Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

r - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - ----:-- - - - - - ---, rJl l- o J: ~ o J: >- '" f:? o J: Q. ""ca-MIO~ , . c;-~.~ /II1.LO~ • COMPLETE BOLT-ON KITS' 'r nronr e Bore Sizes : 30 mm -37.5 mm Som e models availabl e with .b ullt -In acce lerato r pumps Every th!ng . needed IS supplied Inc ludin g the correc t J lnQ en • 20'10 PLUS HORSEPOWER GAIN • The Mal oss i's no t on ly have a great low end and mid -ranee..but an alm ost limit less top -end . pl us. Its smoo th Idling cnaractenstics. ~ Q.) ...0 o .... u o • 2 NEW TRACK RECORDSl • 2 new reco rds out of the bo x. The Rlva ra/Ma losSI Kit s wor k! Ttns is the latest racing techno log y avaitable. fro m years o f test ing and wm nm q racmq Jeff C lo utier won round two o f t he Nevada State MX Cha mpio nsh ip . For mor e inform ation . send $1 for 4 page co lor catalogue . or call our perf ormance eng inee rs. Action was fast a nd furi ous for the rest of the race. At th e fin ish . it was Pal mer, Ross . T homas, a nd Robert H arrison in th e first fo u r pla ces. Palmer, who had started moto one nex t to la st. did even worse in moto two . Dead la st off th e line, h e started rampaging th ro ugh th e pack, picking off fi rst one , th en another rider. T homas. th e man wh o had gi ven h im such a ba ttle in th e firs t rno to, was not a factor in this round. Pal mer worked his way to second p lace behind th e Ya maha o f SCOll Bu ttr a m , then sudden ly. o n th e white flag lap, Buttram dumped h is bik e in th e big sweeper by th e tower, a nd Palm er 's seco nd victorv was ass ured . T he final res u lts h ad 'Pa lm er fi rst ove ra ll, Thomas at second . a nd H arrison in th ird p lace. The Jun ior Cycles pu t o n q u ite a show as ride rs battled furiously for two motos. Ja son Part ridge, Corey Ge hlken , Bria n Ba rn so n . a nd Carev Hart were all winners as th e J u n ior Cycle classe s were run togeth er in o ne large race . Novice winner Partridge bl a sted to the lead in each of th e mOlOS, on ly to be passed by Intermed ia tes Mike G ilbe rt and H an each time. T hose two waged a roy a l ba ili e for th e enti re first race, passing a nd repassin g each o ther ma n y times, until G ilbert took the win in a p hoto finis h a t the checke rs. Mo to two was a lmost th e same a s the first clas h , only th is time H a n prevai led a t th e end to win th e ra ce and first p lace ove ra ll over Gilbert. Gehlken won the 9-11 Novi ce divi sion in h is fir st race ever a t th e new track, whi le Ba rnso n won the 6-8 Int ermedi at e division. The O pen Pro race was one of th e h ighlights o f th e da y. Sean Steele, wh o usu a ll y races in th e 250cc class, jumped to th e lead in moto o ne a nd set a scorch ing pace as he flew arou nd th e track , runn in g away with th e race. Mo to two sa w Richa rd Wilk grab th e h olesh ot, but Steele passed h im o ff th e seco nd bi g sta rt hill a nd was never h ead ed as he cru ised to th e wi n . Wil k ca me through for a ha rd earned second-place finish overall , wh ile Tony Ber lu ti brought h is Kawa saki in for th ird. Results PEE W EE NOV : 1. Russell Pearon; 2.John M en g; 3 . Eric Gr if f ith . PEE weeINT: 1. Gr eg Zarat iewg ui; 2. Jason Par - tridge ; 3. Brian Sarn s on . JR CYC STK NOV 6-8 : 1. J ason Partrid ge; 2 . Greg Zar at iegui ; 3 . M atth ew Camd en. J R CYC STK NOV 9 -11 : 1. Cor ey Ge hlken ; 2. Chad An derson; 3 . Nat hana l Pear son. J R CYC STK INT 6-8 : 1. Bria n Barn son. J R CYC INT STK 9-1 1: 1. Carey Hart; 2. M ike Gilbert ; 3. J immy Gri ego. J R CYC MOD NOV 9 -11 : 1. Corey Gehlken. J R CYC MOD NOV9·11 : 1. M ike Gil bert : 2 . Carey Hart ; 3. J im my Gr iego. 80 STK NOV 9 -11 : 1. M ike Gilb ert . 80 STK NOV 12+: 1. la nce Taylor; 2 . Kevin Clar k; 3. Joey Hoak . RIVERA engineering "'UUALITV. 'ERFO....NCE- 6416 S. Wesle rn Ave., Wh itt ier, CA 90606 (213) 693-4273 Derek Titus sa iled to the win in the BOcc Stock Expert 12 and Older class at Las Vegas Motocross Park. 80 STK INT 12 +: 1. David Griego; 2. Ric ha rd Sax- ton; 3 . Robe rt Flores. 80 STK EX 12. : 1. Derek Tit us. 80 M OD NOV 12. : 1. Lance Taylor; 2. J eff Hodg e; 3 . David Gr iffit h . 80 M OD INT 12. : 1. Richar d Saxton; 2 . David Griego; 3. Kerry Mu ll~a n. 125 NOV: 1. Lon nie Faulkner; 2. Chris Pocino; 3. Kerry Mulligan. 1251 NT: 1. Sonny Re iig; 2 . Johnny Day; 3 . Rand y Honeycutt. 125 PRO: 1. Greg Vowell ; 2. Eric Sacken . 250 NOV : 1. Jo hn Hill; 2. W ill iam Lee: 3. Scan Basen . 25 0 INT: 1. Jeff Palm er ; 2. Ter ry Thomas; 3 . Robert Har rison . 250 PRO: 1. Pat Sh ield s. 500 NOV: 1. Lyl e Bingham ; 2 . Chri s Sl aughter ; 3 . Ron Goodwin. . 500 INT: 1. J im Bernson. 500 PRO: 1. Sean St eel e; 2. Richard Wilk; 3 . Ton y Berluti. VET NOV : 1. Keit h Peerson. 2 . Jac Lind ell ; 3. Robert Tell es. VET EX: 1. lee Pear son . Cloutier conquers NevadaMX By Moto-Depo STEA D, NV , S EPT. 22 Mi ch a el' s Cycl e Works/H iPo int-spo nsor ed J eff C loutier ro de hi s Suzu ki RM250 to a n impressive wi n over Ro bbie H adl ock, on h is Carson Ya maha/Hi Po int YZ250, a t th e second race of the Nevada Sta te MX Cha mpionship p u t o n by th e Nevada O ld T imers . H ad lock wo n th e first race of th e seri es, bu t Clo uti er 's aggressive rid in g style is keepin g th e pressure on th e District 26 nu mber-one rider. H ad lock pu lled th e holesh ot a t th e start of the first moto, follow ed by Ri c k Woo d so n a n d Mark Na son , with C lo u tier stuck in m id p ack . By th e en d o f the seco nd lap . C lo u tier was in third p lace and the to p- three po sitions sta yed th e same un til just b~for.e t l~e last lap. Cl ou tier dropped hi s bike 111 a co rne r and ca me aroun d in fo u rt h pl ace, th en p roceed ed to m ove up a nd fini sh second beh ind H ad lock. In th e seco nd moto, Nason pulled th e hol esh ot with Bu tch Stillmock in tow. By m idrace, Cl outier a nd Had - lock were midpack, with C lou tier a head . S till mock was sti ll holding down second when H adlock m oved to th ird a nd Nason faded back. At th e fin ish Cl out ier m ov ed u p 10 ta ke th e w!n ~y a slim m argin ove r H adl ock, wm n mg th e o vera ll as well. In O pen Expert action , NM S/KTMmounted Chester Martinmaa s showed the yo u ng g uy s that a Vet rider ca n rake h om e the 'lion 's sha re of th e . p urse. H e wo n th e first moto ea sily ov~r H onda-mo unted Tim Dyer. Beau H ibdo n had a large lead , bu t h is H onda seized midwa y throug h th e race. Hi bdon won th e seco nd moto, bu t h is six th place finish co u ld n o t match Ma rti nmaa s' 1-2 sco re fo r th e overa ll win. In Vet Expert actio n , Martinmaas tr ied to keep R ich Thorwaldson in sigh t, ~ut ~ue 10 the g rea t effo n put into wmn mg th e Pro class, he j u st d idn 't have th e energy 10 keep up, T horwaldso n rode smooth ly to a n im pressive w in . Mich ael 's C ycle Works ride r Wyl ie Wilson dom in at ed th e Ol d Timer Expert class on his RM250. Sta n Mi les, on a 500 H onda , tried to keep up the pa ce, bu t had to settle for seco nd overa ll. • Results 125 JR : 1. M ark Lawson. 80 EX: 1. Gene Kay . 80 J R: 1. Bill y Wh ite; 2. P.J. Yacu k. 125 NOV : 1. Larr y M oore; 2. Joh n Ray; 3 . Sea n Smith. OPEN NOV ; t . Mark Peters; 2. Ray Forbes; 3 . Randy Field ing. OPEN JR : 1. Shaw n Sliter; 2. Eric Thaheld. BO NOV DIV 1: 1. M ike DeCa rli : 2. Todd M cM aste r; 3 . Br ia n Sm ith. .250 EX: 1. Jeff Clout ier ; 2. Robb ie Hadl ock; 3 . RIck Woodson . OPEN EX: 1. Chester Martinmaa s; 2. Tim Dyer; 3 . Beau Hibdo n . OT JR : 1. John Day: 2 . Ray M ar shal l. or EX: 1. Wylie W ilson; 2. Stan M il es. 250 JR : 1. Shawn Slit er; 2. Jon Varner . VET EX: 1. Rich Thorw aldson; 2. Che ster M art in maas. yET JR : 1. J im Thra sher ; 2 . K.C. Herr ing; 3 . Joh n Mi ller. VET NOV: 1. Jim Foley; 2 . A lan Tiensvold; 3 . Ch ris Ke lley . OT NOV : 1. B,II Mc Ken dry ; 2. Leo n Remstedt . POW DER PUFF; t . A n issa Wi lson. 80 NOV DIV 2 ; 1. Br ian Sm it h; 2. Bret Kunkler; 3. Tony Clements. 25 0 NOV : 1. J immy Yates; 2. Cra ig Wear: 3 .R uss . Held . ." ~ • T-22 Cycle • Shock & Fork . Oil • T-2 MX 2 Cycle • Z -12 Grease Oil 50:1 • 1:11 Chain Lube • G-1050 Motor & • R-30& R-20 Gear (4 Cycle) 2 Cycle Gear Oil Oil 100:1 DEAL ER INQUIRIES INVI TED SE ND FOR FREE LITERATURE NEO O IL Co. 2865 Gu ndry Ave Long Beach CA 90806 ( 2 13) 595·7208 Renew your subscription by phone . 213/427-7433 West 4041934-7850 E. .t ERIC J ENSo EN So ERIC'S MOTORCYCLE CO. 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