Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Checkpoint M.e. club rider Stiluirl Scarlet, riding a Husky 125, had a tough day. "I changed my forks in the morning and I lost four minutes leaving the start," said Scarlet. "Then I ate it big time on a levee road. I ended up in a 10 foot gully with no way out. A bunch of people helped me get my bike out. My main concern was not to hour out," which he did not. KTM rider on the JB Racing team for the U.S., Bob Beal), said he had an e~counter with an angry Polish farmer. "At first I got a flat tire and fixed it at a check," said Bean. "I couldn't Iirtish it in time so I had to carry tfie bike through the check and finish it on the other side. I got going again and was boogying down a tractor path at high speed. I got crossed up in ruts and took out some farmer's fence. There was wood scattered everywhere. The farmer came over; I'm not sure if he was asking me if I was alright or if he was yelling at me. It sounded like he was cussing me out in Polish." Bean dropped 2820 route points and dropped back to 54th in class. Lubbock Trail Riders' Reed Bright came within one minute of houring out on his Husky 250. "The bolts sheared 0(£ on the sub-frame," said Bright. "It happened halfway around the first loop and I had to sit down the whole way to keep the seat and frame from flying up. At Park Farme, before leaving for the second loop, I had to fix it. I had to drill out the bolts and I burned up six drills in the process." Honda nder on the Lubbock Trail Riders team, David Burke, also dropped a ton of points when a suffered a couple of flat tires and battled with the mud. "I had a tough time in the mud," said Burke_ "I fell down a bunch of times. It was generally a t~ugh day; one of the roughest days I've ever ridden." Bertram came close to dropping a route point. "In the tightest section, 1 tried to wheelie across a big mud bog," said Bertram. "But I got turned around and stuck. I arrived to the next check 30 seconds into my grace." Riding in the 350cc Four-Stroke class on a Honda, Merced Dirt Rider's Dwight Rudder said he lost time trying to change' a flat tire. "From there it was a downhill battle with the mud bogs. It took me at least 20 minutes to get around some of the hills." Ribolzi, who dropped five minutes on the day, said, "I just got behind and the ruts kept getting deeper, and as they got deeper, it just took me longer to get through it. I was just going for the finish. There were places we went through that the ruts were so deep, your feet were above the gas tank. The radiator shrouds were scooping up the mud. ". . The high point of the day, however, was Kadlec naiIin~ down the quickest special test time in the morning test. He beat Wicksell by less then one second. In the second test, Kadlec was seventh fastest. By the end of the toughest day yet, only ·five American riders remained on gold, while most of' them had dropped to bronze. At this point it was a matter of survival . East Germany maintained its lead in the Trophy diyision over. Italy, while Sweden had moved up to third. Great Britian was fourth followed by Poland and Holand. USA was eighth. )n the Jr. World bout, East Germany held a commanding lead over Italy and France, while the USA team was fourth. Day ___ Although it hadn't rained an more, the trail on day five was still slickJ wet and muddy, and the wea-ther was cold and overcast. It was also the day that saw two more American riders drop out. Todd Harris, wno had been battling with water pump seals the whole enduro, finally dropped out when his water pump gave out for good near the start of the day. At the time, Harris was running on bronze. The last American to take a DNF was Mike Meddick. Meddick, too, was riding on bronze, and near the end of day five he noticed his rear hub was be!$"inning to collapse. So he babied hIS YZ490 for the rest of the day and got less than a mile from the finish before the wheel got so loose that the chain flew off the sprockets and wadded up into his engine cases. Before he even had a chance to get it fixed, he had already houred out. Kurt Hough limped his Honda into Park Farme at the end of the day with a blown water pump seal. He dropped one route point along the way having to stop every few miles to fill his radiators with water. Before impounding his bike that afternoon, he did not have enough time to replace the rightside engine case, so he ended up plugging up the seal hole with a screw and epoxy in hopes of finishing the final day. Donnie Simone, who was 49th 125cc after day five and riding on bronze, was ragged and worn out but hanging on for the finish and a . bronze medal. "I'm just going slow," said Simone. "It was pretty easy today, compared to yesterday, but I was so tired after yesterday that my feet were dragging and flailing allover the place today. So far the enduro has been tough, a lot tougher than I expected. It's a challenge to just keep going: Day six Day six featured a short, 4o-plus mile trail which led to the final motocross special test located on top of a grassy, rolling mountain. Kurt Hough managed to nurse his Honda to the finish, while Palenske chase rode behind Hough carrying extra water. Drew Smith got lost on the trail when spectators tore down some of the day six arrows for souvenirs and dropped a route point, which pretty much ended his assault for a class victory. The motocross special test attracted an estimated 40,000 spectators despite the cold weather. The first moto consisted of 80 and 125cc riders and top American in this race was Aaron Hough. Hough landed a third place start out of nearly 25 riders, and eventually worked his way up into second. He was passed back and dropped to third again before Ia1ling down in a turn. He managed to maintain his third place but was pressured from behind. Hough, however, pulled away and began reeling in the number two rider but could never make the pass. TM rider from Italy, Davide Trolli, won the moto. "I loved it!" said a smiling Aaron Hough, who collected a gold medal in his first ISDE. Ribolzi nailed the holeshot in the second l25cc moto but crashed during the first lap and dropped back to about fifth. However, Ribolzi worked back up to finish second. The next moto was the first division of 250cc riders, which featured Wicksell, Italy's Giorgio Grasso, Lalay, Australian Geoff Ballard, West German Uwe Weber and Americans Hoess, Fredette and Hough. Wicksellled off the start and was' U.S. Jr. World rider Kurt Hough cleimed e silver medel. The Polish SixDeys wes orle of the toughest in recent yeers. . pushed by Grasso the whole way, while Hoess battled with Lalay about seventh. Hoess held Lalay off for nearly 15 minutes of the 20 minute moto, before he stalled his Husky in a turn, letting Lalay by. In the final 250cc moto, it was a Roeseler runaway. Roeseler grabbed the holeshot and never looked back, giving the U.S. its only motocross moto victory. French rider Stephane Peterhansel claimed the fastest time in the 500cc class, beating Sweden's Svenerik Jonsson, Jawa rider from Czechoslovakia Emil Cunderlik and Kramit pilot Tulio PellegrineJli (Italy). Hines and Kadlec battled head to head for the first half of the moto, while Bertram followed a few riders back. Hines eventually pulled away from Kadlec, who needed a good score to squeeze out a gold medal. The final moto of the day featured a spectacular show by Sweden's stylish Peter Hansson in the 500cc Four-Stroke class. Hansson smoked everybody and claimed the fastest time of the day on his KTM, wrapping up the Polish ISDE. • Results TROPHV: 1. East Germany (1363.01); 2. Sweden (1996.29); 3. Italy (2477. t 2); 4. Great Britain (5923.48); 5. Poland (7210.80); 6. Holland (11.197.11); 7. USA (54.290.76); 8. Australia (65.341.89); 9. C.echoslovakia (77,928.51); 10. Switzerland (92.309.46); 11. Spain (84.179.96); 12. France (106.416.27); 13. Germany (124,408.56); 14. Austria (130,686.64); 15. Ireland (220,698.11); 16. Belgium (237.235.4O~ 17. Peru (259.061.31); 18. "inland (271.382.31); 19. Mexico (3Bl.520.51). JR WORLD: 1. Eam Germany (1517.29); ~. Italy (1990.371; 3. USA ()366.12); 4. France (5689.27); 5. Czechslovakia (8326.65); 6. Spain (17.667.52); 7. Finland (33.406.11); 8. Holland (36,382.94); 9. Great Britain (57,291.21); 10. Austria (60.117.33); 11. Swadan (93.639.23); 12. Poland (95.239.67); 13. Germany (122.570.81); 14. Mexico (187.992.44). 80: 1. Thomas Bi_back. E. Ger. (Sim); 2. Jenl Thalmann. E. Gar. (SimI; 3. RyszardAugustyn, Pol. (Sim); 4. Rana Coburger. E. Gar. (Sim); 5. Stanislaw Olszewski. Pol. (Sim). 125: ,. Davida Trolli. Italy (TMI; 2. Paul Edmondson. GB (Yam); 3. Rainhard Kladtke. E. Gar. (Sim); 4. Stefano Passeri. Italy (KTM); 5. Jiri Cisar. Czech. (Jew~ 13. Aaron Hough. USA (Hus~ 17. Randy Hawkins. USA (Hus); 29. Ron Ribolzi. USA (Hon~ 48. Donnie Simona. USA (Kaw); 52. Shaun Scarlat. USA (Hus). 250: 1. Diel< WicIlaali. Swadan (HuI); 2. Gi.,..gio Grasso. Italy (KTM~ 3. Gill.. LaIBy. Franca (Han); 4. U_ W_. E. Ger. (M2t, 5. Harald Sturm. E. Gar. (MZ); 13. Fred Hoass, USA (Hus); 23. Jeff Fredatta. USA (Kawt, 25. Kurt Hough. USA (Hon); 40. William Burgener. USA (Hon); 97. RBBd Bright. USA (Hus); 101. Larry R08S8litr, USA (Kaw); 102. David Burtte. USA (Hon). 500; 1. SvenerikJonsaon. Swadan (HuI); 2. Jenl Gruener, E. Ger. (M2); 3. Tulip Pellegrinelli. italy IKram-it); 4: Hakan Lundberg. Swadan (Hus); 5. Stephane Peterhansel. France (Hus); 9. Dave Bartram. USA (Hus); 11. Kevin Hin... USA (KTM); 15. Fritz Kadlec. USA (HuI); 52. Bob Bean. USA (KTM). 350 F/S: 1. rhierry Charbonier. France (V"m); 2. Joachim Sauer. Gar. (KTM); 3. Drew Smith. USA (Hon); 4. Ulrich Wrobel. Ger. (Vam); 5. Joerg Steenbock. Germany (Yam); 10. Dwight Rudder. USAIHon). 500 F/S: 1. Laurent Pidoux. France (Hus); 2. Jozef Chovancik. Czech. (Jaw); 3. Thomas Gustavsson. Swadan (Hus); 4. Jean Paul Charles. France (Hus); 5. Simon Schram. Holland (Hus); 13. Jeff Irwin. USA (Hus). USA GOLD MEDAL: Aaron Hough (Hus); Dave Bertrem (Hus); Kevin Hines (KTM); Drew Smith (Han); Fritz Kadlec (HuI); Fred Hoes. (Hus). USA SILVER MEDAL; Randy Hawkins (Hus); Ron Ribolzi (Han); Jeff Fredette (Kaw); Kurt Hough (Han); William Burgener (Han); Jeff Irwin (Husl. USA BRONZE MEDAL: Shaun Scarlet (Han); Donnie Simone (Kaw); David Burke (Han); Dwight Rudder (Han); Larry Roeseler (Kaw); Bob Been (KTM); RBBd Bright (HuI). USA DNF: Mark Hyde (Hus. broken wrist I; Ed Marchini (Hon. seized motor); John Nielsen (Hus. seized mot.,..); Todd Harris (Han. weter pump); GrIlnt PIllensl

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