Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

1:: • and the rapid ly-approaching Han- g w 1§ ~ ~ ::!; in o b 1E l-, Q.) ..0 o .... u o Bob Hannah (25) and Jeff Hicks (22) mix it up with local Idaho racers Mark Hall (758). Todd Peugh (146) and Dan Huskey (behind Hicks). the lead followed by Tucker and on the fourt h la p, T u cker jammed into first. Smi th was running th ird a nd sh u t down, al low ing Cordeiro to adva nce and tak e on Stevenson . The white-flag lap saw Cordeiro sh oo t by Stevenson to finish second behind Tucker. Results PEE WEE : 1. J eff Gabh art (Suz); 2. Curt is Peebl es Jr. (Suz). MI NI 60 : 1. J ake 2emke (Kaw). M INI 80: 1. J ake Zem ke (Yam). 125 NOV: 1. Br adl ey Raym ond (Yam ). 250 NOV: 1. John A Costanza (Yam); 2. Joseph P. l eonard (Han). 250 JR : 1. Dean Vincelet (Yam) : 2. Rick Smith (Yam). . 250 EX: 1. Kenneth Netto (C-A). 500 NOV DIV 1: 1. J im Tuck er (Ya m); 2 . Gar y Cordeiro (Han). 500 NOV DIV 2: 1. Randy Gonz al es (Yam); 2 . Will iam P. Roger s (Su z). 500 JR 1. Dea n Vi nce let (Yam) : 2. Bill Gon zal es (Han ); 3 . Mark Butler (Yam ); 4 . Br ad Spencer (Yarnl . 500 EX: 1. David W oodward (Rtx ). Hannah, Hicks storm Idaho By Marty Gregory BOISE, !D, SE PT. 14- 15 A "little" m ore com pe titio n was added La Mark Hill 's assa u lt on th e Idaho Slate Motocross Championships.this weekend. .. .. 40 Bo b Han na h a nd Je ff H icks w~re in vited . a nd they showed up ! T he H urrica ne and ace pr iva teer Hic ks were in Bo ise at th e behes t o f th e Owyhee Mo torcycle C lu b to help promote the cu rren t four-rac e Sta te Cha mpio nship series. Rid in g ex h ibi tio n in th e 250cc Expe rt even ts. the pa ir of Worl d-class rid ers pu t o n a treme ndous show for local race fan s. T he event started with Sa tu rday n igh t's su percross, held un der the lights o n th e newl y-constru cted track in sid e Boise 's fam ed 'T circu it. the n m oved T o u tdoors to Clay Peak o n Su nda y. With J oe Wr ight a way ca m pai gning th e Trans -Cal Series . it was a p pa rent early o n that even th e fastest a vaila ble Idahoans were no match for H annah a nd Hi cks - excep t perhaps for Cor ey Barton (Ka w) , wh o raced with H annah onl y in practi ce. Barton rod e virtuall y unopposed in th e 125cc Pro class, a nd ran with th e Open Experts rather than th e 250s. el iminating a co n fro n ta tio n with Hannah and Hicks . Bart on started with a coup le of o the r l25s (abo u t 20 seco nds a fter the big bor es left) a nd still la p ped every '500cc machine on th e track before 10 laps were over. On th e Open bikes. Larry "Acti on " Ja ckso n overtook a nd passed Jim Lyngar (Ya m) in mot o one, th en he ld o n for th e win . In the second Open P ro h eat , J ackson was playing ca tch -u p to th e flying Lyngar wh en th e su b-fra me sta rted partin g com pa ny with the rest o f his CR500 . Larry had to pull over fo r a DNF and leave th e evening's overa ll Open title to Lyngar. When it ca me time for the 250cc P ros to do their thing, the hea lthy cro wd moved up tigh t on th e fences 10 get a better loo k a t th e impending clash between loca l hotshots a nd national riders. Hi cks a nd Hannah burned o u t of th e ho le, with Hicks and Mark Ha ll (Yam) doing a bit o f th e bump-and-run. Hi cks lost effective use of his Ioot peg in th e enco u n ter . bu t it didn 't slow him down too much. H a ll hu n g on for a co u p le of turns and th en went down trying to edge in on Hi cks . With H all o u t o f th e way , the Honda rider s sim p ly ra n away from the fiel d. lea ving H all , Lyngar (H us ), T odd Peu gh (Suz) and H ans Kirschner (Ka w ) 10 fight for thi rd . H a ll esta blished a so lid th ird a nd . th ou gh h e was still losing a co u p le o f seco nds per lap 10 Ha n na h a nd H icks, p u t some d istance o n the res t of th e pack u nt il a bolt ca me o u t o n a rear suspension strut a nd sidelined him for good. Hannah a nd Hi cks ga ve th e crowd everyth in g they wanted wi th incredib le skv-sho ts over th e j u m ps and fu ll -o n exh i bitio ns th rough th e w hoops. H annah won th e fir st moro w ith H icks in hot p ursui t. Anoth er Nat io nal con ten der. Bob Krah (Ka w ), agai n dom in a ted the Vet Ex p ert m ot os. Kra h , w ho p laced seco nd in class a t the AI\IA Ama teur Nat iona ls (Lore tta Lyn n MX). showed n oth in g bu t rear tire to the o ther Expert O ld Guys Saturday night wi th wire- to-wi re w ins, wa r-whoops a nd cross-ups in both mot os. Krah (p ro no un ced " Kray ") wou ld likel y have won th e Vet overall in T ennessee had th e sched uled third moto of th at even t not been ca nce lled . Krah wo n th e fi rst mot o , th en backed off after a seco nd-race spi ll p ut h im in to third a n d figured th at a no ther fir st o r seco nd wou ld g ive him the title. Wh en th at last mo to was dropped from the program . Krahs cha nces went wi th th em . Krah is ea silv lead ing the Idaho Sta te Championship points ra ce with overa lls in three o f . four events so fa r. Hicks got the holesh ot in th e final moro a nd . along with H annah, departed instant ly from th e com p an y o f the Idaho Experts. Hi cks and Han nah had a trem endous dice for th e en tir e 10 laps of th e ene rgy -ch arged race a nd . with delirious fan s scre aming th em o n. roared to a close fini sh . with Hi cks geuing the win by a bikelengt h or two over Hannah . Rain left th e Clav Peak tra ck in excellent sha pe for 'S unday's even t, a n d as th e 250cc Pro s ga ssed it up a nd head ed down th e ch u te for th e first rnoro start , it wa s Hicks gra b bing th e ho le hot. Hannah got bumped wide int o th e turn a nd wa s tempora ril y bottled up coming up a slig h t hill into a lefthander. Mark Ha ll (Ya m ) went down seconds later, leaving T odd Peugh (Suz) alone with Hi cks nah . Peugh co u ldn ' t stay on th e pace lon g and it was qu ick ly a no ther "Hannah 'n ' Hicks" sho w on th e track . Hi cks held off th e pressurin g Hannah for a cou p le of laps as th e pair ber serk ed aro un d th e circu it. H an na h nea rl y lost it a t one po int wh en h is back end ca ugh t a bum p wrong a nd kick ed o u t; but h e saved it a nd th e race for th e lead co nt in ued until Hicks fell. " 1 just h it a spot wh ere it was soft o n to p an d harder u ndern ea th ," said Hi cks . Hi cks was u p a nd co o kin g in no time, but Hannah was long gon e. In th e seco n d mot o , th e Honda mounted pa ir again ran a way with it a ll. Ma rk Ha ll finished third agai n to effectively wi n th e overall points for the day in his co nti nuing quest for the Ida h o S tate 250cc Pro MX Championship. Jim L yn gar (Hus) followed Hall home with Suzuki rid ers Todd Peugh and Dan Huskey in tow . " Action" J ackso n won the Open Pro class aboard a borrowed Kawasaki 500. Lyngar a nd Dan Lees (Kaw) h ad a good bash for second pla ce in th e first mota while Corey Barton (fo llow in g a 30-seco nd wait on the line) ca me flying around on his 125. Barton easily ran and h id from his nearest pursuer, new lv-Experuzed Sid Morris (S uz), who later fell hard but rem ounted to finish. Once again Barton la p ped the entire field o f O pen bik es (excep t J ackson ) in th e 20minute rac e. Open Pro m oto two was ano the r Jackson show a s he left L ynga r an d Lees to o nce again fight for seco nd . In th e overall, it was J ackson. L yngar. Lees. in tha t o rde r. Min i B's were on th e tra ck for th eir firs t mo to wh en Ri chi e Reynolds (Kaw ) a nd J us tin Dennett (Yam) got into it. Swa ppi ng th e lea d severa l tim es in th e first two la ps, Reynol d s a nd Den ne tt were pressur ed by Byron Vance (H a n) unti l Reyn olds sta rte d to tak e co m ma nd . Pu llin g aw a y from th e o th er crazed l l -vea r-olds, Revnolds gra bbed the firs i mota w in a fter Den n ett cras hed in a co rner. Revno lds ' T k didn 't hold u p , how ever, uc a nd in th e seco nd moro . problems relega ted h im to fourth overa ll. Byron Vance go t th e win , a nd seco nd overa ll went to Angela Davis. Kra h simp ly o u tcla ssed th e Vet field with a I- I show ing for th e day, wh ile Mik e Ande rso n (Kaw) m ot ored to an overa ll in the Vet B class. Re sult s SA TURDAY M ICRO; 'l . Gre g Yearsley (Kaw) ; 2. Jason Rich (Kaw) ; 3 . Bobb y Si sk (Kaw ). MINI BEG : 1. J ust i n Dennett (Yam); 2. Bry an Vance (Kaw); 3. Rodney Jones (Hen). M INI tNT: 1. Robert Hayball (Kaw) ; 2. Bri tt an Bur li nga me (Kawl; 3 . James Cyr (Kaw l. M INI EX: 1. Thao Smith (Hen) ; 2. Jerry Thompson (Han); 3 . Denn is Ra ndall (Hen ). 125 BEG : 'l . Darrel Fro nek (Yam); 2. Rich Hokanson (Suz); 3. Jim Beuttv (Kawl. t 25 1 NT: 1. Mike Harr is (Kaw ): 2. Jerry Thomps on (Hon); 3 . Th ad Smit h (Hon) . 125 EX: 1. Corey Bart on (Kaw); 2 . Greg Larson (Hon) ; 3 . Todd Smith (Hon ). 250 BEG: t , Del ma r Slate (Hon); 2. Scott Darl in g (Yam); 3. Todd Renf ro (Yam ). 250 INT : 1. Rob Johnson (Yam I; 2. Dav id Gur ju s (Hon); 3 . J eff M urray (Hon). 250 EX EXHID : 1. Bob Han n ah (Hon): 2. J eff Hicks (Hon). 250 EX: 1. Ji m Lyngar (Hu s); 2. Todd Peugh (Su z); 3 . Ha ns Kirsch ne r (Kawl . OPEN BEG: 1. Matt Spenc er (Xaw) : 2. Mike M it che ll (Hon ); 3. Bi ll Dougherty tHon). OPEN INT: 1. David Gu ri u s (Hon) ; 2. Rick M eredith (Hus) ; 3 . Ross Boyd (Hus) . . OPEN EX: 1. J i m Lyngar (Yam); 2. C.B. He ndricks (Hon): 3. Tim Boeh ke (Ho n). VET BEG: 1. M ike Anderson (Kaw); 2. Joe Wood (Yam ); 3 . Leroy Sm it h (Kaw) . VET EX: 1. Bob Krah (Kaw) ; 2. John Spa rks (Yam); 3.Myron Davis (Kaw) . POW DER PUFF: 1. Sh err i Chandl er (Yam); 2. A nn Frisk (Yam ); 3. Kate Hoyt (Yam). SU NDAY MICRO: 1. Dam on Den nett (Kaw) ; 2. Greg Year s ley (Kaw); 3 . Jaso n Rich (Kaw) . MIN I BEG : 1. Bvro n Vance (Kaw); 2. Ange la Davis (Kaw) ; 3. J ustin Dennett (Yam). MIN IINT: 1. Brittan Bur lin gam e (Kaw); 2. Robert Hayba ll fKaw l; 3. Cliff Burge (Kaw). MI NI EX: 1. Tha d S mith (Hon) ; 2. Denni s Randall (Hon); 3 . Jerry Thomp son (Hon). 125 BEG : 1. Lawre nceZoon; 2. J i m Beutty (Kaw); 3. Ryder Or ozco. 125tNT: 1. M ike Harns(Kaw ); 2. W ade Mcintosh; 3. Je rry Thompson [Hen]. 125 EX: 1. Corey Barton (Kaw); 2 . Todd Smith (Hon); 3. Greg Larso n (Hon) . 250 BEG : 1. Scott Darl in g (Yam); 2. M ike Dough ertv (Hus); 3 . Larry O 'Lear y (Ho n). 25 0 INT: 1. Ed Dre xle r; 2. Dave Fairbanks (Yam); 3 . David Gurius (Hon) . 25 0 EX EXHI8 : 1. Bob Hannah (Hon) ; 2. Je ff Hicks (Hon). 250 EX: 1. Mark Ha ll (Yam ): 2. Todd Peugh (Suz); 3. Dan Husky (Suzl. OPEN BEG : 1. Matt Spencer (Kaw ); 2 . Steve Acarregui (Hon ); 3. Gar y Years ley (Yam ). OPEN INT: 1. Dav id Gu ri us (Hon ); 2. Kerr y Carlock (Hon); 3. Mark Hendr ickson . OPEN EX: 1. larry Jackson (Hon); 2. J im l yngar (Hus); 3. Dan Lees. VET BEG : 1. Mike Anderson (Kawl; 2. Cur t Kamo; 3. Leroy Smith (Kaw) . VET EX: 1. Bob Krah (Kaw) ; 2. M yron Davi s (Kaw); 3. Randy Va n Dyke (Hus) . Lance perfect at Albany5X Championship By Clay Light . AL BANY, O R, SE PT. 22 Do ug Lan ge ro de perfectly en ro u te to his 1-1-1storm trooping of the combined Pro class in Northwes t C hallenge Supercross ac tion at Albany, Sunday. The three motos were to be combined wit h the two motos run Sa turday (sco red separately) for the ove rall class championship, wit h the second day of racing having the largest rider a nd spectator a tt en d a n ce . La n ce (Mo ta X Fox /Yam support ) didn't attend Saturda y's racing, and wasn't gunning for th e title. The first m oto on Sunday had KTM-supported Grayson Hart shoot ing into the lead foll owed by Keller (H a n 250 ) and Lange. also on a 250. H art looked 10 be a good bet for the win, but o n th e first lap sta lled and d ro p ped to eig h th, well behind the incre di ble ba ttl e for first betw een Lange a nd Kell er. Min i Expert speed ster Paul Win n was aga in riding with the Pro s in a n exh ibitio n -sta tus ride an d held down thi rd to th e fin ish behind Lan ge and Kell er. Gary Beyer (Kaw )and J ohn Buyas (Kaw) rounded o u t the top five. Mot a two wa s led fro m sta rt to finish by Lan ge. In seco nd rod e Beyer, mu ch to th e deligh: o f th e loca l fan s who urged th e Kawasak i pil ot on unt il Kell er swep t past to seek o u t La nge. But La nge was well on hi s way to a co m fortable m ar gin that h e would tak e to the checkers over Keller, Winn , Beyer . BuyasandJohn Wood ley (Ka w), . T he thi rd and fina l mot a was th e sa me Lange a nd Kell er shoo t-o u t. lea ving Winn in thi rd. Beyer ro de in the fou rt h spot to ta ke th e top ca sh payoff in the 125s. La nge 's I-I - l tall y took th e top pa yoff over th e 2-2-2 of Kell er . whose 1-1 -2-2-2 tall v nett ed h im th e overa ll two-dav Pro ' laurels. T he Open B cla ss on~e agai n went to Bob Leach (Ya m ). Leach controlled th e tem po in a ll three m otes for a co m bined 3- 1- 1-1- 1 ta lly and th e class cha m p io ns h i p . Lea ch beat Gar y Beav er (Kaw) for th e Sunday overa ll as well as Ala n O'Brien (Yam) and Scott Martin (Yam). T he second outing had Leach vaulting into the lea d over Beaver, Mar k West (H a n) and Tom Pilch er (ATK). Beaver quickly moved through traffi c to sett le beh ind Lea ch an d ahead of a Mart in /O'Brien Ba ttle. Pilcher saved what wou ld have been a na sty cras h but took o u t Martin and O 'Brien. who finis hed third a nd fourth in a scramble for ma ch inery . Leach made a sweep of th e class by winni ng the final mala going away. Bea ver again rode second a nd West took a third a t th e checkered flag. Jason McCormick (Ka w) wo n both da ys o f 60cc Expert action as well as th e cham p io ns h ip by winning every 60cc A mot a. McCormick beat Dan n y U lven (Kaw ). who wen t 2-2-2 in the da y. U lven took second bras s by holdin g off Ryan Huffman (Yam ), wh o wa s off his usu al class-win n ing pace.

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