Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

80 NOV 1 11): 1. M ike Gilbe rt ; 2. Carey Hart; 3. 9Frankie V il legas. BONOV I12 ·'61 1. Jeff Hodge; 2. Jeff Ker hon en; ; 3 . David Gr iffith . ' 80 MOD NOV (12 -16 1 t . J eff Ker honen; 2. Jeff : Hodg e; 3. Eric Griffith . 80 INT (12·1 6); 1. Kerry Mu ll igan; 2. Lance Taylor; 3. Chr is Trickle . 80 MOD INT (12- 161: 1. Lanc e Taylor; 2. Chris Tr ickle . SOEX (12 ·1 6): 1. King Richard San on. SOMOO EX (12· 16): 1. King Richa rd Saxton . 125 NOV : 1. Ker ry M ull ig an ; 2. Chris Poci no; 3. Crai g Cum min gs. 12 5 INT; 1. T.L Taylor; 2. Ken Arn ol d; 3. Lonn ie Faulkner . 125 PRO: 1. Gr eg Vowell ; 2. Er ic Sackett . 250 NOV : 1. Geno Ram say; 2. Dan A nd erson; 3. Jo hn Hill . 250 INT: 1. Shane Johnson; 2. J eff Palmer; 3. Terry Thomas. • 250 PRO; 1. Pal Shields; 2. Sean Steele. 500 NOV : 1. Lyle Bingha m; 2 . A lex Hill; 3. Chris Sla ughter . 500 INT: 1. Ron GoodWin; 2. Oan Wagner; 3. M icha el Phi llips. 500 PRO: 1. Ron Purvin es; 2. A nthony Pasqua lono; 3. Barry Hill. VET: 1. Bill Bearup; 2. Robe n Tell es; 3. Jac U ndell . pp; 1. M l!Iry A n n Gu sako v. OPEN NOV; 1. J oh n Al em an; 2. Frank Kilogan; 3. Tr acy M all ory . OPEN AM : 1. Lar ry W in ; . J ohn No lan. SR 30 NOV Steve Brown; 2 . Randy Devine. SR 40 NOV: 1. Robert Mu rph y. SR 30 AM : 1. Ted LeWIS. SA 40 AM : 1. Den ni s Prescott . SA EX: 1. Tim Ke nn edy ; 2 . Paul Bennett ; 3 . Je r ry Jo hnson. • Mulligan doubles in Vegas ..- By Dick Goodwin L AS VEGAS , NV. OCT. 6 ..- Kerr y Mulligan score d tw o overall vic to ries toda y in Las Vegas by topping both the 80cc Intermediate a nd 125cc Novice .... Q.) ..0 8 Q.) > o Z Bobby White finds the time for a wheelie during the Firebird GP in Arizona. White took the overall after dicing with Chappy Blose. Combs (Kaw ); 3. Tim ca uby (Vam ). 250 PRO: 1. John RaYIKaw); 2. Tony Spear ISu.'; 3. Bob Ashleigh (Vam). OPEN INT; 1. Jason Coolbaugh (cag r, 2. Patr ick . McBr ide (Vam); 3. Kirt Goldie (Honl . 250 INT: 1. Tim Han na (Hon ); 2. uu Johansson (Hon); 3. J im Hawkins (Hon). 125 INT: 1. Graig Davi s IKaw ); 2. Kevin Neal (Kaw l; 3. Ja n M err iam (Hon). VET EX: 1. Kinney Jones (Hon); 2. DeWayne Jones (Yam); 3. Marino Bastionell (Suzl. VET INT; 1. Robert Johnson IHon ); 2. M ike Brooks (Su. ); 3. Bob Graf (Kaw) . VET NOV; 1. Mi ke Ish ida (M · SI: 2. Fred Kalm ici IKTMI ; 3. Jack M illerd (Han ). OPEN NOV: 1. Tad McAnally (Ha n); 2. M ark Smi thn (Hus); 3. Todd Peter sen (HanI. 250 NOV: 1. Bill y Paugh IVam); 2. Ron M ow ry (Vaml; 3. M ike Sim ons (Suz). 125 NOV: 'l . Roger Sae ng (Ho n); 2 . Chris Bart h (KTM ); 3. Eric Browne IKa w) . OPEN BEG : t , Kirk Har r ison (Hon); 2. Mark Covert (Honl; 3. Ooug Tolan d ISu.'. 250 BEG: t . Da ve Otramba ISuz); 2. Do n Re covitz IHon); 3. Chuck Stoff eIIHon ). 125 BEG' 1. Rick Ste phen son IHon); 2. M an Wickens 1 uz); 3 . George Nieh aus (Hon) . 5 80 INT: 1. Du st in Evans (Kaw) ; 2. Lar ry Lemi r (Yam); 3. Jason Coll ier (Kaw) . 80 NOV : r. M ike Chamberlai n (Yam ); 2. Kenny Somm ers IKaw l; 3. Todd Smit h IVam). 80 BEG : 1. Der ie Ga rcia (Kaw) ; 2. Dan non Burg (Kaw ); 3. Jeff Lew is IKawl. 60 NOV; 1. Eric Schn ell (Kaw ). White wins Firebird GP< By Michael Ross C H AN DLER. AZ. OCT. 13 Bobby Whi te took th e overa ll wi n o n h is USA Span -sponso red H o nda CR250 a t the Firebird Grand Prix after a racelong 40 bail ie with ATK500-m ouned C ha p py Blose, wh ile Brent Wh ite m ot ored home wi th th e 125cc Nov ice win . T his year's Gra nd P rix'co urse was a five-mi le loo p th a t star ted o u t on th e MX tra ck , went o u t into th e deser t, th en skirted th e o u tside perimeter o f th e entra nce of the ova l w here ride rs' lap shee ts were marked. From th ere. riders sp rinted a round the backst rai ght o f th e oval a nd do w n into th e infield. wh ich was lit tered with whoops a n d tig h t turns. R iders exited th e oval. made a rig h t tu rn th ro ugh a big mud ho le and back o u t int o th e desert. Th e hour and a h al flo ng ra ce had many riders cheering a t th e sigh t o f th e white flag. White and Blose sta rted a ba ilie at the dro p of th e starring ga te which wo u ld co nti n ue until th e closi ng laps. Wh ite took an ea rl y lead but co u ldn ' t sha ke loose Blose. " I tho ught I wa s ge lli ng h im (Blose) o n the Mot ocross track," said Wh ite, " b ut he wou ld j us t kill me an th e flat track sec tio n ." T h e ATK had a defin ite spee d advantage o n th e ova l where Blose wa s using all th e AT K·s 100 mph gea ring . Wh ite p ilied o n lap 10 bu t lost o ver 40 seco nds durin g th e sto p whe n he co u ldn' t ge t hi s b ike off the sta nd . Blose wa s ru nni ng a sm oo th race in spi te o f a twi sted a nkle a nd a ha n d leba r grip tha t kepi co m in g loose. Wh it e was o n th e gas a nd pa ssed Blose th ree la ps la ter. " O nce Whi te go t arou nd m e. I slowed dow n 10 save gas a nd be sure I would fini sh ," said Blose. H is tank was a ll bu t dr y a fter th e ra ce. W h ite went o n to win with a slig h t advanta ge over Blose wh o had o ver a min ute on third p lace fini sh er SCO ll S ta llard. Brent Wh ite (no rel at ion to Bobby) p u t in a fin e ride o n h is Kell y's Kawasak i-back ed K..X1 25 bydorni nating the seco nd race o f th e afternoon for th e 125 a n d 250cc Beginners a nd No vices. Ch ris Tower beat Lill i Leona rd to th e finish line in th e 125cc Beg inner class. Leonard , a deser t race r by preferen ce, rode her firs t race since brea kin g four ribs at the Sno wfla ke race aw hile ba ck. Res ults 80 BEG: 1. A aron Hern andez; 2. Darren Do nald son ; 3. M an M cCr eery. BO NOV: 1. Scott Connelly. BO INT: 1. M att Laverman; 2. Kyle Killebrew ; 3. Kevin Kin man. 125 BEG: 1. Chris Tower; 2 . Lilli Leonard. 125 NOV : 1. Bren t White; 2 . Kevin Carpente r; 3 . Floyd Vaug h an . 125 A M : 1. Ku rt Sch upe. 2 50 BEG: 1. Jody Sanders. 250 NOV: 1. Al an M ellon ; 2. M ark Snell . 25 0 AM : 1. Scott Kind ler ; 2. Steve Davies; 3. Coun Guer in . EX: 1. Bobby W h it e; 2. Chappy Blose; 3. John Derm o. OP EN B EG: 1. Dou g Chr i st en sen ; 2 . Bru c e Penmenv. classes, takin g o ne m ot o win in eac h class. In th e first l 25cc No vice m ot a , Mull igan p u lled th e hol esh o t a nd turned o n th e a fter burners a few tu rns la ter. Mu lli gan hooked it u p a nd was never cha lle nged as he went on to ta ke th e win . Chris Pocin o kept h im in sig h t for much o f the race b u t h ad 10 cha n ge h is a tten tio n 10 th irdp lace rider Craig Gu m rnings. wh o wa s closing in o n Pocino in th ir d . Poc ino event ua lly reac hed h is goa l by p assing G um mi ngs and ta ki ng seco nd in the m ot o . T he win went to Mull igan , whi le Gummi ngs fin ish ed third. Pocino a nd Mull igan tan g led handlebars a few ti mes d u ri ng the second rnot o before Paci no took a co m ma nd ing lead a nd motored on 10 ta ke th e win. Mull igan. however , was more than co ntent with seco nd, which wa s enoug h to g ive h im th e overa ll. Mike Palmer fini shed third in th e m ota . w h il e G u m m ings fin ished founh . In th e 80cc Int erm ed ia te first moto, Mulligan ca p tur ed th e ho lesh o t, but h is lead o n ly lasted for a half la p before h e bai led over th e " Money j urnp." La nce T aylor inh erited the lead a nd went on to win th e mot a , wh ile Mu ll igan labored hi s wa y u p through th e pack a nd into seco nd. Ta vlo r blitz ed into th e lead a t th e sta n 'o f th e seco nd mota , bu t was c los ely followed by Mulligan . Taylo r tri ed 10 shake Mulli ga n but had no success. Mulli gan fina lly fo u nd dayligh t a nd wh eeli ed in to th e lead. From th en on. th e ra ce wa s a ll Mu ll iga n's as h e roos ted away fro m th e pack a nd won th e moto a nd overa ll. Tay lor fin ish ed seco n d claimi ng seco nd ove ra ll . w h ile Chris T rickle tal lied a so lid th ird . The lo ng-a wa ited showdo wn between " King" Shane j ohnson and newco me r j eff Palmer in the 250cc Int er med iat e class finall y brewed a nd was one heck o f a baili e. In th e first mo to , j oh nson jam med into th e lead , while Pa lmer started in fourth pl ace. T errv T homas and Mike Gibson held down seco nd and third. Pal mer was on the gas as he wo rk ed h is wa y into seco nd , wh ich was about th e ti m e tha t j ohnson endoed big tim e over the Money jump. j o hn son brush ed himself right off an d !i.et a fter Pal mer . but co u ld n' t ma ke a dent in Palmer 's lead. In th e deciding second m o ta , j ohnson o nce again grabbed th e h o lesh ot , with Palmer tra il ing in seco nd . T he two leaders d iced for th e rem ainder o f the race, with j o h ns on h olding o n 10 ta ke th e win a nd overa ll over Palmer. T h ird overa ll went 10 T hompson . Res ults PEE WEE NOV: 1. John M eng; 2. Eric Gr iffith; 3. Randy Fin ch. PEE WEe INT: 1. Jason Partridge; 2 . Greg Zaratieg ui; 3. Br ian Bar nson. JR CYCLES NOV 16-8 ): 1. Ja son Partridge ; 2. Gr eg Zarat iegui; 3 . Man Camden. JR CVCLES INT 16-81 1. Br ian Barn son. : J R CYCLES NOV (9 -11) ; 1. Chad And erson ; 2. Frank ie Villegas. JR CVCLES INT (9-111: 1. Care y Hart ; 2. Mi ke Gil bert . J R CVCLES MOD INT 1 1 1): 1. Carey Hart: 2. 9· Mike Gilbe rt. p ADRA Young Classic win to Dircks By Da ry l D . D rake YO UNG , AZ. O CT. 6 H onda-mo u n ted G ary Dircks ca p tu red th e overa ll a nd Open Expert honors a t the Arizona Desert Racin g Asso cia tion 's (ADRA) th ird a n nua l Young Classic, a nd in do in g so. won hi s seco nd ADRA race in a row . La st tim e, Dircks won by 37 seco nds, and even though tod ay's m argin wa s sligh tly slimmer a t 28 seco nds, th e win was just as big . TheSunn yslope H onda/ Lancer Leathers-spon sored rider rode th e 132· m ile race in j us t ove r three h ours a n d 45 minu tes. which was good enough to beat th e 1985 ADRA num ber- one p lat e holder Mar k H ildeb ra nd (H us) , who finished seco nd overa ll a nd Open Expert. j ohn Im brial e (Su n n yslope H onda / Fox Distr ibu tin g) capt ured the overa ll in the 250cc Expert cla ss with a th ird overa ll. four m in u tes beh ind Dircks and H ildebr an d. Chappy Blose rode h is AT K560 four-stro ke to a fou rt h overa ll, trai li ng th e lead ers by eigh t m inutes. One minute after Blose fo llowed Pa t Dunca n (H us), wh o ro u nded o ut th e to p five. In th e 1985 Desert C ha mpionship Series poi nts race. lea der Garth Sweetland (H us) fini sh ed 12th ov erall . wh ile seco nd in points Mike Powers (Han) ende d u p l l th , despite pi ckin g up a n at tire a lo ng the way. This leaves Sweetl and just two Po in ts up , o n Po wers with two races rem a ini ng in the series . In th e three-lap Open Amateu r class, H assa ya mpa Mot or Sports/ Desen H usk y-sponsored Gwin Vaugh n was th e o n ly rid er to tak e less than th ree hours wh en h e turned in a 2:58:41 for first overa ll. CMT/ Dirt Un limited's j ohn Humphrey (H a n ) earned th e 250cc Am a teu r trophy, fin ish in g less th an two minutes behind Vaughn. Bryon Farnsworth (KT M) p laced fir st overall in th e 60-m ile, two-lap class but wa s la ter di sq ua lified for a pi t infractio n , so Bill Watkin s (KT M) was a wa rded th e overall a nd O pen Begin ner winner. Results r 60: 1. M ik e Su iv er s (Kl!Iw); 2 . Michael Larso n (Han). M INI BEG; 1. Dan M iller (Han) ; 2. Brandon Beggs IVaml; 3. Jeff Krau s (Han). MIN I NOV: 1. J udd Denney (Han); 2. Oestr y Abbon (Vam); 3. All en May (Vam). MINI AMA: 1. K.C. Kirk (Han); 2. Kr is Tower (Kaw); 3. Dennis Hi ldebrand (Yam ). MINI CLASSIC; 1. Kelly Helgeson (Vam). 200 BEG: t . Scon Core (Kaw); 2. Kelly Snell (Kaw ) Doug Trakas (Ho n). 200 NOV: 1. Chr is Spurlock (Kaw ); 2. Richard Hadden (KTM ); 3. M ike Hibma IKaw). 200 AMA; 1. Chr is Strang (Han ); 2. Wayne Bal· cerza k (Hon ). 250 BEG: 1. J ames Gra ndst aff (Hu.'; 2. Richard Rivera (Hen); 3. David Va n Coo ney C KTM l. 250 NOV: 1. Glen c eaee-en (KTM ); 2. Rodnay

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