Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

~ 00 - Q') George Holland (abo ve) had a perfect day in both the 125 and 250cc Pro classes. winning all four motos w ith relative ease. (Below ) Willy Simons went 1-2 to take the overall victory in the 500cc Pro class . to wrap up his first victory of the day. Honda support rider Jeff Hicks posted a 4-3 score to tak e second overall. Shaun Kalas and Rodney Harriger were the only riders to lead Holland in th e 125cc Pro class, but th ey on ly stayed in front of the Suzuki pilot for a short time in th e first mota. In moto two, Holland holeshot and went on to win by over 20 seconds, while back in third place .T erry Ba sta rd won a fier ce battle for that position to take second overall. Willy Simons returned to the winner's circle in th e 500cc Pro class. Last week Husqvarna factory rider Micky Dymond occupied that spot, but this week he ra n into trouble and fail ed to finish either mota. Simons' 1-2 finishes give him an added cushion over Jim Ellis, who went 2-3 for third overall, in the point standi ngs. Shane Trittler was one of the few Mini Expert riders wh o remained in motion, a nd took the overall victory in that class. 125cc Pro CMC/Skoal Bandits Lady Liberty Trans-Cal Series: Round 4 Holland sweeps Sand Hill By Nate Rauba BRENTWOOD, CA, SEPT. 29 T eam Suzuki 's G eorge Holland wo n four m o to s en rou te to the 125 and 250cc P ro class victories in the fourth round of th e Continental Motosport Club (CMC)/Sko al Bandit- 8 spon sored Lady Liberty TransCal series. Holland, aboard a pair of practice bikes, had Iittl e troubl e sweeping his motos a t th e Sa nd H ill Ranch circu it. - In the 250cc Pro class, series leader Brett Cahors ga ve Holland so me trou ble a t th e begin n in g o f th e first moto, but once Holla nd passed him he opened up a big lead. Holland led the second rn o to fro m start to finish Kalas, aboard a Honda, took the lead at the start of the first moto but was passed by Harriger (Kaw) on the downhill. Bastard (Kaw) , Kawasakimounted Tim Ru th erford and HoIland trailed. By the end of the first lap, Holland was up to third, and after pressuring Kalas for a short time, moved into second on the next lap. H o llan d then set his sights o n Harriger and closely followed him for the next two laps. At the begin. ning of lap four, Harriger slid out a nd Holland was gone with the lead. Harriger remounted in th ird, behind Kalas and just ahead of Yamahamounted Mike Beier. As Holland pulled away, the race for second between Kalas, Harriger and Beier began to tighten up. Beier passed Harrige r on lap six, then a lap later took second from Kalas. Further back, another battle was shaping up for th e fifth spot betee n Basta rd , Doug O 'D onnell (Kaw) and Ed Arnet (H a n ). Ba sta rd eventually broke away, and Arnet dumped it in a corner and dropped back , bu t a few laps la ter he was back on O 'Donnell 's tail. Up front, H olland enj oyed a big lead, a n d Beier began to move a way from Harriger. With two laps remaining, Harriger went down in a turn , all o wing Kalas to take over th ird . Harrig er had trouble restarting h is bike, and by th e time he bumpsta rt ed it. Bastard was alongside. The two raced down the hill side-by-side, and when they reached the turn at the bo ttom , Harriger went wide, locked the rear wheel and stalled in the co rner . From then on the top five was set ; Holland cruised across the finish line with a big lead on Beier, who in turn held a comfortable distance over Kalas. Bastard held off the late charges of Arnet, who had gone by Harriger in th e turn , to tak e fourth. Holland grabbed the holeshot at the start of mota two ahead of O 'Donnell , Bastard, J eff Matiasevich (Kaw), Dean Ma tson (Kaw) and Jon Nelson (H a n ). Beier and Kalas both got poor starts and wer e around m idpack. H olland quickly pulled away from O 'D onnell. wh o had put some di stance on Bastard. But th e real ra ce began to develop for th ird when Matso n passed Bastard on lap three. On the following lap, Bastard was back in front of Matson, but Matiasevich was leading th em both. Nelson was close behind in sixth a head of Dre y Dircks (H a n), and Beier completed a six-rider train in eighth. Tim Ru therfordjoined the cro wd a couple of la ps later, taking Beier's place when Beier came u pon a pil e-u p a nd went down . At the halfway point, Holland had nearly 15seconds on O ' Donnell, while back in third the Ma tiasevich/Bostard battle still raged and had moved aw ay from Matson. Beier was back on the gas and pa ssed Ru therford to move in behind Dircks once again. Dircks and Beier went by Matson on the eighth lap, then caught up to the Matiasevich/Bastard duel. Bei er Iinally got around Dircks with just over one lap to go, and on the final circuit set up a close race for third as he moved in on Bastard. Matiasevich surrendered to Bostard as they started the la st lap, and Beier went by too. Beier tried to charge by Ba sta rd , but fell in the process. " I was trying to use different lines," said Beier, " an d used one that was o rr-the-wall and just sli d out. " T hat gave Bo sta rd third, well behind O'Donnell, who was far behind HoIland at the finish. Matiasevich was fou rt h ahead of Dircks. 260cc Pro Da mon Web b p ulled the hol esh o t at the start of moto one, bu t it was short-lived as Ca hors and H olland took the first two positions. Ca hors and Holland pulled a bout five seconds on Hicks as Jim Holley (Yam) trailed in fourt h . O n the third lap, Ho lley fell, allowing Terry Fowler (Han) and Brett Manley (Hon) by. Holland got by Cahorson lap five and q u ickly pulled away, while Holley had moved back into fourth and was closing on Hicks. Holley spent the next few laps reeling Hicks in, finally getting him on lap 10. Cahors had enjoyed a comfortable cushion on Hicks, bu t when Holley took th ird that distance quickly disappeared. When the white flag appeared, Holley was challenging Cahors and passed him a moments later on the big downhill. Cahors retaliated in the next turn, an d for the rest of the race the two were inches apart. Holley tried one last move in the last turn , but Cahors shut him off to take second behind Holland. " Thro u gho u t the mota I was trying to ride consistently," said Cahors, "but after he (Holley) passed me I started riding more aggressively." The start of rnoto two belonged to Holland as he shot into the lea d ahead of Hicks and Manley. Holland immediately established a good lea d on Hicks, who quickly began to feel the pressure from Manley. By lap four, Holley, who had gotten a bad start, had moved up to fourth , while Manley backed orr slightl y and allowed Hicks to ga in some ground. Manley kept Hicks in sight though, and a few laps later'was back on'

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