Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

e in side but th ere was nowh ere to go. Bennett dove to th e inside, but h is front wheel was he d out. He held o n to th e bike, gassed it a Iiu le more a nd someh ow saved it. Fis he r went on by Benn e tt .fo r seco nd w h ile the res t of th e pa ck follo wed in the sa me ord er it sta rted in . At th e flag it was G reen, Fisher, Ben nett , Waters, Potter a nd Frohs. T he start of the fina l mo ta was a ca rbon copy of the first. Aga in Bennett went in sid e G reen. G oin g in to turn th ree Bennett hung it o ut righ t in to Green forcin g h im 10 m o ve OU I of h is wa y. Spo tti ng a sma ll openi ng, Fish er came from beh ind a nd dove u nder both ri ders to la ke co m ma n d o f the lead . In th e bac k Fro hs wa s ba ttling with Po tter a nd fi nally too k over fifth. Mea nw hi le, Green wa s wo nd ering how in th e world he got in to thi rd . Fish er 's qui ck ins ide m ove ha d to be the wilde o f th e year. Ben nett st mo ved u p o n Fish er a n d began pressu ring h im on every co rne r. Severa l times he dove under Fish er and pushed o n h im , b ut Fis h er never gave an inch. At th e flag th e order went Fis her , wh o loo k th e overa ll, Bennell , G reen , Waters, Frohs a nd Pot ter, Six anxious riders ca used a tot a l restart in th e firs t m ot o o f th e Open Pro class . Roose a nd Zirbel squeezed by Green to lead for a la p . The three were followed in order by Mik e Su lli van, Bill y Ta ylor a nd Ron Adams, Green p u t a ni ce inside m ove on Zirbel and th en he tried it o n Roose. Roose sh u t th e door o n th e La ke Stevens spe eds ter ' to hol d o n to th e lead which didn't last for lo ng as Green blew by on the back st raigh rawa y. In another lap, Zir bel too k the Lou Kinn ish Triump h by Roo se a lso . At the checkered the order went Green , Zir bel, Roose, Su lliv an, Ta ylor and Adams. In the fin al mo ta Green was back in true for m as he look the scra tch a nd went wire-to-wire with a 15-yard lead o ver the rest o f th e Pro s, Behind G reen in order wa s Su ll iva n, Zirbel , Roose, Ta ylor and Ada ms . Zirbel p ut mo ves o n Sulliva n a lmos t everywh ere , bu t co uldn't qu ite ge l by as th e laps ca me 10 a clo se with the fini sh in g orde r rema ining th e sam e. ~ (,,0 00 Q") .~ C'J C'J >.... es :l I:: ~ ~ Results WE E PEE WEE: 1. Kevin Eakin (Han); 2. Joshua Gottschalk (Yam), PEE WEE: 1. M ike Fetty (Han); 2. Nathan Bourland (Yam). MINI: 1. La nce Rud ge (Kaw); 2. Ryan Anderson (Kaw); 2. J im Eaves (Yaml . 125 AM A : 1. Tom M ill er (Han); 2. Brian Riley (Han). 125 PRO: 1. Eric Hall (Han). SATURDAY AT 4:00PM 125 AM B: 1. Duane Redd ing (Ka w ); 2. Ray Gr os sai nt (Ho n ). . 250 A M : 1. Georg e Bela nger (M on ); 2 . To m Young (Mon). 250 A : 1. Ron Stevenson (Ha n); 2 . Br ian Hall BrouKht to you by CHANNEL (KTM ); 3. George Fon in (Han). 250 PRO: 1. Eric Hall (Han); 2. Randy Green (Hon) ; 3 . Randy Roose (Yam ). 500 A M : 1. John Chr istia nsen (Yam); 2. J . Terry (Yam); 3. Rex Fisher (Yam). 500 PRO: 1. Ryan Fisher (Yam); 2. Randy Green (Han); 3. Dan Benn ett (Han). OPEN AM : 1. Alex Pitt s (Han); 2. Bria n Hall (KTM ); • 3 . Steve Ken di g (Yam) . OPEN PRO: 1. Randy Green (Han); 2. Mart v Zirb el (Tri); 3. Mike Sul li va n (Tr i). e LARGEST RM DEA LER IN THE COUNTRY e Hayes shows 'em at Firebird A TX 800/343-13~~ " By Daryl D. Drake PHOENIX, AZ, DEC. 29 T he So u th west Raci n g Associa tion (SWRA) staged th e All T errain Cross (AT X) even t th at inel uded ra cers fr om 70 cc three-wh eelers to trucks a nd of cou rse, m o torcycles. Bryan H ayes was the best of th e bikes as he look th e Expert Sweep stak es on the Premi er Cycle/Factory Rider/ U n ited Mo torsport/ Bel-Ray-sp onsored KTM aft er leadin g both Expert bouts wi re-to-wire , Beh ind Ha yes, SC li Davis (Ya m) a and Dennis H ilgendorff (Suz ) had a rea l bailie, These two were neck-andneck in both o u ti ngs and .tra ded th e WE HAVE THE PARTS & WE HAVE THE BIKES! If You Break Du r ing Florida W i nter A MA M ot ocross Series - CA LL TOLL FREE Don 't St ay Down For Lack Of Parts ! Largest & M ost Com plet e RM Parts Inventory In The Co untr y NEXT DAY PARTS DELIVERY. WE SHIP BIKES ! ---------------e---- ~.CYCLE, -CESII3N-----' : . . .. .. ~ · . I .&, • • -, .. , c~ '" , I I • •• ~ .: ~. ' , 11. f. \ , ,,: , :t "_ ',!, ' .' t r .. : . f .. ,, .. • • " oo • 4. 29

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