Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Leach sweeps Salem Arenacross MOT 0 eye R L E By Clay Light SALEM, OR, FEB. 12-13 R ob Lea ch swe p t the week end 's p rogram by win ni ng ba ck-to-back main events in the I 25cc j unior class duri ng arenacross action at O regon State Fairgrounds in Sa lem. Leach posted 2-1 rides to net th e win o n Friday a nd wo n both motos co nvinc in gl y o n Sa tu rday. Leach swap ped rn oto wins wi th Honda-mounted Dan Kenyon durin g Friday's program to earn h is fir st win of th e weekend, which doubled as h is fir st win ab oard hi s n ew 1988 Cagiva 125. Third in Friday's action went the wa y of Yamaha rider Gl endal Hansen , who posted 3-2 showings. On Saturday, Leach 's secon d win o f the weekend came after he soundl y thrashed th e co m pe ti tion , which included second pl ace finisher jeff Payne and Kinyon, who took third after 3-3 rides. Rodney Kell er , a n ex-p ro m aking a co meback a fter a two- year la yoff, al so h ad a busy weekend. Keller clobbered th e co mpetitio n in th e 250 cc Intermediate/juni or class. Honda rider Keller held Frank McKuhn at ba y to n ab wins in both rnotos, good for th e overall win via I-I tall ies. McKuhn (2-2) a n d Tress Belcher (3-3) followed in th e overa lls . Keith DiB rino took both mot os in th e junior portion beating Shane Donaca and Ken Parker . Keller ca me ba ck o n Saturda y night Kawasaki-mounted and had so me stiff co mpetition in th e form of J ohn " Mad ma n " Woodley, th e o n ly Pro on hand th e entire wee ken d. Woodley's first ride a t th e facility this season was bo th up a n d d o wn. Woodley rode smooth ly a nd co ns isten tly en ro ute to a m o ta -one win over Kell er , C hri s Cl a rk a n d Erni e Rob erts in the first 125cc Intermedi ate m ot a. Kell er took advantage o f Woodley's mi sfortune in mo ta two to h old th e p ro at ba y for th e d u ration. Kell er co llec ted hi s seco n d overa ll wi n o f the weekend af ter 2- 1 rides, bea ting Woodley, win ner in Pro fessional actio n, a nd Rob erts, who swap ped seco nd pl ace finishes with Cla rk for a 3-2 seco nd overal l. Results FRIDAY 250 INT: 1. Rod Keller (Hon): 2. Frank McKuhn (Kaw): 3. Tress Belcher (Hon). 250 JR: 1. Keith DiBrino (Hon): 2: Shane Donnaca (Hon); 3 . Ken Parker (Hon ). 250 BEG: 1. Mike Dean (Yam); 2. Randy Parker (Hon); 3. John Johnston ( H o n~ 125 INT: 1. Chris Clark (Kaw); 2. Ernie Roberts (Hon); 3. Doug Edelman (Yam). 125 JR: 1. Roby Leach (Cog); 2. Dan Kenyon (Hon); 3. Glendal Hansen (Yam). 126 BEG: 1. Jason Balisku (Hon); 2. Steve Polanski (Hon); 3. Trever Levin (Hon). BO BEG: 1. J eme Gillson (Hon); 2. Ryan There's no other feeling like it in the world ••• This is the magazine you have been waiting '-or: Road racing. H igh speed. On e hundred sixty-sevenly-eighty miles an h our. Neck and ne ck . Down the straight. A ro u nd the sw eeper. 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