Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

... ; cha sed' Ford,' buthad .to be more co n cerned with holdin g o ff Brown for seco nd . T his time Lazor d idn 't reli n qui sh th e ins ide lin e and took ru nnerup cas h for th e second stra igh t even ing, whi le Fo rd a venged th e p rev io us n ight 's d isappoin tme n t with the win. ~ Results ROUND ONE MAIN: 1. Scott Brown (J aw) ; 2. George Lazor (Ja wl: 3. Bria n Dai ly (Ja w) . ROUND TWO M AIN; 1. Gary Ford (Wesl: 2. George Lazor (Jawl 3, Scott Brown (Jaw). sc 00 O"l ....... ~ c-r ....... ~ ~ C'i:S ~ ~ ..0 It) ~ Ga ry Ford takes hi s vi ctory lap at the S uzuki World Cu p Ice Speed way Series in Salem . Virginia. By N o na Col burn 125 C: 1. Derrick McClain (Yam); 2. Ray Tyndall (SUl); 3. Danny Norman ISuzl. 125 B: I , Joel Grant (Kaw): 2. Lee O'B rien (Vam); 3. Kev in Wa lker (Yam) . . 250C: I . Jo hn Teal (Kaw): 2. Charles Todd(Vaml; 3 . Brad M cGin (Hon) . 250 B: 1. Joh nny McCoytKawt 2. Butch Braswell (Kawl: 3. Eddie Almond (Kaw) . OPEN A M : 1. Chris LeFebvre (Suz); 2. Roger lingerf elt (Han); 3. Dan Gregory (Vam). , SR 30+: 1. Steve Lew is (Vam); 2. Vick Dyer (Han); 3 . Clay Thomas (Kaw). 125 A ; 1. Gerald W ood (Varni: 2. M ike Parker (Kaw); 3 . M ike l oon ey (Han ). 25 0 A : 1. Ger ald W ood (Varni; 2. J eff Bow li ng ISuz); 3. Robby Neeley IKawl . OPEN A: 1. Robby Neeley (Kaw ); 2. Tim Terry (Honl; 3. Mike Crawford (Cag). Brown, Ford top Salem ice By Todd Kroh SALEl\1. VA, J AN . IO-ll Current Ice National Champ ion Scott Bro wn and North Amercian Champion Ga ry Ford sta rted the n ew year off in fine -, 26 D-43 honors the year's best style when they bo th ca p tu red main even t wins during rounds o ne a nd two of the 1986Suzuki World Cup Ice Speedway Series at th e Sa lem Ci vic Center Arena in Salem, Virginia. T he ser ies, sponsored by Suzuki, Carlisle, H i-Po int a nd Simpson Sa fety Equipment, made its annua l re turn 10 th e so u thern Virg in ia area. drawing riders fro m New York to Californ ia a nd fro m Canada 10 Georgia. Eac h evening incl u ded 20 heat ra ces a nd a main even t. After a ni gh t of closely co n tested h eat ra ces, four fin al ists lin ed up for th e m a in even t o f ro u nd o ne . George Lazor drew th e pol e position , with Brown , Ford a nd Brian Dail y fillin g o u t th e ga te. As th ey ca me to th e lin e, Ford a nt ici pated the gate a seco n d 100 soon, and th e tape ca ugh t o n th e m etal stutls of hi s front wheel. Fo rd , w ho ha d been u ndefea ted o n th e evening. was excl uded fro m th e ra ce, leaving th e other three 10 haul e for th e cham p io nsh ip. Lazor led th e first la p , wi th Bro wn appl ying pr essure th e ent ire time. On lap two , Bro wn , riding a tight, inside lin e, put a wh eel underneath Lazor a nd pulled past on th e front str aigh t. Lazor wou ldn't give up, but Bro w n rode a flawless final t.wo la ps for the overa ll ro u nd o ne wm. Da y two o f icc ra cing saw Bro wn . Da il y, Ford and Lazor back on th e track together for th e fin al heat race of round two. Brow n, Ford and Lazor had been u ndefea ted on th e evening, a nd Da ily had two wins and two seconds. Lazor and Ford moved o ff th e line together , but both took wide lines in turns o ne an d two, g iving Brown th e in sid e line. Brown m oved o u t to a co m fo rta ble lead to fini sh p erfe ct on th e even ing. Fo r th e main event, Brown dr ew th e fourth position, with Stev e Martin, Lazor and Ford 1-2-3 on th e ga te. Lazor and Ford were off th e ga te in tandem, but Ford was not go ing to be deni ed th e win two nights in a row. Ford broke 10 th e inside o n turn two a nd sh ut th e door o n Lazor as th e two made contact: ' La zo r u ggres ivel y . , BIRMINGHAM . AL . J AN . I I Ov er 150 peopl e were on hand as Alabama's AMA Distri ct 43 hosted its first ever Awards Banquest. Present were winners and th eir guests from both road a nd mot ocross di vision s. Activities were held a t the Downtown Hilton . Presid ent Brian Tea ts welco med everyo ne and introd uced the District Officers a n d Congresspersons th a t were present. Those included were: Larry Sides. Vice Presid ent; Tim Cec il, Road Divi sion ; H enry Boyles, Treasurer ; j ack Armstro ng, O ff-R oad Director Lo u is Col burn, Sgt.vat-Arrns: Carol Armstrong, Nona Co lburn a n d Mike Cova , Congr esspersons, After dinner wa s served , guests were treated to a slide presentat ion o f Europe on a H on da by Dr. Mich ael Murphy, a chem istry professor a t Northwest Ala bam a Co llege. Dr. Murph y had traveled Europe this past summer aboard a Honda l 85cc Twins tar and had visit ed H different co untries. Awards were gi ven to th e top five placings in th e various motocross d ivisio ns o ver th e p ast season. T he po ints-payi ng even ts had been held at four different tra cks sta tewide begi n ni ng in early spring and co n tin ued to la te fall. Severa l ch ampions hips were decided at th e last event . Cha mpio ns were cro wned as follow s: Pee Wee, Bubba Ski n ner; Jr. Cycle a nd Jr. Min i, Dal e " Pea n u t" Ulric h, Sr. Mini, Scott Cooper; 125A, Dave Rob el; 125B, Jamie Adams; l25C , Dan Li psco m b; 20 1-0pen A Du sty Gr een ; 250B, Loga n Atki ns; 250C, Michael Works; O pen B, Kimbo Rutl edge; End uro , Loga n At ki ns; Sen ior, Ra y T higpen ; Super Senior, Eugene G ood e; Wom en . Nona Colburn ; 2-Yea r-An d-O lder-Bike, Raymond Goode. Tops in th e Road Divisio n were as fo llows: So lo. Bria n Tea ts; Buddy, T im Cecil; Passenger, Rosemary Arri ngto n: Mot orcycle Club, Redston e Ri ders. Yenerich scores at B&J season finale By John Hodge CLARKSVILLE, TN , DEC. 15 B&J motocross action saw Mike Yen erich top th e 125cc A class at the Sloan's Honda , CocaCola-sponsored seaso n final even t. T ea m Kawasaki 's Bill y Liles was on hand 10 coach Saturday's MX schoo l participants as they negotiat ed the d ry, fro zen tra ck. The 125cc A division kicked off th e action. Kawasaki T eam Green rid er Mike Morris . found th e fast line through the first turn , but go t sidewa ys in turn three to a llo w Yamaham ounted Mike Duncan into th e lead. Geor gi a 's Mik e Crane stepped into •the second slo t as Morr is straightened 'PUI to . retai n third. 'J\lin o is Honda pilot Mike Yenerich pr essed hard from the fourth position th rough th e fir st o f seven la ps. Near th e en d of lap one, Duncan got side wa ys in th e ro ller coas ter, slowing Crane a nd Morri s. Yen eri ch scoo ted into th e lead. T he Kawa sa ki m ounts of Kevin Wo lf a nd Ken Wilson mo ved into th e fo urth a nd fifth spots as Duncan retired an d Morris trai led in si xt h. Yenerich closed o u t th e mot o in front while Morris cha rged back to ta ke fo urth a t th e checkers. Cr ane suc cu m bed to a quickl y th aw in g surface and fell to sixth as R ustv Ott, su ffering fro m early problems. found th e gas and pressured into th e second spot. Wolf held on for th ird. Th e seco n d mor o found Yen erich in front from th e gate. The Honda sta r co ntin ued to put distance on the field as he skat ed from co rner to corner, unchallen ged for th e first perfect score o f th e dav, Oil co u ld o n Iv m ove 10 fourth a fter a first-turn slip a nd passe d seco n d overa ll to Wolf as they excha nged finis hi ng posi tions. Wil son p icked u p th e fourth p lace ho nors as Morris was st ill h avin g traction problem s. Morr is rounded out the top five overal l. The l25cc C field of up-and-comi ng rid ers was domi na ted by Ten nessee's H on da ace T racy At terson, Tony Forehand a nd Ma rk Kin g cha llenged from th e seco nd a nd third p osi tions, but co u ld not ca tch the Bill y Liles' MX school gra d ua te. T he previous da y's traini ng had pai d off for Alle rson with th e overall wi n a nd the secon d pe rfect score of the day . Interme d ia te 125cc win n er T im Borgfi eld took both mot os un der h ot pursuit from Kevin Si pes a nd Fred Thomason. Suzuk i-m ounted Ro nn ie Ra y was in the figh t ea rly on, but slid o u t in the pond -turn grease an d co uld on ly regain th e fifth spot overa ll. Keith Irwin ta llied dou ble fourt h finishe s to co mp lete the a wards for th e top five. Wi n ner Borgfi eld had a lso co m p leted th e Lil es' MX p ro gram o n Saturday. The Sloa n 's H o n da -sp on so red event, th e 85cc Min i class, found Murray, Kentucky, rider Ri ck H enninger back in ac tio n aft er severa l we eks layoff. Kawa saki -mounted Henninger wrestled the top h onors from McMinnville, Ten nessee's Brad Byars as Yamaha pilot Kevin Ca m pbell went wh eel -to-wheel with Kawasa ki tea m mates Wall y Dietrich a nd Scott Mer edith. Byars led ca rlyon th rough both moros as H ennin ger worked on a faster line through th e ro ller coaster. H enninger was fin all y a ble 10 outrun th e field th rough th e whoops sectio n to ta ke home th e third perfect score. Byar s p icked up seco nd overall, wh ile Kevin Ca m pbell excha nged positio ns wi th Mered ith in the seco n d m oro to garne r third ove ra ll. Meredith took h ome the fou rthpl ace a wa rd. Through th e Honda sponsorship .o f Cla r ksvi lle, T ennessee, dealer, Sloan 's H onda , the season door prize was awa rded durin g inter m issi on ceremon ies. Manager Ed Cr ass dr ew th e wi n ner of a H onda ATCll Ofrom the season 's gate tickets. T rack reg u lar Ch uc k Wil son picked up th e award to the deligh t o f so ns Da vid and Andy. Results 6 5 J R: 1. Walt er Kittrell. SR: 1. Fred Smit h. 125 B: 1. Tim Borgf ield : 2. M arv in Sipes; 3. Fred Thomason. 260 8 : 1. Dean Carpenter ; 2 . St eve Eze ll; 3. Ja mes Pery. 85 M INI: 1. Rick Henn ing er; 2. Brad Byars; 3. Kevin campbell . 12 5 C: 1. Tracy Anerson; 2. Tony Forehand; 3. M ark King . . 2 50 -500 A : 1. Rusty On; 2. Greg Randa: 3. M ika Mo rr is. 125 A: 1. M ike Yener ich; 2. Kevin Wo lf ; 3. Rusty Ott. 250 C: 1. Grea Goodman; 2. M ike Norfl ett. 500 B: 1. Raben At kins ; 2. Steve Ezell ; 3. Doug . • • I ••• -Mcl ntos... . • •• •• • •••• I • I ' OW81··Yam·aha (Co n ti n ue d from pa g e N ) a sh ort alu mi n u m arm. Th e back brak e was th ere to help as well if yo u had th e presen ce o f mind to use the sma ll ca liper and 8.7-inch disc. Lawson har dl y em ploys h is, but Sarr on goes through a set o f rear pads every race. That is o n ly a sma ll part o f th e d ifferen ce in styles betw een th e two work s Yamaha riders. Sarron's style of ridi ng fru strat ed Lawson on m ore th an o ne occasion as the French rider would flash p ast approa ch ing a co rner and be in th e wa y when th e Am eri can wanted to be quicker in th e middle of th e turn . Sarron agreed that th e styles were different. " I a m fast into the corner a n d ou t of it, but in the m iddl e Lawso n is qu icker. It is a style tha t was good eno ugh 10 win me th e 250cc World Cha m p io nsh ip and I will have 10 make th e best o f it o n the 50Occ, I cannot rea IIy cha nge now." Sarron does not h an g o ff th e mach ine as much as Marn o la or Lawson, but this, he poin ted o ut, is n ot a lways a disadvantage. " In th e middle o f the corne r, it so me times does slow me because if the ma chine is scra p ing o n th e ro ad I cannot go an y fast er but in very fast corners I am better off because I crea te less wind resistance. I am bet- ter o n th e brakes, 100, beca use it is not poss ible 10 brake so h ard while yo u a re ha nging rig h t o ff 10 the rise o f th e bike," Scraping the fairi ng on th e road wa s no t o ne o f m y major p roblems , al th ough th e bike shod with th e latest Michelin ra dia ls readily insp ired enough co nf ide nce for some lighth earted knee scrapi ng. Em u la ting Sarro n 's style was impossible, th ough, as being a good deal taller I stuc k out a ll over the p lace and strugg led to get . down behind th e scree n. Above a ll, th e OW8l n ever let me forget th a t it demanded ca u tio n. Open th e th rottle too quickl y in th ecorner a nd the ti re would let go, but the good ca rburetion hel ped co nt ro l. So much pow er o n tap left m e wondering a t just how many rid ers th ere ar e ca pa ble of em p lo ying every o u nce of it in an y situation. T here ar e many that a re better than I but o n ly a hand fu l wh o a re reall y worth giving a n 0\\78110. Sa rron finish ed third in th e cha mpionsh ip on hi s and asked for a 200%in crease in salary to rid e the 1986 version. The Gauloises Blondes team th ought he was worth retaining and h e ha s signed for next season even though he is ca ndi d a bo ut his ch a nces agains t Law son a nd Spencer. "They are better riders th an I a m, but I a m wo rk ing as hard as I ca n to get better. I wo n o ne grand pri x th is year a n d, w ho kn ow s? I migh t win more nex t season. I will be tryi ng." La wso n will a lso be mo unted on whatever Yam aha p rod uces as th e replacement for th e OW81, an d it wi ll proba bly n ot be a grea t deal differe nt. T here wi ll be rnan v m ore v, fours in ac tio n a nd Randy Mamola will a lso be using o ne as part of the Kenny Rob erts Lucky Strike team, but it is questi on abl e whether Yamaha can produce a nd full y su p port IOfull works rid ers in th e 500ccclass a s well as th eir new V-twin 250s and the . Gen esis Endura nce racer. T he 10 riders on 500s will incl ude th e two Marlboro Yamaha men led by Lawson, Sarron o n th e Gaulo ises mach ine, a nd the two Lu cky Stri ke me n . Some ma y have to be sa tisfied wi th th e production V-fours, which Yam aha is making. There are said to be so me 40 of th em, clos e replicas of th e 0\\781. If th ey are anything like as good as Sarron's bike, they will be • impressiv weapons. 1 • • • • • • • • • • • I

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