Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

A bove) J im Norris f inished runner-up to Ford Ta nnock in t he 125cc class. (Bel ow) Team Honda 's Drew Smith f inished fourth' overall . Fritz Kad lec and his 250WRX Husky topped the Trask Two-Day qualifier. whi le Terry Cunningham took his second DNF at a qualifier. AMA Reliability Trials ISDE Qualifier: Round 2 'Kadlec collects Trask Two-Day win By Kit Palmer T RAS K MO UNTAIN. O R , J U N E 22-23 Fritz Kadlec, riding a 250WRX H usq varn a, clinch ed a sp ot on the U. S. T eam to com pete in Spain for the International Six Day Enduro, by capturing the overall and 250cc cla ss win a t Trask . Another Husky rider, Ford T an nock , fini sh ed a close 10.4 poi nts behind Kadlec, 1572. 10-1582.5, 16 for second o vera ll a n d the 125cc win . while H o nda C RSOO-mou llle d Ron Na ylor fini shed third overa ll w ith 1589.95 points. Un like Tra sk even ts i n th e past. thi s o ne wa s held a t the Fl yin g ' M ' Ra nch durin g dry a nd warm weath er co ndi tio ns mak ing some sections of th e 252-mi le co u rse unusuall y dusty, Beca use o f rh is, th e tim e sch edu le was fai rly slow a nd easy to maintain. so not ver y man y po ints wer e lost o n the tr ail for m ost riders. Results were p reu y much decid ed ent irely in the special test sectio ns th at in cluded two acceleratio n. fo u r grass tra ck a n d o ne mo tocr oss tests. Day o ne had IwOloops tha t eq ua lled IS2 m il es, and at th e end o f th e firs t da v, i t was National End uro C hampi on , T err y C unni ngham, wit h th e least a mou nt o f points lost: however, he took a Dl\' F o n dav two. Cunnin gham . wh o was ridi ng a o ne-rac e o ld. 1986 p ro totyp e 430AE a utoma tic Hu sk y. d rain ed hi s tr ansmi ssion o f oi l at th e end o f the fir st da v but for got to refi ll it th e next m C!!~ing - it didn ' t tak e long before it seized . Th is mean s th at C u n ni ng ha m has n ot yel officially qualified fo r th e Trop hy T eam : he al so took a DNF a t Ros e Cit y, two week s ago whe n he broke a wh eel o n his 12Scc Husk y. Cunningham had the 10w eSI fi rst da y score a t 468.9S, while Kadlec ca me in a t ·172 a nd Na ylor ai 479.2, u ori e o f w h ic h lost an y points o n th e trail. Ta n noch had a lo w 469.2 score bur rhe 12Scc cl ass was scored slight ly di fferent from th e rest beca us e o f a protest th at wa s filed lat er o n. All of these riders managed to sia n th eir bi kes a nd hit th e tra il o n lime Sundav morni ng, except SOOcc fo u r-s t rok~ leader. J ohn H aak er, wh o wa s riding a S IOT X Hush. H is bike didn 't wa nt to sian and had to push i t th e fir st 60 feet . lo sing 60 p o ints in th e process . Sh o rtl y a fte r th e sta rt , Cu n n in g ha m ca me to a halt a nd walked back to the pits. Meanwhile. T annoch and Jim Norris wer e involved in a close points dice on 125s: Norris riding a Suzuki R M 12S. H e a lread y qua lifi ed for Spain by wi nning th e 125cc class in Michigan. Brian Mu ll wasn ' t fa r beh ind in third. Da y I W O (100 mi les) wen t sm oo th ly for th e lead ers on the tra il: none of th em lost an y ro u te po in ts, so it was the specia l test sectio ns whe re th e rac e was wo n or lost. Ea rly number riders were a t a disadva ntage in the morning grass specia l test, especia ll y on th e first da y, becau se th e grass was sti ll we t a nd slick. For th is reason , Mull protested saying th a t Tan noch had a h igh num ber a nd had th e ad van tage o n th e grass track. si nce Mull had a n ea rly number. Hi s protest was gran ted a nd Saturday's first g ra ss times were th ro wn o u t. a nd th e a ftern oo n tim es doubl ed for th e 12Ss o n ly. This d id not . however , ch ange the fina l res u lts sta nd ings . Four ri de rs tied for th e lowest grass track limes Su nday a t 20S: Naylor, Da ve Bertram . Bill v Fulmer a n d H anker . All o f th ese 'times ca me o n th eir seco nd, afternoo n run . The la st specia l test wa s th e m ot ocross secti o n tha t mad e tw o laps arou nd th e gra ss tr ack . seve n rid ers a t a ti me. Thi s is where Kadl ec smoked the fiel d with the fastest time. losin g 658 points, whi le H anker ca rne in seco n d a t 663. Na ylor los t fifi-l points, while T annoch took to p honors in th e 12Ss with 678. Mark Hvn es had co ns isten tly lo w sp ecia l tesi tim es a nd ended up tak in g second in the 250cc cla ss a t 1624.85 poin ts, o n ly 52.75 behi nd Kadlec. Fred H oes s ro unded o u t th e top th ree a fter to ta li ng 16,12.60 poi nts. Huskv rider, Dave Bert ram . fini shed on ly 16:S5 po ints back o f Nay lo r to ta ke seco nd in the SOOcc class. whil e Ya maha-m oun ted Ful mer sell led for third . Hon da sup port rid er Dr ew Smi th was fourt h a t the en d o f day one a nd stayed in th at posit ion follo w in g day two. H e lost 1634 .8S poi nts. Taki ng seco nd to Haa ker in the four-stroke class wa s J oe Coppage a t 1689.45, followed by Robert Pi erce a t 1711.0S. despite losing 60 • ro u te points o n day two. Results 125 INTENT: 1. Ford Tonnock (1394); 2. Jim Nor r is (1434); 3. Br ian Mull (1436). 250 INTENT: 1. Fritz Kadlec (1572); 2. Mark Gyne s (1624); 3. Fred Hoess (1642). 500 INTENT: 1. Ron Naylor (15B9); 2. Oave Ber tram (1606) ; 3. Bill Fullmer (1619 ). . FOUR- STK INTENT: 1. John Haaker (1647); 2. Joe Coppage (16891; 3. Robert Peirce (17 11). 125 A; 1. Steve Branstett er (92 6). 200 A: 1. Keith Cayton (87B); 2. Don Hoagland (9 17); 3. Chuck Mat his 1 921 ). 250 A: 1. Oan Harte (873); 2. David M ort on 1 886); 3. Pat Sams (102 4). 500 A: 1. Ken Maahs 1871); 2. Tim Er ikson 1 1); 90 3. Mar k Lang (920 ). 500 FOUR-STK A : 1. Scott Neal (920); 2. Joh n Stillman (97 1): 3. Kit Palmer (1080) . OVER 30 A: 1. Tom Lill is (853); 2. Oavid Russell (9 12): 3. Bill Dart 1917). 905 ); 2. Oonald Bur OVER 40 A; 1. Buzz Farr ell 1 nett (923) ; 3. Je rry Benson 1 1). 93 200 B: 1. Bob Hash 1 939) ; 2. Mart y M cMurty (949); 3. Mark McCavley (973). 954); 2. Glenn Nielso n 250 B: 1. Br ian M err ill 1 (977); 3. Paul Van DeGr i!t 1 110 1). 500 B: 1. Robert Hami lton (936 ); 2. Tom Niemela (941) ; 3. Wi ly Rasmussen 11103) . 500 B FOUR-STK: 1. Oave Riker 1977): 2. M ark Herma ns (1460) . OVER 30 B: 1. M ike Ritchie 1 886) ; 2. Mat Herr iman IB901: 3. J oh n Burw ell (B9 2). OVER 40 8 : 1. Chris Greene (956 ); 2. Joh n Rothlisbe rger (2 189). OVER 50 B: 1. Ja ck Carlson 19971 2. Bob Krch ; (260 3).

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