Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

In th e seco nd moto Vance edged o ut Bak er , Myers and Cook for th e hol eshot, Bak er a p p lied intense p ressure, but Vance th warted every mov e fo r a lap . The two went over th e big jum p side-by-side a nd sideways - yet someh ow didn't co lli de. Bak er sh u t th e ga te in th e next turn , but Vance regained th e lead a few turns la ter. Ba ker took the lead for good in a rig ht right- hand tu m, while Thomas, Cook a nd Ha m mer fought o ver th ird. The ba ttle raged until th e checkered with Ba ker holdin g off Vance for th e o vera ll, a nd Thomas held off Hammer for th ird a nd third overall. Whisperin' Smith, who was rid ing wi th a bad ly-warped rea r rim on hi s YZ. grabbed th e ho lesh ot in the first 250cc Expert moto over Ba ker a nd Theiss. Bak er la tch ed o nto Smi th , th en for ced him into an error on th e seco nd la p . Smi th went down , a llowin g Theiss to slip by Ba ker. Whi le Ba ker pressu red T heiss for the lead , Smi th rem ounted a nd set after th e lea ders. H e pa ssed Bill Fullerton (Kaw) then reeled in and passed Baker for seco n d la te in the mot a . Theiss held on for the win over Smith a nd Ba ker. In the seco nd ma la , Smith agai n co llected the hol esho t ahead o fTheiss a nd Bak er. While Smi th stead ily bu ilt a cushion. Baker a nd Theiss fough t over seco nd. T heiss yielded to Bak er 's ho un ding o n th e seco nd lap, o n ly to retal ia te a lap la ter. H e managed to pu t a seco nd on Bak er, but a la p la ter Bak er was upon him aga in . The two swapped positions several times late in th e moto: Ba ker finall y loo k th e adv antage o n th e last lap an d held it. Smith took th e win for th e overa ll wit h Theiss' I-3 tall y edging Ba ker's 3-2 score for seco nd o vera ll. Hammer hol esh ot th e first 125cc Expert moto o ver Paul Stine, bUI look a bad hop o ver a jump o n th e seco nd lap, swapped ends in th e a ir, a n d ham mered h im self into th e ground. By th e time he remo un ted, Sti ne was lo ng gone, so he h ad 10 settle for second. Ha m mer led the secon d rno to from th e drop of the gale 10 th e chec kered na g for the overall, Results . 500 EX: 1. Cha n Baker (Han); 2. Donn ie Vance IHon); 3. J im Thomas (Vam). 500 INT: 1. Nate Br itt (Yam); 2 . Steve M i ll er IVam); 3. Denny Port er IKTM I. 500 NOV: 1 . Dane Hillary (Han): 2. M arl< Wri ght (Vaml; 3. Roger Sm ith (Han). 250 EX: 1. Wh isparin' Smith (Vam); 2. Greg Theiss IVaml; 3. Chan Baker ISuz). 250 INT: 1. M ike Ab les (Suz); 2. Todd Smi th (Kaw ); 3. Rick McCon ville (Suz). 250 NOV: 1. Perry Robinso n (Su z); 2. Brad Beau . champ (Hon); 3. Mike W illiams (Suz). 125 EX: 1. M ike Hammer (Hon); 2. Pa ul St ine (Kaw ). 1251NT : 1. Brett Sh umate (Hen); 2. Ken nv Cast or (Han); 3. Bobby Sanford (Han). 125 NOV: 1. Jeff McCaulley (Yam); 2. Brad Burgess (Han); 3. Chris Berth (Kaw ). OVER 30: 1. Bill Dent on IKTM ); 2. Tim Eubanks (Suz); 3. Tony Greenwood (Han) . BEG: 1. Dan Durant (Hen); 2. George Perit in s (Han); 3. Brian Bundy (Suz). MINI SR: 1. Denny Stephenson (Kaw); 2. Bruce O 'Haga n (Yam ); 3 . Scony Finkens taedt (Kaw) . M INI INT: 1. Bruce O"Haga n (Yam); 2 . James . Full er (Kaw); 3 . Bren t Peterson (Ka w). M INI JR : 1. Jam es Fuller (Kawl; 2. To mmy Lee (Hon); 3 . Jason Bur gess (Hon ). MINI M INI: 1. Robbie Reynard (Kaw ); 2. Jason Burgess (Hon); 3 . Heath Huffines (Ha n). PEE WEE: 1. Robb ie R.ynard (Vam); 2. Cra;g Mo rr en (Vaml; 3. RIcky Nix (Suz). McCoy upsets Blitz Canyon By Ray Martz GRANTS PASS, OR, FEB. 17 R uss McCoy sco red a n incred ible upset victory in the hotlycontested Modified Stock class a t the first major h illcli mb o f the 1985 season , held in Blitz Ca nvon. O rego n. McC oy bested a n u m ber o f Widowmak er sta ndo u ts, incl ud ing SIeve Stit h, Kerry Peterson , an d Carl Co lli er, as well as local sta rs Dave Morris a nd ROd Coc h ra n .' The clim b got sta rted with Stoc k a nd Modified Stock cla sses co rnpeting o n a 600-ft. ho rsepower hill that h ad ma n y r iders lookin g fo r a lan ding strip as they crested the top o f the hil l. In the 500cc Stock cl ass, Kerry Peterso n took th e win on h is fa ctor y backed Ho nda , closel y follo we-d by Da ve Morri s. Steve Stith and Da ve Turner. T he utra-competiri ve 500cc . Mod ified Stock class was u p next , a n d th e com pe titio n was in credi ble - the first five riders cres ted the h ill wi th limes so close th a t th e pos itions were decid ed by 1/1 OOths of a seco nd, The victory went 10 R uss McCoy of Oran ge, Ca lifornia , a s he pull ed th e first u pse t o f th e season by roosti ng over th e to p in 10.07 seconds. Stith placed seco nd with 10.15, follo wed by Peterso n , Morris and Turner, a ll un der I I seco nds. T he T ire-class co mpelilion had the sperta tor s on the edg e o f thei r sea IS as th e exh ibition bikes ro lled to th e lin e. These riders Iaced an un gr oo med h ill with a fireroad cu t across it abo u t midwa y. T he 500cc bikes were first , a nd Kerry Pet erson was the first rider o n th e hi ll. H e made a smoot h ru n over the lap, setting a tim e tha t p ro ved unbea tab le. Th e bat tl e for 2nd was fierce; Stit h blasted over the top j ust 1/2 seco nd beh ind Peterson 's time, b UI th en Carl Colli er roosted over th e top wi th an even better time, bu m p in g Stith 10 third. Dave T u rner rod e next a nd did a skyshot o ff the firero ad jump th a t loo ked g rea t - bUI COSI eno ugh time to move him 10 fourth. Th e last rider in th e class was Rod Coch ran wh o mad e a superfast run o ver the top 10 fin ish second. knocking Coll ier o u t o f th e money into thi rd, Stith into fourth and Turner to fifth . The last class o f th e da y wa s Open Exh ib it ion , with three fuel-burning H arleys taking on IWOmulti -cylinder Honda s. Peterson aga in set th e fast tim e in th e first round, with T om Johnson and Russ McCoy close beh ind. In the seco nd round , Peterso n mad e a very fast 12.56 run over th e hill bu t fa iled to slay in bo u nds as he crested th e top , J im Brindos and I\IeCoy were no t no t a ble to better Pe terson 's Iirst ro u nd tim e, hu t then Tom J ohnso n bla sted over th e top a nd beltcred Peterso n 's tim e by a co u p le o f tent hs. This left th e climb offi cia ls wit h a rea l problem : J ohnson claimed Peterson 's second ru n should not have co u n ted since he was o u t-o f-bo u nds . Peterson claimed it didn 'I matter since he wa s already pas t th e clocks. After mu ch a rg u ing o n bo th sides th e o fficia ls fin a lly decided to call ir a tie . No harm , n o foul ; J ohnso n a nd Peterson lied for first. McCo y came in th ird with Brin dos in fourt h. Adams cooks Firebird By John Burris P H O ENI X, AZ, FE B. Ii Wi ll ie Adams fell ba ck into his o ld habi t of cooking through the Superstreet a nd Formu la competi tio n at th e Pho en ix Road Racin g O rg:.II1izalion 's (P RRO ) • co m pe titio n held at Firebird Imern ationa l Racewa y in Phoen ix. Arizona . R id ing a Ca nadian versio n of Ka wasaki's 900 Ni nja , sponsored by Sparks Cycle, Bud s O ut Back a nd Bush racin g , Ada ms made bein g one of the reg ion's best riders look easy. In the 15-lap o pe ni ng event for Stock P roduction and Vintage bik es, David Wright fro m County Cycle j u m ped to a n im p ressive lead o n hi s 750 Int ercep to r, on ly 10 o vercoo k a nd taste th e turf o n la p eight. 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