Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

• ~ ~ (.0 00 OJ ..- OJ C'J :>- .... ro ;::j Don Wilson (7 8) leads Steve Kendig (1 2) in Four-Stroke Ope n act io n at Woodland, Washington. Wilson won two of three motos . C ro ~ OPEN NOV : 1. Todd Lancaster (2 66): 2 . Kir k Robine tte (20S): 3. Pete Hammock I1S3). SA: t . Ern ie Milla n (282); 2. Paul Hart 11 54} ; 3 . Joh n ny Ho lb rook (1 4 5 ). Messer masters Woodland By Derryl Anderson WO ODLAN D, WA. D EC. 22 H onda-m ounted Randv Messer p u t together co nsistent 'fini shes 10 edge o ut Na tionally-ra nked flat -tracker Do n Wi lson fo r 10- • . 42 davs overa ll win in th e Fou r-Strok e Open c lass o f th e scrambles lu-ld a t Woo d lan d 's Mo toc ro ss Park . In th e first m or o St eve Kend ig (Ya m) ro ok th e holeshot a hea d of W il-on , :\[esser, Dan Dickinson a nd the res t o f the pa ck. Wils on q uic kly pic ke d off Ke nd ig and we n t o n to stre tc h hi s lead O\Tr th e hard-r unn in g thumpers . On rh e second lap Kend ig spun o u t slow ly on the r ight-hander and ca me off Ihe bike runn ing to a SlOp unhurt. At ihe finish lint' t he order read \\' ilso n . ;\Il'sser, Dicki ns on and Larry Sprague (I~ o n ). \\' il son ra n Iast in mo ro two , leading Kend ig . M esser. Sprague a nd Dick in so n. O n la p tw o , Dicki nson slid o ut in Ihe eas t co r ner. B\' now W il son had a 35-ya rd lead on Ken di g' a nd Messer. Loo king ha l .u rlu-checkered fla g aga in was W il son , followed by Kendig a nd Messer. Tony Co u lters too k fourth . Di ckin son a nd Beckv Sc hneider lo ok ed good o ff th e lin e in th e final m o lO, bUI someone \\'a s lOa a n xious a nd a reslart was ordeH·d. On th e restan Wi lso n did il again, It~lding Kendig, Dickin son a nd :\lesser. Ken d ig pus h t~l W il-o n ha rd until ht' got up beside h im . They rod e o \'er th e j u m p through th e east co rner and around the right- han del' ullli l Kend ig made a IXISS th ;.Il stuck . C lose behind the two was D ickin son and :\[esseL Ken d ig had a bou t 15 vards o n W ilso n with a la p to go . Jus't before the fi nis h lin e \\' ils on weill d own o n l\' fc'et fro m th e o vera ll win. hut he Ill'eikd too m uch time to ge t across Ih e lin e a nd th e sl eadv ;\Iesser inh er iled the on'r all. T he lOp th rc'e fini sh ers in lhc' m ot o were Kendig . Dick inson a nd :\ll'sseL Lots o f rain was ma ki ng Ihe Irac k q u ill' mudd y by th e sta n of the I25cc d a ss. SCa lI Grim m lOok h is Kawasa ki o ff th e line fir st. foll o\\'l'd closdv by Troy Bangs, Tod d G ary. Eddii, G errish and Chris Clark. On lap IwO Ni ck Blasdell (Ka w ) slid OUI in the sw eeper and was unfortunatel y o u t for the day. Grimm hui ltup a silah lc' lead and Cla rk PUI a mo\'e o n Gerady T ro g lin 10 tak e co n tro l o f founh . Wilh o ne la p 10 go, Ban g s had a p ro b le m a nd e\'er yon e m o\' ed up a no lh c'r nOlch : Al the fin ish it was Grim m , Gary , C la rk. Gerris h a nd the Olhers. In molO two Gerris h got tht, sn atch a nd ne\'er lookt'd back whilt-" r id ing a pe rfect ra n '. Beh in d h im was T rog l in. Grimm, Ga ry , Ba ng s, Cla rk a nd Crai g H a l l. wh o fell o n th e fir st la p . Grimm a nd G ary both m oved bv T rog lin a nd t heir hatt lr wa s ta k ing the m clo ser a n d closer to Gerrish. wh en all o f a sudden Gr imm went dow n wi th on e lap rema inin g. As th e ra ce ended , the fi n ish o rde r read Gerrish . Ga ry, C lark, Trog lin and Bangs . In rhe th ird a nd fin al mo rn . Gerris h remem bered ho w 10 d o iI as he ro d e wire-to-wire for th e win . In o rder behind him was Ban g s. C la rk , Troglin . H all. Grimm a nd G a ry on the Ch ampi on C vc le C en u -r KT;\1. Grimm made a n ice m o ve 10 pass H a ll as did G ary at tlu-o i lu-r end . U p fro n t. seas on po int leader C la rk was duel in g wi th Bangs, look in g for a n openi ng lm m iral lv. W ith a lap 10 go, bo th riders \\TH' side-by-side slidi ng through the sweeper when a ll o f a su dde n hat h of them slid o ut. The crowd was up ye lli ng for thei r Iavoriu- to ge l goi ng b UI th e m ud wa s 100 deep fo r e ithe r r ider to rea l'! soon en ough . T he rest o f rh « pack had avo ided th r scramblin g r iders and gon e o n to finish. Iu o rder a t th e ch ecken-d flag il was G erri sh, T ro glin . Grimm , Carv and H a ll. C lark was able 10 fin ish ' bcIor« th e start o f th e nex t m o to. gi ving him a fift h overal l for the da y. Res u lts W EE PEE weE 1. Joshua Lyn n (Yam ); 2. Joshua : Currey (Yam ). PEE WE E: 1. MIke Fett y (Han) . M INI: 1. Troy Hutso n (Yam); 2. Tom Eddi ng to n (Han); 3. Rick Sm it h (Han ). , 25 : 1. Eddie Gernsh (Kaw ); 2 . Todd Gar y (Kaw): 3. Scott Grim m (Kaw). 250: 1. Jeff M iles (Yam ): 2. Oean Autrey( Hon) ; 3 . Tro y Bangs (Han). OPEN: 1. Je ff M iles (Yam); 2. Dean A utrey (Han); 3. Troy Yeo (Han). FOUA ·ST RK OPEN: 1. Rand y Me sser (Han); 2 . Don Wi lso n (Han ); 3. Ste ve Kend ig (Yam). Matson wins Watsonville By Bill Spencer WAT SO=' V[LL E. CA . D EC. 22 Dean Matson co nt inues 10 fly high , winning both th e 250cc and Open Pro shows a t Watsonvill e' s big bog a nd taking a seco nd bc'h i nd R ick R van in lhc' I25c'c P ro show for Ih e bi~ payday of C:\[C riders now in a lll icipa tion of the upcom in g Golden State series. C h ris :\' eal is ho p in g the new YC~1r will br in g so m e com pe ti lio n in the 80cc Ex pert class, wh il e R yan H ol m IOp Pt'l1 th e Illl ennedialt'S a nd Ra y :\IcLaughl in was top :\,O\·ice ru n ne l'. SC Sch roed er aced o u t Sha ne Pes'Ol! tana in th e Junior porti on. Ma tt Lorenzo "'as to p s in the 125cc Beginner o n '!' Brian H au a nd R yan :\' ewell, who split 2..1 m o lo SCTn l'S. R od Correia ro de th e All Am erican H onda to lOp honors in lh e 125cc Jun ior O\Tr Dou g H agi o a nd T ro y Burc hhy w h ile R yc'n \\'ann was lOp [Ill en n edi ate wit h a 2- 1 scorc' o \'er :\Iike Bru m it at 1-:1 . John En sign (·1-2) a nd .Ic'ff Wen gel (:\-5) . R va n and th e MOlO-X Fo x Ka wa sa ki ' had lilli e tro u ble in the 125cc P ro race: after spend ing a lill ie ti me chasing e-ver yone. he took home th e mow wins wit h Ma tson close in taw o ve r Jack Hulse a nd Sean Lo llar on hoard th e T rick Cvrl c KX for founh. Ya maha Counrrv/ Ma lcolm Smi th r ide r AI Bacon jus: a bo u t sewed up th e Xorrh Am er ican ;\[X winu-r series with a wi n in rh e O pen Beg inner , 2 -1. T env Akers had th e first m ota w in , bnl ' succ u m bed to rrouhles in the second ro u nd, fini .h ing si x th and fourth o n -ra il be h ind Joh n W ha le n a nd J ohn Smiley, Vet M a st er Ph il Do ug las p u t in the right time fo r two m o to wi ns , wit h Duane H ughes a brea thl ess second 0 \'(' 1' ;\[ ike H ern andez a nd Bob Dunn . R o rv :\[usca tl'11 a nd th e fo u r-st ro ke' H u ;ky to p p ed Ih e In u-rrn ed iu tcs . whil e Ro n D inapo li o nc e again won the Junior port io n . A larg e 250"" Beginn er class sa", Tom R ich ards lake hom e th e big bras s with a 1-2 co u n t. whil e Tv Edwards' YZ was seco nd w it h a Greg Sowi e c hased Earl R ich a rd son and Jon Delagnes for the res t of the top five spo ts. M atso n 's Open Pro C R500 had litlie trouble wi nni ng. wi th Jim Ash ley second o vera ll wi th a 2-3 , w h ile J im Owen s co m p lime n ted third wi th a :1..1 over Pat Sparks a nd SCali Ke]ler. Dou g Kr ikoria n wo n th e Open [Illermed ia t« port io n wirh a 3-2. w hile Du an e Hugh es had his troubles winn ing th e opener a nd I hen a founh for serond o vera ll, w ith Dean Bro oks co m bin ing his fi rst m oto Iifrh w it ha win for th ird o vera ll. .1 1K' :\[acchiarl'1 1a had t rouble wit h the O pe n a nd 2:)Occ cl a ss. bu t was a wi n m-r in lhe l.uur. 3-2. wi th Brvan S Ultt'rfidd second . 1..1. a nd Bi'ell Yahn « th ird wi th a 6-3 rou nt . Phi l Dou glas kepi bus y for rlu- da y, topp in g both motos of the 2:;Occ Inu-rm ed iat e 0\'('1' Eri c H a rvev and (;eo ff \ \' oo d s. ' The 250(c 1'10 show was d efinit el\' WOIth wa Ich ing. The firs t m oio sla l:t sa w a bi g cra sh seq ue nce a t th e firsl rum. whi le t he second moto had Iir st m a io winn er R ya n docked a lap for questionable r idi ng rar tics. At th e hou om of the fi rst m oro crash was Greg Penning ton wi th the likes o f H o w ie Ro ss and others o n top . Ma tson ha d th e poi n t. bu t R ya n wo rked up, a nd w hil e la p p ing in t he pack , Ihe Iwo lan g led in an oll-c;lInbtT tum . Jdf I' t'st;m a lo ok the lead while th e\' sont'd OUI Ihe ir bikes, a tlll R van ca n'l!' back a nd wOlk ed h is way UI') to lak e th t, moto win. ;\[ 0115011 1t'd the second ro u nd wit h R yan and Dlher s in cl ose form a tion. [n the tight Sluff TO Il\' R ic ha rd s slalll-lined a co rn er as R\' an \\T Ill for Ihe ins id e, and Ri ch ill'lls cr.tshed. :\[a tson ", enl o n to win, with R yan docked a la p for o\'erly agglessin' rid ing. I'esl;mta had abou t lh e same th in g 10 S;IY wi th h is 2-2 and seco nd o ver. tl i cou n l w h ile Jack Hu lse "'as pleased \\'ith h is 5-3 Ihird o \'er R yan a nd Pa t S parks. --"1 Res ults MIN I EX/ INT: 1. Chris Neal (Yam); 2. Ryan Hol m (Yam); 3 . Joey Rodr igue z (Yam). MIN I J R/ NOV : 1. Scott Schroeder (Kaw) : 2. Aay Mclaughli n (Yam); 3. Ken ny Spen ce (Yam) . 125 BEG: 1. M ati Lor enzo (Kawl; 2. Scott Mal· bury (Han); 3 . Rya n Newell (Kaw) . 12 5 INT: 1. Ryen W ann (Yam ); 2 . M ike Br umit (Ha n): 3. John Ensign (Kaw) . 125 PRO: 1. Rick Ryan (Kaw) ; 2. Dean M atson (Kaw ): 3. Ja ck Hu lse (Kaw) . 125 J R: 1. Rod Cor reia (Han); 2. Doug Hagio (Ha n): 3. Troy Burchby (Han). OPEN JR : 1. Greg Kamholl(Hon ); 2. Joe Macchi· arel la (Hon ); 3. Doug Clark (Ho n). OPEN BEG: 1. A I Bacon (Yam); 2. Joh n Wha len (Hon); 3. John Sm i ley (Husl. OT INT/ M STA: 1. Aich Lakel y (KTM) : 2 . Gary Este s (Han). VET MSTR : 1. Ph il Do us las (Han ); 2. Ouan e Hug hes (Ho n);3. Mike Hern and ez (Yam) VET INT: 1. Rory Musca tell (Hus); 2. Ke n John son (SUl): 3. Herm Pulyer (Han) . VET J R: 1. Ron DINapOli (Ho n); 2 . Joe Gom ez (Hon); 3. Lawrenc e Robers (Ho n). 250 BEG: 1. Tom Richa rds (Hon); 2. Tyl er Edw ard s (Yam): 3 Greg SoWle (Han). OPEN tNT: 1. Dou g Kr ikor ia n (Yam); 2. Duane Hu ghes (Ho n); 3 . Dea n Brooks (Hon) OPEN PRO: 1. Dean M atson (Hon); 2. Jim A sh ley (Hon); 3. J im Owens (Yam). 2 50JR: 1. Joe M acch iarell a (Ho n); 2. Bryan Sut terfield ISuz); 3 . Br ett Yahne (Yam ). 250 INT: 1. Ph i l Dou glas (Ha n); 2 . Er ic Harvey (Yam ); 3 . Geoff W oods (S Ul). 250 PRO: 1. Dean Matson (Kaw); 2. JeH Pesta na (Yam) ; 3. Jack Hulse (Kaw ). King, Andreu tame Georgia MX By Gwen Millan VAL D O T A. GA. DEC. 22 Unde r co ld and breezv condi tions. th e fifth round of the G eorgia -Florida FMC Fa ll Series held a t outh Georgia MOIOcross Park was underway w ith J ared King a nd Alan Andreu d ominati ng the ir res pective classes with 1-2 tall ies o n th e dav, In the ' Min i Expert class, Ernie Mi ll an j r. (S pec tro v'T' DR Reed s/ Ern ie's C ycl e o f Fernandina Beach ) had no co m pe ti tio n a s far as ser ies poin ts w i th a wh o p p ing big lead , but p len ty of co mpeti tio n o n hand fo r todays eve n t. Ki n g was bl owing smo ke as Da ryl Yo u ngb lood se t h is eyes o n Kin g. Youngblood a lso h ad to Slay a lert w ith Millan nipping a t his h eel s, a lso o n a n ew H onda . H ol d ing in fo urth was Bro ck Bulla rd , a Yama ha-sponsored rid er, a nd Larry Perr y was in fifth . On la p two, it was still a tigh t rn o to . Daryl' s brother Dere k was now fas t m akin g up lo st tim e after a bad sta rt , passi ng Perr y a nd p utt ing the edge o n MilIan . The next lap Der ek put Bu llard behi nd him as he co n tin ued to bulldog his wa v arou nd th e clav track . Bullard n ow ap peare d to be 'ha ving clutch p robl ems as he drop ped ba ck . Millan, m eanwhile. was worki ng ha rd to m aintain third afte r sh atteri ng h is hub over a jump. As the fla g fell. Ki n g r em ained the leader , Daryl Yo ungblood second , Mill a n third. a nd Derek Youngblood fo u rt h. T he second moto was a re play o f th e first o ne. Kin g was aga in in th e lea d , Daryl second, Mill an , w ith a bo rro wed rear w heel , th ird , a nd Der ek fourt h , Th e seco nd la p Derek di sp lace d Mi ll an for th ird . T he next la p h eld a few m ore surp rises wh en Mil Ian regain ed hold o f thi I'd as Der ek dropped to fifth , Bullard p u lle d himself into fo u rt h . Bulla rd 's lu ck held ril l the checkered fla g a n d Der ek o nce a ga in to ok o ver fou rth. Kin g , Daryl. and Milla n were o ne, two, and lhree. T he l 25cc Expert class saw Andreu d ominate each la p of th e fir st m olO. Andreu was provi ng h im self th e fas test l 25cc Expert ri der lhe re , with a co mfortahle m argin . J ames McKeon fro m New York, a lso on a Ka wasaki. didn 't miss a l ick as he co nt in ue d 10 close the dista nce bet wee n him a nd n um be r o ne. An o th er no rth ern rid er , Mike McCaffree from :\' evada o n a g ree n m ach in e was in third a nd Lino Zecca . a ll th e wa y down from Cana da . in a cl ose th ird. Current second pl ace in th e ser ies Levon Pendergrass was in fourth. The second lap sa w Zecca pu t th e ed ge o n McKeon a n d ge t arou nd . La p four Pend erg rass was d own 10 fift h wh en Kei th Epps lOp pe d fourth pl ace. Positions h eld till mota end. T he second m alO had Zecca cu tling th e mustard a s he out-raced the pack 10 take th e lead th e first lap. Andreu was second, Mc Keon third. a nd Epps fourth, By the nex t lap Epps was thi rd a nd Pendergrass , after a bad start . now fourth . McCaffree wa s stea d i ly up and down . Starting in last he m oved up to fo urt h halfway Ihrough th e race. Andreu . tw o la p s before th e finish , finall y got control o f th e m olO, Zecca now seco nd, Epps thi rd , a nd Pendergrass fourth . The wh it e-flag lap p rov ed di sa strous for

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