Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

h is way up to third which was good - enou gh for second overall. T ra vis Mullins and Martin Firestone tied on p o in ts in th e 500cc Beginner race. Mu llins took the overall with a better second moto . finish . Roger Linton on ly got a fifth in rnoto o ne o f th e 250cc Be~nner even t but ca me back wit h a fir st in mo to two 10 tak e the overall win. Th ere were so m an y 125cc Beginners ·tha t two di visions were req u ired. Chris H olland edged o u t J eff Moore for the wi n in Di vision I b y w in ni ng th a t a ll -i m portant secon d moto. Kevin Schafer took both mo to s o f Division II wi th a heroi c charge at the n ag of rnoto two to n ip race leader J immy Cha mberlain by inches. Results • IF YOU'RE NOT IN SHAPE, YOUOOWTWIN Train er J eff Spencer has worked with suc h champions •• Jeff Wa rd . Ricky Johnaon. O. vid &.iley. Bob Hannah, and Broc G lover. In hi. book,. Tot. r,. ining fo , Mot ocro ss . he tak • • you step by s te p th rough the training progrem he UM . t o get the top pros in shape f o r l'King. The book co vers strength. endurance and fle xibility tr a ining. riding. nutrition , inju ,.... and menul conditioning . 10 rM r'Mning t (N Motocross . the book that tells yo u how. 80 BEG : 1. Jeff Lewis (Han ); 2. Tra vis Flem in g (Han); 3. Luke Meiser (Suz). 80 NOV: 1. Carlin Couto (Han); 2. Brian Teets (Kaw ); 3. Joe Depatt o (Han). 80 INT: 1. Derek Natv ig (Kaw); 2. Jacob Sw ain (Suz). ' . . VET BEG: 1. Don Durr er (Han); 2. Chris Schuck (Han); 3. Randy Wysocki (Kaw ). VET NOV: 1. Rex White (Kaw); 2. Charlie Strong (Han); 3. Brad Sloan (Han). VET INT: 1. Bob Alvis(Hus); 2. Ken Dickson (Han); 3. Randy Anderson (Yam). VET EX: 1. Kenny Zahrt (Han). WMN NOV: 1. Sheila Moretz (Kaw); 2. Joy Ames (Han); 3. J eanett e Howell (Han). WMN INT: 1. K.O. Halfh ill (Kaw); 2. 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M ich . 48020 (313) 673-1370 U.P.S. Da ily K.O . Halfhill bea t Maria Go nzalez for the the Women's Intermediate class victory at Los Angeles County Raceway. A nthony (Ha n); 3 . Scan Hoffman (Ha n). mo to crosser Mckenn a soo n took o ver a nd h ad a m inute lead aft er the first lap with Lan ce McPhee running second just i n front o f H aaker. McKenna would la ter co m p la in o f havi ng lost a grip while McPhee went by on hi s Yamaha YZ250, onl y to be repassed when McKenna got go ing aga in. At the end of la p two McKen n a bl asted th rough ca m p wit h a lmost two m in utes now up on H aak er wit h McP hee th ird ove r Du ane Sco tt a nd Dean J oyn er. McKen na sta rted h is fo urth la p w i th over o ne m i n ute o n Dean J oyn er. H aak er had a n ex tended pit stop bu t st ill left ca mp wit h a 20second lead o n McPhee. McKenna finall y sto pped at the en d of four la p s an d he didn't lose th e lead as J oyn er fo llo wed h im o u t of ca m p. J u s t tw o minut es bef ore the checkers were to appea r, McKenna ca me through ca mp 10 be greeted b y some of the crew expla in ing th a t h e proba bly doesn ' t need to go on the eigh th lap beca u se of h is huge lead. Wi th almost a minute to go , McKenna left exp la in in g that th e co u rse was so neat, and he needs th e riding. J ust as Joyner shows u p th e ch eckers appear a nd a lt ho ug h he says he is ready fo r another lap, he took th e seco nd overall a nd fir st 250cc Expert, Dua ne SCOtt ro lled up 20-seconds la ter w ith Do well rig ht be hi nd. Haaker was the fift h guy in wit h Dua ne Hugh es fairly close beh in d. McKen na made it back a nd was the only rider 10 complete eig h t laps. Results 0 / A: 1. Er ic McKenna (Han); 2. Dean J oyner (Yamr, 3. Duane Scott (Yam); 4. Duke Dow ell (Han); 5 . J ohn Haaker (Hus) ; 6 . Du an e Hughes (Han); 7 . Ed Marchini (Han); 8. Lance McPhee (Yam); 9. Ken McKenzie ( Ka w~ 10. Jerom e Heiberger (KTM). Mabery walks off with win at LACR MX By Terry Rezek 520 Std. 0; Cu stom New 70-75/T-6 Aluminum Alloy SPROCKETS - Dealers Welcome S&S Sp rockets - 803/895-2895 28 Rt . 1. Box 36 8 8 - Travelers R.... SC 29&90 . WMN EX: 1. Tami Rice (Suz); 2. M indy Smith (Kaw); 3. Bonnie Warch (Suz). 125 BEG DIV I: 1. Chris Holland (Han); 2. Jeff Moore (Han); 3. J amie Cox (Yam). 125 BEG DIV II: 1. Kevin Sch afer (Yam); 2. Ji mmy Chamberla in (Han); 3. Todd Davis (Cag). 125 NOV: 1. Ronnie Den sfo rd (Hon); 2. Raymo nd P AL M DAL E, CA . NOV. 8 J eff Mab ery had no p robl em s walking off wit h top money in th e 250cc P ro ra ce a t CR C's LA . C ounty R aceway Mo tocross. Ma bery took bo th starts ju st ahead o f Ken Zahrt an d led easi ly for every lap of both m ote s. Zah n wasn ' t too tro ub led by second overall ; his goa l this year is to ea rn th e number one p late in both th e 250cc Pro a nd the Vet Expert classes. H e has a co m forta b le lead in both and this added ni cely to th a t lead. Tom H o lt was troubled in the 125 Pro race. H o lt got nice h ol esho ts in both motos on ly to see th o se early lea ds eva pora te under the h ea ted ch arges of A. J. Wh iting. Once in the lead Wh it ing was unca tch abl e a n d won first m oney w ith H olt fi n ishi ng seco n d. J ohn G reen way a nd Jim Sende lbac h swapped m ot o w ins in th e 500cc Interm edi at e class wi th Greenway ta king mo to two a nd fir st p lace with it. Tony Qua lls had hi s fir st ride o n a 250 to day a nd took th e 250cc I n term edia te trop hy with co ns is tent rid ing. T he track was es pecia lly ro ugh a nd Qualls really worked th e bi ke to hi s a d va ntage. S te p he n Ph ill ips tied with Quall s on po ints b ut took secon d due to h is second moto fin ish. Phillips a lso took a third in th e I25cc Interm ed iate race on a borro wed b ike. Erick Hilton got first overall in the 125cc Intermed iat e class. H ilton we nt wire to wire in moto o ne b ut had a rea l fight in moto two. Ra ndy Moody took the second moto holeshot and held H ilto n at ba y for eight lap s. H ilton fina~ly ground by a nd took th e overall WIth Moody fin ish ing second. In th e 500cc Novice class Bryan R ich ard son a n d C h uck Ba g w ell exchanged moto wi ns wi th Bagw ell tak ing the seco nd moto win a nd the overall. J ack Lawrence had rno to o ne of th e 250cc Novices in his pocket a ll the way and got the wi n. H e had th e ea rl y lead in mo to two , lost it to Will Dick son for a lap an d a h alf, th en retook the lead to stay in la p four. Lawrence got th e overall, follow ed by Dickson. Ronn ie Den sford had th e ea rly lea d i n m oto o ne o f th e 125 cc Nov ices, but R a ym o n d Anth on y showed so me ni ce passing style to ta ke th e lead away o n la p tw o. Densford got a good sta rt in moto . two while Anthony was ja mmed in the back. Den sford rom ped home th e wi n ner. Ant hony eventua lly wo rked 125 INT: 1. Erick Hilton (Yam); 2. Randy Moody (Hon l; 3. Stephen Phillips (suzl. 125 PRO: 1. A. J. Whiting (Honl; 2. Tom Holt (Kaw); 3 . Erik M unson (5uz). 250 BEG: 1. Roger Li nton (Kaw ); 2 . Bob Herman son (Yam) ; -3. Jeff Moore (Hon). 250 NOV: 1. Jack Law rance (Yam); 2. Will Dickson (Yam); 3. M ike McCar ley (Han). 250 INT: 1. Tony Qualls (Yam); 2. Stephen Phill ips (Suz); 3 . Duan e Benner (ya m). 250 PRO: 1. J eff Mabery (Yam); 2. Darr in Hoeft (Yam); 3. Kenny lahrt (Han). . 500 BEG: 1. Travis M ull in s (Han); 2. Martin Fir estone (Su zt; 3. Mike Scheumaker (Hon). 500 NOV: 1. Chuc k Bagwell (Honr, 2. 8ryan Richardson (Yam); 3. George And rews (Hon~ 500 INT: 1. John Gr eenway (Han); 2. Jim Sendelbach (Han); 3. Tom Smith (Han). Schnitzer slides to win at Clark County ST By Derryl Anderson R ID G EFI EL D, WA. NOV . I ,," Del Sch n itzer ba'rel y held Q • Don W ilson to tak e first pi a e in the O pen Pro class o f th e shciri 'track " eld a t h th e C la rk County Fa irgro unds. A la rge turnout of ri ders showed up ~s th e La nd Speed Spans group buil t th e best trac k o f th e season. In the heat race Speedy Kel lgo t th e scra tch w ith Dean Au trey right n ext to h im . As the two of the m pushed a nd shoved th ei r way arou nd turns one a nd two Schnitzer went u ndern ea th a nd ca me o ut in second . Wi thiil a lap he took over first and left th e others behind. Mea nw hil e Au trey slid pa st Kell but had him on his rear righ t to the nag. Sch nitzer took first by 30 yards over Autrey and Kel l. In the o th er heat 'race Troy Rose got.the h ol esh o t followed by Wilson. Rex Fish er a nd R on Ada ms. Fisher was ted -no ti me in slid ing by Wil son an d ree li ng in Rose. J us t as Fish er was a bout to get the final fla g so m eth i ng happened and he coasted to th e side. At th e fin ish it was Wilso n followed by Rose, Adams a nd Fish er. There were so man y riders in th e main th at Fishe r, Kell a nd Ada ms had to sta rt in ro w two . At the stan Wilson sq ueezed th rough th e p ack to take a short -lived lead . Within a la p Schn itzer went by Rose and slid under Wil son. T h is ti me Schnitzer co u ld n ' t ge t away fro m Wil son. Lap a fter lap Wilson push ed Sch n itzer everywhe re, but he co u ldn' t quite m ak e a pass st ick . Meanwhile Fisher . who ·s ta n ed in las t, had sta rted h is

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