Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Mike W iese ran away and hid in the 80cc Expert class - he easily won both motos. while N ick Tatton and Justin Jensen took second and t h ird . 12 foll ow ed by Manneh , (o n a borrowed KX 500 ), Wa g em an , (o n a lo an ed C R5 00 H onda ), Zi rter ko p f a n d T urner. Manneh sta yed close to Manley for a co u p le o f laps, th en dro pped ba ck a fe w b ik e len gth s a n d wa s p a ssed b y Zitterko pf, A la p lat er . Manneh re ta lia ted by rep a ssin g Zitter kopf, w hi le Turner s lipped by Wageman for fourt h. The to p four riders stayed wi thi n bi kelengths of each other, a lthough Ma nl ey slowed noticeably nea r th e finish. After gel ting passed by Man ne h on the last lap, Manl ey cra shed for a DNF. Zitterk o p f fin ish ed second a h ea d of Tu rner. "The rear wheel bearings fell apart and the bac k wh eel started wobbling rea lly bad, " said Man ley lat er. "T h e bik e sta rte d getting squi rre lly a nd I didn ' t kn ow wh at wa s wrong a t fir st. Then I cra sh ed and th e ch ai n came off. " Man neh took the hol esh ot at th e st art of th e se cond m o to and wa s c h a se d b y Zi tt er kopf', Manl e y, Turn er a n d Wa g e m a n . Ma nl e y moved into second righ t a way a nd set aft er Mann eh . But Mann eh kn ew that he had 10 beat Ziuerk opf to tak e th e overa ll , so he tried to keep Manley between himself a nd Zitter kopf for as long as possible. The pl an wo rked as Ma n neh started pu llin g a way from Manley. At the h alfwa y poi nt. Mann en 's bi ke 's si le ncer fell o ff ; Zi tre r ko p f made hi s mo ve a nd passed Manl ey a nd se t after Manneh , Knowin g that Man neh was no w sligh tly down o n horsepower, Zitterko pf tried to reel in Manneh , but co u ldn' t. Ziuerk opf o n ly gained a bo u t a second on Man n eh by the time the ch eckered flag flew . Manneh took the win , two se- co nds a hea d of Ziuerk opf, who was fo llowed by Manl ey, T u rner, Ni el so n a n d Wa gem an . " W hen m y silencer fell o ff, I lost m y co nce n tra tio n a nd started m aki n g a bunch of m istak es," sa id Manneh , "bu t I fi na lly settled do wn and wo n it." In a ma teu r raci ng, it was Pa lmer's day in bo th I25cc and 250cc Intermediate classes. In th e 250cc cla ss, h e spe nt much of both motos wi th Ka wasa ki rider Jim Perry in close pursuit, espec ia lly in th e seco nd mota . Pal mer, wh o had eas ily won the firs t -rno ro , look ed to have a nothe r win in the bag, but Perry ga ve it h is best a nd push ed P a l m e r 10 th e limit. For much of th e race, th e two were on lv separa ted by one o r tw o seco n ds. Bu't wh en th e chec ke red flag flew, it wa s Pa lmer -once aga in o u t in front. Perr y to ok second ov erall ahead of Mike H ooker's (H us) 3-4 tall y. Fourth a nd fifth overa ll went 10 Mercedes G on zalez ( Ka w, 6-4) a n d T im H ann a (Han , 5-5). Perry a lso rod e th e l 25cc a nd 500cc Interm edi at e classes. toda y, a nd look seco nd overa ll in both. In th e 500cc In re rrned ia te class, Perry lo st th e overa ll to Kawa saki rid er Hanna, wh o wo n bo th m oros handily. Perry went 2-2 for seco nd , whil e H onda rider L ore n P o c h irowski tallied a 3-3 score for th ird. I n t he 250 cc J u n io r cl ass , fres h from hi s Ma mmoth Moun tain victory, Ni ko la kopul os ea sily won bo th mo to o n hi s Ya m aha. Nikola ko p u lo s' nearest competitor was H onda ri de r Ro n n ie G oodwin , wh o wen t 53 for seco n d overa ll. T hi rd , fo u rt h and fifth fell to Ge na Ramsay (H a n) , Richa rd Wa ll (Yam) a n d J oey Fo rte (H a n ). The I25cc Jun ior class had a wild The start of the second 250cc Pro mota saw Tracy Oswell (143) followed by Wageman (54). Ti Swartz (28). Manley (38) and Zitterkopf (86). race in both mot os, but when th e dust had cl ea red, it wa s Kawasaki rider Cra ig Da vis beating 27 o the r rid ers . I n the first rnoto , Husqvarna rider J im Bacon had th e hol esh ot a nd led for over a la p before ge tt ing p assed by Kawa saki ri de r Catesb y J on es in a turn , Meanw h ile, Da vis wa s making up for a terri ble sta rt a nd had seco nd by th e thi rd la p . Wi th Da vis p ressuring, Catesby wen! too hot into a tu rn, ca rne 10 a stop a t the top o f a berm a n d felI ov er. Catesby dropped to sixth an d that gave Davis a huge lead. Bacon fo un d himself once aga in in seco n d p la ce , bu t h e dropped o u t with a lap to go. which gave tha t spot to H onda -m oun ted La r ry Turn er. J im my Ra m pa fini shed third behi nd Davis a nd Turner. Fourth a nd fifth went 10 J on es a n d Yam ah a pilot Brad Fletch er. The seco nd m oto was a ll Da vis'. H e took th e lead from Baco n (who 'd ro p p ed o u t after a co u p le of laps) durin g th e first la p a n d led 10 th e fin ish . Aft er p a ssin g S teve Sydd ali ( Han ) for seco n d. T u rne r pu lI ed a way a n d secured th ai spot for seco nd overall. Th ird in (he mo to went 10 Ivan Frost (Yarn), fo llow ed by J ones an d Fletch er. . Sue Fish (Yarn) a nd Mercedes Go n zalez (Ka w) were the main a ttra ction s i n th e Wom en 's ra ce. In th e fir st m ot o, Fish look the ho lesh o t, bu t, as expected, Go nza lez was hot o n h er tai l. T hroughout th e 1O-lap race, th e two rema ined within in ch es o f eac h o the r; so me ti mes Go nza lez would p ull u p alo ngside Fish , bUI she co u ld n e ver m ak e a p a ss. Fis h w o n th e ' m oto : G on za lez fini s h ed seco n d, w hi le Gal e " Mo tocro ss Morn " Webb (H a n) took third. Rou nd IwO was revenge tim e for Gonzalez; she shot to th e front a n d quick ly p u lle d aw a y to a co m ma n din g lead . T h e win and o vera ll went to Go n zal ez fo ll o wed b y Fi s h a n d Webb. T he re wa s no m at ch 'for Yam aha rid er Mik e Wiese in th e 80cc Expert class; h e led from start to fini sh in bo th m or o s , beatin g Nic k Ta llo n (Yarn, 3-2) a nd J us tin J en sen (Yam , 2-3), whi le Kevin Bu ssey (Kaw) went 2- 1 in the 80cc Interm edi at es to na il th e overa ll. Second a nd third went to Kerry Mu ll igan (H a n) a nd Brandon Sperli ng (Suz). • Results 50 : 1. Ja son Baucum (Yam ); 2. Russell Pearson (Yaml. • 60: 1. Chance M aughan (Kaw ); 2. Nat hanal Peer son (Hon); 3 . M at hew Camden (Kaw ). 80 JR : 1. Lance TayJor (Hon); 2. Vir gil Begaye (Yam); 3. Chance Maughan (Kaw) . 80 INT: 1. Kevin Bussey (Kaw ); 2. Kerr y M ulligan (Hon); 3. Brandon Sperli ng (Suz). 80 EX: 1. M ike Wiese (Yam); 2. Nick Talton (Yam); 3 . Just in Jensen (Yam ). W OMEN SPTSMN : 1. Thea Gav,n (Hon ); 2. Joy A mes (Hon). WOM EN PRO: 1. M ercedes Gonzalez (Ka w); 2. Sue Fish (Yam); 3. Gale W ebb (Hon). 125 JR : 1. Craig Davis (Kaw); 2 . Larr y Tu rn er (Hon); 3. Co,esby Jones (Kaw) . 125 1N 1. J i mm y Pal m er (Kaw ); 2.Jimmy Lewis T: IKaw) ; 3. J im Span s (Kaw ). 12 5 PRO: 1. Bad er M an n eh (Kaw) ; 2. Ron Turn er (Cag); 3. Steve Ue dberg (Kaw ). 250 JR: 1. M att hias Nikolakopul os (Yam); 2. Ron nie Goodwin (Han ); 3. Gena Ram say (Han ). 250 INT; 1. J imm y Palmer (Kaw l; 2. J im Perry (Kawl; 3. M ike Hooker (Hus). 250 PRO: 1. Brian Ma nley (Hon); 2. Russ W agema n (Su z); 3. Tracy Osw ell (Han) . SOO J R: 1. Cra ig Davis (Hon); 2. Terry Wrxxty (Han) ; 3. Ronn ie Good w in (Honl. 500 INT: 1. Tim Hanna (Kaw); 2. J im Perr y (Kaw); 3 . loren Poc hirowski (Ha n). 500 PRO: t , Bader Ma nneh (Kaw); 2 . Greg linerkopf (Hon); 3. Ron Tu rne r (Cog). VET JR : 1. Boyd Ur ie (Han ); 2 . Dave Cozzens (KTM ); 3. Gary Strabala (KTM) . VET INT; 1. Steve Bebeck (Hon); 2. Lee Pearson (Hu s); 3. J ack Baker (Yam). VETMSTR: 1. WynForshee (Yam); 2. M ike Drews (Hon); 3. David Roger. (Hon),

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