Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Ti m m y Fe rry (9 9) leads M i chael Poore i n the asee Mini 7 -11 class , Ferry was t he overall w inner, with Brock Dullard second . second o vera ll. bu t co u ld nOI reel in l\l urp h y. A mateur (A bo v e) Kenny Bo llmeie r wo n t h e 125cc A cl ass after t opping both motos. (Bel o w) Bob Ha nnah and referee Fre dd ie Ephre m . 10 tir ed a t tilt> m idpoint," ex p la ine d Keylon, " b u t th is is a good tr ack to be a head o n ." Carson, who lo st hi s seco nd-p lace series stand ing d ue to a cras h , co m mented w ith d isa p po intm en t. " jo j o a nd I hit. but before I co u ld ~e l goi ng . a no ther ~u y j u mped o n m e a nd trash ed mv bike." Li les co m p lai ned. " j was riding fast. b u t wh en vo u a rc be hind on this track it ta kes tw o o r th ree turn s to pass a slo wer r ider." Van d er Ven sa id , a fte r Iinish ing behind Kell er for fo u rt h . " Too rn an v gu ys fell in fro nt o f m e in the beginn in g a n d there was no wa y to m ake it up," Fr isz burned th e second start a head of Li les , H annah . van d er Ven , Carso n a nd Keylon . Liles a p p lied the power 10 h is C h ris Brad y-p repa red Ka wasaki a nd took th e lead, T h e cro wd ch eered as Su zu ki-mou nt ed H annah stalked L il es, and o n lap three, th e yellow ma chine flew by in a bl u r. Keylon need ed eig h t la p s to reel in Lil es, b ut H annah 's j eff Cl a rkwr en ch ed RM 250 was o ut o f ra nge. " Bo b was g o ne a nd I kn ew it," sa id Keylon . " I tr ied 10 ga in on him . la nded o n a tire, and Bill y ~ot m e back. " Carson hel d off H ick s to til' Li les in th e poi nts ra ce with 'eight h overa II. W ith H anna h leav ing for th e west coast, th e 250cc titl e is u p fo r g ra bs , Van der \ 'en . who had the o n lv perfect P ro record befo re the day'~ 500ccact io n sta rted , sa id, " I have had good co m petitio n her e. Wh en we are tes tin g bikes, we need to run aga inst so me o ne wh o is fa st to see if o u r equ ipment is work in g ." T he D u tch co nti ngent o f va n d er Ven . H en k T h ius and Sief Gossens is h av in g so much fu n in Flo rida th at th ev in vi ted their w ives to joi n t he m for ih e fina l tw o races. In th e firsl m o t o , Kell er bro ke awa y fr om the fir st turn ja m o f Steve Marlin , Da ve H oll is a nd va n d er Ven , e nj oy in g a cl ea r track a head o f h im . T h e Du tch m an passed H o lli s a nd Mar tin befo re- pl a yin g a 10-la p , ca land -mou se game w ith Ke ller. " He is real sm a rt ," co m me nt ed Kelle r. " H e is the ep itome o f the rea l professiona l l\IX r ider. H e was pa tie nt. wat ch ed my li nes a nd pi ck ed h is spot w ith a la p to go. It wa s a line tha t I was afra id 10 tr y for fear of CUll in g the trac k, but it was a leg a l move, a nd it wor ked ." Yamaha 's l\Ia r k M u rphv moved up to thi rd a hea d o f Ped ers o n al the mor os e nd . Tommv \ ,"a tts to ok th e seco ndmoto holeshot , bu t th e cla ss was soon paced by th e usual \\' intn-Al\ IA cast of Kell er. M u r p h y a nd Man in . Van der Ven was mi d pack a nd lac ked h is usu al speed. KT l\I p resident j ack Lehto. expla ined . " Kees got j umped o n in th e seco nd 250cc moto . T here are no se rious injuri es. bu t h is back is a ll taped u p . H e p lan ned to ride a co u p le o f la p s a nd pull off. bu t he's sti ll o u t th ere. " Ma rrin spi lle d a nd d ropped back 10 seven th pl a n ' o n la p five, w h i le Mu rph y led Kell er a nd th e rest o f th e fiel d . " I was hap p y in third, bu t th en I real ized that M urph y was seco nd in the first m ot a and wou ld w in the o vera ll." sa id Kell er. Kell er found a wa y a ro u nd M urp hv, but the Yarn a ha / Ma lr o lrn Smit h / Sco tt USA -sponsored rid er hung in th ere, almost ca tch ing Kell er i n the fina l tu rn . Van d er Ven ro d e w ith g'rea t d et ermin arion , and passed H o llis to wr a ) j-rr ta nton (250/ 500cc A classes ) a nd 250cc C ri der Rod ne v Orr we re the o n ly sur vivors wit h perfect records after the Croom ro u nd of th e 1986 \ \' in ier-As fA. O ne no tabl e lo ss wa s in th e first . en ior m ot a , w here t hc w in we nt to Wood y Strickla nd in st ead o f Al\ IA Xa riona l Se nior Champion Ro bbi e Xeel ev, w ho shoo k Str ickla nd 's hand a nd s~id . " Yo u a re th e Iirst rider to ever bea t m e in a Sen ior m or o .' Ne eley didn 't g ive Str ickla nd a cha nce in the seco nd . however , a nd sa lvaged the day's fir st-ov er all points for th e class. In I 25cc A action, Kenn v Bol lrnei er beat G lenn So merville a nd Ro b J ohn so n o u t of th e first turn a nd dan ced a way wit h a n easy win , Bollrn ei er :s us u~ 1 co m p e tit io n . Ke ith Fo x , was b uri ed m id p ack w it h pro blems th at were o n ly beg inn in g . Fox said , " j us t w h en I g o r g oing. so m eo n e h it m e a nd m y pipe ~o t smashed ." So me rvi lle had th ree la ps in peace duri ng th e fina l m o ro beI o n- Bo llmei er reeled him in to co m p lete the sweep. The Yarnaha /Hallman / Scousponsored ri de r sa id, " Every th in g went mv w a v to d a v. I w ish it had been so ' in Ihe 250cc class." New Yo rk's joe Zam peri ne edged Ca na dian Carl Va ill ancou rt fo r second I 25cc A o vera ll. Ya m a h a /Ba rr Competition / HiPo in t-spo n so red Sta nton roosted the st an in the firs t 250c c A m or o , hu t soo n fou nd some co m pa ny in his bi d for the poi n t. Fourteen-year-old Mik e La Ro cco , in hi s filst ride o n a 250. pushed th e leader hard , leadi ng la ps three a nd fou r before yield ing, " T he kid rod e g reat, " j o ked Sta nt o n . w ho was p itted wi th hi s yo u ng adve rsary. >' We tr a il ride to g eth er a n d I knew Mik e co u ld go o n a 250." Sta nt o n was a ll a lo ne in th e fin al ra ce. wit h Yamaha /H i-P o inr / Scon sponsored LaRocco kn oc kin g o ff Bollme ier fo r seco nd o vera ll in th e da y's tallv . Sta nton's Yamaha tea m m a tes, Pa t Po st a nd Li nd el l. each It'd a .m o ro in th e 500cc A cla ss, b u t Sta nton ro de well a nd cla imed a noth er sweep. Post lead s Li ndell by tw o po ints in th e ra ce for runner-up in th e series poi nt bau le, Dougl as Ka wa sa ki / Ba rr Competi ti on Srou-supported jay 'Ma n n in ' creased h is 125cc B series lea d o ver Ken n y Kizza r a nd j o hn Kitsch w ith a r u na way perform a nce. Wi th KT M's Kevin H in es in Neva d a for a d esert race th e 250 and 500cc B divi sions were u p for grabs. Ro b D u n ca n so n . P h i l Ald ert on and Em ine1 N ed a fill ed th e vo id in the 250cc cl ass with ease. Du nca n so n winnin g th e first m o ta a nd Alderton the fin al. T he o vera ll winner wa s D uncan so n . G olden per tr o -spo ns ored j im m y Swan son moved into rh e 500cc B point lead after sha ri ng m ot o w in s wi th Steve Shaff er. Tim Fern' rook ov er th e 7-11 85cc M ini seri es 'Iead with a wi n ov er fello w Yamaha rid er Bro ck Bulla rd . Ma n n had h is han d" fu ll in th e 12-15 85cc Min i m or o s, but was a bl e 10 erase H an k Mo ree's hol eshot in m ot a o ne a nd h o ld o ff Rob H an son a n d Da ryl Youngblo od in th e fin al fo r a cla ss sweep, Mann closed to w ithin tw o po in ts o f Kitsch in th e ser ies stack u p , In 12:)cc C ac tio n, M ik « Fol c v swapped lea d s w ith j eff Fi nk housetl in m o to o ne, th en roos ted m oto tw o to in crea se hi s point lead . Orr dea lt wi th Todd H ooper. Andre Laf ortun e a nd S teve You ng en rou te to a nother 250cc C ro m p, a nd h ol d s a n impressive lead go i n~ int o nex t week' s fina le a t Gain esville. • ' Resu lt s PRO 12 5cc : 1. Ross Ped er son (Yam); 2. Rodney Barr (Kaw) ; 3. Guy Cooper (Hon); 4 . Ke it h Turpin (Hon); 5 . Ter ry Tinney (Kaw); 6 . Sha wn Kalas (Hon); 7. Bar ry Carsten (Yam) ; 8 . Bill y W hit ley (Ya m); 9. V in ce DeV ane (Yam ); 10 . John Gr eaves (Yam). 25Occ: 1. Bob Hannah (Su z); 2 . Kenny Key lon (Yam); 3 . Billy Lit es (Ka w) ; 4 . Jeff Hicks (Suz); 5 . J eff Frisz (Suz): 6. David M oegle (Yam l; 7 . J ohn Sh ay (Yam); 8 , Tom Carson (Han); 9. Kenn eth Ki ng (Suzl: 10. JoJo Keller (Yam). O PEN: 1. JoJo Keller (Yam); 2. Kees van der Van (KTM) ; 3. Ma rk M urphy (Yam) ; 4. Ross Pederson (Yaml; 5. Dave Holl is (ya m ); 6. John Collins (Yam ); 7 . Stev e Ma rt in (Han ); 8. Shane Drew (Han) ; 9 . Earl Ma y (Yam ); 10 . Richard Sirois (Hon). AMATEUR 125cc A: 1. Kennet h Bollmeier (Yam ); 2. J oe lamperin i (Yam); 3. Carl Va illancourt (Han). 250cc A ; 1. J eff Sta nton (Yam l; 2. M ike Larocco (Yam); 3. Ken Boll m eier (Yam) . 500 A : 1. J eff Stanton (Yam ); 2. Rick Lin dell (Yam l; 3. Pat Post (Yam l , 12 5cc 8 : 1. Jay M an n (Kaw); 2. J ohn Kitsch (Ka w) ; 3. Kenny Kiuar (Yam) . 250cc B: 1. Rob Du nca nson (Han) ; 2. Phil Alder to n (Hu s); 3. Emi ne l Neda (Han ). 500c c B: 1. J immy Swan son (Ka w) ; 2. Kevi n Math ew s (KTM ); 3. Dan Crawford (Yam ). 85 (7· 11) M INI; 1. Timmy Ferry (Yam ); 2 , 8 roc k Du ll ar d (Ka w l. 3. Pa tr ick Slate (Yam). 85 (12 · 15) M IN L 1. Jay M an n IK aw) ; 2 . Ron Hanson (Yam ); 3. John Kit sch (Kawl. SR; 1. Robb y Nee ley (Kaw ); 2. W ood y Str ickla nd (Kaw) ; 3 . David Ellis (Han). 125cc C: 1 . J eff Fink housen IYam); 2. Ru ssell Gr at er IKa wl; 3 . Rodn ey Heath (Kaw ). 2 50cc C: 1. Rodn ey Orr (Honl ; 2. Stev e Youn g (Ho nl; 3 . Andre Petostun e (Yaml . ·

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