Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

~ Hare Scrambles eBallard wins in Daytona ...... ....... . 0.. < Geoff Ballard grabbed the lead off the start of the AA c lass and churned through the dust to the overall win. William Herrman (6C). Donald Morrow (202) and Robert Duncanson (behi nd Morrow) head the 1 2 5 c c C charge. 'Bea n , Randy Hawkins and R a y Mungenast formed a line behind. Motocrosser Ed Sw earingen broke out of th e pack on th e start of th e 250cc A cl as s a minute later, a nd set out after th e leaders. After the first tw o laps, Ba llard a nd Kadlec were still a tight 1-2, while H awkins wa s into third a head o f Bean . Sw earingen , however, was on the mo ve; h e m ad e up th e minute o n th e fir st wa ve a n d began to p ressure Bean. Into lap three, Ballard had nudged a few hundred s va rd s clea r o f runn eru p Kadlec, wh de a nothe r 45 seco n ds off th e p ace H awk in s was struggli ng to h old Sweari ngen o ff as th ey threaded arou n d lapped riders. Husky's Kevin H in es, ridi ng a l2 5XC " fo r practi ce, " was fifth o vera ll a hea d o f Bean , an d H iggin s - running in th e 125cc A di vision - was fa r a hea d of the rest of hi s class. Kadl ec p u lled off fo r gas at the end of lap four. decid ing not to ta ke a cha nce. "Some of th e guys a t th e River Ran ch N at ion al were runnin g o u t of gas sooner th an expected wi th th e new single-shoc k Husk ys," sa id Kadlec, " so I felt I' d better p u ll o ff a nd p lay i t sa fe." Ball ard elected not to stop, a n d ja mmed o n for th e o vera ll w in . Kadl ec fin ish ed seco nd o vera ll 30 seco nds o ff th e pace, whil e H awkin s ca me throu gh a nothe r minute lat er for a seco nd in th e AA division behind Kad lec. Swea ri ngen fin ish ed a few seco nds beh ind for th e 250cc A win, while Hines foll owed h i m home fo r third in th e AA ranks. " T hey didn't wave m e o ff wh en I ca me through th e fin ish line," sa id Ba llard, "a nd I started to tak e ano ther lap. And it 's a good thin g I didn 't have to go around aga in - m y tank is nearl y dry. " " I ca ugh t up to Ballard near the middle o f th e race," sa id Kadl ec, " then I sta lled it and he got awa y from m e. After that, I sta yed back a bit - it was a lot better wh en I wasn 't in his dust. " Higgins led th e di sta nce to win the 125cc A class o ver St even Bailey, an d still looked like he wa s ready for more. " I came to Daytona to ride, so I figured I might as well do a ll of it I can," said Higgin s with a smile. "Since I was goi ng to be here all day, it made sense to ride bo th classes. Riding th e 125 for a cha n ge was nice, but I wi sh ed it had about five more gea rs o n th e straigh ta ways." Action Cycle o f Mi sh awak a, Indiana 's Bea n co p p ed the Open A win in runaway sty le. " I got the holes hot on the class and j ust cruised fro m there ," said Bea n , " bu t my han ds are co vered with blisters. I kept using differen t parts of my h ands o n the bars to stay sem i-comfortable." - Results OVERALL: Geoff Ballard (C-A ). AA: 1. Fritz Kadl ec(Hus); 2. Rand v Hawkins(Hus); 3 . Kevin Hin es (Hus); 4 . RaV Mungenast (Hus) . 12 5cc A: 1. Barry Higg ins (KTM ); 2. Steven Bailey (Sul); 3. Ken Matawa y. By Tom Kolnowski tona Dirt R iders-o rga n ized event was a four- lap affair over th e 8.5-mile O RMOND BEACH , FL, MA R. 8 co urse for the Sen ior, Super Senior, C and Women divisions . Barry Higgins, ridi ng a KTM 500M X, p ulled clear of the pack only moments i n to th e race a n d roosted to a lead in excess o f a minute a fte r lap o ne o ver fell ow Sen io r classmates T om Marsh and AI Chuppa. Higgins mad e a q u ick fu el stop o n lap three, an d still en ded up th e win a n d had less th an a tea cu p of winnin g by o ver fo ur minutes o ver win in less than a wee k. Ausfu el left in hi s tank as h e crossed th e th e n ext closest rider, Chuppa . tralian Ballard, winner of the finish line. 1£ th at wasn 't en o ug h, Higgins March 3 R iver R a nch National "I managed to ge t a way from Frit z j u m pe d o ff his bike a nd onto a KTM Championship H are Scrambles a bit a fter th e start," sai d Ballard, 125MX - just in time to sta rt the " but I slo wed down a bit a nd he in Lak e Wal es, Florida , gambled on five -lap AA and A class race. As th e; ap peared aga in. I th ought I'd better th e final lap o f th e race a nn decided first wav e-the.AA a nd Open A d ivi. get back on th e ga s and keep himnot to stop for fuel. Kadlec, running sio ns - left the line, Balla rd picked seco nds behind, made a quick fuel there. It ended up being good fun and his way to th e front. After the fir st a bit fast ." stop; bu t was unable to make up the. half lap, Ballard had pulled. a few T ii rs ~ ~f pC tl}c;c4r. ip tpe p'<\y; " ,' . seconds clear.of Kadlec, while ,l\qb o )Qst time. ~illlil~.d cUJjs~d -'.!Q.lJle JQ! .r. .$.. Can-Am's Geoff Ballard held Husqvarna's Fritz Kadlec in check through every inch of five dusty laps at the Daytona Sportsman H are Scrambles to clai m his seco nd o verall 18 250cc A : 1. Ed Swea ringan (Su z); 2 . Alle n Scan (Hus); 3 . Gary DeBocl< ( Hon~ 4 . Ray Hoa rd (Han); 5 . Rod Bu sh (KTM). OPEN A : 1. Bob Bea n IHus): 2. Ron Flagg (Yam); 3. Dou g Su llivan (Hont . 125cc B: 1. Kevin Politt e (Hon); 2. Ned Lowerre (Cog); 3 . Andrew Faust (Suz); 4 . Bill Drymon (Han); 5. Terr y Dou cett e (Hon). 2500c B: 1. Todd Shi ra h( Kaw); 2 . Larry Hill (Yam) ; 3 . M i ke Pa scar ella : 4 . Peter Wa lker (M ai); 5 . Ken Joyce (Hu s). OPEN B: 1. Char les Oakes (Su z); 2 . To m But ler (M ·S); 3 . Ch arl ie Williams{Husl: 4. Vergle You ng Jr. (Hus); 5. Jeff DiM aio (Yam) . 12 5cc C: 1. Mike Pickard (Kaw ); 2. W illiam Burn s (Kaw); 3 . Roben Duncan son (Hon); 4 . Donald Morrow (Hon ); 5. Ed Faust. 250cc C: 1. Chu ck Weinberg (Suz); 2 . J ohn Mo r · re IlISuz); 3 . Ter ry San der son {Hon); 4 . M ike Poir ier ; 5 . Richa rd Scagleft er (Hon) , OP EN C: 1. Robert Ander son (Han); 2. Geor ge M ag gioco (Hus); 3 . Norm Herb ert IKawl: 4 . Jim Cade nhead (Hon); 5. Stev e Wright (Yaml. MINI: 1. Stuart Dry m on (Ho n): 2 . Mark Seibe (Ka w ); 3 . Matthew Feaste (Hon ); 4 . Doug Oakes ISuz); 5. Jeff Brown (Yam). SR: 1. Barry Higgi ns (KTM); 2 . AI Chuppa IHu s); 3 . J ohn Gall agher (Hu s); 4 . Tom M ars h (KTM) ; 5 . Fred Kli pp ls . SUPER SR: 1. Tom Vall ely (Hon ); 2. Tom Rickbrodt (Hus); 3 . Ronald Bla is (KTM ); 4 . Bill Edmundson (Han) ; 5. Buff W il ey. WOMEN: Holly Ma linowski (Kaw) .

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