Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

... MONEY - SAVE BIG MONEY! . • All ' 8 4 ' s must go • Choose from one of the largest selections around • We won 't be undersold • We are one of the oldest and most dependable dealers around ~ I I 6525 SANTA MON ICA BLVD. / PHONE (213) 466-7191 In Boise, Idaho, Joe Wright returned from competing in the Golden State Nationals in California and won OMC's 250cc Pro class. ... him a fte r that. End in g up with a 1-1 score. Erickson wo n the Inter m ed ia te cla ss over Eri ck Hilton 's 3-2 score and Sloa n Coo per (2-3). La ra 's bike fai led h im in the 80cc Modified co ntest. Thi s chain snapped a n d Eri ckso n sui led to the wi n. T h e cha in was hack tog-ethe r in ih e final round a nd this helped Lara 10 wi n the ra ce ove r Er icks on. t1i'e-top Int erm iat e. Hilton was second over Du stin Eva ns. Results PEE WEE NOV : 1. Pablo Lara (Vam) : 2 . Robby Hammond; 3 . Chri s Wheele r (Yam) . PEE WEE EX: 1. J eH Wi ll oh (Yam ). 60 NOV : 1. David Cooke (Hon). BO STK BEG: 1. David Mcleod (Kaw) ; 2 . Gar y Brinkmeyer (Yam ); 3 . J u stin Sou za (Hon) BO STK NOV : 1. J erem y Albrecht (Kaw ); 2. Gu y Deckert (Kaw) ; 3 . Joel Tokar sky. 80 STK INT: 1. Bubba Erickson (Kaw); 2. Eri ck Hilton (Yam); 3 . Sloan Coope r. 80 STK EX: 1. Chr is Lara (Kaw). 80 MOD BEG : 1. Juslln Souza (Hon) ; 2. Ken Somm er (Kaw) . 80 MOD INT: 1. Bubba Erick son (Kaw); 2 . Erick Hilton (Yam) ; 3 . Du st in Evan s. 80 MOD EX: 1. Chr is Lara (Kaw). 125 BEG : 1. Don Cla rk (Kaw) ; 2. Mi chael Loftu s (Kaw); 3. Tom Brown (Kaw). 125 NOV : 1. Br ian Nail (Han) ; 2 . Stev e W am bold t (Vam); 3 . Doug Allen (Kaw) . 125 1 NT: 1. Billy Nielsen (Hon); 2. B.J . Mi ll spau gh (Kaw); 3 . Scott M ur phy. 125 PRO: 1. Brent Shury (Han); 2. J on Zahrt (Hon ); 3 . Von n J on es (Han ). 25 0 BEG: 1. Dou g Brin ey (Hon) : 2. Gr eg Wolfe (Hon ); 3 . Jo hn Si ngle tarl y (Yam ) 250 NOV: 1. J oey Parson s (Yam); 2 . Jim Peters (Vam); 3 . Dou g Schudza (Vam . 250 INT: 1. Doug Russell (Hon); 2 . Tom Stout (Han) ; 3 . Pau l Tomori e (Han) . 250 PRO: 1. Ken Zahrt( Hon); 2.Juan Posca (Yam). 500 BEG: 1. Ralp h Turnb ul l (Vam). 500 NOV : 1. Dan St ilwer (Hon); 2. Si eve Croff (Yam); 3 . Vi c Keple r (Su z). 500 INT: 1. Frank LaVres (Hon) ; 2. Mike M usson (Han ); 3 . Bob Wa tso n (Kaw) . VET JR: 1. Jack Alle n (Yam) ; 2. M ike M istr ett a (SU1); 3. Barr y Sim on (Ma i). VET INT; 1. Rob ert Cooke (Hon ). VET EX: 1. Peter Dill (Han); 2. M arino Basti cnell (SU1); 3. Ken Kull u son (SU1). WOMEN : 1. M asak o Koda ma (Hon ); 2 . K.O. Half hi ll (Han); 3. Leilani Emer y (Su z). ~See The Complete Line Of Winning ~ R a ce Wear From Gear Today! ~Ca ll or Write Fo r Our '85 Ca talog. ~ A s k About Our $26,000 Contingency Ii Program for AMA Nat iona l Am at eur/ Youth ~ C ha m pi o. nship at L orett a Lyn.n's Ra nch. ~~ ~~~ '~iil .... WE'VEtuoc'.............. MOVED Whe - IltW hom•• noW p,Dlb:ls. Iltw pric. . 1llIt . . . - c _ profouiMollI'_ . t. bow lor 14 p.". s,ec;.1lziIo,;" ic. /M-St.r soln. peril .. sonic.... our _ of tho on Wh••I.-Ith ,..., WI . . ofIIf • fl. lin. of ICC-m. Will. Mlieo/M-S'" IIII4IificIIloa Dillin .. WhilIo Pow., i -Idill .. mor•. En •• tw. My.r tom 11 _k .....' CIIl or drip., for. p1_ ....... lo4oy. ••w "". . .r _ . - . . WHDaSMrrHMOTOICYC~ 7722 T.-..rt Aft. Unit E H........ 8Mch, CA t2647 Carson at Western (714) 141-3ZU • M -STAR MOTORCYC LES , INC. . 50 740 East Sa nta Mar ia Sa nta Pa ula, CA 93060 (805 1525 ·3364 Dea ler Inq l,ur' es I"vll ad 1661 6 Schoenborn Street ' Sepulveda, CA 91343 ~righthastheri~ stuff at Boise MX By Marty Gregory BOI S E. !D . FEB. 24 Back home aft er ca m p aign in g th e CMC Golden State Na tionals, Joe Wright Ilew h is H onda to a 15-second lead by th e end o r' th e seco nd a nd wa s never cha lle ng-ed during th e fin a l moto of th e OMC's first MX race o f 1985. Wr ight 's convincing victory was a re p lay o f th e first mot o wh en he ran a nd hid from th e pa ck. In their o wn race for seco nd p lace, Mark Ha ll (Yam ) h eld o ff a det ermined Dan iel Huskey (Suz) af ter mak in g a midmoto pa ss in th e second go- 'r ound. Wr ight. a pri vat eer . had been co ntest ing the Golden Sta te Na tional s, and unti l returning to Ida ho. was in th e thi ck of th in gs points-wise. H is homecom ing race was without some o f his fiercest lo cal compet ition : Warren Hi ckman and Loren Shockey. Mark H all, a rea l cha rg er in h is own righ t, is just starti ng h is first year on 250s and H usk ey, w h ile a w inn er last wee ke nd at the C lay P ea k H a re Scrambles. still has a way to go to ru n wit h Wright. Todav's ra ce used the w int er co urs e and was hasi ca lly start-to-finish sand. Wr ig ht put on a mast erfu l exh ibition o f berm shots. double jumps and downhi ll flying. A dandy race in th e Mini B div ision sa w James Cyr (Ka w) scrappi ng m ig hti ly wi th event ua l wi nner John Newhouse in the second moto. Cyr h eld off th e chargi ng Honda rider w ith .sheer de termin a tion for better than half the ra ce un til New house squirted by and began lO p ull it out. J am es tried to co me back bu t was pressured from behind a nd missed a co rner. Cyr wound-up third overa ll behind Newh ouse and Ri chi e Reynolds (Kaw ), whose steady riding helped o verco me a sta rt ing line bump sessio n with a nothe r machine whi ch left Reyn olds ncar th e back o f the pa ck in th e seco nd m oto . Results M ICRO: 1. Gr eg Vea rs ley (Kaw) . MINI BEG : 1. J oh n New ho use (Han); 2. Richie Reyno lds (Kaw ); 3. James Cyr (Kaw) . MINI EX: 1. Jerry Thompson (Hon) . 125 BEG : 1. W ad e Macintosh (Ho n); 2 . Mike Hanis (Kaw ); 3. Tom Hiler (Kaw). 125 INT: 1. Jeff Irby (Kaw); 2. Sid Morri s (Su z). 125 EX: 1. Cor ey Bart on (Kaw) : 2 . Todd Peugh (Su z]: 3. Steve Newberry (Kawl . 250 ' BEG: 1. Denton Meier (Suz); 2. Lindsey l ockwood (Yam ); 3 . Rick Avery (Kaw). 250 INT: 1. Kenn y Ga llegos (Kaw); 2. Kerry Car lock (Hon) ; 3. Rick Evans (Han ). 250 EX: 1. J oe Wr ight (Hon); 2. Mark Hall (Yam); 3 . Dan H usky (Suz ). OPEN BEG: 1. Ricky Hen son (Vam l; 2 . Bi ll Ball ard (Yam); 3 . Tim Behrm an (Han) ; 4 . Steve Acarreg uie (Hon). OPEN INT: 1. Nick Megis (Ho n). OPEN EX: 1. Joe l Huskey (S uz). VeT EX: 1. Don Toussain t (KTM ); 2. M yron Davis (Kaw) . Myerscough on top at CRC DeAnza MX By Hal Sanguinetti SUNNYMEAD , CA. FEB . 24 Over 250 racers tu rned ou t at DeAnza Cvcle Park todav for the first Ca iifo rnia Racing Clu b day ra ce since the un timely dos ing of lndia n Du n es. Headli ni ng th e Pro actio n was nationa l star Brian Myerscough, wh o la p p ed most o f the field en ro u re to a perfect I - I score. Mvers cough . wh o sta rred on th e seco nd gat e on his Kawasa ki 250, caug h t and passed a ll th e 125s and most of

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