Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

TEri YEARS AGO Ven ezuelan teenager J ohnny Ceco tto, sensa tio n o f Davro na a nd the French G P , co nti n ue d' h is win ning wa ys wit h th e ove ra ll vic torv at the " Da vto na o f E urop e," I h ~ Im o la 200. Ceco u o won both 100-m ile legs for th e o vera ll. w h ile Patrick Pons (Ya m ) p laced seco nd a nd Am er ica n Steve Bak er cl in ched third . Kenn y Roberts quit af ter 15 la p s, affected by a n inj ury to h is cl u tch hand susta in ed in p ra cri ce. Yvon DuHamel an d Jim Evans bo th DN F th e fi rs t leg d u e to engine seizu res. Du lI am el restarte d i n th e second leg , o n ly 10 la ter be ccn terp u nc hcd by a no ther co rn peritor , susta i ni ng a possib le bro ke n sho u lde r. Dannv Chandl er was inv o lved in a firsl-r{,ot o First-turn pileup a t the seventh a n n ua l Ha ngto wn Mo tocross, at Pl ymo u th , Californi a , a nd was mm'ed 10 dead last for th e restart. Chandl er charged through th e field to ta ke th e ch eckered , a nd a secondm oro third p lac e fin ish netted h im the o vera ll in th e 125cc Expert class. Al H all pl aced seco nd. and Eric Ha rvey finished th ird under extremel y m udd y co nd itio ns . Tim H ar t, Doug Raines and ;\Iarty Smith finished 1-2-3 in the 125cc P ro class. In the 250cc Pros. Kent H ow ert on took to p ho nors, wi th seco nd ov era ll go ing 10 T ony DiSt efan o. Jim Ellis p laced thi rd . with Steve Stacka ble a nd Ga ry Wise fin ishin g well beh in d in fifth a nd sixt h . TBIS WEEKEND BEAD FOR YOUR COUNTRY BOME. For those who like their sports actioD fasl aDd furious holdoDfor "Americ:anSports Cavalcade" for everything from aalo raciag 10 rodeos. Salardays. Saadays, wilDess the spectacle of exciliDg Saperbike raciag OD "The Peler Starr Molorcycle Show." "Americ:anSports Cavalcade" Saturdays, 12:30 PM, 6:00 PM (PST) "The Peter Starr Motorcycle Show" Sundays, For th e fi rst ti me in 18 yea rs, th e an n ua l Apri l half-m ile seaso n o pe ner wa s ra in ed o u t a t Asco t Park in G a rden a. Ca liforn ia . H ow ever. time trial s ro nd ucu-d before ca nce lla tio n fo und Mert LawwiII ta kin g fast time ho no rs. clocking a 22.62 wi th o neof h is newl yd es ign ed fram es. Dann y Hockie turn ed th e seco n d- bes t tim e. a n d rook ie Skip Aksland sho wed h e wa s read y for th e season by posting th e thi rd fastest time. 12:30 PM, 5:30 PM (PST) (J 1HE NASHVIllE NETWORK... AMERICAS COUNTRYHOME C' GROUPW SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS 1985 T he Bu rea u o f Land Managem ent (BL M ) was in th e mi ds t o f research ing a report o n th e environ me n ta l impact o f th e famous Barsto w-to- Las Vega s o ff-roa d race. a nd th e BLM 's Riv er side. Cali forn ia, o ffice leaked bi ts o f a n unofficial prel imina ry rep ort to local n ew spa pers. A wa ve o f ant i-race editoria ls soon appea red i n va ri ous publ ications. wi th wild ly ex aggerat ed clai ms o f permanent dam ag e to th e desert . T h e ra ce had been ru n a n n ua lly for eig h t yea rs, an d wa s sche d u led to r u n aga i n in Nov em ber . 1975, pending BLM a pproval. Fr ed Merkel was victo rious o n Sar urda y n ight, hut Jerr Haney beat him o n Su nday in min ibik e actio n in the 80cc Expert class a t the O ak dal e Easter scr am h ies in O a kd a le. Ca lifo rn ia . Chris Ca rr fou g h t Mik e Bir d for the 60cc J uni o r-E xpert titl e, pa ssing Bir d tw ice to claim h is first overall wi n o n a bi ke wit h ge ars . In big-bike ac tio n . Alex J o rgen sen look h orn e the mo ney in th e 250cc.Expen event.. ' .. • ' .0 . .. t' . , '.. ' t ,.• " •• 19

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