Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

tried 10 pass Wick ward on the in side of a tight turn an d ended up on th e ground . Ward cru ised in for a well ea rne d secane -p lace fini sh with Oster fin ishing third. Resu lts OT A : 1. Bob Wh ite (Han ); 2. John Nobl e (Han); 3. Everett Waltm ire (Ho n). OT B: 1. Mi ka DohertY (Han); 2. Terry Moore (Han); 3. Harry Taylor lCag). OTHG A : 1. Gary Wozow (Han); 2. Rory Berg (Yam); 3. Mark Augestine (Han). OTHG B: 1. M ike Tobia (Han ); 2. Duane Johnson (Yam); 3. Doug McCance (KTM). . OPEN A : 1. Chr is Huntzelman (KTM); 2. M ike Morbac her (KTM); 3. Pat M iller (Han). OPEN B: t , David Cout ure (Honl; 2. J im Sasseen (Han); 3. Steve Mitc hell (M·S). OPEN C: 1. M an Wi t herspoon (Yam); 2. Frank M ian eeh i (Hon ); 3. Roger Gould (Han). 125 PRO: t . Larry Ward (Kaw ); 2. Jamie M unson (HanI: 3. Steve Oster (Kaw) . 250 PRO; 1. M ike Larso n (Han); 2. Steve Oster (Kaw): 3. Larry Ward (Kaw ). 125 A: , . Lowell Thomson (Kaw); 2. Brian Thomp son (Kaw ); 3. Tom Dougherty (Suz). 125 B: t , David Foster lHon) ; 2. Mark Str eet (Han ); 3. Randy Stone (Yam). 125 C: 1. Marty McCallum (Honl; 2. Kelly Macy (Han); 3. Mike Ebal (Kaw ). 250 A : 1. M ike Morbacher (KTM); 2. Mike Hert man (Yam); 3. Trevor Peterson (KTM). 250 B: t . Dan Fitch (Suz); 2. Art Thompson (Han); 3. Brent Richardson (Han). 250 C: 1. Jon Brooks (Kaw) ; 2. Kelly Macy (Han); 3. Ma rk Bradley (Kaw). SPRTSMAN : 1. Dan Fitch (Suz); 2. Art Thompson (Han); 3. Brent Richardson (Han). MINI B: 1. Man WorbaS (Kaw); 2. Steve Wag ner (Yam); 3. Ramen Heitman (Kaw) . MINI C: 1. Bill Maya (Yam); 2. Man Larson (Honl ; . 3. Bren But ler (Han). 60: 1. Wade Roberts (Kawl. 2. Shane Heberlein (Honl ; 3. Todd Waltmir e (Han). Aaron Bollinger (321) and Larry Andrews (501) finished third and fifth. respectively, in the 125cc Pro f Am class at Metrolina MX in North Carolina. Andrews, Watson whip Metrolina MX By Henry Muller C H AR LO TTE, NC. APR. 13 28 other 200 righ t behind for th ird a nd Sh oufl er 's 125 a tigh t fourth. The 250cc class had a ro yal shooto u t as Audie Huff, Jr: pulled o ne o f h is p at ented h ol eshots, but saw th e red flag wh en T om Su non hi gh sided in turn number fo ur. Huff blast ed into th e lead o n th e restart with Dan Carter and Shwan Wade in hot pursui t. Wade moved by Carter and brother Ron Wade took ad van tage o f th e situa tio n 10 move Carter a ll th e wa y back 10 fourth . Huff took th e runaway win with Shawn a n d Ron Wad e seco nd a nd third a nd Tom Sutton moving in to take fourth . Sh awn Wade aimed his Bultaco a t t he sky when th e light turned green for th e 400cc fin al , but Gl enn Milleville and Mark Augustine £lew into turn one wh eel-to-wheel, Wade recovered quickly and proceeded 10 ca tch Au gustine a t th e en d of lap two and cha rged a fte r Milleville. Wade took th e high lin e a nd th e lead in turn two of lap four and stre tched it o u t to th e fini sh.Augustine moved up to a close third , but Milleville h eld by hal£ a wheel for seco n d . The 500cc class wa s far fro m d isa p pointi ng as Aaron Cr ock et t stu ffed hi s Yama ha into th e lead in turn o n u nder Rick Knuth a nd Audie HuH, Jr., Huff took th e long way around turn two a nd passed Knuth 10 take seco nd while closi ng in on Crockett through th ree and four. J ohn Simen ec moved up 10 cha lle nge Knuth a nd th e race d ivided into heated ba ttles for th e lead a nd thi rd withvery lillie sp ace between th em . Wh en th e chec kers £lew, Crockett had proved th a t toda y he was th e fast est. Huff fin ished a hard baule in second a nd Knuth held on for third . over Sem in ec a nd Steve Farrell. Les Esl inger moved 10 th e front of th e pack a t th e sta rt of th e Sen ior class with John Hopper a nd Dave Stanfi eld in tow. E slinge r pulled stead ily a way from Hopper to take a n easy win a nd Stanfield fell back to fight o ff John Oakes for th e third spot a t th e chec kers. Eric G ray bea l took a runa wa y win in th e P ro class o v Ed Braa sch a nd j irnrnyHisle. Results MIN I: 1. seen Huff ; 2. Steve Hall ; 3. Brya n Graybea l. PEEWEE: 1. Eric Rutledga. 125 : 1. Scon Huff; 2. Dann y Shou l le r; 3. David Stan field . 200: 1. Tarry Teffler ; 2. Troy M ischler. 500: 1. Aaron Crockett; 2. Audia Huff Jr.; 3. Rick Knuth. • . 250: 1. Audie HuH Jr.; 2. Shawn Wade ; 3. Ron Wade . 400: 1. Shawn Wade ; 2. Glan M illeville; 3. Mark Augustine . SR: 1. Les Eslinger; 2. John Hopper; 3. David Stanfield. . PRO: 1. Eric Graybeal; 2. Ed Braasch; 3 . J immy Hisle . Horn Rapids host spring series By Pat Jaquish RICHLAND, WA. APR. 6 Larry Ward (Kawasaki) took the holeshot in the first l25cc Pro rnoto, followed by Steve Oster (Kawasaki ), Jamie Munso n (Hon da) and Chaun McAl ister (Yama ha). The first three rid ers pulled a way from the p ack and Ward a ppeared 10 have an ea sy vic tory, until Ost er closed at the fin ish to take second by jus t a few yards . Munson wa s safe ly in th ird with McAl ister fourth. Ward aga in took th e hol eshot in th e seco nd rnoto with Munson a nd Oster beh ind. Oster fell ea rly in th e mot a , giving th e first two riders a big lead . T he lead ers battled for the wh ol e ra ce, but Ward never made a mi stake, as he held on for victo ry. Edd ie Wickward (Kawasa ki) led Mike Larson (H o n da) a n d Jamie Munson (H o nda ) in the firs t 250cc Pro moto. Larson wast ed no time in taking th e lead and stretchin g it out all the way to th e £lag, while Wickward crashed on th e first lap. Oster (Kawa saki) moved into second with Mun son ( Hon d a) in third. Ward (Ka wasa ki) crashed early in th e mot a , and th en h e reall y go t on th e gas, almost ca tch ing Munson a t th e chec kers. Mik e Lar son led th e seco nd 250tc P ro rnot o from sta rt 10 fin ish. Ward started in secon d. with Oster in third , whi le Wick ward was in fourth, fol low ed closely by Munson . l\funson S&S Sprockets/Barr's Competition 's Mike Andrews was th e class act in round four of th e ninth annual Budweiser/ AMA Ca rol in a Sprin g MX series a t Metrolina MX as he roosted 10 four wins in th e 125 a n d 250cc Pro/Am cla sses. Great Western Honda 's Keith Watso n cha lked up his fir st win of the series in the Open Pro/Am class over Series point leader Robby Neeley while Michae l Fann dominated the Pee Wee and Junior Mini classes. Suzuki Corral's Mike Andrews never let G erald W~ get too clos e in th e firstl25cc Pro/Am mota wh ile Larry Andrews co u ldn ' t shake Aaron Bollinger for th ird . Boone Honda's Boll inger swept past and finished third with a high-£Iying Mark Ashworth dropping Larry Andrews to fifth at th flag. Wood equaled Mike Andrews pa ce . in th e second rnoro but Andrews n ever faltered a nd took the win. Bollinger once again put in a fine ride, ch arg in g through the pack for third over Seth Tharin a nd Mickey Whetz el. As th e 250cc Pros exited turn one it was Andrew s o u t front chased by Mike Crawford, Gerald Wood and Mark Spriggl e. Andrew s qui ckl y esta blished a lead with seco nd up for g ra bs between Crawford and Wood. Steven Smith made it a three-way battl e for seco nd but Crawford held to ug h for th e pos itio n with Wood third over Smith. Wood and Lance Eubanks headed th e pa ck in rnoto two until Andrews sh owed up and snagged the lead from Wood. Keith Watson followed for second but a quick sp ill dropped him back to fourth. " My wrist popped and th en I slid down ;" sa id Watson , who was suHerirrg from a broken wrist. Wood returned to second but Andrews was gone with Crawford taking third over Wats on and Smith . FAS Performance/Barr's Cornpeti- . lion 's Keith Wat son held Gear/Team Green 's Robby Neeley a t bay in th e first Open Pro/Am rnot o until th e last lap when Nee ley sai led p a st o u t o f th e hol e-in-the-wall jump for th e win. T im T erry put hi s Honda in • • tllitq Of r St e. Lew is, ~ Neel ey p egged the seco nd -rno to sta rt with Watson putting th e pressure on wh en a cras h dropped him six seco nds back . Wat son rem ounted a nd set after Neeley whil e Terry was a lo ng in third . Wat son sn uc k up o n Neel ey a nd blasted past while exitin g a quick left hander a nd took th e lead. Neel ey h it th e wa ll o n th e fro nt straigh taway a nd crash ed. lea ving Wa tson to cruise 10 th e checkers while Nee leyremou n ted for seco nd . Terry ro lled in fo r third ahead of Lewis an d Gary Bramley. Bobby S tova ll shot ou t front in th e firs t Sen ior Mini m ot a with S tevie Chi ldress and Trey Ph ill ip s in to w. Stovall cras hed . dropped o u t of the top twent y a nd then returned to eigh th by th e m ot e 's end . Damon Brad shaw flew up from a bad start to tak e th e lead from Childress on lap lW O while Phillips a nd Will iam Mutirner fought for th ird . Bike p robl em s d ropped Bradsha w to fo u rt h as Child ress surge d a head 10 wi over Phillips and Mutirner . Mot o two saw Brad sh aw co me back for a stro ng win over Childress wit h . M urirner topping Stovall for third. Childress' 1-2 score took th e overa ll foll ow ed by Brad sh aw and Murirner . Pri vett e put hi s Iro n Horse M/Csponsored H onda o u t from in moto two a nd h eld th e lead until th e halfwa y wh en h e fell a nd Williamson moved pa st. " 1£ I co u ld sta y up on two wh eel s maybe I co u ld handle Williamson. " sai d Privette a fter th e seco n d m ot a . Williamson cru ised to th e £la g over Pri vett e while Swift locked up th ird overa ll ahea d of J erry Robertson. Results 125 PRO/AM : 1. MIke Andrews (Suz); 2. Gerald Wood (Yamt 3. Aaron Boll inger (Hon). 250 PRO/ AM : 1. M ike Andrews (Suzt 2. Gerald Wood (yam ); 3. M ike Crawford (Kaw) . OPEN PRO/ AM : 1. Keith Watson (Han); 2. Robby Neeley (Kaw); 3. Tim Terry (Han). PEEWEE: 1. Michael Fann (Kaw); 2. Rich ie Hort a Jr. (Kaw); 3. Joey Dillard (Kaw). JR MINI : 1. Michael Fann (Kaw); 2. James Hardy (Kaw); 3. Jeffrey Hensley (Han). SR MI NI: 1. Stevie Childress (Kaw); 2. Damon Bradshaw (yam); 3. W illia m Mbtimer (Kaw). 12 5 SCHBY; 1. Bobby Stovall (Kaw); 2. Alan Lavore (yam); 3. Kevin Holder (Yam). 125 C: 1. Steve Addington (Kawl; 2. Lonnie Taylor (Yam); 3. J ohn Reel (Kaw). 250 C: 1. Rick Rikar d (Kaw); 2. J ames Hayes (Han); 3. Thadd Slaughter (Kaw). 125 B: 1. Greeg Tamplaton (Han); 2. Lee 01lr ian (Yam); 3. Bobby Houser (Han). 250 B: 1. Craig Ellis (Yam); 2. Eddie A lmond (Kaw); 3. Kirk Joh nson (Yam). OPEN· AM : 1. M ark W illi am son (Han); 2. Mike Privene (Hon); 3. Arth ur Swift (Kaw) . SR: 1. Steve Lawis (Yam); 2. Mike Bernen (Suz); 3. Bob Maner (Han). Coombs tops High Point opener By James Derek MT. MORRIS, PA , APR. 13 Tim Coombs made a triumphant return to action Sunday at the opener of High Point Raceway in Mt. Morris, Pennsylvania. Coombs, who had been sidelined for nearly two months with injuries sustained in a Florida crash, showed no signs of his vacation, sweeping all four motos in the 125 and 250cc Expert classes. In the 125cc class, Coombs fought early with younger brother Davey. before pulling away for the win. Davey faded late in the moto and was nearly passed by Emery Anden and Bo b Pe tr ick . When the yo unger Coombs was a no-show in moto two. the other Coombs had to fight with Anden. The fact that Coombs and Anden ra n off with the mota was somewhat of a shock, because neither had competed on a I25cc motorcycle for over two years. In the end it was Coombs at the checkers. with Anden seco nd for seco nd overall and Bobby Petrick third. Petrick' s first 250cc start ever also was surprising; th e Pennsylvania rider

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