Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Clip s Repri nted With Permi ssion Of Cycle New s. . NOcmlER nRE HAS TAKEN ARIDER THIS FAR. - OtlOl'OlNTS -- .'. This map shows the route of t he Frontier 500 co urse . wa s, in a lot o f cases, terra in che wed u p by ca rs an d trucks. T he silt wa s th e worst. There were a lot o f h orror stori es a bo u t vehicles bein g co nsu med by silt bed s. T he race was o rigina lly scheduled to return to J ean (the sta rt in g poi nt) via the ou tgo ing co urse, bu t stro ng pro tests by car and truck drivers led Hi gh Desert Racing Asso cia tio n (H DR A) to en d th e co urse in Bea tty. L ucki ly. the wea ther h ad coo led considera bly a nd th e wind was blow in g . On lv five bikes fin ished before dark. a nd n ot p u ui ng o n ligh ts a t th e la st gas stop a lmos t cos t Wh iskey Pete's hare a nd hound promoter Casey Fo lks a lega l finis h in C lass 38. Fol ks was disqua lified for rid ing o ff the course. but ap pea led the decision and " -.IS re-instat ed . Ap p arentl y, Fo lks al mos t go t hit by a car whi le rid in g in the dark with n o lights. H e got o ff th e co urse a bou t a m ile from th e finish a nd followed a d irt road in to Bea tt y. " 1 mi s-est im a ted h ow much da yl ight was left when I gassed," said Fol ks a bo u t no t putt in g on ligh ts. " We were tryin g to ca tch (R icha rd) J a ckson and I made a n error in judgeme n t." T he tea m o f Jackson a nd J oh n Etchart rode a He me t Cycle Cent er H onda XR600 to the Cla ss 38 (O ver 38 years o f age) w in a hea d of Folks and co-ride r Max Switzer, who tw isted h is kn ee wh en hi s foo t ca ugh t in a rut. T he on ly l25cc team to fin ish was Kevin Case an d Wa vn e Martin . T h ev rode a Ma lcolm S~ it h Mo torcycles YZl 25 Yamah a to a very well-deserved win. Mart in fi nis hed in th e dark. but they mo unted a li gh t th at ra n o ff a ba ttery pack. " We had j ust enough ligh t to finis h," said Mart in . " If th e race wo u ld ha ve been any lon ger, the ba tteries wo u ldn'thave lasted. " In at fourt h overall was th e 250ccwin n ing team of Darr yl Folks and Scott Morr is. T he ir co mpeti tio n suf fered a set back in th e fin al section wh en Char lie Morr is broke down , bu t Fol ks an d Morris had a big lead ' by the n anyway. Lu ckily. th e H owell / Morri s pi t crew was a ble to locat e them and correc t th e p roblem. a n d th ey fini sh ed a lmost three h ou rs behi nd Folks/Morris. bu t still seco nd in class. No Class 30 teams fin ished . The last finish ers were Bill McDaniel and Denn is Lovel , wh o too k almos t 16 ho urs bu t mad e it o n th eir H onda X R500. • A ll season long "Fast" Freddie Spencer has continued a string offirsts. A nd now he's gone furthe r than any rider has gone before. Freddie is the first one to wi n both the 500cc class and the 250<:c class in the International Grand Prix Circuit in the same year. He rides o n M ichelin tires that we've specifically deve loped fo r racing . This 'Y~4 level of performance is also offe red in our Hi-Sport production racing tires. 1"-'0---' Which are a lso street lega l. Co ng ratulatio ns aga in to Fredd ie and H RC. W ith this kind of help, we 'll con'. tinue to ta ke racing to places it has never been before. MICHELIN. BECAUSE SO MUCH IS RIDING ON YOUR TIRE" Results 1. A nt hony Pasqualctt o/ Butv Hill (M-Star) Class 22. 11 :25:27.2; 2. Kurt Pfeiff er /Scot Harden (Hus) Class 22. 11:27 :2 1.0; 3 . Garth Sweetland/ Ma rk Hildebrand tHus) Class 22. 11:45:34.3; 4. Darr yl Folks/Scott M orr is tHus) Class 2 1.1 2;05;07.2; 5. Joh n Etchart / Richa rd Jackson (Han ) Class 38 , 13 :15 :17 .5; 6 . Kevin Case/Wayne Martin (Yaml Cla ss 20. 13 :36:13 .0 ; 7 . Casey Folk s/ Max Sw itzer (H us) Class 38 ; 8 . Br ett Howe ll / Char lie M orr is J r. tHusl Class 2 1. 14:46 :09 .3; 9. Rick Lee/ Bill Harr is tHon) Class 22. 15;1B:51.6; 10. Bill McDaniel / , • • Denn,s'Lbvel , '(Honr Class 22. ~ 5:44 :54'.0. • 520 McG lincy Lane , Campbell, CA 95008 (408) 371-1221 i3

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