Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

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Once o u t front , Brunelle set a Iast, smooth pa ce and at th e two hour mark his lead added up 10 four minutes over Ca rdwel l a nd Fo x. Husk y riders swep t bot h Over-Sf) classes with Sam Walkup taking top ho no rs in the Expert divis ion fol low ed by Dale McCullough, Andrew Troll and Amateur winner Mik e Mean aro. In th e 80cc cla ss it was Michael Moses leading from sta rt to fini sh . Cla y Harper look seco nd with Kenneth Knowlton th ird. Results OVERALL: 1. Steve Brun elle (Hus). EX: 1. Steve Br unelle (Husl ; 2. Steve Cardwell (Hon); 3. Brian Fox (Yam). OPEN: 1. Gerald Haagle (KTM ); 2. Dearl Croft (Han). 250 : 1. Pat Hohman(Suz); 2. Darr el Jones(KTM); 3 . Jam ie Garn er (KTM) . _OVER 30 EX: 1. Sam Walkup (Hus); 2. Dale McCullough (Kaw) ; 3. An dre w Trott (Kaw). OVER 30 AM ; 1. M ike Meandro (Hus); 2. Lester M unson (Yam); 3. Frank Taylor (Hus) . scra m bles la yout, essen tia lly a 'TT co u rse with out a j u m p, was the seilin g fo r Ryan's wins. In th e 500cc Expe rt fin a l it wa s Paullwanaga o n a four-str ok e H onda wi th th e lead int o the first corn er. Ronald Bro wn o n a Yamah a was beh ind Iwana ga a nd in a close 'th ird wa s R yan. In unrel ated spi lls a t oppos ite ends o f th e co urse, lwa naga rel inquish ed th e lead 10 Brown , wh o in turn fell o ff a nd ga ve th e lead to Rya n . R yan h eld th e p oint until th e chec kers over ano ther co n verted mot ocross machine ridden bv Sa linas. based Robert Mill er. In th e Pro-Am Expert fina l Iwanaga sh ow ed up o n a ma chine that ca used referee Ja ck Barton, Jr. to consu lt th e sig n -u p crew a nd sig n -u p records. The end result was th at al th ough Iwanaga did hang o n to R yan for seco nd pl ace, he was di squalified for having ridden a ma chine different th an th e o ne ridden in the qualifyi ng hea t ra ce. The fina l ac tion sta rted with R yan ge ll ing th e jump into the first co rn er. However , before th e la p was over Iwanaga took it a way. but then su rrendered it a ga in. In the 1O-lap final these two Experts (each ca rries a proIessiona l license: one in flat track th e other in motocross) traded th e lead eig h t times, With IWO laps 10 go Ryan was able 10 stretch his lead to about three bikelengths and conce n trate on not making errors. Fo r a time Allen Yarrow o n a Yamaha was up in th e pack a nd run ning third , but a spi ll moved h im 10 last p lace. Taking a dvan tage of th e gi ft from Yarrow, Sea n P lymale mov ed into third. He was particu larl y surprised to lea rn tha t the gift from Yarrow was only the ha lf of it : th e disq ualifica tion of Iwanaga moved Pl yma le into seco nd . place p rize money. Results f'" Flat Trackers Catalog KNIGHT BOSS CHAMPION Gr im eca Br ak. SYS1em S, fr am e s or ro i li ng cha ss u. e fr on t spool . qUi ck ch an ge r ear w h eel s. splockelS. cam s. c eres . p ipe s. " prin g kil l . pistons . glass. fGrks. 5p. re~ K&N , M arz occhl . (818) 787-3377 P.ERFORMANCE ACCESSORIES Nell Kee n 314/426-6959 Charlie Chapple 3 13/629-6921 7854 Sepulveda BI., Van Nuys, CA 91405 RACERS Join Sloan's Cyc le Sa les Compet it ion Suppo rt D isco u nt Prog ra m Save On All Your O.£.M. Parts 48 12 5 EX: 1. Denn is Hawthor ne (Kaw); 2. Kit Vick (Yam); 3. Billy Wh itl ey (Yam). . 2 50 EX: 1. Dennis Hawthorne (Kaw) ; 2 . Kit Vick (Vam); 3. Mar k Cochran (Yam). Brunelle grabs South Texas HS '86 Red and Black Available now from Jour Dealer or Stev e Brunelle won t h e overall at the D irt Bikers C lub Sa n A ntonio Ha re Scram b les in Te xas . SLOAN'S CYCLE us In (800) 251-0600 In TN (800) 342-1681 Ryan raids Balado Park Flat Track By Mike Vancil HOLLISTER, CA , APR. 19 Nationally-ra nked Pro motocrosser R icky R ya n took th e knobbi es off hi s Kawasaki KX500, added a set of class C rac ing tires a nd went OUI a nd hlitzed th e field in winn in g the 500cc Ex pert and Pro-Am Expert classes a t the Bal ad o Park Flat Track. A hard, su n-ba ked a nd blue-grooved PEE WEE 3-5 : 1. Ely Huerta (Yam); 2. J eff Gabhart (Yam). PEE WEE 6-B: 1. Brian Sgheiza (Yam); 2. Curt is Peebles Jr . (Yam). 60 MI NI: 1. Jake Zemke (Kaw); 2. Gary Mill er (Kaw). . 80 MINI; 1. M ich ell e DiSalvo (Han). 250 NOV DIV 1: 1. Kenn y Waag (Yam); 2. Kendel Grove (Yaml; 3. Lonnie Lacy (Yam). 250 NOV OIY 2: 1. GeraIs Pesto ni (Mon); 2. Bill Fagundes (Kaw ); 3. Rory Brandt (Yaml. 250 J R: 1. Dean Vincelet (Yam l. 500 NOY DIV 1; 1. Bill Tiernan (Yam); 2. Gary Vincelet (Yam); 3. Jo hn Rodriquez (Han). 500 NOV DIV 2: 1. Lawrence Greene (Han); 2. J ames Lykins (Hon); 3. Bill Kni ght (Yam). 500 NOV DIV 3; 1. Fred Sanch ez (Han); 2. Jimmy Sanch ez (Hon); 3 . Timo t hy Kelly CRtx). 500 NOV DIY 4 : 1. Rod Mc Coll ough (Hon); 2. Steve Stewart (Yam); 3. Steve M iragl ia (Hon). 500 JR: 1. Kerry Puccio (Han); 2. M ark Butl er (Yam); 3. J im Tucker (Yam). 500 EX: 1. Rick Ryan (Kaw ); 2. Robert Mi l.ler (Han).

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