Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

>- :ll SOlIE '88s ARE AlREADY HERE ••• THE REST W1U BE ARRMNC SOON! o ..... o Now accep' ing depos its fOf" t he early Dec. arr ival of the KTM 600 liq uid -cooled a -stroke. :r e, 1.7 CLOSEOUTSPECIALS Cagiva 12 5MX (W hite Power Fo rtea) Cagiva 6 00 Desert -Endu ro Hu sky 2 5 0 Enduro Husky 2 50 e ro .. Country ~T::\WMC;;roa Country KTM 80 MX 1361 E. W_ $ Can For s.r. Prices Sl Pasadeoi.. CA (818) 4o'9-ERIC CAG.VA Husqvama Results c O/A: Tom Gonter (Yaml . .H LlW ; 1. Ed Eskew (Yam); 2. Jim Coddinqt on (Yam); 3. Terry Dishroon (Hon); 4. Jody Widman (Yam); 5. Richard Hogue (Hon). HIW: 1. Tom Hayes (Yam); 2. J udy Rogers (Yam); 3 . Richard Denk ling (Yam ); 4 . Everett Smith MB ); 5. Michael Kavuta Jr . (H·D). H/ W ; 1. Steve Tipton (Yam); 2. Brian Parker (Han); 3. Ken W ans (Hon); 4. Dick Ethr idge (Hon); 5. M ark Mitchell (Hon). YGTBK: 1. Mark Gor e (Suz); 2. Mike Church (Hon l; 3. Kim Davis (Yam); 4. James Taylor (Yam); 5. Pat Coleman (Yam ). '\ NERO: 1. Seon Harben (Yam); 2.Ray Mertens (Ho n); 3 . Neil Jordan (Yam); 4 . Len Foster (Yam); 5 . Gen e Waters (Hon). TEAM : 1. Corn Dog; 2. Hickory Dickory Dock; l 3. Triangl e Red Liners . SO/50 DFC: 1. Ken M ill er; 2. Scott Harben; 3. eM- Scon McLemore; 4. Pat Williamson; 5, Greg Hanse l. ~ ~MAJCO ~ Vohland captures victory at Argyll MX Suspen sion . partinI" Nellarc Weldiq Machine Shop - UPS Parts Daily By Nuklear Neukam A pair of Yamaha YSR50-mounted riders tackle a leg of the True Grits 50cc Fun Run held in Suches, Georgia. Tom Gonter won the event. L.A. S1eeye Co., Power Prod. Diy. 8311 o.IIe Ave., Santa Fe Springs, Cl 90670 Na tional TolI· F"", Order No. 1-8Oll-a22-6005 calif. Order Number & T Info 213-945-7578 ech . SUNDAY . EX: 1. Zigi Jedy nak (Han); 2. W ade Thie son (Yam I; 3. Jim Snell (Mer); 4 . Pierce Ferriter ; 5. Doug Turner (Han). JR: 1. Stan Blonia rz (Hon); 2 . Stan Smulski(Yaml ; 3 . Phil Zimmer (Bet ); 4 . J im Emm er son (Fan); 5 . Tom Taggan (Fan). NOV: 1. Kim M elyille (Yaml; 2. M ike Elli ott (Bell ; 3 . Don Lopatka; 4 . Mick Ross (Bet) ; 5 . Joel Ripp er (SWM ). ENDR: 1. Jim Zuro ski. Gonter grabs True Grits win By G impy Hayes Oakland Sport Center 4232 Dixie Hwy. Drayton Plain. MI 48020 (3131673-3366 UPS Daily KXPARTS IN STOCK. IN A HURRY. 1 800 CALL TUF ~~~.,.1' .-c KNIGHT BOSS CHAMPION Gri meca Brake System s. fr ame s or rolling chass is fro nt spool . quick ch an ge rear wh eel s, sproc kets cam s. ca- bs. pipes. spri ng kit s, pi ston s. glass. for ks. spares K&N . M arzocchi. PERFORMANCE ACCESSOR tES Nell Keen 314/426-6959 CharDe Chapple 313/629-6921 r ~ DEnniS KirK. I I FREE CYCLE PARTS CATALOG 36 800-328-9280 • r SUCHES, GA , O CT. 18 A record en trv sho wed up o n a bea uti fu l day i;l co lor fu l Su ch es to [u n i t o ut in the 6th Annual True Gr its 50cc Fu n R u n. Wh en th e la ughter settled down. the o vera ll win ner was T eam COrti Dog cap tain a nd Cycl e N ews advert ising execu I ive Tom Go me r, Corn er retu rn ed 10 th e cen ter stag e wi th COrti Dog tea mmat es .Mike C hurch and Mar k and Greg Mit ch ell to clai m team honor s over run ner-u p Tea m Hi ckory. Dickory , Dock - rhc ream th at flew over th e mountain to p - (Ken Watts, Dick a nd Bill y Eth ridge) . T he fun day sta rted t:'arl)' with th e TWO Campground litrered with an array o f 50n: m ach in es wi th th e expected tiddlers pI us so me un iq ue pieces that included ' a Mot o MB. so me h ybr id 50cc four-strok e Hondas and a Whiver ridden by none o the r th an J ohn Wiser. Wiser loaned hi s nitrous fill ed Honda MB-S to hi s budd y a nd Wiser took on a Wh izzer rid e th at would pan o u t as a real adve n ture. Once aga in th e Yamaha folks a irfreig lued in a new. yet to be relea sed m od el . a pair of 1988 DT SOs, for th e rigo rous test of T rue Grits. The riders' meetin g was ca lled a t 8:45 a .m. bv Fun And Reliabl e Tiddler (FAR.T). C EO Ben' Ch eatwood. to g ive th e usu al ha ve fun , rid e sa fe introdu cti on, plus a co u p le o f ex tras : a n o bje ct lesson com p le te with lOy p rops to exp la in the danger o f local red necks. visit ing lea f maggo ts, local pol ice a nd th e possihlit y o f a n a m bu la nce rid e. Everyo ue la ug hed but kn ew th e point was ~na d e rh.u s~.l fe ty and mot orcyclin g nn agt's were Importa nt [or the fu tu re of t lu- even t. To q uel l th e kn ee dr agg ing, h an d lcha r-to -hnnd lcb ar de sires, C hea twood a n no u nce d a surprise even t, the 50-50 Dash for Ca sh. th at wou ld be held a t Suches Im em auo na l Raceway foll owing the G rils Ru n. T hree bv th ree th e rid ers left the sta rt-finish a rea, dodgi ng the firs t big obs tacle o f th e day - Bob Lenk, th e o fficia l ca merama nfor MotoWorld. Meanwhile, in th e pits, spouses a nd close frien ds o f th e br ave co m pet itor s were still questi on in g th e pl a yful en th us ias m o f th e rid er s, in ligh t of traveli ng u p LO 800 miles one way j us t to rid e The Grits. T he 90-m ile co urse took th e rider s o n a n up a nd down mountain roa d course that wo u ld cross th e Ap pal achia n T rail twice as rid er s would a lso enjoy nea r peak co lors of the . G eorgia fa ll. . Severa l riders were ca ugh t hot at chec k o ne , co llectin g a 10 poi nt penall y per hot mi nu te vs. a o ne po int per mi nute pe nally for bei ng lat e. Overa ll win ner Co rn er's rid in g stra tegy proved very profita ble as hi s score ca rd blew off h is bi ke a nd he sp ent 10 mi nu tes looki ng fo r th e ca rd in a pil e of lea ves. As a resu lt, Con ter arrived a t t hc first fie ld check with . no hot points. The seco n d leg o f th e eve III put th e riders o n Ri chard B. Ru ssell Scen ic Mountain Hi ghway, a. k.a . locall y as Ri ch ard B. Raceway. U p the m ountain th e rider s p addl ed agains t a 48 mph average a nd down the backsid e th ev smoked th eir tennis shoes , tryi ng (0 keep a 24 mph average. So me o f th e fin er drafting sto ries came o u t o f th e third leg on th e twi sty. newl y paved Hwy, 60. j us t west o f th e TWO Campground, as the riders buzzed back LO nvo. Riders ga the red for th e spoi ls of th e even t, th e lar ge recycled trophies, a lo ng with th e ceremony o f gelling o ne. The bathroom scal es o f just ice ca me o u t for a tie between th e riding duo from Bell Fountain , Oh io , Judy Davis a nd Ri chard Denkl ing. Davi s collected seco nd a nd Denkling third, as Chea twood collected another look th at would kill from a ladv in a public we ig h ing. . T wenty-five ent ries paid SOft eac h fo r th e pr iv ilege to push a rath er worn o u t. H onda l\IB-5, eq u ip ped wi th IWO flat tires. in the 50/S 0 Da sh for Cas h. Suc hes Int ern ati on a l Raceway, a co u rse w ith two SO-foo t stra ig h ts with two tight u-turn s a t each end , greeted th e racers . O ne by one the racers too k thei r turn wi th th e b ike wi th Pelz er. So u th Carolin a 's Ken Mill er turni ng in the o n ly sub- l O -seco nd pus h. Ya maha 's Len Fost er who was overhea rd savin g ''I'd rdth er push a Ya maha th ali rid~ a Honda, " stom ped to a dead last tim e of 26.5 seco nds . DIXON . CA , NOV. I Wh ile mechanical woes plagued HiP oint /Kaw a saki / Ar ai-sponsore'd Tyson Vohland, teammate/broth er Tallon rode flawl essly an d ca p tu red th e 250cc Pro victory at the CMC Argyll Park motocross. H i-Poin t? Honda-mounted Shawn Wooteri LOok top honors in th e I25cc Pro cla ss whi le th e SOOcc Pro overall went to Kurt Jorgen sen and hi s Honda. I , In th e first 2S0cc Pro moto T yson 'moved into th e lead with Tall on in tow and th ey buill up an in credible lead . Then, o n lap six of th e 10-lap ra ce, T yson 's rear tire sta rte d going Ilat, Ta llo n came a ro u nd for th e lead a nd co n tin ued o n for th e win whil e T yson limped in for seco nd. Honda m ounted Kell y " An ima l" Audris fi n is h ed third a head o f An swer'! Sierra/ Ho nda rid er Dave Pil e. Mot a two sta rted much th e same as th e fi rst w ith T yson lea ding Ta llon. Then . as Ta llo n moved int o th e lead , disaster a ttac ked Tyson. Pre-ign ition led to th e tip o f th e spa rk p lug me lting off, apparent ly due lO a bad bat ch of racing fuel. a nd o ne lap was a ll she wrote in moro two. Tall on co nt in ued o n u nchal lenged fo r the wi n a nd th e overa ll w i th Audris seco nd for seco nd overa ll. Honda riders J orgens en and T im Mc-Cl int ock trad ed mot o win s in th e 500cc Pro cl ass wi I h J org en sen scoring th e victory in th e second and d ecidin g mo t o for th e ov er all. Kawas aki -mounted C la yton Blood 's co ns iste1ll3-3 tall y wa s good for th ird I • overall. Sha w n Wooten domin at ed th e 12Scc Pro cl ass, pil oting hi s Reacti on Porting-p ow ered H onda in the lead of eac h a nd every lap of both mot os for th e overa ll. A pair o f seco nds ea r ned Yam ah a-m ounted St ev e Lamson seco nd overa ll with Greg Tirheimer third overa ll. Fai rfi eld Kaw a saki- supported Jas on J ohn son fl ew hi s green m achine to victory in both 12Scc Junio r m oros for th e overa ll win whil e a secon d a n d a thi rd put Capit al Yam ah a' s Ri cky " I..:a Bamba" Brazil in seco n d overa ll. Third overa ll was Honda ride r Tim Riggs with a 6-2 sco re, Mai er / J o rgy 's / Sm i th G oggl esba ck ed Sh awn Glidden took hi s Kaw asaki 10 th e win ner's circle in th e 125cc Beginn er cl ass on th e s tre ng th of twin m oto win s. Kawasak i-m ounted Tim Com p ton was runner-up both mo w s for second ove ra ll with Jeffrey Brownlee and his Suzu ki third overa ll. Resu lts 12 5 PRO: 1. Shawn Woote n (Hon); 2. Steve Lam son (Yam); 3 . Gr eg Tir heim er (Hen). 250 PRO: 1. Tallon Vohl and (Kaw); 2. Kelly A nd n s (Han) ; 3 . Dave PIle (Hen). 500 PRO: 1. Kurt J orge nse n (Han); 2. Jim M cClintock (Han); 3 . Ctavtcn Blood (Kaw). 1 25 INT: 1. Ray Crumb (Kaw); 2 . M elvin St ar k (Kaw ). 25 0 INT; 1. Chris Ranta (Kaw); 2. M ike Menn ig (Hon); 3. Kur t Kuhn (Kaw) . 500 INT: 'l . Joel Chr iste nse n (Hen); 2. Phil Rose (Han). 50 : 1. Steven Young / Knutson .

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