Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

hill side track. Carlson worked hi s way into th e lead , whe re he wo u ld finish and take top la urels a fter demolishing th e field for a I-I doublemo to bl itz, beat in g Wood , wh o ran seco nd in mo to two for a 3-2 seco nd overa ll ahead of Schaffer (2-3), Davi s (4-4) and Mornarich , who rou nded ou t th e to p five overa ll. Clouser had little com peti tio n in the 250cc C cla ss a nd manhandled bo th 20-min ute motos af ter putting in two sensa tiona l rides on his Honda . Clouser clobbered mo to one leavi ng fellow H onda rider Dave H eat o n and R ick Rogers (Yamaha) to scrap it out for seco nd, which went Heaton 's way late in the rnoto. Rogers held on to sa lvage a third o ut of the squabble, while Joe Gisholt (Honda ) an d Da n Gilikson finished fourth a nd fifth. In the seco nd round , it was Clouser motori ng to the front of the pack , and running among heavy traffic only for a moment. That 's when the Honda speedster kicked in the afterburner to fin ish off the competition for his I-I demolition honors ahead of Gilikson in the moto bu t Ro bert s in the overa ll. Ro berts put tog ether two consist ent 3-3 rides for runners up to beat Giliksons 5-2 ta lly . Results 60 C: 1. Kevin O'Conner (Hon l; 2. J am ie cook (Han); 3. J oe Don Ireland (Hon l. 80 C: 1. Travis Berry (Vam l; 2. Korby Sawyer (Han); 3 . Joi e DePew (Han). 12 5 C: 1. Dar ren Cl atyon (Hon); 2. Troy Davis (Han); 3. Todd A lter (Honl. 25 0 C: 1. Jamie Clo user (Han); 2. Rick Roberts (Yam ~ 3. Dan Gilikson (Han). 5DO C: 1. Robert Carlsen (Han); 2 . Tom Wood (Kaw ); 3. Dana Schaffe r (Han). 60 B: 1. Shawn Highlend (Kaw) . 80 B: 1. Chad Berry (Yam); 2. Chuckie Sta ndeford (Han). . 125 B; 1. Curt Cunningha m (Kawl; 2. ManlY Spald ing (Yam); 3. Doug Eckelman (Yam). 250 B: 1. Ron M illigan (Han ); 2. St eve Nelson (Kaw ); 3. Dennis Rotherham (Han ). 5DO B: 1. Jody Rena rd (Hon). PROS: 1. Jeff MacDonald (Yam); 2. Randy Toreson (Yam); 3. Tim my Wa lker (KTM). 30-40: 1. Bob Ingle (Hon); 2. Rick Rogers(Ya m); 3. Gary Wi nger (Yam). OT: 1. Gary Hi ghla nd (Han); 2. Gilbert Ag ee (Hus ); 3 . Elme r Riemer (Ka w ). 30-40 S: 1. Ken Cullison (Han). HONDA ~ On April 27, 1986 Honda made history with a VFR750F by setting a new 24 hour World Speed Record of 143.18 m.p.h. That's 3.436.3 miles in 24 hours. THE TIRES: METZELER MBS Production Endurance Slicks The 24 hour record had been 128.23 m.p.h, set by Cycle World in September, 1985. THE TIRES: METZELER MBS Production Street Tires M ETZELER M BS . When You Wanf Something FAST·That LASTS • • • THIS YEAR MAKE IT METZELER THE WORL.D'S FASTEST STREET TIRES THE WORL.D'S FASTEST ENDURANCE SUCKS /METZELER 4520 107th S .W. Everett, WA 98204 11800) 433-3960 #1 Where it Counts 206) 348 4000 HON DA and -vmbol . .. INCh Trede M arb of Arnericlln Honda Motor Com pany. Inc. / Metze.., ti .... are not .... ppl ied a. orivinlll equipment on the VFR 760F i n the U.$ . SANCTIONED 9th. ANNUAL Bachman claims Beaver Valley MX HALF-MILE By Curt Baronio .SATURDAY MAY 10, 8 pm O AKDAL E, PA, APRIL 20 Honda-mounted Da ve Bachman co ul dn ' t hold off a cha llenge from Mark Reed (Kawasak i) in thefirst mota oftoday's Bea ver Valley 'M X, but he nipped Reed in the second rn o to of th e 250 A class, to cla im the overa ll win. Bachman a nd Reed ba ttled for five la ps in th e first mot o , befo re Reed passed th e H onda ri der a t the last moment and won th e race. Bachma n was lead in g the mo to jus t before th e fini sh , but co uldn't ge t 'a ro u nd a lapped rider a nd co u ld n ' t set u p fo r a · fin al fli ght o ver th e double j u m ps . Reed sa iled over th e jumps to pas s Bachman and tak e th e che ckered flag. .. - In , th e Second mo to , the pair excha nged the lead for three laps, before Bachman moved o ut in front for good on lap four. Bachman never was headed; the win in th e second moto gave him th e overa ll for the da y. Reed was fo rced to sett le for . second in the moto and second overall. T om Portma n, o n a KTM, took first in th e O pen A class. Results JR MI NI: 1. Jeff Decker (SUl): 2. Robert Dell er (Han I. INT M INI: i . Denn is Williams (Sull; 2. Ryan W in stel (SUl); 3. Ph ilip Der inger (Han). SR M INI: 1. Dew ey Hau ser (Kaw); 2. Eric W esch . (Sull; 3. Lance W instel. SUP MINI : 1. Eric W esch (Sull; 2. Jay Humphre y (5uzt; 3. Denn is W ill iams ISuz). SCHBV: 1. W illiam O'Br ian (Han): 2. Stan Good· night (Kaw); 3. Jo n Betch er (Han). 125 C: 1. Tom O'B rian (Han); 2. Dewey Hauser (Han); 3 . Ma rk Szarejko (Han). 125 B: 1. Br ian Eger(Hon); 2. Brett W at son (Han); 3. Joh n Del Mo nte . 250 C: 1. Chuck Duff ey (Kawl; 2. Tom O'Br ian (Honl ; 3. J eff Lane (Han). .j C ycle News readets - th e' £irstto know! , U~ l( a N~f N~ ERIC'S co. MOTORCYCLE . . 1986 MODELS IN 'STOCK! 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