Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Kenn ed y, ca me smoking down pit row w i th th e overa ll lead . H e wa s foll ow ed by L ivingston and a nother IVCC Yamah a rider, Tom Moe n , wh o wer e run ni ng first and second Open bikes. Ama teur 250 St eve Kosman , (Ya m) was lead in g a host of O pen bi kes p iloted by Mar k l\IcPerry , SCOll H a tfield , Jim BUllS and R ick L ee. Bird still h eld a sl im lead over Dan DesR osiers (KT M) and San Diego Ka wasa ki West's Bo b Bell. U p tig h t Husky's Breu Cushing was lea d in g h is fourth Vet race o f th e veal' a nd looked to be a shoe in for th e ~\'in . Bill Carr a p pea red to be lik ew ise running o ff with th e Senior race, As th e six loop race wore o n, positions began to ch a nge. On the third la p , Livi ngston took the lead from Ken nedy. " H e was practi ca lly stoppi ng and pushing hi s bik e under the trestle,' just mo tored past ," sai d Livingsto n . Th e same str ing of Open bikes were still running th ird through seven th . led by Moe n . Missi ng from th e lead group h o wever was Kosm an wh o cracked a case and lost a ll hi s engine o il. T h is a llowed J ohn Markin g to move in to seco nd 250, eig h t o vera ll. St r uggling a lo ng a t th ird 250 was KTM 's J ohn Bird , with a sus pec ted broken fool. T he 125s fou nd KTM rider Dan Morgan sa ili ng th rou gh th e pack 10 ta ke th e lead at n int h overall after a bad start, Bell had j ust passed DesRo siers for seco nd wh en h is exha ust p ipe broke wide o pe n en d ing his da y, as a sm iling DesRosier s cru ised ba ck by. Early leader Bird cras hed hard a nd retired after three laps. Joey Lane was p lugging along, in third now, on hi s spa re hik e a fter h is race bik e couldn't be repaired in time for this race, St ephen Pl ou rd (Ya m) was flying around th e track a nd had gone from 3ith o n th e firs t lap to 10th o ver ll a and th e Vet lea d . Cus h ing was now in second an d feelin g pressure from Pat Fl anagan (Ya m) o n ly two pos itio ns hack. Rog er Ad sit was th um pi ng h is four-stroke H u sk y af ter Carr as th e bail ie for first Senior tigh ten ed up. W ith just under two la ps 10 go, Ken n ed y was determ in ed to m ak e Liv ingston ea rn th e w in by passing h im ba ck in th e silt hi lls . Livingston, ca ug h t by sur pr ise, co u ld n' t beli eve it. '" felt so bad, an d thi s g uy still wa n ted to rare! 'qu ickl y w icke d it up and pa ssed him hack by check o ne," said Liv in gst on. T he last pit found m ore good new s for Livin gston . Moen was lighting up the track a fter o vercomi n g h is very slo w p its. He was up to thi rd and dosing q uickly. Lane was no w seco nd 125 after DesR osiers d evelo ped a flat. Pl ou rd co nti n ued to run a wa y with th e Vet lead as Flanagan mot ored h is wa y past Cush in g for seco nd. Ad sit now had Carr in sigh t and was making his last effort to g ra b th e Seni or lead . :'o loen 's la st -la p cha rge fell just sh ort . A tired L iv in gston cro ssed th e finish line first . Moen still finished a resp ecta ble second o vera ll a fter edging his way p ast Ken ned y just befor e thefin ish . R ick Lee, nu m ber o ne SRA Open H onda rider had ridd en a stead y ra ce an d worked int o fourth o vera ll, third Open. Joh n Marking, normally an Open rider, adapted well t9 his new mount and trailed in fifth , second 250. Brvan H a rt (H u s) sn uck into th e top 10 a nd thi n l 250 des pi te a fla t a nd .brok en spokes. Dan Morgan fo llowed O pen rider H a tfield in a t sevent h ove ra ll for an eas y 125cc wi n . " I had a bad start, but I ca n go fas t on this type o f tra ck ." La ne was a distan t second with Ben G a lindo moving int o thi rd, first am a teur. P lo urd took a n eas y Vet w in, finish in g a creditable eig h th overa ll. Fla nagan held off Cushing for second. 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