Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

reeled in Cameron, and Schi el tu cked under Eri ckson a nd th ey both went past Cameron . Minn ick had an almost embarrassing lead on Schiel and Eric kso n, taki ng the chec kered 'a lmost half a la p a head. Schiel held off Eri ckson as th e pair crossed the finish lin e with Warner and Pierce ro undi ng o ut th e top five. Mo ta two fou nd Minnick o u t front again wi th J ohn Ri ch ie, Schiel , Erickson, Pierce and Terry Tietz in tow. As Minnick p u lled away Schiel pas sed Ri ch ie and T ietz did th e same to Eric kso n. T ie tz n ext p a ssed Rich ie, leav ing him to deal with Eric kson. . Sch iel reeled Minnick in , and on lap seven had p ulled to th e rear of 'Min nick. But com ing over one of the jumps Sch iel go t ou t of shape a nd ran over the trackside tires, slowi ng him down . T h is was all Minnick needed and cr uised home for his seco nd win over Sch iel a nd the overa ll victory. Eric kso n finished th e mo ta in fou rth beh in d Tietz. Old Timer Master class-rider J oh n Wh ite chased Ben gt J ohansson for the majori ty of mota one as Mot ocross Action 's J ody Wei sel , Bob Millner and Marvin Ol son dice d for th ird. Wh ite fell off the pace a t midmot o and Weisel shot by, but White pu t on a charge and moved back to seco nd a t th e fin ish. Ol son was on the gas and worked h is way . around Millner and Weisel to tak e th ird. In mota two Whi te p u lled off the ho lesho t, with J ohansson, Weisel an d J im Beltnick h ot on .h is heels. Whi te was soo n under a ttac k from Joha nsson and th e pair pulled away from th e pack a nd battled the who le mo ta . Beltnick was passed by Olson, who also sli pped by Weisel. White too k the win a nd th e overall from Johansson, wi th O lson , Weisel a nd Beltn ick ro unding out the top five. , In Ol d Timer Expert class action Steve Dun lap ran away witb bo th mo tos, leavin g H al Grady and Dennis Rosen berg to swap the runnerup slo t. Gra dy lost second overall whe n Rosenberg got th e better finish in th e la tter mota . In th e O ld T imer Amateur class Milt o n Roybal hol esho t mota one and went wire- to-wire for th e wi n . In mota two, Roybal assu med th e lead aga in with Rob ert J ones in tow. Sam Englis h, sixth in mo ta o ne, was on the gas and ru n ning third wi th -Chris Tuttob en e in fourth. The mota ended in this order an d Roybal took th e overa ll win via a pe rfect I-I scor e. O ld T im er Novi ce class raci ng saw Gilles Vailla n court put hi s 1976 Mai co a t the front in mo ta one . H e was chased by Pete Klassen and J . Broach in the ear ly la ps, but la ter opened u p a co mforta ble lead a nd took the win . In m ota two Vaillancourt started off in the lead then suffered problem s tha t dropped h im bac k in the pack. Broac h held onto - the lead [or the remai nder of the mota [or the overall win with Ri ck Kimes moving u p in the number two positio n ah ead of Klassen . 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Everett, WA 98204 (206) 348-4000 Cycle.News every week! The latest on two wheels! : Results VET PRO: 1. Rex State n (Kaw); 2. Jeffery Haase (Kaw ); 3. M ike Tr ipes (Kaw ); 4 . Al an Ol son (Kaw ); 5. Kirt Gold ie (Hon). VET EX: 1. Ma rk W hit e (Yam); 2. Jon Mi ller (Kaw); 3. G. Kohler (ATK); 4 . Tracy Hrach (Yam ); 5. Gregory Berg (Kawl . , VET INT: 1. Peter A ll ison (Hon); 2. Richa rd Dick (Kaw ); 3. Mar k Matheis (Hon); 4. Steve Clar k (Hon); 5. Rudy Chavez J r . (Hon ). VET NOV: 1. David Mi nnick (KTM ); 2. Norm an Schiel (Yam); 3. Greg Er ickson (Hon); 4 . Terry Tietz (Hon); 5. Gary W arn er (Hon). OT MS TR: 1. John Wh it e (Hon) ; 2. Ben gt Johan sson (Hon); 3. M arvin Olson (Yam ); 4. J ody Weisel (Hon); 5. J im Beltn ick (Yam). OT EX: 1. St eve Dunl so (Han); 2. Den n is Rosenberg (Kaw); 3. Hal Grady (Hon); 4 . Bob Richa rd (Yam); 5. Richar d Bealer (Yam). . OT A M : 1. M ilto n Roybal (Kaw) ; 2. Robert J ones (Yam ); 3 . Chri s Tutt oben e (Hon); 4 . W endall Par k (Hon); 5. Sam English (Hon ). • OT NOV: 1. J. Broach (Hon); 2. Pet e ' Klas sen (Hon); 3. Rick Kim es (Kaw ); 4 . Gill es Vaill ancou rt; 5. John We bb (Hon). Mickey Thompson's Off-Road Championship Grand Prix Memoria l Coliseum, Los Ange les, CA ~ 250cc Ultracross . Ist TYSON VOHLAND, Kaw • 2nd TALLON VOHLAND, Kaw A M A 500cc N ational C hampionship M X Steel City, Delmont, PA 2nd RON l ECHIEN, Kaw MAXIMA RACING LUBRICANTS 10 969-A Wheatlands Ave., Santee, CA 9207 1. (61 9) 449-5000 27

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