1 5; 16. Larr y Brooks (Hon) 5-DNF; 17. Jeff Clout ier (Suz) 19·1 8; 18. Gary Smi t h (Kaw ) 21 -17; 19. Ken ny Clifton (Suz) 20- 19; 20. Bill y Frank (Kaw) 13 -DNF. 250cc PRO: 1. Ron Lochien (Hon) 1- 1; 2. Jeff W ard (Kaw) 2-2 ; 3. Brae Glover (Vam) 3 -3; 4. John ny 0 'Mara (Hon)4-6 ; 5. Scott Bur nwort h (Suz) 8-4; 6. Rick J o hn son (Yam) 7 -7 ; 7 . Ma rk Barn ett (Kaw) 5-9 ; B. Geor ge Hol land (Su z) 10- 5; 9. J immy Holl ay (Vam) 13·8; 10. Bill y Ules (Kaw l 9- 13; 11. Jeff HIcks (Hon) 12 - 12; 12. J im A nde rson (Yam) 14 ·11 ; 13. Keith Bowe n (Yam) 1 1·14; 14 . Ross Pederson (Su z) 16 - 10; 15 . Gor don Ward (Yam) 18 20 ; 16. Robert M ason (Kaw) 2 1· 18; 17. Glen Bell (Vam) 20- 19; 18. Robbie Had lock (Kaw) 25 · 16; 19. Vau gh n Sty le (Hon) 17·24 ; 20 . Danny laPorte (Hus) 21 · 15 . 500cc PRO: 1. Mike Fisher (Hon) 1-1; 2. M ike Lars on (Hon ) 2·2; 3. Seen Manni ng (Yam) 4 -3 ; 4 . Ph il Larso n (HonI 3-8; 5. W ill y Simons (Hon) 6-4; 6. Sco tt Sargent IKaw) 9-5; 7. Lor ry Dash iell (Hon) 5-8 ; B. Rick Burgell (Hon) 8 -9 ; 9. Jon Nelson (Hon) 10-10; 10. Ron laPoin te (Vam)7-1 3; 11. Troy Brad shaw (Vam) 12·1 1; 12. Rusty Oil (Vam) 13 -12 ; 13. Sco tt Jo hn son (Hon) 16 - 14 ; 14 . Greg Torge rson (Husl 15 - 16; 15. Rick Kir k (Kaw l l B-1 9; 16. Paul Bickers (Hon) 19- 17; 17. Jeff Ma cDonald (VamI22 19; 1B. Hu nter Carot hers (Vam) 20-21 ; 19. Ge" y Latt imer (Kaw) 25 -2B; 20 . M ark Banks (Hon ) DNF· 17. POINT STANDI NGS 12 5 PRO: 1. A.J . W hiting (22 BI: 2. Doug Dubach (200); 3. Er ik Kehoe (1B81 4 . Lorry Brooks (176 ); 5. ; Eddie Hicks (154 1 6. Bobby Moo re(1 53): 7 . Rodney ; Har ri ger (15 1); 8 . Willie Surratt (14 6); 9 . M ike Hea ley (1251 10. Terrv Fow ler (1231 ; . 250 PRO: 1. J eff Ward (23 2): 2. Ron Lechien (224): 3. Rick Johnson (209): 4 . George Holland (186): 5. J im Holle y (1651; 6. SCOllBurnwo rth (163 ); 7 . Johnny O ' M ara (162); (Tiel Ross Peder son / J im Anderson (157); 10 . Jeff Lei sk (128). 500 PRO: 1. M ike Larson (2 24); 2. Scott M anning (18 2); 3 . Lor ry Da sh iel (175); 4 . Willy Simons(170); 5. Phi l Lorson (16 6); 6. Brae Gl over (164): 7. Scott Sargent (155); 8. Ron LaPointa (148 ); 9. M arl< Banks (l38); 10. Troy Bradsha w (133). e. 7

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