Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

powered machine. James. riding a stoc k machine in the Modified class. took command of second place. Peter Yurfest was in third. Tim Robison and H onda MB-5-mounted N eil FuJce wer e battling in fourth and fifth . The LOp three rid ers held their position to th e finish with FuJce passing Robison for fourth place near th e end of the race. The second heat was a virtual repeat of th e fir st with Lucien e taking the win in front of James. Yurfest, FuJce and Ro biso n. There was a sh owdown in th e 0149 pound Expert St o ck class between Dennis Horton and H en ry Rodarte. The start was a dead drag between the two . with Horton go ing into th e first corner with th e lead. At the halfway point Rod arte. who was trying to find a way around Horton. leaned too far over in a corner and spun out. giving H ort o n some breathing room. Hort o n went on to win. although Rodarte was ga in ing ground ill the fin ish . _ Seco nd hea t action saw a fierce battle between the two ri ders as Horton once again took the early lead with Roda rte on his tail. On the seco nd lap. Horton took a corner a little wid e and Rodarte knifed underneath him. The two traded places numerous tim es throughout th e moto , with Hon an tak ing th e chec kers a few feet in front o f Rodarte. Results WMN ; 1. Lynda Donovan (Yam). 0 -149 STK NOV: 1. Jesse James (Yam). 0 ·149 MOD NOV: 1. Jesse James !yam). 150-199 STK NOV; 1. Gary E. Drew !yam). 150 - 199 MOD NOV: 1. Peter Yurfest (Yam ); 2. Neil Fulco (Han ); 3. TIm Robison !yam). 0-149 EX STK; 1. Denn is Honan !yam); 2. Henry Rodane !Yam ). 150-199 EX STK: 1. Tom Cosley (Yam); 2. Wi ll Sorensen (Yam) ; 3. John Van Keeken (Yam) , 0-149 EX MOD : 1. Denn is Hona n !yam l. '50 - ' 99 EX M OD: 1. J .R. Hess (Yam). 150-199 M OO NOV: 1. J ohn Lu cienc e. DeVane claims win at Gatorback Motocross By Athie Sanders GA INESVILLE. FL. ocr. I I Vin ce DeVane cla imed th e overall win in th e I25cc A cla ss during ro und five of th e Scott USA/Maxima sponsored. SupezSports promm ed-1987 Florida State Championship Gold Cup Seri es at Gatorback Cycle Pa rk. DeVane nailed the holshot at th e sta rt of th e first rnoto to ride a wireto -wire win. Tom Rice. soaring behind him in lap two . go t a little crooked a nd crashed. Chris Lock e. Harold Matthews a nd Earl May piled on top of him as th ey landed off th e blind jump. R ice was forced to retire for the da y with what appeared to be a bruised wrist. May sat out with major fram e damage to his brand new bike. Alan Andreu finis hed seco nd. Chuck Bell charged fro m a n end of the pack star t to claim third ahead of Kyle Tallent and Matthews. DeVane finessed his way into th e lead at the start of rnoto two with Andreu . Bell and Matthews pushing him through the first turn. Andreu later said. " In - th e fir st mot a DeVane took th e holesh ot and was go ne. In mot a two I was able LO sta y on him for a few la ps. th en I mad e some mi stak es and he pulled a way. " Andreu left in hi s wak e so me hot a nd heavy ac tion as he chased after th e lead er. Matthews pa ssed up Bell sca ling a jump. but Bell charged back aro und him. They diced to th e end. Bell held o n to claim th e third pl ace fini sh ahead of Matthew s. Keith Fox. after starting dead last. worked h is wa y up LO finish fifth. Wh en th e ga tes dropped at th e start of th e first 250/ 500cc A cla ss moto Andreu bea t the pack to th e fir st turn. But DeVane cut unde r a nd a lso o pe ned the door for Ma y and J ohn Reinho lt LO ge t aro und. DeVane pulled away and cruised out front. Fox picked h is way toward th e front of th e p ack bu t sudden ly pulled over LO the side of the tra ck a nd stop ped whe n h is shock went o ut. Reinbolt moved by May, the n he was in th e lead . DeVane was sitting a t th e side of th e track with a disabled bike. R einholt led Ma y. Andreu . J on McCabe a nd Seid l across th e fini sh line to ro und out th e top five. The seco n d moto h ol es h ot belonged LO Ma y. DeVane slip ped under him only LO ha ve Ma y back out front seco nds later. Devane, Rein bol t, Andreu a nd McCabe follo wed th e leader into th e gator pit where DeVane regained th e lead. The fro nt runn ers .t he n spread o u t. McCa be did reel in Andreu a nd got around him LO'finis h fourth . Res ults 65 (7 - ' 1): 'l . Kenny Yoho (Kaw); 2. Jason Sybert (Han); 3. Ricky Carmi chael (Kaw). 85 (7·1'); 1. Chr is Brow n (Kaw); 2. M att Harr ell !yam); 3. Josha Latina (SUl). 85 (13·' 5): 1. Dary l Youngblood (Yam); 2. Der ek Youngblood (Yam); 3. Anthony Paggio (Kaw). 125 A : 1. Vince DeVane (Suz); 2. Ala n Andreu (Han); 3. Chuck Bell (Han) . 125 B: 1. Marcus Pedrero (Han); 2. J erry Sales (Yam); 3. Dean Baker (Han). ' 25 C; 1. Max S i$k (Han); 2 . W ill iam Van arsd ale (Han); 3. Bradley Ruel (Kaw) . 250 A /50 A : 1. John Rein holt (Yam); 2. Ear l M ay • (Ha n); 3. Jon McCabe (Han). 250 B: 1. Mike Drew (Han); 2. Justin Jac kso n (SUl); 3. J eff Fin khousen IYam l. 250 C: r . Brian Broussa rd (Yam); 2. Dust in Hotso n (Kaw); 3 . Jeff Warr ington (Han). OPEN NOV; 1. Rick Perry (Yam); 2. Scott Taylor (Han); 3. Roger Keene (Han). 25 PLUS: 1. John Rienholt (Yam); 2. Kevin Seid l (Yam); 3 . J erry Sales !yam). SR: t . David Elli s (Hen); 2. David Indived (Yam); 3 . Robert Hunter (Han). en,-,<"lr "71O:::-....," - cr - ...... w C Z Vince DeVane ' wo n th e 12 5 cc A class at Gatorback Cy cle Park. o Z Russell, Szarek win at Summit Point RR By Mic hael D . Green SU MMIT POINT . WV. O CT. 18 SCOll Ru ssell a nd G len n Szarek each ca me away with 500 of Ya maha money a t th e fina l event of the yea r at Summ it Po int Raceway. . zarek was the early lead er of th e A Production event on his FZ750 and pu t som e d ista nce on Russell. Russell was havin g prob lems with h is bra kes bu t o nce they started to bit e he used th e su pe rior horsepower of his FZR I000 to reel in Sz arek a nd was a n easy winn er. Sza rek led the B Production race from Ilag-to-flag, fini shi ng wi th a COME TO WORK FOR THE WORLD'S LARGEST HONDA DEALER * Locations in Orlando · TampaWest Palm Beach· FLORIDA Openings In All Departments We are expanding to be open * 7 days a week. We offer: 1) BEST PAY 2) GROUP MEDICAL 3) FIVE DAY WORK WEEK Apply now to: HONDA WORLD 6436 East Colonial Drive Orlando, FL 32807 25

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