Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

gj B ~ Jimmy Lewis took second place in his f inal MX special test moto. Top f ini shes in the 350cc 4 -Stroke class has earned him a t rip to t he IS D E. depressed about it, So it felt good to ac tua lly pass people." P o s i ti o n s among the riders remained ess entia ll y the same th rou gho ut the day, so it wo uld be the fina l motocross wh ere the sco res were m od ified b y t he club for incr eased importa nce to make the final changes in the results. In the first mo to , th e l25cc riders dueled it o u t wi th Ha rvey taking the win a head of Lane and Keega n. T he second mo to featured the first of the 250s wi th P h il Lindeman taking the win , while J ames Ran dolph , J a son Dahn er s a nd Dan Ri chardson jabbed at eac h other in the intens e du st of the mea do w tra ck , but were un abl e to pass each o ther. Tom Ehmke jetted out in fro nt of the second 250cc moto, pos ting th e th ird fastest 'time, wi th Tim Ewert, J erry Schockmel, and Ma rty Walden in tow. The du st made a ll but the most heroic of passes impossibl e. Hough exploded o££ the start of th e third 250cc moto wi th Suzuki pilots Ro n Lawson a nd J im Norris battling fierce ly over se cond. Lyngar 's Yamah a failed to fire on the first kick bu t he man aged to get by KT Mmou nted Dee Taylor. As H o ug h ex tend ed hi s lead. L ynga r blitzed through the du st catch ing up to th e . wi ld melee be tween Lawso n a nd Norris, whi ch ended when Norris fell in a hea p crossing a ditch. Lyn gar the n keyed a pass on Law son and set off to chase after Hough. While Lyngar ma naged to pick u p a second here a nd th ere, Ho ug h was in con trol o f th e mo to win as well as the event's overall victor y. Nielsen lau nched hi s 500cc Kawasaki off th e li ne to lead Bertram , Dra fs, Bean, J o h n Mood y and Brown. Bert ra m hung tough wit h Nie lsen for a co u p le lap s, then faded ba ck. J ohn Nielsen f inished third overall and took second p lace in the Open class behind Bertram. Nielsen had the fastest MX special t est ti m e. " I co uld o nly see abo u t three bike lengths a head of me ," Bert ra m said. The positions remained co nstant to th e fini sh , excep t for Bro wn who sn uc k by Mood y. In co m pa rision, Nielsen had the fastest motocross sco re of 735, whi le Bertram was fou rt h fastest with a sco re of 763. Brown's ti me o f 835 bro ke the tie wi th L yn gar for fou rt h o vera ll , placi ng him in fifth. . Mounted on his Husky th u m per, Rh odes co llected th e final mot o win with the fifth fastes t tim e over Lew is, Joh n May , Ca rl Mac kwicz an d Gary Neese. Many o f the riders exp ressed their appreciation at the factory su p port th at th e Kawas kai a nd Yamaha tech nicians provided a t thi s qualifier a nd commented on the positive effec ts of th eir invol vem ent for racing. In looking back at this year's qual ifier ser ies, Suzuki 's Bert ra m co m mented, " It 's th e best seri es that I' ve ridden. T he clubs tri ed rea lly hard a nd the tests have been th e best ever. " • Results' 0 / A : 1. Kurt Hough (Kaw); 2. Dave Bertr am (Suz); 3. John Nielsen (Kaw) ; 4 . J immy Lyngar (Yam); 5. Barr ett Brown (M ai); 6. Dan Richa rdson IHon); 7. Tom Ehmk e (Yam); B. Jimmy Lew is (Han); 9. Scott Dr afs (Kaw); 1a:Tim Ewert (Kaw) ; 11. Ja son Dahn ers; 12. Bob Bean (KTM ); 13. John May ; 14 . M arty W alden ; 15. Ron Law son (S uzl; 16. J oh n M oody; 17. Phil Lind eman (Hon); 18. David Rhodes IHu s); 19. Dee Taylor (KTM ); 2D. Joey Lane (Kawl , 500 INTENT; 1. Dave Bertr am (26 731; 2. Joh n Niels en (26B2); 3. Barr ett Brow n (277 8). 25 0 INTENT: 1. Kurt Hough (2649); 2. Jimmy Lyngar (2766) ; 3. Dan Richardson (2793). 125 INTENT; 1. J oey Lane (3028); 2. Taz Harvey (304 7); 3. Jeff Kegan. 350 4 -STRK INTENT; 1. Jimmy Lew is 12823). 500 4 ·STRK INTENT; 1. Joh n May (29 31); 2. David Rhodes (29 73); 3. Gary Neese (32 14) . 19

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