Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

I JEri YEARS AGO AMA general manager Ed Youngblood wa s elected 10 both a vice presidentia l positi on and a POSI on the Burea u Central of th e FIM during th e FIM Congress in Berl in . Youngblood not on ly becam e th e only Am eri ca n represen ta tive 10 ac hieve th ese disrinctio ns bu t d id so via the la rg est VOle tall y of a ny delegat e. Team Su zu k i 's Tony DiStefano gr a bbed th e seventh ro u nd o f the T ra ns-AMA series wit h seco nd p la ce fin ish es in bo rh rn ot o s a t Lak e Wh itney Cycle Par k in T exas . Marty Smith took th e wi n in th e open ing mo to whi le T exan Steve Stac ka ble domi nat ed th e second mo to . Roger DeCoster an d Gerrit Wol sink fin ished second a nd third o vera ll 10 give Suzuki thei r seco nd co nsecu tive o ne -two- three sweep . T.C. C h ris tensen was th e top fue l wi nner a t th e Irwinda le d rags in Irwinda le, Cali forn ia after defeating Harley-m o unted Ma rion O wens in the fi na l. Mean while, T erry Van ce and Byro n H in es too k bo th the Pro Stock and Pro Comp classes. In C MC roa d ra ce actio n in Carlsbad , Ca liforn ia , John Ulrich wra p ped up th e 125cc Prod uction Ch am p ionship on h is Can-Am TNT en d u ro bike. Larry Lim cras hed h is DKW a fter centerpu n ch ing second-place Dick Hewiu o n th e th ird lap. In th e 250cc Productio n class, Randy Riggs was kn ocked down by anothe r rider but bauled back 10 fin ish fo urt h while Dain G ingerelli lOok th e win. Danny LaPorte o ut ra n Mike Bell 10 win the 125cc Pro cla ss a t th e CMC m ot ocross in Ca rls bad , Ca liforn ia . Robert Elliot na iled do wn th e 250cc Pro wi n whi le Bob Maxwell look ho me the top prize in th e 500cc Pro cla ss. Mike Faria was present ed with th e Len Vestal Memoria l a ward for bein g th e season's h igh p oi nt scorer a t the Frem o nt Sh ort Track season fin ale after fini sh ing third in th e 360 Expert hea l. The clas s win , however. we nt 10 Ste ve Eklund foll ow ed by Steve Carrillo. In th e 250cc Exper t class , Randy Mamola bear OUI Scou Pearson for th e win whi le Fred Merkel wo n th e IOOcc Expert a fter beating Doug Chandler. Arnie Gruner rode h is 360cc H usqvarna 10 th e overall wi n a t th e Sage H o pper s Ann u a l Bru sh Ba sh a t Su perstition Mounta in near EI Cen lTO, California. Gruner co m p leted th e first 45-m ile loo p in 65 minu tes a nd the seco nd in 65 minu tes. Amateu r Ron Florence fin ish ed second overa ll an d took the to p overa ll amateur honors. Freddie Spencer/SuperTrapp team member Doug Chandler won the 1985 National TT Championship using our SuperTrapp super-light all stainless exhaust system. In fact, factory Honda's Bubba Shobert won only one TT in 1985 when we regretfully lent him a SuperTrapp exhaust system* and he set a new track record at Ascot. Incidentally you probably noticed Yamaha's recent ads after the ir spectacular win at Will iow Springs. They claimed that the secret behind their success was: " Rep lace stock FZ 750 exhaust with one tuned for rac ing " That tuned exhaust was a box stock SuperTrapp !!! ! You too can own a SuperTrapp . . . the only exhaust system consistently proven to increase power. • After running poorly in practice, Honda rep laced the ir HRC design ed system (Kerker labeled ) w ith a borrowed SuperTrapp and im m ed iat ely picked up 1.4 sec. per lap. Desp it e w hat Kerker says, if Honda couldn 't get SuperTrapp s the y used HRC des igned systems. That's fact , not f ict ion !!! SuperTrapp Di"/s/on Moller Corporation • 1222 Research Park Dri"e • Da"ls, CA 95616 • (916) 756-5069 Ami Crowns Another King. Mike Baldwin 1985AMA FORMULA ONE CHAMPION for the fourth year in a row! A decal1i1erature ~ ill~ the tuRIine or open-face. full·lace and MX helmets ISavailable by sending $1.00 " cash 01 stamps 10: ~""emational. _ _ Lld.. DeotCN . P.O. Bo'421. Tenally 07670. .NJ 3

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