Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

McCaffree and Zecca as th ey both settled with DNFs fo r th eir second mota . Andreu went o n to win hi s second mot a. Epps second and second overall , with Pendergr ass and McKeon third a nd fourth . Andreu a nd Zecca a lso encou ntered eac h o th er in th e 2S0cc Expert, wit h And reu fin ishing fir st th e first mot a a nd Zecca second. The second m o to reversed orders, wi th Zecca firs t overa ll. Results MINI EX: 1. Jared Kin g (Hon); 2. Dar yl Ycunqblood (Yam); 3. Ern ie M i lla n (Hon). MINI NOV : 1. Ch r is Umst ead (Yam ); 2. Bria n Turn er (Kawl: 3. Kevin Tr ice (Kaw ). 60 : 1. Dway ne Bone (Kaw) . 100: 1. Ern ie M illan (Ho n); 2 . Da ryl You ngblood (Yam); 3. Larry Perry (Kaw). 125 EX: 1. A lan Andreu (Kaw ); 2 . Ke ith Epps (Hon); 3 . James Mc Keon (Kaw ). 125 NOV: 1. Tim Forbes (Hon); 2. Paul Caropreso (Kawl; 3. Keith Hatfield (Vam). 25 0 EX: 1. lino Zecca (Hon); 2. Alan Andreu (Kaw l; 3. Doug Bull ard IKaw ). 25 0 NOV : 1. Tim Forbes (Hon); 2. Jeff Davis (Kaw); 3 . M ike Houston (Kawl. OPEN EX: 1. Ear l M ay (Vam); 2 . Chr is Redd (Vam); 3. Ken Bli zzard (Hon ). OPEN NOV : 1. Pete Ham mock (Kaw) ; 2. Randy Barf ield (Hon); 3 . Ben jam in Dill e (Hen). SR: 1. Robert God fr ey (Yam); 2. Jo hnny Holbrook (Yam ); 3. Ern ie M ill an (Su z). OPEN MONE V: 1. A lan A ndreu (Kaw) ; 2. Earl M ay (Vam). . Moen, Walker win Rattlesnake HS By Bo b and D iane Be ll SUP ERSTITI ON :\IT .. CA, DEC. 15 Im peria l Vall ey Cycle Center 's Tom Moen (Hon ) team ed with Dann y's Machine Works' Steve Walker (Han ) to tak e th e over all win in th e Ai\[A Distr ict 38 Ra u lesna ke Chase Ha re Scram bles team "ICl' . " T he co urse was g rea t, we trad ed th e lea d rig ht ' t il rhela st lap, " Slated Wal ker, Three o ne-h our races plus a 90minu te lea rn race wen ' r u n over a 6.2m ile co urs e ma de up of tig h t m ud h ill s a nd sa nd was hes . Th e recen t rain nu-ant nodust to th e g rea t appreciatio n o f th e riders. Th e Open race was flagged o ff fi rst a t 9;30 a .m .. a nd leading th e bo m b run was Phil Mean s (H o n) , foll owed closel y by Wa lker a nd Moen. On th e second loop, \\'alkt'r took o ver th e lead a nd j im Mean s, rid ing a box stock Honda XR 350, had m oved into fo urth pla ce a fter a bad start. T h is foursom e pull ed well clear o f the res t o f th e pa ck a nd were havn u; thei t o wn race, excha ng in g lhe lead eve ry few mil es. On th « fo urt h loo p . .Iim Men us (Parker Mot o r H onda l Ans wer P rod uCl s/ i\lea n 's i\la ch im' Racing ) thumped hi s way in to th e lead for good, Walker was a close second . follo wed bv P h il i\lean s and :\[oen in fo urt h . . T he 250cc race was a ru nawav victo ry for Paul Krause (All ied Su~uki l O 'N ml Ent er p rises). Krau se led nearlv th e entire race. excep t for duri ng his pi t stop wh en j oh n :\Ia rk in g (KT :\[) took the lead briefly before losing his rea r brak e ann . " It's th e ki nd of co urse I enjoy, tip;ht and bumpy," sta ted Kra use. Fin ish ing second was R ich O'Brien (H ' lII), a fter lead ing th e bo m b run . H e was passed by Kra use going out o f th e pits o n th e second loo p a nd nma ined second u n ti l the fin ish, just a head of [Ve C' s T odd Kcnnedv, Kenned y wa s ru nn ing a con ser\'a t i~"t' ra ce af ter rli nching his seco nd numbero ne 250cc pl al e with o ne race 10 go. T h e 12.')cc race was a IeSS OIl in fr us tra tion fo r Pat L owri e (S Ul). He led a race for the first time th is war a nd looked to be a shoe-in for 'the win . Fa il' wa s 110 1 ki nd however. a nd h is rear tire went flat 01 1 th e third loop. 1e;I\'ill g h im 10 fade back to a m idpa ck fini sh. Dan Morgun ( K T~ [) rook the lead a nd h eld it 10 the fi nish a head o f Ti m Fu n k (KT I\I), wh o a lmost d id n 't mak e it 10 the fin ish. H is thro ttle stur k wide o pe n a nd made hi s bike nearl y im po ssible to ri de. At th e fin ish he jumped o il th e bi ke a nd the cras h lef t him with a broken radia tor a nd second 12,,,-(". A close third wa s Kea r n v Mesa Ya maha 's Bob Bel l. . ' Ed Fola nd (Cag ) walked off with the o vera ll a nd Vet win in th e Vetl Se n ior race. Bill " Bo m b Run " Can (Kuw) led the start . as usual. a nd was leadin g th e race unt il Fol and pass ed h im on the seco nd loo p . Fo land we llt o n 10 an casv win, as Carr fa ded wi th m ech anical p ro b le m s . C la i m in g second o vera ll and first seni o r wa s Ya m a ha Suzuki Lemon G rove o wner Bill Silverthorn (KT :\[), wh o a lso roo k a n easv w in . The two ea siI\' OUIdis tanced tilt' fiel d . wit h FoblHi la p p ing over ha lf th e p ack. T he tea m race fig ured to be a ba il ie between th e \\' a lker/ Moen team a nd th e l\lean s broth ers team . as th ev both ca m e by nearl y side -by-side (; 11 th e firs t loo p . By the thi rd la p however. both Means broth ers had crashe d , endi I1g their cha nce s for the win . Th e race wa s not ove r yet, as a wild -r idin g j am es T ucke r ca me soariu g th rough th e pack a fter push-sta rt in g hi s 125 H onda o ff th e start to p ass \\'a lker fo r the lead. Mo en wa s a ble 10 pa ss Fol and (T ucker 's pa rtner) back wit h a la p to go. T ucker rode th e wheels off hi s 125 but fell 25 vards sh ort at the finis h and sell led foi· seco nd overa ll, firs t 125c(". Moen clinc h ed th e number-o n e Open p lat e with th e wm . T he 250cc class wi n went to th e KT :\1 team o f j o h n Bird a nd J oh n :\[arki ng. Todd Ken ned y was ru nni ng in th e lead for two loops unt il hi s rear suspension co lla p sed. end ing his da y. Bird and Ma rki ng then inherit ed the lead at fifth overall and went unch a llenged to th e finish . Pa t Flan agan (Ya m ) teamed wit h Roger Adsit (H us) 10 cla im th e Vet class wi n Seni or plat e for th e year. T he ha rd-lu ck storv o f the dav wen t to Dan i\!orp;a ;l w h o. aft e; cI in chin g Ihe n um ber- on e 12" ",: p ia tc fo r th e vra r, went do wn hard 0 11 th e firs t loo p of the tea m race a nd hurt hi s knee, puu in g him ou t for a t least six mont hs . We wish him a co m p lete and speedy reco verv. ~ ~ ~ ... c.o 00 O'l SUPE R C ROS S DOUBLE HEADER ......... ~ O'l C'J c-, .... Ci:l ::l SEATTLE KINGDOME C Ci:l ~ FEBRUARY 1 5 & 16 , 1986 . . THES E RA CES AR E GOING TO BE Jt~/~~~~0{ 2~/kJ~y!1~ ' --#'11 ~H O'(T ' J - - ./ TICKETS $14 / $12 / $8 / KIDS $6 AL L TICKETS $1 MORE DAY OF SHOW. TICKETS AVAILABLE AT TlCKETMASTER AT THE BON AND THE USUAL SUBURBAN OUTLETS! SPECIAL PIT PASSES AND PIT VIEWING SEATS AVAILABLE AT AU PARTICIPATING WESTERN WASHINGTON HONDA DEALERS. FOR MORE INFORMATION & TO CHARGE BY PHONE (206) 628·08 88 HONDA. ~DENSD IoI -G.OO"f ~~ csstanarxAWl INSPORT " " " . 1 '/ ' ' ; ' Results OPEN EX: 1. J imm y Mea ns ; 2 . St eve Wa lker; 3. Phil M ean s. OPEN AM : 1. Tom Martin; 2. Gary Royer; 3. Ma rk Nich ol. OPEN NOV : 1. Larr y Orne s: 2 . Scott Sosey; 3. Tim Craft. 25 0 EX: 1. Pa ul Krause; 2. Richar d O'B ri en; 3 . Todd Ken ne dy . 25 0 AM : 1. Ed Stovin; 2. J oh n Wellnitz; 3. Bob Johnson. 2 50 NOV: 1. Ric hard Domeno; 2. Dan Ke lley: 3. Don Ransdell. 125 OPEN : 1. Dan Morgan; 2 . Bob Bell ; 3 . Joey Lane . 125 AM : 1. Tim Funk; 2. Bi ll W OOQ ; 3 . Robe rt Gaw rys. 125 NOV; 1. Brya n Pow ell ; 2. Br uce R. Tayl or ; 3. Kevin Ryan. VET OPEN: 1. Ed Foland : 2. Pat Flana gan : 3 . Mon te Lee. VET AM : 1. Floyd Hudson; 2 . Roy Westcott; 3 . Darrel Wagner . VET NOV: 1. J im Martin; 2 . St eve n N ico t; 3 James Houmann. SR OPEN : 1. Bill Silvert horn ; 2 . Rama n Low e; 3. John Gerrti sen . SR AM : 1. Ted Scon; 2 . Dave Kr ide r; 3 . J im Richm ond. SUP SR: 1. Gary Pend leton. TEAM RACE OPEN EX: 1. M oen lWalker ; 2. Royl e /S mith; 3 . Hatf ield /McPer ry. OPEN AM : 1. Jo hn son /N icol ; 2. Berg/R en s; 3 . M cDad e/St. Peter . OPEN NOV : 1. Ran sdell /R ansd ell ; 2. Fimbres / Rubalcava; 3 . Ingham/Sosey . 25 0 EX; 1. Bird /Mark ing ; 2 . 'lyon s/M cNulty; 3. Kr au se/Low e. 25 0 AM : 1. Wa lk er / We ight; 2. M organ /N elson ; 3. Damen o/Mills. 25 0 NOV: 1. Hu ckin slTubbs; 2 . M cCart er . 125 EX: 1. Foland/T ucker; 2 . DesRo si er s Bro s: 3 . Darr/ River s. 125 AM :' 1. Funk /Taylor ; 2. Enz/G atindo; 3 . Gaw ry slWil son . 125 NOV: 1. Br it t /Tubb s: 2. Bonwell / Cr uz. VET OPEN : 1. Ad sit/ Flana gan ; 2 . Hudson ; 3 . Cushi ng / Ma rkin. VET NOV: 1. Tubbs. SR OPEN : 1. Den ison ; 2. Baker /Brattin . SR AM : 1. Kri de r; 2.Hepple . SUP SR: 1. Bob Thomp son. BEG: 1. Houston /O rtega; 2. A lbe rt /R ichard D. n n ~ M Jl 1 2 3 910111213 141 516 17 23 24 25 2627 28 29 30 , ~ 1986 AVON TYRE CALENDAR GENUINE YAMAHA Th e in f amous AVO N calenda r is no w av ailab le fr om HAP J ONES. Send check o r m on ey orde r t or &9.9 5 to : HAP JONES D IST . CO . :~~'J~:.3~~~85' 62 or .ee your mot orcycle d e. fer • . . 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