Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

z AMRZOtCIII a en w ..J ..J SHOCKING a I- SUMMER ::E ;:: > CD SALE! a Due to the strong U.S. b :r d ollar, M arzocchi Strada gas shocks are reduced $20for th e rest of th e summe r! Take advantage of th is sale to give .your b ik e the dampening and ride control that the factor y iorgot. Total separation of gas and oil eliminates suspension fade completel y. A lifetim e, limited warrant y guarantees Strada shoc ks will last the lifetim e of your bike . Available for most twin shoc k . motorcycles. Summer sale price $139, effecti ve until August 31, 1985. Normal pri ce $159. Supplied co mp lete wit h spri ngs, preload adj uster, and ser vice manual. CALL 1-800-523-2522; IN PA CALL (215) 672-9100. 11. Results COSMOPOLITAN MOTORS . . . . .301 JACKSONVILLE RD. ~ HATBORO, PA 19040 Round five of the Oklahoma Spring Championship series saw Hondamounted Guy Cooper win the 250cc Pro class with a ,., score. in side o f a big sweepe r to pass Lan e. La ne th en pa ssed McG hee back; McGhee retaliated with a pass o f hi s own . McGhee mad e th e decidin g pass on a chica ne af ter a jump to tak e th e lead a nd th e mo to win . La ne was seco nd a nd Phil Dou gl as (Han) was th ird. McGhee got an ear ly lead in th e secon d ro u nd a nd held o ff Lane a ll th e way 10 the fin ish 10 claim th e class victor y. Lane was second for secon d overa ll. P h il Gribra u was thi rd, followed by Do ugl as, who was th ird overa ll. In 250cc .Pro class action. Cahors h ad 10 ba ttl e against heavy oppos ition fro m Ma tson , Rau b, Tony Richar ds (Kaw) and Ga rdn er. Cahors managed to sweep both 250cc motos , wit h Gardn er and Ma tson second and th ird overall , respectively. In the l 25cc Pros, Cahors ' flat took him o ut for the night , clearing th e stage for Ma tson and riva l Tony Flores. Both riders cons isten tIy passed an d re-passed eac h ot he r in bo th rnot os, but in each case the w in went to Mat son , gi ving h im the overal l. Flor es was second for th e night. Results RACI1fG LClBIlIC4/'fTS 1444 1'Ion«r#7. EI c.jotJ. CA 92lJ2W) Pho= Ord"" Desio (619) 441·971J M*STAR/MAICO 5.1• • • Parts, Service Also Street. Service Repair Yoshimura, Meueler. EBC. O·Neel. Ke,ke.. M. Smith SAMURAI M/C CENTER (213) 473-3006/6972 210931. Stone, Ave.. W. LA., CA 90025 M/C The Motorcycle Tire TIREWORKS end Wheel Sen Fernando Valley 9025 Sepulveda Sepulveda. CA 32 ,. (818) 893-7806 Specielists Torrenc.South Ba~ 26023 S . Western Lomua . CA (2131539-4160 wi nd a nd reeled in Bayless on the seventh la p. Bayl ess went down on the back stra ig ht an d d id a full-body a uger in a big mudhol e. H e rem ounted in fourth , th en Thomas too k a trip into the woods an d ga ve hi m third. Brown took th e che ckered over Hammer and a mud-en crusted Bayless. Ham me r smo ked th e lead o f th e second mot a over Bayless a nd Brown . But Bayless quickly took the lead and hid with it. Hammer and Brown fought over seco nd for most of the mo ta ; a t th e fini sh Hammer held Brown off for second, which caused a three-way tie for th e overal l. Bayl ess; (3- 1) rid es earned the overa ll, while Hammer' s (2-2) finish es were goo d for seco nd overa ll a hea d o f Brown 's (1-3) scores. PEE WEE: 1. Steve Urbu tch (Yam). MINI NOV 9-11 : 1. Tyler Hummel (Kaw) . 80 NOV 12-16: 1. AI Satezerrle (Yam): 2 . Kenn ie McGrath (Hon). 80 JR 12 -16: 1. Jerome Smi th (Yam): 2 . Steve DelaRosa (Kaw) : 3 . Shawn Robertson (Kaw) . 80 tNT t2-16: 1. Lance Lucerd (Yam). BO EX 12- 16 : 1. Chris Neal (Yam). 125 NOV: 1. Man Lorenzo (Han I: 2. Tom Kinte r (Yam); 3. G,eg Laube (Kawl. 125 JR : 1. Rob Hermanek (Kaw); 2. James Rhaupt (Yam); 3. Mark Doobert (Yam). . 125 INT: 1. Tim McClintock (Kaw ); 2 . W illiam . Jordan {Yam} , . 125 PRO: 1. Dean Matson (Kaw ). 250 NOV DIV I: 1. John Potorse IYam); 2. Sean Hummel (Kawl; 3 . Ryan Carr iga n (Yam). 250 NOV DIV II: 1. Carmen Vanio (Kawl; 2. R. Chanos (Hon); 3. Rich Stan co (Yaml . 250 JR : 1. Anthony .James (Yam); 2. W . Wh ita (Yam); 3. T. Lind (Yam). 2501NT: 1. M ike Nisson (Hon); 2. Dan Cole (Yam); 3 . Steve Michado (Yaml . 250 PRO: 1. Brett Cahors (Hon); 2. John Gardner (Hon); 3 . Dean Matson (Kaw). OPEN NOV : 1. Loren Barrett (Hon): 2. Bill Garten (Yam l; 3 . Steve Silvestri (Hon). OPEN JR : 1. Bill Bloomfield (Hon ); 2. Ka. in Anderson (Hon); 3. Kirk Smith (Yam) . OPEN INT: 1. Christopher Neu (Yam) . OPEN PRO: 1. Grag Raub (Yam); 2 . George Hopper (Hon): 3. Brett Cary (Yam). VET SPRTSMN: 1. W illiam Burnett (Yam); 2. Joe Wylman (Kaw) . VET INT: 1. Eric Hallgrew (Hon); 2. M . Leberti (Hon). VET MSTR: 1. A. McGehea (C-A); 2 . Mike Lane (Hon); 3. Phil Douglas (Hon). OT SPRTSMN : 1. Fred Parsen (Hon). OT INT: 1. Geoffrey Fox (Yam). aT MSTR ; 1. Hank Wessel (Suz). PEE WEE: 1. Shawn Mann (Yam); 2. Ricky Nix ISuz): 3. Robbie Reynard (Yam). MINI MINI : 1. Stave Petree (Hon); 2. Ch ris Shelton (Yam); 3. Robbie Reynard (Kaw). MINI BEG : 1. Jerry Story (Yam) ; 2. Jason Laureneo (Kaw) : 3 . M ike Stuc ky (Hon) . M INI JR : 1. Stev e Petree (Hon); 2. Chris Shelton IHon); 3. Brandon Lacey (Hon). MINI INT: 1. Trey Owens (Kaw ); 2. Eric Sutton (Hon). M INI SR: 1. Jeff Emig (Kaw) ; 2. Bruce O'Hagan (Yam) ; 3 . Jon Garner (Kawl. 105: 1. Jeff Emig (Kawl; 2. Jo n Garner (Kaw) : 3. Bruce O'Hagan (Yam ). 'BEG: 1. Jim Edmond IHon ); 2 . Monty Melton ISuzl ; 3. Brett Ferguson (Suz). OVER 30 ; 1. Bill Denton (KTM); 2. M ike Lambert (Kawl; 3. Jim Redwine (KTMI . 125 NOV : 1. Cli ff Palmer (Hon ); 2 . Mike Tate (Kaw); 3 . Chri s Quamos IKaw ). 125 INT: 1. Tommy Newman IKaw); 2 . Kenny Casto, (Hon); 3. Jimmy W eb (Kaw) . 250 NOV: 1. Dane Hillary (Hon); 2. Dan Potter (Suz); 3. Mika Williams (Suz). 250 INT: 1. Mike O'Hagan (Yam); 2. J .R. Miller (Yam); 3. Steve Forkner (Suz). 250 EX: 1. Guy Gooper (Hon) ; 2. Ron Hendryx (Yam); 3. Gene Hendryx (Yam). 500 NOV : 1. Marvin Mu ssyal (Ma i); 2. Steve Caruso (Vam); 3 . David Benson (Yam). 500 INT; 1. Nat. Britt (Yam): 2 . Terry Goupil (Yam); 3 . John Davis (Kaw) . 500 EX: 1. Steve Bayless (Hon); 2. Mike Hammer (Hon) ; 3 . Greg Brown (M -S). Cooper, Bayless top experts at Motorcycle RacewayMX Diehl takes Mini win at Lakewood By Tim Tolleson By Larry Johnson O KLAHO MA CITY, OK, APR. 14 Motocross ' LAKEWOOD, CO, APR. 7 Honda m oun ted Guy Cooper took advan tage of a break in the Na tional MX Championsh ips and returned to Okla- Brian Diehl (Kaw) captured th e 60cc Novice overall in the first Sports Riders Association of Colorado (SRAC) even t of the homa 10 do so me cherry-p ick ing in ro u nd five of the Oklahom a Spring Championship series. Cooper wo n both 250cc Ex pert mo tos, a nd Steve Bayless overca me a first- mo ta mudbath and a th ree-w ay tie to tak e th e top honors in Open Expe rt . Cooper gra bbed the h ol esh ot in th e first mota over Yamaha-mounted Ron Hendryx, H onda pilot Mik e H ammer and Gen e Hendryx o n another Yamaha. Cooper stea dily pulled away from Ron, whi le H ammer held Gen e in fou rth for severa l laps. A mistak e la te in th e m ot a cos t H ammer th ird. Cooper won by a huge ma rg in over Ron an d G en e H endryx. T he h ol esh ot in mota two also belonged to Cooper, wi th Ron H endryx a nd H on da-mounted J eff H einke in to w. Hendryx tried to keep Cooper in sig h t but fell on lap three a nd let H einke tak e over second. H endryx remo unted and passed Heinke within two laps, then Gene Hendryx dro p ped th e H onda pilot to fourth. Cooper had a 20-seco nd lead over Ron at th e checkered; Ron and Gen e H endryx aga in finished second and th ird for second and third over all , respectively. Greg Brown nabbed th e lead in th e first Open Expert moto over Hondamounted Bayless a nd YZ-mounted J im Thomas. Bayless hounded Brown for two laps th en slipped past th e M-Star pilot for th e lead . Brown lat ch ed onto Bayless for aw h ile, but the Honda rid er began to stretch his lead a t m id-rn ot o rBrow n got a second seaso n here. Befor e th en , the new Lak ewood motocross park had been used o n ly for last Aug ust's AMA National MX. Ja son Wright (Kaw) was seco nd for the day; JP. T h ibodeau (Kaw) was third. In mota one , Diehl gra bbed the hol esh ot ahea d of Wright a nd Thibo dea u, but Thibodeau took the lead in turn two. Diehl retook th e lead on lap two, while Thibodeau and Wright raced side-by-side down every strai gh t for th e next three circ u its. Thibodeau wou ld always close the door on Wright in th e turns, but on lap four he went up a steep ju mp in too high of a gear a nd sta lled. Wr ight shot past and took ou t after Diehl, but he wa s longgone. Diehl won easily over Wright a nd Thibodeau. In ro u nd two, Wright pulled the long uphill start ahead of Thibodeau while Diehl had looped it out o f the starting gate a n d was down. Again , Thibodeau sn uck underneath in the seco nd turn to take the lead. While Wright dogged Thibodeau for the next th ree.laps, Diehl was rapidl y on the mov e. By mid-moto, Diehl had made up the defici t , then passed both the leaders o n the same straight. From th ere h e pulled aw ay, a n d Wright finall y got around Thibodeau on the last lap to finish second again . J im Anderson a lso had a perfect I-I day in the Vet Novice class . He led mota one flag-to-flag a short distance a head of the race for second, where

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