Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Fourteen-year-oltl Shaun Kalos captured his f irst 125cc Pro class TransCal w in with a 1-2 score. He finished third in the series. p u lling a way. For the next th ree laps, Fow ler. O 'Donn ell , T u rner, Dirc ks and Sur ratt traded places a n umber of times before th in gs began sett ling down with Kal os leading the way, Fowler in seco nd, Dirck s third, Surra tt fourt h a nd Kurt H enricksen fifth . Bv th is tim e, it was o bvious that Suriatt was the fa stest rider o n th e trac k. Hal fwa y th rough th e race, Dircks passed Fowl er a nd a turn la ter, Surratt pa ssed th em bot h fo r seco n d. Surratt held the thrott le wide ope n a nd sta rted chippi ng away at Kal os' lead. Wi th two laps rema ining, Surra tt was g lued to Kalos' rea r fender. A few turns before taking th e white flag, Su rra tt jammed to the o u tside o f Ka los th ro ugh th e ca me lback sect io n and took ove r th e lead . Su rra tt went on to tak e th e win , fo llowed by Kal o s, Dircks, Arnet a nd H enricksen. Kal os took th e overa ll, but Di rcks fini sh ed seco n d overa ll a nd cli nched th e ch am pionship, seven po ints o ver Arn et. Kal o s fi n ish ed third in the series with 359, while Na ughton a n d O ' Donnell ro unded ou t the top five. " I' m so happ y," said Dircks , " I ca n' t believe it l That was a nerv ous seco n d mo to for me, but I d id it. I want to thank m y sponsors Lancer Lea th ers, Sunn yslope H onda , Pro Circui t, PJ I an d Sco tt Goggl es. With o u t th em I co u ld n' t have done it: ' 250ee Pro 12 H oleshot artist Fowl er jammed into th e lead a t th e sta rt o f the first 250cc mo to narrowl v a hea d o f Ya maha rider Bill y Fra"nk, H onda-mounted J oe Wrigh t and Yamaha pi lo t Ron Watmore. At the end o f the firs t lap , Fra n k p ulled off the track wit h mechanica l p robl em s. H e re -entered for half the race before finally packin g it in for th e day. T his gave seco nd to Wrigh t, who pu t th e pressur e o n Fo wler. Back in fo urth was Russ Wa gem an and Edd ie Hi cks. Fowler and Wr igh t du eled for th e lea d , wh ile Ward was mak in g up for a poor sta rt; the Ma lcolm Smi th-s ponsored rider had passed Hi cks for third by th e fifth la p . Two laps later, Ward was dogging Wrig ht for seco nd. Bu t Wr igh t the n decided to ma ke hi s m ove a nd passed Fowler u p a long, straight hill , bu t went too wide in th e follow ing tu rn , letting Fowler retake the lead . Short ly the reafter, Ward found dayl igh t a nd shot by Wright, then did th e sa me to Fowler a la p later. Once into the lead, Ward started pullin g awa y, while F~\\:l.e! !m ~.\~': ! g~ t. fought over seco nd. T wo la ps from th e fin ish, Wri ght slipped into second. but Fowler o nce again retalia ted a few turns lat er. War d went on to ta ke the wi n . followed by Fowler, Wright, H icks. Kell y Andris (H a n) , Watmore, Wagem an a nd Ca hors. Eig h t points separated series points lea der Ca hors from Yama ha ride r Wa gem an a t th e start o f th e seco n d moto, bu t it was Wa rd who p u lled the hol esh ot ahea d o f Wrigh t. Wageman , Hi cks. Ca hors and Watmore. Ward q u ick ly jumped to a comforta ble lead, while H icks ja m med into third a fter passing Wagem an . From th en o n , th e to p five riders .sta yed fa irly sp rea d ou t. The o n ly pass mad e within the top six took pl ace th ree laps from th e fini sh when Wa tm ore slip ped by Cahors for fifth . Ward easily won themoto and too k the overall . Wright took seco nd for seco nd overa ll, wh ile Hicks, Wagem an , O swell, Wa tmore a nd Ca hors ro unded ou t th e top seven. Cahors wra pped up the titl e with fo ur points to sp a re over Wagema n , 353-349. T h ird in th e series went to Wright (333), fo llowed by Watmore (300) and O swell (29 1). ' 'I' m reall y hap p y," said Cahors. " It's been a long series, an d aft er crashi ng last week a t Ascot , I d id n 't kno w if I was going to d o it. I h av e to thank my spo nsors Jim Bellam (Mari n Moto rsports), Ted Cabral (Mo to Works) and Interlink." 500ee Pro Kawasaki rid er P h il La rso n wa s unstoppabl e in both 500cc m ot os, bu t H u sq varna 's Dym ond look ed to hav e a shot at La rso n early in th e first m o to befo re ta ki ng a DN F. Larson stole the ho lesh o t a head of Dymond, Greg Zitterkopf, J im m y Ellis and series po ints lead er Simons. For th e first five laps, Larson was steadily p u ll ing away fro m Dym on d - about o ne seco nd a lap. Then the ta bles turned - Dym on d started gaini ng on Larson a seco nd a lap. Wh en Dymond was wi th in fo ur seconds of Larson, h is Husk y ca me to a sudden stop. "It th rew a ro d ," sa id Dymon d . " It th rew a rod durin g practice too , but we rep la ced it wi th a newl y-design ed ro d th a t" I gu ess, needs more testing ." Whe n Dym ond dropped out, Sim ons in herited second after passing Ellis earl ier in the race. Larson cru ised to the mo ta win . whil e Simons took seco nd . Ellis, Zitterkopf, M-Sta rmounted Alle n Berl u ti and Greg Torgerson (H us) rounded out th e top sc~~n: . . ~ .. '. . 1 Washington 's Phil Larson grabs the holeshot at the start of the first 500cc Pro moto and went on to claim first overall. Go ing into th e seco nd moto , Sim o ns o n ly h ad to co m p lete a t least ha lf the race to cl in ch th e cham p io ns h ip . Larson o nce again ca pt u red th e ho lesho t with Si mons in p ursu it. In thi rd was Berlu ti, followed by Ellis, Zitt er kopf a nd Torgerson . Durin g the th ird la p . Zitterk o pf dove in sid e Ell is in a turn th en blitz by Berluti , A turn later, Ell is a lso passed Berlut i an d that was it. La rso n enjoyed a huge lead, whi le Si mons held a co mforta ble margin over Zitterko pf. Five seco nds behind Zitterko pf followed EJlis. For th e rest o f th e m ot a, positions stayed th e sa me with La rso n taking th e win. Simons cru ised home in seco n d, whi ch was more th a n enough to ca p tu re th e cla ss champ io ns hi p. " It mi gh t be kind 've a sma ll -t ime c ha m p io ns h i p," sa id Simons, " bu t for a sm a ll-time pe rson, I'm reall y ha p py . I rea ll y ha ve to th ank J im H al e fro m AXO Sports wear; with o ut hi m , I couldn' t have done it. H e bo ugh t m y bik e for me a nd rea lly h elped me o ut ." aOee Expert After wi n ni ng the first 80cc Expert m oto, a ll tha t H onda rider Bro wn had to do wa s p lace in the top 12 in th e seco nd rno to to wrap u p th e class cham p io ns h ip. Bro wn played it safe a t th e sta rt of th e mota and trailed th e p ack aft er rounding th e first tum . Iet tin g Yamaha rid ers Co lin Ka rcher a n d Chris Young di ce it o ut for the lead. The two rid er s were handlebarto-ha ndlebar for th e fir st few laps befo re Karch er sta rted p u lling away. Back in th ird was Yamaha riderTrittier. who was feel in g h ea vy p ressure from another Yamaha p ilot, Pau l Winn. Winn chased Tri tt ler th ro ugho u t the m o to before crashi n g on th e las t lap over a ju m p, kn ocking th e wind ou t of him and puttin g a n end to h is day. Kar ch er went o n to tak e the win, but it was n ' t enough to beat You ng's consistent 2-2 scores . Karch er went 4- 1 to ca pt ured seco nd a vera II, wh ile th ird wen t to Brow n , wh o tal lied a cha mpions hi p -cli nc hi ng 1-5 score . Sh ane Tri tt ler co m bined a 5-3 tota l to na il fourth overa ll. Vet Pro ATK rider Rod riguez did wh a t he's been doi ng a ll series lon g - w inning. Rodriguez captured his sevent h overall wi n in th e seven-race series. Today h e had to contend with Vet Pro n ewcomer, Ken ny Zahrt, who was p ilo ting a C R250 Honda. In the final m o to of the series, Zahrt cap- tured the ho lesh ot an d led for four laps before Rodrig uez thum ped by the lead er th rou gh a switch back section. From th en on, th e moto wa s a ll Rod rig uez's - h e grad ua lly pulled a way from Z ahrt, who was followed bv Kawa sa ki KXl 25-m ounted Paul Thed e. But T hede eventua lly wa s sidel ined with a flat rear tire. h anding third to Yamaha YZ490-m ounted J o n Mill er. A long wa ys back in fo u rt h wa s Alan Ol so n . rid in g a Suzu ki R M250. Rod rig u ez went o n to win th e m o to a n d ta ke the Vet Pro cham p ionship. Zahrt fin ish ed seco nd overall wi th a 2-2 score, while Miller se tt led for third with a 3-3 tall y. A 5-4 co m bination ga ve O lson fo urt h . • Results 80 EXP: 1. Chr is Voung (Yam ): 2. Colin Karcher (Vam l; 3. Scott Brown (Hon); 4 . Sha ne Tritt ler (Yam); 5. Paul Vlach (Kaw l; 6 . Paul W in n (Yem ); 7 . Terry Swanson (Yam); 8 . J immy Bunon (Han); 9 . Rick Simmet(Hon); 10 . Erick H ilton (Yam); 11 . Paul Cortez (Vam); 12 . Mike Pascarella (Vam); 13 . Steven Kotaja tv i (Kaw). 125 PRO: 1. Shaun Kalos (Hon) ; 2. Dre y Dirc ks (Hon) : 3 . John Con ney (Kaw); 4 . Terry Fowler (Kaw ); 5 . Ed A rn et (Hon); 6 . Tim Rutherford (Kaw): 7 . Ben Shurey (Hon); B. Den nis Parker (Yam); 9. Ke nny Cl ifton (Suz); 10 . Bryar Nelson (Kaw); 1 1. Roben Naughton (Kaw); 12_ Kun Hen ric ksen (Kaw) ; 13 . Ter ry Bastard (Kaw) ; 14. Ron Turner (Cag); 15. Chris Heinrich (Kaw); 16 . Doug D 'Do nneli (Kaw) ; 17 . Wi lli e Surratt (Hon ); 1B. Gary Riekk i (Kaw); 19 . Keith O'Neal (Hon); 20 . M ike Hea ley (Suz). 250 PRO: 1. Go rdon W ard (Yam) ; 2 . Joe W right (Hon); 3 . Eddie Hicks (Yaml; 4 . Russ W ageman (Yam ); 5 . Ron Watmore (Yam ~ 6 . Brett CahO's (Ho n); 7 . Tra cy Oswell (Hon ); B. Bobby White (Hon); 9. TIm Winslow (Yam); 10 . TI Swanz (Yam); 11. Terry Fowler (Kaw ); 12. Terry Tinney (Suz); 13 . Shawn Wynne (Yam ); 14 .John Ray(Kaw) ; 15 . M ike W ats on (Hon) ; 16 . Jim Perry ( Ka w ~ 17 . Greg Fla nagan (Yam); 1B. Pat Sparks (Hon); 19 . M an in Klossner (Yam); 20 . Jon Onner (Yaml. 500 PRO: 1. Phil Larso n ( Ka w~ 2. W illy Simons (Hon); 3 . J im Ell is (Yam) ; 4 . Greg linerko pl (Hon ); 5 . A ll en Berlut i (M-Star); 6 . Greg Torgerson (Hus); 7. Pet e M urr ay (M -Star) ; B. Randy Rodr iguez (ATK); 9 . Ron Turner (Cag); 10. Je rom e Heiberger (M-S); 1 1. Jon On ner (Yam ); 12 . Dan Berg (Ho n); 13 . Dave WellY (Hon); 14 . Tommy Combs (Kaw); 15 . Eric Ma rnoch (Hon); 16. Chris Shaw (Yam ); 17 . Frankie Br undage (Kaw); 18 . M icky Dymond (Hus); 19 . Beau Hibdon (Hon). VET PRO: i . Randy Rodr iguez (AT K); 2 . Ke n lahn (Ho n); 3 . Jon M iller (Yam) : 4 . A lan Olson (Suzl: 5. Randy Lewis (KTM ); 6. J im O'Neal (Honl; 7. Paul Thede (Kaw) ; 8 . Danny Sanchez (Hon); 9 . David Rogers (Hon); 10 . M ichael A larcon (Hon); 1, . Jody We ise l (Vam l; 12. Bob Gral (Ho n); 13 . Denni s Stu bble lield (Hon). FINAL POINT STAN DIN GS BO EX: 1. Scott Brown 1 4 1 2. Chris Voung 29 : (275 ); 3 . Shane Trittler 12671 4 . Colin Karcher ; (2631 5. J immy Button (24 1I; 6 . Pau l Vlach (234). ; 125 PRO: 1. Drey Dircks (3681; 2. Ed Arn et l361 I: 3 . Shaun Kalos (3 59 ); 4 . Roben Naug hton (34 7); 5 . Doug O'D onnell (3 30 1 6 . Ter ry Bostard (32 41; 7. ; ; Denn i s Parker (2 B7 ); B. Tim Rut ehrf ord (2 761 9 . J ohn Conne y (22 B); 10 . Sho un W ooten (206 ). 250 PRO: 1. Br ett Cahors (3 53 1 2. Russ W age; ma n (24 9 1 3 . J oe W r ig ht (333 ); 4 . Ron Wa tm ore ; (3001 5. Tracy Oswell (29 1); 6. Bill y Frank (2661 7 . ; ; Ke ll y A ndris (26 1); B. Br ien M enley 1 255); 9 . Ter ry Tin ney (251) : 10. Terry Fow ler (250) . 500 PRO: 1. W ill y Simons (4 51); 2. Jim Elli s (4 20 ); 3 . Phil Larson (407); 4 . Allen Berlut i (33 5); 5. : Gr eg Torgerson (3 17 1 6 . M icky Dymo nd (31 0); 7 . Randy Rodr iguez (30 2 ); 8 . Greg Zitt erkopl (2B8); 9. Pete Murra y (285); 10 . Dave We llY (2591.

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