Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

wh ich h e held to th e chec kered flag . By th e h alfway point in the mo to, h e began lapping riders. H o nda- m ounted rid ers George Hopper a nd Joe Wr igh t briefl y had th e second and th ird pl ace posit ions, bu t they a n d Cou pe wer e ove rs had owed by th e two Swedes , Eso n a nd Nel son. Both riders ma inta in ed co n sistent lin es arou nd the track as th ey went on to co mplete th e first moto in seco nd a nd thi rd p lace, respectively. In an amazing fo urt h pl ace finis h was H olley, wh o crash ed earlier in th e m oro a nd had to restart from almost dead last. The second moto saw th e unexpected happen as H olley jett ed into the lead a fter passing Robbie Hadlock (Ka w) who got the holesh ot, By th e end of lap o n e, Holley mad e th e m ot o hi sto ry as h e bu ilt up a IO-second lead over seco n d pl ace rider Ped erson . In thi rd was Wosick , who had wor ked his way up th rough some heavy traffi c. With H olley wa y o u t in front an d Pederson seco nd , a ll Wosick had to do was finish third to claim the overall win. Ever ything appeared to be in the ba g for Wosick until th e la st lap. Ped erson wen t down in a tum , letting Wosick by, th en Pederson remounted a nd got back o n th e gas . A couple o f turns lat er Pederson ca ught up w ith Wosick a nd th e two rid ers tan gl ed , send ing Wosick down an d den ying h im th e ove ra ll wi n. The top spot therefor e went to H olley, with Wosick seco nd an d Pederson third. "I had some real good lin es a nd ever ything was going pr ett y easy," sa id a dej ected Wosick . " When Ped erso n went down , I d idn' t n eed to pas s him , because I had everyth ing all wrapped u p. Wh a t h e did by h it ting me was uncalled for. " 5 0 0 cc Pro La rry Dash iell (Ho n) go t the hol eshot in the first moto, fo llo wed bv McKen na , Brett Cahors (H o n ) and Beau H ild on (Hon ). By the end of la p one , Ph il Larso n was do in g battle wit h Dash iell as they ba tt led fo r the po in t pos it io n ; Mike La rson wa s hanging back in third, and early fro ntrunn er McKenn a we nt dow n b ut qu ickly rem ounted . Dash iell soon dropped back, a nd the lead was now being decided by th e brother s Larson. Mike held th e lead for severa l laps as Ph il look ed for openings, but none co u ld be found. Both La rsons were riding at a prett y inten se level on th e sa ndy track, and third pl ace rider McKenna was abou t five bik elen gths back. At th e three-quarters mark, P h il go t by brother Mike to ta ke th e lead, bu t th e o lde r Larson was still back by just half a bikelen grh wh en the chec kered flag ca me o u t. McKenna motored in for th ird a p prox ima tely 12 bi kelengths beh ind th e Lar sons, with Cahors fourth a nd Kawasaki-mounted Scott Sargent fifth. Phil La rso n qu ickl y took th e lead in th e seco nd mo to , with SCOll Mann in g (Yam) seco nd a nd Mik e La rson a close th ird . Phil quickl y pulled a way to ge nera te a subs ta ntia l lead whi ch h e mainta in ed for th e rest of th e mot o , how ever, th ere wa sn ' I goi n g to be a replay of the first m oto duel with hi s brother. . Just o n th e fir st lap, whil e Mike La rso n was pursuing Ma nn in g , th e Yamaha rider sta lle d in a tight rig h thand tum with Larson pl owin g into hi s rear fen der. T he crash retired Manning , bu t Larson was a ble to resu me rid ing. Meanwhile, McKenna., Sargent a nd Ca hors moved o n up to decid e who would take second p lace . By th e en d of the moto, McKenna claimed that honor for himself, wit h Sargent third. Mike Larson ro de on trying' to play ca tch-up with th e rest of th e frontrunners, but lost itgoi ng ove r a set of double j umps. T he moto finished with Ph il La rso n in a commanding lea d a nd th e overa ll win. McKenna 's 3-2 was good for second overall, and Sargent's 5-3 helped him peg third. " E ve ry th i n g fe ll to g eth er real good, " said Phil Lar son afterwards . " T he bike was wo rking good , a nd thi s is the kind o f track tha t I rea lly like. I just used m y h ead an d ro de smart." BOcc Experts Honda rider Kyle Lew is m ade it a I-I clean sweep o f both 80cc Expert motos to m ak e short wo rk of the class. T he firs t moto sa w Lewi s in co ntrol, a head o f Low ell Thomson (Kaw) who wa s foll ow ed by Mik e Pascar ell a (Yam) . Thomson bobbled 10 let Pascarell a by, a n d th e m ot o finished with Lewi s w in ni ng , Pascarell a seco nd a nd T homson th ird. MOIO two was m o re of th e sa me as Kyle Lewis once again put h is C R8 0 o u t in front an d was never serious ly c ha lle nged a fter th at. Pascarella q ui ckl y slippe d into th e seco n d pl ace slo t, wh ich he m a inta in ed for the bal ance o f th e rn ot o, Honda-mounted Sha u n Kal os worked hi s way up 10 third, past ' Sco tt Bro wn (Hon) a nd Rick Si mmer (Hon) . Lewis cla imed the overall wi n, with Pascarella secon d and Kalos' 4-3 good for th ird overa ll. . Results 80cc EX: 1. Kyle Lewis (Han) 1·1 ; 2. M ike Pesce- relle (Yem) 2-2 ; 3 . Sheun Kelos (Han) 4·3; 4. Rick Simmet (Han) 5·5; 5 . Lowell Thomson (KewI3-7 ; 6. Col in Karcher (Yam) 6 -6 : 7. Shane Tr ittler (Yam ) 7-9 ; 8. Sean Blanc hard (Kaw) 9· 10; 9 . Tallo n Vohland IKaw) 8 ·12; 10 . Paul Vlach (Kaw) 10- 11; 11 . Shaun Wootan (Vam) 18-8; 12. Chris Neal (Kawl 13-1 4: 13. Oanny Paladino IKaw) 12-1 5; 14 . St even Kotjarvi (Kaw) 15 -13 : 15. Steve La mson (Kaw) 11. 17; 16 . Brian Elder (Kawl 14- 16; 17 . Was Parker (Vam) 16 -18 ; 18. Todd Hicks IKaw) 17 -19: 19. Scan Brown (Han ) DNF·4; 20 . Larry Moore IHonl DNF-20. 125cc PRO: 1. A .J. Wh it ing (Suz) 1·3; 2 . Ross Pederso n ISuz ) 3-2 ; 3. Doug Dubach (Suz) 4-5 ; 4. W ill ie Su rratt (Hon) 5 -6 ; 5. Ter ry Tin ney (Su ll 7 -9 ; 6. Dave Coupe (Kaw) 6-10; 7. Rodney Harr iger (Kaw) 11- 7; 8. Clay Hoenshell (Suz) 10-8; 9. Eddie Hicks (Vam) 9 -12; 10 . Gary Sm it h (Kaw) 8 -13 ; 11. Erik Kehoe (Suz) 28-1; 12. Dean M at son (Kaw) t 311 ; 13. Dav id Hett inga (Kaw) 12· 15; 14 . Denn is Ostr eim (SuzI 16- 14; 15 . Wi llie M ill er IKaw) 15-1 6; 16 . Tyso n Voh land (Kaw) 2 -DNF; 17. Gary Butc her (Kaw) 19 -18 : 18 . Je ff Pestana (Vam) 18 -19 ; 19 . Sean Conley (Kaw) 17 ·20; 20. Kell y Andris (Han) 21 ·17. 2500c PRO: 1. Jim Holl ey (Vam) 4·1 ; 2. Larry Wosick (Han) 1-4 ; 3. Andy Eson (Vam) 2-3; 4 . Ross Pede r son (Suz) 6 -2 ; 5. Jonny Nelson (HusI3·7; 6. Dexter Hayhurst (Yam ) 5-6; 7. Robie Hadlock IKaw) 8 -5 ; 8. Daye Coupe (Kaw) 7-8 ; 9. Don Goettling (Vam) 11-9; 10 . Joh n Fitz-Gibbon (Vam) 12 -10; 11 . Howie Ross (Suz) 10·13; 12 . Dan iel Baker (Hon) 14- 15; 13 . Craig Christi an (Vam) 17 · 16; 14. Scon Nielson (Han) 23 · 1 1; 15. Damon Webb (Han) 18 . 17; 16. Tim Wi nslow(VamI 19-18; 17. Tony Richa rds (KawI 2 7-1 2; rs. Luca Barone (Han) 26 ·14; 19 . Andy Tresser (Han) 21 -20; 20 . George Hopper IHon ) 20- 21. 500cc PRO: t . Phil Larson (Han) 1-1 ; 2. Eric McKenna (Han) 3 ·2 ; 3 . Scan Sargent IKaw) 5-3 : 4. Brett Cahors (Honl 4 -4; 5 . Pete Langley (Kaw) 8 -6; 6. Trov Bradshaw (Yam) 11 -7 ; 7 . Greg Torgerson (Hus) 12 -8; 8 . Hunter Carothers (Vam) 13 ·9; 9 . Ron laPoin te (Vam) 14 -11 ; 10 . Mike Larson (Han) 2. DNF; 1 1. Beau Hildon (Hon) 15-14; 12 . Jeff McDonaid (Vam) 10- 2 1; 13. Kurt Jorgensen (Han) 7-24 ; 14 . W illy Simons (HonI 27· 5; 15 . Jo hn Volk (Varni 17 -15 ; 16 . Eric Sche ct (Han) 16-16 ; 17. Tomm y Odekirk (Kaw) 21 ·1 2; 18 . Randy Pockrandt (Mai) 1B-17 ; 19 . Rusty Ott (Vam) 26 - 11; 20 . J im Inglebrfuh t tHu s) 12 -8 . POINT STANDINGS 125 PRO: 1. A .J . W h iting (30 5 ); 2. Doug Dubach (26 6); 3. Erik Kehoe (2381; 4 . Will ie Surran (209); 5. (Tie) Rodney Harriger /Eddie Hicks (207); 6. Larry Brooks (176) 7 . Bobby Moore (153); 8 . Gary Smith (129); 9 . Mike Healey (125 ); 10. Terry Fowler (1231 . 250 PRO: t . Jim Holley (240); 2. Jeff Ward (2321; 3 . Ross Pederson (226); 4 . Ron Lechien (224): 5. Rick John son (209); 6 . Georg e Holland (188 ); 7. n eve Coupe (172) : 8 . Scott Bur nworth (163) 9 . Johnny O'Mara (1621 10 . Robb ie Hadl ock (1371. 500 PRO: t . M ike Larson (2 731; 2. Phil Larson 1 8); 3. Sca n Sarg en t (23 2); 4 . Willy Simons (2 12); 24 5 . Larry Dashiell (20 3) 6 . Ron laPoin te (1 97); 7 . Troy Bradshaw (189) ; 8. Scan Manning (18 2); 9 . Broc Glover (164); 10 . Er ic McKenna (14 1). " 11

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