Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

; e SS B: 1. Rick Tetrick (Yam); 2. Oavid Wr ight; 3. Brian Enos. S5 C: 1. Gary Kozuma ; 2. M arlin Biall s; 3. Robert Bennis (Yam). 55 D: 1. J eff Franks: 2. Tim Bergstr om; 3. Tom OahIIYam ). . ~ F-l : 1. RickTetrick (Yam); 2. Pau l Petr ocel li (S uzl; 3 . Rand y Danz a . F-2 : 1. Brian Enos; 2. Rob Leat ham ; 3. Robert Bennis (Yam ). F-3 : 1. Tim Ber gst rom ; 2. J eff Fran ks; 3 . Tom Dah l (Yam). Bon: t . John Scott ITri); 2. Jeff Homo lka. VINTAGE ; 1. Cra ig Ski nner (Tri); 2. J ohn Scott (Tri) ; 3. St eve Berna rd (Han). ~ 00 O"l ....... Cloutier triumphs at Nevada MX Championship ~ -.::t' .... (l,) ..0 S By M oto -Depo (l,) STEAD, NV, N OV. 3 u T he n o rmal series turnout in Nevada was highligh ted by th e a p pearance of Trans-Cal Series ace Allen Berl u ti , mou nted o n an Allen Bray-spo nso red M-Star. T he O pen a nd 250cc P ro s ro de in a co m bi ned race with a staggered start. Before the start, Berluti , riding an Open class bike, an nounced , "My goal is to pass all th e 250s and gain half a la p o n the field ." Current series points leader Jeff Clout ier, o n a 250 Suzu ki from Mich aels Cycle in Carson City, Nevada, had othe r p la ns. Clo utier timed th e start j ust righ t in th e first mo to a nd was moving away from th e res t o f th e field a t a fast p ace. Berluti LOok a n im media te lead in th e O pen class, passi ng most of the field befo re the fi n ish of th e fourth lap. It was beginning to look like h e would have no problem livin g u p LO his goa!. H e co ntin ued to m ove u p u ntil h e was in fourth overa ll with onl y Hus ky-mou nted Wh ite's Cyclesponsored Butch Still mock, Ri ck Woodson a nd Cloutier in front. At th is poi n t Berlu ti had hi s work cut ou t for him . Stillmock and Woodson were di cing for second and Berl uti cou ldn 't find a way around. At th e ha lfw ay poi m, Woodson dropped off th e pace a nd Sti ll mock too k co ntro l of second. A lap lat er Ber luti passed both riders and set h is sigh ts on Cloutier. He t~ie.d to reel in Cloutier . but at the finish of th e moto, C lo utier was in fi rst with a big lead , Ber luti finishing second overa ll, first Open class , with Ho nda rider Beau H ibdo n second Open . D ur ing the second m oto th e Opens were started first, followed by the 250s. Now it was Ber luti 's turn to sta y a h ead of C lo utier. Both riders were in fron t of th eir respective classes, and by m idrace, Clo utier was about 30 seco nds behind Berluti, Everyo ne felt th is wo uld be th e order of finish, but on th e n ext lap , Clou tier cam e arou nd in firs t, followed by Hi bdon . Ber luti had la id it down o n th e back part of the co urse an d dropped back to third. Berlu ti was p ushing ha rd to recapture the lead wh en he lost it off a jump , in juring h is elbo w a nd dro p pin g o u t, leav ing Clo utier with a well -deserved overall win. In 125cc P ro action, Mark Nason (Carson City Kawasa ki), got the hol eshot wi th Rick DeCa rl o (Mic haels Cycl e) right beh in d . At the midway poi nt, DeCarl o dropped h is bi ke and H onda- m o un ted David McCom bs moved into seco nd. T he ac tion got furious in th e nex t-to-la st lap . Nason bobbled, and McCombs gOI by for the lead. Nason, refus ing to settle for seco nd , LOok the lead back. McCombs tried to get around, but had to settle for second behind Nason. In th e second moto , Nason aga in got th e holeshot, followed by DeCarlo an d McCombs. By th e end of th e moto, DeCarlo hd faded int o third, p u tting McCom bs in second. So , t.hc fi nish was the same as moto one, wah Na son first a nd McCom bs second. (l,) Cl J ef f C lo utier (a b ove) won the c ham pionship w hile A ll en Be rluti (bel ow) took second overall . MEAN MOJO BEARS These stuffed toys stan d 1J inches tall and have m ovable anns and legs. T h ey come in Honda, Kawasaki, KTM, Suzuki and Yamaha versions in team co lors. Suggest ed Ret sil $1995 Dealer Inquiries Welcome each Oakla nd Spo rts Center. D ept. CN 4232 Dixie Highw ay Drayton Plains . MI 4 8 0 2 0 For Inform ation call: (313) 673-33~ MUTU~ In Vet Expert co m pe titio n, KTMmoun ted Ri ch T horwa ldson got th e h oles h ot. wi th Ro b Nicho ls a n d Ri ch ard Hansen in tow . But no one cou ld catch T horwa ldson, wh o . ran aw a y with th e win. In th e second mo to, Hansen gOI th e holesh ot , followed by Thorwaldson. Thorwaldso n took th e lead on the second la p , Hansen cha lle n ged for o ne lap and th en dropped back. Thorwaldso n won the seco nd rnoto a s well as theovera l!. In O ld T im er Expert act ion Stan Mill 's Honda go t the holeshot, but Ru ss Wyant, a new ly-t urned O ld Ti mer, took a n ea rly' lea d over Michael s Cycle Works rider Wy lie Wilso n . At the m idway point, Wilson passed Wyant for th e lead . A cras h p ut Wyan t ba ck to th ird, w here he spent two la ps d icing with O ld Timer po ints lea d er To m M uLO (KTM), fo r seco nd: Muto preva iled and took seco nd beh ind Wi lso n. In the second moto, Wi lso n took the holeshot and ran away with the day . (]Y(]LE . By Da ryl D. Drake WIC KENBU RG, AZ, NOV . 3 Garth Sweetland led a ll four laps at the Arizona Desert Racing Association's (ADRA) 11 th An n ual Vu l ture 100 desert race to take overall an d Open Expert ho nors for th e fift h time in th e 1985 AD RA Desert Championship Seri es. SHOCKING SALE CONTINUESl VI []EU ~ Due to the strong U.S. dott er , we are con tin uing our $20 price reduction on Marzocch i Strada gas shocks! 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