Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

(Above) Scott Pfeiffer at the start of the second Arizona loop. (Below) Helpers scramble as Pfeiffer pushes the fou r-stroke across the finish line. wa s rid ing wi th a cast o n the left wr ist he broke a mont h ago. Chris Chambers was lead in g until R ice, Ca liforn ia , abo ut 24 miles from the start, when he crashed hard, split ting th e gas tank. jeff Chambers took over in th ir d after maki ng repairs, bu t got a flat tire, and finished the Ca lifornia round on the rim, in fourth p lace. Wel k's H on da passed H o well o n the fi rst Arizona loop , and held a two-minute advantage at the beg inning of the seco n d lap . Pfeiffers were third , eight mi n utes behind Chase a t th e start o f th e last lap. Welk and McGowen kept a fast pace which put th em a head by 13 minu tes a t th e fin ish . Pfeiffers p assed Howell/ Ch a se, who had tro ubles, to fin ish secon d. The H owell /Cha se H usky crossed th e lin e five and a half minutes a fter Pfeiffers for third. Class 20 Sol o ride r Case seized hi s '85 Yama' ha YZI 25 on Friday, whil e p rerun n ing n ear Bo u se. H e managed to find an '83 pi ston and pu t th e mach ine back togeth er. The to p th ree rider s in th e class were just a bo u t tied a fter th e first check point - Ed Fol and (Ca g ), Case and St ephen Buckley/Bob joh n so n (Hon ) - a ll passed th rough less th an a m inu te a pa rt . Fol and ga ve th e bike t9 j a ~S ~IlC~q i wpo puljed 9~ ! ~q ~ three- mi n u te lead by th e completion o f the Ca li fornia loo p over Bu ckley an d johnson - Case was three and a h alf mi n utes bac k in th ird. Fo la nd a nd T uc ker were ridi ng th e same bi ke as Fol and fin ish ed th e Baja 1000 o n, wi tho u t m uc h prepara tion . Fo la nd took an '85 Cagiva to the race, but cou ld n't get it d ialed in pro p erl y, so elected to ride th e '84 model. T ucker rode th e Arizona side until, j ust o utside Bo use, a main bearing sp u n , forcing th em to drop o ut. At a bo u t th e same point, Bu ckl ey's H onda seized a p iston. They spent abou t a n hour tea ri ng the top end do wn , sa ndin g the p iston smooth, a nd reassem bli ng th e mot or. Case rode co nsistently to th e fin is h , a ltho ug h hi s hands were ge tti ng numb. H e borrowed a pair of gloves that were too big a t o ne of hi s EastWest M.C. pits, a nd fin ish ed the ra ce. At th e fin ish line, h is buddies as ked fo r 20 push -ups to show how to ugh h e was. Case o blige d th em , a lth o u gh " the last one was p retty to ugh." The team of joe Bolto n a nd Mar k Vanscourt (H a n) were o ver an hour an d a h alf beh ind Case as th e on ly o ther Class 20 fini sh er. Class 30 O nl y ha lf of the four Class 30 entries made it to th e fi nish li ne . Event ua l wi n ne rs Lapriak a nd H arris began ma ki ng ti me o n early lead er johnIEtchart:atlthe,beginQ.illg. 'i?tth~ (Above) Yama ha pilot Kevin Case rode consistently to w in Class 20. (Below) Char les Welk and M ichael McGowen topped Class 21 . California loop . Kryger sta rted late, a nd was in th ird, over 20 m i n u tes beh ind leader Etcharr/Lee Schef fers a t the com p letio n of th e loop. Lapriak a nd Harris were o n ly one m inu te back in seco nd. Kryger began h aving trou bles o n th e first Ari zona loo p an d fell off th e pace, a llowing Lapriak/Harris an easy victory. Kryge r was over a n hour back a t the fin ish of th e race. Class 38 Erl and Saltzman charged ha rd from the sta rt of th e C lass 38 ra ce, but were chased th e whole di stance by Dan Ash craft's fat he r, Bob Ashcraft , who was teamed wi th Dick Varner. Erl and Saltzman took the win by six mi nutes on th eir four-stroke Husky, whil PaulFreundand Rp ber t Hanna fin ished th ird, 34 m inutes beh ind th e • H usky of Ashcraft a nd Va rner. Results CtASS 20: 1. Kevin Case (Yam) 6:23,19,42; 2. Joe Bolton /Mark Vanscoun (Han ) 8:00.16.54 . CtASS 21: 1. Charles Welk/Michael McGowe n (Han) 5:45 ,57 .39 : 2. Kent / Scan Pfeiffe r (Yam) 5:58 .58 .52 : 3. Bren Howe ll /Oeve Chase (Hus) 6:04 .27.98; 4. Kirk Jo hgsm a/Jemes Grenke (Yam) 6:36. 13.73; 5. Karl Seiber lin g 7:03.19.24; 6. Chr ist Jeff Chambers (Han) 7:07.46 .20; 7. Franc isco Gonzalez (Han) 7:58.34.52 ; 8. Dave Ward /Jeff Call (Han) 8:10.08.99. CtASS 22: 1. Dan Smith /Dan Ashcraft (Hus) 5:17.04 .11; 2. Larry Ro..eler/ Kun Pfeiffer (Hus) 5:21.02.15; 3. Ji mmy/ Phil Means (Hon)5 :27.32 .26 ; 4 . Garth Sweetla nd /M ark Hildeb rand (H u s) 5 :3 3.22.72; 5. Ric k Lee / Cra ig Adam s (Han) 6:00.03.40; 6. Jonas Par GaaI6:59 .45.05; 7. Dale Hunter / Loui e Richan (Yam) 7:08 .17.69; 8. Bobby Nix/Jeff Quinn (Han) 8:07 .46 .63 . CtASS 30 :' 1. David u priak/ Bill Harr is (Han) 6:12 .13.65 2. Rick Kryger (Han) 7:14 .25 .0 2. CtASS 38 : 1. George Erl/ Bill Seltzman (Hus) 6:5 1.00.35 ; 2. Bob As hcraft /Dick Varna r (Hus) 6:57.23 .75; 3. PauL W. Freund/Raben L Hanna (Hus) 7: 31.44 .9 1; 4. Jamas Adlar /Ban Kellog g O11 ] 9 :1,'"

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