Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

~ ~ en >- 0 J: .... "'" en >- 0 ' J: ~ . CO 0 >0 J: a. Crane, l.ight top Hayesville ST ~ 00 O"l ...... By K.A . Spencer ~ 0 BR O OKS, O R . O CT. 28 C'J Expert P ro Frank Crane Jr. took tw o cl a ss wins a t th e a n n ual H ayesville short tra ck , wh ich offi ciall y signa lled th e .... a; ..0 8 a; ;> 0 z Lee Pearson and his Husqvarna domina.ted th e Ve~ ~xpert class in Vegas. In Pro action. Gre g Vowell and Ricky Ryan f inis he d 1-2. leader as they entered th e final lap, w he n Vowell Sluffed White in a turn , taking over th e lead. Wh ite went down in th e move a nd lost th e seco ndpl ace spot 10 · Ni el son. Vowell to ok th e o vera ll , whil e White fini shed secon d . R yan sa lvaged a third overa ll a head o f Ni elson and Shields. l.aPointe captures CMC Redding MX win By James Gang REDDING, CA . OCT. 27 Yamaha-mounted Ron La Pointe highlighted the 500cc Pro class today at the first round of Continental MOlOSPOrl 40 OPENJR: 1. Frank Dorman (Yam); 2. Barry Beace (Husl. OPEN INT: 1. Gr eg Sh eehan (Kaw) ; 2. Scon o erm an (Hon), . VET JR : 1. Ed Chess (Suzl; 2 . Bren t Dav IS (KTM ); 3. Kevin Dauph in ee (Kaw). VET INT: 1. Sudden Huddon (Vam). . OT J R: 1. Bob Ja ckson (Su z); 2. Lee Rttch eson (C-A ). OT EXP: 1. Bill Sturdi van (Hon); 2. Allen Bra y (M · S). Club's Fall MX Series by sweeping both motos. The o n ly rid er to keep LaPointe in sig h t was Honda rider Ron Milligan. At th e sta rt of th e first m ot o , Mill igan took o ff a nd pulled aw ay to a 10-second lead, while LaPointe wo r ked his way into seco n d afte r a third-place sta rt . As th e race ~ro g ressed , Milligan s t a rte~ showi n g signs of fatigue as ~Polll.te. c1os~d in. LaPointe was within stri ki n g di slance of Milligan when he cr ash ed as his from wheel washed out th rough a n o ff-ca m ber turn . The Yamaha rider recover ed quickl y enough to retain seco n d but lost a lot of time to th e leader. Once again LaPoime had to turn o n th e afterburners and reel in Milligan. LaPoime made ~i s move o n Milligan through a .st~al ght section a nd o u t-po wered Milligan to th e next turn a n d took o ver the lead . L aPointe h eld on 10 take th e win , whil e Milligan settled for secon d . The seco nd moto saw Mill igan o n ce again roost to th e from of th e pa ck at th e sta rt with LaPoime in hot pursuit. It ?idn '.t t.a ke lon g fo r La Pointe to mp MJihgan for th e lea d , and from th en o n, the moto wa s a ll LaPointe's. He 'Yem , o~ .to ta.ke the. wi n a good distance ahead of Milligan. In th e Min i class, Wynn G~>Ilsalves (H o n ) made th e tri p up from .Sacra mento , Cal ifornia, a worthwhi le o ne as h e domina ted bo th Jun ior m oto s, In th e first rnoto , Gonsalves blasted 10 th e from o f th e p ac k , wh ile Brian Guiles (Kaw) a n d Bryan Steele (Kaw) battled o ver second . The di ce was fierce as the two battled side- by-side throughout th e moto. But Gui les su rvi ved th e pressure from Steele a nd fini shed second. . Once again , Gonsalves blitzed into the lead at th e start of the seco nd moto ahead o f Steel e, Guil es and J ason Gibson. As th e rnot o progressed , Gonsalves began pulling way , .wh Jie Steele put di stance betwee.n himself and Guiles, who wa s feehng h eav y pressure from Gibson. By th e h~lf wa y point, Gibson found th e.hot line around Guiles and sett led 1Il1O th e third spo t. From th en o n, posi tio ns rema ined th e sa me as G o n sal ves m ot ored to th e win a n d overall , wh ile Steele, Gibson a nd. Gu iles fin ish ed seco nd, th ird and fourth. In th e 250cc Beginner class, Duane S tra rin g (Ka w), in his seco nd r!de o n a 250, grabbed th e h ol es~ ot 1Il t~e firs t rnoto and ran awa y w ith the Wlll ahead of Mik e Fife (Kaw), wh o rece n tIy had kn ee surgery . Dave H eaton (H o n) fini shed fourth . The seco nd moto was a ca rbon co py of th e fir st with Strating l ~ading from sta rt 10 fini sh , a head of Fife a nd H eaton. Resu lts 60: 1. Larry McKee (Ho n); 2 . J erry Harvey (Kaw). 80 BEG: 1. Ken Stratham (Kaw) ; 2. Enc Hudgens (Hon); 3 Tyee Jackson (Kaw). 80 J R: 1. Wynn Gonsalves (Honl; 2. Bryan Steele (Kawl; 3. Brian Guil es (Kaw) . 125 BEG: t . Eri c Fischer (Kaw) ; 2. Kellv Ham mer (Hon); 3. Tim Nobles (Hon). 125 JR ; 1. Brian Hoefler (Kaw). 1251 NT: 1. Brad Johnson (Kaw); 2. Craig Marleau (Kaw); 3. Troy Cobu rn (Hon). . . PRO: t . Ron laPoi nte (Yam); 2. Ron Milligan (Hon) . ) 2 M 'k F'f 2 50 BEG: 1. Du ane St rat in g (Kaw ; . I e I e (Kaw); 3 . Dave Heaton (Hon) . 250 J R: 1. Wayne Randolph (Vam); 2. John Morrow (Suz). 250 INT: 1. 8 rad Johnson (Kawl; 2 . Greg Sheehan (Suz); 3. Men Gibb (Kaw) . . OPEN BEG: 1. Robe n Carlson (Hon); 2 . KeIth Geddis (M·S);.3 . Blain Dierkesen (Suz~ • en d o f o u tdoor flat tr ack to m an y o f th e cl u bs ride rs. Today Cra ne w~n th e 500cc a nd 250cc P ro-Am mam eve nts, wh ile Novi ce P ro ~i der Cl ay Ligh t won th e 250cc A mam , C lu b m embers spe nt seve ra l hours g room ing th e 1/20th -mile .track a fter two day s o f ra in mad e th ings q U .lIe messy. After pa cking down the dirt, tr acti on was su per b fo r th e heat races tha t look the top th ree d irec tly to a 10-rider ma in. H eat one in O pen actio n ha d Jim Torpey (Yam 490), M ike Scott (Yam 500) and Chuck G len der (Hon ) ta ke the top three spots, whi le the seco nd hea t p l~ ced Cran e (H o n 500) , Expert SCOlt Mill er (Yam 500) a nd Junior Gart h Mu lkey ( H o n 500 ) into the fina!' A one-ro~v, five-rider semi gave th e last spot m th e ma in 10 Ken n y Duncan (H o n 480). . Preliminaries in th e 250s were Jus t as th rill in g . Crane sailed into th e lead in th e first h eat ra ce a nd was never cha llenged, wh ile Mu lkey ( ~ u l ) and Scott (Bu l) were seco nd a nd third. H ea t two saw Scott Coyne (Ya m ), Ligh t (S u z) a nd Mark .G lende;r (Bu l) ga in tic kets to th e mam , wh ile heat th ree was a ll Mill er's o n th e Trak Ta k/Cra ne Ent. Ca n- Am . T rop hy da sh es ~a d C:ra n~ (Ha p J ones/Lazar 's Ba zar ) wmrung th e Open three-l ap race, while Miller topped th e 250s. The Sportsman Dash fell . to Simpson /Moto-X Fox /Se;erl Bosch-supported Light,theo~ly rider in th e field to sport knobby nres. . Mains had th e Pro classes r u n n m g fir st. Mike SCOlt put his TT500 Yamaha into the lead a n d thumped h is way a ro u nd th e'race rrac.k, whil e Crane Miller a nd T orpe y fill ed th e top slots on th e fir st o f 20 laps o f Open Pro-Am ac tion. Mil~er worked past Crane o n ly to dump h is Yamah a a nd d rop to fifth, lea ving SCOlt an d Cra ne in th e 1-2 spots. SCOlt sta lled a nd d ropped ba ck as we ll, w!li ch gave Cra ne th e lead from la p S IX . to th e en d. Miller ca ugh t Torpey wI.th two la p s to go fo r a seco nd, while fourth went to Mulkey, who h eld off G lender. T he 250cc Pro-Am main had Miller ge t h is shot a t th e g l?r)' o n ly to fall victi m 10 Cra ne , recrpient o f a bad start . Crane went from seve nth to first in three laps, passing Coyne, Scott, L igh t a nd T orpey a ll in o ne swoop . Miller ran a close seco nd to Crane, as Cra ne took hi s seco nd win for top cas h pa yoff o ver Mill er, Mulkey a nd Co vn e. Sports man ac tio n had Co yne;, L ight a nd Duncan (Hon 250) lead in g th e co m b i n ed 250 /500 cc Ir ec-Ior- a ll . Co yn e hooked up quite well o n his Honda 480 but went wide, allowing Li ght to tak e the lead and go on to vic to ry. Third went to Mark Gl ender (Bu l), followed by Scott a n d Dan LaRouch e (Ka w) , Results 500 PRO-AM : 1. Frank Crane Jr. (Hon); 2. Scon Miller (yam); 3. Jim Torpey (Vam). 250 PRO-AM ; 1. Frank Crane Jr. (yam); 2. Scon Miller (C-A); 3. Ganh Mulkey (Bul) . 250/ 500 SPTSM N: 1. Clay Light (S uz); 2. Scotty Coyne (Hon); 3. Mark Glende r (Bull. TROPHVDASH 500 PRO·AM: 1. Fran k Crane Jr . (Hon). 250 PRO·AM: 1. Scon M ,ll er (C-AI . SPTSMN : 1. Clay Lig ht (Suzl . Green, Roose rule Clark County ST By Derryl Anderson RIDG EFI ELD , WA. OCr. 24 Randy G reen a nd Randy Roo se traveled a ll th e wa y from Bellingham, Washingto~ to Ridgefield lO co m pe te In Clark Cou nty 's in door short.tr:dck a nd were rewa rded with 1-2 Iin is hes v th e in 250cc a nd O pen P ro classes. G reen won bo th classes, while Roose sett led for seco nd eac h time o u t. In th e 250cc P ro heat race. R oose jumped out to an earl y lead but co u ld n ' t p u ll away from Green , who was sett ing Roose up for a pass. By th e seco n d lap, Green made ~i s move an d jammed pa st Roose, taking over th e lead, and held co ntro l for th e re m a in der o f th e race.' But th e battle over third between mo tocrosser Eri c H all a nd Marty Zerbel raged on th roughout th e race as th ey traded p laces nearl y ever y lap. Roose.crossed the fi n ish lin e in seco nd, while Hall ma naged 10 fin ish in ch es a hea d o f Zerbel, In th e fin al 250cc bo u t, it was Green off th e lin e first, foll o wed by Roose Stev e Ba ker, H all and Zer be!. Roose' wa s o n th e gas duri ng th e second lap a nd sho t past th e lead er, Green , who retalia ted short ly after. Lap after la p , Roose pressu,red. Green in every turn but co u ld n t. fin d an openi ng to pa ss. Ba~k III third, H all a nd Zerbe I had slip ped by Bak er wh ile engaged in a no ther tigh t d ue!, bu t wh en th e checkered flag flew , Il was , o nce agai n , Green o ut in front , fo llowed by Roose. H all and Zerb e!. In th e Open P ro main . Green a nd Roose pl ayed cat and mouse through o u t th e race. At th e start , th e two jumped o u t to a n ea rly lead, leaving a fir st-turn p ile-up behind th em. Ry an Fish er emergedi n third , follo~ed by Mike Sullivan a nd Zerbe!. During the second and third la p s, bo th Sullivan and Zerbel found th e hot lin e around Fisher. Whil e Green and Roose battled way out in front , Sullivan, Zerbel and Fi sh er fought intensly to the checkered flag. Green a n~ Roos~ fin ished fir st and seco nd , while Sullivan. Zerbel a nd Fish er ro u nded o u t th e to p five. Results WEE PEE WEE; 1. Kevin Eakin (Yam). PEE WEE : 1. M ike Fetty (Hon). MINI: 1. Ryan Anderson (Kaw) . 125 AM : 1. Ray Grossaint Jr. 125 PRO: 1. Eric Hall (Hon) ; 2. Glenn Hunter (Suz). 250 AM: 1. George Fortin (Hon) ; 2. Ron Stevenson (Hon ); 3 . Clay Ligh. (Suz). 250 PRO: 1. Randy Green (Hon ); 3. Randy Roosa (Hon); 3 . Eric Hall (Hon). OPEN AM : 1. Jim Perry (Hon ); 2. Jay Terry (Kaw); 3. M ike Perry (Suz). OPEN PRO: 1. Randy Green .(Hon); 2. Randy Roose (Yam); 3 . M ike Sullivan (Tro) . Kennedy wins D-38 Hi-Boots Desert Fiasco By Bob and Diane Bell SUPERSTITION MTN, CA. ocr. 13 - Imperial Valley Cycl e Center's Todd Kennedy too k his Yamaha 250 to th e overall win for the third time this yea r in the AMA D-38 Hi-Boot s Desert Fiasco hare scra m bles. Parker Motor Honda 's Jimmy Means was th e a p~ rem ~v!n ner a t th e fini sh but was di squalified for mi ssing h ome check on lap three. "I got lost a nd p ick~ ~p ~h e poker run course into th e pus, sa id Means,

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