Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

00 00 ' ~ ...... Robert Land (64) and Mike Graham fight for the lead in the '50 0cc Pro class at Spinners Airport Raceway. Graham got by for the win. eigh th to finish fifth, Peyon powered down th e straight at th e checkers, taking a position and setting back Sean Pl ymal e. Ely took the checkers .first followed by Harrel , Pearce, Evan Pl ymale and Peyron. Ely again dominated th e main event from green to checkers with a co mfor ta ble lead. For the first lap Evan Pl ymal e looked hot on target , but Harrell began his charge. H arrell picked a smooth line and put Evan back to third. Meanwhile, Pearce began making th e best of a lousy start and was picking hi s wa y through th e pack and moved up to take third. Ely claimed the victory a t th e flag , Harrell , Pearce, Peyron a nd Evan Pl ymal e filled the top five. Honda-mounted Graham fought tooth and nail to earn the victory in th e 500cc Pro class over Robert La nd and Harry Boudakian . Graham jumped o u t at the start of th e heat for th e holesh ot a nd. th e lead , follow ed clo sely by Land and Boudakian. Paul Cat es a nd Steve M. diced it o ut for fourth and fifth th rough th e infi eld . Graham held th e lead over Land to take th e heat win over Land and Boudakian. Graham , Land and Boudakian again held th e top three positions at the start of the main. Racing was fast and very close and Land challenged Graham a t every cru cial point on th e track. On lap six Land took th e high line getting around Graham for the lead . Graham kept th e pressure on and it paid off as he regained the lead for th e main 'event win. Boudakian claimed second over Steve M. while T oni Harrell and Cat es com pleted th e top five. . Results 80: 1. Matt Willard; 2. Shannon Ayers. 125 : 1. Duane Mucomb: 2. Doug Grote; 3. Stan Howeton. 250 PRO: 1. Rob Ely; 2. Donn ie Harrell; 3. Rick Pearce. • 250 AM : 1. Thomas M cKay; 2. H.P. Myatt. 250 VET: 1. Vietor Hager; 2. Chuck Holmes; 3. Rod Peyron. SOO AM : 1. Scott Creager; 2. Scott Bricker: 3. Craig Haas . SOO PRO: 1. Mike Graham; 2. Harry Boudak ian; 3. St eve M . • SOP/W: 1. Chad Adams . Radford, Bullard burn Rome MX By Gary Crider ROME, GA, APR. 10 Round three of th e G eorgiaAlabama Spring MX Seri es a t Rome Cycle Ranch saw Russell Radford and Brock Bu llard battle to wins in th e 250 a n d 125cc C di vi sions, respectivel y, while Tommy Martin aced both A cla sses over Mike Cra ne and Ash ley Ep ps. J eff Ba lla rd squeaked to the O pen B victo ry while Matt Boone topped a four-wa y tie for th e Pee Wee hon ors. Over 220 riders were in attendance for the Georgia Cycle Supply-sponsored event. The opening I25cc C moto thrilled the cro wd as Bullard and Radford banged handlebars through the first three turns. Bullard kept hi s PJ -11 Scott-backed Kawasaki in the lead despite several wheel-to-wheel challenges from Radford 's Kawasakil Suzuki City of Mableton-sponsored Suzuki. The duo pulled far ahead of the rest of th e 30-rider field and th e fini sh was close, with Bullard holding th e edge. Scotty' Chance, meanwhile, had com e.out of the pack to finish th ird. Chance got a mu ch better sta rt in moto two a nd won to net runnerup gold beh ind Bullard's 1-2 score. Radford had to settl e for a 2-4 da y and th ird overa ll o ver Kevin Cozadd. Bull ard leads th e series by a 24-point mar gin over Cozadd. Seri es-leader Radford came back to dominate 250cc C actio n with a pair of runaway wins o ver Pa ul Bro wn . Randy . Barfi eld stayed in the hunt to cl a im third a hea d of Jimm y Willis. Kipp Brule recovered from a cras h a t th e start of moto o ne to post 9-4 for fifth overa ll. In the Open B cla ss Ball ard and Wall ace Fin cher swapped th e lead back a nd forth on th e opening lap of th e first m oto, with Ballard holding the advantage. On lap three Allen H arrison snuck up behind th e pair a nd jammed by for the lead a nd the win. Lap four saw Fin cher move pa st Ball ard to finish second. Ball ard not ched third. Coors-backed Ballard ro ck et ed away with the second moto lead at th e start, Disaster struck Harrison on lap two when he crashed, was slow to restart and was held to a-fifth place finish for third overall. Finch er mov ed up to the second position and finished th ere as Ballard was long gone with th e win and th e overall ah ead of Fin ch er. Dan Lipscomb was 4-4 for fifth overa ll behind John Trissel. H arri son maintained his series lead but the gap over Fin ch er has narrowed to five points. Martin 's clean sweep o n th e four A class mot os was not easy as he was under pr essu re fro m Mike Cran e in both 250cclOpen motos and, in th e first 125cc race, Martin was set back to fourth spot af ter a first lap sp ill. Martin quickl y remo unte d, even tuall y ran down lead er Ashl ey Epps and, with two laps remaining, went by for th e win . The Pee-Wee class saw n um erous lead cha nges, crashes and, fina lly, a four-way poi nt tie for the win. Matt Walk er and J erem y Nevels took their turns at th e lead in moto on e bu t Sean Morgan came o ut for th e win. Maso n William s started sixt h but • Brock Bullard (85) leads Russell Radford in 125cc C action at Rome Cycle Ranch. Bullard won the class and Radfo rd took the 250cc C win . charged to a second place finish whil e Walk er and Matt Boone cras hed from the top two pos itio ns to fini sh si x t h a n d fourth, respectively. Boone wo n the fin al rnoto and his 4-1 earn ed top gold over Nevels' 32, William s' 2-3 and Morgan's 1-4. Walk er was fifth via hi s 6-5 score. Results P/W: 1. Matt Boone (Vam); 2. Jeremy Nevels (Vam); 3. Mas on Wi ll iams (Vam); 4 . Sean Morgan (Vam): 5. Matt Walker (Vam). . 65 MINI : 1. Patrick Hizet (Kaw); 2. Danny Haynes (Kaw); 3. David Dishman (Kaw); 4 . Bryan J ohnson (Kaw); 5. Corey Crane (Kaw) . JR MINI : 1. Patr ick Hizel (Kaw); 2. Chris Mc Neil (Vam); 3. Jason Grier (SUl); 4. James Grier (SUl); 5. Gary Kellum (Kaw) . SR MINI: 1. Johnny Dean (SUl); 2 . Brian Raymond (Kaw); 3. Will McEntyre (Kaw); 4 . Peanut Ulrich (SUl); 5. Andre Pene (Han). S/MIN I: 1. Brian Raymond (Kaw): 2. Andre Pene (Han); 3. Johnny Dean (SUl); 4 . Will McEntyre (Kaw); 5. Chris Waddle (Kaw ). 125 C: 1. Brock Bullard (Kaw); 2. Scotty Chance (SUl); 3. Russell Radford (SUl ); 4 . Kevin Cozadd (Kaw ); 5. Chris Denny (Kaw) . • 250 C: 1. Russell Radford (SUl); 2. Paul Brow n (Vam); 3. Randy Barfi eld (Han); 4 . Jimmy Will is (Han); 5. Kipp Bru h\ (Yam). Todd tops . Cayuga Hillc'imb By Paul Hayes CAYUGA, IN , MAR. 26 Ron Todd, riding a pair of Kawasa ki s, scored wins in .the 400 a nd 500cc class es at th e Ca yuga HiIIclimb, th e open ing event for th e Illinoi s and Indiana seaso ns. The sponso ring club was the Pl easure Riders M /C and th e event was D17/D -151 AMA sanc tio ned. In the 400cc cla ss T odd made h is first cli mb th e fast est in the class. His win ning tim e was 4. 155. Alan H oski n s ro de hi s Ya m a h a i n to th e ru nner-up slo t with a 4.543 second rou nd climb. Third p lace went to D17 Nu mb er One plate hol der, Ll oyd H aas. H is best rid e of 4.698 came in the seco nd ro und on a Yamah a. Todd's seco nd win of the ni ght run came in the 500cc class, wh ere his second ro und climb of 3.88 1 was also the fastest tim e for th e event. Harry Denham had a hard tim e in round one, only going 87 feet, but he cam e back with a 3.951 rid e to earn second pla ce on a Yam aha. H oskins also collec ted his second trophy of the . night, for third in the class, hi s best ride of 4.269 co ming in th e final round of climbs. Kelly Senn started th e season off in perfect fashion wh en he rod e hi s Kawasaki to th e 250cc class win. The 250s had a hard tim e in round on e, as only one third of th e riders crested th e hill. Senn went o ver th e top during both rounds and had th e fast est times in each of them. His winning tim e wa s 4.595 . KTMmounted Chris And erson also went over o n both rides, and hi s fastest tim e came during the second round wh ere he posted a 4.742 for second overall. Mik e Pulver's best ride was 5.756, which was don e in round two , and he scored third overall. Kawtown Kawasaki/Beta rider Ed Scott took the win in th e 200cc class. His Kawasaki carried him through the lights in 4.250 on hi s final attempt, Kawasaki rider Bill Ashley blasted his bike into second place with his la st ride of 4.684. Sam Blakeney made it a Kawasaki sweep. His third place ride was also made in the final try and his tim e was 5.029. Results MIN I: 1. Tom Daniels (Kaw ); 2. Raymond Jones (Kaw); 3. Lucas Haas (Kaw); 4 . Jeff Daniels (Yam); 5. Jason Northrup (Kaw ). 125 : 1. John Colbert (Kaw ); 2. Mark Schr oeder (Han); 3. Mark Harshma n (Yam); 4. Tom Daniels (Sull; 5. Ed Scott (Kaw). 200: 1. Ed Scott (Kaw); 2. William Ashl ey (Kaw l; 3. Sam Blakeney (Kaw); 4 . Eric W heelwright (Vam); 5. TIm Harshman (Kaw ). 250: 1. Kelly Senn (Kaw); 2. Chr is Anderson (KTM); 3. Mike Pulver (Yam); 4. Dann y Umba rger (Vam); 5. Mikel Bonomo (Yaml. 400: 1. Ron Todd (Kaw); 2. Ala n Hoskin s (Vam); 3. Lloyd Haas (Vam); 4. Kaleb Northrup (Vam); 5. Mi ke Royce (Mai) . 500 : 1. Ron Todd (Kaw); 2. Harry Denham (Vam); 3. Alan Hoskins (Vam); 4 . Sam Blakeney (Han); 5. Kaleb Northrup (Vam). 750 : 1. Lloyd Haas (Kaw); 2. Tim Weaver (Han); 3 . Tom Rollin s (Kaw); 4 . Roger Riddell (Han); 5. Kenneth Hammond (Yam). OPEN: 1. Randy Dill on (Honl. SR: 1. Bill Ashley (Kawl ; 2. Mike Royce (Vam); 3. Kevin North rup (Vam); 4. Roger Riddell (Han). 45

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