Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

ahead of Brad Simcox a nd Steve Goodwin. with J oey H oak in pursu it. Pocino went o nto wi n by a la rge marg in ove r Kevin Ba rtl ett and Goodwin. Cra ig C umm in gs fin ished in fourth . Seco nd mo to action saw Poc ino with th e ho leshot again . this tim e with Goodwi n a nd David Giancheni o n h is trai l. As in moto one, Poc in o da shed on to an ea sy win over Goodwin. Giancheu i. H oa k, and Bartl et t. O verall resu lts sa w Pocin o in first . G ood win second, a nd Cummings third . Results ' PEE WEE 2-WHEEL NOV: 1. John Meog; 2. Russell Pearson; 3. M ike Laskowitz. PEE WEE 2-WHEE L tNT: 1. Jason Pan ridg e; 2. Greg Zara tieg ui; 3 . Brian Barnson. JR CYCLE NOV (6 -8 VRS): 1. Jeson Penr idge: 2. Gr eg Zarat ieoui; 3 . M att Camden . J R CVCLE NOV (9- 1 1 VRS): 1. Lev in Sackett : 2. Chad Anderson; 3 . Frank ie Vi lleg as. JR CVCLE tNT (6 ·8 VRS): 1. 8 rie n Ber nse n. JR CVCLE INT (9 ·1 1 VRSI: 1. M ike Gilbert: 2. Jimmy Gr iego ; 3 . Car ey Hart. 80 NOV (9· 11 VRS): 1. M iche el M ichels: 2. Mi ke Gil be rt ; 3. Carey Ha rt . 80 NOV (12-16 VRS): 1. Jeff Hodge: 2. Kev in Clark; 3. Dav id Gr iffith . 80 INT: 1. David Gr iego ; 2. Chri s Trickle . 80 EX: 1. Ke rry M ulligan; 2. Derek Tit u s. 12 5 NOV: 1. Chr is Pocino; 2. Steve Goodwin; 3 . Craig Cummings. . 125 INT: 1. Lonn ie Fau lkner; 2. Johnny Day . 125 PRO: 1. Eric Sackett; 2. John Slave ns. 2 50 NOV: 1. John Hill : 2. Gena Ramsay : 3 . Daniel Volk . 250 INT : 1. Shane Jo hn son ; 2 . Ken Tee ters; 3 . D8vid Moon. 250 PRO: 1. Scon Underwood; 2. Pet Shields . 500 NOV : 1. Lyle 8 inghem: 2. Ch ris Sl aughter; 3. Larry Tash iro . 500 INT: 1. Ale x Hill ; 2. Dan Wag ne r; 3 . M icha el Phillips. 500 PRO: 1. An t hon y Pesque lotto: 2. Berry Hill : 3 . M ark Hitechew. VET NOV : 1. Bill Bear up; 2 . Craig M ojeske ; 3 . Jac UndeH . VET EX: 1. Lee Pea rso n. PP; 1. M ary Ann G usa koY. .. 60 MOD (9 -1 1) tNT: 1. M ike Gilben; 2 . J im my Griego: 3. Carey Hart. 80 MOD NOV ; 1. Jeff Hodge : 2. Eric Gr iff it h: 3. David Griffith. 80 MOD INT: 1. Devid Gri ego; 2. Chr is Trickl e. 80 MOD EX: 1. Kerry M ulli ge n. Sampson wins Bad Mountain snowy enduro By Kit Palmer G ORM AN , CA . NOV . 10 Sco tt Sampson a nd his C R250 H onda survived thick fog . high winds. co ld tem pera tu res. snow a n d ice . a nd a flat rear lire during the seco nd loo p to n ai l the o vera ll wi n a t C he ckpo in t 1\ .c. 's 1 Bad M o u n ta i n en d u ro . Sampson . sponsored by Answer-Products . Ko lbe H onda and Du ral u bc, d ropped only fo ur points after two 40-m ile loops. bea t in g Husqvarn a -mounted Bill Berr o th bv o ne minut e; however . Berro th ca p tu red th e Open A class wi n on h is H u skv 430 Auto. H onda rider Bru ce Ogi lvie cla imed th e Four-Stroke class vict ory by placing fo u rt h o vera ll and lo sin g a to tal o f six mi n utes. Steve W ill ia m s finish ed third overa ll o n h is C R500 Honda . taking second in class behind Berr o th. O n ly o ne minute separated the two riders . A wee k before the eve n t, it lo ok ed dou btful t he even t would eve n run after a storm y co ld fro n t passed through the a rea a nd dropped a f ew feet of snow . but enough su nshine between th e sn o w storm and the even t ma de it possible for it to ru n . ev e n th o u gh o ne sec tion did g et thro wn o u t because o f snow a nd ice. The firs t-loop trai l was fairl y ea sy for m ost rid ers. T he tr a il featured ca nyo n -type terra in with so me tigh t sw itch -back sectio ns . sa nd wa sh es a nd a few downh ill s, wh ile tractio n was nothing less than perf ect. Riding a t th e to p o f th e hill s was a liu lc tri cky because the fog was so thick it was hard 10 see th e ribbons. Sa mpson a nd Williams zeroed everv check in the fir st loop. whi le Berroth a nd O gilvie eac h d ropped a minute at the fi nal check . The second loop proved to be the much tougher o f the two loop s. The tr ai l ran riders up th e mountainous sec tion where snow became a cr uc ia l factor. About 20 m iles into th e loop. th ere was a -lll-m irru te reset, then things started gelli ng toug h . R ig h t a fter th e reset. Berre th ran into trou ble. " ( got a littl e ou t of sh a pe and wen t through some bus hes thai p u lled -th e odometer ca ble o u t o f th e d ri ve." said Berroth . "From th en o n. I rode by th e brai l m ethod. Someh o w I managed to zero th e nex t ch eck . it was just blind Iuck . After that I sta yed with the riders a m inu te a h ea d o f m e. so I tried to figure things from th ere." Open A rider Ro n Lawson (H us ky 430 Au to ), wh o finished sixth in class. and O pen A Vet rider T om Webb ( H us ky 400), who p laced fourth ill h is. experie nced the same probl em as Berr o th duri ng th e second loop. Mea nwhi le. Sampson wa s hav ing hi s prob lems with a fla t rea r tire . Sa mpson . however . co nt in ue d to zero th e next two chec ks as d id Willi a m s. Between the third a nd fourt h check wa s th e hill th at kn ocked o u t nearl y 70 ride rs from th e even I. It was a jeep trail th a t had turned 10 ice making the clim b n earl y impossi ble. A huge bottle neck fo rm ed . but Sampson was able to get a ru n at th e h ill before th e boule neck a nd made i t to the top reasona bly easy. H e did. ho wever . drop three m inutes th ere. Berroth. wh o rode with studded tires motored u p the h ill a nd around th e bonle neck . but h e too lost three m inu tes . " I put th e studded ti res o n as a joke." said Berro th . " We had th em a t th e shop a nd everyone th er e kiddi ngly sa id I shou ld use th em. so I did . O ver th e ro cks and th rough th e water streams , th e bike was reall y squirrel y. a nd it was lik e rid ing on ice. The hi ll was the o n ly place it was a n adva ntage." It to ok a n a verage of a bo u t 30 m inut es fo r mos t rider s to reach th e next chcck th at wa s locat ed h alfway up th e hi ll. H owever. rn an v riders wi th lat e numbers ended up hourin g o u t. o r didn 't even make an a ue m p t o n th e icy hill. T he fo llow ing chec k. Sa mpson losl hi s fo urth p oint, " T he chec k wa s o ff," said Sampson. " I wa s right on time acco rd ing to my clock . but I wa s a minu te la te. Evervbodv was a t lea st a min ut e la te th ere. und Ih ev co u ld n' t figure o u t why. " As it tu rned O Ul. nobod y zeroed the fifth check. KTM-mounted Bill y Fulmer J r. fini sh ed sixth overall for second 250 A; P et er Postel (H o n ) wound up sixth o vera ll a nd too k second A Fourstroke. whi le Yamaha -m ount ed J ack Labrum p laced seventh o vera ll tak ing First A Vel . Fir st o vera ll B rider was 500cc H o n d a -m o u n ted Chip H a m r ic k . while M ich ael Smith o n a 200cc JII Yam aha loo k second. Over Crider was Bill Trubey with a I ;63 score. while T erry Blevl took seco nd with 1:68. U MOTOCROSS ~~ ~ VIDEO ~ ;~~~$) 19 85 SUPERCROSS RACE TA PES Conta ins 4 Heats. Se mi. 2 Ma ins Plus the 125cc Fina l! U9:S5 NOW $29 .95 M ult ip le Ord ers Of 5 Or More Just $19.95 Each Select From These Events ANAHEIM SAN DIEGO SEATT LE SEATTLE (Night 1) (Night 2) ATLANTA HOUSTON . ORLANDO DALLAS ROSEBOWL NA TIONAL EVENTS AVAILABLE Incl udes A ll 3 Classes! MT. MORR IS GAINESVILLE ATLANTA MILLVILLE (6 Flags) WASHOUGAL OVERALL: Scott Samp son (Han). OPEN A : 1. Bill Berrath (H us); 2. St eve Wi lliam s (Han): 3. Jo hn Ferr o (Han) . 250 A : 1. Scott Sampson IHon): 2. 8 ill y Fulmer Jr . (KTM ): 3. Robb M esecher (Han). 200 A : 1. Jon Spe ight (y am); 2. Donnie Simo ne (Kaw l; 3. Kevin Stool (KTM). FOUR ·STROKE A : 1. Bruce Ogilv ie (Hen); 2. Pete r Post el (Han ); 3 . Vern on Gabb er t (Hen). VET A : 1. J ack Lebru m (Vem l; 2. M ark Cook (Vam ): 3 . Ken M arklin g (Vern). SR A : 1. David Sw een ey (Hus); 2. Do n Og ilvie (Hen ); 3 . Norman M orris (Hus) . SSR A : 1. Ron M or enthaler (H us) ; 2. Bill Fu lme r Sr . (Hus l: 3. Ron Fry (Han I. OPEN B: 1. Chi p Ham ri ck(H on l; 2 . Chr is Steward (Yam); 3. Bruc e Orr . 250 B: 1. Ge orge Hamill (KTM ); 2. Steven Her man (KTMI : 3 . Andre 8utcher (Vam). 200 B: 1. Micheel Smith (Varni: 2. Bobby Mclain (Han): 3. Robert Bu sh (Kaw) . FOUR· STROKE B: 1. Fra n Kuh n (Hen ]: 2. Ki rk Smith (Ho n ); 3 . David Rike r (Hen). VET B: 1. Dav id Good hu e IKaw); 2 . M ike Ferro (Yam): 3. Will Russell (Hu sl . SR 8 : 1. Norm an Wyk off (Hust 2. Denn is Scam me ll (Yam) ; 3 : Pat Sou za (Yam ). W OM A N'S B: 1. Candy Heod (Yem); 2. Je r ilynn Posnoff IYa ml. TRAIL RIDING TIPS BY PROF. BAILEY, DAVID BAILEY & JOHNNY O'MARA P.O. BOX t3O, Dept CN AXTON, VA 24054 Spec ify Beta or VH SllI Rock Bottom Prices YZ250N -=---,~~,.. GARY BA ILEY'S SUPERCROSS .s49:'95' RIDING TECHNIQUES WOEOS BY PROFESSOR BAIUY HURRY. 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