Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

· Kurtz (Vam); 3. Bred Sewyer (Kew); 4 . Devid W . Clyde (Han); 5. Richard Coker (Kaw). B PROD NOV : 1. James Nichols (Suz); 2. David W . Clyde (Han); 3 . Gregg Waheed (Suz); 4. James Deister (Kaw ); 5 . Dona ld M. Lovas (Yam). B PROD EX: 1. Douga s Pole n (Suz); 2. Mike Hanh (Suz); 3. J am ie James (Suz); 4 . Creig Gleason (Suz); 5 . lain Per a (Suz). o S/BK EX: 1. J am ie Ja mes (Yam"); 2. Devid S. Louk (Vam ). o S/B K NOV: 1. A. A ubr ey Wright III (Yam"); 2. Rand y St amp s (Yam); 3 . Denn y Lowther (Han); 4 . Steve Cox (Hon); 5 . Paul M asterson (Yam). F- l EX: 1. Raben W . Taylor (Suz); 2. Wesley Winchester (5ul); 3 . Britt Tarkington (Suz); 4. Pat Tharp (Suz); 5. Dewayne Davis (Vam). F-l NOV : 1. Gregg Waheed (Suz); 2. Donal d M . Lovas (Vem); 3 . A. Aubrey Wright III (Vam); 4. Joseph Bicheler (Suzl ; 5 . Pete M an in s (Suz). Wentzell wails at Delta MX By Mark Montgomery DELT A, OH, APR. 18 J ay Wentzel pic ked up the victory in the 125cc A class Saturday at Delt a. Wen tzel tu rned in a co m ma nding two-moto sweep to clai m th e class hon ors ahea d of Steve Robinson. Wentzel powered h is Kaw asak i past th e field to claim th e hol esh ot Ul moto one of the 125cc A class. T erry Faber held the seco nd position through mos t of the first la p until he was passed by a hard-ch ar ging Robinson. Ro binson fell almost i m me d ia te ly a nd fo u nd h imself chas ing th e back of the pack by the time he remo unte d. Wentzel began to p ull away . as Faber and Terry Ramsey fou ght a heated ba ttle for the run ner-u p position which continued un til Ram sey crashed on la p fo ur: T he checkered flag fou nd Wen tzel comforta bly ou t fro nt, Faber second, Bill Ro bi n son th i rd , whil e h i s bro ther Steve, in a flashy dis p lay of come- fro m -be hin d ridi ng, h ad charged from dead las t to cross the finish li ne in fourth . Moto two saw Wentze l continue to dominate th e start, bu t Steve Rob inson , a lso on a Kawa sa ki , lea ped into first before a single lap had been com pleted. The two leaders left th e field 200 yards behind as th ey staged a private du el fo r four laps of this six- lap mo to. Wen tzel p revai led with a high -speed pass o n a long strai gh t to take th e lead fo r good, claiming th e overa ll wi th a II finish. Steve Robinson earn ed th e second place trophy while Fab er took third. In 250cc A ac tio n, Vern Zweifel took th e moto o ne holesh ot, and spe nt five laps trying to hold off a det ermined a ttack from Yamaha mounted Brett Dewker. While th e cro wd wa tched th e bat tle for first, J ohn Nagada kept hi s thi rd -p lace Kawasak i wit hi n striki ng di stance. While pressin g for th e lead o n th e la st lap, Dewker locked the rear wheel and kill ed hi s engine. Dewker kicked hi s bik e to life while watch ing Zweifel pull away, th en found himself with a new probl em - ho ldi ng off a pers istent Nagada. Bo th riders pulled out all the sto ps and co ncl uded a hotl y-contested fig ht by flyin g past the fin ish lin e, airb orne, less than a foo t apart, with Dewker holding on to second by mere inches. Paul Swenson, wh o had quietl y finis hed fourth in moto one, too k co n tro l of rnoto two from th e start. Nagada success fu lly laid claim to seco n d th is time whil e Dew ker , Zw eifel a n d Mi chae l Schroeder wres tled over third. First and second positi ons never chan ged. Schroeder made a dram a tic pass on a n insi de line during lap five to take con tro l of third place. Swen son's second moto performance helped him garner top honors in hi s class. Nagada an d Zweifel Ii l led o u t th e to p three troph y winners. Results MINI: 1. Steven Casto J r. (Kaw); 2. Travis Petersen (Kaw); 3. J emes Post (Kaw). SO JR : 1. J ust in Ja rrett (Yam); 2. Steven Cast o Jr. (Kaw); 3 . Je remy Jarrett (Yam). r---------------- I I I I I cut out and mai' today -----------------, TM '•• II S T . " T E l l I CHARTER Subscription Order Form I I I I I I I I I I I I L 0 YES! I want t o be a cha rter subscriber to Personal Watercraft Illustrated. That's the f irst 7 issues for $7.00. 0 Bill me w ith the f irst issue. 0 Check or Money Order enclosed (make out payable to Cycl e New s) 0 Charge my credit card 0 Visa 0 Mastercard Card Number S~MWre Address Ma il to: PhoneI J" ' Expiration date----l' - - - - 1 ' - - Name (please print clearly) City ~= ~~ .,- State Zip Personal Watercraft Illustrated c /o Cycle News, Inc. P.O. Box 498 Long Bea ch , CA 90801-0498 r .,~.r. R. ..._ ' . - . ,....,.,...... ....... ..,., - - wIIIt ... I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I ~---_--------------------------------- 51

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