Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

moto one: " Mo viri" Marv Olson got a bad sta rt but qui ckl y overcame th at and finished seco nd . Ro n Way took third. The seco nd mot o wa s Olson 's as he flew hi s Yamaha into th e lead and con tin ued soaring fo r 10 la p s for th e win . H o yt Sta tha m mo ved up 10 tak e seco nd p lace , wit h Lawrence com ing in thi rd . Al Smi th too k th e wi ns in both Expert class motos aboard a Ya maha . Mik e Brooks too k seco nd spot bo th ti mes o u t, while Fr ed Coll ins aggressively battl ed hi s way 10 th ird in both m or es. Ed Mi chetti. th e race p rom ot er at DeAnza. led 15 other Amateur class entra nts a ro u nd th e tr ack a nd took a sol id win in th e first mota . R un ner-up honors went to Hal Grady, whi le Skip Skinner blasted h is way to third. The second rnot o saw Grady again take th e win , Skinner fl y 10 second. and Al Fitzgera ld fini sh a so lid third . Jim Keeto n dominated both Novice class rnotos, winning both. Dwayne Bo yer finished second in the first mota and David Blodgett took third. Blodgett moved up 10 finish seco nd in mota two with Bo yer thi rd . Howard Oberg fou nd th e winning line in both Novice B m otos. La rr y Escami lla took second in the first mota . whil e Ray Arn old g ra bbed th e runner-up spot in th e seco nd m ot o, Results M AS TERS: 1. Marvin Olson (Vam): 2. Buster Lawrence (Hus): 3. Ron Way (Yam ). EX: 1. AI Sm ith (Yam): 2 . Mike Brooks (Suz): 3. Fred Collins (Yam) . AM : 1. Ha' Grady (Han): 2. Skip Skinner (Yam): 3. AI Fitzgerald (Hon) , NOV : 1. J im Keeton (KTM); 2. Dav id Blodgett (Han): 3. Dwayne Boyer (Suz). NOV B: 1. Howard Oberg (Su zt; 2 . Larry Escam illa (Han). Agin tops at Motosport Trails By Peggy Adamic MALVERN.OH ,MAR. ~ Jon Agin enjoyed a successfu l da y of racing as he to pped 'a tota l of 36 ' riders, leading all th e l25cc B and 250cc B cl ass . motos from th e drop of th e ga te to th e checkere d f!a~ a t Mot ospo rt Trails. In th e first 125cc m ot a. Agin was pressured by Kei th Perry for th e fir st few la p s. but Agi n slo wly pulled a way fro m Perry a nd th e res t o f the pack to w in h andil y. With Agi n gone a nd Perr y a so lid seco nd. a battle between Ka rl Kure a nd Matt T aber took p lace as ea ch vied fo r th e third p lace spot with T a ber getting it by passi ng Kure o n th e fina l lap. :\10 £0 two saw A!!;in build up a co mmanding and evemuallv winn ing Ie-,J(I as th e rea l race took place behind h im . Taber was in second. followed by James L o wer a nd Kure, Inn aft er two la p s Ku re los t his bid Io r a to p SPOI w he n he spun o ut. Tabe faded ba ck 10 fifth p lace, leavi ng Lower to Ix: ch ased by Bo b \\'crs chey and J DC Ma uer. T' he lxu rle was o n a nd it was not u m il a few tu rns before th e finish. tha t Mauer slip ped past Werschey and went o n 10 tak e th ird beh in d win ner Ag in a nd r u n ne r-up Lower. Fr ed Andrew s ga ve th e crowd a repeat perf ormance of th e previous week 's ra ce a s he made a clean sweep of the 25Occ/ O pen A and 125cc A classes. Andrews had 10 work for hi s wins as Todd R ich a rds took the early lead in the o pe n ing rnoto of th e 25Occ/ Open A division . Tim Deu tsch quickIy took over the top spo t from Ri chards

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