Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Hall, Michlitsch snare Washougal .. • wIns By Brian Barnes WASHOUGAL, WA, :'.IA Y 5 H ond a-m oun ted Er ic H all scored four wins in fou r o u tings toda y as Washougal MX Pa rk h osted it s second race of • ... • • . 42 , th e 1985 season. With th e track in excelle nt sha pe, th ank s 10 Vet eran racer Arne H ellman , a nother strong turnout of rider s showed up 10 bailie it o u t. H all looked strong in lak in g bo th ou tings of th e 125cc P ro class while wars raged behind him. Newl y turned P ro rid er Mik e Crowell (C ro we ll AUla H on ) rook both h ol esh ot s and turned in a very respectabl e 6-6 performance [or Iifth o vera ll , but it wa s David Hetlin ga ( 0 & 5 C ycl e/O 'N eal ), ProC..a li ber/ KT M rid er G rayson H art, Gary Beyer (U I\'Cn Forgings Kaw ) a nd Dennis O stri em p ro vid ing m o st of th e act io n du rin g both races , a lthough O stricm 's da y ended ea r ly w ith a na st y cras h in th e second mala . H e u inga managed ver y co nsistent rides 10 net th e second o vera ll spot. raki ng bot h ru n nerup ride s wi th H art 's 3-3 la kin g third aft er moving throug h th e pack in both ra ces . Beyer, an oth er n ew ly t u rn ed P ro rider, look ed good for th e fou rth o verall spot via his 5-·1. Th e 250cc P ro cl ass wa s n o ca ke walk for H a ll as the H onda pilot ga l an extreme ly luck y break. Cory Klaud t (L yn nwood Yamaha / Malcolm Smith ) hol esh ot th e Iirst mal a , with Suzukimo unt ed Allen Pius d ose behi nd . Kla u d t loo ked great in the lead with P iu s holding Hall at bay until lhe th ird lap. Wh en the halfwa y mark was givcn o n la p five, it look ed like Kla u dt miglu possibly h ol d o n fo r the wi n , bu t i l was nOI 10 be sinc e a fla t lire dera iled h is c ha nces o f la kin g the win o n la p six. Hall a nd SULU k i rider R ick Bozarth mot o red pas t whi le Klaudt slowed a nd even t u a l ly pu lled off t he tra r k, Hall ke pt o n th e gas fo r the remai nder of th e race taking th e win a h ead of Bozarth . Lynnwood Yamaha 's J o hn Ch ristia n , 'P illS a nd O siriem . With th eOpen d ass al so rid ing in th e same m o to it was Yamaha sup po rt rid er s Tim i\l ich l it sc h (Ma lco hn Smirh /Srou ) a nd I Ia n due li ng it o u t for the wi n . i\li c hlit sch looked good ta kin g th e win wi th lIa n a sleadv second , a nd Ka wasa ki rid er :'.Iildi Kir kpa trick third, Th e second moio fou n d Bo za rt h , Ha ll , Kla ud t and Bryan Birkesro l up front as th e pa ck ro ared towa rds the uphill , bu i o n th e way down I ia ll had pa ssed Bo za rth a nd tak en o ver th e lead. Hall roru in ucd to mot or a way as Kla ud t tr ied to ge l past Bozarth for th e ne xt three laps. Klaudt fin all y worked h is wa y pa st the Suzuki ri der, but H a ll wa s o n hi s o wn some way s a hmd . Wlwn BOl~lrth ran illlo bi k'" probl ems o n la p si x, Birk eslOl in lw r itc'u th e lhird SpOl with Christian a nd S Ian Lu nd hot o n his tail. After ho ldi ng Ih e m o re ex perience d Christian al ba y for lwO laps. Birkes101wasfi n a ll y passed a nd se!l led illlo foun h p lace. Hall agai n sco red th e w in with Klaudt. Chrislia n, BirkeslOland Lund look in g good fo r th e seco nd through fifth . Mi chlitsch and Hart weI'(' aga in first a nd second in th e Open C las s. , W ith sOllie 27 rid er s en lered i n 12:)('1'Bclass, il look ed 1ik" llwre co u ld be so mdlOl r.lcing. J im Orcutl (l io n) led l\lik e's Su zu ki moulll ed Rob Wil liam s, TO lem Lak e H onda ', Troy Da ly a nd Chris O g il n ' (Kaw) d ur ing la p o ne . T he' w in would e'\'CIll ua lly belong 10 O g ilve, bu t it was Brell Stevens (R P M Kaw ) putting o n the show as he flew p ast rider after rider 10 lak e second after co m p let ing lap o ne in 171h place. Will iams, Orcutt a nd Dor y we re thi rd . fou nh a nd fifth , respeel ivel Y• Dav id L ivinp slOn (Ya m) wa s rhe , ma n to bea t III th e second 01010. Unlort u natelv for evervone else, L iv- J ingsron was not abou t 10 le t a nyone ta ke over h is lead ing ro le a nd he cruised 10 th e seco nd m ot a win a nd four th overa ll while S teve ns passed ri de rs 10 lake second pl ace o nce aga in 10 ge l rh e overa ll wi n . Dennis MeCon ne ll (FOOl Locker K:1W) wa s th ird overa ll by virtue of h is 9-3 tall y, with Dav id In gwood (Ha n) a n d Cl int Washburn ( Kaw) lak in g th e fo urth a nd fifth in th e moto , Results 60 A : 1. Ryan Huffman (Kaw ); 2. Dan Ulven (Kaw) . 60 C: 1. Chris Patterson (Kaw); 2. Travis Berry (Kaw); 3 . M,ke Ulv en (Kaw ). MIN I A : 1. Pau l Winn (Yam); 2. Doug Burton (Vam) ; 3 . Roben Gehrke (Vam). MINI B; 1. Jeff Edson (Kaw); 2 . Rya n Huffman (Yam ); 3 . Den ny Whitsett (Kawl MINI C; 1. Steven Salmon (Hon) ; 2 . Den Berg · strom (Yam); 3 . Troy Hutson (Hen) . 125 PRO: 1. Eric Ha ll (Hen); 2 . Dave Hen inga (Kaw): 3. Grayson Hart (KTM ). 125 A : 1. Bruc e Barnes (Hen); 2. Ja mie Mun son (Kaw); 3 . Paul W inn (Va m) . 125 B: 1. Bret Stevens (Kawl: 2. J im Orcu tt (Hon); 3 . Denni s McConnell (Kaw) . 125 C: 1. Chad Gr avell e (Ka wl; 2. Tr evo r Porther (Kaw); 3. Sam 5 1. Clai r (Hon) . 250 PRO; 1. Eric Hall (Hon) ; 2. Jo hn Chr istran (Vam); 3 Bryan Birkestol (Yam ). 250 A: 1. Br uce Barnes (Han); 2. Br ian Leon ard; 3 . Or en Bray (Kaw) . 250 B: 1. Les W oma ck (Va m ); 2. Joh n W ilson (Hon) : 3. Roben Annen (Kawl. 25OC ; 1. Ch uck Barbe r (Hon); 2. Bill Naylor (yam); 3 . Joel Aikins (Yam). OPEN PRO: 1. Tim M ichlitsch (Yam ); 2. Grayson Hart (KTM ); 3. M itch Kirkpatrick (Kaw) . OPEN A : 1. Steve Hiersche (Hon); 2. M ike Hess (Ho n); 3 . Rick W ,edman (Hon). OPEN B: 1. Pat rick J ord an (Hon); 2 . Doug Hundell (Hon); 3 . Mi ke Cra ndall (Hon ). OPEN C: 1. Car l Burkhan (Vam); 2 . Bob Vidal . (Hon); 3 . Jon Nichols (Hon). OT A : 1. Ken Shandrow (Hon); 2. Jim Lampk in (Hon ); 3 . Bill Naylor (Vam) . OT B: 1. Jerry Hie rsche (Hon ); 2 . John Foster (Su z); 3 . Denn y Ribbins (Su z). OT C; 1. Gary Rtolgin (KTM) . OTH G A : 1. A lben Petterte (KTM ); 2. Richard Smith (Yam); 3. M ike Crandell (Hon) . OTHG 8 : 1. Ted Tennig reit (Ha n); 2. Ly le West (Han); 3 . Oon Schon weiler (Hon). OTHG C; I . Boll Ring ; 2 . Ted Dr essell (Hon); 3 . Bill Goldspink (Hon ). PP; 1. Lisa Kemp (KTM) . Flores flies at Baylands MX By Mike Vancil FREMONT , CA, MA Y 8 Yamaha-mounted Tony Fl ores was una ble to clai m victo ry in ei th er mo to of th e 125cc Pro class , but consis ten t rid ing ga ve him th e o vera ll o ver riv a ls Sea n Conley and Dea n Matson a t to night's Baylands Racewa y mot ocross. A misca lcu la tio n at th e Sial'! cos I Flores the cha nce o f win ning th e first round , whi ch we nt 10 Conl ev wit h Fl or es second. Flores was se~ond in 01010 two behind Malson , which was good enoug h for top honors for th e n igh t. In mo ro o ne Flores ha d a qu ick cl u tch hand to help la unch hi m off the starring ga te, but all h e ended u p wi th was a grou nd -eali ng wheel ie, wh ich all o wed everybod y else in lh e pa ck 10 beal h im to lh e first co rn er. Conlev Bin Averv a nd Matson were in lh e 'l~ad mOsl of th e wa y throug h lh e mOlo , bUl o nce Flores wa s a ble 10 ge l going aga in a ll he co u ld do wa s put Avery a nd MalSon away for second behind Co n ley. Fl ores couid d o no bell er lh an lhi rd inl<> th e fir sl co rner behind Matson a nd Con ley in Ih e second 01 01 0 . And as lh e 111 01 0 wore on , Flores d ispla n -d Co n ley fo r seco nd, bUl Ihe w in we n l to Matson a l lh e fin ish. H owever, Matson 's firsl 010 10 fourth. co m bi ned with th e seco nd 01 0 10 wi n, kepI him from lak i'ng lh e top SpOl; lh ird o vera ll woul d be h is best score. Con ley a nd Flores were li ed o n poi lll S for lh e o vem ll , bUl lh e

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