Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

250/0PEI'< AM :. 1. .Ti m Rand icn ( S u z~ 2 . Ot is Chapman (Vam); 3. Robert Rus sell (Han). BEG: 1. Kev in Brow nin g (Hon); 2. Sta nley Weed (Han) ; 3. Tyrone Dove (Han) . 125 NOV: 1. Kevin Browni ng (Han); 2. Byron Bed · ford (Suz); 3. Patrice Kor denbrock (Hon) . SR MINI: 1. Shane Pene (Kaw): 2. Sean De.jardin s (Kaw); 3. Chris Baum (Kaw). J R MINI : 1. scan Stephens (Kaw); 2. Andre Pene (Han ). DIRT DIGGERS NORT H M/C PRESEN TS THE 18TH ANNUAL HANGTOWN ARA kickoff to Wasden NATIONAL & AMATEUR MOTOCROSS CLASSIC By Ed Weinberg STO DDAR D VALLEY , CA , J AN. 19 The All-Terrain Racing Associa tio n switched back to th e fast lane for th eir 1986 KickOff with a six th gear, 22-mile April 5th & 6th, 1986 PRAIRIE CIT.Y, OHV PARK Sacramento, California April 5, 1986 "SPORTSMA N DA Y IS BACK" - • Pre-entry Only - $25.00 Per Class • All Classes - Incl uding Vets and Old Timers • No Refunds - No Exchanges • Cycle News or Standard Entry • Novice, Amateur , Experts Form Accepted • Also Mini Experts Only (Open • Participati on Pins & Stickers to the First 40 Riders) to All Ent ries . • AMA Rules App ly • Overnight Camping (200 Self• AMA Cards Required Contained Uni ts) - County of • Entries Open February 15th Sacr amento, (916) 366-2061 Close March 15th General Ticket Information Write to: Howe Ave. Box Office, 925 Howe Ave., Sacramento , CA 95825 (916) 920-1121 Race Info: (916) 363- 3153 (10 am to 6 pm ) (916) 962-2208 (aft er 6 pm ) John McCown and "Kosmo" ride to sixth Open Expert at the ARA ' 8 6 Kick-Off in California. Matthews tops Flying Wheels Please Note : No Bott les, Dogs, or Bicycles will be allowed on race day . By Hugh Gatlin • ENTR IES MUST BE ACCOMPAN IED BY 1. Money Orde r or Cashier's Check - No Personal Checks 2. Photocopy of AMA Card (Rider Classif icat ion ) 3. One Legal Size, Stamped , Self-addressed Envelope Per Entry • Incomplete Entr ies Will Be Returned • Positive Proof of 1.0. Will Be Checked at Check-In and Tech Inspection • Notarized If Under 18 Years of Age _ • Race Num bers Will Be Assigned ~ OFFICIAL SPORTSMAN ENTRY ~ IT. R UCKER, AL, JAN . 19 Kawasaki rider Bill Matthews wok the win in th e Pro clas s at Flying Wheels MX, posting vicwries both times out. Honda Clip and Mail------------------------Hangtown '86 Official Entry Blank CLASS O.t.... Ev.nt Print Name City Make of Machine _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Addr. . .... _ _ __ _ Diat 38 No. II Incomplete, entrle . w ilt be m ailed back _ __ _ _ "MA Number' _ ExpI...... _ _ St.t.... _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ MotorN'O' O _ I hereby agree to conform and to comply with t he ru l•• governing thl. cc nte et In connection with the Competition Rule. of the American Motorcycl e Assoc:latlon, Inc, and A.M-A. District 38. ASSUM PTION OF RISK AGREEMENT IN CONSIDERA nON OF pennlaalon to enter for any purpoae the NON-PUBLIC AREA (defined .. any .rea to which ad mlaalon I. not open to the general pUblic" Includ ing but not Iimtted to. plt.r judgi ng .re....peclal promotlon.l.r.... I'8clng .urface.. w.lkways, offlclals' .nd partlclpants' .re te.) 01 the abOveloca tlon.andlor lnfurtherconaldel'lltionofpenniaion toobaerveandlorP&r1lclpat. lnth. abov. desc f1bed event In .ny capec tly wh.tsoever, I hereby understand and ag,...s 1 0Uowa:: 1. I RELEASE. DISCHARGE AND AGREE NOT TO SUE the Amer1c:an Motorcycle AAocIation, Its otf tee rs, truste... employeea and .gents. event offldall, promote,.. sponso" motOtCYde own..... riders. mechanics.nd ptt crew•• nd owners and ....... d prem l.s used In connection with the even t. and each 01 their rnpectiYe emP'oveea and .gent.. from al l da,1rna, demanda. actions, causes d .ction, " bUlly10M or InJury( lncl uding death) of whatlOe'lef' kind, nature or description that may ..... to my pe" 10ft and prope rty, In any way reaulttng from or ariaJng in connection with the abovtH:tncribed event wtule I am In the NON·PU BUC AREA; 2. I ASSUME FULL RESPONSIBIUTYFORAND THE RISK OF 1 018, damage or lntury (lnc ludlng death) 01wh.taoev.rklnd, n.ture ordeac::rtptlon that may al1M to my peraon and property notwttnatane:ting any neg ligence of the American Motorcycle Association, Ita otnc:en.lNal.... employeH and agent.. eYent officials, promot." ~ motorcycle mechanlca and pit enrw and OW"'I'II and , Ies.aees of premlaes used In connection with the event. and eeeh 01 their reapecttve employeea.nd agents, while I am for any reuon In the NON-PU BLIC AREA. because I enter the NQN-PUBUC AREA VOIuntarityand upon reliance of my Judgment and abliity and knowledge or the risks and haZards to mvae" and property whll. entef1ng. upon .nd departing .uch area. 3. I INOEMNIFY AND HOL D HARMLESS the American Motorcyc" Auoclatlon. ltaott~ trust.... employees and age nts. ....nt official .. promoters, aponaora, motorcycl. owne" rtdet'& mechank:aand pU crew, and owners and lnaeea of p... mlaea uaed In connection with the .vent. and each of their respective employees and agents, from any loa.. liability. damage. or coat each of th.m may Incur due 1 0 my presence In the abCMH:Ieacrtbed NON-PUBL IC AREA 4. THIS RELEASE. ASSUMPTION OF RISK AND INDEMNITY AGREEMENT SHALL BE BINDING UPON my hel"" adm lnlab'atora. execu tors and assigns. It any portion of t his Relea... Auumptlon of Risk . nd Inde mnity Ag.... m.nt ts held lnvaUd,the balance shall notwithstanding continue In full legal force and effect I HAVE REAO AND VOLUNTARILY SIGN THIS RElEASE. ASSUMPTI ON OF RISK AND INDEMNITY AGREEMENT• • nd I certify that no oral rep resen tation. statements or ind uce ments apart from the foreg oing wrttten agreem.nt have bee n mad.. own.,.. rid." own I HAVE READ THIS ENTRY BLANK AND AGREE TO THE ABOVE CON DmONS (Sing In Ink) Rider's Sign at ure Rid er's Age"- _ I IF RIDER IS UNDER1 B VEARSOFAGE, PARENT OR GUARDIAN MUST SIGN AND HAVE ENT RY BLANK NOTARIZED BY OFFICIA L NOTARY PUBL IC FOR PERMI SSION TO RIDE. , I ISlg n In Ink) Parent or Guardian'. S ~nature _ I I ,-------------------------------------------------_ . Mail Entries To : Dirt Diggers No rth MIC , 6624 Hil lsdale Blv d., Sacramento , CA 95842 rider Kevin Browning also had a good da y, taking wins in th e Beg inner's and 125cc Novi ce cla sses. Browning a lso took home the fir st Iron Man trop hy o f 1986. While Matthews was credi ted with leading every la p of th e race, hi s seco nd-mala win didn 't co me easy. Suzuki rider Tim McCaffrey hounded Matthews for three laps and pulled even with him down severa l ro ug h stra ig h ts. McCaffrey ra n into problems on th e la st lap and dropped to a n event ua l fourth . Yamaha of Troy's Chuck Carlisle ca pped o ff a charge through th e pack with second place and seco nd o vera ll. T im Randich led th e fir st 250cc/ Open Am at eur m ota, with Robert Russell second. After moving up a nd shado win g Randich for three laps, Bea sley Honda o f Ozark 's J eff Brown powered by past th e lead er o ver th e big scoring tow er , o n ly to m istake th e wh i te flag for th e checkered and pull o ff. Randich went on to win while Brown reentered the tra ck a nd was able to salvage a seco nd pl ace. Brown wa s a lso pl agu ed wi th trouble in th e seco nd heat. After nail ing down th e holeshot, he slo wed o n th e front straightaway and wa s pa ssed by severa l riders. Brown quickl y realized h e had left his gas off and set OUI a lte r the pack. Ra nd ich wa s o u t front en jo ying a co m fo rt able lead with Yamaha vet era n Otis Chapman running seco nd . Brown sliced th rough th e pack with ease. but hi s pro gress ca me to a halt whe n h e pulled in behind Chapman . Com ing o u t of a fast turn, Bro wn clipped Chap man 's back tire a nd wen t spraw li ng to thet urf, Rand ich a n d Cha p man fi nished 1-2 while Bro wn dec ided to retire from th e race rath er th an p lay ca tch up a seco nd time. Results 38 PRO: 1. Bi ll Manhews (Kaw ): 2. Chu ck Car li sle (Yam); 3. Keith Jones (Kaw) . co urse. a nd Lubrid ye's Husk y 250 racer Dave Wasd en found th e quickest wa y arou nd, taking 80 minutes to com p lete th e 66-m ile TU n in his seco nd a p peara nce with th e ARA. Aided by an o vera bu nda nce o f dust, Wasden was p us hed to th e fin ish by PEP racer Kurt Sofka on hi s O pen Yamaha ent ry a nd ARA number o ne pl at e Bri an H arris o n th e Malco lm Smith H onda. Wasden a nd Sofka ran 1-2 for th e full 66 mil es. At th e fir st chec k, Husky-m ounted Er ic J en sen was holdin g third. Harris, wh o had a I O-ki ck start, was up to fourth, followed by H onda-m ounted J eff Bukami er a nd Novice Yamaha 250 racer Ca rey Downs. By the 15mile point, Downs m oved Bukami er back to six th , an d a t 30 mil es. H arris took third away from J en sen. From tha t p o int o n, th e to p five ran in a freig h t tra in to th e checkered flag. J eff Bukamier was ru n ni ng in th e top five in th e early stages o f the race.se ized h is engi ne two mil es from the fin ish a nd had to push hi s dead ma ch in e to th e flag for h is finish er pin. H a rr is fin ished wit h a fro nt flat, wh ile sixth o vera ll went to Dennis T ipton . Fifty-eight -year- o ld J ohn McC own brou ght Kooki es' grea tg ra ndso n KOSlllOo u t for a cr u ise, taking sixth Open Ex pe rt o n hi s p added tank Suzu ki. In the Beg inner division, motocro ss racer J eff DeLauri e was th e cla ss o f th e field , leading from th e bomb to th e checkered flag, with the next th ree positions being swap pe d back and forth th roughout th e 44mil e run. Burbank Yam ah a racer Todd Ail es was seco nd, follow ed by th e O pen H onda en try o f Danny Co rmier and T &C O pen Yamaha rider Ceci l Sha w in fourth. Results 125 NOV OR BETTER: 1. G. Kibbe (Han); 2. C. Jensen (KTM ); 3. B. Vanenes (KTM). 200 NOV OR BETTER: 1. L Fabry (Han ). 250 NOV OR BETTER: 1. D. Wasden (Hus); 2. C. Downs (Yam): 3. M . Sipe (Han). OPEN NOV OR BETTER; 1. K. Solka (Yam~ 2 . B. Harris (Hon t 3 . E. Je nsen (Hu s). 125 BEG: 1. Dale Ebbert s (Vam~ 2. Darren Ebberts (Yam); 3 . E. Moore (Han) . 200 BEG : 1. K. Sted m an (Han); 2. C. Holmes (Han). 250 BEG: 1. J . DeLaur (Han ): 2. T. A iles (Su z): 3 . O. Tipton (Hus). OPEN BEG ; 1. D. Corm ier (Han); 2. C. Shaw (yam); 3. M . Ankers (Han) . Walker wins D-38 Barking Spider By Bob and Diane Bell PLASTER CITY. CA , JAN. 5 Danny 's Ma chine Works/C.M. Cycle-sp onsored Steve Walker wok his H onda lo an easy overall win in th e District-38 Bark i ng Spider o f th e Desert H are Scrambles, say ing afterwards, " It was a lo t easier tha n I though t it wa s go ing to be. I d id n ' t rac e wi th an yone all da y." The tra ck wa s relativel y flat a nd very fast, which defin itel y favored th e O pen bikes in th e race for the o vera ll wi n.

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