Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Kit Farley (58J) and Ricky Henson (66J) go around on Jeff Russell (6 9) in the 250cc Expert main at the OMC Indoor ST in Caldwell. Idaho. ra n over from pri ine ' ti in'e ilito ' th e ·100n: class program . wh ere on ly a cha nge of ma chi nery seem ed to gua ra n ter a repea t performance. An un. usu a l twist was added whe n Jacobs' n o rm a lly re lia b le m o unt slowed, a p pa rent ly th e victim o f dampness. T his gave new life to th e p la ns o f Mike "J ust Luck y. I G uess" Pf ister. wh o had been sta lkin g the lead d uo for so me u rne. But traffic held h is bid till too lat e, a nd he was forced to SCI tle fo r seco nd, S ho wi ng h is understand in g o f mulri-class ern ries, Pfi ster then lea ped o n hi s 200cc cla ss Suzu ki a nd steamro lled the o p positio n wire-to-w ire to ma ke certa in hi s name appe red in a the Cycle News number o ne co lu m n for th e week. Side ha ck ace J ohn Hoos has been polishing his techniques a nd add ing new tri cks to improve hi s " o ff th e comer" performa nce. T h is week Hoos added some bod y Engli sh, which ha d th e cro wd gasp ing and hi s fell ow ra eers wondering how the four -stroke Honda pi lot does so well. Elso n Hoidr ead m uscled by Mik e Haney for a loo k, but wi ll have to wai t ti ll la ter to di scov er th e secre t of win ner Hoos as he found h imself tightl y locked in seco nd at th e fini sh. Results 100 -200: 1. M ike Pfister; 2. Ji m Jongki nd; 3. Dar ren Bor cherd ing . 200-400: 1. Tony Hirblong; 2 . M ike Pfister; 3. Ken A ller. OPEN: 1. Charl ie Jac obs; 2 . Tony Hi rblong . SIDE HACKS: 1. John Hoos; 2. Elson Ho ldread; 3. Mi ke Hane y. Carlsbad OT mud-in to Statham By Bob Alloy CA RLS BAD, CA, FEB. 2 Plymouth Blackhawk Club honored members for t h eir participation in the 1985 Hare Scrambles Series at the January 25 banquet. O pen ri de r Mi ke S ha n k in one o f hi s best pe rforma nces to date with 12 po int s, follow ed by A 250cc rider J ohn White with a consis tent 13point run. J oe H a ley co nti n ued to dom in a te th e Sen ior A cla ss wi th a sco re o f 17. A su n n y 750 day for med a perfec t selling fo r th e 200 rid ers fresh fro m a three-m ont h brea k in the FT R sched u le. R iders were treat ed lO 25 mil es o f new trai l ea rly in th e ru n wh ich kept everyone o n the gas unt il th e rest stop . Ma ny o f th e rid ers needed a good port ion o f th e gas reset to get bac k o n tim e before h illin g th e 30 mph sectio n in th e second hal f. An o the r reset a llowed m an y o f th e riders to get back o n time a t th e finis h. Most ' o f the riders had hi gh p rai ses fo r the run, descr ib in g it as tough bu t fu n with a lot of vari ety. Experien ced trai l boss Pa ul Buxe d id a n exce lle nt job of ch eck point pl acement a nd ca ug h t severa l riders, incl uding S tevens an d H yde. tryin g to run a lill ie h ot an d ga in some m argi n for th e 30-m p h sectio n. T he Palm Beach Track and Trai l Riders agai n cap tured th e Tra veli ng Tea m Trophy with three first-p lace finish es, foll ow ed by th eApollo Club a nd the Daytona Dirt R iders. T he next FTR end uro is sched u led for th e O cal a Nat iona l Fo rest on Mar ch 9 as a d irt r ider's fina le to Spee d Week in Dayton a. Results ... 26 AA: 1. Ma rk Hyde(81; 2. 8obOsborn e (14); 3 . Sam Plumb (17 ). OPEN A : 1. Mike S hank (12) ; 2 . M ik e Reyno lds (14) ; 3.(TIE) Dea n Kronenwetter/ Jack Coker (15). 250 A : 1. John Wh ite (1 3); 2. Richard Lov el y (14 ); 3. David Wh ite 115). 200 A : t . (TIE) M ike Brown/Tim M yers (17); 3 . Stu art Blanton (2 1). OPEN B: 1. Thom as M issim er 1 33); 2. Hans Wil son (401;3. Larry Hoshaw (43) . 250 B: 1. Rich Munson (23 ); 2. Rich ard Hal ey 1 ); 3. Sam Seay (31 ). 24 200 B: t . Eddie Jackson (24 ); 2. Ja y Allen (291; 3. Jeff Ken ward 1 33). 125 B: 1. Levie Allen (2 5); 2. Ned Low err e (30 1 . OPEN C: 1. J ack Walden (341: 2. Craig Bord er s (39 1 3 . Robert Wilder (5 1). ; 250 C: 1. Robert A nd er son (25 ); 2. J im Caden head 134); 3. (TIE) M ike O'B rian lWade Dawson (4 3 1 . 200 C: 1. Pau l Palmer (391; 2. Sco tt M ill e r 143); 3 . Bob Palcher (44) . 125 C: 1. M ar k M erri ll (52); 2. Geor ge Polla rd (62). W OM EN: 1. VickiWilcoxI6 7): 2. Terr i Floyd (18 6). SR A : 1. Joe Haley (17); 2. Don Thrasher (2 1). SR B: 1. Rich ard Howard (30 ); 2. Paul McDon ald (3 3); 3. Bi ll Holloway (34) . SR C: 1. Clark Parker (58 ); 2. Robert Arnold (61 ); 3. John Kre ll (62). SUP SA: 1. Dave Henry (3 2); 2. Char les W ick er 61 1 381: 3. J ack Harkins 1 ). Jacobs tops Great Lakes ice By J.W. Stueve LAPORT E, IN , FEB. 2 Ra in an d mid-40s tem perature were not su fficien t to da m pen th e sp irit of th e ha rd y G rea t Lak es Region ice race contin ge ncy. Although ma n y o f th e riders had d ifficu lty with da mp ign it ion or m o ist ure clogged in ta ke sys te ms, fonner AMA D-17 O pen Ice Race C ha m p Charley J aco bs had litt le to co m p lain a bo ut. J acob s' smoo th, con sis tent style earned top hon or s for him in Open class anion a fter th e three-ra re ma rathon results were ta llied . Fellow ll1in o is racer Tony Hi rb lon g p ur su ed J a cobs a n d passed repea ted ly d u ri ng th e2~ la ps o f rom peti ti<:> n, but J aco bs' yea rs of raci ng cx pcrtcnce hel ped 10 set u p th e tim ing o f th e" critica l trackside maneuvers req u ired for victory. T he J acobs a nd Hirblo ng show After two days of ra in , Carlsbad was a sea o f mud, a nd this m ad e Sunda y's Old Tim er m otocro ss even more o f a n endura nce th an usual. A few Old Ti m ers were unlucky enough to tak e a mud bath a n d a ll th e fun a lo ng wi th it. But wh en th e ser io us racing began , it was H oyt S ta tha m showing th e Masters the fa st wa y arou nd th e , track. In moto o ne , Sta tha m chased Ma rsha ll J enn in gs, wh o blasted in to th e lead a nd fo r seven laps slip pe d a nd slid h is wa s to a victory. S ta tha m m an aged second p lace, but in m o to two it was a di ffen -nr srorv, T h is tim e it wa s J enni ngs doing th t: chasi ng, as Sta tham too k first p lace in th e moto as well as th e overa ll victo ry. Ma tos o ne and two in th e Expe rt's cla ss were a clea n swee p for Al Smith , wh o se I-I tall y netted th e first overa ll ho nors. Smit h went wire-to-wire in mo to o ne, bu t mo ro two was n ' t so easy for th e H on da rider. H is m o to bega n with a last -p lace sta rt. but that d id n ' t keep Smith from zero in g in o n th e first -p lace SPOI aga in . Asker La rnkj aer used co ns istent 2-2 rides for seco nd overa II. Ama teur's Oren Spa h n fo und a smooth lin e th ro ugh a ll tha I mud a nd rook fi rst p lace in m oro o ne . David Bn -et wo r sta rted after th e g-.t te fell but mana g ed seco nd a ny wa y. Mo to two sa w Bn x-two r gas hi s ATK [our-st ro ke in to th e lead a nd jam to th e fin ish line firs t. Spah n ended up seco nd , good for seco nd o vera ll. Bob Ande rso n o f th e Novi ce class bal sred th rough th e mud lO wrap up first o vera ll with a I- I ta ll y. Mik e Sa Iisb urv too k seco nd in mo to o ne a nd Bo l; Allo y was seco nd in moro two a nd second O\Tra11. Results MS TRS : 1. Hoyt Stat ham (Yam l; 2. Ma rshall .Jenn ings (Ho n). EX; 1. AI Sm ith (Hen ); 2. A sker Larnkjaer. A M : 1. David Breetwor (A TK); 2. Or en Spahn , (Suli. NOV; 1. Bob And erson (Yam); 2. Bob A ll oy (Kaw) . Farley fast at Idaho ST By Marty Gregory CALDW ELL. !D, J AN . 25 J amming by ea rly leader J eff R u sse ll ( Ya m) , Kit Farl e y scream ed h is R otax waterpumper to a w in in th e hotly co n tested 250cc Expert ma in on th e OM C' s In door Short Track. Farl ey, sponsored by Iron H orse Mo tor cycle Wo rk s OU I o f Salt La ke C ity. claimed victory in th e O pen class a t th e last two out ings th is winter but was denied th is weekend by OMC Open indoor cha m p R icky H en son (Yam) . A treme ndous field o f over 130 riders braved th e Idaho winter to ren dezvous in th e Canyon County indoor rodeo a rena . The la rge turnou t of two -, th ree- a nd four-wheel racers mandated th e ru nning o f 38 hea ts to esta blis h sta rt ing posi tions for the m a ins. Th e Open Expert h eat was q uagmired am idst protests when Fa rley and a co uple ofo th ers were accused of jum p ing - a fter th e ra ce had been run. Wh en th e " o fficial " heat was run o ff aga in, Farley a nd h is BSA found th em selves looking forward to a slig h tly worse sta rt ing pos itio n for th e m a in . . T h e fir st a tte mpt to sta rt th e Open m a in ended a brup tly with a first turn pi le-up, wh ich left Coe ur d 'Alen e's Rich Ha yman (Hon), Bo ise's J ohn Co lto n (Han) , Dean J am es a nd FarIcy in a tang le. G iven a brief respi te by O MC o fficia ls, th e big-bore bo ys tried to straigh ten o u r th eir bi kes while a nother class wa s ru n. Haym a n's crew Iranrica lly worked o n th e H onda 's rea r brake cylinde r wh ile Colton Ra cing Team's frien ds a nd rela tio ns a ttem p ted to resto re sh iftability to Co lton 's bike. H aym an mad e th e restart; Colton , neutralized with a damaged sh ifter , co u ld not. An other a tte m p t a t a sta rt got a co u p le o f the bo ys cro wd ing th e ligh t a nd, following so me repositioni n g of pe rson ne l, th e th ird time proved to be th e cha rm . T win Wh eel Cycle's J ames (C-A) put togeth er a fin e sta rt a nd boomed into the lead wi th H ayman .a nd R ick y Henso n tryin g lO close the ga p. Fa rley was bo tt led up in traff ic, fig h ting with Rod Reyn o ld s ( Hon), Bran don Ca rn a ha n (Hon) a nd Sca n H art (H o n). By the mi dpo in t o f the ra ce, J am es still h un g on dogged ly to th e lead , but H enson was clos ing in ; Farley ha d m oved u p a nd was ch a lle n g ing for third. Taking Ja mes in tu rn th ree, H en son m o tored into th e lead with th e chee rs of the pa rt isa n cro wd urging h im o n. H en son p u lled it o u t o n J am es, lea ving th e Ca n-Am rider to worr y a bou t rapid ly a pproachi ng fellow Utaha n Far ley. At th e lin e, it was Hen son a ll th e wa y with J ames holdin g o ff Fa rley's last tu rn su rge to ga rner second. T he 250cc Ex perts had a n easier time o f it, req u iring o n ly o ne restart to get th eir m ain underw av. Boi sean J eff R ussell , rid in g ou t c>f Al R ussell 's Spo rts Center , powered hi s brother 's u ltra- trick YZ-ba sed racer int o an immedi a te lead wi th Rod Reynol d s (Ka w), Hen so n an d Far ley a ll m ainta in in g stri king di stance. R ussell hung in ga mel y for a few la ps, bu t was pa ssed by Farley a nd Hen so n si m u lta neo us ly in tu rn one. Farl ey had the in side lin e a nd emerged from the fracas in first. H enson stayed o n th e pa ce., o n ly to ge t passed by Reyno lds for seco nd , w h ile R ussell was relegat ed to fourth at th e finish R iders ca me fro m over 300 milt-s in a ll directions to do ba tt le on th e pop u lar 1/ 6-m ile circu it. Fa rley no ted a lack o f Cla ss C even ts aro u nd his home base o f Sa lt La ke a nd sa id h e

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