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(A bov e) Larry Roeseler rode a production ' 8 6 Husky thumper to the Class
22 w in . (Below) Rick Maki won both motos on his way to f irst in the 125s.
Turbo-Wash SCORE Off-Road World
Champ.ionshil?
Manley wins at
Riverside
By Larry Langley
RIVERSIDE, CA. AUG. 17
Pro motocrosser Bria n Manley powered his
Dall as Ba ker-p rep ped CR250 Honda to the
overall win at the 13th Annual SCORE OffR oad World Ch a m p io n sh ip at R iverside Internati onal Raceway, spo nsored
by Turbo-Wash. Manley sta rted
in the second wave in each of th e
but cui
two mOlOS ut quickly worked
e-
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h is way into the overa ll lead and
do mi na ted the co mpe tition. Off-road
a nd ISD E rid er Larry Roeseler rode a
new single-shock Husky four -stro ke
to the Class 22 (Open) wi n whe n Iirstm ot o winner Mike Bak er dro p ped
O U I o f th e seco nd mo to wit h a seized
engine o n his 490 Yama ha . Rick
Mak i ro de a ' C ycle World C R I25
H on da to th e Class 20 ( 125cc) victory
a nd Ran dy Rodriguez powered h is
ATK thumper te;> lh e CI~ss 30 (r iders
over 30 years) wm , blowin g off most
o f th e Ol~er classes in the ~rocess.
The firs t rnoto had Mi ke Baker
into an ea rly 50-yard lead a head o f
Michael McG o wen ( Ho n) , Rand y
Moral es (H on ) and Class 30 rider
Mi ke Si xbery (Ya m ). T he seco nd
wave had Man ley lead in g q uic kly,
ru n ning down the Open bikes in the
first wave. T he third wave (C lass 20)
sta rted with Ro b Gordon (Ka w) assu m ing the early lead wi th Ri ck
Maki an d la st year's Class 20 win ne r,
Du an e Sum mers, in third. Mak i a nd
Gordon p u t on a lead -swapp in g d ue l
u nti l Mak i decided to let Gordon
lea d. " He was rid in g a bi t O U I o f co n tro l a nd I just figured it was a ma iler
o f tim e before h e crashed. " reported'
Maki. Sure e nough. o n la p 10, G or-
M alcolm Smith Products-sponsored Brian Manley piloted his CR250 to
t he Class 21 w in at Riverside Raceway; Lee Ramage was second.
don went down a nd Maki took over
th e Class 20 lead.
Summers figured he had th e cha nce
10 tak e th e lead and sta rted 10 pressu re Maki before unloading really
hard on th e last lap. H e tried 10 get up
but was tak en to th e hospital with a
broken back. Lu ckil y th ere wa s no
nerv e damage but h e will be out of
actio n for a few months.
Meanwhile, Manley moved his 250
Honda into th e overa ll lead with
Mike Baker cruising along at seco nd
overa ll. fir st Open. On the last lap,
Manley sta rted looking down at hi s
rear wh eel and slowing . The pace on
the 1.5-mile course broke sever al
spo kes in th e rear wheel but the
wheel held together until th e finish .
Cla ss 30 rid er Randy Rodriguez
put on a cha rge to th e front on his
AT K four-stroke, pa ssing Barstow-toVega s winner (a nd ATK teammat e)
Chris Cr andall a nd event ua l Class 22
win ner Roeseler , prompting cries of
" Who was that guy?"
At the en d o f the rnoto, Manley had
th e o vera ll an d Cla ss 21 win . follow ed in class by Lee Ramage (Ya m),
SCOll johnson (Hon) an d desert racer
Er ic H a llgath (H us).
Maki took th e checkered n ag in th e
125cc cl ass with Kevin H opkins
(Hon) , james T uc ker (Hon) a nd j ohn
Braa sch j r. (Kaw) in pursuit.
T he seco nd moto looked lik e a
repla y o f th e first race with Bak er
quickl y o ut in th e lead a nd Manley
m oving hi s 250 Honda up through
th e bikes 10 cha lle n ge for th e lead.
Derrick Pai em ent wa s loo king much
better in th e seco n d moto on h is
CR500 Honda. Hi s throttle grip was
loose in th e first moto an d he co u ldn' t
ge t Iull throule, Manl ey was soo n in
th e overa ll lead position with Baker
letting h im go as he was in a different
class. But Baker 's lu ck ra n ou t wh en
th e bi g Yamaha locked up so lid, putti ng him o u t.
La rry Roeseler in heri ted th e lead,
m uc h to th e deli ght o f th e Husky
fans. Randy Moral es kn ew th at, with
Bak er o ut, h e co u ld win h is class by
passing Roeseler but just co u ld n' t get
arou n d him. "Larry was j us t riding
100 good ," said Moral es lat er. " He
was ri d ing o n the ragged ed ge. I
co u ld get h im in th e ro ugh stu ff but
he wa s just so m uch bet ter in th e tight
hairp in th at he go t me th ere two
seco nds a lap wh ich was too much to
ove rco me." Roeseler 's bik e even had
his ISDE ligh ting o n wh ich made it
easy 10 see. Meanwhil e, C lass 30 fi rstmoto winner Randy Rodriguez wa s
putti ng on a riding exhi bi tio n, m oving a ll the wa y up from a bad sta n to
third overa ll behind Roeseler ! " I had
a decent sta n, fourth or fifth until
so m eo ne threw up some mud at the
fir st mudh ol e a nd wa sted my gogg les ," sa id Rodri guez. " I had 10 sto p
a nd cl ean th em off: th e mud was even
in sid e th em !"
.
Gordon had returned from his first
rnoto cra sh to lead th e 125s but Maki
had th e win dialed as h e knew Gordon was no threat for th e overall.
Roeseler closed on Manley but at
th e checkered flag, Manley had won
for th e second time with Roeseler following and Rodriguez closing. Manley had to leave immediately aft er the
ra ce for th e su pe rcross a t th e Ros e
Bowl but th anked Dallas Baker for
selling up th e bik e. He h ad to borrow
a rear wh eel for th e seco nd race and
the gearing wa s a little lower , CUlling
hi s top speed down.
Roeseler was very happy about his
win . " I ca me just wanting to ride and
get back in 10 it. I ha ven ' t raced since I
broke m y co lla rbo ne in Michigan at
th e qual ifier. The bik e ran grea t and I
was trying th e '86 production dampin g in th e shoc k. It was abso lu tely perfect! Wh en I saw Baker p u ll over, I
knew I just had to stay in front of
Randy (Mora les) for the win . I knew
exac tly wh ere I wa s," said a veryhappv -Roeseler afterwards . " I found
o u t a co u p le o f da ys ago I have a torn
ligament in m y wri st but it 's okay if I
tape it. I'll probably have to get it
o pe ra ted on wh en I get back from the
six da y (ISDE)."
Maki wa s a lso very happy. "Hey, I
needed that," said Maki a fterwards.
" I want to thank Cycle World. Sh oei ,
SCOll, Barnell. Kal-Gard a nd ProCircuit. They made th e bik e run so
wel l. I'm a lillie bit bi g for 125s but
this bike was fast !"
Class 30 winner Rodriguez was on
cloud nine. " It felt reall y gr eat. I
wanted 10 wi n for th e o ld guys," said
Rodrigu ez. " I wanted 10 prove tha t
Over 30 ra cers ca n go just as fas t. He y,
I tra in hard and go hard a nd I came
cl ose." Rodriguez is sponsored by
ATK, O 'N eal an d New-Trend Business Forms. " I' m gelli ng ready for
th e four-strok e Na tiona ls and with
th e bik e runn in g as good as it is, I
think I've got a cha nce!"
Ri chard J ackson (H us) took th e
Class 38 honors as th e on ly fin ish er
in th at class .
•
Resu lts
CLASS 20 : 1. Rick Maki (Han); 2. Kevin Hopkins
(Han); 3. James Tucker (Han) .
CLASS 2 1: 1. Brian Manley (Hon); 2. Lee Ramage
(Vam ).
CLASS 22 : 1. Larry Roeseler (Hus); 2. Randy
Morales (Hon); 3 . Chr is Cranda ll (ATK ); 4 . Michael
McGowen (Han).
CLASS 30: 1. Randy Rodr iguez (ATK); 2. Mike
Sixbery (Yam I.
CLASS 38 : 1. Richard Ja ckson (Husl.
