Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Discover t e Freedom! Honda-m ounted Loren Poch irowsk i moved up throu gh the pack and wa s ru n ni ng in th e thi rd p lace slo t in th e early go ing beh ind Field. Da vis turn ed up th e wick o n h is P roCircu it YZ a nd passed Poch iro wsk i ncar th e midwa y point but lappe d traffic prevented him fro m ca tch ing Field before th e chec kered n ew for Posca. In moto two Da vis j u mped in to an ea r ly lead in front of Field wi th Posca and Po ch i ro wski in cl os e pursuit. Davis was never headed and went wire-to -wire for th e win. POSC" d experienced problems staying o n tw o wheel s and fini sh ed behind Field, g ivin g Davi s th e o vera ll win with Fi eld second ove ra ll a n d Po sca taking third. In Vet action G ary Jones ran away w ith both motos in the Expert cla ss leavi ng Art O livi er a n d Hondamo unted A lan Ol son swapping 'seco nd a nd thi rd p lace finishes with Olson taking th e se co n d moro runner-up spo t for second overal l ahead of O livier. Vet Inter med iate Ala n Kent h as been a lmost unsto p pa ble lat el y bu t Kawasaki- mou nted C hris Burgeson led r him 'across the fi nish line in mo to o ne b u t Ken t p u t it togeth er fo r th e final and deciding rnoto lea vi ng second to Burgeson. J eff Lambson took third overall by going 3-3 for th e day . In th e Vet Nov ice clas s Greg Green pl a yed runn er-up to Yam ah amou nt ed Elliott Iverson wi th Jack McCormick in third. In m oto two Green put hi s 125cc H onda in front of a ll th e bi gger bikes for th e win whil e McCormi ck held o ff Iverson, giving Green th e overa ll via a 2-1 sco re. Iverso n went 1-3 for second overall, with McCormick's 3-2 good for third. Results 80 BEG: 1. Kerry Van.i ener (Kaw l: 2. Shaw n Mcintosh (Kaw); 3. Tim Hallisay tYam). 80 NOV : 1. Br ian Teets (Kaw); 2 .John Ruof {Honl . 80 INT: 1. Travis Cory (Hon) 80 EX: 1. M ark Dwy er (Hon): 2. M ike Van Camp IKaw) . • . . 125 BEG: 1. Willy Lawton (Suzl: 2. Chadd Poggen IKaw); 3. Chris Ala mangos (Hon). 125 NOV: 1. Rich Aldr ich IHon); 2. Bru ce Kamis (Yam); 3 . John Phi nney (Kaw). 125 INT: 1. Br ian Calhoun (Kaw); 2. Jo n Levey (Hon); 3 . St ev e Sequ eira (Ho n). 250 BEG: 1. Rudy Chavez (Hon): 2. David Barl ow (Kaw): 3. Ricardo Barreiro (Kaw) . 250 NOV: 1. Roger Saenz (Kaw): 2. Randy Nariega ISuz); 3. Jeff Young IHonl. 250 INT: 1. John Gr iff in (KTMI : 2. Ulf Johansson (Hon): 3. J amie Morabi.o (Yaml . 250 PRO: I .Craig Davis (Yaml; 2. Kevi n Fil!l d (Hon); 3. John Posca (Yam). . OPEN BEG: 1. Phill ip Alanangos ; 2 . Tony Feldha us (Hon); 3. David Gold (Hon). OPEN NOV: 1. Mark Brown (Honl; 2. John Chambers (Kaw); 3. Jack Phinn (Hon). OPEN INT: 1. Lloyd Thomas (Hon); 2. Brian Davy (Kaw). VeT NOV: 1. Greg Green (Hon); 2. Ellion Iverson (Yam); 3. J ack McCormick (Hon). VET INT; 1. Alan Kent (Yam); 2. Chris Burgeson (Kaw); 3. Jeff Lambson (Yam). VET EX: 1. Gary Jon es(Honl: 2. Alan Olson(Hon); 3. Art Olivier (Hon). 1 - lil /II 111&10 1 Robertson scores at Ft. Mitchell MX MOTORCYCLES @ ATVS @ ACCESSORIES T @ FEA URES AMEIICANi By Hugh Ga t lin F MI TCH ELL, AL. NOV. I T. Bri an R obe rtson m a de hi s fir st a p peara nce at Ft. Mit chell 's Fall Series a winning o ne when he took a 1988 Ho nda CR 250 10 fir st o vera ll in th e 250cc B class. In Senior Mini com pe ti tio n Yamaha o f Columbussponsored Shan non Brooker posted two m ore unchall enged win s, virtuall y ass u ring him th e series title with one round rem aining. Kaw a saki rid er Dw ight Duk e hol eshot th e fir st 250cc B moto but wa s quick ly passed by Ro bertso n in th e muddy seco n d turn . Dav e Ro bel a lso passed Duke then ran into troubl e when his handlebar slipped down to th e gas tank. Ro bertson had smooth sa ili ng out front whi le Ro bel ' put in a gritty ride to hold off Duke for four laps. O n the white flag lap th e awkward riding position got th e . best of Ro bel a nd he bo bbled in power berm a nd Duke slipped past fo r second. R o bel led the second mo to fo llo wed by Robert so n and Duke. Ro bel was in co m p le te co n tro l of th e slippery . hard pa ck ed track and stead ily pu lled away for th e win. Ro bertso n 's secon d p lace finish ga ve him th e o vera ll victory while Craig Ray took third in th e mot o. Brooker gr abbed th e start o f th e first 'Sen io r Mini moto with J oe y Crawford in tow. Bob Long moved to seco nd while Cr awford d ropped to th e back of th e pack. Andre Pen e was o n th e move an d o vert ook Long a t the halfway po int. Brooker rode to a so lid w in a nd Long blasted past Pen e th rough th e quads to retak e seco n d . Crawford recov ered for fourth. Brooker con tro lled the seco n d m oto start ahead o f Pene, Long quickly worked h is way 10 second. Brooker ran a lone o u t front whi le Long, Pene, and Crawford battled for second. Pene cha rged by Long thro ugh th e stadi um wh oops a nd Craw ford got by sh ort l y aft er. 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