Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Battle Creek Ice Series to Br ow BAT fL E C REEK, :\11, JAN . 17 Ga rth Bro w 's wo n hi s sixth in door ice ra cing ch a m p io n sh ip tonight in th e fina l rou nd of th e Battle Creek Ice Racing Series. despi te hav ing o ne o f his worst n ights of raci ng eve r. Bro w 's cra shed marred even ing ended wi th an eig h th p lace m ain -event finish a nd a gai n o f o n ly seven poin ts o n th e even in g. From the Iirs t shot o u t oft hegu n a t Batt le Creek. it was o bv io us tha t ice p robl em s (o r lack of ice) m ight play a ver y im portant pan in the o u tco me o f the ni ght a nd th e ser ies. Riders wh o had no t su ffered tr.ret ion problem s ea rl ier thi s season found th emse lves down o n th e ice a nd slid ing for th e bales before th ey kn ew wh at had happen ed . Brow rarely falls down o n th e ice - he rides around on one w heel a t times, just 10 show ho w we ll h is trusty Honda hooks up - bU l" to nigh t he crashed tw ice. Second p lac e in poi n ts com ing in to the fina l ro und was Mike R hoads. who trailed Brow by on ly six poi nt s. T h e p ractice sess ion dea lt a terminal cas e of " O h , nos" to 'R hoads ' motorcycle, and he had lO borrow a bi ke, Subsequently. R hoads had a disappointing even ing. sco ring o n ly nine points. an d finishin g founh in th e seri es points sta nd ings, It was announced at th e rider's me eting that the next week 's ra re a t Troy, O hio. wa s ca nce lled . a n d th at thi s evening's race, held a t th e Kello gg Center Arena. would be th e la st race o f th e series. The week prior. th e Toledo. Ohi o . ro u nd was ca ncelled , a nd wh at wa s to be a seven -race series was suddenly o n ly five races. An y riders who had gotte n o ff to a slo w stan in th e points race had no tim e to make up th e differen ce. One rider affected by this was Chuck Springst een , wh o was looking to d eth ron e defendin g cha m p Brow. Springsteen 's aggressive riding style a t th e seri es' first round at Ft. Wayne had Iello w r ider s dub him . "the Gouger." A bl ow n tra nsm issio n in cu rr ed d uri ng p ract ice a i th e firs t race of th e seas on forced him to used borro wed bik es for th e first two races, a n d wit h onl y five ra ces in th e seri es, th ere would be n o tim e to mak e up th e points, In tonight 's main event. Sp ringste en sat o n th e p ol e with 14 points. (T he o ne point tha t he lack ed o f havin g a perfect n ight wa s tak en away from him in th e C por tion o f the p rogra m by Brow.) In th e n u m ber-two spot was Brian H ardin. with Dan In g ram a nd Ed Morris rou ndi ng o u t the front row. \\' hen the sta rter turned o n th e light. Springsteen a nd H a rd in co u ld not wait to win th e rac e. In th e firstlap co nt est to see who would lead . th ey both went down a nd th e red flag ca rne o ut. The restart saw Springst een a nd H ardin on th e p en alty line. Ing ra m look th e lead a nd held it for two laps. u n til Morri s took o ver o n la p three and held it to th e checkere d fla g . Dav e Knapp put a wh ite-fl ag lap pa ss o n Ing ra m and managed a seco ndpl ace fini sh from h is back- ro w sta n . Brow was still th e happ iest manon the tra ck as hi s eighth -pl a ce finish ea rn ed hi m the cha m p io nsh ip. by AMA SA N CTI O N E D MAR. 8 DAYTONASUPERCROSS SY HONDA """''"0''''' Daytona Internatio nal Speedway, P.O. Drawer S, Daytona 2. Dan Ingra m· 57 ; 2. Chuck Spnngst een · 57 ; 4 . MI ke Rhoads -5 6 : 5. Ed M or ris -55 ; 6 . Bryan Hardi n - 52 ; 7. Dave Knapp-46: 8. Dave Hebb ·45 . Sch., FL 32015 - (904) 254-6767 READ CYCLE NEWS WANT ADS!!! • Introduci ng Pro-Cross High Performance Piston Kits produced to DE specif ications in Japan. THOUSAND OAKS ~la"'" YAMAHA-KAWASAKI Now availab le in the U ,S , - 1985 VZ2SO $1995.00 A ll 1986 yz models in stoc k Specia l Disco unts on Bikes & Part s, C an Us Before Yo u Bu y ! 2388 E. Thousa nd Oaks Blvd . Thousand Oaks, CA 91 360 (805) 497-3765 Results M A IN : 1. Ed Morr is (Ha n); 2. Dav e Kna pp (Han) ; 3. Dan Ingram (Han ); 4 . Dave Hebb (Han ); 5. Chu ck Spr ing st een (Han) ; 6 . Bryan Hardin (Han) : 7 . La unce Sa l uty (Hon ); 8 . Garth 8r ow (Hon) , FINAL POINTS STANDIN GS , 1. Gart h Brow,aO; A CAMEL PRO NATIONAL and INT ERNAT IONAL SUPERBIKE EVENT MARCH 9, 1986 WH EEL WORKS Street and Dirt BRIDGESTONE and METZELER TIRES Stainless Steel Spol

• Cover