Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

, - -- -- -- -- - - -- - -- - -- : - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - -- - - - -- -- -, 0: w :z ..J ;t I- ;2 >- In ~I ~I and ov erall ahead of Rick Simrnet a nd Chris Yo un g . Facto ry Suzuki rider Sco tt Burnworth mad e h is debut ride after breaking his co lla rbone a few m onths ago a nd ro de to a th ird -place finis h in the 250cc class. " I've broken mv co lla rbon e fou r tim es," sa id Burn wo rth , " a nd I reall y sho u ld n' t bei ng raci ng yet. I ca n st ill feel where it's broken , bu t it's strong eno ugh to where I ca n r ide, which I've been doing the la st coup le o ff wee ks. I j us t don 't want to fall o n it right now. " 125cc Pro Suzuki 's George Holland combined a 1-2 score to take the 250cc overall: Johnny O 'Mara f in ished second. CMCjSkoal Bandits L.ady L.iberty Trans-Cal Series: Round 2 Holland hooks up at Huron Trans-Cal By Kit Pa lmer H URON, CA . SEPT. I4 Suzuki 's G eorge Holland used a 1-2 combination to win the 250cc P ro class at the second rou nd of Con tinental Motosport Cl ub' s, Skoal Ba n di ts-sp onso red Lady Liber ty Trans-Cal Series in Huron , California. Second overa ll went to Honda's Johnny O'Mara, who tallied a 4-1 sco re . Al- 8 t hough bein g factory ri de rs, both H oll and a nd O 'M ara loaded up th eir ' o wn p ick-upJ {trucks ~ _ ith 1basica I 1)/ .1 ( l( i \ 1-.\ 11 .1 u. ,;"T ~ . stoc k prod uction m o to rcycles Io r toda v' s event. " I ca me her e o n m y o wn ." sa id O 'M ara . " I though t I'd come o u t and get some practice a nd sp e nd so me ti me wi t h my frie nds . My bike is a lmost box sto ck excep t for th e for ks and a li tt le wo rk done 10 the sJ,ho • k. "• ; - .. t ,. , • ( ,. r• 't • I " , t I :".' 1 L f j , • ,.. 1 J 0 • • . " I don 't pl an o n r iding th e whole ser ies," sai d Holland, " b u t since this race is near m y hometown (Kerman, California) I figured I co u ld get some practice ." While H olland a nd O 'M a ra rode p r imari ly fo r th e fun of it , H onda riders Will ie Surra tt a nd Will y Si m o ns were tak in g ' 't h ing s a bit more seriously. Su rra tt , who won th e 250cc class last week , is co nce ntra ting o n th e l 25cc class cha m p io ns h ip, a nd showed h is determin ation by win n in g today 's 125cc class with a 2-1 sco re. Suz u ki's Eri k Keh oe , who won las t wee k a t th e Qua il Va lley track, was a no- sh ow after su fferi ng a hand i nj u ry wh il e practicin g du rin g th e wee k. H ow ever , Kawasaki rid er T erry Ba stard used a seco nd o vera ll fini sh toda y 10 lak e a on e-point se ri es lead o ver H onda ri der Drev Dircks , 125124. Si mo ns too k hi s secon d win in a row with a 1-2 co m bo to ma intain hi s po ints lea d in th e 500cc cla ss. Sco tt Brown a lso co llected hi s secon d win of the series in the 80cc Ex pe rt class wi th a wi n in th e first mo ta a nd a second in th e nex t. Yama Ih'l -p] o~ p f. <;d ~P!ifr~ta l ,fin\SPFP ,se~- Kawasaki-mounted Robert Naughton g ra bbed th e hol eshot a t th e sta rt o f the fir st l2 5cc mota but Suzuki su p port rider Bobby Moore shot by a few turns later and took firm control of th e lead. By the end of the fir st lap , Honda rider Shaun Kalas a nd Doug O'Donnell (Kaw) had slipped into second a n d third , whi le Surratt rounded out th e top five. During th e second lap, O'Donnell crash ed and dropped to n inth, making the to p five Moore, Kalas, Naughton, Surratt and John Nelson (Han). By the fif th go-rou nd, the FMF/ AXO Sportswearsponsored Surratt was pressuring Na ugh ton , a nd it wasn't long before . Surratt made his pass. Once into third, Surratt began ree ling-in Kalas , who wa s keeping close tabs on the leader Moore. H alfway through the rna to , h ow ever , Kal as began losing distance o n Moo re, while Surratt closed in . Four laps from th e fin ish, Surra tt p assed Kal a s a nd set afte r Mo ore. With o ne lap to go, Su rratt wa s glued to Moore's rear fen der. Bu t time ran o u t for th e H onda rider a n d Moore h eld o n to wi n. Ba st ard p a ssed Naughton o n th e last la p to take third, wh il e fifth fell to Brooks, who sta rted th e m ot a in 17th. Dr ey Dir cks took six th . Su rra tt j um p ed to the early lead a t the sta rt of m o ta two , but Moore wa s close behind in second . H owever , durin g th e fir st la p , Moore fell and d ropped to 13th a nd Dircks took o ver seco nd pos ition, followed by Bro oks. Bosta rd a n d O'Donnell. Th e fir st h alf of th e race saw no lead changes, but Bro oks wa s stalking Dircks when Dircks' front wheel washed o u t in a turn . Brooks ran over hi s bike wh i le taking o ver secon d, and Dircks managed to recov er in time to claim third wi th O 'Donnell , Bastard a nd KTM -m ounted Todd Campbell close behi nd. Surratt en joyed a co m fo rt a ble lead fo r th e remainder of th e race and eas il y too k th e win ; Brooks to ok second while Dircks took thi rd , On th e last lap, Bastard a n d Cam p bell passed O 'D onnell , rounding o u t th e top five. 250cc Pro Yamaha-mounted Bill y Frank led the pack th rough th e fir st turn a t th e sta rt o f th e fir st 250cc m ot a, but H olland ov ertook th e lead a co rner later. H onda rid er G reg Zitterk o pf held third followed by J im Ell is (Yam) a nd Burnworth. O 'Ma ra had a poo r start a nd was m id pack. H olland extended h is lead w ith eve ry lap , as O'Mara p ick ed o ff rid ers o ne by o ne. By th e fift h la p , Burnworth had taken o ver fourth a nd wa s reeling-in Zitterko pf, who h e passed th ree laps la ter. Burnworth co ntin ued hi s prowl and ree led-i n Fra n k as the m ala wo re on. After p assing Ell is for fifth, O'Mara closed -in o n Zitt erk opf and passed h im going o u tside the n d ove in side o f Zitterk o p f i n a turn , By this tim e, th ere was o n ly o ne la p rema ining in th e race, wh ich is w hen Bu rn worth made.his m o ve a nd passed Fra nk for seco nd. Fin ishing order was H oll and, B.urp,.w~r!h : l'~r,mk: <;>;1l ' ' 1', ?i tt~r.:

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