Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

~ ~ z ney, J or gen sen , Farris. H oward a nd Eklun d. T he seco nd heat wa s a ll Sh o bert. w a: After follo wi ng hol esh ot-grabber Don u, Estep in to turn o ne, Sh o bert quickly J: U .... took co m ma nd and h eld o n to the fin ish . Hank Sco tt used the draft to 0 ge t by Filice o n th e backstraight for Z < seco nd. Fi lice h eld o n to th ird a t th e >l!":> finish . with Estep fourt h a nd T ed z a Boo dy fifth . 00 J: ~ < Parker ti med th e flag perfectl y to .~ stea l th e h o lesh o t in h eat number z < three. but th e race was red-flagged ~ 0 >- whe n Ro bert La n d crash ed unhurt in ~ CD tu rn o ne. Parker wasn ' t as for tuna te Q.) ell in th e restart as Steve Moreh ead ..0 ~ a gra bbed the ea r ly lead. At.the end o f 0 J: ..... the seco nd lap. th ere were five riders a. U - Moreh ead . Tom Maitland, Pete Hames. J ay Sprin gsteen a nd Parker - goi ng fo r th e to p spot. Parker moved u p to seco nd a t th e halfway m ark , but Poovey was right with him. On la p eight. Poovey moved by Parker and one lap later nab bed Moreh ead. Poovey h eld on to tak e th e win by two bikelen gths a hea d o f Pa rker a nd Moreh ead. H ames a nd Spri n gsteen fin ished fourt h and fifth, respectively. Rook ie Chris Ca rr led the fin al Expert heat o ff th e lin e. but G raham shot by o n the backstraighr. Carr was n' t giving up a nd went ba ck past Gra ham a t th e halfwa y m ark wh ile Do ug Ch andler foll o wed . G raham m ad e a crucia l error j ust past th e wh ite flag to beg in th e last lap as h e backed it off and sa t u p at th e en d o f (A bov e) W inner Scott Parker leads Wa yne Rainey (6 0 R). A lex Jorgensen. Ted Boody and Ricky Graham atthe start of th e frontstrai ght. " I thought I'd won the final. (Below) Rodney Farris (9 2 ) and Jimmy Filice draft on t he backstraight. the heat and a ll o f a sudden those g uys kept go in g, " Graha m sa id. Carr took th e h eat race win a head o f T he Nat ional sta rte d with probCha nd ler whi le Garth Bro w took th e lem s an d discontent among th e ridfinal direct transfer slot in third. ers. Ternpe rs flared prior to th e sta rt Semis o f th e m ain wh en th e questi on o f tire Boody led the first semi into turn wear rea red it s ugl y h ead. Wi th th e o ne with last week 's Ascot Hal£ Mil e tires showi ng severe wear a fter o n ly winn er Ronnie Jones in tow. Eklund 10 la ps in th e h eat races. a decision h ad to be m ad e in regard to the mo ved into cha lle ngi ng posi tio n a nd sho t by Jones with Estep a lso in Na tio nal. Shou ld th e race be shorrange. La p five saw Bood y leading tene d , sp li t into two races. o r run as a Estep , Eklund a nd J ones, but on th e us ua l 25-m ile race? After severa l d isnext la p Estep crashed in turn fou r. cussions between rid ers and th e AMA , Bood y a nd Eklund were ha ndl ebarth e rid ers decid ed that the ra ce should to -handlebar at the start o f lap 10, bu t run as a regu lar 25-lap even t. The tire Ek lund got th e bett er of th e duel to wear facto r was a new pro blem to tak e the win . T hird p lace went to Sacramento. as a ll th e previous even ts a t th e Ca l-Expo facilit y have been J on es. Mai tland gr abbed the hol esh o t to run du ri ng the coo l n ights. and it lead th e pack into tu rn one of th e en ded up add ing a tw ist to th e plot second semi, with Grah am run n ing a n d event ua lly to th e outcome of th e sevent h. Ha mes and Randy Goss were race. o n th e m ove a nd on th e third lap th e Time Trials two led th e field. G raham. however. Rainev showed h e was a threat to was th e fa stest man on th e tra ck a nd be reck~ned wit h by coming aw ay on lap four . sh ot by everyo ne o n the wi th fast time o n th e Ele ctro/Lawbackstra ight to take the lead. Mea n will Harley a t 37. 143 seco nds. Second whil e. Springsteen was on the mov e fastest time went to Jimm y Fi lice on a nd quickl y esta blished himself in th e Freddi e Spen cer /SuperTrapp third p lace. T he last lap started with H onda whil e Law will 's second HarGraham , Springe r a nd Hames thr ee ley with T erry Poo vey aboard clocked a breas t into turn one. but Graham in th ird. Fourth fast est qua lifi er wa s won the phot o fini sh ahead of Hames. Ricky Graham o n th e Sparky EdmonSpringsteen finished in th e th ird spot. By Paul Carr uthers sto n -ru n ed fac to ry H onda a nd Rod Last Chance Qualifier n ey Fa rr is ro u nded o u t th e five fastest SACRAMENTO, CA, SEPT 29 o n his DuVall Racing/ BVR / Cycle Springsteen . Jones and Gos s went a t it for 10 laps in the LCQ. and each Ex perts/Gary Nixon/MJ Sponsell er Harl ey. took a sh ot at lead in g. First it was Coss.rhen Springer and fina lly Jon es. Heats Springsteen held the lead when th e The first h ea t ga l u nderwa y when pack ca me by th e ha lfwa y fla gs, but Farris grabbed th e early lead with the ot her two were rig h t wi th him. Don H o wa rd in h ot p u rsuit. Rainey The last lap saw Goss lead into turn ha d gotten o ff th e lin e in fourth one fo llowed by Springer and Jones. Nationa l di rt track winner' s circle, p lace. but immedi at ely set o u t a fter story line. . but J ones got by the factory Ha r ley and it is possibly the road ra cer's la st. th e leaders. Ra iney took co m mand of rid er on the entra nce to turn three. H arl ey- Davidson 's P arker With a new Team Honda road racing the race o n la p two as h e sho t by both T he trio crossed th e fin ish lin e three co ntract , it might be a whi le befo re narrowl y defea ted Ra in ey a fter Howard a nd Farri s on the backabreas t. but th e win wen t to G oss fol Ra iney ge ts back to ova l racing. H e st raight. Farris gave Ra iney a cha l25 m iles of wheel-to- wh eel raclowed by J ones and th en Sprin gsteen. did, however, make thi s one memorlen ge in th e ea rly laps. but the you ng ing that en ded th is season's wra p- up a ble. Th ird pl ace went to H ondaJunior National Ca liforn ia n go t th e bett er of the Ma rytr ilog y o n a h igh n ot e. Parker 's win mounted Alex Jorgen sen with Hank land rider. Mea nwhile, Steve Eklund Alt hough Shobert had wrapped u p mad e up for th e San J o se Mil e two Sco tt taking fourth a nd th e new lywa s on th e m ove a lo ng with Jorthe G N C two weeks ea rl ier in Sa n wee ks ago wh en h e lost a t the fin ish crowned Grand Na tional C hampion ge nse n. a nd a t th e white flag . J orgy . Jose, th e J u n ior ti tle was still up for li ne to Hon da 's Rick y Gra ham . And Bu bba Shobert ro unding ou t th e to p sho t by both H oward a n d Ek lund for grabs. Two riders ha d a shot at the it was Rainey's fi rst -ever tri p . 10 a five. ti tle. bu t whe n th e day was over it was third place. The fina l order read Ra i- < ~ 0 s ~ 0 AMA Gra nd National Championship/ Camel Pro Series: Round 29 Parker nips Rainey in season finale The Sacra m ento Mile closed the books on the 1985 AMA/ Cam el P ro Series, but n o t before Scott P arker a nd Wayne R a in ey cou ld insert themselves in to the final chap ter's 6 .. . -, .

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