Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

' ''' Ricky Ryan holeshots the second 125cc mota ahead of Larry Brooks (157), Jeff Frisz (42) and Dean Mattson (250). way th ro ug h the rnot o, and was closin g on O ' Mara. Up front, Ward reeled-in Johnson . then passed him with five laps 10 go. Once in th e lead, Ward started pullin g away. '" started gelling tired with Ward pressuring me," said J o h nso n, "so I let him get around m e, a nd then started press uri ng h im. Then I started ma king mi stakes a nd fell back a lillie bi t." Two laps from th e en d J ohnson wa s righ t behind Ward; then d uri ng th e last lap, J ohnson sli pped by Ward through so me turns, taking over th e lead, a nd th en th e win. Burnworth fin ish ed a long way back in third, a n in ch or two a head o f O 'Mara. Hannah finish ed hi s in credible rid e in fourth , the n came Hi cks. 500cc Honda-mount ed T odd H arrell grabbed the holeshot in th e first500cc moto, just a head of Husqvarna rider Ri ch ard Sands. Half a lap lat er , Honda p ilot Greg Zitt erkopf had th e lead, but crashed a few turns lat er when hi s front wh eel washed out. By th e second la p . G lover had tak en ove r th e lead. followed by Kent Howert on, who was riding a n injured Billy Liles ' factory Kaw asak i. In th ir d wa s H arrell , th en Ba iley, Yam aha rider Scott Mann in g , Mark Murphy a nd Zitterkopf. Two laps lat er . Bailey had m oved past H owerton and sta rted reeling in Glover , wh o had a large 30-second lead. The Honda rider got closer a nd closer to Glover as the rac e wore on. By th e eigh th lap, Glover's lead had dwindled to a little less than two seconds. As th e leaders began moving through traffic, Ba iley pulled alongside Glover and m oved into th e lead. ' After that , the race was all Bail ey's - h e stre tched hi s lead ever y lap until it had grown 10 over a m inute by th e end o f th e moto, Near th e end o f the race, H onda rider j o}o Kell er was making up for a p oor sta rt an d took over third after p assin g H onda 's Mik e Fis her a nd H o wert on . Al th e fin ish , it was Ba iley, G lo ver, Kell er , How ert on , Manni n g a nd Murp hy. Bot h Ba iley a nd Glover had terri ble starts in th e second malo whil e Phil Larson (Ka w) took over th e lead a fte r passi ng Manning. A lap la ter pos itions were Larson, Keller, Man- ning, Ziuerk opf. Howert on , Bailey and G lover. Keller took over th e top SpOI during the third lap , while Bailey and G lover moved up. O n th e fourth lap, Keller had a i .45-second lead over Ba iley; two laps lat er, th e lea d was Ba ilev's. It took G lover six laps 10 get aroimd Kell er. For th e rema inder of th e race it was Bailey (3i .8 seco nds a head of second), G lover, Kell er and H o wert on. Ba iley lapp ed fifth -p la ce r id e r Da vi d McCl ain . '" had a little p robl em wi th th e heat," sa id Bail ey. " I don' t brag a bo u t being in grea t shape or a ny th ing, but the heat d id ge t to me. , stayed a way from a ir -co n d itio ners a ll weekend a nd kept m y h ot el ro om aro u nd 88 degrees th e whole time, even at ni ght, to try a nd ge t used to it. 'just tri ed to ride as fast and conservatively as , co u ld , because if yo u sta rt going slo w, yo u sta rt using more en ergy." 125cc H onda ride r J eff Frisz, Kaw asaki mounted Dean Mattson and Suzuki 's Bobby Moore wer e th e first three into turn o ne at the sta rt of th e first 125cc m or o , but two laps later , it wa s Lech ien in th e lead a h ead of Mattson, Kaw a saki ri de r Edd i e Wa rren , Yamaha 's Eddie Hi cks a nd Yama ha 's Keith Bow en ; Kaw asak i's Mark Barnett wa s last. During pract ice. Barnell landed a li ttle short on a jump a nd h yper-extended hi s kn ee and was riding in great pain; he even tu all y pulled out of both m ot os . Barnell'S mechan ic. Ri ck Asch, said he couldn 't believe Barnell even tried 10 ra ce a t a ll . By th e th ird lap - a fter Frisz, Mattson a nd Moore had crashed - Lechi en sta rted pulling aw a y, while Bowen moved into seco n d after p a ssin g Warren , wh o wa s closely follo wed by Keh oe a nd hi s works Suzu ki. Warren held o rr th e cha rge for two laps, th en Keh oe cruised by. After two la ps had passed , Bo wen cras hed a nd d ro pped 10 fourth . Works Su zu ki rid er G eo rge Holla nd was o n th e gas aft er a first turn cra sh - he had contro l o f fifth with five laps 10 go. Ho lla nd j us t . recen tly had a scre w ta ken o u t o f hi s ri ghr sho u lde r. whi ch h e di slocat ed a few months ago . At th e fini sh , it was Lechi en , Kehoe, Warrt'n , Bowen , H oll and , Bill y Frank, H icks and Mike Beier. David Bailey ge ts a little out of shape wh ile pursuing Broc Glover in the 500cc class. Bai ley won both m ot o s. but Glover st ill leads in points. Kaw asaki rider Rick y R yan blasted into th e lead a t th e sta rt of th e second moro a n d led for a lap a nd a h alf before being pa ssed by Lechien. Fol lowing in third was Honda 's La rry Brooks, th en Frank , Mat son , Hi cks. Fr isz, Keh oe , Guy Cooper (Hon) and Holland. Kehoe was th e one to watch - h e wo rked h is way u p through th e pack a nd u p to th ird aft er passin g Brooks (w ho endoed a lap before) in th e long straigh t. Keh oe th en set o u t a fter Ryan and began reeling him in . Three laps later , Keh oe owned seco nd, th en h e pulled away from Ryan a nd stayed fa ir ly close to Lechien for th e rem a in der o f th e race. H olland was al so o n th e mov e a fter pa ssing Hicks then Brooks wit h six laps to go. Brooks event ua lly fad ed , letting H icks a nd S uzu ki's A .]. Wh iting by. At th e fini sh , it was Lechien , Keh oe, Ryan , Holland, Hicks, Wh itin g , Brook s, Beier a nd Bow en, wh o crash ed twice in th e race. "I didn 't h ave an y p roblem s o u t th ere," said Lechien. " I jus t rode fast a nd tr ied no t 10 fall do wn . It was easy ." ' 'I' m a lill ie out o f shape, " said H oll a nd . " I hav en 't ridde n in a while since th ey took th e screv; o u t o f m y shou lde r. Ba sica ll y, I'm prett y happy how things turned O UI: ~ " I ha ve so me kind o f probl em with m y kidn eys," sa id Bro ok s, " I j us t can 't re tain water as well as I shoul d. About halfway through the race, I sto p ped swearing a nd sta rted burning up." Results 125: 1. Ron Leenien (Hon) 1-1 ; 2. Erik Kehoe (Suzl 2·2 ; 3. George Holland (Suz) 5-4 ; 4. Ricky Ryan (Kaw) 5·3 ; 5. Eddie Hicks (Vam) 2-5 ; 6. Keith Bowen (Yam) 4 ·9; 7. Mika Beier (Kaw) 8-8: 8. Billy Frank (Kaw)6-11 ; 9. Eddie Warren (Kaw) 3- 16; 10. A.J. Wh it ing (Suz) 16-6 ; 11. larry Brooks (Hon) 13·7 ; 12. Mike Healey(Suz)II -12; 13. Guy Cooper (Hon) 10- 13; 14. Jeff Frisz (Hon) 15-12; 15. Bader Manneh (Kaw ) 34-14; 16 . M ike larson (Kawll430; 17. Doug Oubach (Kaw) 40-15; 18. Craig Canoy (Kaw) 18-1 9; 19. Bryan Bruner (Kawl 16-25; 20. Orey Dircks (Suz) 22 -17. 250: 1. Rick Johnson (Yam) 1-1 ; 2. Jeff Ward (Kaw) 3 -2; 3. Bob Hannah (Hon) 2 -5; 4. Johnny O'Mara (Hon)4-4; 5. Scali Burnworth (Suz) 8·3 ; 6. J eff Hicks (Hon) 7-6; 7. Jim Holley (Vam) 6-9 ; 8. Brian Myerscough (Suz) 5-10; 9. Danny Storbeck (Yam)9·7 ; 10 .Joe Wr ight (Hon ) 14-12; 11. Scooter Stafford (Yam) 31-8; 12. Gordon Ward (Yam) 1B·ll ; 13 . Alley semar (Yam) 16 -13; 14 . Tom Carson (Yam) 11-1 8; 15 . Doug lange (Yam) 15 -16; 16. Gary DePillo(Yam) 12-19; 17. Steve Burdehe (Yam) 10 ·30; 18. St eve Hendrix (Yam) 19 -15 ; 19. David McClarenlHon) 13-31 ; 20 . JerrySurber(Yam)22·14. 500 1. David Bail ey (Hon) 1-1 ; 2. Brae Glover IVam) 2-2 ; 3 _JoJo Keller (Hon) 3·3 ; 4. Kent Howerton IKaw) 4-4 ; 5. M ike Fisher (Hon) 7·7 ; 6. David McCla in (Yam) 10-6; 7. SCOIlManning (Yam) 5-11 ; B. Ron Dunfee (Hon) 9 -B; 9. Kevin Folley (Vam) 11 -9 ; 10 . Ed A rnet (Yam) 12·10; 11. David McLean (Hon) 18 -5 ; 12. Scoll Johnson (YamI15-12 ; 13. Mark Murphy (Yam) 6·29; 14. J im Ellis (Yam) 1315; 15. Greg Zinerkopf (Hon) 8 -DNF; 16. Eric Eaton (Vam) 31 ·1 3; 17. Richard Sands (Hus) DNF-14; 1B. Larry Dashiell (Hon) 17 ·18; 19 . Ron laPoint e (Hon) 14 -21 ; 20. Craig Chr istian (Yam ) 24 -16 . POINT STAN DINGS , 25 : 1. Ron Lech ie n (1251; 2. Erik Kehoe (124 ); 3. ;4. George Holland (118 1 M ark Barn ell (7B): 5. Ricky Ryan (6 9); 6. Eddie W aren (681 7. (TIE) Mik e Bei er / ; Keit h Bowen /G uy Cooper (64); 10 . Bill y Fran k (63). 250 : 1. J eff W ard 1142) ; 2. Rick Jo hnson (1301 3. ; Johnny O 'M ara (1 l B); 4 . Bob Hanna h (10 8); 5. SC Burnworth (100); 6. Jim Holley (B5); 7. Jeff OIl Hick s (74) ; 8 . Ross Pederson (56 ); 9 . Br ian M yerscou gh 1 55); 10. Scooter Stafford (54 1 . 500: 1. Broc Glover (141 ); 2. David Bailey (1 191 ; 3. Scott Manning (59); 4 . (TIE) J oJo Keller/Alan 74 King 176); 6. Bill y U les 1 ); 7. M ark Mu rph y (61 ); 8. m E)Kevin Folley/Eric Eaton (581; 10. David Mc lean (5 6). 7

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