Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

z o Ul _-ANDREWS a: w c z -c ...J > a: a: w c HONDA > al g OHIO an" PI!NNSVLJlANIA 's o :I: e, LARt:E5T eR DEALERI '9SS CR's AVAILABLE AND READ." 1=OR IMMEDIATE DELI VER.,,! eR f 2S,eR 2511 and eR 51111 All an Pitts' captured the Open class win in Woodland Scrambles. 25 PLUS: 1. Mark Ashwon h (Vam): 2. Robby Neeley (Kaw): 3. Layton Gwinn (Han); 4. Gary Brantl ey (Han); 5. Steve Lewi s (Vam). SR (30+): 1. Steve Lewis (Vam); 2. Rhett Smith (Han);3. Ricky Lamb (Han); 4. Freddie Denton (Han). Racers honored at Nebraska/Iowa MX Series Banquet By Kim Nicholas INIJHIIJ••• IN P~NNA••• NEWeIJ57L~ 5AL~Af ON RT.62 1 MILE WEST OF SALEM ON RT.224 1 MILE WEST OF RT.60 ask for P Andrews hil ask for Brian Doran 216/332-8534 412/658-0199 DPEN:AfOIl-Pr; f tJ-B,Sa~ f What's hap pening ? ~ ~ :::I: 0 - tJ-s CALII DAB 125 A: 1. Bria n Sorenson. 2 508: 1. Dan Dammann; 2. Richard W ittrock. 25 0 A : 1. Doug Nicho las; 2. M arv in Henr iksen; 3. Steve Hytrek. » G n m ....J :::0 a a, ( J) to - ~ "U :::0 (J) U o o Q n f- :J a D::: o, (J) m D::: w u « 74 ~ C • No mailer what your off-roa d interests are Acerbis has a headlight for you! IL-R) Ba Halogen l or maximum light Africa Dual lor Paris to Dakar style. E E ja lba nduro for oil-road use and Elba Trial for the trials scene. • Replaceable bulbs. Directional adjustable beams. Complete mounting hardware and a wide color selection are available. • Suggestedretail prices: Baja Africa Dual $84.95 $64.95 Ava ilable at all motorcycle/ATV outlets. Dealers please contact: MALCOLM SMITH PRO DU C TS HI·PO INT RACING HAllMAN USA In Canada: STEEN HANSEN RACING PRODUCTS R&M MOTOSPORTS Elba Enduro Elba Trial MINI JR: 1. Ryan Knapp; 2. Mark Moock. MINI SR; 1. Tom Moock; 2. Andy Ferguson. 125 B; 1. Todd Ramsey; 2. Jim Hall; 3. Paul La ugh lin; 4. J oh n Gibler. 4Ci:=I~i') EA OMAHA,NE, NOV. 13 The Nebraska/ Iowa Championship Motocross Series held thei r an n ua l a wards ba nquet tonigh t a t the Holida y Inn Central in Omaha. The evening began with a buffet meal followed by a bri ef ta lk o n next year 's trac k situatio ns by banquet orga nizer a n d Essex , Io wa track man ager, Do ug Nicho las. Awards for the 1987 seaso n were th en presented by Carol a nd J ohn Dolan of Omaha, who also helped keep track of the poi nts fo r the year. La rge tro phy awards were presented to th e racers listed below. . Co nti ngency pri zes were th en gi ven ou t by ticket drawing. The prizes were donated by Mal colm Smith, Vae Lynn Enterprises, Hi Po int Racing, Ra mer Motors of Omaha a nd Ni ch olas Cycle of Essex. Result s $36.95 $29.95 ACERBIS PLASTICA USA 10911·H Wheatlands Avenue Santee. CA 92071 1 619) 562·1440 --I (J) "U a --I r- ( ") :I: --I OPEN: 1. Jay Knapp; 2. Doug Nicholas. OVER 25: 1. M ike Daly; 2.. Tim Flannagan. ENOR: 1. Dan Dam mann ; 2. Tom M illion. Anderson aces Woodland Scrambles By Derryl Anderson WOOD LAND , WA, NO V. 29 Blendza ll /Longview H o n da / Columbia MC-backed Rya n Anderson took his Ka wasa ki to the wi n in the Mini class of the scrambles held at the Woodland Mo tocro ss Par k. . Mo to o ne in the Mini class had the la rgest . turno ut of r iders as Anderson grabbed the lead a nd went wire-to- wire wit hou t loo kin g back. Behind h im in o rde r was Ern ie Gend ro n , J erem y Pentland, Greg Flores, Cha nce Frasure a nd Tony Stra d ley. On la p o ne in turn four .Flores went down but got goi ng again sh ort ly. Meanwhi le Pentla nd worked his way by Gendron after severa l laps of close ridin g, Up front Anderso n had stretched hISlead to 30 yards o n the others. At th e fini sh it was And erson, Pentland, Gendron , Flores, Frasure a nd Stradl ey. In the fin al moto And erson got th e h ol eshot followed by G endron, Pen tl and , Frasu re, Stradley and Flores. Pentland go t by Gendron oI,l lap three and Flores worked his way~ u p to fourth . As An derson left everyone behind the la ps came to an end with all positions remaining unchanged. At the checkered flag it was Anderson; Pen tla nd, Gen dron, Flores and the others. In the first moto of the Four-Stroke Open cla ss Rick LaVoy got the lead ah ead of Jim Perry , Kevin Bassk, Rick Stradley and Rod Stradley. The tri o ou t front rem ained wh eel-towh eel for almost three laps a nd th en Perry slid by 'LaVoy for th e lead;) Perry built up a sizeable lead by th tim e the white flag came OUL Wit~) less th an a lap left Bass go t by La VOY d for second. At th e end it was Perry _ Bass, LaV oy, Ri ck a nd Ron Stradley. Perry got th e lead in the second J moto a hea d of Bass, La Voy a nd Rick Stradley. On lap three Rod passed ) bro th er Rick for fourth. Up fron t Bass was han ging on to Perry as th duo left the o the rs 40 yards behi nd. Foll owing them to th e chec kered f1ag J was LaVoy, Rod a nd Rick Str ad ley. : Results W/PIW: 1. Ricky Haycock. PIW: 1. Bra ndon Luca s . I J MIN.I: 1. Ryan A nder son; 2. J eremy Pentl and;l I 3. Er nie Gendron; 4 . Greg Flores. 125: 1. Chr is Dineen. l 250: L Chris Dineen. IJ OPEN: 1. All en PillS. 1 4-STRK OPEN : 1. Jim Perry; 2. Kevin Bass; 3. Rick laVoy; 4. Rod Stradley. m Hand, Jones winners at Huntington Indoor MX ) By Su san Willian H H U NTIN GT O N, WV, NO V. 20-22 Mi ke J ones and Da vid H and wer :'j the big wi nners in the Pro class at the first race o f th e 1987-88 Action Sports /Coors/ Bel-Ray / AMA Indoo ~ Mot ocross Champio nship held over three co nsecu tive da ys a t th e H un-JI tington Civic Cent er. J ones won the 125cc Pro cla ss th e first two days,Yl whil e Hand did the same in th e 250cc Pro class and fini shed second to J eff Gl ass o n the final day . In Friday's 125cc Pro heats it was J ones lead in g Mark Mu sselman and Hand in th e first heat to adva nce to th e final. Mike Bias ' passed J ason Gray ea rl y in the second heat and led him across the finish line to make th e final. At the start of th e main it was ) Hand and Mu sselman side -by-side in turn one with H and taking th e lead as J ones and Bias slip ped into second ' a nd third. J on es took th e lead o n lape! two while Bias tried to find a waya to ge t by H and. Jones maintained ) the lead for the wi n wi th Han d holdin g off Bias for second. In the 250cc P ro m ain H a nd jumped ou t fro n t wi th J ones in p ursui t. Hand a nd J on es ba ttl ed for severa l la ps until th e two bumped in a turn and J ones went do wn . BIas, in th ird, closed in o n J ones. As th e white flag came o ut th e top three entered tra ffic. J ones pressured Hand a nd bumped his rear wheel in the final turn but was unabl e to get by. Bias finished thi rd. T he fir st l 25cc Pro heat on Sa turday fea tured Ha nd landing the win ahead of Bias a nd Brent Blevin s. J o nes passed Rich Hal stead to take th e wi n in heat two wh ile J oseph Maurer work ed his way into third. The. main sa w H a lst ead lead Mu sselman, Bias a nd J ones around th e cha llen ging co urse . Halstead secured a comfortable lead as a th reewa y battle . for seco nd develo ped between Musselman, Bias and Jones. Jones pulled alongside Bias over the tr iples, th en sq ueezed by in a turn to take over third. J ones then breezed by Mu sselman in th e stutter bu mps and proceeded to clo se th e gap on Ha lstead. In a wid e sweeper Halstead almost lost it and J ones took advan tage of the situatio n a nd pulled

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