Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

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Roose wa s chasing Hall wh en h is brakes went away a nd front wheel sl id ou t. Green extended hi s lead as Hall chased Zirbel. bumping him several times. ho p ing for an o pe n ing th at n ever a p pea re d. Mea nwh il e Roose wa s u p and running, trying to fin ish th e race. At the flag it was Green , Zirb el , H a ll and Roose. Results W EE PEE WEE: 1. Nath an Bourland (Yam); 2. Joshua Lynn (yam); 3. Kevin Eakin . PEE WEE: 1. Jason McCorm ick (Kaw); 2. Ryan Andarson (Ka w~ 3. Mike Fenv (Hon). MINI EX: 1. Lance Rudge (Kaw ); 2. Ryan Ander son (Kaw ); 3, Jeff Searle (Hon). 125 A M : 1. Duane Redding (Kaw); 2. Kevin Joc hi m (Suzl . 125 PRO: 1. Er ic Hall (Hon); 2. Oa" en Rogers (Hon). 250 AM : 1. George FOrlin (Hon); 2. Ray Crawford (SUl); 3. Ron Stevenson (Hon). 250 PRO: 1. Randy Green (Hon); 2. Eric Hall (Hon); 3. Randy Roose (Yam). OPEN AM : 1. PatrickJordan (Hon); 2. Kary Krahel (Yam); 3. Mike Perry (SUl). OPEN PRO: 1. Marl y Zirbe l ITri); 2. Randy Green IHan}; 3. M ike Su lli va n (Tri). '86 Huskys '86 YZs NOW IN STOCK Call Us Now Yamaha of Goleta 34 0 Pine Avenue (805) c= Display Ad Inf ormati on - ~ 213 /427-7433 '/ f-- 28 96~-1580 Ka~GaRD~ Harsha beats Burgess at Medford By Clay Light II - - - 16616 Schoenborn Street Sepulveda, CA 91343 MED FORD, OR, NOV. 8 Kawas aki-mounted Jeff Harsha h eld off a come-from-behind ride by northern Californian Lance Burgess to win a thrilling 250cc Pro money main event a t th e jackson Co unty Expo Pa rk sea so n opene r in Medf ord 's Com p to n Are na. Also putting in a su p erio r rid e was P ro m ot ocrosser T im Ph ill is, who won th e 125cc A ma in o n a 1986 Kawa saki . H eat races kicked o ff th e 1985-86 indoor arenacross seaso n with prom o ter Ri ch Wo rd winning th e fir st of tw o 125cc h eat races o ver Ri ck Beck an d H on da-mounted Tony Sp ra ng le. The seco nd hea t was a Ca lifornia . sweep with Burgess winning o n h is Kawa sa ki, fo llowed by Ph ill is and up-and-coming Brad johnson, a lso o n a Ka wa sa ki. The firs t P ro money h eat was led by Expert flat tracker R obert H orban (Ya m 60 0 ), wh o th um ped to thewin o ver Mike Ham ilIOn . In hea t two, Hars ha domina ted in a previe w of th e ma in event by bea ti ng Burgess, Phill is and j ohnson in the to ughes t h eat. T he B ma in s placed o ne rider from eac h event in th e A ma in if th e rider so chose. Word took th e o n ly avai la bl e ticket to th e P ro money main with his win , wh ich gave him fir st in th e main 10 second- p lace Randy Toreson over flat tr ackers Bob Ingl e a n d Clay L igh t. T he sensa tio na l performance, ho wever, ca rne Irorn Yamaha-mou nted M ike H a m ilt on in a last di tch a ttem p t of mak ing th e 250cc A.ma in by passing Chris Ellis. Fl yin ' R yan Huffman (Ya rn-H o n o f R osebu rg /Kaw ) came do wn fro m Roseburg a rmed with a pair of sma ll wh eel ma chin es and open ed up th e mai ns by win n ing th e 60cc A co ntes t. Huffman wa s o n ly one of a few on u nder 250cc ma chines 10 clear th e doubles en rou te 10 th e win over loca ls Sha w n Highl and a nd Zach Rund. Huffman d idn't have as much luck in the 80cc A main , losing o u t 10 Wayn e Fra mpton a nd Bryan Steels. Burgess hol eshot the I 25cc A main event, but like man y of the rid ers on hand, hit a berm and slid out. This put teammate P h ill is into th e lead , where h e would stay for th e duration, whil e johnson jammed h is way into second. Burgess drove th e specta tors crazy w ith h is last-to-third ride in o n ly a few laps, but time ra n o u t a nd he missed J ohnson by a wh eel. Phil lis took a six-seco nd led to th e checkers over j ohnson, Burgess, Word and Beck . H arsha a lso too k a so il sa m p le whi le leading th e 250cc A main con testants into turn one and dropped back into o bliv io n o n th e tigh t, jumplined tra ck . B main win ne r H amilton sn uc k a wh eel into th e lead short ly thereafter, foll owed by MX P ro Randy T o reson and Suz u ki rider Casey Stuve, Stuve passed T or eson o n severa l occa sio ns, but Toreson used h is years of ra cing exp er ience to p us h Stu ve back to th ird . H amil ton took th e win with T oreson seco n d a nd th ird going to Stu ve, who a lso put in a fine pe rformance by h olding o ff P ro Ron Milligan a nd Steve Crouch er. T he even ing 's highlight ca me in th e form of a l O-rider . two-row P ro m oney main event, lin ing up machi nes in di splacement sizes o f 125 to 600cc. So man y riders o n a small cou rse mad e fo r a n interesting turn o ne, which sa w H orban pu tt in g th e largest ma ch in e o n the tra ck (600 Ya ma ha ) into the lead, a fter sitti ng t h e po le pos i tio n , a n d lea d ing th roug h th e w hoop- de-docs. But H o rb an cr hed o n the opening lap, as caus ing a res ta rt. O n the seco nd take, it was H a rsha leadi ng, o ver Phillis (Kaw 125 ), Mike Zilgitt (Hon 250) a nd j ohnson (Kaw 125 ). Burgess slid o u t aga in a nd was in 10th p lace on lap tw o , a nd for a ll remaining eig h t la p s, th e focus wa s o n Burgess, who carved through traffi c. By lap six , Burgess had overta ken Word, Zil gitt and j ohnson to settle into third. Next, he nabbed Phill is wi th a n insi de stuff a nd set o u t after H a rsha. H arsh awas not to be denied and held o ff Burgess for th e win, with P hill is th ir d o ver Zil gitt, H orban and J ohnson. Results PRO MONEY A: 1. Jeff Harsha (Kawl ; 2. Lance Burgess (Kaw l; 3. Tim Phill is IKaw). OPEN A: l . Robert Horban (Yam); 2. Casey St uve (SUl); 3. Bob Ingle (Hon). PRO MON EY B: 1. Randy Toreson (Yam); 2. Bob Ingl e (Hon); 3. Clay Lig ht (SUl ). 25 0A: 1. M ike Hamilton (Yam); 2 . Randy Toreson (YamO; 3. Casey St uve (SUl ), 125 A: 1. Tim Phill is IKaw); 2. Brad Jo hnson (Kaw); 3. Lance Burges s (Kaw). 80 A : 1. Wa yn e Frampton (Su z); 2. Bryan Steele IKaw); 3. Ryan Huffman (Yam), 60 A : 1. Rvan Hu ffma n IKaw); 2. Zach Rund IKawl; 3. Shawn Highland (Kaw), Hodge smokes L.as Vegas MX By Dick Goodwin LAS VEGAS , NV, OCT. 20 J eff Hodge captured the overall win in the 80cc Novice 12-16 class today at the Las Vegas Motocross P a rk , while Danny Lamb an d Kevin Clark took second a nd th ird. In the fir st m ot o , Lamb blasted into th e lead down th e long start stra ig h t, but Hodge wa s hot on his tail as well as john Camden, Kevin Clark and Fabian Gomez. Early in th e moto, Gomez ba il ed over the doubles, while the lea d er Lamb crash ed in the back section of th e track . This gave the lead to Hodge, who was closely pursued by Clark, who had earlier passed Camden. Clark was on th e gas and eventually shot into th e number-one position, but Hodge never gave up. The two riders diced righ t down 10 the checkers with Clark narrowly taking the win over Hodge, and Lamb.

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