Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

H onda. T hough he tried to ride th e machine with a flat rear tire, the rueing surface got too hard a nd slick and Ba kers' brief attemp t looked like he was on ice. Such raci ng luck, th ough bad for one , ca n be just th e thing to turn a d isma l day int o one with a ra y of hope for a no ther. Normally, Alarco n and Bak er ar e even- u p cornpe rito rs bu t th e injured hand was a diffi cu ltv of Alarcons that Ba ker didn 't kn o~' about. With Baker out. a ll Alarco n had to do was to ha ng on while beati ng Bill Green (Ya m ) a nd Greg Young (H a n ). Alarco n 's gri mace turned ' first to a fro wn a nd th en a full -blown smile as h is da y slow ly improved . H is lefl han d. however, was half aga in in size a t th e en d of his last mot a . A legen d nam e in ra cing returned to actio n as Matt Aren a showed tha t h is lon g layo ff from motocro ss d id n ' t ca use h im to for get much o f h is ski ll an d qu ickness. H e wa s back o n boa rd th e Suzuk i th a t ca rr ied him to so man y victories la st season . In the 30 mi n u te rnoi o s a llu red to th e In term ed iate cla ss riders Matt a nd two o the r riders o n 125s wa ited w h ile th e 250cc Pro s were sta rted in a wave a hea d o f th em . Near five minu tes to th e end in each mot a th e 125s ca ugh t and passed a ll but two o f th e la rger machi nes ridden by th e Pro s. T he o ther I25cc riders wh o fo llowed in the very successfu l wak e o f are na was J ohn Zender (Yam ) a nd it co u ld be co nfi rmed with th e asse m bled fans and racers tha t th is pa irs' performance was th e seco nd neat est h ighl ight o f the da y. T he riders wer e in favo r of more such ra ces, repeat o f th e lo ng -m ote fo rmat, m o re co mpetitors to race aga inst and less h ea t a nd dust. It wa s a gra nd time for most nearl y everyone. Purse $ 10,000 p lus 1 st Real Int ernational Superbike Race Ever! August 10 & 11, 1985 - Portland Int ernatio nal Raceway North Portlan d Orego n off Interstate 5 - West Delta Park exit Saturday. August 10 - Amateu r Racing - $6.00 Adu lts Sunday, August 11 Superbike - Profess iona l Racing - $10.00 Adults Formula 2 - 600cc Super Street Race $10,000 plus Purse TH E BEAVERTON HONDA 100 Discount coupons with Free Pit Pass available at Beaverton Honda - 12520 SW Canyon Road, Beaverton Gates 9:00 - Heat Races 10:30 - Main Events 1:00 Chi ldren under 12 Free Promoted by KN EE DRAGGING EXCITEMENT!!! Cobra Enterprises, Inc. l IB N E 16th Avenue Portland, OR 97232 Co-Sponsors For the 1st time ever see nationally known Ame rican Superbike racers compete against Canad ian lega l Superbi kes. Suzu ki GSXR 7 50 under the AMA minimum we ight rule, plus 500cc z-stroke, street based Superbikes (Yamaha RZ·500 and Suzu ki RG-500) that are ill egal for racing under cu rren t AMA rules. Me et th e fi rst Ame rican and former WORLD CHAMPION road racer Steve Bake r. AMER ICAN HONDA'S Fred Merkel was personally invited to race his factory 75 0 Interceptor aga inst the Canadian top notch rider s, on exceptiona lly fast (AMA illegaQ high tech street based racers. Fred stated he wanted to race in Portland But probably w ill not be allowed by AMER ICAN HONDA to compete unless you the RACE FANS wr ite or call Amer ican Honda as king them to allow the Race ofthe Fut u re to take place Now, the Beaverton Honda 100/August1 0 & 11. SEND letters, telegrams to AMER ICAN HONDA, 100-West Alondra Blvd, Gardenia, California 90247. Attn : Race Co o rd inat o r. e . ; . i "O"O~e ..<."'.' . . CYCLE GUIDE , • :, z -Result s Kerker West Coast Super Bike ' Series $ 11 ,000 60 PEE WEE: 1. Seth Young (Kaw ). 80 MIN I NOV 9-11: 1. Bri an Va n M iddendorp (Hon). BOM INI NOV 12-16 : 1. Richard M era (Yam). BOM INI JR 12·1 6: 1. Rob Belskev (Kaw ). . 125 NOV: 1. Jim Ricc i (Suz); 2. Mark Foley(Kawl . 125 JR; 1. Fenton McDaniel (Kaw ). 125 tNT; 1. Wade Cober n (Hon). IN CONTINGENC Y PRIZE MONEY ROUND 5 [.!DAUL.] 250 NOV : 1. Tyler You ng (Hon); 2 . Bruc e Pringle ~ IlIDa111M1' (Suz): 3. Greg Bail ey (Yaml. 25 0 JR ; t . Greg Kam holz (Ha n); 2. Fran k Walker (Yaml. 250 tNT: 1. Mall Arena (Suz). 250 PRO; 1. Sha wn Mc Conn (Yam); 2. Jim Mor ton (Suzl. - -- OPEN NOV : t . Ken Kampfe n (Han); 2. W ill i am Hollenb enk (Yam) OPENJR ; 1. Craig Porter (Yam). OPEN INT: 1. Larry McCart y (Honl . VET SPTSMN: 1. Greg Young (Hon). VET MSTR: 1. Mi chael Alarcon (Hon). Hummel Brothers top P.A.L. MX By Mike Vancil SAN T A C LARA, CA, J U NE 28 Several racing families attend Po lice Athleti c League CMC MX a n d many times severa l mem bers o f th ose racing fami lies are a ble to take home a fair sha re of troph ies. T he m ost co nsis tent pa ir of trophy winners with in th e same fam il y a re Ty ler a n d H ummel, bo th who a re pi lot in g Kawasaki KX's th is seaso n . On th is particula r eveni ng th e Iat h er-son , fa th er -d au ght er . bro th er -si ster a nd broth er-brother teams all seemed to have j ust o ne in gredi ent mi ssing , bu t not so T yler a nd Sea n who a re wren ch ed a nd .coach ed by th eir father. It began with Sea n, who se 250cc J un ior m oto wa s sched u led a h ead of T ylers' 80cc j unior Min i mo ta . T ry as he di d, Sea n d idn 't bea t hi s friend a nd ad versary Ala n Mo ffat (KT M) int o th e first co rner. After some stead y, flawless riding. Sea n was able to capi talize on a slig h t bo bb le o f Moffa t's and ta ke over th e lead. Bill Arn o ld , a board h is rebu ilt YZ Yarn aha, was a ble to ~e l in to th e ba tt le to at lea st worrv Mo ffa t over seco n d . T hev fini sh ed tfle first mot a in th e orde r of COMPETlllON SERIES " 8SKaKEilS .-PWB ~ (SHOB) . . . . . . Willow Springs Raceway. 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