Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

IWI!,CDI ,A M AI YAMAHA Grand National Cross Country ~. Series JP§ ~~-< Toward SerllJS Ch ampionsh ip ) Quad Race-Saturdays at 1:00 pm Bikes Race-Sundays at 12:00 noon Youth at 11:00 am SAN D FLEA GNCC Sanford, North Carolina · LORETT A LYNN GNCC Hurricane Mills,.Tennessee BROWN JUG GNCC Brownsville, Pennsylvania FIREBALL GNCC Tarentum, Pennsylvania ·WINTERPLACE GNCC Beckley, West Virginia VOLUNTEER GNCC Bristol, Tennessee BLACKWATER 100 GNCC Davis, West Virginia HOOKSTOWN 100 GNCC Hookstown, Pennsylvania BUCKEYE GNCC Waterford, Ohio MT. MORRIS GNCC Mt.Morris, Pennsylvania PUMPKIN RUN GNCC Tarentum, Pennsylvania • Desi;Jnates National Hare Scrarri:lleS 1. P/W; 1. Danny Vick ers (Yam); 2. Tyson Lacey (Yam l; 3 M ike Panerson (y am) . ~:t:',J.e:'~:~~~~~:iJ~~)~2~1~~~~nT~~~~~n (Kawl; 3 . Danny Jacobo (Suzl. 80 B: 1. Dan ny Nelson (Kawl; 2. Ben Bostr om (Hon); 3. John M itchell (Han). 125 c: 1. Shan e Berg (Vam ); 2. J oe lawwill (Yam); 3. 4 Chad Dagg en jKawl. 125 B: 1. Eri c Pusel ik (Han): 2. Trevor M eagher (Yam ); 3 . Eddie Reed (Yam). 250 C: 1. John Oetwier (Suz); 2, Ken Nolan lH onl ; 3. GUYComer (Han). VET NOV : 1. Doug John son IKaw); 2. Gary Jae hne (Suz); 3 . Eric von Urff (Yam). VET Al B: 1. R.ndy Denton {Y. m~ 2. John Swan (Ho n!; 3 . All en Bray (Yam). OT C: 1. Gary Doggett (Kawl; 2. Larry Baker (Hon!; 3. Frank Louthan (Kawl. Hawkins wins Little Brown Jug Enduro By Lynn McRee CLI l\"TO N. SC. JAN . 22 It was a co ld da y a t the Lillie Bro wn j ug End uro wh ere Ran dy Hawkin s wo n th is event for the th ird tim e i n 3 row . thereby ma ki ng the traveli ng Liule Brown Jug trophy his to keep. The enduro sta rted in th e middle of the Sumter Na tional Fo rest with the cooperation of th e Tygre River District forest ra ngers wh o provided a ll new tra ils for everybody to enjoy. The Gr eenville End uro Riders p UI o n a very good run acco rd ing to most of the entrants. so me saying they th ou gh I it was the best end uro of the seaso n so far. The tra ils were well mar ked wi th a lill ie terr ain for everybody cc nsisu ug of virgin pi ne woods a nd fire roads co mp lete wi th wat erbar j u mps 10 keep riders 0 11 their 'toes . At th e en d of the run the tempera tur es had risen and so d id ho meto wn favo rite Hawk in s. as he ha d dominated the co mpe titio n. I n the first section severa l riders had bea t Hawk in s, so Hawk in s turn ed o n th e gas as he wanted the Jug. After the run, Haw kin s kept hi s promise 10 beco me a G reenvi lle En duro member w hich ass u res a new win ner next year. Severa l to p riders were a t the j ug, incl ud ing KTM 's Kevin H ines, Allen Gravitt, Yam ah a 's j eff Russell a nd Kawasa ki's Kurt Hou gh . Hawkins fin ished th e da y with a grea t sco re at eig ht, with Hi nes a nd H o ugh nOIfa r beh in d with sco res of 10: G rav iu a nd Bryan Ada ms Se~~rC~·1~~~ ~:~~a~~~~.PE::;Y M ill er; 3. KeVtn Jones; 4 . Todd Holton; 5. M arv in Hamlett. W MN : 1. M ane Pace; 2. J ackie Kelly _ Trickle, Saxton top Las Vegas MX By Rick Pinney LAS VEGAS. N\" . J AN. 29 Although co m pe tin g in different c la sses, Chris. Trickle a nd R ichard Sax Ion were o n the tra ck a t the sam e time a nd battled for th e overa ll win a t Las Vega s Racewa y. Bot h rid ers rook turn s crossi ng th e fini sh lin e firs t as they roosted a wa y to wi ns in the co mbined l25cc Pr o and In ter m ed ia te class- s. e In mo io o ne , Sa xton , rid ing th e 125(( In ter med iat e clas s. wo n t he race t o the ho lt:' wi th 1) .-0 riders SCO ll U nde rwood ta ki ng St' COTUj a nd Trickle gett ing a n hon ora ble m en d on . T ri ckle q u ickl y wen t aro u n d Underwood in the first turn. a nd the first la p set th e rou e (or the enti re race. Saxto n a nd T rick le a p parent ly had the sa me lin e becau se when they went b y Sa xto n was in the lead but lJy o n ly a bli nk. Saxton and T ric kle were using a ll th e tricks of the trade to sho w each o the r who was the boss wit h eac h ma n fo rci ng the o th er 10 ride up to his full p o tential. O n rhe final lap Saxto n had pu lled aw ay from T rickle hy abo ut eig ht bike len gths for the win. The star t of mot a two saw Trickle leadi ng Sa xton a nd Underwood. Trickle \\'3 S fla wless on the first la p wi th Saxto n maki ng a mista ke May 20& 21 Jun. 3&4 Jun. 17&1 8 Sep t. 9& 10 9. Bradshaw; 4 . Ronn ie Smith. 260 A : 1. Doug Jones; 2. TommyVeat or; 3. George Eaddy; 4 . R..J. Faddis; 5. Johnny McCoy . 2OOA: 1. Ch. rles Brtdges: 2. Dale Cross: 3 . David Barn ick; 4 . Scan Crowder; 5. Wade Baxley . SR A : 1. Skip Wyman; 2. J immy lynch; 3. Tom Phillips: 4. John Robert Thoma s. S /$R A : 1. Fred Ve.tor; 2. Georg e Ross; 3 . J im Crowder; 4. Larry Baxley; 6 . Philip Patterson . 4·STRK A: 1. Gary Hazel; 2 . Allen Young ; 3 . Sammy Paulk . OPEN B: 1. Kenny Sanerfield; 2. Mik e M onr oe; 3 . Dale Stegall; 4. Jerry Kelly ; 5. Phillip Myers. 250 B: 1. Bobby M aye; 2. Marvin M cCarson; 3. M ike M art in; 4 . Tim Burden; 5. Ash ley Brewe r. __ 200 B: 1. Ma rtin Pru ett ; 2. Scott Crowder: 3. Bri an Southern; 4 . Mark Logan ; 5. David Sweatt 126 B: 1. Andy Smi th ; 2. Gil Gr iggs; 3. Tim Blevin s; 4 . Bo Mc intosh; 6. Roger M incey . . SR B: 1. Raben Cox; 2 . Ron Hal e; 3 . Ben Cheatwood ; 4 . Charl es Arm our ; 5 . J ohnny ~ e . S/SR B: 1. Fred Hammond ; 2. Johnny Wood ; 3. Terry o ishr oom ; 4 . M ike:Gar rett; 5_Tommy Park s. 4·STRK B: 1. W ayne Ode ll; 2. Richar d Edmonds; 3. Tim Boozer; 4 . John Bladl;stock; 5 . Carey Bryant. OPEN Co: 1. Lar ry Rodf or d; 2. Don l edbet ter ; 3 . Jo hn Hoover: 4 . Tony Bussing; S. MtChael Johnson . 250 C: 1. Steven Smith; 2. Dale Bu rr oughs; 3 . Bruce Denton; 4 . Steve lewIS: 5. Matthew Ch ik1s. 200 C: 1. Robbie McCraw; 2. Glen n Rect or; 3. M ike 29&30 8. 0 1A : 1. Randy Hawkin s lSuzl . AA : 1. Kevin Hin es tKTMI; 2. Kurt Hough (Kaw ); 3. Bry an Adam s; 4. Allen Grav iD lKTM I; 5. George Wa ller. OPEN A: 1. Darr ell Cox; 2. Trav is Hayes; 3. Willie Apr. 7. T oppin g th e A class were Do ug j ones (25Oc c A) a nd Darrell Co x (O pen A) with scores of 17. O n tOP in the B class were Bobby Maye (25Oc B) with a sco re o f 21 but not far behind c were Marvi n McCa rson (25Occ B) and Marlin Pru ett (2OOcc B) with scores of 22. Sleven Sm ith (25Occ C) had a great ride with a 23 fo r th e da y toppi ng the C class. Resul ts 15&16 6. . Ap r. 5. 125. 1&2 4. a lso had imp ressive sco res. bo th tu rning in Apr. 3. Mike H eth had the sta rt in th e 250cc C main bUIapparentl y m issed a gea r a nd cras hed hard. j ohn Detwi ler ' wo n the th ird start o n hi s Suzuki with Ken No lan seco nd over Guy Comer and Mike Lil igh. P ucef ik loo ked 10 be the man for th e doubl e win s until he ba iled in th e 250cc B main. Edd ie Reed went o n to ta ke the victor)'. Do ug Johnson \\,"3 5 tops in th e Vet C main o n hi s KX th ai saw a gr eat ba il ie for seco nd between Gary j aehne a nd Bub b Eric vo n UrH. Randy Denton was the easy win ner in th e Vet AlB main with john Swan ju mpi ng o UI of th e aren a floo r o n ly o nce. bUI lak ing th e B po rtion o n his CR. Gary Doggett proved that Old T imers h ave their pl ace In th e spotlight winn ing th e OT C main ov er berzerko Larry Baker and Fran k Loutha n. Resul ts . 11 & 12 2. Double A rider M itch McRee j am s t hrough t he trees at the little Brown Jug End uro . National champ Randy Hawkins was the event w in ne r. Mar. Sept. 23 &24 10. 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