Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

wer e. Kawasaki had a large hand in th e p romotion and success o f th e 31st 'TT weekend. And .. . Kawasaki co ntin gen cy bu cks ma y have been just th e so rt o f lure it took to ge t th e Larso n brot hers to p ut on a Pro sho w par excellence for local MX fans . SLIP-ONS ProMX Wh en the big boys h it the tra ck for th e fo ur Pr o classes, it was a p pa rent th at Phil a nd Mike Larson, a lo ng with J o e Wr ight a nd Lon gv iew , Washing ton's Jim Anderson (Yam) wo u ld be the men to beat . Wr igh t " wo n" practi ce with Phil Larson rac ing arou nd wit h him for a wh ile, then han g in g back a nd scoop ing o u t th e track at a mor e leisurely pace. Vet Experts were up fir st wh en th e racing sta rted and it was many-tim ewin ner-at-Boise Rick Holmes (Suz) grabbing the first mot o a hea d , of Blazin' Bob Krah (Kaw) . Krah turned the ta bles on Holmes in th e seco n d go- 'ro und, though, and ca me away wi th the overall and the lion 's sha re of green do llars. O pen Ex pe rts were on the track for th ei r first 20-m inute mo to and it was a ten se batt le betw een Phil Larson and J oe Wri ght, both on KX500s. Ph il held off Wr ight for th e first few la ps a nd th en began p ulling it out. Ph il was absolu tely sensationa l in a sectio n lead in g to a g ia n t berm , cha nging lines with mid-air co ntortions o ver a sma ll double j um p . H e was th e fastest man o n th e co urse. Bro ther Mike La rson (Kaw) a nd J im And erson had th em selves a tremendous ba ttl e in th e fir st 125cc P ro moto with Anderson strea kin g th e Sa n d Hill with th e style th a t' s won him many a ra ce in Boise. An derso n hung o n in th e first mot o tq hold o ff the constant pressure o f Mike an d set th e stage forth e 250cc Pro con frontation which wo uld pit h imself against bot h La rso ns a nd Joe Wri ght (this time o n a Honda ), along with the li kes of La rry J ackson, T odd Peug h and Derek Personett e in th e IS-man field o f sta rte rs. The battle was o n but tu rned out to be sho rt- lived as early leader Ph il La rso n ca me o ff hard in the exact spot he'd been giving th e cro wd suc h a th rill o n hi s O pen bike. Wright im med ia tely fou nd h imself in a battle with And er son a n d a ra pi d ly-ap p roach ing Mike Larson. Wr igh t had to ex pe nd quite a bit of energy but he maintained his lead, though Mik e cut it to a matter o f feet on severa l o f the la ter laps as th e pair raced away from And erson a n d th e rest o f th e pack. T he second rno to co nf irmed what we lea rn ed in the first ones a nd P h il La rson , after finishing down in the 250s, came back to pu ll out a solid 20 seco nds on Wrigh t and sweep the overa ll with a I-I da y on th e 500s. Mike Larson d id a sim ilar num ber o n the 125s as Anderson couldn' t mai ntain the pace and fell back to wa rd th e ha lfway point. Wright got his shot in th e las t race of the day , the 250cc P ro seco nd mo to, and worked hi s way (with Mike Larson in h is sha dow) by ea rly leaders Personette ( Ka w ) a nd Peugh (Suz) to win . Mike Larson survi ved a horrendous endo over the double-jumps a nd had a lot of gro u nd 10 make up (wh ic h he did ); Phil Larson, after h is crash-prompted fini sh in the first 250cc race, declined 10 start the second moto, TT Su n da y da wned as th e best day ye t wit h early morn ing temperatures a lrea dy in the mid -60s. Experts timed in first wi th Randy Green sett ing fast time in tha t smooth style which is so dec eiving to th e uninitiated. Mickey Fay wa s within a twitch of the stopwa tch of G reen . 'Amo n g the Novices, P.j. Sanch ez for Both the 900 & 600 models $199.00 See you r local dealer or call -KERliEilS 1-800-42~S246 (C.uf.l-800-382-3689) 7900 Ollring A..~ Cu. Plr!l. 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