Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

back everyone bUI McGill. Art Mitchell returned to his winning form in the 500cc Novice div· ision. Confident that his Ray Huffprepared Honda was fresh and ready, Mitchell hole hot the main and won easily ahead of second place finisher Sherman Gresham of Oroville. John Mitchell won the 60cc class, and Anthony Freeman won the SOc Juniors. Results PEE WEE: 1. J. Gebhar1; 2. C. Yarrow; 3. J. Stone. 60 NOV: 1. J. Mitchell. 80 NOV: 1. N. Wail. 80 JR: 1. A. Freeman. 250 NOV: 1. J. McGill; 2. P. Polhemus; 3. T. wans. 250 JR: 1. T. Knight; 2. J. Aguilar. VETS: 1. G. Cooper; 2. F. Shine. 500 NOV: 1. A. Mitchell; 2. S. Gresham. 500 JR: 1. T. Knight; 2. D. Calhoon. 500 EX: 1. R. Damron; 2. S. Hoffman; 3. M. Anhur. PRO·AM: 1. S. Hoffman; 2. R. Damron; 3. M. Key. JR SPDWY: 1. K. Wagner; 2. D. Schrader. Allyn, Spear top South woods MX by John Spear SOUTHWOODS, NY, JULY 13 Leonard Allyn rode to a 1-1 finish today to take the win in the 125ccExpertclassatSouthwoods MX. The Open Expert overall was claimed by Mike Spear, who al 0 powered his way to back-toback win. Heavy rains for two straight days had turned the outhwoods track into a mud bath that affected almost every race. To top it off, a LOrrential rain from a thunder-and-lightning storm forced cancellation of the day' final three moLOS. In the second 125cc moLO, Allyn got off the line in midpack. By the end of the fir tlap, he had moved up LO fifth, while John Coen, who had grabbed the holeshOl, was batuing for first place with Gene Gentsch and Jeff Dirago. Dirago fell and lost any chance for a good overall by not recovering until midpack. Gentsch took over the lead on the fourth lap, with Allyn moving into second place a lap la ter. Allyn passed Gentsch in th e back section on lap five to take over a lead he would never lose. Gent ch tried LO take it back over the stUller bumps before the checkers, but he went down hard, giving Allyn an easy win. Gentsch went down again that lap, allowing Steve Desiderio to move into second. Spear trailed Kei th Mann and Doug Mitchell in the first Open Expert moto, but got his chance for the lead when Mann fell, and Mitchell stalled, within a corner of each other. Spear went on LO an easy win, while Mann got going before Mitchell LO take second. The second Open moLO turned out to be brutal. Halfway through the race, the skies opened up and dropped an inch of rain on the track in less than 10 minute. Spear, who was third out of the gate, ripped into the lead down the long straight, with Mitchell tight on his rear wheel. The two pulled away from the pack, but Mitchell was forced to drop off the pace when the rain began; the heavy m.ud thrown up by Spear's bike hindered his vision. During the rain, the race turned into a parade with each rider just holding on LO finish. Rob McCullough grabbed the holeshot in the first 250cc Expert moLO, and held ule lead all the way. He wa awarded the overall when the second moto was cancelled. Bob Weiss was the 250 c Amateur winner, while John Crolle won the Senior Expert race and David Dangerfield took the Senior Amateur competition. The Open Amateurs were allowed to race their final moLO, but it was started and run in the same down- pour that hit the Open Experts. John Donovan showed his consistency with a 3-2 for the overall while John Leithead got second wi th a 6- 1. Big Mike Hoensch won the opening moLO but dropped LO ninth in ule econd moLO to finish fifth overall. enior Mini rider Dennis Dillin . found the muddy track LO his liking. He swept LO vicLOry in both moLO , followed by Brad Batson with a pair of econdsand Mark Perricelli with a pair of iliirds. Junior Mini rider Jody Mitchell rode as fast in themuda hedoes on a dry track, LO take a pairof win. Chad O'Hara picked up the overall in the l25cc Novice class with an unlikely 7-2 showing. Larry"LaBlanc's second was ju t as strange; he had a 3-6 day. First moLO winner Ricky Bozentko dropped to 11th in the econd moLO, while Craig mith won the second moLO after finishing 15th in the first. 3 SURE WAYS TO KNOW A GREAT EXHAUST DESIGN 1) Customers love it. 2) Competitors copy it. 3) Magazines print political tests about it. 1) No one gets "stuck" with an MX2. If anyone didn't love it. he'd get a refund. MX2, the only exhaust powerful enough to have a money back performance guarantee-. 21 Several competitors are risking patent infringement by copying what they know is the best new design in 35 years. Too bad they don't know how to make MX2 technology workl 3)ln July "MAXI·X EVALUATION", the unnamed tester, in his effort to beat the MX2. ~to have gone 10.89@ 1 25.5a~AntelopeV8I1e~700· above S8a level). InApril"GSX·Rl100vs. V·MAX'· that same tester. using the same V-M and slock pipe, could onlyg8110.74@ 126.8 8t Fremont Isea level). Now, using these Fremont times and the NHRA altitude correction factor, he could have gone no faster than ".'0@ 123.1 at Antelope. Yet, that magazine tester did the impossible, he went.2 t sec.tooguic~ and 2.9 mph too fast, without the superior Fremont traction or air, and didn't even have to raJat or altitude. - - If you're smart enough to read between the lines, you're smart enough to demand MX2. MX2, guaranteed to outperform Kerker, and SuperTrapp without expensive, illegal rejening, or your money back-. Isn't one guarantee worth more than a thousand claims? Results • ask for details JR MINI: 1. Jody Mitchell (Hon); 2. Keith Troccoli (Kawl: 3. Jason Behrens (Kaw). SR MINI: 1. Dillin (Kaw); 2. Batson (Kaw); 3. Perricelli (Kaw). 125 NOV: 1. Chad O'Hare (Hon); 2. LeBlanc (Yam); 3. Ricky Bozentko (Kaw). 125 EX: 1. Leonard Allyn (Han); 2. Gene Gentsch (Yam); 3. John Coen (Han). 250 AM: 1. Bob Weiss (Han); 2. Mike Baldwin (Han); 3. Todd Thiesfeldt (Yam). 250 EX: 1. Rob McCullough (Han); 2. John Thompson (Kaw); 3. Mike Spear (Kaw). OPEN AM: 1. John Donovan (Yam); 2. John Leithead (Kaw); 3. John Weinberg. OPEN EX: 1. Mike Spear (Kaw); 2. Doug Mitchell (Han); 3. Keith Mann (Yam). SR AM: 1. David Dangerfield (Han); 2. Allan Miller (Han); 3. Rodolfo Amaresaro (Kaw). SR EX: 1. John Crolle(Yam); 2. Gary Fetzer (Han); 3. Jeff Thompson (Han). ORDER YOUR MX2 TODAY, only $279.951 Roseberg jams at Sunrise MX By Bob Alloy ADELA TO, CA:J Monty Clmpb.U ISlE MAXI-PRODUCTS INC .. 49B9-CN Holt Blvd., Montclair, CA 91763 (71 4) 626-5206 Read Cycle News Want Ads! FREE RIDING GEAR with purchase Buy your 1986 Yamaha YZ at Orange County Cycle's regular low price and receive a set of riding gear of your choice FOR FREE! Buy a YZ125S recei,e $400 in Riding Gnr FOR FREE! Buy a Yl250S or YZ490S and recei,e $450 in Riding Gear FOR FREE! free with purchase LY 20 It was a real corcher here at Sunrise with all that desert heat, but luckily things went smoothly and finished just a little after noon. Master Dennis Rosenberg started midpack in moLO one but worked his way up to win the maLO 10 laps later. Moto two saw Rosenberg shoot into the lead with a flying Kawasaki and landing at the checkered flag for the win wrapping up a very nice I-I. Ron Way, battled his wa·y into the second spot in both mOlOS for a second overall. Expert Bob Beasley really looked greal.ln both motos hecarried a wide lead over all the others and ran away with both wins, Asker Larnkjaer and . Dan Sanchez did some battling for second place, but it was Larnkjaer, who maneuvered hi way into the win. Don Sanchez fini hed third, but arne through with econd the next moLO. Amateur's Chuck Dalton had an excellent day of racing. He wrapped up first overall with a painles 1-1 win while Hal Grady powered into second with a 2-2. ovice John Brahsch powered his Honda into the lead and aggre sively held on for 10 laps [or the win. Jim Holton followed Brahscl1 in with second and Dennis Wilson gOt his Yamaha into third. [n the second maLO, Earl ichol decided to ride with the ovices after taking off with the Amateurs the first time around. Riding with the Amateurs must have been good practice because he shot inLO first and wrapped up the win. Brahsch followed Nichols with second place while Jim Hollan bla ted into third. The Novice B class was dominated by Marland McManus who went wireto·wire for the overall win. • Results MSTR: 1. Dennis Rosenberg (Kaw). EX: 1. Bob Beasley (Yam); 2. Dan Sanchez (Yaml. AM: 1. Chuck Dalton (Yaml; 2. Hel Grady (Han). NOV: 1. John Brahsch (Han); 2. Jim Hollon (Han). NOV B: 1. Marland McManus (Yam). 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