Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

d id th e b i~ n u m ber in th e Open cla ss under so me times d rv bu t mo st lv wet co ndi tio ns. . . After a reco rd n u m ber of days in th e den se Ce ntra l Valley fog : th e morni ng bro ke a lm ost clear a s th e Min is took 10 th e 1.75 mile Chris Carr- laid ou t tra ck with Ro n n ie Kn igh t leading. Just past the halfway mark, th e weather so ured a nd fini shing became th e tri al. T op hon ors went to Keith Michelucci o n a YZ with R ick Rossen n ipping o u t you n g Mall Wait, steeped in Mini age- lim it ca n troversv, The fir si lap o f th e 0-200cc rider s saw th e early lead er n ot follow th e prescribed co u rse and ge t docked a lap while th e Mr Dowe l] brothers went o ff 10 win o n th eir RM , with Bill SCOll seco nd over Carr , riding a 100cc Suzuki, Ch arl ie McCl eary lap ped th e 250cc field , which ra n in th e slop of a race tra ck that is no t ove rly kind to m ud ders . And y Borth led down th e front straight o f th e sta rt, but lik e th e follow in g three, slipped dow n , all in comica l fash io n . J ust making a lap was wo rt hwhi le; bu t at th e en d of the one hour and 15 minute ordeal , th e score sheets showed McCl ea ry's H on da u p fro nt over Tim Buch oltz on h is Peta luma Cycle Center H o nda a nd Borth third over Will ie Co n ley and Steve Neu do rfer. T errv Ada ms retu rn ed to th e racin g scen e, co m p lete with famil y, for six th . Aaron H ill got th e sta rt in th e O pen ba ilie that sta rte d under drying condi tions. Carr followed on hi s big bore KX, wi th m o tocro sser Flovd Davis working fo rwa rd as co ndi tio i1S became m ore to h is liking . Hill ga ve up th e ca use a bo u t 10 laps in a nd Ca rr opened up a fai r lead as it dried o u t. Bu t th e drier it go t, the closer Dav is got, until he berrnsh ot a coup le o f turns, passed Carr and set out o n h is own lead-bu ild in g . Fra n k Ny e was riding Greig Fam brim's H o nda well enough in th ird when th e rains returned , a nd as th e slop bui lt up, Da vis'Tea d di sa p peared. Aft er the ra ce, Davi s sai d , " I never fell ," but it sure looked li ke a lot of bulldoggin ' was goi ng on as Ca rr retook th e lead and brought home a bi g winner. " I never fell so m uch all year," Carr lat er re la ted a fter swearing th at h e wouldn ' t ride the nex t race, n o mailer how m u ch a ny body would pa y him . Davis took seco nd with Fa m br i n il Nye st ill third with more acti o n ge tting o u t o f th e pit th an o n the race track. Ri ck Gerow took fourth o n h is Yamaha over Dan McDonnell a nd exscra m bler Bill y Bissell sixth over Mike Pr ice. Steve Spaan s a nd h is trusty Mai co to pped th e Old Timer /Veteran opera tio n w ith Ed Santini teaming with Da ve West on a KTM for seco nd over Po lka DO,t MC's Al Wa ters, taking top OT honors on hi s M-Sta r. Mark Buchma n a nd Ji m Youn g rou nd ed o ut th e top five whi le suc h lu m in a ries as Alex J orgensen and Bill Arb oga st wa tched from th e bar. Results MINI : 1. Keit h M ic h el ucci (Yam) ; 2. Rick Ro ssen (Ka w ); 3. M an W ait ( Kaw ~; 4 . Ron n ie Ray (Han ); 5 . Ron Kn ight (Suz) . 200: 1. Bob/ Bry an M cDowell (Suz!; 2. Bi ll Sco tt (Hon); 3 . Chr is Carr (Suz); 4 . Rebert Au st in / Larry Mulock (Kaw) ; 5. Shannon Koe pp hn (Han I. 250: 1. Ch arlie M cCleary (Han); 2. Tim Buc holt z (Ha n); 3 . A ndy Borth (Yam ); 4 . W illie Conley (Kaw) ; 5. St ev e Ne ud orf er (Kaw). OPE ~ : 1. Ch r.is.Car r (Ka w ); 2 . FJoyd Da vis 'Hu ~); 3 . GreIg FambnOl /Frank Nye (Ha n); 4 . Rick Gerow (Yaml; 5 . Dan McDonnell (Yam I. OTN ET: 1. Steve Speaes (M ai); 2. Ed Santini/ Dav e W est (KTM) ; 3 . AI Water. (M - S); 4 . M ark Buch m an (SuzJ 5 . J im Young (KTM ). ; Wrublevski wins Dade CityMX By Athie Sande rs DADE CITY, FL, JAN . 4 Dad e City R acewa y's fi rs t race of th e year drew a good tu rnout of riders, most on ha nd, th ey said , [Q di al i n th eir b i kes bef ore the track 's fir st points ra ce o f th e year, wh ich ta kes pl a ce on J anua ry 25. The O pe n Amateur cla ss turned into a duel between Kawasaki-mounted J o hn Wrub levsk i a n d Honda m ounted Ma rk Sh arp . As th e gat e fell for m ot a o ne, Wrublevsk i shot into th e lea d , bu t just as quick ly went down, turn in g th e lead over to Sh ar p . Wrubl evsk i q uick ly remou nted, but th e pack was lon g go ne and Sh arp pulled a way , es ta blis h ing a sizeable lead. Wrublevski stead ily wor ked hi s wa y up through th e pa ck , finding h imsel f p ositioned behind Sh arp as th e white fla g ca me o u t. Sh arp 's lead was grea t en o ugh 10 p revent any threat to h is win a nd h e took th e checkers ahead of Wru bl evski. Sharp shot ou t front a t th e start o f mota two, but Wrublevski piloted aro un d him in th e swee per. Sh arp pu t pressure on Wrublevski until th ey ca me u p o n traffi c ca used by a lapped rider bogg ed down in th e mo ist loam. Moments lat er as Wru blevski was movin g o ut and headin g o nto the bac kstre tch, hi s front wheel d ug i nto th e deep soi l, ca usi ng h im to nea rl y lose it. H e pu ll ed himself back into shape, a nd crossed th e finish lin e ahead of Sh arp for th e moto a nd overall wi n. Wru blevsk i sa id , '" go t a good start t.O 00 Q') ...... J ohn Wrublevski (3 7) an d Mark Sha rp dice at Dade City, Florida. • in the second mota a nd rode well. In th e first rnoto m y fron t tire was almost fla t; it kep t sli di ng out fro m undern ea th me." Sha rp was ha p py wi th h is overa ll performance, saying, " I ha ven 't raced in three months. I wa s la id up fro m an i nj ury I got pl aying football, and h ad 10 ha ve knee surgery two m onths ago. This is the first ti me I'v e been in a race si nc e th e surgery, a nd it felt good to be out th ere." Result s PEE WEE STOCK : 1. Ryan Ball co.a (Yam) . PEE W EE MOD: 1. Billy seen (Yam). 60cc AM : 1. Dan Karrels (Kaw ); 2. Ke nny Yoho (Kaw l; 3. Raben Goldsborough (Kawl. 80cc C: 1. Scot Rob inso n (Ya m ); 2 . Joey Halev (Kaw) ; 3. Oan Karrels (Ka w) . BOcc B: 1. M ike Meffert (Kaw) . 80cc BEG: 1. Ronn ie Lay (Yamt; 2. David Prince (Hon); 3 . Adam Brec h er (Kaw ). 125cc B: 1. Ricky Hampsh ire (Kaw); 2. William Dill (Yam ); 3 . Je ff ZImmerm an (Hon). THE ULTIMATE MOTORCYCLE GSX-R7S0G \ ". ',' " 35

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