Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

~ ~ a: w ~ ..J « c.. .... i2 >'" en 0 .... 0 :I: c.. ~ CO O"l ...... ~ c<') C'J .... Q.) ..0 0 .... u 0 Gordo n W ard battled for po sition in the second 2 5 0 cc sem i and worke d up to second place; he fin ished seventh in the final. Frank rook th e ea rly lead in th e firs t 250cc semi. a nd like H olland in hi s race , took it w ire to wire. George Holland salutes the crowd after claiming the 250cc c lass win. He also came from behind to win the 1 25cc race . Consolation KT ~I rider Todd Campbell sto le the ho lesho t in th e 125cc consol ation race and ex tended his lead wit h every lap before tak ing th e checkered flag . Ra y Sommo securely hel d down seco nd pl ace th roughout th e m or o to clai m the la st transfer posi tio n . Damon Webb (Hon ) led th e th e firs t few laps in th e 250cc co nso lation race befo re ge ll ing passed by Yamaha ride r Ron Watm ore. Then Hondamounted Brian Manl ey moved in and d ropped Webb back one more position to tran sfer to th e fin al. CMC/Skoal Bandit Lady Uberty Trans-Col series: Round 5 . Holland, Zitterkopf rule Madera Supercross 125cc Pro f in al By Kit Pa lmer MADE RA . CA. ocr. 12 Su zuki ' s G eo rg e Holland a n d Hondam o un ted G reg Zi tterkopf were the s tar a ttractions a t the first of two supercross races du ring th e Continental Motosport Cl ub 's, Skoal Ba n di t-spo n sored Lady Liberty Trans-Cal Seri es, this h M d C on~ Ire Id at t e j a era ou~ty Fairgrounds. Ho lland eas il y 6 cla imed hi s third 250cc Pro T ransCa l victory ton ight as well as c1aim ing the 125cc class win. Hi s.win ca rn e easil y in th e 250s. but H o lland had 10 strug.glee~rl y in t.he I25cc fina l before slUrrlllg hi s way InIO th e lead anOcc Pro races had two serm s, one co nso la tio n race and o ne 20-la p final , wh ile the 500cc Pro cla ss had o ne final onl y. The Mini Experts and Vet Pros had a two-mota format. Gear Racewear-spon sored Zill erkopf succes sfu lly defended hi s slim lead over Husqvarna 's Mick y Dymond throughout th e 500cc final to nai l hi s first win of th e seri es. Phil Larson looked to have everyth ing going hi s • • • wa y a fter tak ing th e ea rl ~ I ~ad. b~t he cras h ed shortly after. ~I v lllg Zitter kopf th e lead and th e Win. In th e Min i Expe rt class. H on da rider SCOIl Bro wn used a 3- 1 co m bination 10 nab the w in. whil e Rick Sirnmeu ( Hon) seu led for seco nd with a 1-3 tall y. A'TKvm ounted Randy Rodriguez swe p t both moto s in th e Vet ~ro race. heatin g hi s closes t com peu ro r Jon Mill er (Yam) , wh o ~in ish ed second o vera ll desp ite cra sh ing twi ce. • Sem is . T he re were two sem is in th e 125 and 250cc classes as well as a co nso lation race eac h, H olland didn't hav e ' a ny problems winn in g both th e sem is in both classes by leadin g from stan to fin ish each time O U I. Yamaha 's Edd ie Hi cks topped the seco nd l2 5cc sem i r•nher easily. Yamaha rider Billy f I Rick R yan blasted to the front of th e pa ck a t th e stan o f the I25cc fin al bu t wa s cl o sel y pursu ed by H olland . Kawasaki -m ounted Doug O 'D onnell a n d Honda rider Drev Dir cks. Hicks a n d j eff Mat iasevich' were both in vo lved in a first-turn cras h th at put th em a t th e tail end of th e pa ck. As th e field en tered the second lap, O 'D onnell mad e a sur pr ise move a nd zapped H olland through a sectio n o f wh oops a nd sta rted to reel in th e leader R yan. O 'D onnell bee•nne glued 10 R yan 's rear fender less th an a lap lat er a nd th en double-jumped by th e Kawasaki rid er. O 'D onnell started p u lli ng a way whil e H olland tr ied to fin d a wa y a ro un d Ryan . About five seco nds behind Holl and was Honda rid er Shaun Ka los, wh o had passed Dir cks for fourth o n lap six , Meanwhi le, Holla nd fin all y found th e hot lin e arou nd R yan through the whoops th en sta rted closing ground o n the lead er 0 ' Do nnell. Two laps later, H olland was inches behind O 'Donnell a nd was look in g fo r a way a ro u nd . A deep rut had formed in th e turn : it ca ug h t O'Don nell 's fro nt wIH;,e1 , causing him 10 go down . By the time he remoun ted, Ryan had a lready motored by. The top three ride rs became fairly sprea d o u t as Som mo closed in on O 'Donnell a nd pa ssed h im o n the last lap. H olland to ok the wi n foll owed by R ya n , • - ' . ',~ ;1. ; i i, ~ . : I So m ma, O 'D onnell , Dircks, Kalos a nd H icks, "Those guys were rea lly ridin g good," sa id H ollan d. " I had 10 work hard to get by th em , a nd I was ma kin g a lot of mis ta kes in th e turns becau se I was pushing m yself too ha rd ," 250cc Pro fina l T he closes t a ny rider go t to H oIland in th e 250cc fin al was through th e first a nd seco nd turns on lap on e. Honda rider Tracy O swell grabbed th e hol esh ot but H olland forced him 10 th e o u tside of th e second turn and h e ran alit o f tra ck. Oswell crashed through th e ha ylxrles a nd hi t a guardrail in th e infield, whi ch ca u sed him 10 en do, Although o bvio us ly upset wi th Ho lland , O swel l managed to reen ter th e race but o u t of con ten tio n. " I wasn't trying 10 cu t him orr or a ny th in g ." said Holl and . " I just cu t in sid e o f him , but th e track cut back in a nd he had n o p lace to go but off th e track ." Afte r th e end of the Iirst lap, the top Iive rid ers were H olland, Manley. Yamaha rid er R uss Wageman. T erry Fowl er (Kaw )and Brett Cahors (H on), As H olland sta rted pulling away, Yamaha rid er Bill y Frank was busy workin g hi s way up to third before clip p ing Manl ey's r ear tir e through an ess-turn and quickl y cras hed out o f co n ten tio n . At this point, Fowler was hounding Wagem an for third and got wh at h e wanted by th e fourth lap. Th ese po sitions remained th e sa me for th e rem a inder of th e race as H olland eas ily cap tu red th e win . Manley finish ed seco nd ahead o f Fow ler a nd Wa ~ema n. Frank managed a fifth . 500cc Pro fin al Larson had a two-hi kelengr h lead go in g into the first turn at the start of the 500cc fina l and held a ll to the lead for two laps before cra shing and surrending th e lead to Ziuerkopf, In third was Dymond, followed by MStar's Peter Murr , Greg Torgerson ay (H us), Jim Ellis (Ya m) and Ra ndy LIw (Hon) . ' :. ... . '-I • • t-l (·.. ~ ~· ~ ') fl' ;; · f , ~.

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