Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

AMA District 7 number one rider Craig Fish made the first attempt at the 67-foot climb and scored a three, to crest me opening part of the section. Sattelmeier made note of this, and hit the base of the hill in fourth gear, giving him enough momentum to make the crest, with only a single dab. The next three sections al I featured lesser climbs, on the tractionless wet slate. Sattelmeier again attacked the sections with momentum, and by the time Fish had made the adjustment and settled down to his normal surgical smoothness on se~tion f~ve, he found himself a full mne poInts down. Fish fought back LO close the deficit to only three marks by halfway through the third loop, but Sattel meier rallied through the remainder of the event, including a brilliant clean on section four, the only one of the day. Section four was by far tbe most difficult of the event. It was here that disaster struck first year A rider Tony DeJulius, who bro~e his .from.brake backing plate, leaVIng hIm Wtth no front brake. This mishap gave veteran A rider Jim Palmer some welcomed breathing room, as DeJulius had been exerting considerable pressure up to mat poi~l.. DeJulius toughed out the remaInmg three loops and despite some spe<;tacular fives on the steep downhIlls, he finished 29 points down from A class winner Palmer at day's end. Results AA: 1. Brock Sattelmeier (Yam); 2. Craig Fish . (Yam); 3. Joe Justick (Fan). A: 1. Jim Palmer (Fan); 2. Tony DeJullus (Bet); 3. Bunky Miller (Yam). B: 1. Jeff Nash (Fan); 2. S1anley 80llinger (Bet); 3. Eric Stark (Mon); 4. Tom Donet (Yam). C: 1. Ron Snider (Yam); 2. Marc 8rooks (Bet); 3. Scott Smi1h (Yam); 4. Fred Stout «Fan); 5. Richard Buckingham (Monl. SR: 1. Kevin Kunkle (8et); 2. Matt Ubertore (Bet); 3. Charles Clements (Hon); 4. Ronald Seiss (Yam). Getz sparkles at Morrison HS Kelly Getz piloted his Can-Am to ~hl! overa!1 victory a~ the first round of the Illinois Hare Scramble ASSOCiation Senes at Morrison. Ryan bla$fs Baylands Motocross By Mike Vancil YAMAHA RZ500's Avail• .,.. t,,,m stock in Toronto or ~omw.lI. or we'll ship, '85 RZ500 $3,000. '86 Rl350 from '2.600. (U.S. UI C.NtdienSpec. FZA760& FlR 1000 Av.ileble fromstodr. Yl ... Yam.~ Outb~rd Motors Also Available. HURST YAMAHA CANADA'S LAIfCOT YAMAHA DULLR 1581 n.lloo_OY. Tor_.Ow<. _(4161255-3441 7OO_A.... 0... P_1613)932-1465 Cor_. i1 YOUR ONLY fED '. @~@llW~ H - Husqvama DEALER IN SAN FERNANDO YAUEY '87 MODELS IN STOCK NOW "ome Of. '85. '86 125 World MX Champion Cagiva 125WMX '85. '86 King Of The Desert Husq· varna 430XC - 500XC Suzuki of Van Nuys 16141 Sherman Way Van Nuys. CA (818) 994-2882 _ UPS Parts Daily . CaTburetor Parts Warehouse (216) 524-1599 7~ 4 10am-5pm I..,., FREMONT, CA., APR. 8 Rick Ryan won five of the six class moLOS he entered at Baylands Wednesday. Ryan used the five moto wins LO capture the 125, 250cc and Open Pro classes. Ryan had to contend with Tony Flores in the 125cc Pro division. Flores grabbed the holeshot with Ryan close behind and both riders battled throughout the first mota. Ryan and Flores collided late in the mota and Ryan wem on to take the win, while Flores dropped to fifth. In the second maLO Ryan easily outdistanced the field with Flores recording a second and Breu Cahors taking third. Cabors finished second in the first moLO and his third this round gave him second overall. Ryan easily swept both moLOS of the 250cc Pro class wi th Flores taking second overall. In the Open ranks Ryan had it a little tougher. Cahors had the holeshot in moLO one and he held the lead all the way to the checkered flag with Ryan in tow. Ryan retaliated in the- second moto and took tlle victory and the overall with his 2I score. Cahors was second with a 1-2 tally. Results 80 8EG: 1. Dan Reger (l1on); 2. Ricky Alves (Yam); 3. Scott Shade (Yam). 80 JR: 1. Saul San Filipa (Hon). 80 INT: 1. Jimmy Williams (Hon). 80 EX: 1. Jimmy Clay (Yam). 125 BEG: 1. Mike McCloud (Honl; 2. Willie Artau (Hon); 3. Rhett Fothergill (Hon); 4. Dwayne Newman (Hon); 5. Tyler HummeIISul). 125 JR: 1. Kurt Kuhn (Kawl; 2: Steve 80nita (Honl; 3. Paul Van Horsen (SUl); 4. Pat Gomm (Hon).. 125 INT 1. Mark Laube (SUl). 125 PRO: 1. Rick Ryan (Hon); 2. 8rett Cahors (Kaw). 250 BEG: 1. Marc Seward (Hon); 2. James Paerry (Hon); 3. Aaron Howe (SUl); 4. Jim Lamonte (SUl); 5. Mark Stepavic~ (SUl). 250 JR: 1. Kurt Kuhn (Kaw); 2. Bob Zades (Hon); 3. Steve Matlock (Yam); 4. Rick Peixto (YamI; 5. Marc Pennings (Hon). 250 INT: 1. Tim 800ne (Hon). 250 PRO: 1. Rick Ryan (Hon); 2. Tony Flores (SUl); 3. Bren Cahors (Kaw). OPEN BEG: 1. Karl Selitseh (Hon); 2. Niclas Granlund (Kaw). OPEN JR: 1. Todd Luksa (Hon); 2. Steve Miraglia (Hon); 3. Jess Ochoa (Hon). OPEN INT: 1. Mark Duval (Kaw). OPEN PRO: 1. Rick Ruan (Hon); 2. 8rett Cahors (Kaw). VET OT: 1. Don Swearingen (Hon). VET JR: 1. Moe Harwell (Yam). VET INT: 1. Peter Crowell (Hon). VET MSTR: 1. Duane Hughes (Hon); 2. Duane Joice (Kaw). Sattelmeier tops Slate Mountain Trial By A. S. Hanson WHITEFORD, MD, APR. 5 The Gunpowder Valley M.C. held its inaugural Slate Mountain Trial Sunday and the event proved to be a success despite a baptism by an early spring sleet and snow storm. Brock Sat~elmeier proved to be the most masterful slate rider of the day, dropping 39 points in 32 sections and besting his closest competitor by II points. Section one was changed the morning of the run to an A classani y section due to the length of the climb and the wet soil conditions. By Merle Acord MORRISON, IL, APR. 12 Can-Am rider Kelly Getz, AMA District ITs number one hare scrambles rider, won the first race of a sixrace series sponsored by Bike Barn and Spectra Oil Products in the newly formed Illinois Hare Scramble Association. Geu won by two and a half minutes over Hickman Racing-sponsored KTM rider Willis VanZee. Geu led the 150 riders off the line from the dead-.engine start and aimed his 250cc Can-Am for the comer marker, a late-model Ford Bronco, a hundred yards away in the open, sandy field. Geu won the drag race and ducked into the first woods section 10 yards in front of VanZee. "I just couldn't get away from him (VanZee)," said Geu. "He's got that 350 KTM and when we'd get in those long, open fields he would close up. He was right there for the first hour and then he dropped back. It was a great course. Some tight woods, some open fields, and we had a little patch of marsh, but there were good lines. That deep sand motocross by the scoring barrels was a riol. It got better as the race went pn, but during the first hour guys were falling all over the place." VanZee, who warred in the motocross world before turning to O'oss country riding, thought the sandy motocross section was great. "I just couldn't reel Getz in," said VanZee, ''I'd gain a little ground during the motocross section, but that was about the only time I even saw him." Third place in the Heavyweights (25Occ and up) was another KTM rider and motocrosser, Jeff Steven-

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