Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

in the grandstands bea tin g out o .. Todd Peugh sails his Suzuki to victory at Boise Idaho. Peugh nabs Boise BenefitMX By Marty Gregory BOI SE. 10. J UN E 9 Suzuki-mounted Todd Peu gh dominat ed bo th motos of th e 250cc Experts a t the Owyhee Me's Devlin Martinsen Benefit Name _ ;\IX. Peugh wa s being h otl y pursued by Jim L yn ga r (H us ) in the second rno to unt il L yn gar went o ver th e bars a t th e base of th e m odi fied Sa nd Hill. H a n s Kirschn er ( K a w ) held ont o second pl ace as Peugh co nti n ued to stre tch it o u t for an easy w in . Kir sch ner co llec ted 50 for nailing th e long es t sho t o ff the sta d i um jump near th e finish lin e. Devl in Martinsen co llected so me bu cks, 100 . They'll go toward transporta tio n cos ts to New York wh ere Martinsen must go for su rg ery fol low in g a n accid ent from 1984 . T he Owyhee C lub, priva te co n trib u to rs, Bob Ri ce Ford (w ho ki cked-in $500) and , o f co u rse. the ra cers p reuv m uch rook ca rl' o f i I. T h e act io n was hot as r iders swel tered under a br ig h t Ida h o s un . Firstlim e ra cer Jim Reall y (Ka w) co m fo rted himself wi th digni ty as he mo tored 10 just-o ut -of-th e-t rophi es fourth o vera ll with a 5-4 da y in th e 10 m a n 125cc B class. Likew ise first tim er Aa ron Chig brow (Ya m) did just fin e w i th a 6-3 bash in th e Open B's , Scou Da rl ing (Ya m) , blitzed th e 250cc B's 1-1. while Dennis Ra nd a ll (Su z) and Budd y Erlls (H a n) g reased th e afo rment io ne d 125 's and Open cl a ss respective ly. Keith J o h n so n (Ya m) beat six ot her boy s for second place a nd even finish ed a head of Johnson in mot a one. Address _ Results .. Please send _ _ _ print(s ) to City State Zip _ Phon e o _ Payment en cl ose d (che ck or m oney or der, payabl e to Cycle New s. ~ lCA res. add 6%, LA county res'-add 61h %) o r;iii -- Cha rge my V isa .. 0 Charg e my Masterc ard -=_ Ch arg e Customers : We m ust have com ple te accou nt n umber and card expi ration dat e. Ca rd No . Expirat ion Date Signa tu re M ai l this order to . : 42 _ _ _ Th e iss ue r of t he CIIrdide nt ified on t his ite m is a ut ho rize d to pa y th e amo un t s how n . s TOTALu pon pro per pre H n Ultio n . I promise t o pey s uc h TOTAt (together w ith a ny othe r ch ar ge . d ue th ereon l subj eet to a nd in accordanca w it h th e Agreem en t g over nin g t he u s. of such card. BOL D'OR PRINT c/o Cycle News P.O . Box 498, Long Beach, CA 9080 1-0498 ----- MINI B: 1. Keith Johnson (Yam); 2 . Angela Davis IKaw l. MtNIINT: 1. Troy Lankford (Kaw ). 125 B: 1. Den nis Ra ndall (Suz); 2. Tom Powe ll IKaw); 3. Pat Love lady (Han). 125 tNT: 1. Jeff Irby (Kaw) . 250 B: 1. SCali Darli ng (Yam); 2. M ike Sword (Sull; 3. Kell y McKinney ISUl). 250 INT: 1. Ron W ehr (Kawl; 2 . Steve As len (Yam). 250 EX; 1. Todd Pe ugh ISuz). OPEN B; 1. Buddy Erlls (Hen). 2. Leroy Smit h IKaw) . OPEN INT: 1. Toby Ash ley IHon). VETS: 1. Myron Davi s (Kaw) . Maiden takes Buffalo Park SX By Bob Bagwell DAL LAS, T X, J U N E 8 Mini Junior ride r G len Boll s of Seago vill e, T exas reall y put on a sh o w before th e 1500 fa ns J a m es H edgepeth a nd Kyle Hunter . T he Mi ni Senior eve nts saw Erwi n Sch ultz ru n a wa y from Brad Huddleston .a n d G ene Ni ckodemus for th e top three spots, T he l25cc Beg inner wa s a hard fo ugh t battle between Mich ael Huddl eston a n d Marc De Petris and T y Bai ley. T hey fin ish ed in th at o rder. The l 25cc Novice had a ll th e fans screaming a nd j umping u p a nd down when J oe H ouser a n d Joh n Wise fo ught like rea l P ros but along ca me P a t Koc h from no wh ere a nd blew them both a way. Ko ch won with H ouser second a nd J im Bob Morris th e Denton fla sh fin ish ed th ird . Wi se ta ngled with a la p ped r ide r th at cos t h im th e race. The 250cc even ts were a barn burner . T he lead in g Texas Su percross Ser ies p oints wi nner in the 250cc a n d the . o vera ll winn er Steve Maiden o f Irving, Texas showed eve ryone h ow 10 w in o n a real supercross track . Just go slower a n d fast a t th e sa me tim e Maid en says. Steve H o ll y a nd Steve Da vis fo llowed Maiden to the winner's bo x . Ste ve Sm it h bea t o u t Curtis Ca dy an d Mik e Owen in th e Ov er 30 races. Oswell/Simons shine at Hungry Valley MX By Terry Rezek H UNG R Y VALLEY. CA. JUNE 2 Tracy Oswell a nd Willy Simons domina ted th e motocross competitio n at H ungry Va lley toda y by taking easy win s in the 250 and 500cc Pro cl as ses. In the sma ll bik e cl asses , h o wever , it was brother s Sh ane a nd Bo b bv Mo rales chasing each o ther in botl; motos of th e 60cc cla ss. with Bobby gelling the edge each timc. Th e 80cc Stock class should have been renamed th e " Bu bba Eri cks on Sh ow. " Intermedia te Erickson ca me from wa y ba ck to way ou t in the lead in both motos 10 w in eas i lv. In fact, he started with th e second row in mo to tw o to gi ve h im self a hand ica p . No vice JR . Cecc heu i and Begin ner Ken n y Sommer swapped seco nd a nd third o vera ll in th e two motos to ca m fir sts in their classes. Er ickson was ba ck agai n in the 80cc Mod ified even t a nd got th e h ol eshot in both motos. H e h el d th e lead a ll th e wa y for bot h wins and firs t overa ll in spite of d ete rmi ned p ursu it by Expert J od y Tap ia. In th e women 's d ivisio n. Mindy Sm it h to p ped Den ice Thomas in both m otos for the overall Will . Ba rry Schm idt had th e l 25cc Beg in ner eve nt by the th roat. He too k th e lead in moto one before th e en d of th e first la p a nd scam pered for a n easy win . M or o tw o was a li ttl e m ore diffi cu ll. H e got a very bad sta rt and had 10 fig h t hi s way 10 th e front. W h en the chec kered fell, th a t's w here h e was a nd go t th e o vera ll. T here wa s a bit o f dr ama in the I25cc Novice race. Br ian Nail . w ho a lre ady had a bad leg , m ista ken ly sta rt ed in the In ter media te even t a nd just a bo u t burn t h imself o u t sta ying wi th th em. H e rode half th at even t o nly to be flagg ed o ff a n d restarted in th e very next event. H e was sti ll able 10 lead bo th mor os o f the N ov ices unt il the earlv c ha rge w h en hi s inj u ries ca ug h t a nd h e faded in bo th m ot os. Paul Ma tth ews m oved fro m second to th e lead b y la p fou r of m o to o ne a nd ov ercame a bad sta rt in m oto tw o 10 ta ke the lead in la p five. With two firsts , h e to ok first 125cc No vice fo r th e day , T he 250cc a n d O pen Beginner s ran together in o ne m a ss star t. R ich up

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