Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

z '.• o en ~@ 'f@il . a:: w C ~~w~iiiWl~~ z « ..J >a:: a:: w (jl'«if C >en o o ::I: ..... c, ...... w. Cln'l I.rllll in 11et, w. 'n just disc.nnd I limitld qUlrnity .f r.m indrrs. nom.ly tho Cycll IIlws P.Sl1lrb.... which CllIIIIlIlm.rotos lhlt wondrrful yur in hl llUlilul color. Black & .... itI...... Relive those precious moments with a full -size pester .f EvelKnievel. dangling from a parachute as he sinks into the Snake River Canyonl Wow y.ur lriends with a sharpblaclc & white etching .f Kenny R.berts! Make people gasp in disbelief at the mighty, the large, the awfully I.ng Great American M.torcycle! And. hey y. u guys - the . backS of the Cycle News Posterbook has a ide fully tricked out Dunstall Norton. and what its got lookS a lot better than chrome Take our word . for it In . Ichl ngl. I II WIW is y.ur monlY. Just $21 lnt All f.r In unbllieVlbll I.... lion unl.rglttobl. Jim Lanki n (401 and his Ho~da CR500R captured the Old Timers A ciass w in at Woodland motocross. Donald Reynolds took second. limo in motorcycfing hist.ry. nuontities lro limitod. ordor y. ur Cycle IIl ws Postorb.ok now! Or y••11 bl sorry. To Order Use The Form located Below The AdYenise(s Index. 1251NT: i . Troy We ltv (Han); 2. Jeff Black (Han); 3. Danny Barnett (Hon). 125 PRO: r. Jeff Stanf ord (Suz); 2. Shawn Wynne (Suz); 3. M ike Kell (Hon). 250 BEG: 1. Kenny Saff ord (Yam): 2. Rob Kne meyer (Hon ); 3 . Kirk Ben iee (y am) . 250 NOV: I . James Bennett (SU ); 2. Bun Ulmer l 1986 Husky5 IN STOCK 1985 250'5 at Blowout Prices (Yam); 3. Kenneth Neitzel (Kaw). 2501NT: 1. Jim Ryder (Hon); 2. Glenn CavI (KTM); 3. Jeff Black (Hen). 250 PRO: T. Ken Zahn (Yam); 2. J oe Hopkins (Hon); 3. Garv Sailors (Kaw ). 500 BEG: i . Dan Peterson (Han); 2. Big Bad Ban (Hon): 3. Lorry Naston (Hon). 500 NOV: 1. J im Ebbinga (Han); 2. Tom Sm it h (Hon); 3. Bill Hilliard (KTM ). 500 INT: I . Tod Sciacqua (Cog); 2. Richard Ingram (KTM ). 500 PRO: 1. Jeff Reynolds (Han); 2. Tim Hanna (,,"w); 3. Mark Natio n (M·S ). WOMEN AM : 1. Ton Valdez (Yam). WOMEN EX: t , Mindy Smit h (Hon). VET BEG: 1. Raben U nvill e (Suz); 2. Ralph DIckson (yam ). VET NOV: t . Manual Lobrador (Han); 2. Low ell Smith (Han); 3. Wayne Ellis (Han). VET INT: 1. Robert Tlppit(Kaw): 2. Jeff Bell; 3. Bob Free Del8rt Convers ion Kit w /Purchase of ' 8 5 CR250 Complet e Stock of Husk V Pa rts l!r. Prod ucts •••if it's Brakes you need Dunham (Yam) . VET EX: 1. Ken Zahn (Vam); 2. Ken McAl ister (M · S); 3. Ronnie Gibson (M · S). EBC Abel aces Ohio ValleyMX has the answer! By Susan Willian LO U ISVILLE, KY, APR. 13 Hy-Tech Motorcycle Components 12B60 Brodley Ave.. Sylmor. CA 9 1342 The n ewl y' opened Ohio Valley Raceway motocross co urse was put to test as riders com pl eted a three moto racing (818) 362-5534 SACHS DIRT BIKES & PARTS WHO LESALE & RETAIL PENTON HONDA PHO NE t21 6)282 ·51 08 1423 FOSler Park Road Am herst : Oh io 44001 Support the d eale rs wh o su p p o rt your newsp a per , ,",' ", , . . ' SPECTRO 'OI L S . MID ,A M ERI C A ' : ' ._ ~~:IL:~ : ·~·~ .;.,·~ ~. ,O"~~·:' ~ - :. :':'D E A'L ~;'& C ~ L~ : . ......; ':: t31: a.I; U O-1 83 8' · iIif sp~~tk~~~er 1 ;- ~ . - '(;42' ::., . 4232 Dixie Hwy. ''r. ._. Drayton Plain, :M 1.48020 " ,.;, : (3 J 3 1.6?3: 3 3 6 6 . :..' .: .: ,' ,' • ·U .P .S . Otl IIY· '. >: ". ... •. ; p rogram. Bill y Abel aced th e 250cc A cla ss with three perfect mot os, leading from start to fini sh. Scott Summers ca me th rough for second followed by Randv Ca rr ier. In th e first mota o f th e l25cc B class Sh annon Bow en took th e lead as ' Ma rvin Sipes overpowered him in th e fi rst turn , then Bow en dropped to fifth a t th e fini sh wi th Sipes first . Sipes grabbed th e lead in mota two fo llowed by Mike Adams and Bowen. Sipes fell back 10 fourth a nd pres.sured the number three rider, Ri ck Barr. The white-IlagIap 'sa w Sipes make a·bid into third, while Adams secu red the win' with Bowen second. Sipes gased itin mor o-rhree to lead '. . .' the I25cc". Bs,:'followed by Adams , . Alan Dixon and Bowen . Sipes claimed . first with Adamssecond and Bowen . third after ma king a' move on Dixon,'. , whocliJiltl ed fourth . Theovcral l went . to Sipes with a 3-1-I :S.e cond went to Adams with a'2-1-2and Bowen earn ed third-place honors with a 5-2-3. Summers won the fir st two motos of ' the "O pe t:l' A; as Jeff Steinrock 'cIa ime d thewin 'in .in o to three after . . . two sec~~d p lace ~ides..Summers fin o ish ed seco nd to Steinrock three. III mota Results AUTO: , . Steven Everritt (Yam). 0-65: 1. Scooter Bucceri (Kowl . 250 A: 1. Billy Abel (Kaw); 2. Scott Summers (Hon); 3. Rodney Carrier (Suz). SR: 1. Glenn CUlchens (,,"w ); 2. Bard ie Coffey (Hon); 3. Keith Morgan (C-A). 125 B: t. Marvin Sipes (Kaw); 2. M ike Adam (Han); 3. Shannon Bowen .lKaw), SR MIN I: t. St eve Oecker (Yam); 2. Chris Black (Han); 3. Joe Cook (Yam). 250 B: 1. Mark Co. (Han); 2. Troy Karsner (Vam); 3. David W ill iams (Hus). OPEN A: 1. Scon Summers (Han); 2. Jlff Ste inrock (Han). . OPEN B: 1. Tony Whe lan (Kaw); 2. Jay Foley (Hus). 125 C: 1. Artie Ware IHon t 2. Carl Fessler (C·A) ; 3. Dale Blan (Kaw). Casag, Ferro tie CRC Hobo enduro By Bill Herndon COUGER Bun-E. CA, AP R. 13 After burning themselves out of contention at last month 's Frosty Desert en d u ro , Body Glove-sponsored Tony Casaga ca me roa ring back to tak e hi s ITIOO Yamaha to both class and hi s fir st bi g overa ll wi n. mat ching CR500 Hondamounted John Ferro 's 5.362 time! Perhaps th e fact th at tod ay's event wa s decidedly a small -bike co urse led VCMC' s Ferro to sta te 'Tm go in g down to a 250." Randy Pretzer filled the winner's circle with th e fir st of o n ly four sixes a t 6.3S I on h is Granada Yamaha to win th e 250cc A class. Fast-improving Scott Crawford, 200cc A. brought another moo to fourth, with Jim Bollingmo rounding out th e top five and the Old Timers ! AAI Vet win on his YZ490. Fresno's 200cc A 'S6 titleholder Donnie Sponsors . Simone made a surprise SoCaI visit to grab sixth overall aft er Kawboying mostly District 36.even ts this season, sin ce h e isn' t defending his titl e. . Despite tendingto an injured rider, AXO.'s L ynneue Burk, who tumbled to a broken right co llarbo ne toward th e end o f loo p two, Bryar Holcomb tookIOih overa ll and th e 250cc A Vetwin at a remarka ble 7.431 dropped. U p to the la st c heck, Holcolm's low five wou ld have given him the overall win. Old Timers A winner Dan War- . ley broke up the predominantly Yamaha top 10 brigade on his Husky with seventh ' overalL Mike Smith : totall y smoked Old Timers B class, as well as takin~ ninth at 7.420. Smith's main com pe tition , fast ri sin g Jordan Chaney , was shunted several times by an earlier rid er , a nd a burned check. Chaney ended with a 9.455, 2Sth overall . Survivors of th e previous night's brutal windstorm found raceda y clear , coo l a nd a ll too still. After a n espe cia lly pl ea sant winter riding season relativel y free o f th e stu ff, dust returned a t th e Ho bo. Cra ig Flanders was o ne of th e firs t to find o ne o f th e numerous Lucern e Vall ey powderhol es o ff the start o f loop one and exited th e powered cloud 's far- sid e with a brok en co lla rbone. Earlier riders had a n adva n tage. Start ing a t 2 1 mph, speed bumped to 24 mph a t2 .S miles right in to Gordon Miller and Rit a Co y's well -hidden chec k-in to th e da y's fir st specia l test . At S.S mil es, a 36 mph speed made it hard to see th e beautiful huge rock formations th e co u rse wound through , a nd th e II .S-mile checko u t found most rid ers late. The tak e-up section followin g dropped to 24 mph and three co nsecu tive resets a llowed riders to both stay on time and enjoy a putt through Lucerne Sandwash across the Great Mohave 250 off-road course for most of 22 mil es. After skirting Anderson Dry Lake, the Mike Shet ler-designed co urse punched riders in the seco nd Special a t 33.S miles. It turned o u t to be a ra ce to th e finish, with many C and other riders lat e. Loop o ne included four ch ecks, two Speci als a nd one tiebreak er chec k. The Famil y loop found a n ew set o f winners thi s time , with Yamahamounted J oe Loker taking both th e o vera ll , and th e I25cc C-16 class wins. KXSO-mounted Chris Anderson aga in took th e SOcc C class, and moved up three spots to seco nd o vera ll. Hapner rode hi s YZSO into th e SOcc A win , followed by Kevin Cl eveland. Sixteenyea r-old Lori Boretree aga in won th e Women C class o n her SOcc Suzuki, rounding out th e top five. After a 31 minute break , loop two Iunnel led rid ers through th e Yamaha start ch ute down Waterfall Slide and into th e 36 mph special test through Cougar Butte rock pile co u ntry. T he tra il wov e between massive mostly smooth-slabbed roc k on a fter just a few in ch es of din tread and at times, over them . Checkou t came at 4.2 mil es , follow ed by a healt hy 10minute reset at 4.S miles. Other than the dust, not a single negative com ment was turned ill to th is reporter. Holcomb stated. "The 36 mph sect ions were very challe ng ing, a nd th e IS mph pi ece in loop two was perfect. I got a rear nat in loop one, a nd th e sta rts -im med ia tely off the pits helped me get ba ck quickl y. The luscious girls a t chec k nine were o u tragious, Good thing I zeroed !" Formerly X R350 Honda-mounted Steve H ammer , now a B Vet and Huskymounted, sa id , " My ado broke a nd I wa s one and half minutes late to stan loop two a fter half-time, but that Husky doesn't hold you back in the whoops. Despite my problems, it was lots of fun a nd a nice ride." In addition to the well-liked new pit area, a big h it was the serpentine first special test of loop two. Temple City's 17year-old Scott Munroe offered , " I . really liked hitting th e 36 mph spe-. cial right off the start and it was over-. ' a ll i good course, The only bad th in g' ' wa s .the dust. " Scott's dad, BOld Timers Se nior Tim M unroe, ' 42, . a dded; ." lt wasvery well marked , a nd ,i't,'was n ice to have bo th the pi ts and . .' starts in a new area." Results OVERALL: 1. (TIE) Ton y Cosoga (Yam)/ John Fer ro (Hon ); 3. Rand y Pret zer (Yam l: 4. Scan Craw,,: . ford (Yam); 5. Jim Bollingm o (Yam ); 6. Donnie . Simone (Kaw); 7 . Da n Worley tH us); 8. Jack Simmerma n (Yam); 9. Mike Smith (Vam); 10. Bryar Hal· ' comb (Han). ' . " . • OVERALL FAMILY: , . Joe l.oI<;;r (Yom); 2. Chris' Ande rson (,,"w); 3. Don Hapne, (Yam); 4 . Klvin Clevelond (Yom): 5. Lori BoretrBl (Suz).

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