Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

and at the New sies were its bes t finishes," sai d R aIl with his ever present sm ile. . W ith th e help of Al Stangl er, Don Tilley and Hale's Harley-D avidson, Chris Carr sm as h ed the seven-yearold track record wi th his H arley. Davidson Mo tor C o .lLa w w ill XR750. Carr's 25.650 to u r would also put him on the pole for th e " Dash fo r Cash." Moreh ead, Bri an Ath erton, Don Es tep, Doug Davis an d Brian Hardin would join Carr for the fo ur-lap even t. The P ro-Am qualifying hea ts were won b y D a vid R ee ve s, D ann y Koelsch an d Cory J erew . Villella an d Kevin Atherton swept th e tw o Junior heats. Carr and Moreh ead did th e in the two Ex p ert sa me p rel im inari es. The P ro- Am m ain w as set in motion with Mark Kenned y an d Tim Best o n the pe nalty li ne. R eeves led for th ree laps. Koelsch worked h is wa y p ast Mik e Ludden an d Mike McDonnell to ta ke th e lead o n lap four. At the crossed flags Reeves was a lo ne in secon d while Mark Va n H ausen and J ason Fletcher took tu rns ow ni ng th e show spot. McD on nell h eld on to fift h a head of J erew an d the field. Everyone h eld their posi tions to the chec kered flag . Vill ella made short work of the Junior ma in with a fl a g -to-fl a g victory. O ne of th e better rides of the night too k pla ce between Kevin Atherton, Mark Wyskiel and Darrell Davi s. Athe rton got off th e line in fourth beh in d Wyski el and worked for th ree laps to ge t by. O nce in third the yo u nges t . Atherton u sed the remaining seven laps to reel in Davis. The drag race to th e finish n etted Atherton seco nd by a ti re w idth. Craig Estelle kep t David Rayburn , Mark Cro setti an d Kri s Kiser in tow for fifth . With R oed er's KR a nd R all 's BSA fired , th e ca paci ty crowd push ed o n the fen ces to ge t a clea rer look a t th e two Ohio legends. R oeder 's KR h ad a slight m iss and Rall 's BSA had a h in t o f so me cl utch slip, bu t th e tw o veterans swap pe d p lac es an d lines m uch to th e delight of all present. . At th e flag it was R oeder by a few t bike len gths. Both ride rs enjoyed ! themselves and p ondered a rematch ! in 'SS. I The Ex pe rt main was gridded as th e crowd got a ch ance to sit down. Ca rr selected th e outside p ole, but it was Morehead ou t front after th e first lap . Estep , George R oeder J r. , Curt Reh m ert a rid Carr battl ed over seco nd. Carr di sposed of Reh rnert, R oeder a nd Es tep and closed o n Morehea d , but ge tti ng close a n d ge ttin g by a re two different th ings as Car r shadowed Morehead to th e checkers. Estep won th e battle for th ird in front of R oeder , Do ug Davis, Eric R a u sch and Rehmert. T he e~fning's nightca p , th e "Dash for Ca sh ," ga ve Carr a nd o thers o ne more shot a t Moreh ead. It was n o t to be as th e Hank Sco tt-tuned, F&S H-D /KK S upp ly / La u be's Cycle World/ J ohn Dra g o o -sponsored Moreh ead ro m ped hom e th e winner. Ca rr took seco n d with Brian Hardin th ird in fro nt of Es tep an d Davi s. • Results EX: 1. Steve Mo rehead (H-D); 2. Chris Carr (HD); 3. Don Est ep (H-D); 4. George Roeder (H-D); 5. Doug Davis (H-D): 6. Eric Rasuch (H-D): 7. Curt Rehmert (H-D); 8. 8r ian Atherton (H· D): 9 . 8rian Harden (H-D); 10. Ronnie Jones (H-D). PRO·AM : 1. Danny Koelsc h (Rtx): 2. David ~ ~eeves (Rtx); 3. M ark Van Housen lC-A); 4. Jason : Ietcher (Rtx); 5. M ike M cDonne ll (H-D): 6. Cory -iJerew (H-D); 7. Tim 8est (Rtx); 8. Rex Fisher (Rtx): i l l . Ed James (Rtx); 10. David Lloyd (W·R). JR: 1. 8 ryan Vill elaa (W-R); 2. Kevin Ath erton W -R); 3. Darrell Davis (W-R); 4. M ark Wysk iel Hon); 5. Craig Estelle (H-D); 6. Ma rk Crosett i (WI); 7. Davd Rayburn (H-D); 8. Kris Kiser (W -R); 9. l ave Cook (Hon); 10. Scott Saudn ers (Hon). DASH FOR CASH: 1. 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