Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Willie Surratt (1 OW) and Rick Ryan j ust before the f irst-mota collision. wa y he co u ld' ve passed S u rra tt in th a t situation wi thout kn o cking h im down - it wasn't a professiona l-li ke m o ve." " I didn't do it o n p urpose," sa id R ya n . " I was j ust tryin g 10 w in . W e ca rne ou t of lilt" (left ) tu rn before it a lmost side- bv-side: he we nt in sid e. wh ile I we nt ·w id t,. so I tried 10 cu t inside of hi m in lilt" nex t turn, bu t he forced m e o rr th e tr ack w here I h it a co u rse tire-ma rker. It knoc ked m e int o th e a ir a nd in to him ." T he m ot a wi n we nt 10 S urratt fo llo wed b~~ Kal a s. Mat so n . Naug h ton. Terry Bo sta rd ( Kaw) and So m ma . Somm o g rabbed th e holeshot at the sta rt o f tilt" seco n d mot o jus t ahead o f R ya n. Den n is Pa r ker (Ya m), Bos tar d , Nau gh to n a nd Ne ls o n , Moore an d a co u p le o f o ther rid ers bai led in th e first tu rn . bu t Moore's co me- fro m- behi nd ef fort en ded less th an a lap lat e r w hen he cras hed o ve r a d ouble j u mp and p u lled a m uscle i!l h is leg . puu in g hi m o u t o f co ru en li on , Mea nw hi le. th e d ,;e1 u p front was in h igh gear lx-tween So mmo a n d R yan . w h ic h lasted for a co u p le o f la p s before R ya n made tilt"pass. O nce in to t he lead. R ya n sell led down a nd started slig ht ly pulli ng awa y from So m ma. In fo u rt h p la ce. N aug h to n was pressur ing Pa rk er a fte r passi ng Bo sta rd . Aft er th e ha lfwa y mark . Naughton sa w h is cha nce a nd do ublej u m ped by Pa rker 10 take over third. R ya n went o n a nd ea sily won the moto ah ead o f Som ma. N aughton. Pa r ker a nd H onda rider Drey Dirck s. 250cc Pro H onda r ide r Tern ' FOld er led th e pack o f 250cc Pros iillo rhe fir st turn in m ot o o n e wit h \ \' ag em a n close beh in d. A few tu rns in to th e race. a r ider went dow n in a narro w secti o n of th e track . causing a h ug e pile-up; every rider involved managed 10 stay in the ra ce, but the last 10 g et g oing was Yamaha rider Bil lv Frank . By the end ti l' rlu- fi r~t lap. Fowl er held o n 10 a co m fo rt a ble lead ahead of Wag em a n , Danny Boles (Ya m ), Tracy Oswe ll ( Hon) . Brooks. T im Winsl ow (Ya m ). R ya n . Colin Rya n (Ya rn) a nd O 'Maru . Bro o ks had co ntro l o f second tw o laps lat er . whi le O '1\la ra was work ing h is way u p . T h rt'e la ps lat er . the rear frame sec tio n o n Fowler 's H onda G1 me loose, di scon necting the silencer fro m the exha usl pi pe . Brooks q ui ck ly passed Fo w ler a nd hi s cripp led H onda , as did R ick R ya n a lap la ter. H alfway th rough rh e m oto , O 'M a ra was press uring R yan fo r seco nd . w hich he soon to ok , O 'M ara th en set af ter Brooks, wh o had about five seconds o n O 'M ara. bu t th e O 'Sh ow q uickly shortened th at gap, passed . him , then s ta rted pulling away . T hat mad e th e to p five O 'M ara , Bro ok s. R ya n , Oswell a nd H onda rid er J eff H ick s. w ho h ad 10 co m e fro m beh in d after being invo lved in the pile-up. For th e remainder of th e race there wen ' no position cha n g es. M ot o two sa w Fran k jam into th e lead. foll owed bv Bo les. O 'Mara, Brian Ma n ley (Han): Matso n . R ya n a nd Brett Cahors (Hon). Fran k d evel oped a h ug e lead by th e end of the first lap. whi le O ' Mara m oved into second. It rook a co u p le o f laps before O'Mara ca ug h t u p 10 Fr a nk. an d it rook even lo ng er fo r O 'M ara to pass him . Three laps la ter . O ' Mara fina ll y sn uc k by. and he sta rte d p u lli ng away . Mo st o f t he ac tio n in th e m ot o took plan' back in six th . seventh a nd eight h p la ces between Hick s, R ya n and Bro o ks. Hic ks had a few bik el en g ths o ver R van , wh o was fee li ng heavy pressure from Bro ok s. At o ne poi nt . Bro o ks passed R ya n . but R yan stuffed hi s wa y bac k by. W ith three la p s to go, Bro o ks rammed in to R ya n 's rea r wh eel. pushing R yan to th e o utsi de in a turn so h e co u ld pass o n th e insid e. " R ic k wa s riding a lillie crazy todav, " sa id Bro o ks afte rwa rd s. " He's ridillg rea l ag ress ive a n d we wer e lxu Ilin g fo r about n ine laps. I started ge ll ing tired o f it so I j us t rail ed him in th e tu rn 50 I co u ld pa ss h im. " "It was a good pass," sa id R ya n , " there was no thing d irty a bo u t i t." Wi lh a la p 10 go, Brooks was closin g o n Hi cks u nt il he fell o ff. " I was tryin g 10 change lines over a rut, " said Brooks. "h u t my from wheel got hung up and I wr-ru o ver the bars . I tho ug h t I could save it, bUI I guess I didn 't ." Brooks managed 10 remoun t a nd ron t inu e beIon- R ya n co u ld get by. O 'Mara eas ilv took his second win of th e duv fo llo~\"t'd bv Fra nk . Mank-v, Cahor~ . Hic ks. Bro( )ks a nd R yan . . 500cc Pro Ya ma ha ri der Ji m Ellis smo ked cvervone 10 t he firs t tu rn a t th e s ta n o f tlie first 500cc mo lO. hu t Phi l La rson wa sn ' , far hehind and n ei th er weft' H o nda r ider Terrv 1\kGin ni s, W ill y S imon s (l'Ion ). Dym o nd , Senll Kell er a nd T im W in slow (H a n ). Johnny O'Mara won both 250cc Pro motos on a basically-stock 1985 CR250R; Larry Brooks was second w ith a 2-6 ta lly. Ellis h eld o n to hi s lead fo r a little o ver a la p before Larson m o tored by. w hile Dym ond m o ved into founh and started hound in g seri es point leader S imo ns . Two la p s la te r , Dym ond pi cked off Simo ns a nd started gai ni ng o n Ell is. By th e halfwa y point. Dym o nd was a few bike le ngths be h in d Ellis bu t th at was th e clo sest h e go t. Dym ond 's p urs uit was hamper ed by la pped riders. a n d he event ua lly dropped ba ck a bo u t five second s beh ind Ellis. Larson soundl y won th e m o to a head of E lli s , D ym o n d , Sim o n s a n d MeGinni s. Once aga i n Ell is dominated a t th e drop o f th e gate for m ot a IWO, h u t D vm ond had t he lead a few tu rn s la'te r. Mo m en ts a fte r w ar ds , E llis o ver sho t a be rm , le tting McG inn is by; th a t made the o rd er Dym ond . McG in ni s. Ell is, l ti-yca r-o ld Fra nki e Brundage a nd Simons. Alm os t d ead la st was Ii rst-rnoro w in ner La rso n. w ho fe ll in th e fi rs t tu rn . a nd he cr as hed aga in a few la ps lat e r. " I was Irying to pass a bu nch o f r id ers when I la n d ed short o ver th e doubles," sa id Larson. " I landed head first into the thi rd jump a nd knocked m yself a littie dingy. I rea ll y don 't remember m uch abou t it. " Larson tri ed 10 canrinu e th e race. but pulled o ff th e track a lap lat er. Meanwh i le , E ll is repa ssed M eGinnis for second . whil e Simons a lso pa ssed1\IcGinnis tw o laps lat er. Ell is a n d S imons spent th e resI o f t he m or o d icin g w ith each o ther until la te in the ra ce when Ellis had a n easier tim e passing lapped tra ffic th an Simons . S imons dropped ba ck abo u t fo ur seco nds and co u ld n ' t m ake up the diffen-nce. Dvm o n d crossed th t' chec kned flag wa )' o u t in fro nt . ta k ing the o vera ll with h im. Second in the mo to , a n d finishing second o ver a l l. was Ell is. T h ird went 10 Sim ons fo llo wed by Bru ndage. :\IcG innis and H onda rid er J oey Schl ag . 80cc Expert H o nda r ider SCOll Bro wn ront inucd 10 do m inuu- t h« 80cc Expert cl"" by cl in ch in g h is thi rd wi n in a ro w roda v, with a 1-2 score. In Ihe first mo to , H onda -m ounted Jimm y But IOn g ra bht'd t hl' holesh ol a head o f Sha ne T r illkr (Ya m) , Steve Lunson (Kaw ) a nd Chris Young (Yam). Brown was in th e ba ck o f the pack but had co ntro l o f seco nd by the end of th e seco nd la p . A la p lat er , Brown d ucked in sid e o f Button o ver a j ump a nd to ok th e lead . Af ter th at. Tritt ler and You ng sta rted press ur ing Bu tton. and th e tw o eventua lly slipped by. Bro wn took the win foll o wed by Trurler, Yo ung , Button. C hris Neal (Ya m ), Coli n Ka rch er (Ya m) a n d Mi ke Pasca re lla (Ya m) . Button agai n sho t 10 th e front of th e pack at th e sta rt of moto tw o b u t was qu ick ly p assed by Young . A la p later. Pa u l Vla ch, wh o was running th ird , dropped h is Ka wasa k i in a turn a n d Brow n ra n int o him. Bro w n los t a po sit io n a nd lots o f tim e 10 th e leaders . H o wever. h e qui ck ly reeled in N eal. who wa s hou nding Button for seco nd . Brown fo und a way aro u nd Neal, th en d id th e sa me 10 Bullom two laps fro m the fin ish . You ng look th e w in fo llowed by Brow n , Bu tto n and Neal. • Resu lts 12 5 PRO: 1. Robert Naughl on (Kaw); 2 . Ray Somma (Kaw ); 3 . Shaun Kala s (Ha n); 4 . Den nis Parker (Yam); 5 . Dr ey Dircks (Ho n); 6. Jo hn Conn ev (Kaw ); 7. Ed Arnet (Hon); 8 . Terry Bostard (Kaw); 9 . IS80 Ida (Ho n); 10 . Doug O'Don ne ll (Kaw) ; 11 . John ny Ray (Kaw); 12 . J on Nelson (Hon); 13. Denn is Daft (Kaw); 14 . Shaun W oo l en (Ho n); 15 . Rick Ryan (Kaw) ; 16. Willie Surratt (Han); 17. To ny Toste (Suz): 18 . Scott M cElr oy (Kaw) ; 19 . Cory Falt er (Kaw ); 20 . Dean Matson (Kaw l. 250 PRO: 1. Johnny O·Mara (Hon) ; 2 . Larry Brooks (Ho n); 3 . Brett Cahor s (Han); 4 . Rick Ryan (Kaw); 5. Jeff H icks (Hon); 6. Kelly Andris (Hon); 7 . Terry Tinney (S uz); 8 . Joe W r ight (Hon l; 9. Tracy Oswell (Ho n); 10 . Terty Fowler (Hon) ; 11. Da mon W ebb (Yaml ; 12 . Bil ly Frank (Yam); 13. Jon Ortn er (Yam ); 14 . Danny Boles (Yam l; 15. Br ia n Manley (Ho n); 16. Ron W at more (Yam); 17 . Paul Villa (Han); 18 . Tim Wi n slow (Yam l; 19 . Russ Wageman (Yam); 20 . Steve lucert e (Yam ). 500 PRO: 1. M icky Dymond (Husl; 2. Jim Elli s (Yam ); 3 . W ill y Sim on s IHo n); 4 . Terry McG in nis (Ho n); 5. Jo ey Sch lag (Hon !: 6. Allen Berlu ti (M · S); 7. Tim Winslow (Yaml ; 8. Pete M ur ray (M · S); 9 Greg Torg er son (Hus); 10 . Tom m y Combs (Kaw) ; 11. Frankie Br un dage IKawl; 12 . Randy Rodr iguez (A TK); 13 . Jerom e Heiberger (M·SI; 14 . Dave W elty (Ho n); 15 . Ph il larson (Kaw) ; 16. Chr is Sh aw (Yam ); 17 . Robot Rog ers (Han); 18 . Devon Joo s (Hon); 19 Gary Rabe (Hus ); 20 . Gr eg Raub (Yam ). 80 EX: 1. Sc ott Brown (Honl: 2 . Chr is Youn g (Yam ); 3 . Ji mm y Bu tton (Hen ]: 4 , Shane Tritt ler (Yam ); 5. Chri s Nea l (Yam ); 6 . Colin Karch er (Vam) : 7. Paul Vlac h (Kaw) ; 8 . M ik e Pascarell a (Yarn} 9 . Ter ry Swanson (Ya m); 10 . Steven Kota jarvi (Kaw) POINT STAN DIN GS 12 5 PRO: 1. Dr ey Dirck s (18 t I; 2. Terrry Bostarc (17 6); 3 . Robert Naug ht on (174); 4 . Ed A rn et (170); 5 . Doug O·Do nne ll (168); 6. Oennis Par ker (158); 7. Wi ll ie Su rr att (1 54 ); 8. Shaun Kalos (148); 9 . Tim . Rut herford (137); 10 . Dennis Daft (13 11 250 PRO: 1. Brett Ca hors (177) ; 2. Bill y Fra nk (170); 3 . Rus s Wa ge ma n (162); 4 . Joh nny O'Mara (1 57) ; 5 . J oe Wrig ht (14 8 ); 6 . Tracy Oswell (14 2); 7. Ron W at mo re (13 5); 8 . Sco tt Mann ing (134 ); 9 . Kell y Andri s (128); 10 . W illie Surratt (124) 500 PRO: 1. W ill y Sim on s (226); 2. M Icky Dymon d (2241 3 . Ji m Ellis (2 13); 4 . Ph il Larso n (174) ; 5. ; Greg Tor gerson (165 ); 6. Ed Ar ne . (160 ); 7. Allen 8 er lu t i (1 61 I; 8. (TIE)Te rry McGinnis/Randy Rod ri· . guez (14 7 ); 10 . Dave Welty (1371 19

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