Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

again taking the early lead but slid out in turn four, giving Gerrish the lead. Gerrish went on to win and take the overall ahead of Holum, Hall, Eilts, Barry Swires, Sabedra and Ken Swires. Gerrish had no problems in the first I25cc race, leading [rom start to finish over Rick Smith. Round two, however, Smith nailed the holeshot ahead of Gerrish, and the two battled closely throughout the race. It wasn't until halfway through the final lap that Gerrish snuck underneath Smith to take the second-moto win. The stan of the third and final race saw Gerrish and Smith side-@y-side with Smith edging ahead o[ Gerrish over a straightaway jump, but Smith. went wide in the following turn and Gerrish dove inside to take the lead for good. George Holum moved up late in the race to challenge Smith but spun out, ending his drive, Results WEE PEEWEE: 1. Joshua Harris; 2. Tyler Manley; 3. Bridget Harris. PEE WEE: 1. Mike Fetty. MINI: 1. Ryan Anderson. , 25; 1. Eddie Gerrish: 2. Rick Smith; 3. George. Holum. 250: 1. Eddie Gerrish; 2, Curtis Holum; 3. Reed Eilts. OPEN: 1. Mike Nidey. 4-STRK: ,. Rick Mscichowski: 2. Jerry Hicks. Monterey ST win to Iwanaga Billy Liles leads Suzuki's Bob Hannah in the 250cc Pro class at Secession MX in South Carolina. Liles and Hannah battled in both motos, but Liles picked up wins in both motos and the overall victory. Liles, Hannah· baffle at Secession Motocross By Gary Crider ANDERSON, SC, NOV. 2 The AMA Pro-Am Regional MX at Secession MX Park saw Billy Liles and Bob Hannah square off for two motos of close' 26 racing in the 250cc Pro division. Liles came away with a perfect score after passing Hannah in the final seconds of moto two. Rodney Barr and Mark Ashworth copped overall wins in the 125cc and Open Pro divisions,. respectively. Over 200 riders, representing II states, were on hand for the event. The first 250cc Pro .moto started out with a bang as Robbie Taylor and Gerald Wood shared the holeshot and tried to occupy the same line through the first two turns. Their handlebar banging ended in a crash as the pair exited the second turn. T,!ylor was shaken-up and DNF but Wood remounted for an eventual seventh place finish. Meanwhile, Barr took the lead and opened up a good lead. Liles and Hannah worked their way through traffic, and by the fourth lap, they had secured the second and third place slots, respectively, and were· closing the eight-second lead held by Barr. One lap later, Barr found himself in third as the Liles/Hannah duo moved to the front. Liles held on in the remaining three laps to win over Hannah, Barr and jeff Hicks. Hannah took an early lead in moto two while Liles had to come from behind. Near the halfway mark, Liles dropped Ohio's Hicks to third and set his sights on Hannah. Liles followed closely for three laps, then saw his chance in the back section of the Hannah-designed course. "I don't think Bob knew it was me behind him," said Liles. "I caught hi,m alseep in a tum and dove under him." In the remaining half-lap, Liles held on for the win over Hannah. Hicks finished a distant third to net third overall ahead of David Kelley. Barr was unable to ride the second moto after re-injuring his ankle in I25cc action. Barr notched a pair of hard-earned moto wins in l25cc Pro racing, shaking off a first turn spill at the start of moto one and winning a duel over Wood in moto two. Wood held on for runner-up honors ahead of Florida's Tommy Rios. Open Pro action saw Liles take the lead away from Robby Neeley only to DNF on the last lap with mechanical problems. Neeley took over to win ahead of Ashworth. Liles ran away with the second moto win while Ashworth made a heroic effon, holding on to second position despite a badly twisted knee. Ashworth claimed top overall honors over Neeley. Rusty Sayres returned to action after a layoff due to knee surgery and won the I25cc B division via his 5-1 rides. First moto winner Damon Bradshaw DNF moto two while jeff Leachmon took a second place finish to net second overall. Sayres won the first 250cc B moto but had problems in the final and had to settle for third overall. Eddie Almond posted 3-1 to earn top gold over Rodney Orr. Florida's Orr returned in Open B action and won both motos. Tracey Barnett was hot in the first Senior Mini moto as he stormed from fifth position to close the gap on leader William Mutimer. On the second lap, Barnett tried to pass over a double jump. "As I started up the jump," said Barnett, "it looked like I might land on William, so I backed off the gas." Barnett crashed into the second jump and was sidelined for the day. Mutimer rode on to win both motos over Ryan Dean of Florida. Results 65 MINI: ,. Richie Harton (Kaw): 2. Phil Heyes (Hon): 3. Vince Herdy (Kaw). JR: 1. Men Shue(Vem): 2. Jemes Herdy(Kaw): 3. Jeff He..-Iey (Han). SR: 1. William Mutimer (Kaw): 2. Ryen Dean (Vem): 3. Jake McClure (Kaw). 125 YTH: 1. Mike Fraylick(Vam); 2. Jeff Mitnitsky (Hon): 3. Shane Kennady (Vim). 125 C: ,. Paul Cli"" (Hon): 2. Chris Tucker (Yam); 3. Gebe Gaddis (Han,. 250 C: 1. Bobby Dilbert (Hon); 2. Stephen Edwerds (Kaw); 3. Deniel Bell (Suz). 125 B: ,. Rusty Slyres (Hon): 2. Jeff Leachmon (Hon): 3. Jason Coleman (Hon). 250 B: 1. Eddie Almond (Kaw): 2. Rodney Orr (Hon); 3. Rusty Sayres (Hon). OPEN B: ,. Rodney Orr (Hon); 2. John Trissel; 3. Rhett Smith (Hon). SR (30+): 1. Robby Neeley (Kaw); 2. Jeff Carter (Klw): 3. Steve Lewis (Ylm), 125 PRO/AM: 1. Rodney Barr (Kaw): 2. Gerald Wood (Vam): 3. Tommy Rios (Vam). 250 PRO/AM: 1. Biily Liles IKaw): 2. Bob Hannah (Suz): 3. Jeff Hicks (Hon). OPEN PRO/AM: 1. Mark Ashworth (Vam); 2. Robby Neeley (Kaw); 3. Tim Terry (Hon). Gerrish wails at Woodland Scrambles By Derryl Anderson WOODLAND, WA, NOV. 9 Kawasaki-mounted Eddie Gerrish won five out of six motos, today, to claim both 125 and 250cc class wins at Woodland Motocross Park's scrambles racing. In the first 250cc moto, Gerrish grabbed ~he holeshot ahead of Reed Eilts, Curtis Holum, Adam Sabedra, Craig Hall, Barry Swires, Darryl Chambers and Ken Swires. By the second lap, Gerris had built up a 15yard Jead over Eilts, whoheld a com, fortable margin over Holum. By the end of the race, it was Gerrish taking the win about 30 yards over Eilts, then followed Holum, Sabedra and Swires. Sabedra took the early lead in the second moto overr Eilts, Gerrish, Holum and Barry Swires. It didn't take long before Gerrish had taken over second place and started pressuring the leader Sabedra, while Eilts bailed and quickly restarted. Gerrish pressured Sabedra in every turn and almost crashed one time in tum four. In all the turns, Gerrish tried the low lines but couldn't get by. At the finish, it was Sabedra out in front followed by Gerrish, 'Barry Swires and Hall. The final moto had Sabedra once By Mike Vancil MONTEREY, CA, NOV. I Paul Iwanaga was again the star of the show when he parlayed a hea t race win and a first choice of grid position in the final choice of grid position in the final to victory over 12 Experts at the short track at Monterey County Fairgrounds. On the green light start of the final, Iwanaga was off the pole like a shot and had the inside line at the first corner. While others were banging and bumping in the traffic Iwanaga was setting up to pull away from second placer P.]. Sanchez. All the racers were a bit on edge anyway for the race had to be restarted after Sanchez, Steven Raymond and Robert Damron all went down in the first· corner. . All made it back to the grid and it was Sanchez who came of( the crash with the greatest desire to win.lwanaga was pitching his Gilroy-based Honda four-stroke machine into the corners a considerable distance prior to the corner and was reaping dual benefits from that race plan. He was eHectively blocking the groove by !:Ieing sideways and he was also able to square of( the turn and accelerate more quickly that he would have been able to using a later entry into the corner. The sponsors of Iwanaga - Lee Racing, T.I. Landscaping, Richard Braquet Racing and Gilroy Honda - must be quite proud of their racer [or he has been the winningest Expert in the High PointSeries promoted by R&D Enterprises. Sanchez was two lengths behind Iwanaga at the checkers and very, very busy holding off a hard charging Kurt Chandler, who is sponsored by his brother, Camel Pro performer Doug Chandler, and by Dan Moore & Sons Motorcycles. Star performer in the junior ranks on this evening was young lion Rick Smith, who is sponsored by Bill Grove and Son Trucking, C&M Motqrs and Ricks Fiberglass. In 36 laps of racing Rick never saw the back of a competitor unless.he was lapping him! He was able to dominate both his eight lap heat races in the 250cc and 500cc classes and did the same in each of the

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