Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

." ~ :~ ':1 ::::3 ~ t-1 ~ John Ayers (left) grabs the holeshot in the comb ine d A c lass. He' s pursued by D av id Fallas (2 8 2) , Ric hard Kresic (6 3 ) and St an Loj ak (3 ). beginnin g to assert h im self as a threat. H a ving ca ug ht u p to th e lead ing L ojak , th e KX- m o u nl cd Plessinger mad e a break for th e lead on the second loo p a nd moved past Lo jak. With Roach a lso co m ing o n strong Loja k tan g led wi th P lessin ger in a tight co rner a nd lef t the cha llen ger 0 11 I he dec k. BIll s ho rt ly th ereafter Roach m oved by th e a ili ng Lojak a nd took over th e lead . At th e barrels a t th e end of la p three Roach d ocked in exacrlv o ne seco nd ahead of Pl essi n ger . ~'h o h a d q u ick ly reco vered fro m h is fa ll a nd wa s aga in ~ea dy to co n tend . Loja had by th is tim e fa llen m ore th an 10 seconds o ff tl!t, pac e. W ith n earl v 50 r id ers , the 2:,O B cc cla ss wa s th~ largest on th e da y. j o rt h Carolina 's Buren H am rick wa s yet a not her class leader w ho cush io ned hi s po int s p laci n g wi th a Fireba ll wi n, but th is tro ph y m igh t hav e been th e toug hes t w in of th« year fo r the Honda rid er. T he North Ca ro lin a sp('('ds({'r Iou glu from sta rt to -fin ish w ith Oh io 's j irn M i llcr a lld Pe n n s yl vu u ia u Mart in Dau ber t, seco nd-ra n ked goi ng into the ran '. For th e first six o f seven laps Da u bert a nd Miller swa p ped th e top spot hack a nd forth bet ween themse lves, but a frant ic lat e cha rge by Ha m rick m ean t the wi n. Beh ind Daubert a nd Mill er came C R25 0 pi lot Cra ig Brook s a nd Kawa sa ki-m oun ted Albert Swager. _ Wh en the lea ders checked in alu-r four laps Roach was just a bit more tha n ha lf a mi nu te ahead of Lojak. Plessinger had sudde n ly dropped o ff the pace. a nd a nother lap la ter would find hi m back in fift h , five m in u tes off the lea der. O ne m or e loo p a nd he wa s in th e p its, h is da y en di ng prematu rely w ith a fault y rear subfram e. th e GlUSe o f hi s qu ick fall o n th e leaderboard. And Roach was ha vin g troub les of a d ifferent na ture o u t fro n t, It seems that the lea der wa s mis in fo rme d a bo u t hi s posit io n in th e ra re a nd m ista kin gly th o ug h t tha t hewas ru n ning a bo u t third . " 1 ca me a roun d in the seco nd ho ur a nd saw everyo ne g iving me th e number o n e sig n ." sai d R oa ch lat e r. " I co u ld n' t bl ieve it a t first, bu t th en I sa w (p ro moter) Dave Coo m bs o u t in th e woods a nd h e let me kn o w . fo r sure. I wa s read y to sto p a nd tal k 10 hi m before he gave m e th e thumbsu p ." O nce R oach was ac q ua in ted wi th hi s ra n k he imm ed iat ely p icked u p the p ace a nd kn ocked more th an a m in u te off h is average lap tim e (28 Duane Conner was an early front runner but faded to sixth . m in u tes) with a bl isterin g 26:50 o n the sixt h go-a ro u nd . And whe n he hi t the bar rels for the six th ( heck he was a ll a lo ne . Loj a k had spent a cha in in a tigh t sec tio n a nd IOSI a lmost 15' minu tes geu ing him self back o n track. Seve n minu tes a l ter Roach 's check carne Stan Lojak , who had pu t in two and a ha lf hours o f so lid catch-up rid in g after hi, full lap fall and was no w the top Open A rider. The o verall rop five ar th at point n -ad Roach . Ia n Lojak , YZmounted Mikr Toole. Santi . and Kresic, After si x la ps of touc h a nd go raci ng th ere wo ul d be no close fini sh i n th e ove ra ll sta ndi ngs. Wi th P less i nger a n d Eddi e Lujak h av in g rnechan ical woes and the o ther Loj a k ru n n ing O U ! of time. Roach 's grea test whi te fla g worry wa s a de n ted pi pe he su ffere d three miles O uI. At the chec ke red fl ag th e u p set w in uer posted an eig ht mi nute cus h io n o n Sta n Lojak wi th Sum mers co mi ng o n strong for th ird overa ll. T he YZ d uo o f T oole a nd Sa nti ro u nded o u t th e fir st five o \'tTJ IJ.. Both wen ' 250cc A co n te n de rs , w ith Kr es ic a n d Suzuki -mo unt ed Sa m my Bo sn ic ro u nd ing o u t th e lOP five in th at class. • Results 0 / A : 1. Gary Roac h (Kaw); 2. Stanlev Loj ak (Ya m ); 3 . Scan Sum m ers (Han!; 4 . MI ke Toole (Yam); 5 . David San t i (Yam); 6 . Richard Kresic( Hon) ; 1 . Sam m y Bosn ic (Suz); 8 . Bren Saland er (Kaw ); KTM -mounted Tom M ar c hese captured t op J r . hon ors after defeatin g M ickey Dorman and Bill Moro z. 9 . Du an e Con ner (Ya m); 10 . Ed ward lojak (Hus); 11 . Carey St ump (Honl; 12 . Tom m y Harr is (Yam I; 13 . Ben Ham ric k (Ka w ); 14 . M ike M cCarren (Yam); 15 . Joe Loj ak (Yam) ; 16 . John vincent (Hus); 17 . Charl es H uegel (Hus); 1 a. -Jo hn Rutherfor d (KTM) ; 19 . Russell Gen awav tva ml. 20 . J oseph Hull (KTM) . OPEN A: 1. St ar:ley l oj ak (Yam ); 2. Tom m y Harri s (Yam ); 3. Jo hn V incen t (Hus ); 4 . Cha rles Hu egel (Hus); 5. J ohn Ruth erf ord (KTM ). 250 A : 1. G ary Roach (Ka w) ; 2 . M ,ke Toole (Yam ); 3. David Santi (Yam); 4 . Rich ard Kres ic (Ha n); 5. Sammy Bosnic (Su z). 200 A : 1. Brett Sa lander (Kaw); 2. Ben Ham ri c k (Kaw); 3 . M ike McCarre n (Yam); 4 . Russell Che rry (Suz) ; 5. Scott Wolfe rs be rger . 4 ·STRK A: 1. Sc ott Sum m ers (Ho n l; 2 . Carey Stump (Hon!; 3. J ohn Gall agher (Hus) ; 4. Charles Dai ley (Hon ). SR A : 1. Joseph Hull (KTM); 2. M ike Par ks (KTM) ; 3. A lbert Brown (KTM); 4. Henry Sta nk iewicz (Hu s); 5. Ronald Bohn (Yam). S/SR A: 1. Harry Green lee (Hon); 2 . John Fischer (SU2 ). J R: 1. Thomas Marchese (KTM ); 2 . M ickey Dorm an (KTM ); 3 . Bil l Moroz (Hon); 4 . De an Hepler (Han); 5 . Don Cannon (Yam) . OPEN B : 1 Pau l M ich el s (C· A). 2 . R,ch ard Clem ence (Ha n); 3 . H . Clayt on Soles(Ya m ); 4 . Kevi n Cond on (Han ); 5 . Don ald Sm ith (Hus). 250 B: 1. Buren Harm ick (Han); 2. Jim Miller (Han); 3. Ma rtin Daubert (Han ); 4. Craig Brooks (Ha n ); 5. A lb ert Sw ag er (Kaw). 250 B: 1. J eff Lau t h (Han); 2. Cr aig J on es (Yam ); 3 . Robert To min ell o (Kaw); 4 . Raymond Niebel (Kaw); 5. Bri an M ershim er (Yam) . 4 ·S TR K B: 1 . M ik e Din ger (Hus); 2. Tr ac y Wa rri ngt on (Hon ); 3. Paul Fox ' (Hon ); 4. Ronal d Campbell (Ha n); 5 . M ark Nlggem yer (Han) . SR B: 1. John Kub li (KTMI; 2. James Va nde n be rghe (Yam); 3. Ch arl es lester (Kaw); 4 . Peter Keither (Ha n); 5. MichaE;l Du gan (Yam). S/SR B : 1. J ohnny Lee (Yam); 2. Ran dall Hall (Yam ); 3 . J ohn Buka IKaw); 4 . Roge r Rhoades (CA) . M STR: 1. Charles Haw k (KTM); 2. Phi lip Palt erso n (Kawl . 15

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