Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

(Above) O'Mara (3) is third in the ;series, Glover (4) is fifth, (Below) Micky Dymond (43) and George Holland (11) , 10 a t th e sta rt, bu t Burnworth wa s glued to h is rear fender , while Hea ley fol low ed in thi rd. H eal ey, however, cras hed over a stai r-step j um p, p u tting a n end to h is ni ght. T hi s mad e it a two -ri der duel for th e lead between Fr isz an d Burnworth . Frisz held o n to th e num ber-one position and fina l tra nsfer spot of th e n ight for half the race before Burnworth swapped by him through th e stutter bu m ps. Bu t th e race was n 't ov er yet. O n the final la p , Burn worth sta lled h is m o tor in a turn , a nd Frisz go t to within in ch es of th e Yama ha rid er. For the last few turns, th e two were side -by-side, but Burn worth held o n fo r th e win . Main H ol esh ot a rtis t R yan beat 20 o the r riders to the first turn a t th e start of th e 20-lap main , whil e J ohnson , O'Mar a, Gl over, Bow en, Ba ilev a nd Lech ien foll ow ed. By th e seco nd lap, Ward made th e o n ly pass whe n he sl ip ped by Bow en. Lechi en and H o lley ta ngled in a turn w hen Le ch ien fell over and H oll ey ran in to him. Lechien 's tem pe r fla red when Holley landed on to p o f him wh ile Lechien was trying to pick up his bike. Lech ien pushed Holley away a ngrily. " He (Lec h ien ) fell down in front of me, a nd 1wa s just tr ying to get o u t of hi s wa y a s quickl y as possible by wheelieing over hi s bike," said Holley. "He must 've th ought 1 wa s trying to hit him , so he tri ed to push m e down. It was a bi g mi sunder standing." Lech ien recovered nearl y dead last. Mean wh ile, J ohnson sn uc k by R ya n, but R yan quickl y retaliat ed a nd led for a nothe r lap befo re J ohnson made a pa ss th at stuck. " Rig h t a fte r he passed m e back ," sai d Ryan , " my clutch-lever bolt tightened up , and th e cl utch d idn ' t work as good as it did. At first 1 though t a rock got stuck in it, so 1 slo wed down to look, bu t th ere wasn 't, 1 had to rid e the rest of th e m ot o with the cl u tch sli p pi ng. " R yan gradua lly drop ped back , w hi le Ward wor ked hi s way u p th roug h the pack. By th e fifth lap , J oh nson ope ne d up a good-sized lead over O 'Mara , G lo ver , Wa rd , Bail ey, R yan , Dymond, Bow en , Pederson a nd H oll ey. Gl over p ressured O 'M ara for second, wh ile Ward hounded Gl over. Four laps la ter , Ward m otored by Gl over a n d set o u t after O'Mara. It took an o ther four laps for Ward to pass O'Mar a , but o nce into seco n d, J ohnson wa sn ' t in Ward' s sig h t. " O nce 1 go t in to seco nd," said Ward, "he (Joh nson) was wa y o ut the re. When 1 was behind Johnny , m y foot got ca ught in a rut and had to really kick it back. which ca used the back o f m y th igh to cramp. When it cra m pe d up , 1co u ld n't straig h ten o u t, so I was in pain the wh ol e time. 1 kn ew if I kept p us h ing, I'd go into a co rner a nd n ot ge t m y leg o u t in time a n d fall over. So 1was happy with second." At th is p oint, th in gs rea lly settled down , with Johnson way ou t in front, a nd the to p runners fa ir ly sp rea d o ut. O 'M ara kept Ward wit h in sig ht bu t wa sn 't reall y pressu ring. Abou t three seconds back wa s Ba il ey, who had ea rlier passed Gl over . With th e chec kered flag in view, th e on ly battl e still u p in th e a ir was th e o ne for fourth bet ween Bailey and Gl over. Gl o ver pushed a nd push ed bu t co u ldn' t find th e hot lin e around Ba iley, fin ishing just in ch es behind. J ohnson had a 13-second lead over Ward a t th e fin ish , wh ile O 'Mara , Bailey, Gl over , Dymond, Pederson, Holley, R yan , Kin g , Bow en , Kell er a n d Burnworth foll owed . " I just ro de m y ow n race ," said J ohnson. " Brian (Lu n n is, Johnson's mechanic) was beating me over th e head last ni ght for not riding m y own ra ce (yesterd a y) a n d doing stupid stuff like that. Wh en 1 got th e lead, 1 tried to keep from lo oking back and just read my pit board." 125 Pro-Am San Diego Pro-Am Su percross winn er Sch m it ca p tured th e h oleshot at th e start o f Su n day's race, w h ile Sat urday ni ght winner Surratt was ne ar th e back o f th e pack . Closely chasing Schmit was Ri ch ardson , Sco tt Brown (Hon), Dean Mat son (Kaw) a nd Craig Canoy (Hon ). A la p lat er, Rich ardson su rprised Schmit a nd st uffe d h im in a turn, taking ove r the lead , whi le Brown, Mat son, T yson Vohland (Kaw) and Canoy traded pos ition s back and forth for third. Schmit stayed close to R ich ardson for th e next eigh t laps before go ing back into th e top sp o t. Ri chardson tried to stayed clo se but dropped back. Yamaha-mounted Bader Manneh , wh o h ad ea rlier won an exciting duel again st Surratt in th e first 125cc h eat race, had worked hi s wa y into fourth a fter a p oor start, but crashed. in the stu tter bumps, as did Canoy two laps later. Schmit ea sily went on to win his second 125cc Pro-Am win of the series, while Richardson , Vohland, Surratt, Dre y Dircks (H on) and Matson followed. • Results Saturday 250 MAIN: 1. Jeff Werd (Kew): 2. Rick Johnson (Han): 3. Brae Glover (Yem): 4. Ron Lechien (Kew): 5. David Bai ley (Hon); 6 . Keith Bowen (Yam); 7 . Denny Storbeck (Vern): B. Johnny O'Mare (Han): 9. J im Holley (Vern); 10. Ricky Ryen (Kew ): 11. Alen King (Kew): 12. Ross Pederson (Yem): 13. AJ. Wh it ing (Suz); 14. George Hollend (Suz): 15. Micky Dymond (Han); 16. Billy Ules (Kew ): ,17. Alley Semer (Vem): 18. Erik Kehoe (Suz): 19. Mike Heeley (Suz): 20 . Scott Burnworth (Yem): 21. JoJo Keller (Yem). 125 PRO-AM: 1. Williem Surrett (Han); 2. Donny Schm it (Kew): 3. Robert Neughton (Han); 4 . Creig Canoy (Hon); 5 . Carroll Richardson (Kaw); 6 . Bader Manneh {Yam}; 7 . Dr ey Dircks (Hon ); 8. Dean Matson (Kew): 9 . Bryen Bruner (Kew): 10 . SCott Steffy (Yem); 11. Jeff Metiesevich (Kew): 12. Eddie Hicks (Yem): 13. Tyson Voh lend (Kew): 14. SCott Brown tHan); 15. Doug O'Donnell (Yem): 16. Ray Somma (Yem); 17. Bret Cehors (Han): 1B. J ohn Sowards (Kaw ); 19 . Cory Kleudt (Yem): 20 . Lerry Gentseh (Kew). Sunda y 250 MAIN : 1. Rick Jo hnson (Hon ~ 2. Jeff Werd (Kew ); 3. Jo hnny O'Mere (Hon): 4 . Devid Beiley (Han): 5. Broc Glover (Yem): 6. Micky Dymond (Han); 7. Ross Pederson (Vern): 8. J im Holley (Yem): 9. Rick Ryen (Kaw ): 10. Alen King (Kew); 11. Keith Bowen (Vern): 12. JoJo Keller (Vern); 13. Scott Burnworth (Vern): 14. George Hollend (Suz): 15. Erik Kehoe (Suz): 16. Denny Storbeck (Vern): 17. Alley Semer (Yam) ; 18. Ron Lech ien (Kaw ); 19 . Mike Larson (Han): 20. A.J. Whiting (Suz): 21. Billy Liles (Kew). 125 PRO-AM: 1. Donny Schmit (Kaw): 2. Carroll Richardson (Kawl ; 3 . Tyson Vohland (Kawl; 4 . Wil · Iiam Surratt (Han); 5. Drey Dircks (Han); 6. Dean Matson (Kawl ; 7 . Bryan Bruner (Kaw); 8, Bader Menneh (Vern): 9. Kit Vick (Vern): 10. Jeff Metiesevich (Kew): 11. Eddie Hicks (Vern): 12. Scott Brown (Han): 13. John Sowerds (Kew): 14. Scott Steffy (Yam); 15 . Doug O'Donnell (Yam); 16. Craig Canoy (Han); 17 . Robbie Neugh ton (Han): 18.' Mike Ben (Han): 19 . Rey Somma (Yem): 20 . Marvin Welda (Kew). 250 POINTS STANDINGS (AFTER SUNDAy) : 1. Rick Johnson (114): 2. Jeff Werd (94): 3. J ohnny O'Mere (89 ): 4. David Beiley (79): 5. (Tie) Brae Glover I Keith Bowen (78): 7. J im Holley (58): 8. George Hollend (54): 9. Rick Ryen (46): 10. M icky Dymond (45).

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