Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

IJl W Z o ..., a' .· >- c;,OOD!yEAR o EAGLE RACING TIRES ~ U a: '" E :x: e, DRAG-Wider for Increased Traction EAGLE DTII- NEW Short and Long Track Compounds B CDMPETITIDN TIRE EAST WEST CANADA P.O. Box 301 Reading, PA19603 1 2151 375-6191 P.O. Box 666 Brooklyn, M149230 {S17J 592-6681 st DavidS, ontarlo LDS.1PO P.O. Box 279 Authorized Distributors 14 161684·7418 Send For Catalo g· Shipped Dailv " 'W , '- -;-... ~~ ', -. ~ _ _-. _M 5 ~ ? <, · . - F- t IS a I ways b es. t' Irs - ,.;.. .S:...';;:.2~t- 4'"'I. ~¢ ~ ~ Edd ie Ingels- (ri ght) came back f rom this crash w it h Steve M arti n to w in the Scratch ma in at the Ca l Expo Fairgrounds. 2. Jame s Kinn e/Bob Kellog (Kaw) ; 3. Cliff Tolley/ Philip W ilson (Kaw); 4 . Bern ie Thomas/leon Van Orsdale (Suz). Ingels, Hicks on top at Cal Expo Spdwy By RC Jones SAC RAMENTO , CA, AP R. 6 Northern Ca lifornia nu mber o ne Eddi e In gels overcam e h is o pe n in g nigh t jitters to wi n a co ntroversial Scratch main and Bo b H ic ks po wered hi s Weslake to th e winners circle in the H a ndicap m ain as spee dway ra ci ng ret urned to Ca l Expo Sta te Fai rgrou nd s. H icks took h is 10 yard starti n g position to a flag-to -flag wi n in th e H andi cap in ai n. Wit h no one ab le to push . H ick s, th e race wa s for seco nd with Bart Bast a nd Ingel s racing through th e traffic to follow H icks home. The six lap per was no t. eno ugh for the hi gh ha ndi ca p pers to ca tch th e smooth ridi ng Hi cks. Steve Crawford was able to h old o ff Mi ke Par sons a nd Du ane Yar ro w for th e fourth spot. Ju mping J oh n Cook stru tted h is stu ff in the Scra tch Co nsi, but no t before a two lap ba tt le with J oh n H ouston Jr. a nd P aul Orlandi in the m o st exciti ng race o f th e ni ght. Houston h ad beaten Cook ' in a n ea rli er ro u nd, and was th e favori te off th e po le p ositi on. All th ree rid ers were even through lap o ne , wh en Orl and i went too w id e leav ing Houston to di ce with Cook. It was an ot her la p before Cook co u ld ge t some brea th ing room a fter H ouston backed it in turn on e too far. Cook went o n to wheelie h is way to th e checkered . The Scratch m a in ended a grea t o pe n ing n ig h t wi th o n ly two riders in th e fina l race. A crash on la p two betw een In gel s and Martin ca used a red flag , an d Mart in had to ge t a backu p bike for the resta rt . Meanwh ile Sise more's cl ut ch broke, sending h im o n hi s backside a t the sta rt/ fin ish line. Wi th th e ot hers ready at th e ga te, Sisemore ra n o u t o f ti me a nd was sent to th e pi ts by starter Dave J oiner. Befo re th e flag co u ld drop Mart in 's bik e q uit ru n ni ng, leav in g In gels a nd Bast a lo n e for th e main even t. Ba st and In gels too k th e green duckin g th e beer cu ps o n th e ba ck stra ig h t, a n d Ba st lo st th e groove a fter a lap wh ile Ingels went o n to an easy victory. Results SCRATCH; 1. I:dd ie Ingels IGM); 2. Bart Bast (We ss); 3. Steve M art in (We s); 4 . Ji m Sisem ore (W es). HDCP; 1. Bob Hicks (Wes) ; 2. Bart Bast (Wes); 3. Eddie Ingels (GM ); 4. St eve Crawford (Wes ). 0 -' : 'l . Mark Squadr ito ; 2. Ken W agner; 3. M ike Kain; 4 . Aory Rund le. 0 -2: 1. Mark Oragony; 2. Steve Martynse. J R: 1. Dust in Schroeder; 2. Shaw n Jackson; 3. Tom my Hedden; 4. Jason Smit h. ~1S:', ;, "< ~\ Read Cycle News! Fish dominates Maryland Spring Trial By Jack Pearre U NIO N .BRIDG E, MD , MAR . 20 Craig Fish do m in at ed the AA class fro m start to fin ish in the 5th Annual Sp ring Trial promoted by the West ern Mar yland Mo torcycle Associatio n. His four clea n rides on the int im idat in g lo g s o f sec tio n 10 co nt ri buted to h is I I-mark victory o ver second p lace fini sher, Terry Anselmo. A dazzlin g two mark third . lo o p gave Jim Pa lm er a on e mark lead over J oe J usti ck for third place. Despi te a 30-po in t p en a lty for faili ng to rid e secti on three until th e final lo op, Bunky Mi ller ma na ged to claim th e win in th e A clas s. H is 32 ma rks ea rn ed in th e o ther sections wo u ld h ave been co mpeti tive in the AA class. New ly adva nce d j eff Nas h a n d S tan Boll in ger ba tt led over seco nd pl ace in th eir fir st ri de.i n the A class, with N a sh ed g i n g o ut Bo llinger by o ne mark. ' T he m ost intense competi tio n of th e day took p lace in th e B class. Ma rc Bro oks led a fter th e first loo p wh ile th e next seven riders sh ar ed a six ma rk spread. Bro ok s was able to ma inta in h is slim lead for th e win. A sco re o f five mark s on the fina l loop m oved J err Pi ckl e fro m fourth to seco nd. wh ile j eff La yer lost th e resulting tie by o ne clea n to fall back to third for the da y. Ron Snider 's single dab on the firs t loop was h is o n ly mark for the da y a n d gave him a n un chall e n ged victory in th e C class. J ohn G lein a lso ea rn ed a si ngl e di gi t score to wrap u p seco nd p lace. And y Hanso n s cored co ns isten tly o n eac h loo p to fin ish third . Brya n Le e s teadi ly advanced fro m seven th pl ace after the first loop to fo urth for the day o n h is vintage Suzu ki. In th e Senior A class Pat e Keen swa p ped th e lead wi th Ma ll Lib eratore before takin g th e victory by one ma rk . T wo -time Senior Champion Char lie Cleme nt s was unch all enged . for third . In the Seni or B clas s J oh n Stark returned to h is win ning ways o n hi s vintage Cota 348. R ussell Nelson fin ished seco nd for the day. Jerry You ng posted a clea n sco re for the day o n h is '67 T riumph Cub to wi n the Vintage cla ss a veI' Warren Klei s o n a no the r Triumph. Stan Jakubaszek demonstrated th e level of difficu lty of th e separa te six sectio n Vintage loo p by posti ng h is first-ever finish. Resu lts AA: 1. Craig Fish; 2 . Terr y A nselmo; 3 . J im Palm er; 4 . J oe ~u st i c k ; 5 . No rval Wright. A : 1. Bu nky Miller; 2.Je ff Nash; 3 . Stan Boll in ger. IT'S TIME .• • To tak e adva n tage of our Hu sky sal e. Excellent mot orcycles at exce lle nt pr ices: New 19B7 2 5 0 Endu ro New 1 9B7 430 Cro ss Country New 19 B7 50 0 Cr oss Co un try 19 885 a t s imi lar sa vings SPECIAL 19 8 B 51 0 Cross Co untry $3030 $3129 $3 2 2 9 • . .Call Check. out th e new··Whit. Ho t " e.g;." t 25MX . nd 250MX( . 13&1 E, W.I ••, St. P...d• ••• CA (BI B) 449-ERIC CAa"VA Husqvarna @I ~MAICO Su~penslon • port1 c - He ltare Welding ft Machine Shop - UPS Parts DaHy Stidu- '$'" EXTEND-A-BED makes it fit. 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