Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

YEti YEA S AGO Dan Smith and Dan Ashcraft Win SCORE Great Mojave 250 With MC-1+ . Ven ezu el an John n y Cecouo bea t Am erican Steve Baker an d Canadian Yvon DuHamel to win the Mot o J ournal 200, a n interna tio na l road race h eld a t th e Paul Ricard ci rcu it in th e sou th o f Fran ce. ....... Th e seco nd ro u nd o f th e World 500cc Motocross Championship in France wa s won by Ado lph Wei I o n hi s Ma ico a fter turn ing in a 1-2 tall y. Wei l bea t Gerrit Wolsink, H. Schmitz, Willy Ba uer an d Roger DeCoster in the fir st rnoro, bu t was beaten in the seco nd moto by DeC oster. Ake Johnson; Wol sink and Ben gt Aberg rounded ou t th e top five in th e seco nd mo to. Honda 's Marty Smith a nd Su zuki's Gaston Rahier took tu rn s fin ish in g 1-2 in th e Ital ian roun d o f the World 125cc Mo to cross C hampionship. Ra h ier, who wo n th e openi ng moto, was awarded th e overall as a resu lt of postin g th e fastest la p . Kenny Roberts scored h is second co nsecutive Dall as Short Track and 17th caree r Nationa l wi n as he led a followthe -leade r p rocession in the thi rd ro u nd of th e AMA/Camel Pro Series. Robert s led ho rne Mike Caves , Rick Hocking, Dave Hansen .a n d Jim Ra wls in the Nat ional after posting th e fastest h eat race o f th e n ight. The T ro phy race was wo n by Bru ce Townsend with Jay Springsteen a nd Danny Cartwright rou nding o ut the top three . T he seco nd ro u n d o f th e AMA 250cc Nati on al Mot ocro ss Champions hip wa s held in Ph oen ix , Arizona, a nd wh en th e d us t settled Jimm y Weinert had sco red the overa ll win on h is Ka wasaki , Wein ert went I-I to beat Suzuki tea mma tes Ton y D.iStefano a nd Steve Sta ckable whil e ma int a in ing an l l- po in t lead in th e ch am p ionship cha se. Th e 500cc Support class was won by Bob Blose wit h Jim O 'Neal and GaT)' Murphy fin ishing second a nd third, respectively. Hu sq var n as National Enduro Champion Dick Burleson took the' overa ll win a t the fourth round of the AMA T wo -Dav Trial National En duro Cha mpionship Series in Pel l City, Alabama . Burleson 's overall also gave h im th e Open class win w hi le Jack Penton took the 250cc class a n d Tom Penton wo n th e 200cc divisio n , The 350cc class was won by yet an other Penton rid de n by Carl Cranke. Kawasaki riders Gary Nixon, Yvon DuHamel, Martin Carney and Ron Pierce ro de th rough th e streets of Long Beach , Ca lifo rn ia, on th eir roa d ra cers as part 'o f a pre-Lon g Beach Formu la One Grand Prix demonstration. Rick Hocking wo n th e Expe rt main event a t th e Mark Williams Ben efi t dirt tra ck in San J ose, Cali forn ia. Hocking beat Steve Eklund, Mark Smith , Chuck Joyner a nd Gene Ro mero. The Juni or main event wa s wo n by SCOl! P ear son , wh o bea t Ted Davidson and Randy Gibbs. The Nov ice final went to Rick Delacy. • Once A in, I- - y Wi sTh Checkered FI I, Trophy, Ch mpalne Ie A Kiss. delivers the power to get you out front and the film strength and heat stability to keep you there. Isn't that where you want to be? Bel-Ray. The best is all we do. T o' beat the toughest competition and survive grueling conditions, champions like Dan Smith and Dan Ashcraft go with Bel-Ray MC-l +. Formulated with the finest synthetic base stocks and additives , MC-l + ~EL ·RAY COMPANY, INC.· P.O. Box 526· Farmingdale, NJ 07727 • • • if it's Brakes you need EBC has the answer! METALLIC PADS M249 SUPERSTREET PADS . Sintered metal, long lastEBC's new M249 GG high fr ict ion disc pads im p rove your sto pp ing power . Ideal for GSXR. Ni nja. Interceptor or Gold W in glVen ture. . 81 5 to 820 TAKE CARE OF YOUR BRAKES 8 sot. ing " R" Series pads for Quads. Dirt Bikes and A TVs. * G uar ante ed Wet Performance. * Fu ll refund if not totally satisfied w ith w ear and performance of t hi s 819 per set . product . GROOVED SHOES Soft lin ings w ith heavy grooves repe l water and mud. Uprat e dru m brake perf or man ce 20 percent on Di rt Bikes and ATVs with reduced drum w ear. 87 to 815 po r sot. Alw.ys insp.ct p. ds & discs b.lo", rid ing . R.pl.c. p.ds .v.ry two y.... o r wnen lining thickness i s below '!til inch. Keep oils & grease eway from brak es . Hy-Tech M ot orcycle Components, 1 2 8 6 0 Bradley A ve ., Syl m ar, CA 91342 (818) 362-5534 15

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