Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Hull o nceaga in led wi re-to-wire in th e SOcc Sen ior 'TT ma in , as R icha rds fin ished in second p lace wit h Kay in th ird. Trace Pol so n won h is 250cc short track hea t ra ce, followed bv Ala n Po wers and J ames H a rr is. M ik t' Hal e won th e seco nd h eat ra ce a head ci Ed Meyer a nd Brad Miller. Power s It'd off th e main , with l\leyer, Po lso n a nd H a rris foll o w in g . H al e went in side to pass H arris co m ing a u t ci th e n urn her tw o co rner a nd Pol son moved bv Meyer o n th e back straigh t to ta ke o ver seco nd pl a n ' o n lap o ne. Pol son rode th e o u tside lin e a nd ca me acro ss th e sta rt/ fin ish lim' afte r two la p s even with Po wers. Powers held o n to th e lead , but Polson again went 10 th e o u tside in turn number rhree a nd got around Powers to tak e th e lead . H ale a nd H arri s fo r five laps pu t pressure on Meyer for th ird pl ace, but l\kyer cro ssed the fin ish lin e half-a -wheel a he ad of H a le. H a rr is fin ished in fifth place. Debrick led the Open Amateur short track ma in fro m th e green 10 the checkere d rIag , w ith seco nd goi ng to Pol son over Ti m Sa nde rso n . In th e Over-Sf) T T ma in . Debrick got the hol esh ot a head of Wa yn e Ra tl iff. Karl Klement a nd j .C , Di ll. Eddie Kaufm an was o n th e m o ve th ough, passin g Dill off the h igh jump o n thefirst la p . On lap two . Ka ufma n we nt to th e o u tside in the sharp n um ber one tu rn 10 ta ke thi rd pl ace a way from Klement. On th e n ext la p . h e tried to pa ss Ra tliff in turn four w it hout suc ces s, th en went 10 th e inside in turn o ne a nd took o ver seco nd p lac e 10 cha se Debr ick. Kaufman closed o n Debrick in the la st lap . but time ran o u t as Debrick took th e win . In Open P ro short tra ck ac tio n. Bill H erndon took th e hea t race win , fo ll owed b y Bill y Orr a n d SCOll Sch erb. Orr go t l h e hol esh ot in th e mai n even t a head of Andv West, Cha rlie Orr and T erry Newma n . By th e en d of lap o ne, H erndon had reco vered fro m a bad beginning to gai n seco nd p lace. On la p two, H erndon went to the o u tside co m ing o u t of tu rn n u m ber fo ur 10 take over th e lead , leaving th e Orr brothers in seco nd a nd thi rd , By the end of la p n umber fo ur, Newman had gotte n around Cha rlie Orr and the two bega n a fivc-lap seesa w ba nk-w h ich incl ud ed Will ie McCo y a nd Scherb for th e th ird pl ace nod . O n la p six, H ernd on sudde n ly lost pow er in h is motorcycle co mi ng o u t of tu rn four a n d d rop ped o u t ci th e ra ce. lea vin g Bill y O rr to ride unchall enged fro m tha t poi nt, while Orr's yo u nge r brother had a sli g h t edge o n Sche rb for second p lace. H e d idn ' t h o ld it th ough, as Scherb gOI ah ead o n th e o u tside o n th e ba ck ch u te o n th e la st lap rofini sh second, w ith Charl ie O rr in th ird a nd M cC o y in fou rth p lace a hea d of Newman . Bobby Sh aw won the O pen P ro Tf heat race, runnin g away from Charlie Orr a n d H ern do n . 'After hi s m echa n ica l problems in th e short track main , H ern do n wa s a ble to co me back out for th e T'T ma in 10 get the ho les hot, a he ad ol Orr a nd Sh aw. They rode th ree-abrea st a ro und th e sharp firs t turn. th ro ugh the infiel d a nd arou nd th e ha irp in turn ba ck 0 1110 the back stra ig htaway. On the short track, H erndo n a nd Orr pu lled awa y fro m Sha w and in turns th ree a nd fo ur. th en O rr went to th e ou tsid e as H erndon stayed o n th e g roove to tak e th e lead. But Herndo n co u ld n' t pu ll aw a y as Orr co n ti n ued 10 a pp ly pressure, O rr tri ed 10 ge t arou nd h im i n th e righ t-ha nd turn o n lap number fiv e. but H erndo n pu lled o ut of th a t t u rn a nd a lso th e ha irpin turn still in th e lead . As H erndon went wid e in tu rn fou r o n th e six th a nd fin a l la p . Orr sta yed o n th e pol e for the first time o n th e short tra ck port io n ci th e CONGRATULATIONS TO 9 lUB~Kf TSUBAKI CHAIN WINNERS ; ~ ~ April 20 -2 1 - Oregon Pacific N.W. HilcHmb Champio nship ht Open lIIod. - STEVE STITH! O&D ht SOOee Emib. - STEVE STITH! D&D 4th 500 ee ElIIIib. - DAVE TURNEIt/ D&D May 11 - ASCOI Park. Ga rde na . CA AMA National Ha"·MIIe hl - TED BOODY/ CoI )ep. Bike Shop Jrd -' SCOTT PEARSON! J &R lIIa.hine ht Jr . Natl. - BRIAN ATHERTON/ Ron Wood Ma y 18 - Pa lmda le, CA AMA/Dragblke!'Desert Nationals h t Fun., Bik. - KEN DEAGLE; RC Engineering May 19 - Carlsba d. 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