Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

c: ~ « w z z « o z « w " ~ >til c .... o . J: a, Ken~y Kizzar (212) leads the pack en route to his win in the 125cc B class; Jamie Mclean (0 9 0 ) and Rasco Bartra (14). Florida Februa~ MX series: Round 3 Murphy sweeps at Palm Beach By M ike and Anne Adair W EST P ALM BEACH , FL. , FEB. 9 Yamaha/ Malcolm Smith- sponsored Mark Murphy swept all four 250 and 500cc P ro/ Am motos in round three of the Flori da February Seri es heldat Wheelsport Park. Murphy, put ting together his most cons istent rid e of the year, added $2000 from th e Yamaha co n tingency program to his war ches t. Brian 12 McE lroy ro u nded o ut th e Yamaha sw eep of th e ro u nd by ro mpi ng to a pairofwi ns in I 25cc P ro / Am action. "I've been doing my homew ork," explai ned Murphy, "an d it rea ll y p aid off tod ay. I concent ra ted o n th e 490 fo r th e Winter AMA Series , and no w we a re ge tt ing th e 250cc dialed in . The fi rst h alf of th e Nat ional o utdoor season will be co ntested o n 250s, a n d we want to be rea dy ." McEl roy a nd Kenn y Boll m eier had shared 125cc w ins in the series until today . butthe showdown fizzled a fter Bollrncier disco vered gremlins' had done ajob o n h is engine. " I was ready for anothe r battle with Kenn y," sa id McEl roy, "but after h e h ad bik e p roblems, it was Mike R o th tha t gave me a run for th e m oney." P romoters J a y Dim ond a nd Paul Sp arks provided th e o n ly race stop in so ut h Flo rida th is winter. Id eali c wa rm, su n ny weath er a nd a fast track greeted racers as th ey unl oad ed th eir mach in es for the day's co m pe titio n . WheeIsp ort wa s like a freew a y in co m pariso n to th e pr evious tracks a t Brookesville a n d Cocoa, as riders enjo yed a pause from th e typ ical Florida wh oops. In th e l2 5cc opener , Roth battled McE lroy, Mi chael Barra , Bollmeier , a nd William Dill for first-turn honors, setting a bli ster in g pace in th e first go. Kenny Keylon, wh o bobbled off th e line, hustl ed up to the sixth-place sp ot by th e end of lap one and wa s methodi cally pi cking off the co mpetition when his Yamaha took a swim in o ne of West Palm 's famou s drainage ca na ls. " I hit a kicker and lost th e ba ck en d ," sa id Keyl on , sha kin g hi s h ead . " W hi le I wa s wa iting for th e wheel to co me back down, I en ded up o ver m y head in th e water. I had a n a nx io u s m om ent there. I dis cov ered bo ots a n d MX gear a re no t th e best a tt ire for swim m ing." McElroy roosted by Ro th on lap fou r to settl e the mota, whi le Bollmeier str ugg led to ho ld third a head of a charging Adam Bunchuck a nd th e da y' s runn er-up bu ck s fr om Yamaha , co m men ted , back a t hi s truck , " I go t new Whi te Po wer forks a nd shock from Wh ite Brothers this wee k. The bik e h an dl es mu ch better no w bu t I need to get used to it again ." Ontario 'sShane Drew had a lap o f g lory in the o pe n ing 500cc m ot a before Murph y burst hi s bubbl e a nd wrapped up th e class w in by th e seco nd lap. " M urp h y blew by me in a blu r and th en he was go ne, " exp lained a da zed Drew . H ollis p assed Drew a nd m oved into range a ll lap three, but th e Mi chigan jock dumped hi s Yamaha in th e Florida sa nd and Drew a nd Mi chael Wornden go t by. H ollis recov ered and took o n Worn den th en Dr ew to fin ish seco nd at flag time. " After I h ad fall en once, " said H ollis, "I waited for a good spot before I pa ssed Shane th e second time." H onda H ut i AXO/Maximaspo ns o red Drew co m m en ted, "Dave and I have been practicing togeth er and it sure has hel p ed my riding. " Murph y roosted th e field off the gat e in mota two, with H aro ld Neighbo rs, J ohn Collins, Wornden , Hollis and J oe Mika lson in cont ent io n . Murphy rode flawlessl y, outclassing th e field, whil e Collins kept H ollis a t bay for the more 's number-two slot. Murphy said lat er , " O ne o f the bolts fail ed in th e triple clamp a nd m y fork tu bes slip ped a little. It was n o big problem here, but a t a track like Ga torbac k , it mi gh t hav e been a d ifferent story." Collins said later, " I cras he d too much in th e firs t moto to mak e it to the fro nt tod a y." H oll is added , " I figured th at I had th e second overall and slo wed down to make su re m y frie n d H a rol d N eigh bors was OK. H e took a bad fall. " In 125cc B ac tio n, Yamah a/PJI / E P / Ba r r-s po nso red Kenn y Kizzar cl ea ne d house, leaving J ami e MeC lea n a nd Chu ck Sy bert w ith second p osi tio n fin ishes. In a 250cc B ro u n d robi n , J oey Locke, H owie Biggers, J ohn H arris, J ohn Stellin g a nd Kenneth R ohn a lte rna ted with Kaw a sak i-mounted S tell ings event ua lly topping Biggers fo r th e a vera II. Yamaha of Brad entonu /Bam eysspo nsore d ' Rick P erry ran d own M ickey Polca rin en to win th e o pe n ing 500cc B mo to . In th e fin al, Beach Sport Cycle's David Indiveri pa ssed Dean Dyess and di ced with Perry to cI inch h is seco nd co nsecu tive o vera ll . " Perry w ouldn 't give up ," sa id Indi veri , " he ca me back and pa ssed m e back o n the fina l lap." . . T a m pa brothers Derek a nd Da ryl Youngbl ood settled th ei r Yamaha " ba u le o f th e twins" in th e 85cc 12-15 class after dealing with Aaron Yonel y. " I kn ew Da ryl wa s o n me," sa id even tual winner Derek . "Wedon'tgivean in ch to eac h othe r when it co mes to raci ng ." Se nior cla ss topper Pau l Ea to n had hi s hands full with R icha rd Lu cky before winning both motos. " I bought th e YZ a nd sta rte d riding aga in last Wedn esda y, " exp la ined a smiling Lucky. " Ea to n is in bett er sha pe, but I'm ge tt i ng th ere." Indiveri h eld hi s class lead with a third overal l. • Robert H ayes. ' 'I' m deli ghted with m v seco n d ," said Downers Yam aha/ An swer v'Cltl -sponsored R o th . ' 'I' ve been having to mak e a co meback in every race. T ha t ho lesh o t I got tod a y was a rea l treat. " Yamaha/Barr Competition-spo n so red McEl ro y wa s soon o u t of sight in th e number-two co nfronta tio n , leaving seco n d up fo r gra bs be tween M arc Boburn , J a m es H au er a nd H ay es~' Bol lm eier 's Yamaha again sp u ttered o ff th e line a n d he limped aroun d th e circu it to an 18 th pl ace overa ll. New J ers ey's H ayes took o n Hauer and th en Cobu rn to wrap u p seco nd money on lap four. Roth shared points with H ayes fo r seco nd , but hi s fourth in th e fin al lef t him with a third overall. T he 250cc class was up to industri al streng th a t Wheelsport. Series dominator T odd Harrell looked forwa rd to a nother close race with M urph y, Keylon 's honeym oon was o ver, a nd Winter AMA Se ries class runnerup Tom Ca rso n returned from a Ber lin, West G erman y MX co m peti tio n wi th seco nd pl ace honors. Ha rr ell 's Mike Callahan-prepped Yamaha ripp ed o u t o f th e gateo n th e p oin t, with Kevlon.Murphy, Chris Col eman a nd Ri ch ard Si roi s in th e hunt. Keylon 's Tim Eal y-tun ed Yamah a rel iev ed Harrell o n lap fou r, bu t Murphy was sta lki ng th e leaders. " I was riding prett y well fo r awh ile," exp la ine d Keylon, " bu t I haven't tra in ed thi s week an d m ad e too many mistakes. Murphy wa s right on me wh en I fell." T he Fort M eyers speed ste r danced by a nd wa s a ll a lo ne a t th e Results checkered . Murphy's g irl, S ue Bal125 PRO AM : 1. Brian M cElr oy (Vam ); 2. Roben Hayes IKawl; 3 . Mike Roth (Yam I. lard, and mechanic, Paul Murph y, 25 0 PRO A M : 1. Mark M urphy (Yam): 2. Todd co ngra tu la ted him at th e finish. H e Harrell (Vam): 3. Dave Holli s (Varni· said, " I sho u ld hav e had no problem OPEN PRO A M : 1. Ma rk Murphy (Vam ): 2. Dave Hollis (Yam): 3. John Collins (Varni . with th ese guys today. " 125 B: 1. Kenny Kizzar (Varni; 2. Charl ie Svbe rt ' h I I . (Hon): 3. Rasco Ban ra (Kaw). M urp h y S Ol'S rot i n mota tw o 250 B: 1. Jo hn Stell ing (Kaw): 2. How ie Biggers wa s astonishing , as h e is normall y (Kaw) ; 3 . Eric Rettig (Suz). noted for great co me bac ks, not great OPEN: 1. David Indlveri {Varni; 2. Rick Perry {Varni; 3. Oaan Dyess (Yam). starts. Before th e fir st lap was o ver, M INI A : 1. Derek Voungblood (Vam); 2. Oary l Murphy was gone an d J e IN ddi Voung blood (Vam); 3. Aaron Vonel y (Kaw l· s a a mgM INI B: 1. Broc k Bu ll ard (Vam); 2. Julie Nicoli ni ton, Harrell , Coleman, J eff Fisher (Vam); 3. Tim Ferry (Vam). and Dav e Holl is rode hard fo r second. SR 1. Paul Eaton (Vam) ; 2. Richard Lucky (Varni; 3 DaVid Indlverl (Yam). Waddington's Suzuki scored wi th 12 5 C: 1. Ricky Harnpstre (Kawl. 2. Scott Reiter H oll is taking third from H arrell with (Kaw ); 3. ToddAardner (Kaw). . I II 250 C: 1. Arlie ceen (Kaw); 2. Rich ard Rohr (Kawi' two aps to go. H arre , who earned . . __ . 3. Glenn Harr ington (Yaml.• : . • • • • Wind (Con tin ue d from page 14) p oints in th e opening tw o rounds last yea r, bu t won all three Mem ori al Sta diu m short track ro u nds . AMA 's Bill Amic k and Bill Boyce met w ith members of the English and Japanese FIM federations in London, England in Decembe r. Discussions were held on forma tion of an international Superbike road racing series. Further ta lks are scheduled for the FIM spring meeting i n Geneva. and rac ing could start as early as 1987. Steve Wi se is holding a one-da y motocross schoo l at Lake Whitney, Texas o n Wednesday, March 5 followed by another one-da y motocross school on Thursday, March 6 at Mosier Valley (near Da llas), Texas; both events are th e week of the GNC Final schedu led for Lake Whitney. More information is availab le from Wise at 214/ 11230779 . Sources in Sacramento. California indicate that members of the Ca lifornia Off-highway Motor Vehicle Recreation Commission are up in arms over evidence that a member of the Commission's staff has been leaking confidential information to environmental groups determined to eliminate off-road recreation in the state. In addition. according to the sources close to the Commission. delays in submitting the Commission·s budget to the Governor may result in the Commission not having a budget in fiscal 1986-1987• and the delays were caused by the Commission staff. The Commission oversees the state's off-highway fund and rid ing areas purchased or operated with fund monies. Riders interested in commenting on the uproar should address letters or phone • calls to California Governor George Deukmejian. State Capitol. Sacramento. CA 95814. 916 /445 2841. The Bureau of L and Management ha s sche d u led a series of rou nd ta ble discuss ions to gather input from p eople regarding th e management . a n d future of 17 mill ion ac res of public land in Ca lifornia . BLM Stat e Director Ed H ast ey will personally lead eac h round table, and topics co vered will be whatsoever auenders want to co ver. " We hope to exc h ange in fo rma tio n a nd ideas ab out what people expect from th ese lands, wh at th ey expect from us as professional land managers , a n d how th ey see th e future fo r th ese important land s and resources," H ast ey said in a recent p res s rel eas e, which rea ch ed Cy cle N ew s o n February 18, th e date o f th e fir st di scussion, in Lone Pine. A second round table will be held in Sacramento o n February 28 with a third sessio n in May so mew he re in th e southern California desert, with th e exact location to be an no u nced . T wo other sessi ons will be h eld in north ern Ca liforn ia at dates a nd locations to be announced . More information is ava ila ble from th e BLM at 9 16/978-4746. The Fifth Annual British Bike-In has been scheduled for Coffeyville. Kansas on June 28; the event. which drew 11 brands of British bikes last year, will be held in an air-conditioned building this year. More information is available from Georgianna Lewis at 3 16/3313347. (Co n tin ued to pag e 47)

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