Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

into Ol d Sn ow y T ra il a t 18 m ph for 7.5 mi les. Warmerthan usu al weather claimed J im Boll in gm o a nd o ther riders with near heat stroke. After cross ing Piru Creek, the speed ju mped to 18 mph th rough th e sa nd whoops, whe re arms fell o ff, a nd wou nd u p to the finis h thro ug h the gr an ite swit chbac ks, wh ere CRC report ca rds wer e issued to riders. Randy Pretzer ro lled in 16 seco nds after Potter for 250cc A wi th Big Bea r resid ent Ji m Bolling mo J r., Open A A /V, ro u nding o ut th e top three a nd last of the sevens a t 7.488. Results LOOP 1: 1. Car l Gardcea (Yam); 2. Marc dian (Yam): 3 . M ark Wh il e (Han); 4 . J oey TOSl e (Yam ); 5. Jeff Courts (Han ); 6 , Rick Henn (Han) ; 7. Daw n Pacha (Yam); 8, Rusty Deisbeck (Han); 9. Dan Szczepan ek (Han ); 10 , Bert v Lennox (Kaw ). LOOP 2 OVER AL L: 1. St an Petter (Hus) ; 2. Ran dy Pretzer (Vam); 3 . J im Bo llingmo Jr. (Yam); 4 . M ark Cook (Yam ); 5, Hea th Hi bbar d (Yam); 6. Lowell Spiva (XR); 7. Kent Per kin s (Hus); 8 . Jack Simm erman (Yam); 9 , Robb M esecher (Han) ; 10 . Jack Labra m (Yam). Worth's waltz over Huron By Clark Emery H UR O N , CA, J U N E 15 H onda rider T im Worth swep t both rno tos in the co m bine d Pro cla ss at ro u nd two of the seven race H awaiian Holiday MX ser ies. In the firs t Pro go aro und , Worth p ut h is H o nda in front o f the pa ck wi th Fresn o 's Steve L ucent e seco nd a nd Da ve Hosa ka close behind in th ird. Jon Nelso n , usuall y o ne o f the fro nt runners, got a bad sta rt a nd w.as back in fourth position. By th e end o f the first la p Nelson had pa ssed H osak a for third and was sett ing his sigh ts o n Lusente for seco nd . Co ming into a sho rt straight Nelso n h ad a better drive co rning o u t o f a co rn er a nd passed L uce nte on th e ins ide. By this time Worth h ad a sizeable lead over the pack, but Nelson, not o ne to g ive u p easi ly, gass ed hi s potent H o nda in a n effort to ca tch Worth . O n the w h it e n ag lap Worth had so me di ffi cu lt y going th rcug h a co rner. T his gave Nelson , who was gradually reeli ng in Worth , a sh o t at ca tch ing Worth and by th e last corner Ne lso n had whittled down Worth's lead fro m two corne rs a hea d to a mere 20 feet at the finish . In the second rno to Wort h d idn't feel like racin g wi th anybody, so he p u lled a ho lesh o t a nd was gone. Nelso n wa s runn in g second when hi s H onda threw a cha in over some trip le jumps in th e ba ck sec tio n o f th e .tra ck, p utting an en d to h is day a t th e races. Ho saka , who was in third when Nel son 's cha in went south , n ow h ad seco nd a nd Lucent e was battling it out with Honda rid er Donald Franklin for th ird. Midwa y thro ug h the m ot o , Worth was wa y o u t front a nd rid ing as if he were o n ra ils. H osaka, wh o had a firm com ma nd o f seco n d p lace had h is buffer zon e dimin ish as L ucente a nd Fran khn' s ragi ng battle for third ca ugh t up 10 hi m , mak ing it a three way battle for seco nd . At th e finish lin e it was Worth, H osak a a nd Fra n klin roundi ng out the top four. In th e 125cc Junior class, Kevin McCrory had the lead , bu t overcoo ked a co rner a nd gave the lead to Ba ker sfield's Kevin Peop les. Barry Wi lli ngham wa s seco nd o n hi s Cagiva with McCrory now in ho t pursuit in th ird p lace. A few co rners lat er McCrory jammed h is Ya ma h a in fron t o f Willin g h a m a nd immed ia tel y sta rted )0- II: W ::i: w " :5 I I: u )0- m 8 o :I: c.. Mitch Farmer airs it out en ro ute to a second place in the 250cc Intermediate c lass at Huro n. Ca lifornia ; Farmer was beaten by A lan Pierce. putting th e pressure o n Peo ples. Coming over the double jumps, Peop les had some problem s a n d dropped ba ck 10 fou rt h behi nd Rya n Wh a n in third. Ala n Gil bert, wh o wa s tied fo r first in o vera ll .ser ies poi nts with McCrory, was back in fifth pl ace a fter gelling a bad sta rt. At the ha lf way mark , Wh an passed Will in gham for seco nd a nd Gilbert zap ped bo th Peop les a nd Will ingha m o n the sam e la p , p u tting hi mself in th ird . Wh en the chec kered n ag fell , it was McCro ry o u t in fro n t with G ilbert comi ng in seco nd aft er cu tt ing under Wh a n in a corne r. SUZUKI PRESENTS: Y ou'll get more out of an hour of Larry Huffman than a day reading bike mags. After all, he's The Mouth. Alias Supermouth. Alias Motormouth. A nd he comes to you live, every Sunday night , from 10 to 11 p.m. on KOLA, 99.9 FM in Los Angeles. On KTIM , 100.9 FM in San Francisco. And 1240 AM in San Diego. With the whole show sponsored by Suzuki. You'll get the lowdown on racing from top personalities like Terry Vance, Jeff Ward, Bruce Penhall, and world champion Eddie Lawson. 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