Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

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Geo rqe .Tubbs (Hon l. OPEN 8 : 1. Dan iel Gr isw old (Hu sl ; 2. Brent Oil · Ima n (Hus ]: 3. Kenn et h Levey (Hus) . SR B: 1. Donova n Young (M ai ); 2. Richard Roth (Kaw) ; 3. J ohn Luka (Hu s). SUP SR B: 1. Georg e Gordon (KTM ); 2. Bu ck W alsworth (Vam); 3 . Harold Den ney (Yam ). 200 A : 1. Joe Schmidt I'ram ]: 2 . Phill ip San der s (Yam ); 3. Je ff rey Mullend or e (Yam) . 250 A : 1. Geoff M ellinger IHu s); 2. Terr y Flyn n (Hon l; 3. Steve Tucker [Hu s). OPEN A : 1. Bob Th ornbu rg (KTM l; 2 . J am es Real (KTM): 3. Jesse Ow en s IHu s). • SA A: 1. Tom Dygert (Kaw); 2 . Cloyee Brinkerh off (Husl ; 3. Ga le Pitm an (Hus). FOUR· STRK: 1. Don Carqueville IHu s); 2. Tim Hoffman (Hon ); 3. Bill Decker (Hon ). PP: 1. Kri sta M al ott (Hus ]. 'lii" IN FACT, ALL ~R£NU( CVLTV~E HAS BEEN TA!:fNCNEIt.. &Y 1l/f fU"'U,ICAHS! IT AloL STAltl£" witH 1f~IlY LfWlS . WE STILL ~l[NP fo SPEAI:: FRENCH, svr ONL'( ,0 TOIJ~ISTS. r - - - ' dice as he was right behind th em the whole race. Results OVAL , 25 -250: 1. Chanc e Darling; 2 . Rick Clovannelti; 3. Tom Hodges. OPEN: 1. Brian Dail y; 2. Rand y Gakhail; 3 . Chance Darling. rr 250-0PEN ; 1. Tom Hodges ; 2 . Larrv Hodge s; 3 . Rob Hodge s. Miller flies at DeAnzaMX · By Bob Alloy SLJNN YMEA D, CA , AP R. 13 Darling, Daileytak e Deerfield openers By Kevin George .. A. mDIO tally ta king th e overa ll win over Den n is Rosen berg . In Ama teu r class actio n it was Dav id Nea l p uttir.11-: th e stops on th e others wit h h is DEERFIE L D, O H, APR. 13 T h e flat track season got under wa y a t Deerfield Speedway to d ay avoi mg a ban called for idi by th e townshi p of Deerfield , Fast! Quick! .Hot news! That's what Cycle News is all about, and that's what motorcycling is allabout. Anything else is history! Tell the world how you feelyou want it, and want it nowwith a new Anything Else is History T-shirt or jersey. Order yours todayl ··· ·54 ·... H onda -m oun ted Ron Miller came away the big win ner in th e Master's di vision at DeAn za Racew a y today wi th hi s 2-1 Look for tile order blank under the Adtferflser's 'nde". .... Will. T he Master 's d ivision first mot o hel-:a n with Ron Wa y gra bbing the a nd a good m ix of speedway bik es hol esh o t and h ol ding the lead for three la ps. AI this ti me il was Ron a nd flat trackers raci ng o n the ova l. In th e 250cc class, Ch a nce Darl in g Mil ler who coma nded ih in gs for six . used h is fla t track hi ke to lak e th e win _more laps, but it wa s " Ma vin ' Ma rv" whi le Brian Dail v sto le the show in O lson who th en blast ed into the lead the Open class OIl h is speed wa y hik e. a n d two laps la ter gassed hi s Yama ha hy th e chec kered flag in first p lace. . I n 250cc an io n , Tom H o d g vs ju mped 10 a n early lead wi th IOpMill er held o n for th e second spot. ra n ked Da rl inl-: close behind alongIn mo to two, J oe Brown rocketed a wa y with th e lead and comma nded with Ri ck Clova nnelt i, RDb H od ges. Frank Hil es and Don Inch in tDW . thi ng.s Iori wo more laps. At t h is time Lap two went wil d as the front Iour Mille r slip ped h is Honda in to passd iced fo r the nu mber o ne pos itio n . ing gea r, took th e lead a n d held o n Bot h o f th e ,H od g es were set up for for n ine mor e laps 10 lak e th e win . T'J' an ion and drifted DUI in th e corners Den n is Rosen berg passed severa l ot her wh ile Da rling a nd Clo van ne lri were ride rs 10 gra b seco nd . a ble to stay low in th e groove, T he AI Sm ith o f th e Exp ert s di vision is short way arou nd tu rned o u t to be th e ~assi ng hi s way righ t into th e Mastcr 's d ivision . H e took h is H onda way to go as Da rl in g hu ng o n to win wi th Clova n ne lti close behind a nd in to th e lead in both moros going th e Hodges seu ling I'DI' th ird a nd wire-to-w ire eac h lime for first p lace Iourrh . In ch . on a 12: , lI'a, g- ivin l-: ; overa ll. Fred Collins, m ounted on a fihh pl ace Hill'S fits . hut hudr o ,eltI l' YZI25 Yamaha, blasted his wa y int o seco n d place in both m D tDS. Kurt for xixth . So fka wrapped up third in rnoro one T wo speedway bikes sto le th e show in the Open class, but the:, flat trackers and David Breetw o r di d likewise in g-ave th em a good race. Da ily a nd moto two. Rand y Gakha il wen t rig h t to th e .Am ateur Don Bourdeau put hi s front o n th eir speed way bikes wit h 500cc H onda into th e lead in motos Clovannelti and Darling tucking right o ne a nd tW D of th e Amateur class and in. Clo va n ne lt i a nd Dar ling closed in dominated the trark for eight laps. th e corner s, bUI were outpow ered on But David Nea l, wh o wa s o n Bourth e straigh ta ways. Dail y outpowered deau 's m il' fender all the way, blasted everyo ne alt hough Gakhill o fte n p ast 10 win th e moto two laps la ter. pull ed a long-sid e in the co rners. Bourdeau held seco nd with Carl CotDarling gained the a dva ntag-e o ver Ion in the third sp ot and AI Fitzge ra ld in founh . . . C lova n ne lt i to reign as th e top flat tracker o f the da y. In moto IWo , Bourdeau d id a retake The speedway hik es will not be run of moto om- by again taking the lead with the flat tra ckers aga in because o f a nd for fivc: laps it was h is. Hal (heir o bvio us adva n tage. G rad y, who started midpack, look o ver for on e lap lx-Iore Ed Mitclu-u] T he bikes a lso go t a shot at th e 'TT; track wi th theHodges all going at it. took O Wl'. Grady held o n for sreond Larry a nd Tom had a baule going o n p lill'ew it h Neal in tb ird foll owed by with Larry ha ving the power while Bourdeau in fourth . T om had the suspension. Larry started Nov iceDick Do yle, riding an ATK, 'ta king th e jumps a little easier after sh owed how to handle a hig fourlap rhn-e and T om gol a ro u nd . Roh stro ke in the Novice class. Doyle wem had tlu-lx-st seal inthe house for th"c'ir'-'- '. w ire-to-wi re in ·bo th motos to tak e '.-

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