Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Lechien (53) and Shaun Kalas diced in the f irst 250cc Pro mota w ith Kalas getting the upper hand for f ifth. Lech ien took fourth overall . stri king distance of j oh nson. However, the factor y H o nda rider had the moto in control a nd crossed the . finish line with th e win. T hird, again, went to Glover followed by Lech ien , Leisk , H olland, Kehoe, Frank, Manley, Kalos, Yamaha rider Doug Dubach , Sommo a nd O 'Mara. " Ricky did what I did in the first moto," said Ward. " He got out in front, and I was behi nd H olland a nd Broc, and that held me up a littl e. The sun was really bad. Being back in th ird and in th e dust, it was reall y hard picking lines, a nd I was ma king a lot of m istak es." Glover, who finished third overa ll, said, " It went o kay, today . My arms pumped up, and the second moto went abo ut th e sa me. Those guys just went a little bit faster th an me. It's ni ce to be able to at least ea t their dust; at least th ey're th at close. I can see 'ern still and th ey're righ t there, I just need a little work." T he Golden State Na tiona ls are the fir st to p -level ra ces Glover 's competed in since breaking his leg last April. " It (the leg) feels fin e, and I don 't really notice it. It 's prett y mu ch all healed. I think I'm riding better now than I have in my wh ol e life, but so is everybody else." Healey left favored-to-win Suzuki's Donny Schm it a nd th e rest of th e ' pack in h is du st at the start of th e firs t 125cc Pro mo to. Schmit loo ked to have th e holeshot, but got sideways corning out of the turn , collidi ng with a co up le of riders. Schmit recovered in last but event ua lly worked up to 13th. H ea ley fo u n d himself cl osel y p ursued by Nebraska 's Denny Step henson , H onda rider Scott Brow n, Yam aha-m o unted Mich ael Crai g, Cra ig Canoy, Ala n Dyck, Davis and Paul Winn. . For th e first three laps, Healey held a three-second lead over Stephenson , the n Craig overtook the Kawasaki rider an d set o u t after Heal ey. A la p lat er, the lead was Craig's, a nd the Yama ha rider fro m EI Cajon, California, began pulling awa y. Cra ig maintained his lead for the next four la ps befor e clipping th e lip off a . j ump, sending th e leader over the bars in a high-speed ge tofL Craig was sha ken up in th e fall and sat ou t the rest of the da y vow ing to win next week's round. T his gave the lead to Kawasaki rider Mike Kiedro wski, who had just tak en seco nd p lace over H ealey. Kiedrow ski sta rted the moto around 10th. Sh ortly after taking over th e lead , Davis slipped by H ealey for second, making the top five Kiedrows ki, Davis, H eal ey, Stephenson a nd Brown . By the end of the race, Kiedrowski enjoyed a fair ly com fortable lead on Davis, who finished ahead of Healey, Stephe nso n , Brown and Canoy. Once again , Heal ey timed the gate perfectly and jammed into the early lead at the start of the second mo to with Brooks, Canoy , Davis, Win n , Kawasak i's j eff Matiasevich , Tallo n Voh land, Brown and Kyle Lewis trai ling. Sc h m i t's p robl em s co nt i n ue d. Lining up on the outs ide o n th e starting line, the Suzuki rider was pushed to th e outside and was stuffed mto an dirt emba nkme nt a long with three o ther ri ders. Sch m it, o nce again, trailed th e pack. Meanwhile, Wmn was the rider maki ng the mov es o n the tra ck in the ear ly stages. By lap three, Winn . was in th ird and fixed on Broo ks, wh o was targeting Heal ey. At the halfwa y point, th e duel was o n between H eal ey and Broo ks for th e lead. The two riders gave it th eir all , and shortly after, Broo ks found th e hot line and dove past H ealey and into the lead. Brooks immed ia tely ex tended h is lead slig htly, while Winn closed in on the Cagiva ride r. Wi th the whi te flag in sight, Broo ks was in command, but second was still up for grabs, and Winn wanted to steal it away from Healey. But Healey had h is ow n ideas and fended off Winn as th e checkered flag flew. Even thoug h Broo ks captured th e moto win, Heal ey's 3-2 ta lly was good enough for the overall. Fo urth in th e moto went to Davis, wrappin g up second, while fifth went to Lewis, who climbed up from ninth. " In the firs t mo to I used the wrong (exha ust) pi pe ," said Brooks. " We were trying a low-end/mid-ra nge pi pe, th inking the ground would be tacky today, bu t it wasn 't and yo u needed a rev pipe. It wo rked a lo t better in th e second mo to. It p ulled the hills better." Breker had a relatively easy time in th e first 500cc P ro rnoto. After passin g Kawasaki-mounted Watts, who stole th e holesho t, Breker went just fast eno ugh to keep Watts at bay througho ut the moto. Kawasaki ri der G ordo n Ward Honda-mounted Goat Breker swept both 500cc Pro motos for the overall victory. Tommy Watts and Billy Frank gave him a run for his money. posed an early th rea t to th e leaders. j u mpin g to ath ird place sta rt , Ward bl itzed by Wat ts during lap two for second p lace and had his ai m set on Breker befor e havi ng his big- bore Kawasaki corne to a screeching halt when th e mo tor locked up , p utting h im o ut for th e rest of th e day. While Breker a nd Watts cruised up front, former 250cc World Cha mpi on j ack y Vim ond was busy working his Yam aha up from a 10th p lace start. With each la p , Fren chman Vim ond pi cked off riders un til he locked himself into si xt h pl ace.. Vim ond is on th e mend foll owing a freak, no n-race related, 1986 seaso n accident which left him with broken ribs and ma jor sho ulder, back and knee inj uries. Breker crossed th e fin ish line with a few seconds to spare over Frank, wh o succeded in a last lap pass o n Watts. Watts had a run-in with a lapped rid er which ga veFra n k th e edge he needed. Fifth went to Vimo nd foll owed by Washington 's Mik e Larson, Yamaha rider Kell y Andri s, Dave Newell , Dan Berg and Torn Cha mberlai n. Moto two featured a th ree-way dice for th e lead betw een Watts, Frank and Breker. Watts took th e hol esh ot wi th Frank and Breker inches behind. Durin g the first three laps, th ey were ba nging wheels in all the turns, then Fra nk made a move and passed Watts for th e lead. Then Breker mo ved to the o utside of Watts in a left-hand turn at th e bottom of the Carlsbad Freeway and ou t-p u lled Wa tts to th e top. On ce into seco nd, Breker reeled in Fra nk a nd the two went at it for th e next three laps before Breker forced . his way by Frank and into the lead . Close beh ind in th ird was Watts. Following in fourt h , fifth and sixth were La rso n, Vimo nd and Andris. When it was all over, Breker ha d edged Fra n k for the: win and overa ll, while Watts went 3-3 for th ird. Fourth in the moto went to Vimond, followed by La rso n, Andris, England 's Mervin Ans tie, Tim McCli ntock , Crai g Davis and Chamb erlain. Vimond was not content with hi s fourth in th e moto. " If I had finished fourth and was close to the top riders , that wo uld've been better, but I was very far fro m them. I do n 't rea lly like that. Bu t the bike did n 't work too good, either. We tried to cha nge somethi n g in the motor, and it was still bad." In Mini Expert action, Suzukimounted Antunez was no ma tch for the o ther 16 Experts . Antunez swept both mo tos al most unchall enged. H is nearest rival in mot o one was But ch Smith , wh o finis hed o nly a few seco nds behind Antunez. But in the second moto, Smi th had to com e from beh ind to finish second over Tommy Clowers, Dana Wiggins and Derek Na tvig. . . Clowers and his Kawa sa ki wrapped up thi rd overall with a 33 tall y, while fourth and fifth went to Wiggins (7-4) and Kawasaki rider j oel Albrech t (4-8). • Results 12 5 PRO: 1. M ike Healey (Cag): 2. Ty Cavis (Suz); 3 . Larry Brooks (Kaw); 4 . M ike Kiedrowski (Kawt 5 . Scon Brown (Hon); 6. Paul W inn (Suz); 7 . Kyle lewis (Hon ); B. Craig Canoy (Suz); 9. Jeff Ma t iasevich (Kawl; 10 . M ike Pascar ell a (Ka w ); 11 . A lan Dyck (Hon); 12. Larry Ward (Yamt 13 . Donn y Schm it (Suz); 14. Denny Stephenson (Kaw~ 15 . J immy Gadd is ( Suz~ 16. Jeff Reynolds (Suz); 17 . Tallon Vohland (Kaw); 18 . Stacey Cook (Hon ~ 19 . Sha wne Waynre (Suz); 20. Carel Manens (Hon ). 250 PRO: 1. Rick Johnson (Hon ); 2. Jeff Wa rd (Kaw); 3 . Broc Glov er (Yam); 4 . Ron lechi en (Kaw); 5. Erik Kehoe (Suzt 6. J eff leisk (Hon ~ 7 . Shaun Kalos (Yam); 8 . Georg e Holland (Hon); 9 . Bria n M anley (Suz); 1C. Bill y Frank (Yam); 11. Doug Cubach (Yam); 12. M icky Cymond (Yam); 13 . Rodney Smit h (Suz); 14 . Ray Sommo (Hon); 15 . J ohnny O'Mara (Suz); 16 . Corey Ccpa (Kaw ); 17 . Br ian Pryor (Kaw); 18 . Fran kie Brundage (Kaw ); 19 . Paul Jones (Yam); 20 . Jason Upsh aw (Hon ). 500 PRO, 1. Goat Breker (Hon); 2. Billy Frank (Yam); 3 . Tommy W ans (Kaw); 4 . Jacky Vimond (Yam); 5. M ike Larson (Kaw); 6 . Kelly A ndris (ya m ); 7. M erv in A nst ie (KTM ); 8 . Cave New ill (Kaw); 9 . Tom Chamberla in (Hon); 10 . Tim M cClint ock (Hon); 11. Je rome Heiberger (KTM); 12 . Kevin Bar da (Hon); 13 . Can Berg (Kaw); 14 . Grayso n Han (Hon); 15. Mi ke Hooker (Hon); 16. Gary Sealers (Kaw); 17. Jo hn Posea (Kaw); 18 . Tyson Vohland (Kaw ); 19. Allan Coate s (Yam ); 20 . M ark Decker (Kaw ). VET PRO: Ron Tu rne r (Yam); 2. M icha el Preston (Kaw ); 3. Ken zah n (Hon); 4. Con Grah n (Hon); 5. M ark Brooks (Hon); 6 . Cean Perry (Hon ); 7. John M an in (A TK); 8 . Al an Olson (Yam); 9 . Cavid Fish er (Kaw); 10 . J oe St ern (Yam). 80 EX; 1. Buddy Antu nez (Suz); 2. But ch Sm ith (Suz); 3 . Tommy Clowers IKaw); 4 . Dana W iggi n s (Suz); 5 . J oel A lbr echt (Kaw); 6. Cerek NalYig (Suz); 7 . Chad Smanjak (Hon ); 8. Br ian Roth (Kawt 9. Pete Piantawida (Hon). 80 INT (12- 16): 1. Camon Huff ma n ( S uz~ 2. Josh Kuchta (Hon); 3. J ason Kawell (Kaw); 4. Cra ig Decker (Yam ); 5. Roy Hensley (Yam); 6. Kenn ie McGrat h (Kaw); 7 . Ryan Huff man (Yam); 8 . Todd Mc Master (Hon ); 9 . Brian Wilson (Kaw); 10. Travis Cory (Hon). 9

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