Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

BPROD NOV:.!.JohnWing (5uz).2. Dhane Mer quez (Hon); 3. B,II 51. John(Kaw). C . ROD NOV : 1. Ohane Marquez (Yam); 2. Walter P Collin s (Kaw ); 3. Roy Lewis (Yam). o PROD NOV: t, RoVL ew'S (Yam); 2. Michael W elc hart (Yam); 3 . Ken McCoy (Yam). Knight shines at Mosier Valley MX Fl EX 1. Adam Smith; 2. Mark 5chledorn (Suz)' : By Marc Jenkins • EU L ESS , TX, FEB. 2 3. Tim Led better (Suzl. F1 NOV; I. Mike Srephens (Hon). F2 EX: 1. St eve Nardiello (Yam). F2 NOV: I..cam Roos (H 2. Mike Reed (5uz). on); F3 EX: 1. Jim East (Kaw); 2. Howard Dav ies . F3 NOV: I. Randv Underwood (Hon); 2. William Pulhng (Kaw). CLBMN EX: I. Pat Chandler (Kaw); 2. Jim East (Kaw); 3. Amy Sterlong (C,A). CLBMN NOV: r. M,ke Reed (Suz); 2. Cam Roos to 00 - O'l (Hon); 3. Mark Hen ry . ASPRBK EX: 1. Mark Tanner (Suz); 2. Jim Led better (Suz); 3. Mark Schledorn (Sul). B SPRBK EX: 1. Mark Tanner (Su zl; 2.Jim Sherrill ~ to (Y am); 3. Mark Schledorn (5uz). C5PRBK EX; t . SteveNardiello(Yam); 2.Jeffrey Dean (Hon); 3. MarkSchled orn(Suz). o 5PRBK EX: 1. Steve Nardiello (Yam); 2. Jay Rathbon (Y am); 3. M,ke Cook (Yam). BSPRBK NOV: t . John Wing (5uz); 2. Tim Letn- c-r ;;.... ... ~ coe (Kaw); 3. Patr ic k Harri s (Yam) . ... ..0 ~ C5PRBK NOV; 1. Patrick Harris (Y 2 . Walter am); comos (Kaw); 3. Paul Bray (K aw). o SPRBK NOV: I. Jason Luering (Yam); 2. Mike r~ Bob Abbott (8 4) leads Brian W illiams (6 ) and Johnny Gerhardt (2 21) t o top the 125cc Pro class at the Mosier Va lley MX in Texas . _ Matt Pritchard easily took the win at t he ATA Valentine Trial in Fall brook. Cal ifornia. w ith 62 points and 15 cleans. 22 • s· I snow y New J e rsey a nd h aving to lI~ak e two e me rgency repairs o n hi s pick-up on th e wa y d own . "I o n ly had four laps of pra ctice before th e ra ce. but I ca n usuallv learn a track quite quic k ly." Peter~on la ter wen t o n to w in the A P roducti on con tes t. The much-anr ic ipa tcd B P roductio~1 Exp~rt ra ce liv ed up to its ex pectati ons. Fhe Yamah a FZs a nd th e S u zu ki . G SXRs were going h ead-to h ead, riders o n th o se m a c hines go ing fo r the cash offered by tho se m anu fa ctu rer s. Ewerth wa s heavi ly favored to win o n h is FZ si nn' he h ad turned the quick est la p t im es o n Sa t urday. As th e green fla g dropped , Ewerth lit up h is back t ire. gelli ng a lmost completel y s ideways and lo sing h is fromrow a d va n tage. Tommy S loa n (Ya m) kd o n .th e first \;~P " h ead ing up a ~~ven - bl ke pa ck . M ich igau rider Mark 1 a n ner (S uz) s li p ped past S loa n o n la p tw o a n ~ the arrivi ty among the top se ve n rider s wa s fram ie. Ta n ner seemed to stre tc h hi s lead eve r so sl i!!;h tly du ring th e mi ddle of th e ra ce, followed by Sl oan (Ya m ), Adam Smith (S uz), Ewerth (Ya m), J eff Dean (S uz), Jimmi Lambert (Ya m), a n d Don L eavitt (S u z), W ith tw o laps to g o, Sl oan and Dean cras h ed whil e ch a lle n g i n g T a n ner for th e lead. Ewerrh passed T a n ner with a la p and ~ ne ha.l~ to 1:\"0, suckin g Doug P ol en 's Suzu~lm llls draft, allowing Polen to pass fanner a lso. As th e threes om e took the white fla g , it wa s Polen see m in g ly com in g o u t o f n owhne,,,; take the lead. Pol en o u h is Demon (Texas) Motorcycl e-b ack ed GSXRi50 held o n for the win to be come thi s yea r's first w inner o f th eSuzuk i G SXR Series. Pole n to ok h ome 1000 fo r h is e ffo rt s whi le Ewerth won 300 from Yama.ha .... 1 erasl.l ed du r in g Sat u rday m orurng s p ra cucc a nd I was sti ll a bit unea sv a t th e s tart of rh e ra ce .. sai d Po le i!. " I just coure n rra ted o n passing o ne bike a t a time a nd eve ntua lly yo u get to th e po int where th er e is n o o ne else to pass. " One o f th e last ra ces o f the d a y wa s tI~e H ar.lda 50~cc IlIlerceptor ChamplOns hlP . Se nes. Gre!!; Tysor a n d Ad am S m u h dueled ulllil Smi th o vercoo ked o n the la st co rnn a nd s lid o~t, k a ving Tysor to La ke a n easy victory, 13 seconds ah'~l d of secon dpla ce Ew erth. Smi.th got r ig h t u p fro m th e cra sh o n Ill S Int n ceptor and h OPIX'd on his FZ and went o u t a n d won th e Formula One race. m a chines. In a ll.S9i OO was a va i la b le to th e ra cers.inc luding a Yo shimura con t ingency plan. Beautiful weath er greet ed th e riders a s Sa tu rday m orn in!!; p ractice be gan . Since th is was the first ra ce eve r o n th e 1.3-mik racewav eve; ):one s ta rt ed o u t o n eq ua l f(;~tin!!;. 1 he Iir st few laps ever yone was bein~ ca u t io us. taking time to g et a feel f~r th e tr....ck. By therhird or fourth lap of pr~ctlce th e I.... p times sta rted falling quickl y. A t ftr st 1:IOs see med to be th e time to reach for. Before long it d ro pped to 1:08s,then 1:05s. By th e en d of the busy pra ct ice sc hed u le, se vera l watches had clocked R on Ewert ~I's FZi50 a t a lightning -fa st 1:04. Ew erth see med to be , as h e ha s bee n many ti mes before, the ma n to beat. Ano th er grea t da y. weat her-wise, bro u ght ou t n earl y 500 specta tors for the Su ndav fi nals . P at C haildler goes down in h isro rv a~ the w inner of the very first race a't "l a lla de!!;'1 G .P.R. C ha ndkr won co n vi nc in!!; ly in th e n ewl y formed C lubman cl a ss o n hi s Kawa sa k i 305. In th at con tes t a n illl erestin!!; race d "v elo ped in the N ovi ce class between yo u n gster M ik e Reed o n hi s S u zu ki RG250 and riders sehool student Cam R ODS o n a H onda N S250. T he duo di c~"f for th e lea d time a n d a!!;ain o n Results th eir exotic p ocket rock ets. h wa s VF500F EX: 1. Greg Tysor (Hon); 2. Ron Ewerth Reed who pushed p as t Roo s o n th e (Hon); 3. Bart Peterson(Hon). last la l) and took th e c he('k" I'("I f,)t· ,' 1 VF500F NOV: I. Graham Clark (Hon); 2. Mike Hamilton (Hon ); 3. St even Kok (Ho n). well -deserved w in . A PROD EX: 1. B Peterson (Y art am); 2. R on [n th C P l ' ( Ewerth (Yam ); 3 , Greg Tysor (Yam) . . e rm u ctlO n co n lest. ; reg BPROD EX I. Doug Polen (5uz); 2. Ron E : werth "l ysor a n d Ba n Pet erso n gOI int o a (Yam); 3 . MarkTanner (5uz) raCl'- I.ong d u el. '1\,'so r wi nn in , , ( Y a m ); 3. Ron, Ewerth (Hon). " CPROD EX !. GregTvsor(Yam); 2.Bart Peterson , In.' o n I y IIlches over Pelerso n . 0 PROD EX 1. Mike Cook(Yam);2.Chuck Honev' : P ('(t'r lo;n n d idn 't ilr r ivl' ilt Ilu ' tra ck cutt(Yam ); 3 Mi chael Dav fYam l unt il I H!(iY I d" r I.: lg:. Il'.i. A PROD NO 1 Joh :'1 VVlng SUl l.2.GregCous er _._ • •• , . , ~ :1 (Suzl; Al an J (Kaw ;J.::::£:3.•• 4.~acobs • • • ). •• • • •• • •• • •• •• • . Reed (Suzl ; 3. Harry Norman (Yam l. Pritchard tops Valentine Trial By Tim Walker FALLBROOK, CA, FEB. 9 Malt Pritchard topped the firs t ATA observed tria l even t of the year, th e Valentine Trial, hosted by th e Plonkers, This year's cha m p ions hips se r ies will cons is t of n ine eve n ts , three less than th e yea r b ef ore with th e d eparture o f th e V.O.T.E. cl u b. H eld a t R ock Ranch t he IO sections we re all with in ~ qua rt er-mile o r th e parking a rea . Four loo!,>s ens u red .the rider s 0 1 plenty 0 1 sec uon traversing . P r it ch ard (A n sw c r/ Hvper/ Ka l G a r d /Tsubaki ), lo ok i ng for hi s seco nd number-one p la te, cont in ued w~ere heleft <;>ff la st year - w inning. Pn.tchard eastly took th e win with 62 p omt s a nd 15 cl eans. In h is fi rs t Expert trial. Bill y Hunt er (KS I) h ad n o I?robl ems a dap t in g to the tougher sec uons to pla ce secon d. Mark Oldar piloted his hand-built Bultaco, Ieaturing sin g le-shock rear suspen sion and a low s lung ga s tank , 10 third pla ce . A close battle developed in the advanced cl a ss . Aft er three loops , j od y Ri chis on and Tim W alker ( H yp erv'S hoei) were tied a t 39 . Greg Beto ru e was seven m arks behi nd . Ri chi son ca rded a sev en on the la st lo o p 10 take the win. Walker en d ed with a tota l o f 50, seven lx-u er than Bet onte, for second. The H ed s a n d Wheel s Award went to Expert SCUll Armand o f V.O .T. E_ ;H sect io n three. G oing d own a s tee p descent, Armand 's front wheel found a nice pl a ce 10 s to p . U n fo rt u n a tely, th e re st o f the bike a n d rider didn 't ~\'ant to, a n d en ded up falling 10-feet IIllO so me rocks a n d bushes . Art Webster surp rised himsdfw ith th e Se n io r Ad vanced w in . Carv Con rad trai 1(,,1 W ebster bv 12 fo r s~·mnd. Fifteen p oint s sl. p:,ra ted Intermediate w inner T halli En glehardt a nd second-place Pa t Fox. SCali Wiltsee scored a ('o nsiste n t thi rd . Itt th l' N o vi ce cl ass All en a n d Don A nderson tied with 12 m arks (~t<'h. Allen ecl ~ed pa st hi s broth er fo r the w in by h a ving o ne m on' cl ean . Brad ;\IcCl ell an fo llowed th e Anderson 's for thi rd with 1·1 dabs. Results EX: 1. Matt Pri tc hard (Yam l; 2. Billy Hunter (Yam ); 3. Mark Oldar (Bul). ADV: ·1. J odV Rich ison (Yam ); 2. Tim Walker (Yam); 3. Greg Betonte(Y am). IN 1. Thom Englehardt (Y T; am); 2. Pat Fox (Y am); 3. Scon Willsee (Yam) . NOV : 1. Allen Ander son (lti!; 2. Don Anderson (8ul); 3. Brad McClellan (Yam) . BEG: 1. Kurt Roll (Yam); 2. Mark Alpen (Y am); 3. GuyWerzel (Bul ). SA A : 1. A rt W ebster (Yaml; 2 . Gary Conra d (Yam). SR N: 1. FredCox (Y am);2. M artvArgo(Itj);3.K en Ber lin g (M on l. SR B' 1. D elHarland(Va m ); 2 SteveHill(Y am);3. Lawrev Alexandpf (~"nl KID S: 1. JI'" Coll in s (am ) Yamaha-mounted Jim Knight stole the show at the Mosier Valley Motocross by winning th e Ov er 30 Expert class with ea se . Knight won both motos , with ~om H oll srcr. o n a H onda , the o n ly rider who co u ld keep Knight in sight. Over 30 Intermediate a ction sa w Mike Youn g take the holesh ot in rn oto o ne, bUI was quickl y past by Elmer Morgan (Ya m) , leaving behind Mel Eddy, Dwight Leatherwood and Young to bailie for second. On lap three , L eatherwood cra sh ed and Eddy pull ed awa y from Young and the cha rg ing Pexton Tradwell ( H a n) , wh o wer e banging bars for third. At th e fini sh, it was Morgan 10 seconds ahead o f second-place finisher Eddy, who h ad eigh t sec~nds on Young. Ir~ moto two, MIke Young (Yam) agam took the holeshoi wi th Mel Eddy (Ya m ) and L eatherwood di cing for second. Leatherwood ca m e out ahead a n d se t out fo r Young on la p three. L eath erwood was pressuring Young, a n d both riders were stunned a s Eddy used an outside line to pass both o f th em a n d quickly put daylight between himsell a n d the two. I.:eatherwood finall y got p ast the persr st ent Young a n d se t o u t a fte r Eddv but it wa s a lillie late a n d Eddy h ad easilv won In -th e Iirst Over 30 N ovice mota J erry H anson ( Hon) h ol eshot th~ s tar t, with T .C. Cart er ( Hon) a nd Mi ck ael Wikes g n a w in g at his rear fender. Behind the front-runners, the pack wa s t ightl y bunched with no one dom.inating until the secon d lap, when Bill y All en (Hon) and Miles Devlin (Ya m) fighting for fourth co llided in a ti ght corner, both going ~O\~n . cnrr Bra~i er (S u z) Sh OI th e gap inside to inh erit founh place. T ,e. Caner deposed Hanson and took the' lead to set the finishing order. Second moto action sa w Wilkes take the h ol eshot with Carter and H anson second and third . Wilkes fell and then Carter took ov er first with the hard-charging Miles Devlin moving into sec o n d . Hanson a nd J a m es Mann ( H o n ) hau led hard for third on the last lap. Caner fell a n d recovered in second behind Devlin. At the finish it was Dev lin , Carter, Hanson and Mann. In m oto one, Schellenberger (Ya m) took c ha rg e early and n ever looked ba ck . L es Bri scoe (Ya m) and Shaun Hu ggins (Tea m G reen Fox Racing/ P J I ) battled briefl y for secon d with Huggins com ing o u t o n top . Moto tw o took o n a different co m p lex ion, a s Iowa 's Shaun Huggins go t a way first and put d istance o n the p ack ea r ly , but by the third lap, Sc hellen be rger wa s banging o n the I door. Huggins co u nted well , and h eld Schellenberger a t ba y for tw o laps, bu t o n lap five, Hugg ins bobbled from th e rel entless pressure a n d Schelk n berger p ower ed b y the do gged Huggins fo r th e win . The seco n d malO wa s all Dedeluk from wire- to-wi re . Th e bailie for se~on d wa s cl ose , as Ja son Shedd ( Ka w) a n d Brant S u m mers di ced fier c e ly w ith S u m me r s ge ll i n g the second -p lace ch ec ke rs. \ \:ith. bo~h the winter se r ies g o ing on 111 l'londa and California and a Sunday Super cross in Houston the Pro rider turn o u t was s lim. The~nly rea l co ntest wa s I<> see if lh e 250 could ca tc h th e 125. It did. U s in g a staggen'd st a rt . the I25cc w inner was Bob Abbo t ( H o n d a T own ). with Kirk SI?en cer . (Ya m ) fi rs t o vera ll trad ing wms wuh Jo hn Kin d h a n ("'o rt h Da ll as Y;l' na h a J T ) in the 250('c. J. :: T I'! 1 I I J I, I. ) Co ( ( .' I lJl ... f I I 1 ~

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