Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

VET MASTER 1. J on Miller (Yam ); 2. J odyWeisel (Suzl; 3 . Roger Dykmans (Yam). OT JR : 1. Robert Berd yck (Ha n); 2 . W illiam Hop kin s(Yam ). OT MASTER 1. Bob Totten {Suz): 2. M alc ol m McCassey (Han); 3 . Marvin Olson (Yam). ~F~ W elcomes Smith smooth in Colorado Springs MX By Larry Johnson COLORADO S P R IN GS, CO, MAR. 17 . o '" This St. Patri ck 's Day was a lu cky da y for l25cc a n d 250cc P ro winn ers John Smith and T erry Kyle a t S.R.A.C. MX in Colo ra do Sp ri ngs. In th e first m ot a . a first tu rn p ile-u p cl aimed ei g h t rider s. whi ch ga ve Boden Soderbeck th e lea d; how ever . Kevin McKnight (Ya m ) was in cl ose pursuit. as wa s Smit h. H eadin g int o th e second lap. hath Mr Kniglu a nd Smi th blas ted hy Sexierheck and sta rted to mix it up for the lead . T he dogfigh t was close and all th at McKni ght co u ld gain o n Smith was a bo u t four seconds, hUI S m it h co u ld never g et an y closer than tw o seconds . Wh il e McKni gh t a nd Smi th wer e .a rg u in g over first. T im Bu chl i started to h ound Sode r berk for third . T hose two fo ug h t it OU I for a w hi le. until Bu chli fo u nd a fla w in So de r berk's d efen se a nd sh o t o n by. At th e ch ec kered flag , it was McKnight . Sm it h, Buchli a nd Soder heck . In ro u nd tw o . M ik e- Adcock h el d o n to th e lead fo r a half a lap before getting pa ssed hy Sm ith and Steve Kyle. Soon aft er. Smi th st re tched h is lead 10 a n enormous adva n tage . w hill' Kyle slip p ed a wa y from a five-wa y wa r fo r third. McKnigh! in ch ed hi s . wa y throug h th e battl e fiel d a nd int o third near th e end o f th e race; h ow ever. McKni ghr's drive d id n ' t end th ere - h e se t hi s sig hts o n Kyle and started 10 reel h im in . Just IwO turns from the wh ile flag, Kyle a nd Mr Knight ent ered a 1800 t u rn . where Mr Knig lu held th e throu le w ide o pen through th e o u tsi d e lin e and passed h im . Smi th look the w in ah ead of Mc Kn ight a nd Kyle. In Ihe250cc Pro class, Jim Mit c lu-l! took command of th e first mota before gl,tti ng out of shape o n the sta irsreps and letting Boo St ichter and Terry Kyle by. Mitchell managed to regain o ne o f those lost positi on s hy passing Kyle . Like th e previ ous m oto, M itch ell jumped OUI 10 an ea rly lead hUI was passed three la ps lai n hy Kyle a nd Ch ri s Sundst rom . As th e ra ce p rogressed . th e top three r id ers sta rt ed 10 pull a way from th e rest o f the pack in a cl ose bailie. Stich ter, m eanwhi le. was back in 10th reco vering from a p oor . start. So on a fter , S u nds tro m cra shed OUI o f co n te n tio n lett ing Kyle and Mitch ell duk e-it-ou t for the top sial. Bu t a t the en d o f th e race. it was Kyle still OUI in from . just a head o f Mit ch ell a nd th e fin e rid e bv St ichter. Kyle 's second moro win ena bled him the overall . whi le Mit ch ell ro ok second. ....-4 ..... .... ....-4 0- ~ . L.A. Coliseum 8IIlT/lIZ:I' m0[J1!!!!1ll castTIi GTJ( ~ SUPERBOWL OF KHJ-TV 9 , - M O TO C R O S S Saturday May 11 8 PM • • • • Killer New Track Design! All Factory Pros - 125cc and 250cc Classes! 3 Big Main Events! Toyota Supertickets and Free Early Entry Passes participating L.A. area dealers beginning 4/22/85 PHOENIX i~f "BI mini pBlmarket TOYOTA TRUCKS (i@~ Trade-mark ® ORDER NOW FOR BEST SEATS IN THE HOUSE! SAVE '20n S 18 and $lritickelA through mail orderonly. Children lO yearw and un de r ~ p ri cl"of l"iflKW adwl pri ced tickettl.Ofrf'r~xpirewM .)' I, 1985. u Make ch~ payable to and mail to MiDerSupemawl OrMOtocrofl8. 3939 S. Figueroa S L.to. Angele.. CA90037. QuNtioa.?Cal1HotJin r (7 14) 869-4889. ADULT .-riCKET S CtD W _TICKETS SUB-TOTAL '18 (i1: '16X ~_ _ 'D.OOX • _ '15 (il, 13X = S7.:wJX - • _ • _ cx.rs ORDER TOTAL TICKETS wur, BE PKOC&.. l

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