Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

into seco n d. When th e ma in ro lled aro u n d, Perk in s cha nged tires and was rea dy to go . H e gal the p u ll o ff th e lin e, and wit h the new tires , thing s were working . Perkin s had no trouble o u tr unn ing th e Cannon's She ll Yamaha and the T hompson's smaller bi ke. Ca nnon and Thompso n settled for second a nd third, respecti vely. Two young me n from Ba kersfield came dow n a nd went heads up in th e 250cc Money half mi le - it was Tommy L ynch who went wi re to wi re a head of Sea n Swea ney . L vnch a lso added w ins in lhe250ccAmaiuer/ Expert TT, lopping J im Sten tz a nd L yle Dov e, a nd o n the h a lf m ile 250cc Amat eur / Expert go wh ere it was aga in Dove a nd S ten tz, bu t this ti me in reverse orde r. Pro ba bly th e mo st fiercel y-fought battle o f th e ni ght was th e Open Expert half mil e. Jim Sleet go t o u t on top a nd kept Ron Shee ts a n d Jim Kesler a t ba y for three laps. Th e mi stak e ca me o n th e fourth lap a fter th e th ree riders had go ne three a breas t throu gh turns on e, lWO, an d three a nd were a ll taking a im on four . Ste el too k th e hi gh line whi le Sh eets went down low to co me up wi th th e lead. It took two m or e laps of h andl eb ar- to handl eb ar racing before Kesler went high an d o u rpowered Steer do wn th e fro m stra ig h I to lak e o ver seco nd ; they finish ed in th at orde r. Steer didn 't go hom e em pty -ha nded, though , as he came up w ith a wire-to wire ro m p o n the TT over Ken Kin g and Kevin T odd. 97 FM ROCKS WELCOMES THE 16th ANNUAL ia. B ~ - e c EXPO • Friday,4 PM-8PM Saturday, 10 A M-8 PM Sunday, 11 AM-S PM • Appearances by Motorc yc le Racers, Playboy Play mat es & Houston Oilers • Have an ATC Ride Exp erience • Exot ic & Reco rdBreak ing Bike Displays • Displays by Honda, Yamaha. Kawasak i, Suzuki, BMW . Harley -Da vidson and mo re! Results TT PEE WEE: 1. Brad Hink le (Vam). MIN I: 1. Bra in Hagge (Yam); 2. David Ki ng (Varni . 250 AM /EX; 1. Tommy Lynch (Yam): 2. J im Stentz (Han): 3. Lyle Dove (Vam). N.S.D .T.H .G.: 1. Bi ll Bartels (H· D); 2. Don M e iner ISuz); 3 . Richard Schroeder (Yam) . O PEN NOV ; r . Mark Ba il ey (Rtx); 2. Dale Hun ter (Yam); 3. Ron Cacha rd (Vam). OPEN AM : 1. Matt Stoutenbu rg (Yam) ; 2 . Bruce Beany (Yam l; 3 . Don M einer {Yaml. OPEN EX: 1. Jim Steet (Vam); 2. Ken King (Varni: 3. Kevin Todd (Varni . OPEN MONEY: 1. Curtis Cannon (Varni ; 2. Roger Thompson (H-D). HALF MILE MINI: t , Dav id Kin g (Vam) ; 2. Charlie Hin kle FebruaryB-10 Houston Astra Arena (Yam); 3. George Hi nkle (Yaml; 4 . Willie Hink le (5uzl. 250 AM /EX : 1. Tommy Lynch (Vam); 2. Lyle Dove (Yam): 3. J im Stentz (Honl. N.S.O.T.H.G.: 1. Don Mein er (Suz): 2. George Hinkle (Vam). OPEN NOV I: 1. Brian Barr ick (Vam ); 2. Mark Bailey (RlX): 3. Ron Cachard (Varni. OPENNOV II: 1. Joe Dodge (H-D): 2. Mark Sheets (Yam); 3. Joe Pape (Varni. OPEN AM : 1. Rub en Malaguarn er o (Yam ); 2. Bill (Bul ); 3 . Rich ard Schroeder (Yam ). L~g Motorcycle enthus iasts can see two great shows in one weekend - the Houston Motorcycle & ATV Expo and the Nat ional Championsh ip Motorcycle Races ! Show-goers w ill get an up-close look at all the 1985 tou ri ng, st reet and d irt motorcyc les, as we ll as ATVs, accessories and apparel. Shop for the best deals. en joy the special demonstrations, and meet to p racers and celeb rit ies all in one place - th e Ho usto n Motorcyc le & ATV Expo. rHiij\ OPEN EX: 1. Ron Sheets (RlX); 2. J im Kesler (Vam); 3. Ji m Steer (Vam). 250 MON EY: 1. Tommy Lynch (Varni: 2. Sean Sweaney (Suzi . OPEN MON EV: t • Dann y Perkins (H-D); 2. Curtis Pro duced by Exposit ions ~ and Conferences For inf ormat ion, cal l 714/250-8060 Can no n (Yam) ; 3. Roger Thompson (H · O). Hayes hauls at New Year's Grand Prix By Da ryl D rake MONEY PHOEI\'IX. AZ. JAN- 5-6 Moto cross er Bri an H a yes trou nced th e co m pe titio n to take th e overall and 250cc Expert wi ns at th e Ar izona Desert Racin g Association 's (ADRA) I\'ew Yea r's Grand Prix. H ayes, a bo ard a n '85 Yl..250 sponsored by United Motor Spans/ Bel Ra y/ Factory R ider, posted a time of I:57:50 in covering 15 laps of th e sixmil e co urse. Wo rld-class rider Ca rlos Serra nos was th e fastest on hi s 500 Husky unt il th e halfway mark wh en he had to pi t with cl u tch ca ble trouble. Racing again, he su ffered a flat front lire, but was still pi cking up five to seven seconds a lap o n H a yes. But o n hi s 12th lap, Serra nos endoed hard. break ing his h and leb ars. H e wa s a ble to fin ish , bUI en ded up 47th overa ll. 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