Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

~ oI 91'1&& i1 HUSQVARNA :I: '" b :I: CAGIVA >ttl sales . service . parts o • CAGIVA Fl's are here! • 1986 models in stock • PARTS IN STOCK • Technical Assistance • Ohlins shock specialist • Complete machine shop • H.S./End.IMX Equip. b :I: 11. serving Dist . 17 and the nation's riders. 1/312/495-2273 Motor Cycle Center, Inc. 1015 E. St. Charles Rd. Lombard. IL., 60148 UPS U0i6./ • l1i6I1 • AIIl. eX. • cou M ichael Craig captured bo th the 125cc Modified and 250cc Stock Intermediate classes at the NMA World M in i GP in Las Vegas. Nevada, Simmet, L.ewis top World Mini GP By D ick Goodw in LAS VEGAS . CA, AP R. 18-20 Maj or leag ue mi n icycle motocross co mpetit io n in vaded th e Las Vega s Mot orcycle Pa rk for th e 15th annual NM A World A subscription is a boredom prescription. For Information & Ite, . t u n Contact: BRACO TRAILERS 66301Calvin err.Rd Cassopolis, M I 490 37 ....._.616/699-5151_. .~ R~ It-RACING MX Racers TINt Besf Tires, Chain & Sprodlets Apparel Available Cample.. Race TIDling & Engine Rebuilds ' (porting. bench) Suspension Work now IOhrons. CR125 rllr shock mod) Call 813/756-5762 UPS 6027 Hwy 301 . Bradenton. FL 34203 (eR) CYCLE Rldlngl'pporel RACER Mololcycte DISTIlIBUTOIl FOil V ~17ESE Leathe rs. Sp idi Gloves & AJDinestar Boot s o.. ter Inqulriea Invited (8 181574-7625 Arcad ia . CA 44 -'~~~_-'--_ _- - J Mini Grand P rix. H onda riders Ri ck Si m me r a nd Kyle Le wis well' so me o f th e big sta rs in La s Veg'as, wh en- o ver 1100 rid ers co mpeted , a nd o ne shy o f 100 m ore s we re r u n. Si mmet ca ptured th e win in the 80n: Mod ified Expert (12+) class an d in the Kawa sa ki Ra ce o f Champions, whilr Lewis won both th e 125cc Stoc k a n d Modi fied ' Expert cla sses in hi s first- ever Expe rt o u ti ng . Th e ce n terp iece o f the massive three-da y gel together of MX racin g is traditionally th e Kawasak i Race o f Champions. held o n th e fin al da y o f co m pe titio n. This yea r' s th ree-mot e race featured 15 riders o n iden tica lly prepa red Kawasak i KX80s. S im mer, wh o normall y rides a Ho nda . wasted no lim e adapting to h is new mount a nd pn-cee d ed to finis h second in a ll th ree motos for rh e prest ig ious o vera ll win . P re- race Iavo riu- Lew is suffered mecha n ical problem s in th e Iirst mot o , lechn ica ll y puu ing him o u t o f co nt ent io n for rh e overa ll. H e d id . ho wever, claim a mot a win later o n. Lew is kept h is cool a nd bea t some o f th e best I25cc riders in tlu -co unt ry in th e I 25ce Stoc k a nd Mod ified P ro classes. In t he Sroc k class. Lew is mana ged to keep hi s H onda a hea d o f a screa m ing pa ck o f Kawasaki riders. suc h as T exan Carroll Richa rdson a nd Mike Kied row sk i. Ri chardson a lso p lac e seco n d in th e ;\Icxlifi ed class, whi le anoth er Kawa sak i rider, Jeff Matia sevi ch ro un ded out the tC )P th ree. Lewi s a lso rode wc ll in the 80cc Ex pe l'! classes. In the ;\l cxl i f i c~1 c:lass, Lewis Glme from lx'h ind 10 fin ish seco nd 10 Si m mc'l. while Kawasa ki rider J a so n La n!;fOl'd to o k th ird . u l uk i- m o ulll c'd jim m y Ga d d is smoked evervbod v in the 80ce S loc k . Expert class.' Ka wasaki rider Chad Parker mad e the tr ek to La s Vega s pa y o ff; Parker jammed a nd captu red bo th w in s in t he 250ce St oc k and Mcxl ified Pro clas ses. Jn the Stoc k class. Kiedro wsk i a nd H ondn- m ounr ed T y Davis fin ished seco nd a nd . i h iI'd to Parker . wh ile Ya m aha rid er Jeff Sunu o n a n d Da vis finished 2-3 behind Pa rker. Ezra L us k a nd hi s Ka wa sak is were th e co m bina tio n 10 IX~1l in th e. Jr. Cycl eSlOck (9- 11). Jr. Cycle Mod ified (9- 11) a nd th e 105ce (9- 11) clas ses. In fact , n obod y co u ld . Lusk blew a way th e co mpet it io n in all three of th ese classes. despite cha llenges by J esse jumes , Rh yn Huffman a nd Sean Th o rnton. La st yea r's Race o f Champions winner, Lowell T hompson (Kawasaki ) m oved up 10 th e 250ee class a nd won both the 250ce Modified and 125cc Stock Intermediate divisions . whi le l\Iichad Cmig (Yamaha) topped th e 125ec Modified and 250cc Stock Intermediate classes, In o ne o f the most co m pe u rive classes o f th e week - th e I05cc Sen io r - j eff Em ig from Kan sas did th e honors by taking th e hard-earned. a nd im p ress ive win . H e beat tough co m pe li WI'S suc h a s S i mm et and Yamaha rider Chris NC~II. - Yuma ha -mo u ru ed Robbi e Reyn a rd p rov ed hc"s going 10 be a rider to wa tch for in the near future. R evnard cluimcd rhn-cwins o ver I he wee ken d . taming th e Pel' Wee Mod if ied . J r. Cycle S toc k (6-8) and Modif ied (6-8) cla sses. Pablo Lara ga ve Revnard a r un fo r h is trophy in the Pel' Wc'e cl a ss. wh ile Jason Partridge a n d La n n y Turner did th e sa me in th e J r. Cycle Stock and Modified d ivisions. Added new this yea r 10 this week en d 's srlu-dual was th e 500ee Modi fi ed Iur crm edi.ue and !lOOcc Pro classes. Th e Intermediate class win went to Kawasaki rider Sean Blancha rd . a hea d of Craig Davis (Honda ) a nd M ike H ook er (Honda ), wh iIe th e Pro win wen t to Stan to n (Kawa sa ki). tra iled by T orm llY WailS ( Kawa sa ki) a l ~d Smll N ic'lso n (Honda ). Resul ts RA CE OF CHA M PIONS: 1. Rick Simmet. PEE WE ESTK: 1.J ason Partr idge (Yam); 2. Pablo Lara (Yam); 3. Joe v Garren (Yam l. PEE WEE MOD : 1. Robbie Reynard (Yaml ; 2. Pablo Lara (Yam); 3. Robbie Scaggs (Yaml . JR CYCLE STK 16-8): 1. Robbie Reynard (Yam); 2. Jason Partridge (Yam); 3. zachry Rand IYam). J R CYCLE MOD (6-8) : 1. Robbie Reynard (Yam); Lar ry Turner (Yaml; 3. za chry Rand (Yam). JR CYCLE STK 19-11) : 1. Ezra Lusk (Kaw); 2. Jesse James (Kaw); 3. Steve Olson (Kaw). JR CYCLE MOD 19·11): 1. Ezra Lusk IKaw); 2. Rhyn Huff man (Kaw); 3 . Je sse James IKaw). 83 STK 19·11): 1. Sean Thornton (Kaw) ; 2. Den n is Dahli n (Kaw); 3 . Stev e Olson (Yam). 83 MOD (9 ·11): 1. Broc Bulla rd IYam); 2. Ezra Lusk (Kawl; 3. Sean Thorton (Kaw l. B3 STK NOV (12+): 1. M ike Chamberlain (Yam); 2. Dave MacFarla ne (Hon ); 3. Danny Lamb lKaw). 83 MOD NOV (12+): 1. Joshua Dunn (YamL 2. Louie Remmo (Yam); 3 . Jeff Korhonen (Suz). B3 STK INT I12 +): 1. Randy Moody (HonL 2. Hank Moree (Kaw); 3 . Ronnie Densford IKaw). 83 MOD INT (12 +); 1. Hank Mo ree (Kaw); 2. Mark Easley (Hon); 3. Chad Pederso (Hon). B3 STK EXP(12+): 1. J immy Gadd is (Suz); 2. Kyle Lewis (Hon); 3. Kyle Lew is IHon ). 83 MOD EXP(12 +): r. Ricky Simmet (Hon); 2. Kyle Lewis (Hon); 3. Jason Langford (Kaw ). 105 (9 ·11): 1. Ezra Lusk (Kaw); 2. Sean Thorton IKawl; 3. Broc Bu llard (Yam). 105 (12 +): 1. J eff Emig (Kaw) ; 2. Ricky Simmet (Hon); 3. Chris Neal (Yam). 125 STK NOV: 1. Lance Taylor (Hon); 2. Lanny Turner (Han) ; 3 . Robert Hopk ins (Kaw). 125 MOD NOV; 1. Danny Anderson (Yam); 2. Jason Davenport (HonL 3. Larry Taylor (Hon). 125 STK INT: i . Lowell Thompson (Kaw L 2. Chr is Young (Yam ); 3 . Ker ry Milligan (Han) . 125 MOO INT: 1. Michael Craig (Yam); 2. Lowell Thompson (Kaw) ; 3 . Chri S Young (Yam) . 125 STK PRO: 1. Kyle Lewis (Hon); 2. carroll Richardson (Kaw); 3. M ike Kiedrowski (Kaw). 125 MOD PRO: 1. Kyle Lew is (Hon); 2. Carroll Richardson (Kaw); 3. Jeff Matiasavich (Kaw). 250 STK NOV: 1. Chris Pocino (Yaml; 2. Todd A da ms (Yam) ; 3. Pat Bennett (Yam). 250 M OD NOV: 1. Eddie Karban (Yam); 2. Brad Simcox (Kawl; 3. Phil Gould (Yam I. 250 STK INT; 1. M,cha el Craig (Yam); 2. Chris You ng (Yam ); 3. Lowe ll Thomp son (Kaw).· 250 MOD INT: 1. Lowe ll Thompson (Kaw ); 2. Chris Youn g (Yam); 3 . Jeff M abery (Yam) 250 STK PRO: 1. Chad Parker (Kaw); 2. MIke Kiedrowski (Kaw); 3. Ty Davis (Hon). 250 MOD PRO: 1. Chad Parker IKawl; 2. Jeff Sta nton (Yam ); 3 . Ty Davis (Honl 500 MOD INT: 1. Sean Bla nchard (Kaw); 2. Craig Dav is (Han ); 3. Mike Hook er IHan). 500 PRO: 1. Jeff Stan ton (Yam); 2. Tommy Watts (Kaw); 3. Sco tt Nielson (Hon). Clarks Branch to Carlson, Clouser By Clay Light ROSEB URG , OR. APR. 20 Honda riders Robert Carlson and Jamie Clouser clobbered the 500cc C and 250cc C classes with 1-1 tallies at Clarks Branch Racewa y in Roseburg today during AMA-sanctioned motocross. Joining Carlson and Clouser a t the victory podium was Darren Clayton (Honda). who took both 125cc C motos. Kawasaki-mounted Shawn Highland gunned down the h ig h hopes of a h u ge field of riders in both 60cc B/ C class rno tos, which ran co m bined in two waves. High land wen t o n to take a I-I tally for to p brass in the B class. w hi le the fig hting went o n behind for the C class la urels led by fro nt runners Kevin O'Conner. Joe Don Ireland and Jamie Cook (Hondas). O ' Co n ner grabbed first-place brass in the C class going I-I to beat Cook, who did a number on Ireland to grab runners up. via his 2-2 rides. The largest class of the day was the l25cc C class. Clayton and fellow Honda pilot Troy Davis (Davis Constructio n / H o nda) had a brutal bailie for fir st pl ace in moto one in a battle that went Clayton 's way at the completion. Medford rider Todd Alter took third in the rnoto to lead a Honda sweep of th e top three positions ahead of Kawasaki speedster Darrell Woulbrandt. Mota two saw ClayIOn and Davis dueling in the dust for the overall brass. Clayton commanded the second outing 10 bag the win with his I-I rides, beating Davis' 2-2 and Alter's 3-3, Woulbrandt went 4-6 for fourth . while Kelly Sawyer (Honda) , went 7-4 for fifth. Carlson and Dana Schaffer (H o n) dominated the 500cc C class in the first grueling IO-Iap mota. Carlson rode a rampalll race 10' take the checkered com ma n d o ver Schaffer and Kawasak i rider Tom Wood. Mark Da vis (Honda ) and Yamaha p ilot j eff Mornarich. In th e seco n d cOlllest, it was again Schaffer . Wood a nd Carlson holding down th e top three positions on the

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