Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Huff hauls at PMCST By Bill Holt .PERKINS, IL, APR. 20 The Pekin Motorcycl e Club ran their second short track in as many weeks and made use of a timely shower after practice to Robby Neeley (11) powered to second place in the first 125cc Pro l Am mota at Montrose. Mike Looney (372) .finished the mota in 'fifth place. .W ood, Neeley blast M ontrose MX By Henry Muller RAEFORD, NC, AP R . 20 The final round of the ninth annual Budweiser/ AMA Carolina Spring MX Series at Montrose MX saw A&M Cycle/Hi-Point/Barr's Gerald Wood winning three of four motos in the 125 and 250cc Prol Am classes, whil e S&S Sprockets/Cycl e , d World s Robby Neel. y collect~ e the Open Pro! Am Win and senes r .. 26 ••• , 1 tit le. Mike Andrews had a n off day bu t wa s a ble to cl in ch th e 125 and 250cc P ro! Am Seri es Championsh ips over Wood. AI Lane Kawa saki's/Barr's Michael Fann wrapped u p the Pee Wee a nd Junior Mini series titl es, wh ile Steve Lewis had the o n ly perfect ser ies score , winn ing every motoin th e Seni or class (over 30). The Senior Min i title fell to Stevie Ch ildress with Bobby Stova ll scoring his first ser ies cha m p ions hip in the I25cc Schoolboy class. Robby Nee ley a nd Mike Looney stormed off the ga te in the first 125cc Pro / Am mo to wi th Loo ney diving into th e lead over Nee ley and Robbie Tay lor. La p two saw Neeley wi th the lead a nd T aylor in hot pursuit , while Looney faded. T aylor sailed pas t Neeley headin g into the roc kers and pu lled away as Gerald Wood appeared in third. Wood a te up the gap a nd soo n pressu red Neeley wi th T aylor a few Icngths ah ead. Taylor too k thewin over Neeley, while Wood settled for thi rd over Seth Tharin a nd Looney , Wood passed Taylor for the lead at the sta rt of rn ot o two wit h Taylor go ing down, Tha rin cha rged to second and stayed there with Neeley third over Taylor. Scott USA/ Ma xi ma's Ge ra!d Wood zapped Mike Cra wford for the lead in the first 250cc Pro! Am m oto , wi th Mike Andrews moving to second o n lap two . Wood steadi ly pulled away as the top three spaced o u t with Mark Ashworth and Lance Eubank rounding ou t the top five. " I was gl ad to fin all y gel in th e sand, " sai d Wo od after hi s win , "And rews smokes lil t' in rlie d ay ." Wood led th e seco nd moto wire-towire with Crawford charging from sevent h to take second over Scott Carpenter. Tam Topham held fourth until Vann Gibson sn uck past wi th two laps to go. {<. ., 1 :. d {J1 1 Ilu 1 J ( ~~ .. , •~ Robby Neeley a nd Ro n J o nes batt! ed in the first .Open .Pro ! Am mot~ with J ones making a bid fo r th e lead m the roc kers o n ly to fall in the next tu m. Nee ley cruised to the win with Tim T erry p icking off Steve Lewis for second. Neeley powered a hea d in mo to two and was gone with Terry , o nce agai n , forcing Lewis o u t o f the second spot. J ones was fo urt h over Gerald Greene. Mark Will iamson co ntin ued h is dominance of th e O pen Amateur class with a double-m oto sweep o ver Iron H orse M.C.'s Mike Privette a nd Arthur Swift. Dal Kawa Cycle/Barr's-sponsored Jim Ches ter flew to the 125 a nd 250cc B class wins wi th Crai g Ell is usin g a 4-2 finis h 10 cl inc h the 250cc B title over Eddie Almond. With a 2-2 scor e, G reg Templeton lock ed up the I 25cc B class cha m p ionsh ip over Lee O 'Brien a nd Bobb y H ouser. Charles Todd topped Dean Herr in ·for the 250cc C class wi n with J a y Ha yes th ird overall scor e good for the class titl e over H errin . Yamaha of O rangeburg's Mike Fraylick d ueled wit h l25cc C class points leader Sco tt Darno ld and wo n the first rn ot o o ver Darnol d a nd J ason Koenig with Craig Bar bour fourth . Darnold ret urned the favor in the seco nd race a nd beat Fra ylick to th e flag with Koen ig holding off Lonnie T aylor for th ird. Darnold clinched th e series over Steve Add ington and T aylor . Barr's Will iam Mutim er gave Stevie Childress a fit in the first Senior Min i moto until Ch ildress sq ueezed past and took th e win . Trey Phillips fol low ed for third with Stacey Barnett fourth , Moto two wa s a three-wa y battle for the lead as Barnett and Mutimer took turns o u t front with Childress in tow. Childress was hot a nd m oved past for the win and the series titl e. Mutirner was seco nd for th e da y a nd th e series over Phillips. Michael Fann wrapped u p the J unior Min i class cha m p io nsh ip with a win in th e first moto over J am es Hardy and ~ I J I I J ":. J 1 0 .1. t I.L ~ tJ c A J J. ,,t ,~~ j Michael Fann (73) dominated the Pee Wees; Chuck Shirley (54) took second. J eff Hensley. Fann led th e second leg until a spill dropped him to third behind Hensley a nd Hardy. H en sley's 3-1 sco red th e o vera ll for th e da y and second in the series over Hardy. Results , 125 PRO/AM: 1. Gerald WO«J (yam); 2. Robbie Taylor (Yam); 3 . Robby Neeley (Kaw~ 250 PRO/AM: 1. Gera ld WO«J (Yam); 2. Mike Crawford (Kaw) ; 3. Scon Carpenter (Han). OPEN PRO/AM: 1. Robby Neeley (Kaw); 2. TIm Terry (Hon) ; 3. Si eve Lewis (Yam I. . PEE WEE: 1. Michael Fann IKawt 2. ch uclt Sh irley (Kaw); 3. Rich ie Horton Jr. (Kaw). JR MINI : 1. Jeff Hensley (Han t 2. M ichael Fam (Kaw) ; 3. James Hardy (Kaw ). SR MINI: 1. Stevie Childress (Kawt 2. Wi lliam Mut· imer (Kawt 3. Stacey Barnett (Kaw) . 125 SCHOOLBOY: t . Bobby Stovall (Kaw); 2. Chad Coleman (Yam t 3. Alan lJIvare (Yaml. 125 C: 1. Scott Darnold (Kawl; 2. M ike Freyticl< (Yam t 3 . Jason Koenig (Kaw) . 250 C: 1. Charles Todd (Yam t 2. Dean Herrin (Han); 3. James Hayes (Han). 125 B: 1. J im Chester (Kaw ); 2. Greg Templetan _ (Han t 3 . Lee O'Brien (Yam~ 250 B: 1. Jim Chester (Kawt 2. Cra ig Ell is (Yam ); 3. William Hawell(Kawl. OPEN AM: 1. Marl< Williamson (Han ); 2. Mike Priwne (Han l; 3 . Arthur Swift (Kaw) . SR: 1. SIeve Lewis (Yam t 2. Mike Barnett (Suzt 3. Clay Thomas (Kaw). . FINAL POINT STANDINGS 125 PRO: 1. M ike Andrews (220 ); 2. Gerald WO«J (213): 3. Robbie Taylor (155). 250 PRO: 1. Mike Andrews (195); 2. Gerald WO«J (Int 3. Mike Crawford (157). OPEN PRO/AM : 1. Robby Neeley (236); 2. TIm Terry (20 7); 3. Steve Lewis (173) . PEE WEE: 1. M ichael Fann (247); 2. Joey Dillard (197t 3. Richie Hanan (17 3). JR MINI : 1. Michael Fann 12391 2. Jeff Hens ley ; (193); 3. James Hardy (1721. SR MINI: 1. Stevie Childress(205); 2. William Mutim er (172); 3. Trey Phillips (1661. 125 SCHOOLBOY: 1. Bobby Stovall (208t 2. Alan Laver e (1B2); 3. Kevin Holder (1541. 125 C: 1. Scott Darnold (222); 2. Stev e Addington (184); 3. Lonn ie Taylor (151 ). 250 C: t . Ja y Hayes (213); 2. Dean Herrin 12011 3 . ; Darren Carson (150). 125 B: 1. Greg Templeton (208); 2. Lee O'Br ien (17 9); 3. Bobby Hauser (14 2). 250 B: 1. Craig EJ (211 t 2. Eddie Almand (197); 3 . lis William HaweIl I157). OPEN AM : 1. Ma rl

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