Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

-:----.-- - , tIl z o ::E ::E w J: til :;) ::E o z o 0:: « W '" Z w o J: == - ~ .. . ::E > $-< '" 0.. til ~ < o J: 11. At the beginning o f lap seven , Farri s p assed Shobert going into turn one; Poovey a nd Jorgy ra n a close 3-4. T hen Shobert drove by Farris o n th e back st retc h. Poovey put the d raft in to p lay, and went wit h Shobert p ast Farris. T he top fou r' had a big lead over O hio's Steve Moreh ead. On th e last la p , Poovey passed Shobert on the inside going in to tu rn three. Shobert drafted Poovev on the front stra ig h t. p u lled ou t arrhe last minute, and took th e win , na rro wl y. Farri s held o ff jorgv for th e last . transfer position. Bood y a nd Filice were qui ck o ff the lin e in th e fourth a nd fi na l l2 -rider hea t rare. Boody dropped 10 fourt h befo re the co mp letio n o f the first lap , ma king the top ru n ners Fil ice, Goss a nd Ma itland . Boo dy gra bbed th ird away from Mait land a t th e sta n o f lap two . then drafted with Goss past Filice to tak e ove r seco nd; Fil ice ra n thi rd . On th e fifth la p , Goss slipped o u t o f th e g roove, all owin g Bood y 10 lak e th e lead and Filice 10 gra b second. G oss ca used Fil ice so me grief fo r th e next co u p le la ps, pulling a longsid e o n eac h stra ig h ta way . bu t not ge ll ing eno ugh o f a n adva ntage 10 overta ke secon d . On th e eig h th la p , G o ss slo wed m omentarily , a nd let Mai tland past. Boody took the chec kered flag fir st , with Bayland Racing/Bel Ra y/ S hoei -sponsored Fil ice seco nd, a nd Ma it land (Tex P eeIlSh oci /H iPo int/ Spect re ) th ird . Goss fin ish ed fourth. Semi-finals Team Ho nda's Bubba Shobert won his second National in a row by defeating Honda rider Ted Boody. It was Shobert's third Saeto Mile win in the last four events. AliA Grand National Championship/Camel Pro Series: Round 5 Shobert show ·at Cal Exp'o'Sacto Mile By Matt Hilgenberg SACRA MENTO , CA . AP R. 13 " I was kin d of worried there for a while," said T eam Honda's Bubba Shobert after win n in g the Sacramen to Mile for the third time in four tries. Shober t began the race a di stance behi nd Jimmy Filice and seco nd- p lace finish er T ed Boody, but ca ug h t Boody after the halfway point to even tually 8 entries. Gary Scott and Alex J orgen sen each got the ir ma chi nes run ni ng th e day of the event, a nd Ronn ie J ones, Dan Benneu, and Tim Mert en s each rod e a H onda . tak e the lead and the wi n. J ay Springsteen ret urned to the mi le scene 10 finish th ird, after a firs t turn cra sh o n th e in itia l sta rt of th e Nat ional. Eu less, Texas' T er ry Poovey fin ish ed th e even ing in fourth. The first mil e o f th e year was 'a lso the first race o f th e S tro h Mile Ser ies, a ni ne-ra ce series o f mile races th at has a S50,OOO point fund. T his n ight Na tional marked th e p rem ier o f a num ber of privat eer H onda RS750D s. Besid es Shobert, Boody, and Freddie Spencer/S uperTrap p Racing 's Doug C ha n dler an d Randy G oss, th ere we re five H onda . Time trials Top qualifi er for th e mee t was C hand ler, at 38.407 seco nds. Spri nge r was seco nd a t 38.509, Terry Poo vey th ird (38.637), Tom Ma itl a nd fourth wi th a 38.745, a nd Lance J ones fill ed th e top five w ith a 38.856 qua lifying tim e. Rookie Chris Ca rr rode hi s Harley to a 38.799 six th spot, just a head o f Shobert's 38.760. Dan Me- . Do n nell was th e last rider in th e 48ride r field with a 41.163 time. Heats Chandler gra bbed th e lead o f th e fi r~t.lO -l ap heatrace going int o turn , three o f th e first circ u it. Ron n ie J ones m oved from fifth 10 seco nd goi ng into turn o ne o n the seco nd lap, a nd La nce J on es held third for a bo u t a half lap , unti l p a ssin g Ronnie J ones go ing into three; Pete H a mes ran fou rth . T he top four positio n s began 10 spread out, th en o n th e seven th lap , Lance Jones' H arl ey h o led a p iston on the back stretch, wh ich dropped hi m o u t o f co ntention for the even ing. C hand ler led th e res t of th e distance, as H ames trie d to close o n Ronnie J on es. Comin g down 10 th e checkered flag , H ames pulled ou t o f J on es' dra ft a nd claimed th e second spo t by a w heel length . G arth Bro w finis hed fourth, o ne posi tion from a direct transfer 10 th e m ain . Springsteen go t th e hol esho t in th e seco nd hea t race a head o f Keith Da y. Carr. a nd Sammy S weet. It took o n ly two laps for the leading trio 10 p ull a way from the pack. Da y and Ca rr diced closely for the run ne r-up spot, wi th Carr tak in g the adva ntage o n la p fo ur. Da y d idn ' t give th e 1984 J un ior Nationa l C ham p any breath in g room , as th e two ra n no more than two bik elen gt hs apart for th e rest of th e race. Sweet had hi s han ds full wi th SCOll Parker (H- D Mo tor Co.lBe lI / Hi -Poi n t/S pectro) , a n d eventua lly forfeited th e fourth spot 10 Pa rk er. Sp ringsteen to ok the chec kere d flag first , wit h Ca rr seco n d an d Day th ird. Don H ow ard wa s th e ea rly leader in h ea t num ber th ree. G oin g into turn three o n th e second lap, Shobert powered by for the po int posi tion. H owa rd trai led, a lo ng with Rod Farris . Poovey a nd J orgen sen. H oward dropped o ut j us t a co uple laps into the race, p u t Farris in a position to "• ! , ' cha llenge Shobert, T h e start of the first IO-lap sem i saw Parker in th e lead, follow ed by Pet er H ook , Brow, a nd G ary Scott. Bro w p assed H ook a t th e start o f lap two, a nd Sweet ove rtook SCOll for fourt h . On th e th ird'lap , Brow go t by Pa rker, a nd Sweet went by H ook for th ird. S weet looked good a ll n ig ht a t Sacto - h e ran the p ace o f th e leaders, bu t was a lways o ne spot away from a tr a nsfer. S uc h was th e case in th is sem i. Brow a nd Parker exchanged th e lead severa l times o n th eir wa y 10 th e flag . with Swee t ta iling th em in th ird . Brow took th e win , with Park er secon d . Only two went 10 th e main ; Sw eet was third. G oss wa s th ird o ff th e line o n hi s Freddie Spencc rvSu pcr'Tra pp / Bell.' Espirit/Mega cycl e/ Kosm an/ Blendza ll / Ca r iis le / N D H ond a in th e seco n d sem i. but wast ed n o tim e in ga in i ng th e lead . Mo reh ead ran seco nd, Mike Minnig third , and J orgensen fourth, o n th e new P ioneer Truck Lines/ S torz/Super'Trapp/HiPo int H onda. J org y moto red a ro und in th ird as Moreh ead a nd Goss put on a show for th e ca paci ty cro wd a t th e Ca l Ex po Fa irg ro u nds co urse . Moreh ead wo ul d gain the lead goi ng into tu rn one, then Goss wou ld ge t it back going into three. only 10 ha ve Morehead repass the hi m ..•At the flag . th ou gh , Goss he ld a shm advantage. J orgen sen finished one spot away fro m the transfer. Last Chance Qualifier J o rg en sen ca me back 10 pu t o n a show o f hi s own, with Swee t, in th e Last Chance Qualifier. Sweet led fro m th e sta rt, follow ed by Minnin g a nd Bennet t. J orgen sen was fourth, bu t o n ly for th e tim e being . Bennett and J orgen sen swe p t pa st Minn ing o n la p three. th en J orgy p assed Bennett. Tha t set up th e J orgen sen / Sweet battle. T he lead swi tched ha nds a few times, a nd each o f the rid ers wou ldn 't ' let th e o the r ge t a ny mea surable lead . Sweet agai n ca me up o n th e short en d, as J o rgen sen took th e w in a nd th e fi na l starting posi tion in the 25lap Nat ional. Junior National Ron Wood/Perry H -D/ Arai /HiP o int /Stum p . I n s , .( ~a rl i sl e / ~ a l; .

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