Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

OVERALL 1 . Ed Lojlllk 2 . Scott Summer . 3 . Stan ley Lojak HUI . 4 . Duanne Conner Yam . Yam . Hon. 5 . Fred Hoe .. Hu a. OPEN A 3 . J ohn Vincent 'l , Sunley Lojak _ Vam. 4 . Chari•• Huege l rn_ 2 . Tom Harri s Yam. 5 . J ohn Rutherford 12S&200A 'l , Be n Hamrick 2 . Mike McCane" 250 A Hu a. KTM KTM Kaw . 3 . S . W o lf.raberg., K.ew. Yam. 4 . For re ll Stark KTM 3. Dua ne Co nne r Vam. HUI . 4 . S co tt Pleasing . ' C-A HUI . 5. .Joe Lojak Yam . t oEd Loja k 2 . Fred Hoe.. Cagiva-mounted Brian McElroy (380) was the overall series winner in the 125cc Pro class. 4 STROKE A 1. Sco tt S um me,. 2 . Car ey S tump Hon . Hua. lion. 3 . Chari•• Oai'ev C·A 4 . J oh n Gallagher SENIOR A 1 . J ose ph Hull 2 . Hen S tankiewicz SUPER SENIOR A MASTERS KTM J . M ik e P.rtu HUI . 4 . Ed Bra ilsford 1 . Hary Gr. enlee 1 . Tom M arc hese 3 . Marty St rou se KTM 4 . Stev e Zat azalo Ya m. 5 . Greg S aba OPENB j . H an . 1. Bill Hartsell JUNIORS 2. Don Cannon KTM K TM 3 . Sam Dyk e Paul Michels 2 . Kev in Condon . C·A 4 . Gregory Bunn KTM 6 . Don Bohn Yam . Hu s. Hu s. Yam . Mike LaRocco and his Ya maha leads Jay Ma nn in the 125cc Pro class. LaRocco went on t o w in in the f inal round of the Florida February Series. KTM C·A Hue. Florida February MX Series: Final round 2SOB 1 . Bu ren Ham rick 2: M art in Daubert 200B 1 . Bud dy West 2. J ack MuUen a. i: Hon . ~i~iL~II:~ks Hon . 5 . M ark Steele 3. J .T. Stritringer Kaw . 4 . Oavid Davie. C·A 5. John Pe tri ll. Hon. Hon. KTM Kaw . Kow. Yam . Mann, laRocco, Keller star at Diamondback By Mike & Anne Adair COCOA, FL, FEB. 22 J ay Mann, Mike LaRocco and JoJo Keller scored Pro class wins in the final round of th e Florida Feb rua ry Motocross SENIORB 1 . J ohn Kub li 2 . Cha rte . lester 3 . Richard Sco tt KTM 4 . J . Vandenberghe Vam. 5 . Fred Huth SUPER SENIOR 1 . John Lee Kaw . C-A . . ( SHOEI) 4G . l JIi . . SideWinder !.. ~ 46 ~~ ~"'Gear elrJ'"'' m ..... scon: l1!lJ1i,/ . Series a t Diamondback Park, while series crowns went to Brian McElroy, J ohn Rein h olt and Bradl ey Bolton. The Worl dsport/Beach Sport Cycle promo ted, A:VlA sanctio ned event attracted 250 entries, the largest field of th e series. T he series feat ured races at Dad e City, Croom and Ocala. Worldsport's Bob West exp lained, "This year th e Co coa rac e will a lso start th e Am at eur Triple Crown, which will include th e events a t Gainesville and Daytona." Brian McEl ro y scored th e first m aj o r East Coa st seri es win for Cagiva, in its first year to field a team , in th e 125cc P ro class. McElro y, who ea rned his th ird consecutive ti tle , sai d, "We got th e bi kes too lat e to rea lly set th em up for th e Winter AMA Seri es. This m onth we 're better prepared a nd it shows." J oh n Rein h ol t , a fter nailing down th e 250cc ti tle on a privateer Suzuki, said, " I wa nted to win here tod ay, but got ta ngled up in th e first mo to a nd my wi n in th e fin al just came too late. " Bradl ey Bolton, 500cc cha m p , wh o sco red h is ti tle on a PC Printing Yam ah a , sa id , "The purse a n d Yamaha bucks will "co me in handy fo r m y racing th is seaso n;" . T he 125cc A ga tes dr o pped witho u t poin t leader J ohn Kitsch . Kitsch " cras he d a t O ca la and su ffere d a broken jaw an d rib a nd cut tongue. Mann's T eam"Green/VPE Boyesen / ~ nswe r -s u PflO rte d Ka wa sa k i led Mik e La Ro cco three laps befo re LaRocco danced by for th e wi n. Gear/Sco tt USA/ Yama ha -su pport ed La Rocco said , " I didn ' t pra ctice. The tra ck was wet a nd I wa n ted to save my bikes for th e m ot os." Mot o two fea tured a wild fir st lap between Chris Co lema n, Mann , La Ro cco a n d Ca rl Vaillan court. Col em an' s Cycle SportiAXO Ka wasa ki paced Vai llancourt, Ma nn and LaRocco. Ma nn jum ped by Vailla nco urt at mid- lap wi th La Rocco close on his fender. At th e flag sta nd it was Va i lla nco ur t, L aR o cco a n d Colema n. Vailla n court said, " Ma n n a nd Co lema n tangl ed, I lost momentu m . a nd I go t by. I felt good th en , rode hard er a nd n o o ne ever came a fter me." . . Mann, w ho h ung to second for the o vera ll , com men ted, "Fred Vertuccci set up a good bike. da y tod a y." " , McElro y, wh o fini sh ed third behind Vaillancourt and LaRocco ' exp la ined, "T he y acc used me of sand'' bagging but I had to co me back from l. .< poor starts a nd hust le for thi rd." The 250cc A ac tio n co m me nced . with a J eff Beck in gt on hol esh ot a nd Doug H oover , Mann , Chris Col eman a n d J oJo Keller in th e hunt. Mann, "Becking to n and H oover all ' led until LaRocco aced th e chec kered fl a g lap fo r th e w in. R einholt~ . struggled back to six th a fter a first , lap di sa ster. Mann said, " l los t m y fro nt fen der, a nd th e sa nd in my eyes forced m e o ff th e pace." • Reinho lt 's WKR / JT Suzu ki o wn - I, ed t he fin al m o ta Il a g -t o-Fla g .' LaRocco , who fi nis hed " di stant i a second a head of H oo ver, sa id, " After ' the start I never saw J oh n. He was I flying." T he 500cc motos were a ben efit for Ne w En g la nd 's Kell er. The Bett enco u rts / T u r bo Blu e/AXO /S cott US A-backed rid er led a ll bu tone la p to domina te both mot os, H onda-, mo u nte d Doug H oover, th e o n ly; r id er to keep Kell er "in sigh t,~ exp la ined, " T he ro ug her th e tra ck go t, th e fa ster j o] o seemed to ride.H Tha t g uy 's some th ing." ~ Keller sai d , as he rela xed with h is ~ n ew mechani c Mark Deccania, . " Hoover is smooth and co ns istent. Considering th at he just got in from Ca na da last week he is in remarkable.' sha pe." Bolton, wh o en ded with a pair of threes, said, " I got close to Hoover in th e fin a l moto. I was p leased with th e series win." Amateur T he o n ly p erfec t win strea k of th e ser ies belonged to 85cc (7-1 1) cha m-s pi on T on y Ha ynes. Ha ynes said'l) " Ro n T iche nor o f' Cycle Springs ~ Yamaha helped me win it." In o th er mi ni a ct io n H onda-rl m o unted Timmy Ferry returned/ from a br ok en wri si to win both 85cc~ (12-15) motos. Series wi n n er Daryl" You n gbl ood sa id , "My switch to' Ka wasak i worked o u t well an d I, want to th ank T eam Green 's David Pyle for a ll hi s h elp." iJ Di am ondba ck 's best performe was 125cc a nd 250cc B dom ina tor T odd Neal. T eam Green/O 'N eal / Dunlop-backed Neal sa id , " In th e seco nd 250cc rnot o, I had to come back from mid-pack to win." T he 125cc series champ, Greg Derickso n , who moved to Florida for

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