Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

mo to with Kirk S pencer (Yam), Bo Stega ll (Yam), Scooter Staffor d (Ceary/Ma xima). and Chad Parke.r (D~I~/ Tea m Green Ka w ) in p urs u it . \\ h ile Wh irl ev led. Stafford slid into second o n la p three, Spencer slipped to t ~lird, followed by Stega ll. Parker a nd sixt h p lace Dou g Fe llers (T ea m Gree!l Ka w ). Lap four found Kawa sa ki ' mou n ted Mike Bra y in fou rt h. Fell ers fift h, Parker sixt h a nd Stegall eig ht h. H awth orn e was seventh. Wh itley rode a lo ne a t the w h ite fla g, headed for th e win with Spencer back u p to seco r~~, Fell ers third, H aw th orne fo urth, KlI Vick (Yam) fifth ' an d Parker six~ h . Bray was back in eig h th, Stegall fm ish ed 11th . . Ro u n d two found Wh itley again wire d end 10 end , bu t there were a co u p le o f new fact'S up fr~nl. T eam Green hired g u n Carroll R icha rdso n had a hold on seco nd that he wou ld never rel inq uish. Spence r started third wi th S hreveport 's Rusty P ip es (G oo d T im es Cycle) fou rt h , followed by Vick , H aw th orn e. Feller s, Stafford, Stegall a nd Park er in th t:; top 10. Spencer th en faded back 10 fift h pl ace on lap five wh ile Stafford a nd Fellers mo ved up to th ird a nd fo urth resp ective ly. P ipes wa s now in sixth a hea d of Bray , Pa rker, a nd S tega ll. H ~ w . tho rn e was 11 th . Whi tley sco red first for th e o vera ll, foll owed by Fell ers an d Spence r. Th e 250cc Expert T exas Seri es Ch ampi onship for 1985 went 10 H a wth orn e, wi th Spence r seco nd a n d Whitl ey th ird in th e p o int s · sta n dings. . Whi tle y appeared to ha ve a lmost total co n trol over the Experts as h e charged fro m the !?ate o~ th e first 125cc moro tu cked m behi nd leader Brent Ca rriza les (Kaw) fo r o ne la p and the n go t aro un d o n lap two . Trai li ng Carr iza.les in third ~..as R ic ha rdso n , r u n ru ng ahead of Vick , H awthorne a nd Stafford . R icha rdso n ro u n ded Ca rri zal es o n lap three. Everybody held th eir posit io~s fo r th e next three laps, bu t then R ICha rdso n wrang led Whit ley o n th e w h ite flag lap. Then, before the fi l~i sh, W h itl ey damped R ich a rdso n 's bid for victory and ch arged to the ch ec~ers for th e mOIO win. Seco nd wa s R icha rdso n , foll ow ed by Carriza les. Vick, H awtho rne an d Stafford . Mot o two got u nderwa y.with W.h i. tl ey . an d R ich ard son aga m lead ing th e pack with P ipe s t hi~d, a nd S~af ford, C arrizales, and Vick runn mg through six th. Reappearin g aft~r th e first dow n hi ll. R ich ardson wa s m the lea d , but Wh itley was n owhere to be . fou nd. R ichar d so n went o n 10 lea d every lap to th e fini sh flag. H aw tho rne wa s seco nd , foll ow ed by Stafford , P ip es , Carrizal es a n d Vick . Whitley worked h is way up from last p la ce to se ve nt h a t th e .f i nis l~ . R icha rdso n 's win s h elped 111m n atl do wn th e 1985 125cc Ex pert T exas Seri es Champi onship w ith. H a wth o rne a nd Ca rrizales ro u n d ing o u t th e top th ree. Results M INI MINI : 1. Coll in Edwards (Kaw ): 2. M ichael Wa ll ing (Kaw) : 3. Bill y DeBaca (Kaw) . . M INI J R: 1. W ill y Bowd en (Kaw ): 2. M Ich ael Wai ling (Kaw): 3. Jeff M aynard (Kaw). . MINI STK: 1. Jason La ngford(Kaw) : 2. Jack RIcks (Kaw): 3. Ja son SC ultz (Kawl . h M INI SR: 1. J ason Langford (Kaw) ; 2. J ason Schu ltz (Kaw ): 3. J im Hodes (Kaw ). MINI OPEN: 1. Jason Langford (Kawl; 2. J ason Schu ltz (Kaw); 3. Jack Ricks (Kawl. 12 5 NOV: 1. Cultis Perry (Hon ); 2. Lanc e Ham mond (Kaw) ; 3 . J er ry Ben ner (Han) . 250 NOV; 1. Kei th Mundie (Kaw) ; 2. Kyle Hughes (Han); 3. Scott Sears (Yaml. 12 5 INT: 1. Scott Chesser (Kaw) ; 2. Robby Va n . W inkle (Kaw ); 3.Ma rk Gerlof f (Hon) . 250 INT: 1. J immy Spiers (Han ); 2. Kent Spencer (Yam ); 3. Barr y Bra nch (Kaw) . . OPEN NOV: 1. Qu inn Ric ker (Yam); 2. RIchard Humphr eys (Han): 3. Kelly Donaldson (Yam). . OPEN INT: r . Dav id M yers (Han); 2 . M att s Haag (Yam )' 3. M itch Halsey (Han). OVER 30: 1. Bo Herr en (Yam): 2. Rocky M ill er (Han): 3. J im my Moore (Han ). . OVER 30 EX: 1. J im Kn ight (Yam); 2. Roger Olson (Kaw ); 3. Troy Rapp (Yam ). . 12 5 EX: 1. Carroll Richardson (Kaw ); 2. Den niS Hawthorne (Ka w) ; 3 . Brent Carrizale (Kaw ). 250 EX: 1. Bill y W h itl ey (Yam); 2. Doug Fell er s (~~w); 3, ~ir~ S pe~r f!'~m). · I}' I I Polson, Hale nail ST/TTwins By M. Orr BOYD, T X, AP R. 1·1 M ike H al e dominated 125cc fla t track co m pe tition a t Mike Kidd 's Bo yd Racewa y as Trac e Pol son aced th e 250cc flat track events . Ha le led th e 125cc heat race in a wi re-to-wi re win over Jack Surber and Ed Meyer. Meyer got th e hol eshot in th e ma in . fo llowed by Hal e, Surber a nd SCOll J oh nson . H al e brieflv rook the led from Meyer by passing in sid e th e n um ber two co rner on lap two , bu t Meyer pow ered back into th e lead in turn three. H ale took the lead agai n a t th e sta rt( f!n ish line a nd h eld o n fo r th e rern ammg laps. J ohnson ga ine d the . number three slo t as he pa ssed Su rber o n th e ins ide in t he number thr ee corner o n lap four, 10 fo llow H a le'an d Meyer to th e flag . Pol son won th e 250cc h eat ahead o f Alan Pow ers a nd H a le. Bu t a t th e start o f the mai n , H a le div ed into turn o ne first, fo llowed by Pow ers, C ha d McCracken an d Pol son . On th e first la p , Pol son p assed McCr acken on the back stre tch, the n Powers a nd Pol son both went arou nd H al e o n th e o utsi de co mi ng o u t o f turn three. On lap two , Po lso n came o.u t ?f th e number fo ur tu rn o n the in side or Po wers to tak e over ihe lead a nd raced to the w in a head of Pow ers and H al e. s . Tea m Pace etter's Bill H ern do n wo n t he first O pen P ro fla t track h ea t a hea d ofScou Sche rb and Andy West. C ha rlie O rr prevailed in h ea t two a hea d of brother/ m echan ic Bill y Orr a n d Ma rk Wh itma n . H erndon grabbed th e lead in the mai n event a head of Bill y, C harlie a nd Whi tm an . O n lap two, Charli e pa ssed Billy o n th e insi de in tu rn two to cha lle nge H ern don for the lead . After a back row sta rt, Da vid Fis her ca me fro m 'sevent h to fou rt h place a nd on lap two p assed Billy Orr on the ba ck straigh t for third p lace. Fisher ~ook over s~co.n d p lace on la p six by gomg to th e tl}stde of Orr com in g ou t o f tu rn two. O n th e next lap Bill y got in sid e C harlie in three an d fo ur and the brothers rode handl ebar to h an dl eb ar for two la ps in a ra ce ~o the checkers. B.illy took the flag, wi th Scher b only a bikelen gth behind Charlie to tak e fift h p la ce. The win went to H erndo n , fol lo wed by Fisher. Bo bby Sh aw won the 250cc TT h eat ra ce, a head o f Eddi e Kauffman a n d Rod n ey You ng . Kauffman too k th e ea rly lead in th e main event th o u gh , foll ow ed by Meyer. T im Sa nde rso n and Sha w. Sha w passed Sa nderson for thi rd p lace goi ng o ver th e jum p a nd th en in tu rn th ree got by Meyer fo r secon d pl ace o n th e first la p . Meyer and Sa nderso ~ see-sawed fo r rhi rd , wi th Meyer takmg the Ilag first. Shaw pressu red Kau ffm an m a close-foug h t race for the lead, but Ka uffman h eld on for th e w in . • Results ST ' 50 ~ 1. Trey Gl asco (Yam ); 2 . Bill y Kennedy (Yam) . 80 8 : 1. Derick Wh itener (Yam) . BO A: 1. Tim Kay (Kawl; 2. Scott Williams (Ha nI. 125: 1. M ike Hal e (Yaml : 2. Ed Meyer (Suzl: 3. Scott Johnson (Yam). 250 : 1. Trace Polson (Han); 2. A lan Pow ers (Yam); 3. M ike Hale (Yam). OPEN AM : 1. Fred Oebri ck (Hon); 2. A la n Pow ers (Yam); 3. Ste ve M iller (Han). . . OPEN PRO : 1. Bill Herndon (Han ); 2. DaVId Fish er (C-A I; 3. Bill Orr Jr . (Honl . TTOVER 30: 1. Fred Debr ick (Hon ); 2. Eddie Kauf f man (Han); 3. Harr y Rardi n (Ho.n). 50 : 1. Trey Glasco (Yam); 2. Bill y Kenn edy (Yam). BO B: 1. Glenn Bolls (Yam). BOA : 1. Tim Kay (Kaw); 2. Roger Sedarat (Kaw) . 125 : 1. Jack Su rber (Kaw); 2. Ed M eyer (Suz); 3. Jerry Klei n (Suz). 250: 1. Eddie Kauffman (Han); 2. Bobby Shaw (Suz); 3. Ed M eyer (Suzl. . . OPEN AM : 1. Rodn ey Young (Yam); 2. Kirk Tyer (Yam); 3. Kerry W ood (Han ). . OPEN PRO: 1. Charlie Orr (Han); 2. Bo Herndon n (Hon); 3, Bobby SJ1aw (fiR~) · I••• :) ' I I • ( - RIDE THE NEW WAVE IN MOTOCROSS APPAREL WITH BILLY LILES PANTS $99 .95 . J ERS EYS $22 .95 SEND FOR FREE CATALOG. HAND BUILT PIPES FOR ALL LATE MODEL DIRT BIKES . GET THE POWER FOR ONLY $119.95 HAND BU ILT PIPES FOR ATVs AND QUADRACERS 250R /TECATE/TR I-Z AND MORE. PRICES FROM $119.95 EP PERFORMS 6545 West Sahara, Las Vegas, NV 89102 DEALER INQUIRIES INVITED (8001792-4200 Charge your Cycle News subscription ~ith your . 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