Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Green pilo t was on ly eigh th com ing through th e fir st ho me check. H e bettered h is posi tio n to third, beh ind Gauth ier and Stearns, by th e second ·and .had ga ined the top position by the third round. As Roeseler ran away with th e lead . Ga u th ier a nd Stearns were still kn ocking o n each o ther's doors. Roeseler passed th e flag first, while Stearns managed to get by Gau th ier one more time fo r second place. Gauth ier earned a close third. Dal e Kn app po were d hi s Husky from a bad start up th rough th e pack to a fourth place fini sh . Kawasaki pilot Ken Parr y ro u nded o u t th e top five o vera ll. T erry Woody gave himself a gre at 21st birthday gift by winning the Ama teur 250cc cla ss. H e a dded icing and cand les to th e cake by al so tak ing th e.Am ateur win in th e Open class . H e's a two -brand rider , ha ving wo n the 250cc on a Yamaha a nd the O pen class wi th a H ond a. T he o vera ll win in th e Open class belonged to no ne o ther th an Roeseier. H is machi ne worked like a d ream ena bli ng hi m to tak e th e lead off th e sta rt a nd never loo k back. " I want to tha n k my mechanic," he said to Reed Nordin, sta nding by h is side a t the fin ish. ' . Vying for the o ther top fin ishing positions were Du ane Sumners, on a Cagi va, Paiem ent a nd Hunnicutt. Sumners held o n to second place through th ree-fifths of the race before succ umbing to Hunnicutt, wh o had a slo w start. . "Apparently, I spent 35 seconds trying to get my bike started," said Hunnicutt. " I tried to pull a Roeseler to see if I co uld ca tch everybody , but I just couldn 't cat ch Larry. I reall y starte d cha rgi ng . My motto is' never give up.'" G ive up, he didn 't. H e finis hed th e race seco nd overall. Paiement sn uc k past Kna pp on. the last ro und to ga rner th e third p lace slo t. Kna pp had to sett le .for fourth whi le Ch ris Crandall , aboa rd a n ATK, cruised in fifth . ' • Results 250 0 1A: 1. Larry Roeseler IKaw): 2. Scott Stearn s (Suz); 3. Kenj i Gauthier (Suz); 4. Dal e Knapp (Hus): 5. Ken Parry (Kaw) . 250 EX: 1. Larry Roeseler (Kaw ): 2. Scott Stearns (Suz); 3. Kenji Gauthier (Suz): 4 . Dale Knapp (Hus); 5. Ken Parry IKaw). 250 AM : 1. Terry Wo ods (Yam); 2. Terr y Altmann IHon); 3. J eff Cepielik ; 4. Paul Donn elly; 5. David Harman. 250 NOV: 1. Chris Swanson; 2. Caleb Lux; 3. Steve Moore; 4. Chris Ray; 5. Brooks And ie Devlin. 0 1 A EX ; 1. Larr y Roeseler IKaw}; 2 . Ted Hunnicutt (Kaw); 3 . Derrick Paiem ent (Kaw); 4. Duan e Sumners (Cag); 5. Chris Crand all (ATK). OPEN EX: 1. Larry Roeseler IKaw); 2 . Ted Hunnicutt (Kaw); 3. Derr ic k Paiem ent (Kaw) ; 4 . Chri s Crandall (ATK). OPEN AM : 1. Terry Wood (Hon). WMN ; 1. Vi cki Scott (Kaw ). U/CLFD ; 1. T ed Hun nicu tt (Kaw ); 2 . Gr eg Zitt erkopf(ATK); 3. Roger Hurd (Kaw); 4. Mike Baker (Yam): 5. Kenji Gaut hier ISuz). SR 0 1A : 1. Bill Saltzm an (Hus); 2. Dave Kersting (Kaw ); 3. AI Hull (Yam); 4 . J im Ber ry (Kaw ); 5. Ron Paproski IKTM). SR OPEN EX; 1. Bill Saltzm an IHu s); 2. Jim Berry (Kaw); 3. Ron Paproski (KTM); 4 . Robert Mennell; 5. Rick Claypoole (Hus). SR 250 EX; 1. Dave Kerst ing (Kaw); 2. AI Hull (Yam); 3. J im Rucker; 4 . George An till (Kaw); 5. Phil Haskell . SR OPEN AM : 1. Ken Winkler; 2. Don Kadlec; 3. Steve Downing; 4 . Eddie Walk er; 5. Bob Murray (Hus). . SR 250 AM: 1. John Hueg el: 2. Frank Harl",,: 3. Don Doerksen ; 4. Jim Sm ith ; 5. Paul Ondas. S ISR EX: 1. Donni e Davidgo; 2. AI Guzman (Kaw); 3. Harry Keast . S ISR AM : 1. J erry Harpol e: 2. Lonas Kralik: 3. James Sers; 4 . Don W all en . SR OPEN NOV; 1. Fred Cox: 2. M itch Hamr ick; 3. Bill Scaes; 4. Ann Mennen; 5, Ron Sampson. SR 250 NOV: 1. Ed Stenberg; 2. M ike Burnett; 3. AI Forbes; 4. John Nevest ich . SR OPEN BEG: 1. Fred Kalm ick; 2. Neim an; 3. Terry Bru eske; 4. Bob Nelson. SR 250 BEG: 1. Guss Weiford ; 2. John Flanders: 3.Alan Stephens; 4 .Art Seymou r; 5. Richard Lamb . VET 0 1A: 1. Larry Roeseler (Kaw ); 2. Mik e Sixbery (Yam); 3. Mike McDonald (Kaw) ; 4. Mik e Mulconery IHu s}; 5. Gary Scheidl er. VET OPEN EX: 1. Larry Roeseler IKaw) ; 2. Mik e McDonald (Kaw): 3. Mike Mulconery IHus): 4. Gary Scheidier; 5. Bill Saltzman (Hus). VET 250 EX: 1. Mik e Sixbery (Yam); 2. Terry Davis; 3. David Callaway; 4. Jeff Jackson: 5. Bill Becker. VET OPEN AM ; 1. Dale Linek; 2. Robert Dunlap. 125 0 1A: 1. Larry Roeseler (Kaw); 2. Jim Lewis; 3. Bob Reiger; 4. Jeff Black; 5. Brett HoweIiIKaw). PRO: 1. Larry Roeseler IKaw); 2. Greg Zitterkopf (ATK); 3. Ted Hunn icutt (Kaw); 4 . Dan Ashcraft (Yam); 5. Derr ick Paiement (Kaw) . , 1\ot. . \tS lis \1et e It's everything you've always wanted in a YZ250 and more. It's the YZ250WR • Heavier flywheel/lighting coil • "Upside down" cartridge forks • A II new chassis and swzngann · 1\'01,.: Th is m odd i.\ o/f n rd by }'UtTUl JW Mu l m Co rpomt ion, l'..' ·.A . 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