Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

« f-j fa ~ - '" « ~ a: UJ ~ "THE CHOICE OF CHAMPIONS" Z >- '" c I N S IST ON ALPINES TARS PRO MX/ENDURO BOOTS FROM HI -POINT l- o J: c, h "a· Bob Ha" orsed bY End le rrY . ghaf11 C Grahaf11 II""'" & RickY 10 hold o ff Wa rd . O n lap th ree, Ward got a good drive in th e wh oo ps and sa iled pa st Dec ker in to the lea d. A tu r n la ter Dec ker was ou t o f th e race wit h a brok en gear. Graff was right th er e to lak e o ver seco nd, b u t couldn 't mat ch Wa rd 's pan' and q ui ckly' fell beh in d . Griew e was engaged in a batli e wi th Flemi ng for third, and near th e end of th e rnot o Flemi ng got by. Wa rd easi lv wo n th e race an d look the overa ll victo rv. whi le G ra ff went 2-2 for second ov~rall. Flemi ng 's 5-3 neued h im third overal l, Ka wasa k i-m o un ted Rick Kirk did do ub le d uty in the l2 5cc a nd Open P ro classes a nd won them bo th . Kirk · fin ished seco nd 10Greg Trachy (Ka w) in th e firs t moro. a nd whe n T rac hy failed 10 sta n moto I\\'(). Kirk kept Ya m aha p ilo t J ack Lambert in hi s roost 10 take th e wi n . In th e Open P ro di vision . Kirk wen t I-I. heat in g J eff :\lcD on ald (Yam) in bo th mot os, Results HIGH SCHOOL WO ME N: 1. Ja im e Kirkpatrick (Per); 2. Shana Skinner (Perl. MINI SR : 1. Larry Say eg (D · LI; 2. Mont Par ris h See your Hi -Point Racing Products dea ler today and c he ck out the complete line -up of Hi -Point boots for '8 5. From MX to dirt track to tra il. he has quality Hi -Point boots to f!1 your needs. Robert Lovas (97) narrowly escapes a pi le up in the 125cc Beginner class, Steve Thompson (14) and Scott Boylan are about to go down. HI-POINT RACING PRODUCTS (Eas ll 3709 West er ie Ave .• Lora in . OH 44053 (W est l 2650H Mercantile Dr .• Rancho Cordova . CA 95670 Daily, Keller dazzling at AlbanySX By Clay Light ~'1~ • UPS Next Day5ervice Master Card. Visa American Express (201 )561-1260 WE SHIP ANYWHEREI "We Can Save You Mone;y" BIG SAVINGS ON 1984 MODELS We're Dealing on '85s BURBANK YAMAHA 1801 W. Burbank Blvd. Burbank . CA 91506 (81 8) 845-8738 ~ rM EXIRUDEH_ 1 Two and FOu r Slroke ATV • Karts • J el Skis S nowm o bile s . Ro a d Race rs 24 880 0 E. Co m pto n Blvd .. Paramount. CA 9 0723 . (2131 5 31-2 7 6 7 ALBANY, O R , JAN . 20 T eam Green /Sina salo-supported J eff Daily blew a hole in th e AMA District 28 supercross program at Albany Speedway aboard h is KX80 . scori ng a I- I tally in a co m bine d Min i class. Da ily won each c u ring with ea se to beat H onda rider J oe Rushing by a fu ll la p in th e lWO, 17-r ider m ot os. Rush in g went I -I in the C port ion a head o f J ohn Feel ey (Kaw), wh o look a 2-2 for runner-up. Chucki e Standeford (Hon) was thi rd w ith a 7-3. N one co u ld co me a ny whe re near th e pace th at th e lo ne A rider , Dail y, set, Honda of Roseburg's Rodney Keller did a sim ila r ac t in the l 2. )cc Pro l class, on h is Kawasaki . Kell er put h is KX into th e lead in th e first moto a head o f Cagiva r ide r J ere Meek er a nd Yamaha o f Springfield 's Ri cky Gunderson. Keller co llected th e win wel l a head of Meek er , Gunderson, Grayson Hart (Hon ) and Kenny Olson (Yam) a t th e chec kered flag . The second au ling was Meeker 's until lat e . in th e ra ce wh en Kell er .an d H art blitzed past 10 mak e th e fin al finishin g orde r: Kell er. H art, Meek er a nd Gunderson. In th e l25cc B class, G ary Beyer ( Kaw) rode rh e ra ce o f h is lif e 10 lap both rnotos for a I-I tall y. Beyer had hi s work CUl-OUI in moro IWO. co m ing from near lasI 10 swoop up on J eff Landrum (Kaw) a nd Darren Rogers (Ya m) la te in th e rac e. Landrum look a 4-2 second ov erall o ver Rogers' 3-4 th ird, Portland Honda's Billy Hohman look lhe firsl Open Pro co m esl a head of Mark Spooner a nd Ri chard Earle (H o n) . The second m alo was much more e xc i l i n g a s H oltman and Spooner lraded leads ullIi l cras h ing lal e in Ih e rdce a nd Earl e. runn in g a dislalll Ihird, inherited Ihe lead and took Ih e overall via h is 3- 1 fini sh es. Spooner 's 2-2 a nd Hohman's 1-3 lal lies pUI th em in seco nd an d lh ird. Scouy Russell (Hon) slOrmt'd 10 lh e overall in Ih e Open B class a boa rd hi s 1985 CR500 for a runawa y o ver Dean J ohnson (Hon) a nd Yamaha moullled Dan Galbrealh. Results OPEN PRo: 1. RichEarle (H 2. M Spooner an): ark (Yamt 3 . BillyHoltman (Honl. 250 PR 1. R O: odney Keller (H 2. John Woodan): ley (Hont 3 . D Fox (Yam). avid 125 PRO : 1 . Rod ne y Keller(Kaw); 2 . Jere Meeker (C8gl: 3. Grayson Hart (H on). OPEN B: I. Scotty Russall (Han): 2 . Dean .Jchn son(Hant 3 . D anGalbreath (Yam). 250 B: 1. Wayne Church (Kaw): 2. Tony Graves (Hont 3. Moka Holbrook IHus). 125 B: 1. Gary B eyer (Kawl; 2. Jeff Landrum (Kawt 3. Darren Rogers (Yam). an): 50 B: 1. Chuckie standeford (H 2 . Danny Uhlen (Kawl. OT A: I . Dave Eakin (Hon): 2. Jim Lampkin(H an); 3 . Bob Leach (Hus). BOA: 1. JeffDaily (Kaw). BDC: I .Joe Rushing (Han); 2 . JohnFeeley(Kaw); 3 . Chuckie s,andegord (Han). 60 C: 1. Ryan Leach (Yam ); 2 . Travis Ber ry (Hen ); 3 . Mike Ulven (Kaw). 125 C: I . SteveB (Kawl: 2. Ed Jansen(H ye an); 3 . Jerry Aicher (Yam). 2SOC: 1. Dave Hampto n(Hon ); 2. Bob McOanile . (Yamt 3 . Dave Davis(s uli. O PEN C: 1. Wiley Rasmusse n tHus); 2. Tom N oredIM 3. Deanna H -s); olbrook(Hus). OT B : 1. Jack Coulter (Hon); 2. Ray Grossaint (H 3 . Gary Forster (Hus). ont Ward sails to Corona MX victory By Nate Rauba COR ONA, CA, JAN , 18 Seventeen 250cc Pro riders were on ha nd to do battle tonight at Corona Racewa y, and Gordon Ward topped them all to take the large purse. Ward, riding with a broken wrist, won both rnotos afte r battling his way into th e lead ea ch lime OUl. Dave Graff (Gradon/Hon )shot into the lead at the start of the first mot o with Chris Fleming (Han) , Sunwest's Mark Decker, Don Griewe (Moto-Fox/Kaw), and Ward (Ma lco lm Smith Racing/Yam ) chasing. A sma ll erro r by Fleming allowed Decker 10 get by on the fir st lap, an d Ward passed Griewe, then look third from Fleming on the next go-'round. By lap three Graff led and Decker a nd Ward were righl o n hi s tail , while Griewe moved by a slo wi ng Fleming. Ward was pressuring Decker th roughoUllhe circuit, and on lap four pa ssed him in the sladium whoops. Ward houndt'd Graff for anolher la p , a nd fina lly got by when Grdff go t side ways in a lurn. After bouncin g off Graff into lhe lead , Ward was Ih ere 10 Slav and look Ihe win . Graff was seco nd a head of Decker , while Gri ewe a nd Fleming filled out Ih e lOp five. Al lhe slart of molO IWO. Dt'cker g rabbt.'d th e holesh ot wilh Ward o n h is lail. Fleming follow ed in lh ird just ahead of Graff. Fo r lhe nexl two laps Decker had his hands fulllrying (o·LI: 3. Tim Wells (Cerl. 100 s R: 1. Larry sayeg (o·L); 2. Eric Browne (o-LI: 3. SCali s"angio(UPL). 125 sa . 1. JeffDean(Perl; 2. Hank Torres (Per): 3 . M ike- Svendsen (Tus ). 175 SR: 1 . Hank Torres (Perl ; 2. Mike Svendsen crus); 3. Billy Ham mond (Yam) . 250SR; 1. Tony Strangio(Upll; 2. Loren Will iams (Cerl; 3. John W illiams (Cer l. _ OPEN INT: 1 M ike Rambo (Per); 2. Ronn ieJordan (Upl). UNATTACHED PEE weE: 1. Jimmy Will iams (Kaw); 2. Jarrett A ust in IKaw). MINI BEG MINI BEG 12 -: t. Jeff Lewis (K aw): 2. Shane Eric Nichols (K 2. D awl; avid Meekins (Kaw) ; 3. Joe Casilles (Yam l. 13 +: 1. W illiams (Yam ); 3. Jason Austin (Hon) , MINI NOV : 1. Robb ie Perez (Kaw t; 2. Dan Laumb - ach (K 3. Guy Deckert(Kawl. awl: MINIINT: 1. Gary Tranay(K 2. DavidWodas· aw): zewski(Kaw). MINI EX: 1. M Wiese(yam). ike 125 BEG: 1. RoOert McCay(K aw): 2. Rol>ert Briney (H 3 . R on): obert Lovas (K aw). 125 NOV: 1. Philip Gould (K aw); 2. Bill Auberlen (V 3 . M K am): ike ennedy(H anI. 125 INT: 1. BIlly N ielson(H 2. Phil Tborsten an); son (Suli. 125 PRO: 1. R,ck K (K irk aw): 2. Jack Lambert (V 3. GregTrachy (Kaw). am): 250 BEG: 1. Steve Baker (K aw): 2. RaulCasillas (Y 3. Tad McAnally (H am); an). 250 BE II: 1. Craig Allen(H G onl; 2. CB Hendricks (Han); 3 . Kev in Beenken (S u zl . 250 N OV: 1. Jeff Rutt (V am): 2. Clay Stanford elsey (Honl. (SUl); 3. Lance K 250 INT: 1. CassiaGMcia (V am): 2. Ralph Blanchard (Yam ); 3 . Tim Pass (Han). . 250 PRO: 1. Gordon Ward (Vam): 2. Dave Graff (Honl; 3. Chris Fleming (Han). obinson OPEN BEG: 1. Jeff Hayes (Vam): 2. Bob R ombold (Vam). (Sull: 3 . Jim R OPEN NOV: 1. CB H endricks(Hon): 2. D onAbdella IMai). OPENINT: 1. K Morgan (HanI. en irk acDonald OPENPRO: 1. RickK (Kaw): 2. JeffM (Vaml. • VET : 1. J immie Johnson IKaw); 2 . Steve Ball me r (K 3. Bob Krah (H awl: an). Hall, Knoblauch heat up WoodlandMX By Jan Newman WOODLAND , WA, JAN . 12 Eri c Hall (H on) and Don Knoblauch (Ka w/ Sin isa lo/ En u m claw) burned some hot tracks in th e frozen ground in their _ pursuit o f th e big bu cks. H all 's 2-1 record ill' th e 125cc Pro class and double wins in th e 250cc Pro class gave him fir sl in bolh . Knoblauch lOpped lh e Open Pro clas s wilh a 1-3 record. This was Ih e firsl of four races in th e cou n ldown 10 th e Kingdome ser ies. Though it is nOl mandawry to ride th e series 10 elll er l he Kin gdome amat eu r su pe rnoss.race, th e series serv es 10qua lif y riders in M ini A & B, l25cc, 250cc an d Open A cla sses for lh e St al e C ha m p io n ·T l:"am . Mi chael Williams (Honl,Jess Dirk s (Hon ) and Slacy T ho rn lO11 (Honl led th e fir st loop of Ih e 125cc Pros. In lhe fir st lap Thorn IOn moved 10 lake Ihe lead , wh ich he held for Ihe rest o f Ih e molO. Th ere was a scra m ble behind

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