Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

; .,. '" I # .. 'f'*" • - -' ~ . ... ~ '. ...-• ## ~ l!':l 00 ~ ..- ." ~ 00 ..- ... V .0 8 V ..., 0.. V tr: SCutt Manning went 3-2 in the 250cc class to claimse nd overall .l n die co second moto, he finished a f ew feet behind Surratt. Frank , Oswell a nd Ward. A h alf lap later , Ward hit the same bum p tha t Vohl and a nd Ma tiasevi ch cras he d o n earlier; Ward we nt over th e bars and cra shed o u t of th e race. On the n ext la p , Frank h i t th e bu m p a nd went over the bars, as d id Suzuki ri der J o H o p ki n s, who was ru n ni ng eighth, a la p la ter. Frank was th e onl y rider to re-enter the race after cra sh ing o ver that bump. Aft er things h ad settled down o n lap four, Surratt enj o yed a co m fo rt a ble lead o ver Wageman , Manning, Oswell , Kell y Andris (Hon) and Kevi n Allman (Ya m) . A co u p le of laps la ter, Manning passed Wageman a n d slowly started reelin g in Surratt, coming up to within a few bikelen g th s, bu t tim e ran ou t a nd S urratt wo n i t. Mann in g took seco nd , whil e Wagem an and Oswell finished thi rd a nd fo urth . Andris crashed ove r th e doubles two laps fro m the fi nis h a n d lo st two positions to Allma n a nd H onda rider J oe Wri gh t. 500cc Pro Mannin g g ra bbed th e hol eshot at th e sta rt o f th e fir st m ot a but was quickl y passed by Honda-mounted Arn et . Aft er tw o laps, th e top five wer e Arnet , Manning, Husqvarna 's Mick y Dym ond, Larson and Simons. Mann in g started to fad e q uickly as Simons set a fter and passed Larson an d Dym ond . A few turns la ter, L arson a lso p assed Dymond a n d se t a fter Simons. With Arnet o u t in front by a bo ut fou r seco nds , Si mons a nd Larso n tr aded places a co up le of tim es, th en La rson Iin al lv settled into second " and reeled in Ar ne t, As th ey h eaded into th e eig h th la p , Arnet fell a nd d ro p p ed back to a d istant th ir d . T he re main der o f th e race fea tured a duel fo r th e lead bet ween Larso n and Simons. It wasn ' t u ntil two la p s fro m the end th a t Si mons fo u nd eno ug h room to pass Larson a t the bo ttom of a dow n hi ll to tak e over th e lead and hold on to win . La rso n finis hed second ahead o f Arnet, Dym ond, AT K-m o unted Ra n d y Rod riguez and Yamaha rider Jim Ellis. Arnet led th e field around th e first turn at th e sta rt o f th e seco nd m oto , but wa s passed by Dymond in the wh oops duri ng the second lap. Once into th e lead , Dymo nd started pulling away . After Arnet foll owed Ellis, Larso n and Simons. A lap la ter , La rson blew by Ellis. th en reeled in an d passed Arnet. Simons chased Ellis for th ree la p s before ge tting arou nd th e Ya maha ri der , then Si mons found h im self ha ving to ca tch and pass Arn et in o rde r to tak e the overall. It took Si mons th ree mo re laps to reel in an d pa ss Arnet o n an uphill, bu t Arnet stu ffed his way back into th ird a turn lat er. As th e two headed into th e doubl e-jump secti on, Simons m oved to the o u tside and squeezed by for thi rd . Simons cruised i n third until th e fini sh and ca p tu red th e o verall. Dymond eas ily took th e mota win followed by Larson, Si mons, Arnet a nd Elli s. Dym ond (4- 1) finished th e da y thi rd o vera ll, behind Larson (2-2). . eocc Expert When the ga te dropped for th e fir st 80cc Expert m oto , H o nda rider Scott Bro wn motored into the lead wi th . Bobby Moore (2) held on to second place most of the f irst 12 5cc moto bef o re getting passed by t he ov erall w inner Erik Kehoe (1 5) . Kaw asak i rider T allon Vohland and Yamaha-mounted Chris Young second and third . Brown led for th e n ext th ree laps befor e cras h ing and d ropping ba ck to th ird. After p assing Vohland, Young inherited a co m fort able lead and went o n to ta ke an easy win, while Brown passed Vohland on th e la st lap for second. Young led th e p ack ea rly in th e second mota, followed bv Chris Neal (Ya m), Vohla nd, Yamah~'s Mike Pasca rella and Steven Ko tajarvi (Kaw ). Bro wn was seventh. By th e th ird la p , Brown was in co ntrol of third j ust ahead of Vohl and and Pascarell a . Bro wn co ntin ue d o n h is warpa th an d passed Young a lap later for th e lead; but Bro wn crash ed again and d ropped to third, gi ving fir st and secon d to Young and Pascarell a . Short ly a fter, Pa scarell a cras hed h ard wh en h e endoed ove r the same bump the bigger bikes had cras he d o n . H e was kn ocked o u t co ld for a few minutes and co u ld not fi nish th e rac e. Brown fo u n d h imself in seco n d, th en took th e lea d o nce agai n by pa ssin g Youn g . At th e fin ish it was Bro wn , Young, Neal , Ste ve Lamson (Ka w) and Vohland.• Results 80 EX: 1. Scott Brown (Hon); 2. Chris Young (Yam); 3. Chr is Nea l (Yam); 4 . Tall on Vohland (Kaw ); 5. J immy Button (Hon); 6. Steve Lamson (Kaw ); 7 . Terry Sw anson (Yaml ; 8 . Shan e Tr ittl er (Yam); 9 . St even Kotaja rvi (Kaw); 10. Pau l Cone z (Yam). 125 PRO: 1 . Erik Kehoe (Suz); 2. Tim Ruth erf ord (Kawl; 3 . Denn is Daft (Kawl; 4. Doug O'Oon ne ll (Kaw); 5. Orey Dircks (Hon ); 6 . Ron Turner (Cag); 7 . Terry Bostard (Kawl; 8 . Ed A rn et (Hon); 9 . Roben Naughto n (Kaw); 10 . Bobby M oore (Suz); 11 . Denni s Parker (Yam) ; 12 . Jeff Ma t ia sevich (Kaw); 13. John Con sey (Kaw ); 14 . Craig Can oy (Kaw ); 15 . Tyson Vohl and (Kaw); 16 . J im Simons (Kaw) ; 17. Larry Brooks (Hon); 18 . M ike An cli tf e (Kawl; 19 . €r ic Hoit le (Kaw) ; 20 . Shau n Woo t en (Honl . 250 250 PRO: 1. Willie Su rratt (Hon); 2. Scott Manning (Yam); 3 . Russ Wa geman (Su z); 4 . Tracy Oswell (Hon ); 5. Bren Cahors (Han); 6 . Joe W r ight (Hon); 7 . Bill y Frank (Yam ); 8 . Kevin All man (Yam); 9. Kelly Andris (Hon); 10. Ku rt Jorger sen (Han); 11. W ill y Musgrave (Hon); 12 . Bobby Wh ite (Hon ); 13. Jon Ortner (y am); 14 . Ron Wa tmore (Yam); 15 . Rod Richardson (Suz); 16 . TIm W in slow (Yam); 17 . Je ff . Pestana (Yam); 18 . Mark Decker (Vam); 19 . Gordon Ward (Vam); 20. Brian Manley (Hon). 500 PRO: 1. Willy Simons (Hon); 2. Ph il Larson (Kaw ); 3 . M icky Dymond (Hu s); 4 . Ed A rn et (Hon); 5. J im Ellis (y aml; 6. Allen Ber luti (M -S); 7 . Randy Rodr iguez (ATK); 8. Greg Torgerson (Hus); 9 . Scan Johnson (Hon); 10. Dave Welty (Hon ); 1 1. Can Berg (Hon ); 12 . Fran kie Br und age (Kaw); 13 . Chr is Shaw (Yam) ; 14. Clayt on Blood (Hon); 15 . Greg Raub (Yaml; 16. Randy Law(Honl; 17 . Rob Rodgers (Hon); 1 B. Terry M cGi n nis (Hon}; 19 . Pete Harrs(M -S); 20. Ron Lewis (Han). POINT STANC iNGS 125 PRO: 1. Erik Keho e (79); 2. Tim Rutherford (65 ); 3. Denn is Caft (62); 4. ITie) Doug O'Conn ell 1 Drey Dirck s (60 ); 6 . (Tie) Ron Tur ner/ Terry Bostard (57); 8 . Ed Arne! (56); 9. Rebert Naught on (51); 10 . Bobby M oore (50). . 250 PRO: 1. Willie Surratt (82) ; 2 . Scott Ma nning (74); 3 . Russ Wag eman (70); 4 . Tracy Osw ell {661; 5 . Br ett Cahors (571; 6 . Joe W right (56); 7. Bill y Frank (55 ); 8 . Kevin Allman (541; 9 . (Tie) Kelly A ndrisl Kurt Jorgense n (49 ). 500 PRO; 1. Willy Simons (77); 2. Phil Lar son (76); 3. Micky Dymond (75); 4 . Ed A rn et (70 ); 5 . Ji m Ell is (63); 6. A ll en Berluti (61 ); 7 . Randy Rodr iguez (60); B. Greg Torgerson (57); 9 . Scon Johnson (55 ); 10 . Dave Welty (54). 11

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