Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

we re w ild a nd u nse ttled as S teve Sh inl evc r a nd Robb ie Ca m p lx-l l. hath o n Yama has [rom thr sa me sponsor. bauled Iierrr-lv [o r the It-ad , Bren t Cole made tlieir lifl' ro ugh as he cra m m ed h is Ya m a ha in to a posi tion 10 threarcn the leaders, Co le ra n a second u nti l Shink-ver passed h im o ver th e stu ir su-p s. a series of severe downhill jumps, Campbell won the Iirs t mow in verv fast st v le. In th e second moro a 'sco re was to be seu led between Shi n leve r a nd Cam pbell. Campbell pu lled a hol eshot a nd S hin lever tra iled o n lv a ha lf h ike br-h i nd . S hin k-ver pa ssel! o n a wide open sty le burst of powe r to overta ke Campbel l and w in th e o vera ll. Ke vin Blal o ck o n h is Ka wa saki won the o verall in the l25cc class a s he bested a very ta len ted bunch o f hard nose racers , Bla lock o u tscored h is opponen ts as he rode rons is ten t ly d uririg the race. ou iscoring C lay to n Mo yers o n a Kawa sak i, - Ong lnolly sokl Ot i 24 .95 . Mod 90 7 [}eormOuSfE'l' GOQgl~ w ith Hordcoo1 LEXAN'!' ten s i9 .9,. O r '2 fo r '1695 (Ad d '2 .50 /0rdE'f !lI'lPQ /hndlg PA rE'!l odd 0 % soles tOl() Me . VI$A . C,O O. onl y . CAl l lOU FREE &00-233-0159 (Info / PA ordE'l' S Res ul ts PRO: 1. Von Smith (Vam); 2. Jeff Dodgen (Vam ); 3 . David Reyn olds [Suz]. PRO (2 mota) : 1. Jeff Dodg en (Vam l; 2. Br ian Je nk ins (Yam); 3. Von Sm it h (Yam) . 125 B: 1. Ra nd y At kin s (Ka w) ; 2, Chris Wilson (Yam) ; 3 . Steve Shin l ever (Suz). 12 5 C: 1. Kevi n Blalock (Kaw); 2. Clayt on M oyers (Kaw) ; 3 . Chad Ston s (Hon) . . 250: 1. Steve Sh inl ever (Yam); 2. Robb ie Camp bell (Vam); 3 . 8 renl Cole (Vam) _ OPEN : 1. St eve Shi nl ever (Yam); 2. Chris W ilson (Vam); 3 . Vic Dver (Honl. SR MINI: Mike Padg ett (Ya m); 2. Chad Powers (Kaw ); 3 . Rav Boruff (Suzl. J R MI NI: 1. Jordan Mo neymaker (Kawl; 2. John Yoakum lKaw); 3. A lvin Corum (Han) . OVER 30: 1. John Gibson (Hon) ; 2. Rand v Wolf e (Yam ); 3. Ric hard Dunn (Han). ENDU RO: 1. Randy Farris (KTM); 2. Kent Tudor (Ho n). 717 ·~Q -6711 ) .-----CYCLE SERVICE- MAICO~ MOST COMPLETE PARTS SUPPLY INUSA PIPES. SHOCKS. RADIATOR REPAIR REAR DISC GUARDS for '86 M-STAR & KAWASAKI $39.95 Othe rs make cla ims. but . .. ''WEARE M-STAR/MAICOl" 1503 S , Pacific. San Ped ro . CA ~(2 13 )548-6874---~ ~ 'M EXIRUDE~ ~. Two and Four Stroke ATV • "'a rt s . Jet S kis Snowmobiles . Roa d Rac e rs 8 8 0 0 E, Compton Blvd.. Paramount. CA 90723. (2 1 3) 531 -2767 ~ TH E FI RST THE BEST CYCLE NEWS A&LSUZUKI S a les . S e rv ic e . ParI S - M -St ar .D ealer 5204 N. Rosemead, Temple City. CA 91776 (818) 287-9787 ~ YAMAHA RZ500's p S2899, RZJ50stud inS2099, m50 &om S3199 shi,,,. Available lrom Toro or Ottawa. wtll p nto RZ500 lrom " Of HURST YAMAHA 158! TheQu,.,,,,,".y Tom Ont. Phone (416) 255-J441 , o'o, CANADA.OS LARGfST YAMAHA DfAllR 700 Rosemouo' A,.., Comw..II, On Phooe (6tJ) 932,14 t. 65 Serving The East Coast Gear K MX Distributing (412) 846-8354 46 Rt , 6 5 . Bo.236. Beave r Falls, PA 1'5 0 1 0 Jeff Gibson and hi s Yama ha YZ490 won the Op en Novice class in St o ddard V all ey for the ARA desert race, Paul Palmer took the overall . 250 8 : r. Pa ul Mihalik (Han); 2 . Michael Donella (Yam); 3. Vernon Frey (Hen) , 250 A : 'l , Dave Bach ma n (Hon); 2. Mark Reed (Kaw). OPEN C: l. Tim Noll e IHo n); 2. T.P. Vladovich (Hon); 3. Chr is Fraga le. OPEN 8 : r, Joh n Karcz (Hon) ; 2. Jeff Shearer (Honl , OPEN A : 1, Thomas Port man (KTM I. SUP SR: 1. John Hu mphrey (Su z); 2. Don Shar (Hon). Ryan bad at Sayland night MX By M ike Vancil FR EM O NT . CA . AP R , 16 Kawasaki -m ounted Ri ck Ryan , o n the mend after a lung diso rder, showed up a t Bayla nds R a c ew a y P a rk a n d m ad e it be kn ow ma t 11(" , n -a dv 10 race. Read y enough to eas i ly w in to day 's combi ne d 250cc a n d Open P ro class in co ld a nd mudd y co ndi tions, The sta rt o f the fir st rnot o saw H o nd a- m ou nted j oe Macch ia rella jam into th e lea d . h olding on to the to p spot [o r one a nd a h a lf la p s before R ya n a nd h is AG\'/ P jl / Dunlop/ Mo lO-X Fox/ Sco tt US A/ R M P ro m o tions/ EBC Bra kes-spons ored KX250 blew by a nd into th e lead, By the fo urth lap, j ohnn y "Too Tall " Da ut h a nd h is H onda round th eir way into second. follo wed by Er ic Mashbir a nd Mark H offm a n , both H o nd a riders, Ea rl ier, Macchi a re lla slid out in the mud - twi ce, As the race conti n ued, Mas h bi r sl ipped by Dau th and stole second p la ce, At the fin ish . i t was R ya n , Mashbir. Dau lh a nd H o ££m a n , Mashbi r gra bbed Ihe hol esh o t in th e seco nd m o to wil h Macch iarell a in close pu rsu il. B U I il was R ya n w ho was b\' far the fastest rider on the tr ac k. a s he motored past both ,Ma cc hiare lla and Mash bir [or the lead, Du ath, mean whi le, loo k o\' er th ird a fte r pa ss ing Mas h bir , w ho had drop'ped back. Dauth mo\'ed u p o ne mo re position w hen Macch ia re ll a pulled Orr the tra ck with mecha nica l problems. O nce again. R ya n captured the win . followed by Dauth , who captured seco nd overa ll. Resu lts 80 NOV : 1, Saul San Fili ppo (Yam), 80 J R: 1. Jon Nich olaus (Kaw) . 125 NOV : 1. Ku rt Ping Ie (Kawl; 2. Rich M ussm an (Su z); 3 . David Spen ce (Kaw ), 12 5 JR : 1. J im RicciJr. (S Ul); 2. Paul V an Ho rsen (Hon): 3 . M all Harvey (Kaw) . 250 NOV: I , Drew M u sClall(Hon); 2, Steve c as sar (Yam ); 3. Ge ne Carde ll a (Kaw) . 250 JR : 1. Chr is Ranta (I(aw ); 2. Roger Epperson (Vam ). OPEN NOV : 1. 8ill Blo omfield (Hon); 2, Tonv Alves (Yam l; 3. Dennis Wheeler (Han). 250 / 500 PRO: 1. Rick Ryan (Kaw); 2. Jo hn Dau t h (Hon)_ VET SPTSMN:·I . Allan Shee ha m (Hu s). VET MSTR : 1. Tim Allar eon (Kaw). OT INT: t , J im Ricci Sr . (Su z). Dodgen tops Smoky Mountain By Terry 0 : Cook P IC EO:-; FO R G E, TN , AP R, 20 J eff Dod gen m ad e a ret u rn trip aro u nd th e race track a t P igeo n Forge to take a hard-fo ugh t win in the Pro class. Dod gen , riding h is w hi le lig h mi ng Ya maha . pulled 0[[ a hol esh ot in the Iirst moio bUI could n ot hol d o n 10 th e ear lv lead , Von S mith o n a not her Yamah~ overtook Dod gen before th e firs t la p was completed , Dodgen never lo st si~ht of Smith but could no t pu ll lo se enoug h 10 serious ly ch a lle nge. H o wever. in t he seco nd a nd decisin' moto , Dodgen ra me o u t of the ga te be lli on wi n nign th e race a nd a\'en~ing the Iirsr-moro lo ss, Dodg,'n' s sl yh- ,,'a s wt'l l wo rt h wa tc hi ng as he soared ()\'('r ta ll jum ps a nd w ide open 0\'('1' Ihe niug h S1uller bu m ps, Brian j enk ins a lso ran a gvod ran' o n hi s Ya m" ha a, he loo k hom e th e third p la(e ca sh in 1111' sl'(o nd mol o , Sn)ll G ru b b had pro hh-ms w i I h GOI d on Wa ll is a nd h is red ho i Ho nda a s Wa ll is o u lran G ru hh 10 lak e Ihe I" u l'lh sp o !. In Ihl' 2" On Ama ' ('1Il cia, ' l h in~s Palmer smokes ARA desert By Ed W einberg STO D DAR D VALLEY. CA. AP R_20 Eigh teen miles int o th e ARA desert race in Stodda rd Va lley, lea d er Brad Er ic ks sa w h is chance of the win go up in dust w hen lu - crushed hard in th e ro cks a fter gl' ll ing an a l tire. From thi s po int o n. Pau l Palmer and h is Yamaha charged in to the lead a nd went o n 10 w in th e 250cc Ex pert cl ass. wh ile joh n Braa sch j r. (KTM 125 ) fini shed second , Pa lm er moved into fo u rt h at th e Iive- rn ile po int a nd then work ed up 10 second la ter a n , W hen Ericks cras h ed. Pa lm er tra iled th e leader 10 second s, Braasch was r u nni ng si x th a t th e fir st c heck th en charged in to second b y th e six th check, Al ter that. Bra a sch SI'I h is sights o n Pal m er a nd c hased him Ior the next-l2 mi les, But Pa l m er was no m.urh [or Braa sch. as th,e Ya m a ha- pilot sa iled o n [or th e wm. Fifteen -yea r-ol d Sean Bra d ley ca m e [rom seventh al th e Iirst check to third overall a t the ch eckered £I a~ o n his Graziano 's H o nda 250, W ilh th e top th re« p la ces remaining consistant [o r rhe bal a nce of the race. the o nly ch a ng e in th e to p Iive occured just pas t the -lO-mile mark. w hen La rkin W ri ~ hl m o ved Iu s AI Ba ker 's R&D H on d a past Brad Den ham's O pen Ho nda to la ke over fourt h. two min u tes be hi nd Pa lm er. Le Fabry s ll llg~letl wi th an o il lea k a nd sa lvaged an 181h overa ll ; first 200cc Expert , Res u lts 125 : 1. J ohn Br aaschJr. (Kaw ); 2, J . Fulle r (Honl _ 200: 1. Fabr y (Hon)_ 250; 1. Paul Pal mer (Yam) ; 2 . Sea n Bradlev (Hon); 3 . M . M ansf ield (Han ). . OPEN : 1. L W right (Han) ; 2 . B. Den ham (Hon); 3 N. Young (Han) . 12 5 8 EG: 1. M . St even s (Su zl; 2 . 8 . Johnson (SUl ); 3 . 0 , Johnson (Sull. 200 BEG : 1 A . Mclaren (Hen); 2. M . St er nmetl IKa wl. 250 BEG. 1. J . Thom as {Yam ); 2. 8 Kuerbixe (Vam ): 3 K He,I(Honl. OPEN: 1 M . Ankers (Hon) ; 2 . S Ball ard (Han ); 3 A. Nai lor (Yam)

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