Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Cl'lIig pursued Willie Surratt (1 w) in both 250Cli Pro motos and p8&&8d him each time. Surratt claimed fourth overall behind Jon Nelson. passing to take place was when Ward got O'Donnell to take control of third. The top five were evenly spread as' the moto drew to a close with Watts taking an ea,sy 'win followed by Larson, Ward, O'Donnell and Reynolds. Round two featured some intense racing when Mythen let it all hang out and beat everyone to the first turn. Dunlap followed Mythen but . quickly dropped back as Reynolds, Watts and Jim Ortner moved by. Mythen increased his lead while Watts made a charge for the front and-moved past Reynolds. Mythen held a slim, four second lead over Watts and was holding his ground until the next lap when his rear shock called it quits. Mythen tried to ride it out but packed it in when Watts took over. At this point Larson was dead last and riding like a wild man to catch the rest of the pack. ,"The, bottom bolt securing the (shock) linkage just sn-apped; it's not something thilt you check every day," said Mythen. ''I'm just the victim of a freak accident. This could have been my first Trans-Cal win; I know I could have stayed with him (Watts) if I hadn't broke." ' Watts moved ahead as O'Donnen held second over a battle for third between Reynolds and Ward, who were never more than. a -few feet apart during the next few laps. Reynolds held off Ward's char~e until they entered a whoop section. The two riders took separate lines with Ward taking, the slightly faster inside line. Reynolds slowed to make the hard right hand turn at the end of the section while Ward closed fast and came in for the pass attempt. Ward hit Reynolds as he put his front end on the inside and as they exited the turn they were side by ·side. At the following table-top' jump Ward passed Reynolds in the air then began pulling away. The top five then evenly spread out to the finish with Watts cruising in for the win followed by O'Donndl, Ward, Reynolds and Berg. . When the gate dropped for the first moto of the 250cc Pro class Suzuki's Willie Surratt came up with the lead followed by Watts, Davis, Nelson, 'Craig, Honda-mounted Rich Taylor and Mike Kiedrowski. During the first lap Surratt bobbled and gave the lead to Watts, Davis also slipped by. On the next lap Nelson moved up alongside Watts on a rough straight and held it-on just a hair longer and moved into the lead. Watts ,tried to retaliate but Nelson had too much drive and started to pull away. This made the top five Nelson, Watts, SUffiitt, Craig and Jeff Mabery. Nelson held his own for two laps until Watts began to inch his way closer. Things didn't really start to happen until the seventh lap when Watts started to work on Nelson, who looked to be tiring due to the pace he was riding to stay in front. For a whole lap Nelson and Watts stayed neck and 'neck until lap eight. Nelson had a friend throw water on him which caused him to slow slightly. That allowed Watts to grab a few feet and pass Nelson shortly afterward. Watts took control, while Nelson relaxed and paced him·self. While Watts and Nelson battled Craig had gotten by Surratt and began closing on Nelson. The moto ended with Watts taking the win over Nelson, who had built up enough of a cushion so that Craig couldn't get to him. Nelson was the first one to the first turn in moto two and was closely followed by Surratt and Watts who both slipped by on the first lap. Watts left with the lead as Surratt, Kelly Andris, Nelson, Davis, Craig and' M;ibery followed. On the seGOnd lap Andris got by Surratt to take control of second. Nelson also gO,t by Surratt on the fifth fap to take over third then started to close the gap on Andris. ,I Out front Watts held an immense ·lead followed by Andris, Nelson, Surratt, Craig and Davis.1 Andris quickly dropped back to fi.fth,. while Craig pressured Surratt until he got by'to take third. Nelson was Craig's next victim and was passed seconds later. With two laps left Watts had enough of a lead to not worry about Craig who was still on the move. Craig charged to within two bike lengths of Watts at the finish line to take second. Nelson finished third ahead of Surratt. Suzuki's Jimmy Gaddis holeshot the first l25cc Pro moto and opened up a small lead on Manneh by the end of the first lap. Craig held third and was followed by Dallen McKenney and Davis, who was trying'to hold off a hard charging Chris Young. A'short time later Young was past Davis and into fifth. Gaddis and Manneh moved away from the rest of the field while Young was still on the move and slipped by McKenney for the fourth spot. Gaddis still controlled the lead until he hit a nasty rut while negotiating one of the many rough straights, His rear end went out of control and swapped several times, but Gaddis saved it. But by the time he got it under control Craig and Manneh had both slipped by. Young came up close to Gaddis also but couldn't get past. The top five' riders stayed tight without changing positions as the moto became history with Craig taking the win followed by Manneh, Gaddis, Young and Davis. In round two Davis grabbed the holeshot just. ahead of Craig. Craig. quickly' took over control of the lead Rich Mythen (8) leads Mike. Dunlap (99). Jeff Reynolds and Watts at the beginning of the second 500cc Pro moto. and pressed ahead as Davis trailed in second over Honda-mounted Kyle Lewis, Young, Manneh and Mabery, The top riders all seemed content with their positions as Craig continued to press ahead and the rest of the field stayed. in line behind. There wasn't much change in the front runners for the test of the moto and Craig easily took the win. Davis came home second ahead oJ Lewis, Young and Manneh. Davis' 5-2 score edged out Manneh's 2-5 for the runner-up position overall, and Young took fourth overall ahead of Lewis. In sportsman action Eric Bum jammed to the front of the 250cc Junior Division' Two pack both times out and completely dominated the class. Brett Yahne stayed in second for the entire first moto and third went to Jerry Wright. Scott McCoy was the runner-up to Bush in moto two while Kurt Metcalf took third. McCoy took second overall and Metcalf was third. Steve Lamson took the first moto win in the l25cc Intermediate Division Two class ahead of Phil Lawrence and Erick Hilton. Hilton took control early in moto two and rode to the win but Lamson finished' second to grab the overal1 ·victory. Suzuki's Buddy Antunez once again qemolished the 80cc Expert class with wins 'in both motos. Antunez has now' won the overall at every round. Butch Smith came home second in each moto and Dana Wiggins took third with 4-3 rides.• Results 60 (0-8): 1. Jerry Harrey (KIw); 2. Jerry AlelT!an (Kaw); 3,pavid Keeney (Hon); 4. Kun Long (Kaw). 60 (9-11): 1. Casey Johnson (Klw); 2. Mika Metzger (Kaw); 3. Jeff Wilioh (Kaw); 4. Steve Hengeveld (Kaw); 5. Jason Shirey (Kaw). 80 BEG: 1. Todd M_ris (Klw); 2. Peter Urfer (HOn); 3. Greg Schnell (Kaw); 4. Brian Gouveia . ~m); 5. Billy Felts (Kaw). ~ JR (9-11): 1. Steve Andrich (Suz); 2. Casey Johnson (Kaw); 3. Michael Brandes (Kaw); 4. Timothy Keeney (Han); 5. Brad Schultz (Kaw). 80 JR (12-16): 1. Jason KlwaU (Kaw); 2. Mike Haydel (Hon); 3. Billy Dawson (Han); 4. Brian Teets (Kaw); 6. Colin Couto (Han). • 80 INT (9-11): 1. Mike Metzger (Suz). 8OINT(12·16): 1. Trevor Meagher (Vam); 2. Spud Walters (Han); 3. Jeffery Grafton (Vam); 4. Derek Natvig (Kaw); 5. Kennie McGrath (Kaw). 80 EX: 1. Buddy Antunez (Suz); 2. Butch Smith (Suz); 3. Dana Wiggins (Suz); 4. Tommy Olowers (Yam); 5. Joel Albrecht (Kaw). 125. BEG DIV 1: 1. Jeff Moore (Han); 2. David Arant (Han); 3. Dan McCann (Han); 4. Donald Coluer (Suz); 5. Chris Padrene (Honl. 125 BEG DIV 2: 1. Damon Kemp (Han); 2. Randy Ritchie (Kaw); 3. Mike Finch (Kaw); 4. Todd Smith (Vam); 5. Greg Thoma (Han). 1"25 JR DIV 1: Todd Starks (Vam); 2. Stan LundquiS1 (Vam); 3. Lance Lucero (Vam); 4. Steve Bonita (HOn); 5. Darin Driscoll (Han). 125 JR DIV 2: 1. Patrick LUtz (Kaw); 2. Scott Schroeder (Kaw); 3. Todd Nelson (Suz); 4. Scott Tackaes (Suz); 6. Trevor Meagher (Vam). 125 INT DIV 1: 1. Darryl Atkins (Han); 2. Jimmy . Lewis (Vam); 3. Ray Crumb (Kaw); 4. Jerome Smith . (Han); 5. Stumpy Atkins. 125 INT DIV 2: 1. Steve Lamson (Vam); 2. Erick Hilton (Yam); 3. Paul Matthews (Han); 4. Jimmy Clay (Han); 5. Shane Trittler (Vam). \25 PRO: 1. Michael Craig (Yam); 2. Ty Davis (Han); 3. Bader Manneh (Kaw); 4. Chris Voung (Vam); 5. Kyle Lewis (Han). 250 BEG: 1. Rich Quick (Han); 2. Mark Alvarez (Kaw); 3. Jim Gardner (Han); 4. Guy Comer (Han); 5. Ronny Brown (Han), 250 JR DIV 1: 1. Eric Bush (Suz); 2. Scott McCoy (Hon);·3. KunMetcalf(Vam); 4. Sloan Cooper (Vam); 5. Jeff Bublavi (Vam). 250 JR DIV 2: 1. Matt Hetherington (Kaw); 2. Bud Donatoni (Han); 3. John Detwiler (Han); 4. Jerry Wright (Kaw); 5. Randy Gevion (Vam). 250 INT DIV 1: 1. Steve Lamson (Vam); 2. Steva Hunter (Han); 3. Jim Kuntz (Suz); 4. Ray Crumb (Kaw); 5. Billy Woods (Kaw). 250 INT DIV 2: 1. Jimmy Lewis (Vam); 2. Mike Hooker (Han); 3. Darin Layton (HOn); 4. Grreg Piecce (Vam); 5. Alan Coats (Vam). 250 PRO: 1. Tommy Watts (Klw); 2. Mike Craig (Vam); 3. Jon Nelson (Han); 4. Willie Surratt (Suz); 5. Jeff Mabery (Yam). 500 BEG: 1. Jeff Mello (Hon);2. John Lea (Han); 3. Mark Alvarez (Han); 4. Michael Carr (Han); 5. Shannon Humphreys (Vam). 500 JR: 1. Rob Martindale (Han); 2. Scott McCoy (Han); 3. Niclas Granlund (Kaw); 4. Jay Spear (Han); 5. Todd Lusb (Han). '500 INT: 1. Tim Whitlock (Han); 2. Mike Hooker (Han); 3. Jamie Morabito (Vam); 4. Chris Sparks (Kaw); 5. Phil Douglas (Vam). • 500 PRO: 1. Tommy Watts (Kaw); 2. Doug O'Donnell (Han); 3. Gordon Ward (Kaw); 4. Jeff Reynolds (Han); 5. Dan Berg (Klw). VET JR: 1. Marlon Folden (Vam); 2. Rex White (Kaw); 3. Michael RocheS1er (Hon); 4. Jerry Conley (Yam); 5. Mike Rank (Han). VET INT: 1. K,lIy Myers (Han); 2. Gary Jaehne (KIw); 3. Gary Selby (Klw); 4. Dave Nichols; 5. Mark Anhur (Han). . VET MSTR: 1. Phil Douglas (Yam); 2. Russ Daley (Kaw); 3. Duane Hughes (Han); 4. Robert Tippit (Kaw); 5. Jerry Caton (Han). . VET PRO: 1. Bill Jamerson (Han); 2. Jim Ashley (Han); 3. Pete Hann (Kaw); 4. Jimmy Wooten (Han); 5. Pete Andrews (Han). , OT JR: 1. Gary DoIllIett (Kaw); 2. John Cipillina (Suz); 3. Frank Louthan (Klw). OT INT: 1. Wa¥"e O·Blen... (Han). OT MSTR: 1. Richard Schilling (Han); 2. Don Swearingen (Hon~ 3. Bill McClimon (ATK~ 4. Rich Lakely (KTM). 35

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