Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

VET & OT : 1. Allen Yarr ow (Yam) ; 2. Mark But ler (Yam) . PRO-A M EX: 1. Ric k Ryan (Kaw ): 2. Sean Plym al e (Su z). Horvat conquers AmherstHS By Bobby N ickoli EL YR IA, O B , AP R . 20 Chesterfi eld. Ohi o's Fred H orvat crossed th e fini sh line on ' hi s H&H Cycl e/Wiesco/Circle Ind ustries 125 H onda to' tak e .... th e ov er all win a t Amherst ;\kauowlark Rarewa y's l l.m- Scrambl e, pur tin !4 a mcni Iu I end to a rnin -p lagued event thut k -It a ll en rr.u us con-red w ith m ud, H o rva t !40t stuck th ree t inu -s ill the saddl<--h i!4h III lick . bu t ma llaged to keep !4o illg ca c h tinu wit hout lakin!4 a rom p k-re pl unge. T' lu -re wa s a !40()(1 turn-out of di eha rd ran' fanS: eve n lho llgh rai n th a t sta rted Sa ru rday n igh t lusu-d thro ugh tlu- enrin- ran '. T'lu- track degellerall't! into the Sixth Grl'a l La ke . Dll r in!4 the rid ers 1II('l'lin !4, Olll' o f lhl' r ide rs sU!4gestl'd that the sp ri n kIin!4systl'1II be t urned off as the la s: 18 ho urs of rai n ha d p robab ly been enough to ro ut rn l a ny d ust p ro blems. A riders vote was ta ken to dctermi m- the leng th of th e rac e. The vou- was in fa vo r o f I wo h ours, whi ch would lau-rrome back to ha un t them: Lloyd Bridges himself wou ld no t hav e lx-eu a ble to Slay u nder water that 10 n!4. . . Ar th e halfwa y mark it was Ho rva l, Pa u l Schwind,Jim Kall ek ervj eff Bondscra a nd J ohn Galla!4('r ah ead o f th eir respecti ve classes. Results · M IN1J R: 1. Brent Abe l (Ka w) : 2 . Do ug Eryer (Suz ): 3 . Jeff Wooledge (Yam l. MINI SR: 1. Steve Wooledg e (Han ); 2 . Rob Drem ma n (Kaw) ; 3. Man Hlauacek (Hon). 125: 1. Nick Zanella (Hon); 2. Stephen M i lick i (Hon); 3. Cu n Marcucci IKaw). 200: 1. Joe Pow ers (Kaw); 2. Craig Betz (Yam ); 3 . Paul Schwi nd (Hon) 25 0 : 1. Ray Vaga rasota (Hont; 2. J im Kalleker (Hus); 3. James Rion (Hon ). SR: 1. John Gallagher (H us ); 2. Bob Da ugherty (KTM) ; 3. Tom Boyer (Hus ). OPEN: 1. Ken Rueter (Han ); 2 . Ralph Paulik (Han) ; 3 . Jeff Bon sera (Yam) . OVERALL: 1. Fred Horvat (Han). Stevens wins Scrub Oak Enduro ByW.P. Crew DA YTONA BEACH, FL, AP R . 20 The Da ytona Dirt Riders put toget her a n excep tional effort on short notice a n d ca me up with a 70-mile run cons isting of nearl y 40% new trai l. T he so u th Fl o rida drought made fo r dusty trai ls but d idn ' t clo ud the enth usiasm of th e r ider s. Husk y/Hi-Po int r ider Kevin Stevens took top honors with a good eigh t-point ri de to strengthen h is h old o n th e lead i n the Fl o rida Trai l R ider en d uro ser ies . A goo d va riety of tra i ls a nd p roper check placement saw most of the riders down a few p oints but back o n time a t the gas stop . T h e fi rst h our of r iding a t 18 m ph lulled many of the riders into a slow pace, then dumped t he m into so me tight st u ff w h ere it wa s o n the gas to the nex t check. The second h alf was m ore challenge wi th a lot o f n ew tr ail s a nd a m in imum o f six p oints lost in o ne section . A 20. minute reset a nd a n easy last si x mi les p u t nearly everyone back o ntime or early a t th e fin ish. Second o vera ll was AA ri der Bob O sborne with II points, foll owed by the A-Open Dean Kronenwetter with 12 points. One o f the best rides o f the da y was by sen io r ci ti zen Paul Bu xe w i th a 12-po int ride in th e Senior-A class, followed by J oe H al ey w tih o n ly 14 points. Su pe r-se n io r ci tizen Dave H enry aced the oldrnan 'sclass wi th 24 p oints followed closel y by KenKeylon ~ i t h 27 a nd th e o ldes t rid er in FTR, Charles Wi cker, wi th a n excellent 32-point performa nce . T he P alm Beach Track a nd T ra il ri ders again ca p tured the team ch a lle nge troph y wi th three fir st place finishers by Steven s, Pa u l Buxe a nd Craig Wa llace. Results AAc 1. B. Osborne (11 ); 2. S. Plum b (19). A -OPE N: 1. D. Krone n wener (1 2); 2. M . Shank (14); 3 . D. Wa rd (16). A -250: 1. G. W arr en (17); 2. J . White (17 ). A ·200: 1. R. Owe ns (15); 2. S. Blant on (19 ); 3. E. Ja cks on (2 1). B-OPEN: 1. T. M issi mer (2B l; 2. L Hoshaw (44) ; 3 . , D. Donery (48). B·250: 1. B. Ma rt in (16); 2 . G. Pell et i er (40); 3 . M . Nicc um (4 6). B-200: 1. R. Faul (24); 2. D. Ludwig (26); 3. P. Pal mer (34) . B·1 25 : 1. P. M alloy (24); 2. L. All en (27). C· OPEN : 1. A. W igin ton (301; 2. D. Tharp (3 2): 3 . C. Bord ers (36). C·250: 1. A . M ilton (26) ; 2. P. Haag (3 1); 3. M. Moresi (34) . C-200: 1. C. Wall ace (25); 2. M . Gr een berg (29); 3. J . Happ el (36) . C·125: 1: E. Gray beal (39 ); 2. M . Merri ll (39). W OMEN : 1. V. W i lcox 1671 2. T. Floyd (8 9); 3 . D. ; Davison (15 BI. SR·A: 1. P. Bu xe (12) : 2. J . Hal ey (14); 3. D. Thrasher ( 19). SR-B: 1. R. Howa rd (39 ); 2. K. M oling (35) ; 3 . D. Jordan (36). SR-B: 1. R. Howard (3D); 2. K. M oli ng (351; 3 . D. Jor dan (36) . SR-C: 1. D . Hanger (34) ; 2 . J . Krell (44 ); 3. C. Parker (55). SS: 1. D. Hen ry (24); 2. K. Keyl on (27 ); 3. C. W ick er (32) . Andrews tops MSTMX By Peggy Adam ic l\IALVERN , OH. AP R . 20 Cold a nd wet co ndit io ns d idn 'I deter 225 riders at Mo ta Sport Trai ls. b UI sloppy track co nd itions took a to ll on both Ama teur a nd Pro riders, J eff H icks and T om Carson. rid ing in th e 250cd O pen A class, had to co m pete with t h e a reas top rid ers in c l ud i n g .Yamah a 's Fred Andrews, who just a week ea rl ie r d id ba ttl e with Ca rso n at the Si lverdome in Pont iac Mic hi gan . Carso n a nd Andrews finis hed 1-2 in th eir sem i a nd 17-18 in Sa turday's ma in - Carson eU!4i n!4o u t And rews bo th time s. In th e firs t m ot o , H ick s led th e pac k of rid ers th rough t u rn o ne with -An ure ws , Car l H an d a n d H a rold Robison close behin d . A few turn s int o th e ra ce. Carso n em erged from m id pack to begin h is cha rge for first p lace. Yama ha -mounted Ti m Deu tsch got a good j ump off th e ga te a nd was keep in g pace w ith th e front run ner s un til he ta ngled wi th a not h er rider a n d Iound h i m self i n la st place. Andrew took th e lead from H icks o ne -thi rd of th e wa y in to th e fir st la p with Carso n moving into third . Andrew s held his l ead for th e entire race, fo llowed by H ick s a nd Carso n . As the t hree Iro n t ru nners beg- n pula li ng away [rom the pa ck , Robison moved a rou nd H a n d to take o ver th e fouth spo t. with Ha nd Iinish ing moto one in fift h . Deu tsch . mea nwhile, ha d wo rked h is way u p to finish seventh .beh inu Grl~ W heeler. . W tth th e second m o to , ca rne more rai n a nd fewer bikes o n the sta rt ing gate. In cluded in th ose mi ssi ng wa s J eff Hicks. W ith I-lick s gone, Carson was lef t to do batt le wi th Andrews. In turn o ne, Andrews was in fro n t fo llo wed by Deu tsch , Carson and David H and . An d rews, hand ling th e sloppy co nd itio n s -well, o pene d u p a fivesecond lead be tw een h im self a n d Ca rso n , who ove rtook Deu tsch before th e end o f la p o ne . After o ne-a n d-a ha lf la p s, Carson fell a n d fo u nd h im self in seve n th p lace. A half-a -la p lat e r, Carson pu t o n a cha rge, trying to p ass C ar l I-la nd a nd R obi son th rough a ra in soa ked straigh t, away o n ly to find h im self on the gro u nd agai n . Pi c kin g himself u p a nd look- Kerker powered Bubba Shobert rode into history at Phoenix, becoming the third rider to ever complete a "Grand Slam "; winning in short track, TT;half mile, mile and road race events. 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