Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Lamb once again jammed into the lead at the start of the second moto ahead of Camden, Clark a nd Hodge. But Hodge was the one to watch as he inched h is way up through the pa ck , and into the lead by the halfway point. Hodge stayed on th e gas th roughout the moto and took the win , wh ile Lamb a nd David Griffith fini shed second and third. Overa ll stand ings had Hodge takin g the win a hea d of Lamb, Clark, J eff Korhon en , G riffi th, Randy Klessig and Joh n Ca mden. Nielson nips Pros at Vegas By D ick Goodwin LAS VEGAS , NV. ocr. 20 Man y out-of-state ra cers in vad ed th e Las Vegas Motocross Park facility for th e 7-Up Classic today, and when it was all over , it was San Jose, California , resident Ricky Ryan nailing th e 125cc Pro win , wh ile Scott Nielson from Utah a n d Greg Vowell wrapped up wins in th e 250 and 500cc Pro clas ses. In th e 500cc P ro bout, N ielson jammed into the lead ahead o f Scott Underwood and Anthony Pasqual lotto. A few turns into the race, Underwood blew by N ielson over a jump, whi le Pasquall otto cra shed elsewhere on th e track, giving Sean Steele th ird. Ni elson kep t th e pressu re o n Underwood, while Steele did the sa me to N ielson. Shortly after , Nielson found hi s wa y back in to th e lead as U nderwood dro p ped back to th e number -three sp o t. H a lfwa y th rou gh the race, wh ile enjoying a comfortabl e lead , Ni elso n sta lled h is motorcycle, letti ng bo th Steele and Underwood by. Steele was sett ing a blisteri ng pace un til he endoed spec tacularly over the double jumps, ret irin g him for the day. This gave the lead to U nde rwood , who went on to win th e race ahea d of Ni elson. In ro u nd two , Billy Hill stole the hol esh ot ahead of Underwoo d a nd Nielson. The three leaders battled closely for th e first few laps before both Underwood and Ni elson sli pped by Hill and sta rted to pull away . Nielson was gett ing faster and faster with eac h lap , and he event ua lly nipped Underwood before th e finish and took the win. Overall results had Underwood taking second a head o f Dal e Bohm and Hi ll. The l25cc Pro race had Ryan taking th e ea rly lead a t the start o f the first moto but was hounded by Vowell and Er ic Sackett. Both Vowell and Sackett found th e ho t lin e into the firs t a nd second posit ions until Ryan got back on the gas and moved into seco nd . Ryan began pulling awa y from Sackett but couldn ' t gain a n y distance on Vowe ll by the fini sh . Ryan aga in blasted into th e lead a t the start of the second moto, whi le Vow ell ch ased . Ryan a nd his Kawa sa ki managed to ho ld on to h is lead throughout the moto despite stro ng challenges by Vow ell. At the finish , it was Ryan maintainin g his sligh t lead over Vowell for the overall, whi le Sack ett took third. Results PEEWEE PP: 1. C.C. Lanier: 2. MaryAnn Gusakov. PEE WEE NOV : 1. Joh n M en g: 2. Russell Pear on ; 3. M ich ael Laskowitz. PEE W EE INT: 1. Ja son Part ridge; 2 . Gr eg Zarategu i; 3. Bria n Barn son. . 60 NOV 6- 9 : 1. J ason Partridge: 2. Greg Zarat ie· g ui: 3. Man Camd en . 60NOV 9 -11 : 1. FrankieVil legas; 2. Lev i Sackett; 3. Nathanal Pea rson. 60 TNT 6-8 : 1. Brian Barn son. 60 INT 9 -11 : 1. M ichael Gilbert ; 2. Carey Hart. 60 MOD INT 9- 11 : 1. Carey Hart: 2 . Mi chael Gil bert BONOV 9-1 1: 1. Carey Hart ; 2 . M icha el Gilb ert ; 3 . Franki Vill ega s. BO NOV 12-16: 1. Jeff Hodg e; 2. Da nny Lamb ; 3. Kev in Clark. BOINT: 1. David Gr iego; 2. Lanee Taylor ; 3 . Robe rt Flores. BO MOD INT 12-16: 1. Lanee Taylor; 2. Ch ris Tri ckle; 3. Robert Flores . 80 EX: 1. Richard Saxton; 2. Jimmy Didier; 3. Derek Titus. 125 NOV : 1. M ike Palmer; 2 . David Gianchetti;; 3. Fran k Singer. 125 INT: 1. Johnny Day; 2. Lonn ie Faulkner; 3. Chris Peplowski. 125 PRO: 1. Rick y Ryan : 2 . Greg Vowell ; 3. Eric Sack ett . 250 NOV : 1. John Hill ; 2. Gena Ram say; 3 . Daniel . Volk. 25 0 INT: 1. J eff Palmer ; 2. Sha ne J oh nson: 3. M ike Gibson. 25 0 PRO: 1. Greg Vowell ; 2 . Bob White; 3 . Ric ky THE GOOD NEWS IS THERE"S MORE NE WS. THE BAD NEWS IS JUST FOR O UR COMPET ITION Rya n. 500 NOV : 1. Lyle Bin gh am . 500 INT; 1. Al ex Hill; 2. A rt Oli ver; 3 . Jim Barn son. 500 PRO: 1. Scan Nielson; 2. Scan Underwood; 3. Bill y Hill . VET NOV : 1. Bill Bearup; 2. Ja c Lindell ; 3. Steve Ireland. VET EX: 1. Lee Pear son . Blankenship blanks 'em at the Race Place II MX By Brad & Sharon Jones CHAPMAN , KS. ocr. 27 . After spending th e previous day in structing one of his motocross sch ools, Steve Wis e returned to the Race Place II tod ay a nd wat ched fou r of hi s students tak e the top four pl aces in th e I25cc Novi ce class, whi ch was led by H onda rider Brad Blanken shi p . In the first moto, Blanken ship used h is new starti ng technique to captu re th e holesh ot ahead of J eff Schneid er. Blanken sh ip contin ued to hold co mmand o f hi s lead , while H onda rider T rell Keen moved in on Sch nei der. The two battled right dow n to the wire , a nd o n th e fin al lap , Keen mad e one last a ttempt to pass Sch neide r a nd succeede d . Th e win went to Blanken sh ip , followed by Keen a nd Sch ne id er. Keen and Bla nk en sh ip spe nt most of th e seco nd mot o in a duel for th e lead. Durin g th e first two laps, the two traded positions a co u ple of ti mes, with Blanken shi p ta kin g con trol. H ow ever , Bla nk ensh ip even tua lly cras hed, givi ng Keen a hu ge lead. Sco tt Deane an d Ron Morris swept past the downed rider. Soon af ter, Morris mot o red by Deane, taking o ver th e seco n d spo t. Near th e end o f th e mot o , Keen m ysteriously sta rted slo win g down , a llowing Dean e a nd Morri s to go by. Blanken sh ip had recovered from h is crash andwas on th e ga s, passing both Deane a nd Morris a nd tak in g th e wiri an d ove ra ll. Morris took second a head o f Deane. Shawn J ones, Kirk Patterson a nd Erik Kohl a lso got on th e Steve Wi se honor ro ll wh en th ey capt ure d the first th ree spots in th e l25 cc Junior class. Jones, a board a 1986 KX Kawasaki, dominated both motos by taking wins each tim e o u t. Patter son led the ent ire first mot o , o n ly to be pa ssed by J ones on the white-fla g lap. Round two had Jones taking th e early lead a hea d of Patter son. Patterson sta yed close all th e way but co uldn't make a dent in Jones ' lead. Patterson took second overall ahead of Kohl. I t ' s True! Y o u Ca n Have ATV News Delivered To Your Home Every Other W e ek! NOW YOU CAN GET: MORE RACE COVERAGE MORE NEW PRODUCTS MORE PLACES TO RIDE A1ljll ~RE NEWS WHILE IT'S STILL NEWS-NOT HISTORY! A TV News has j ust lapped t he co m pet it io n by charging ahea d an d br inging you TWICE as many issues of exc it ing, t im ely and infor ma tive coverage of all that 's new s co ncernin g A ll Terrain Veh ic les. To start receivi ng A TV News every ot he r week justfill outthe coupon below an d mail it in t od ay . You ' ll be ass u red of a f irst pl ace fini sh in ATV co verage . • / Please check box o Paym ent enc los ed o Maste rCard 0 V isa Results M INI M INI : 1. A ndy Bowyer (Yam I: 2. Clint Bowyer (Yam). J R CYCLE: 1. Bobby Jensen (Han); 2. J esse M aley (Han); 3. A ndy Bowy er (Kaw l. M INI OPEN: 1. Steve Bates (Kaw ); 2. Brent Peterson (Kaw). M INI NOV : 1. J oh n Stewa rt; 2. Jason Campbell IKaw ); 3. Chad Longnecker (Yam) . MI NI J R: 1. Chr is Gragg (Kaw). M INI EX: 1. Steve Bates IKaw); 2. Brent Peterson (Kaw); 3. Ke nny Howard (Kaw) . 125 NOV; 1. Brad Blan ken sh ip (Han); 2. Ron Morris (Kaw); 3 . Trell Keen (Han) . 125 JR : 1. Shawn Jo nes (Kaw): 2. Kirk Patterson (Kaw) ; 3 . Erik Kohl (Han). 25 0 JR : 1. Erik Kohl (Han ); 2. Kirk Patt erson (Kaw) ; 3. Jon Rush (Han) . 25 0 / D PEN NOV: 1. Lee Cyre (Han) ; 2 . To ny Jagodzi ski (Yam); 3. Bob Carlso n (Han) . 250 EX: 1. Mike Bosto n (Kaw) ; 2. Darren Rhot en ; 3 . Troy Rhoten (Hon). OPEN EX: 1. Brad Jones (Han); 2 . Stan Emerson (Han); 3 . Greg Gil man (Yam). OV ER 30: 1. Gary M out ray (Yam); 2. Bart on Bat es (Yam ). ATVMell1$® P.O . Box 1030 Long Beach, CA 90801-1030 29

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