Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

a n d -h a d 10 sia n o n t ln - p('n ah y lin,' C us tom Ft ber gf ass T ra ile rs 9 Sizes and 16 Model. Availobl. Sen d S1.00 Fo r Deta ited Info . C ha riot ~I anu£acturing Co mpany 209 · CN Pi ckn ey Street. Oldsmar, F L 33557 81 3 / 855-580 I Rock Bottom Prices YZ250N In Stock 1984 YZ490l We Will Not Be Undersold "We Can Save You Money" BURBANK YAMAHA 1801W. Burbank Blvd., Burbank. CA 91506 ~_(818) M !J 845-8738_----1 , ~ WHEEL WORKS Street and Dirt BRIOGESTONE and MfiZELER TIRES Stainless Steel Spolte• .. lac:ing 12787 Nutwood Garden Grove. CA - - (714) 530-6681 MOTORCYCLIST SERVICES " W e care about you and your cycle ." 880 Piner Rd . #4 3 & 44 (707) 526-3804 Sa_ Rosa, CA 95401 • R id ing • R aCin g Ha rd W ashable St ay So ft • Stree t GLOV ES OthlTl8n D istributing Co . Box 356 , San Lui s Obispo, CA 93406 ( 80 5 ) 544-6 1 B1 De ale r In q u i ries Invit ed Todd Adams leads Bobby Houser in 125cc Youth action at the Montrose Motocross in Raeford . North Carolina . Br id ges (Ya m) pi ck ed u p th e Ju n ior tro p h y. a nd Sa nd i A ls wort h (SW M) s tyl ed her wa y 10 the Beg inn er win . Wh en it was a ll over, C.A.T. pres id en t Mi chael Mesch ede was a wa rded th e " Golde n Da b" awa rd lor hi s Ieet up a n tics. Results EX: 1. Andy Saum lYam); 2. Greg Jo nes (Yam); 3 . Todd Rope r (Yam). SR A OV: t . Steve Bigler (Yam ): 2. Joe Igo (Yam ); 3. Br ian Root (SW M I. , INT ; 1, Shan e We ck erly (Mon); 2. Dave Montgomery (Yam); 3 . Jim Hu nter (Yam) . NOV : i . Tom Wi tt (Yam ); 2. W ill Terrick (Han); 3. Brenden Root (SWM ). J R: 1. Ken ny Br idges (Yam); 2 . Br ian Peace (Yam). AOV : 1. M ike Car lton (Yam ); 2 . Greg Pascal (Yam ); 3. Bruce Swarner (Yam ). SR INT: 1. John Lenon (SWM); 2. Gordon Und er wood (Man). SA. NOV : 1. Gary Sm ith (Bull ; 2. Errol Oow (Yam): 3. Err ol M on tgom ery (M on). . BEG: 1. San di Alsworth (SWM); 2. laure n Pond (Fan) . 8ERNIES EAST VALLEY @"1b~~~!~::on.9 UPS Full Ser vice . Parts. Apparel 34 E. Sout he m Ave .• Me sa. AZ 85202 Oady (602) 835-1420 Lazor wins Golden State ice By Scott Daloisio FR ES NO, CA , FE B, 2 V1a"~ Molon:vdeo MOVJ , '•• O NVIDEO CASSrntS World's ~ & only_. _ sourct ~ _ . /C 1meI Ttchnial, $.altty. Stars" , .. Dub:. tbihrood, NiIOll. MInn , R OmtrO. Robert. Nihon, ric,: Road Ra6nc, wis.t T..Uolocross. D!vr1, 10M, Oid [bytoni bexh COUBt . tmIini . B onnt'I EuropI!, & iI!. more,YHSJ8etI. WorId's lowest prien. Friendlicst& 8m strYitt aQlorut . tnt. Wrilr oral lDlbr kt: EARL MARl( PRODUCTIONS. 23022 S. Normandie' 1Itt •Tomnct. Ca. 9OS02 - 1f2l3J . J26.6U6 Spml.". ©W©l1il: Wl!ID:Eln ~ Q<:' OPEN 7 DAYS AWEEK (714) 621-5061 Ca ll for, S So . Cal locations G eorge " Lazorbearn" Lazor of H a m lin , Ne w York , and Scotty Brown o f Massilon , Oh io , journ eyed West to compete in th e l irs t G old en S tat e S peed way In ' Championship at Frt'SIIO's Se lla nd Arl'na . \\' h,'n the snow ha d clea red in tIll' a rl'na a t dav 'send, th,'\' had taken th e top IWo Sp(lIS in Ihe Hi-ri de r fil'lti that co m a ined H Cal ifornia ritl ers. Lllt,r (Ro binso n Cy cle Sa les/Zerniak Au to Pa n s/ O ury G rip USAI Spl'n or Oils / H a llm an USA/ Seotl GOi!;~ I,'S USA/ \ r D-'IO/ T su ha ki/ (:CxIy R a c i n ~ ) Ix n ro wl'd th e hikl' norma l ly used o n the so uthel'll Ca lifol'lli a d in ci rcui t byTom Burha, H t' lhen pi loted Iha l J a wa to five co nSt'cuti\'1' w ins , indudin ~ th e m ai n e\'I'nl. Brown won four of h is fi\' e enColJlllt'l'S a nd the o n ly blem is h o n h is rt'cortl was a sel"llll d -p lan' fi nis h to Lalo r in the . 111:1111 . Afler Rl)('ky Ro bin soIl ca pl lll"l'lI the w in in Ih e firsl ran' o !" Ih ,' a fte rnoon . L lZor ca me o n a nd showed " \Tryo nt' w ha I iI was a II a hou l hy eas ily winn in g ,'vent Iwo 0\'1'1 Sle\'1' Ma n in , w ho passl'd crowd fa\'or il(' Rodn ev S u lli\'a n a t th e line 10 finish Sl'lond : Mi k,' Faria,"'" a led t'\'I'I"\'OII" in <' . ''\~' m t hree, bUI was qui ckl y pa ss,~1 bi-hind Del acy, I Inrl u nd Ba si. J I , a nd Ba n Ba st. l h -clcvr -rlv w"'I\Td h is wa v t hroug h t Iu- p.uk a; lll ca ugh t up t;, Del acy, wh o had 0 p'·Ill·d a hug(' It-ad o n th e fina l ci rc'u it. As t lu -v " IIl" IT'd IlII11 tim','. Dcl arv st i ll hatl th (' lead hut we n t wi de :n;d open ed th e d oor 1'0 1 Bl own , w ho lo ok the It-ad a n d laced u n d rrt hc-c herken-d fla g [irst in t he bes t rid e o lr hc d.i v. H e n 'tTi\'l'd a h uge o va I io n Irom tIW'lTowd in a p ple riariou o f hi s clfort . AfI('1 JdT Kn iss look ho me rlu- w in in rh r second divisio n m ai n it was time 1'01 the c ha m p io nsh ip eve n t. Ermolc n ko dn-w th e po le w ith Faria out of tw o , Lazor in rh n« a nd Bl own sa nd wiched a ga in st the wa ll. All wenaboa rd Ja wa s ,'xcl'J)( 1'01 En nolcn ko. w ho was o n a W('s1:lkt,. Lazo r got rluga ll' and led th rou gh ilu- [i rst bend . hut En no lenko pull ed a lo ng side o n t he hack rh uu-. La zo r fo ug h l him o il a nd m airu aincd h is It-ad as th ey enu-red turn t lm -r. w lu -n - h is fro n t wheel disc sa i l('d o ff. T hai p ro ved no h in d era ncr 10 Lazo r as lu -sta ru-d 10 lun a wa y Iro m t lu-pa ck. Fu ri a lo o k E rm o lenko o n lap two , hu t it wa s to o la te - Lazor was go ne. Brown a lso got by E rmo lcn ko. a nd o n t lu - final 1:11', IXHh E rmo li-n ko a nd Fa ria Iel l a nd rlu - Eusu-ru riders scort-d an impress ive 1-2 fin ish . After lece i\' ing his victory laurel s, LaLOr o n ly had O lll' thing o n h is mind : " I just w.uu 10 ca ll m y w ifr Chris a nd td l lu-r th a t I won." Far ia , m eanwhi k-. was a lin h- upset aho u t h is brruhcrs inj ury. hUI said of LaLOr, " I do n 't think he m ade a mis ra k« a ll da y lo n g ." W hen as ked if he th o u ght La zo r wa s a good ra ce r, h e shoo k his h ea d and sa id, "No. C eo rg e Lazo r isn't a good racer. H es a g lea t race r. " hy Sa m Ermo len ko. who went o n to POSI th e w in . Bro wn clo sed o u t the open in g ro und wi th a n easy win 0\'1'1' Dav e Fa ri a, Duane Yarrow and G I'I1l' Wo oos. Ermo len ko stayl'd perfect with a win in e\'1'1Il seve n, but he had \0 work hard for it a s it took h im three la ps to ~l't past a stu b bo rn Ya rro w. Results Brown tu rn ed in anoth er stellar 1'1'1'MAIN : 1. Georg e Lazor (Jaw) ; 2. Scotty Brow n (J aw ); 3 . Sa m Erm o len ko (West 4 . M ike Far ia Io rma nce 10 ddl'al Mike Fa ri a in a (Jaw ). race tha t a venged Fa ria , bl'al in~ him in a heat ra re in Salt La ke Cit v last November. ' Lazor kept pare wi th Bro wn a nd Ermolenko by ddea li ng Mik e Dd a t) ' 10 end round two . Ro u nd three sumed o u t wi th a By Gary Crider ban~ when Da ve Faria hi g h -sick-d as R A EFORD , NC. FE B. 2 h e ca m e off tu rn lour a nd p iled in to R o u n d fo ur o f th e T h i rd rh e rrus h wa ll while ba ll lin~ Martin Ann ua l Ca ro lin e Win ter MX fo r second . Aft er he had p lowed int o Seri es at Montrose MX saw Ih e wa ll , h is h ike plowed into h im , wi th th e r igh t-si de foot I X'~ pi n ning Hank Moree, Jr. ma ke a surp rise hi s ri~h t l l'~ agai ns t Ih t, wa ll a nd re turn 10 ra ci ng j us t eig h t da ys a fter bn -ak ing i I in the p rocess. H,' req u ired suffering a br oken leg . Morel' co n s in~ery la ter th a t ''\·l'ni ni!;. / vi n c in g ly wo n bot h Se n ior M in i A su llen bro ther 1\1 ike then won motos a nd ad va nced to thi rd in th e thl' rerun o ver Mart in , Scouy Bro wn series p oi n ts sta n d in gs , Todd Ada ms ddt~lt ed hi s bro ther J d f (a Ca l iformade his seri es d eb ut a nd scorc hed ni an ) 10 ta ke h is t h ird consecutive th e tra ce en ro u te to a Iou r-moto w in in e\'elll 12, w hile La LOr scon~ 1 sw eep o f the 250cc B and 125cc Yo u lh a nollll'r co n\' iucin i!; win in ,'v,'lll 13, div isio ns . Two rou nds rl'm a in in th e I'Vl'n th oui!;h h is Irolll ft-nda wa s PPM / l\Ioree-spo nsored ser ies. broken a nd floppini!; in th l' brl'l'll·. Wh ile Ka wa sa k il JT/Scotl-backed Ennolt-nko thl' n won a no lhl' r ra cl' Morl'e ran awa y wi th bOlh Sen io r a fter chas in g Dd acy for thn',' la p s. l\fini mo\Os, William l\Iu limerdue!ed Enn olenko's co nsla m p r,"Ss url' pa id with Bobhy Hous er. M Ulim er ca me d i\' idends as hI' fi na lly took thl' 1t~ld awa y wi th a pair o f secontl-pla cl' fi na ntl l hl' w in , and hOlh riders r,'cei\'l-t! ish es. J T I Ma x im a -ba cked H ou ser ro usi,ni!; o \ollio ns from the emhusiasclaimed Ih ird placl' go ld 0 \'1'1' S tacey Iic Howd o f !l700. Barnl' ll a nd Trace)' Ba rn ell . S tacey Th l' fina l tl m'l' qua lifit'rs of Ihl' Ba rn ell lead s Ihe po im s ba tt le by a af tenllxlI\ pnxI un~1 Ih,' ht'st ra ciu ~ . o ne -po illl mar~i n 0\'1'1' H ouser. Lalor I'n d ,~I th l' da y w ith a nother Bratl McKl'e Ietl m ost of Ih e di ssp le nd id \'ietory but Faria pu t th l' tance in the Jun ior Mi ni m ot o s. Barr's crowd o n its f,~'l. Aftl'r i!;" ll i n ~ a had Com pe lilion 's Ca rl Fogle, ho wever, sian. h,' c hari!;t~1 from the hal 'k to man a ~ed to pass bot h times 10 ea rn a ta kt' sl'cond in a slx'l'I acu la r' pnforperfect sCOl'e. Mc Kee wa s seco nd bo th m au n '. Tha t c ha r~l' ~ I\'" h im a o nl' limes. Fogle's p o im lead o \'e r McKee poi lll hul ~t, 0 \'1' 1' Mani n a nti l'a I'll I'd slre tched from si x 10 12. h im the fin al tic kl't 10 till' m ai n . MarJ o el Gra ll! had Ih e ini tia l lea d in l in won t hl' nl'x t ran' wilh litl lt- tro ulhe first 125cc YOLllh molO bUI was bl,', hut il was to o 1:11,' to ~l' t him into hamper ed hy a pull ed m uscl e in h is th e ma in . En nolt-n ko lill ish,-t! seco nd r ii!;llI th i ~ h . Cra lll had io se tt le fo r in tha t " \·,'n t after ha \'ing 10 sIan hac k fourth a t Ihe fi ni sh Ix'h ind Ad a m s, on 11ll' pena lty line, wh idl had th e H ou ser a nd Tom my Fick il'. lTowd o n its f,~'l. Yamaha /KSI/ ScOlt-back ed Ada ms Th e finalqua li finalmos t b rou ~hl slo r me d 10 a nOlher w in in th e fina l th e housl'dow ll. SCOIl\' Brow u fell o n m o to w h ilt-Gra m D:'>1 F. H ou ser ea rn 'IItt' first a tl n rpt 10 /-, the r:ln' going" ' " "I'd n lli ,ii'I'-i lj; hi" ;lc,rs i',\":( Fick lt,. I Ii 'i.'\ Moree surprises Minis at Montrose

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