Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Specia lt ies/ Megacycle Honda after winn in g th e fastest 250cc Pro h ea t race. At the snap o f the rubberband, Wilson led Zirbel (joe Gary/Town Center Yam ), Cran e a n d Adam s (Ada ms Cycle/Simpson /Bul ) unti l Zirbel snuck a wh eel p ast for th e lead . Zirbel lost sha pe short ly th ereaft er a nd ga ve Wil son ba ck rh e Iead until Zirbel made a n on -the-gas wheelie down th e 1/ 20-m ile st rai g h t 10 gra b th e lead whil e Ad ams got by Wil son 10 m ove 10 second. Tem p ers flared a fte r Zirb el was p en al ized hy referee Andy Cra ne for co ur se cu tt ing, whi ch ga ve Ad ams th e win. Kendi g clobbered th e SOOcc A main by beating Wash inglOn 's Ri ck S tock (H a n 500) a nd AMA N ovi ce Pro Tim Hall (Ya m SOO) in th e 10-lap fina l. T h ings were di fferent in th e 15-lap Open P ro mon ey race as heat w in n er SCOll Mill er put th e Track-Ta k racing Ya ma ha T rsoo into a lead whil e Zirbel. Kend ig . Wi lson and AMA Juni or Mike Huffman (H a n SOO) fill ed th e to p p osi ti ons. M ill er rode hi s best to date at th e facili ties, motorin g away fro m looming Zirb el. wh o had hi s hands full with Kendig a nd Wilson. T en laps into th e m ai n . Zir bel hit th e retaining wall a nd ca used th e red flags to co me o ut. On the sing le fi le restart, it wa s Mi ller aga in in front unt il mech ani ca l woes p ut th e di sappoin ted Expert o n th e sideli nes a n d put Zirbel a n d Ken di g . i n a kn ock-out brawl for th e lead . Zir bel dropped off th e pace, allowi ng Kendi g th e win on th e F&W Englis h M.C.! Ad ams Cvcle/ Ser res Farm s H on da SO Owith ' Vilson nabbin g seco n d a nd Zirbel thi rd over Huffm an a nd Chuck G len d er (H a n). Results OPEN PRO; 1. Steve Kendig (Hon) ; 2. Don W il son (Han); 3 . Marty Zir bel (Yam). OPEN A: 1. Steve Kendig (Hon ); 2. Rick Stock (Hon); 3. Tim Hall (Yam). . 250 PRO $ ; ,1 . Ron Adams (Bul); 2. Don Wilson (Ha n); 3. Fra nk Cran e (Yam) . 2 50A; 1. Steve Loraine (Hon); 2. Bria n Riley( Bul); 3 . Pat M unyon (Bul). 125 A : 1. Bri an Riley (Han); 2 . Li nco ln Vo lker (Hon); 3. Don Kasper (Hon). . 80 A ; 1. M att Zir bel (Yam) ; 2. Becky Bu sch aw (Kaw ); 3 . Rya n An der son (Kaw) . 60 A : 1. Ryan An derson (Kaw ); 2 . Mike Fett y (Yam); 3 . J ust in Lawrenc e (Yam ). Lange leaps to Albany SX win By Clay Light ALBANY , O R , FEB . 17 D o u g L an g e p ou nd ed th e whoop-de-doos hard enough to grab top cash in the Open Pro class a t Al bany Su percross o n a bea ut ifu l, ba lm y wint er da y. T he " hot" tempera tu re of nearl y 50 degr ees bro ught racers a nd spectators ou t to also witness R odn ey Keller win th e 250 cc P ro class and Ya m a ha of Spri ngfield 's Ri cky Gunderson tak e th e I 25cc Pro contest. Lange (Moto -X Fox/Yam Support ) shot in to the lead in the firs t Open Pro outing a n d roosted a round th e loa m y sa nd -line d tra ck while J on Buya s (Kaw ), R icha rd Earle (H a n ) a nd T im Mi ch litsch (Yam Support) h eld down to p positions. Lange rode smoothl y a nd precisely en rou te 10 th e mota win over Bu yas , Mi chl itsch , David Caller (H a n) a n d J eff Reed (Yam ). Mota two saw Lange on the gas and la un ching his YZ in to first ahead o f Mi ch litsch a n d Buv as. Mi chli tsch sea rche d th e ent ire rnor o for a lin e a ro un d Lange but 10 n o av a il as Lange went o n to card a perfect I -I. Mi chlitsch went 3-2 for seco nd over Buya s (2-3). SCOll R ussell (H o n) o u trode G ary Beaver (Yam) to win th e Int ermed ia tes. The 2S0cc Pro/ Intermediate class was a lso a thri ller, led by sensational Kell er (R oseburg H o n ). Kell er st yled o ut front a ll alo ne , going uncon- tested 10 the flag . Int ermedi a tes Devon Oil (Kaw ), Tony Graves (H a n ) and Mik e Holbrook (H a n) ha d a swa pfest going th at saw Oil leadin g unt il the last lap wh en Graves swept p as t. H olbro ok , R on R obi n son (Hon ) an d Tom Wood ( K aw) fill ed o u t th e to p five. J ohn Christi an Jr. put hi s L yn n wood Yam aha 2S0 in to th e lead in th e seco nd mo ta but Kell er wa s rig h t the re to sn ag it a wa y. Kell er and Chris tia n put a h uge defici t o n Int ermediat es Oil . Graves. H o lbrook , Chris Leach (Ya m) and Robinson . Graves agai n got by Oil for a I- I overall w in over Ott 's 2-2 a nd H olbroo k (3-3). Buyas (Kaw ) led the first 12Scc Pro co ntest a nd d id a n exc elle nt job o f run ni ng a way wi th th e moto un til havin g p roblems th at put Gu nd erso n a nd KT:\I rid er Gravson H art in to th e lead ; G underson {ven t o n to bea t H a rt for the hono rs. The seco n d time o ut had H art lead but he soon crashe d . letting Ken n y O lson (Ya m ) a nd G und erson p ast. O lson a nd Gun de rso n cha llenged one a no ther for the en tire 10 la p s with Olson co m ing o u t o n to p a n d takin g th e wi n, but th e o verall we n t to G u nderson via h is 1-2 fin ishes . SCOll Adair (lio n) too k th e Intermed ia te portion o f th e race by sh eer co n sistency , ~o i n ~ 2-3 to tak e to p brass ove r Steve Nelso n (Su z), N elson won th e firs t moto hu t fin ish ed a d isma l fifth in th e second, good for ru nn er-up. Paul Winn (Yam) a lso had problems. fin ish ing 11th in th e first mota bu t came back to tro un ce th e co m pe tition in mo to two , keep ing pace wi th th e P ro s. Smith steals D-38 Sweetheart HS By Diane Bell Suzuki 01 Van Nuys SSS GREAT AMERICAN SSS DIRT BIKE SALE COMPETITION 'S4 RMS OE Only $799 'S2 RM 125Z Only $999 ' S2 RM465Z Only $1299 ' S3 PE175D Only $1199 annua l AMA D istri ct 38 Sweetheart 's Hare Scrambles. Lee Ra mage, in his first- ever desert rac e, turn ed in a n amazi ng third overall fin ish and secon d-p lace 250cc class on th e extremely fast course. The 10;00 start fou n d riders stradd li ng their fro nt wheels facing ba ckwards as per the Swee theart's directions. The banner dropped, an d h eadin g the pack to the bomb were th e ea rly leaders on IVCC Yamahas, Open class ride r Tom Moen and 125cc class ri der Jam ie Tucker, wi th Sm ith be. hind and closing in . Smit h came through first at the home check, w ith a firs t-lap average speed of almost 60 m iles per hour. S m ith had ta ken th e lead a t th e first ch eck a nd had opened up a siza ble margin over the now second overa ll Jamie Tucker. Moen h ad dropped to third overall with the Open cla ss lead . San Diego Kaw ask i West Open cl ass rider Leo n L ivin gsto n ca me skidd ing th ro ug h home check yel ling to hi s teammate, " G ordo n, I need your wheel!", after riding part o f th e fir st lap on a flat. Whil e Livin gston cha nge d hi s flat , L ee Ram age passed through to tak e over fourth o vera ll, second 250cc cla ss. Th e Vet cl ass was led by U p tigh t Husqvarna ride r Bret t Cush ing. The first Am ateur 10 cro ss home ch eck was 250 Yam aha rid er St eve Kosm an . Leading th e Am a teur wave was O pen rider T om St Peter. At th e en d of th e second loo p , Marty Smith had lengthen ed hi s lead 10 2li minutes with Tucker still screaming a lo ng behind. KTM rid er J o hn Bird, last 0 -38 rac e's o vera ll winner, had worked his wa y into third overa ll , just inches ahead of Moen and R ama ge. 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