Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

strai ght for th e first-moto holesh ot , but it wa s a ll erased wh en he went down in turn one. Brandin Lea (Kaw), a nd Frankie Gonzales quickl y too k over th e fir st two spots. It o n ly took two laps for Smith to get back into it, catching Gonzal es and second pl ace whi le Lea co m manded th e lead for every lap. ].E.B. Stuart, aboard o neof the few H ondas in this gre en class , was busy with th ird , wh ile Lea and Sm ith were going 1-2. In th e seco nd mot o , Smith had th e first turn under co ntrol, this tim e with Lea doing th e cha sing a nd Stua rt in th ird. On th e white flag lap Gonza les too k over Stuart's posi tion for th ird , wh ile Lea was taki ng the checkered flag for h is I-I victo ry wh ile Smith went 2-2. T he O ver-Sf) No vice moto was o ff with Tom my West o n h is '81 465 Cycledynamics Yam aha co mi n g in wide from th e outside into Burleson's fam ous 1600 first turn . This wa s enough to sn uff out th e efforts o f hard -charg in g Gerry " H a m m er " Hanson's Open Honda a n d tr ack favorite T .C. Carter's Open Yamaha . Hanson h ad trouble o n th e whiteflag lap, so Carter g ladly took over second with Bob Ma rshall 's CR250 in third. West never looked back a t the actio n going o n behind him as he took th e win leading every lap. Second moto action saw West co ming in fast from th e east. West quickl y rounded o ff th e sharp first tu rn and took off with th e lead. Ha nson wa s in second, followed by T albot's Yamaha. Wh en th e " Ha m mer" went down tryin g to make a move on West a t the finish-line jump, T albot took ove r second with Carter in th ird. In th e I25cc Intermediates, Robert Reed , o n th e KX,led the fir st la p , but th at lead would fall a part a fter o ne la p to Jack Ricks on another KX. With Reed in seco n d a nd Chris Pritche tt on a CR in third , Ricks wo u ld n o w have to be concerned abou t the fast moving Pritch ett takin g ove r second. After four laps, Ri cks would g ive u p th e lead to Pritch ett 's Honda. T he seco nd moto showed Reed wo u ld agai n lead the pack on th e first lap with Pr itchett hot on h is kn obbies. By th e en d o f th e seco nd lap Ri cks cooled Reed 's h ot knobbies and led the rem ainin g five laps, wi th Prit che tt an d Reed to worry a bo ut second and third . The I25cc Novice class was an other too- big- for-one-ga te class, so in Divisio n A it was Matt Harlan o n his ne w '86 CR sh owing th a t tal ent a nd a fresh, new bike do ma ke for a clea n sweep o f motos one an d two , follow ed by th e James ga ng, J a mes Frankl in , o n th e KX in seco nd, a nd J ames Ven a tor, on th e YZ in third. Division B, aga in put a H onda o u t in front , piloted by J immy Hamlin, being chased by Mark McN eil on th e YZ a nd Chris Walters on a CR. Results MICROS : 1. Brandon Lea (Kaw); 2. Chadd Sm ith (Kaw); 3. J.E.B. Stuan (Hon). BOBEG: 1. Robby Copple (Kaw); 2. Greene Sim pson (Kaw); 3. J.J. Slagle (Suz). BONOV: 1. Char lie Farrar (Kaw): 2. Jason Shedd (Kawl; 3. Chadd Sm ith (Suz). BO INT: 1. Jack Ricks (Kew): 2. Ramey Rynolds (Kaw): 3. Chris Niles (Yam). 125 BEG: 1. Steve Banow; 2. Roben Taylor (Yam): 3. Tim Tucker { Ka w~ 125 NOV DIV A : 1. Matt Harlan (Hon): 2. James Franklin (Kaw); 3. James Venator (Yam ). 125 NOV DIV B: 1. Jimmy Haml in (Hon): 2. Mark McNe il {Yaml: 3. Chris Walters (Han). 125 INT: 1. Chr is Pritchett (Hon): 2. Roben Reed (Kaw); 3. M ike Abbott (Hon). 125 EX: 1. Brian W illiams (Hon); 2. Steve Reav is (Kawt, 3. Bob Abbott (Hon). 250/OPEN BEG: 1. Gary Carlock (Kaw): 2. J immy Monroe (Hon); 3. Bob Reddish (Hon). 250 NOV: 1. Rick y Lester (Hon); 2. Joey Grupp (Kaw t, 3. Cody Payne (Hon). 250 EX: 1. Nick Cordova (Hon): 2. Jo hnny Kind han (Yam); 3. Joey Hardin (ya m). 0 ·30 NOV: 1. Tommy West (Yam); 2. T.C. Cane r (Yam); 3. John Talbot (Yam). 0 -30INT: 1. Mike Young (Yam); 2. Oavid Jones ISuz); 3. Me lvin Eddy (Yam). 0 -30 EX: 1. Rick Hump hreys (Hon); 2. Cheste r Czajkowski (Yam); 3. Billy Sm ith (Hon). 250 INT: 1. Murph Copers (Yamt, 2. Drake Moo re (Yam); 3 . Danny Burnap (Yam). OPEN : 1. David Myres (Hon); 2. Barry Callaway (Kaw ); 3 . Tim Cruce (Hon). Saltzman gobbles up ARA Turkey Chase By Ed W einberg STO DDARDVALLEY,CA,NOV. 17 Veteran O pen Ex pert Bill Saltzman powered h is KTM to a 30second win over factory Cagiva rider Du ane Summers in the All -Terrai n Ra ci n g Asso cia t ion 's T hird An n ua l T u rkey Chase. Sa ltzman ea rned th e victo ry o n a 19.6 mil e, fig ure eigh t-sha ped co urse tha t took rid ers twice throug h th e pits o n eac h loo p o f th e race . T he tra ck , wh ich had been under three in ch es o f snow th e p revi ous Monda y, offered exce lle nt tracti on an d no du st. Sa ltzma n led Ron Christner' s O pen Yamaha to the first chec k wh ile Su mmer s trailed in 14th posi tion. By chec k two on th e first loo p , Sa ltzma n ma intained a sligh t lead over Christner a nd Su m me rs had moved up to n inth. The top two positions rema ined u nchanged at check th ree wi th the hard-ch arging Summers tak ing over six th. Christner d ro p ped Sa ltzma n to seco nd at the co mpletion of the firs t loop and Su mmers continued his ch arge by raci ng into fifth p lace. . Sa ltzman passed Christner to reta ke th e lead by th e firs t chec k o n th e second loop , whi le fou rt h-place Sum- mer s tri ed to ca tch Mik e Alexa n der, wh o was runn in g in th ird . Alex ander fired by th e fro nt runners to ta ke th e lead j ust befo re the seco nd check, movi ng Saltzm an to secon d a n d Ch ristner to third. Brian Harri s, rid in g a Malcolm Sm ith Honda, moved into fifth beh ind Su m me rs an d Ken P a rry too k over s ixth o n a 125 Ya ma ha. Ale xa nder held the lead at th e comple tion o f th e seco nd loop , Sa ltzman was bidi ng h is time in seco nd place and Summers slipped into third p lace w hen C hris tn er sta lled hi s engine a nd dro p ped to fou rt h . Sa ltzman -powered into first p lace by th e ini tia l check on the fina l loo p , d ro ppin g Ale xander into seco nd, bu t Alexander fo rged to the front agai n by chec k three on the fin a l lap. Six m il es from th e fin ish lin e Alexa n der's engine seized, allowi ng Saltzma n a n d Su m mer to get by for a 1-2 fini sh a t th e chec ke red flag. Harri s pas sed Christn er to ta ke th ird with Bryan Bennett (Han) cha rgi ng pa st Pa rry for fifth. The beginner race was a duel between th e Yamaha O pen ,en try of G eorge Penning ton and th e O pen H onda o f T im G omez. After th e duo swapped th e lead nu merous times, Penningt on moved into the front two mil es from th e chec kered flag a nd managed to clip Gomez by a bikelen gth a t th e fin al flag. ~ 00 ...... .... V ..0 8 V u V Cl Results OPEN EX: 1. W . Saltzman (KTM ); 2. B. Harr is (Hon); 3. R. Chr istner (Yam). 250 EX: 1. D. Tipton (Hus). 250 NOV: 1. J . Bukam ier (Hon). 250 AM: 1. J . Lehotan (yam). 125 EX: I . D. Sum mers (Cog); 2. K. Par ry (Yam). 125 NOV: 1. G. Sailo rs (Kaw ). OPEN BEG: 1. G. Pen ningto n (yam); 2. B. Gomez (Hon); 3. S. Ballard (Hus). 250 BEG: 1. R. Bohan nan (Hus); 2. S. Sm ith IKTM ); 3. O. Ham ilton (Hus). 200 BEG: 1. J . Sampair (Kaw ). 125 BEG: 1. R. Holt e ( Hon~ 2. J . Webst er (Cog). .- .37_.._.

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