Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

.~ 23 .' ~ (Above left) Hank Scott rode to a fourth-place finish. (Above right) Alex Jorgensen (44) finally got things together since changing over to a Honda in April. Here he leads Ricky Graham. (Below ) Wayne Rainey (60R). Terry Poovey (1 8 ) and Scott Parker raced for the lead early in the ma in. Brian Athe rto n a n d hi s Ron Wood/ Perry's H-D/Hi-P oint/ Arai/S tump Ins ./Carlisle/Tsubaki/NH II Nonhem Elec. Wood-Rot a x th at to ok bo th the wi n a nd th e ti tle . Win kie Fre itas was th e other rider with a sho t at the ti tle , bu t eight points in o ne race was a lo t o f grou n d to ma ke up. Both fa vorites wo n th eir respe cti ve hea t races, so the fin a l a ppeared to be set as the showdown. Freitas snared the holeshot, but a t th e end of the fir st la p it was Don Myers in the lea d , follo wed by Freitas a nd Athe rton. Lap th ree saw Atherton take co ntrol while Freitas was still hav in g problems with Myers . By th e h a lfwa y m a rk . Atherto n still led and Bryan Mcfrowel l h ad joined th e fray to ba tt le for seco nd p lace . On la p 10 of th e 12·lap race , Atherton a n d Fr eit a s h ad shown their super iori ty and pulled clear from th e o thers . Freit as lead br iefl y in th e cl osing stages, but th e race an d year belonged to Atherto n. T hird place wen t to Myers wi th McDowell fo u n h and Les Wash bo n fift h . National After much deliberation the fin al National of 1985 go t under way with tempers fla ri ng. Parker was one of th e few who wanted to go wi th the safer ro ute of two separa te races. bu t wh en the fla g dropped on th e 25-mi le race. Parker led into turn one. Sh a hen and Poovey foll owed Parker while Graham was back in sixth pl ace. At th e en d o f the first la p th e orde r read: Shobert, Park er, Poo vey, Ra iney a nd j orgy . Shobert seemed wil ling to ris k tire wear and go for the big early lead, a nd th at 's exactly what he d id. By the fifth la p , Shobert look ed to be in comma nd whi le Parker, Poovey, Ra in ey a n d Fi lice went at it for second. Filice soon dro p ped off the pace after slidi ng off th e groove in turns three a nd fo ur whi le Ra in ey bega n to take ch arge in the group battling for seco nd. Ra iney moved int o second o n lap eig h t as th e pa ck began to reel in Sh obert. Ra in ey put his H ar ley into th e lead for th e firs t tim e o n lap 13 as Sh ob ert began to fade. All five of the leaders were in stri ki ng ra nge wit h Poov ey. Shobert , Park er a nd Jorgy leading the way . Pa rkerm oved to the fro nt of the second-place ra ce. and by the 18th lap, it became a p parent th at it would be a Ra in ey/ Parker duel to th e fin ish as th e two co ns tant ly swa pped positions . Ra in ey wo u ld gai n o ff turn two a nd into turn three, b ut Par ker was right th erea t th e stan/fi nish line and in the lead going in to turn one. j orgen sen began to assert h im self on la p 21and the leadin g trio slammed into turn th ree side-by-side. j orgy mo mentari lv too k the lead on th e 22nd la p gomg' into turn three, but Rain ey and Pa rker soon got by. Wit h two laps to go, H a n k Scott wa s sho wing th e leaders a wheel while adding a new twist to the event . However , when th e foursome emerged from turn four o n the fina l la p , it was Parker pulling o u t of Rainey's d ra ft . to tak e th e w in : j orgy held on to tak e thi rd wit h Scott fourth and Shobert fifth. Parker's win edged h im by Chandler. wh o finished 15th, a nd into thi rd p lace in th e fina l point standi ngs . T h e pr e-race favorite. Graham . h ad pi cked the wrong geari ng for the Na ti o na l and ended up in sixth p lace; Poo vey su ffered a fla t tire o n the last lap a nd sett led for 10th . " I h ad a little doubt even going do wn the fro nt straigh t," Pa rker sai d. '" knew I had Wa yn e beat, bu t I was worried abou t j orgy getting both of us . I fig u red ou t my stra tegy about three la ps from th e end. beca use I knew ' cou ld draft by Wa yn e on the front straight. " Shobert's tire was worn to the co rds aft er th e 25 m iles. A fas t ea rly pace may have cost h im the race a nd as h e put it , '" was more for th e 25 laps. bUI now I wish th ey wo uld have shortened it. " Rai ney's race went by too fas t a nd th e road race r th ought h e still had laps left. H e cruised a litt le too lo ng an d w he n he rea lized it wa s tim e to pick up the pace. it was too la te. " We wer e go ing pretty slow a n d , was loo kin g a r th eir tir es a n d j ust laking it easy . I co u ldn't beli eve it was a lrea dy 25 laps. " • Results 25 ·LAP NATIONAL: 1. Scott Parkar (H· Dt 2. Wayne Rainey (H- O); 3. Alex Jorgen sen (Hon); 4 . Hank Scan (Hon t 5. Bubba Shobert (Hon); 6. Ricky Graham (Hon); 7. Pete Ham&s (H-D ); B. Rodney Perris (H· D); 9. St eva Morahaad (H· D); 10. Ter ry Poovey (H-D); 11. Chris carr (H· Dt 12. Randy Goss (Hont 13. J immy Filice (Hont 14. Tad Boody (Hon); 15. Doug Chandler (Hon); 16. Stava Eklund (H· D);17. Garth Brow (H-DL TIME: 15 min .. 25.690 secs. 12- LA P JU NIOR NATIONAL: 1. Bri an Ath erton (W·R) 2. W ink ie Fraitas (Hon ); 3. Donald My ers (H· D); 4 . Bryan McDow ell (W-R); 5. Les Washbon (C· A); 6. Frank Garc ia (Hon); 7. Tim Skov (W· R); B. Ted Tayl or (H-D); 9. Pater Goddard (Hon); 10. Randy Roose (H· D); 11. Dick Thero ux (C-A); 12. Wade Cam lin . ' FINAL AM A GRANO NATIONAL CHAMP ION· SHIP/CAMEL PRO SERIES POINT STANDINGS; 1. Bubba Shobert (275 ); 2. Ted Boody (21 9); 3. Scott Parker (204 ); 4. Doug Chandler (191 ); 5. Ricky Graha m (1 59); 6. Scott Pears on (1 32 ); 7 . Chr is Carr (120 ); 8 . Ronni e Jo ne s (11 4); 9 . Jay Spr ingsteen 1107); 10 . Steve M orehead (97 ): 1 1. Hank Scott (9 4); 12 . Alex J orgen sen (90); 13 . M ike Baldw in 1 89); 14 . Pete Hames (82): 15. Randy Renfrow (80); 16. Wayne Rainey (78); 17. Alan Labrosse (76); 18. Terry Poovey (74); 19. Rodney Farri s (64): 20 . Randy Goss (69). FINALAMAJUNIOR NATIONAL CHAM PIONSHIP POINT STANDINGS : 1. Brian Ath erto n (3 23); 2. W inkie Freitas (31 1); 3. Aar on Hill (14 6); 4 . Wad e ca-nun (7 9); 5. Don M yers (78); 6. Las Wash bon (7 6); 7.•Ti m Skov (68); 8. (TIEl Brad Fur long/ Frank Gercra (67); 10. Ted Taylor 1 2). 6 7

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