Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

(A bove) 250 and 500cc A w in ner Jeff Stanton (3 6 3) aims for the holeshot in the 250cc class ahead of Jack Elison (18 4 ) and Carl Va illancourt (192) . (Below) Rodney Barr (4 1 1) leads Guy Cooper. ::- ~ v ~ ~ ~ ~ 1 2 3 910 111 2 131 4 15 16 17 23 24 25262728 2930 , 1986 AVON TYRE CALENDAR The inf amous AVON calen dar is now available from HAPJQN ES. Send check or money order for $9 .95 10: HAP JONES OIST. CO . :~~.~:.3~~~ 152 or ... your motorcycle d••ler • .. f #1 OffRoad Team TeamH&H ~cm can-am All 86 Models Now In Stock Huge Parts Inventory UPS Daily '86 SE& TRA Contingency Program Now In Effect Call For Details! They can copy our advertising, prices and brands .. . But They'll Never Match Our Service & K,!owledgeJ Barry HIggins' Team H&H KTM Husqvarna - Can-Am 31 0Bankhead Highway. Mableton. G A30059 404/941-9184 S upport the dealers w ho s upport your newspaper, " Si nce 1948" ·CAUFORN MOTORCYCLE IA INSURANCE AGENCY " D ON 'T PA Y THROUGH THE NOSE TO GET WIND IN YOUR FACE" .. (714) 956-5222 (213) 637-0751 18 P.O . Box 3878 • Anaheim. CA 92803 Winter MX (Contin ue d from page 10) en gine seized on the final tun nel jump." "I'm sure gl ad van der Ven was tir ed ," said Hannah, "or I would have really had to ride hard to stay ahead," H a nnah bumped Lil es from th e series tall y a nd now leads Carson by one point goin g into th e midwa y ro und a t Croom. J o J o Kell er , Dave H ollis, an d Mark Murphy h o pe d to wres tle co n tr ol o f th e 500cc class from th e "Ilyin g Dutchman " but, in rno to o ne , it was Tommy Wa tts wh o roosted th e field o rr th e lin e. Van der Ven got a clea n sta rt a nd spoiled Watts' show before the end o f lap one. wi th H usq varna 's Andy Sta cy. H oll is. Sha ne Drew , Murph y. a nd Kell er o n th e gas. H ollis a nd Kell er mo ved th rough tr aff ic a n d warred for secon d o n la p th ree. until H oll is bailed . withdrawing fro m the ra ce. Kell er rode hard but failed 10 close th e ga p, ha vin g 10 be co ntent keeping Murphy a t ba y fo r seco nd . Pederson a nd J ohn Collins fini sh ed in th e money. Van d er Ven, who is sponsored in Europe by KTM, Dr. Pepper, Yoko Clothing. G arne Boots and Scott USA, sa id , " I liked this track, but riding in th e wet isn't so much fun ." Keller's Savage Ra cing/Brockton Cycle/ AXO /Pro support Yamaha clawed orr th e gate 10 lead Peders on. Collins, Murphy, and Ri chard Sirois into th e second mota . Van der Ven was crowded to the o u tside o n th e sta rt a nd had 10 let o rr for th e tunnel jump. But by th e end of la p one, Kees had adva nce d 10 fourth. Kell er's reign lasted for eig h t laps. but h is ri val then challenged a nd took over th e lead . Kell er tri ed to reeai n the lead bu t b' cras hed hard and wa s forced to sit o ut the remainder o f th e mo to in pain agai ns t th e tra ck fence. " I took a pretty real jolt. and it shoo k me up ," sa id th e Iri en dl v Massach usetts red head . " Mv left ha nd and right shou lJ de r hurt . I hope I w ill be okay by n ext week ," Peder son , who maintai ne d seco nd pl a ce. sa id, " Last week was th e fir st time that I have ridden sin ce my kidney injury in th e Swedish s tad ium event. I'm happy to be ba ck racing in th e Flo rida series after three . , yea rs in Ca liforn ia . T he re I S a better a tt itu de and more fri endl y people down here." The Canadian C ha m pion has signed with Yam ah a Mo tors of Canada , Si lkolen e, and Answer for th e '86 seaso n . Amateurs j eff Stanton contin ued his dorn inat ion of the Expert Am at eur ra n ks with fou r more mo to win s in th e 250cc a nd 500cc divi sions. " I shou ld be good .i1.r!IJt; l)1up.b.Y.I\

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