Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

... :r Cl :::; > ~ U > CD o ... o :r CL Randy Green (24) leads Jeff Campbell in the Sidewinders TT at Clackamas, Oregon; Green o~ercame the 1 04 0 weather and Campbell for the win. ... bell a ll th e way 10 the fin ish. Campbell has rea ll y co me on la tely by finis h ing seco nd two weeks in a row afte r mi ssin g th e first half o f th e AMA Pro T'T season. Lega rra rode ac ross th e line for third over Wincewicz, Fay , Sch ni tzer, National num ber 81 Duane Gerrard (C-A ) a nd sem i winner Kirk Strong (Han). Results , EX: 1. Randv Green (Han); 2. Jeff Campbell (H·D) ; 3. Larry Legerrs (T.rl; 4 . John Wincewicz (Tri); 5. i Mickey Fay (Han I. ~ JR : 1. Marty Zirbe l (Tri ); 2. Bob Horban (Rtx ); 3 . Randy Roosse (H·D); 4. Steve Kend ig ITr i); 5. Bug sV Booth (H· D). NOV : 1. J im Dunken (Han ); 2. J im Servo (Hus); 3 . Jason Navlor (Hont, 4. Rich Mschichowski (H· D); 5 . Todd Gary (Yam). TROPHY DASH EX: 1. RandyG reen (Hon); 2. Je ff Campbe ll (H· D); 3 . John Wi ncewicz (Tri); 4 . larry Legarra (Tri). J R: 1. Manv Zirbe l ITri); 2. BugsV Booth (H· D); 3 . Bob Horban (RlX); 4. Tim Stults (Han). NOV: 1. J im Dunken (Hont, 2. Rich Mschicho wsk i (H· Dt, 3 . Todd Gary (Yamt, 4. Keit h Barn hardt (Han). Cooper, Hoenshell duke~it-out at WKYMX By Tim Tolleson OKLAHOMA CITY, OK, J ULY 13 Malcolm Smith and Hondasponsored Guy Cooper and jorski Suzuki's Clay Hoensh ell returned to ' O kla h om a after 42 co mpeting in th e Buch an an Na tional a n d went to e-to-r oe at th e Si x th Annual WKY Radio Mot ocro ss. After fierce battles in th e 125cc a n d 250cc Experts, Cooper topped all four motos with H oen sh ell secon d eac h time . o ut. H oensh ell went o n to top the Open Experts over T ea m G reen 's Doug Fell ers. In the firs t 125cc m ot o , H oen sh ell grabbed the holesh o t ove r Cooper, Team Green's Mi ke Bos ton and DM C Kawasaki pi lot Den n is Daft . Cooper applied pressure to H oensh el l, but th e Suzuki p ilot countered every thrust unt il m id -mot e . Cooper the n took a nd h eld the lead until th e checkered . H oen shell too k second over Boston , Da ft a nd Kawasaki- mou n ted j aso n Upshaw. Cooper too k the second-mote holeshot over Boston, Daft a nd H oenshell, wh o passed th e two Kaw asaki , rid ers wi thi n two laps and set after Coope r. By the halfway mark , H oenshell had wh ittl ed Cooper's lead dow n 10 less than two seco n ds, bu t Cooper h eld h is ad vantage for the win ove r H oen sh ell . Bosto n , Daft a nd T ea m Green 's T ommy Newman . R ick Kirk pow ered hi s K&N Yama ha 10 th e h ol eshot in th e first 250cc m oio ove r Cooper, Fell ers, j orsk i S uzu ki's Mike Ables an d H oensh ell . Fell ers tu cked in behind Kirk a nd pa ssed Cooper, w ho h ad to ta ke the o utside line in th e first turn . Coo per cleared th e first three of a set of five j umps a nd sailed past 'Fellers, then app lied p ressure 10 Kirk . T he nex t la p Cooper used the same move on Kirk for the lead. T he Yamaha rider was sa ndwiched between Coope r an d Fell ers for th e next lap , th en Feller s made hi s move for second ove r th e sa me jumps. The pass was so close th at Kirk's clutch lever sna pped, so' h e couldn 't ret al iate. Meanwhile, Hoenshell passed Abl es a nd reeled in Kirk . Before Fell ers co u ld esca pe, H oensh ell dropped Kirk 10 fourth a nd set a fter th e Kawasaki pil ot . T he two d ueled bri efly, the n Hoen shell dropped Fell ers to thi rd; by th en Cooper was long-gone. Cooper wo n a hea d o f H oen sh ell, Fellers, Kirk a nd Ab les. In th e seco nd mo to New ma n a nd Cooper reac hed th e first tu rn a t th e sa me time. Newman railed th e in sid e line, and Cooper swept ou tside. In the nex t tu rn Newm a n took the lead , b ~ t the lead was fleet ing as Coope r shp ped past th ree turns later. H oe n she ll took third from Daft, then zapped Newman a la p la ter. Hoens he ll ree led in and app lied pressure to AM A's 125cc R ook ie of the Yea r. Ab les we nt do wn in a sweeper, a nd t~ e tw o leaders were a lmost u p on hi m before th ey could see him. Cooper sq uea ked by on the inside w h ile H oen sh ell went o u tside and lost ti me ,/ in th e process. T~is in cid ent gave Cooper a sligh t cus h io n ove r H oensh ell. Meanwh ile, Boston fought h is wa y past New m an a nd Fell ers for th ird . Fell ers drop ped Newman to fifth lat e in th e m ot o while Hoen sh ell chased Cooper. Th~ H onda pilot took th e win over H oen she ll, Ba SIOn , Fell ers, New m an a nd Kirk, who took fourth overa ll. Felle rs grabbed th e hol esh ot in the firs t O pen Expert m ot o over H oen she ll and H onda-m ounted Donn ie Vance. Hoen sh ell took the lead ea rly in to th e fir st lap a nd never loo ked back. H e cl icked off th e wi n ove r Fellers and Vance. T he hol esh ot in the seco nd mota went 10 H oe n sh el l, who led from w ire- to-wire. Vance a nd Fell ers fough t over seco nd in th e ea rly laps. Fellers gained the advan tage then bega n to pull away. Hoen she ll styled to th e win ahead o f Fellers and Vance. Results OPEN EX: 1. Clav HoensheIlI Sul); 2. Doug Fell ers . (Kaw ); 3 . Donnie Vanc e (Han). . OPEN: 1. Dalle n M addox (Kaw); 2. John Davis (Kaw) ; 3. Terry Perkins (Han). 250 EX: 1. GuV Cooper (Hont, 2. Clay Hoens hell (SUl); 3 . Doug Fellers (Kaw) . 250 1N 1. Kenny Casto r (Hont, 2. Larry W hite T: (Hont, 3. Raben Taylo r (SUl). 250 NOV : 1. Donnie As h (yam); 2. Ben Evans (Kaw); 3. Mike W illiams (Suz). 125 EX: .1 . Gu y Cooper (Han); 2. Cia V Hoenshell (Su"; 3 . M ike Bosto n (Kaw) . 125 INT: 1. David St out (Hon); 2. Ken ny Casto r (Han); 3. Scan Finkenst aedt (Kawl . 125 NOV; 1. Jason Ja rr en (Kaw); 2. Brad Burgess (Honl; 3. Tracey Cawv eV (Han I. OVER 30 : 1. J im Redwine (KTM); 2. Ma rvin Cox (Honl; 3. Scottv Creed (M ai l. 105' 1. Je ff Emig (Kaw); 2. Bruce O 'Hagan (Kaw); 3. Jon Garn er (Kaw). MINI SR: 1. Jeff Emig (Kaw); 2. Bruc e O 'Hagan (Kaw); 3. J on Garner (Kaw ). MINIINT: 1. Trey Owens (Kaw); 2 . R.e. Bennen (Kaw); 3 . Steve Petr ee (Yam). . MINI JR : 1. Steve Pet ree (Hon) ; 2. Brandon Lacey (Han); 3 . Bo Snyd er (SUl ). M INI M INI: 1. Steve Petr ee (Han); 2. Robbie ReVna rd {Kawl: 3. Clint Carlt on (Kaw). . M INI BEG: 1. Aaro n Neeman (Kaw); 2 . David Keller (KaV

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