Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

th is sectio n. Most uf th e to p con te nders zeroed the next five c hee-ks. The h ighlight o f the eig h th sect io n was a tra il u p a seem ing ly end less sa ndy moun ta in side th at su bt racted minu tes from a ll sco res. Pep per a nd Kad lec lied for the lo w score a t the ni n th check wi th two a p iece. The 10th check was anot her tim ekeeping check a nd both riders zeroed it. It was a t the 11th chec k that Kadl ec mad e a big m ista ke. The check wa s placed at eX3C1ly 3.2 mi les an d a 10thof-a-milt" error in m ilea ge co m p u tat io n o n Kad lec's pan resulted in a burn. Kadl ec sco red a three to Pt" JX 'S four in th e \'lTYtight final p 'f se-c tio n . but it lell him a minute shy of th e yo u ngs te r's Sture. when asked about th e victory o ver h is toug hest ccmpetuor. the unassuming Pepper said he had a prett y uneventful ride excep t fo r some bra ke fad e, which he cu ret! by do using the calipers ,..ith WOller (rom time to . time. J oh n Bruckbau er lied Kad lec 's SCOTe of I I bu t lo« a t th e tie-breakers for third overall , which was his best finish in a co u p le o f seasons. Ho nda rider P h ill ip \ \'t.>S1 took fourth overa ll with a scm e o f 12. for hi s highest finish ever. Mar k H ynes . o n a KT~1 . p u t in a smooth oonsisreru rid e. scoring a 13a nd finis hing fifth overall. T ro y Ra yn o r a lso ca rded a 13 which was good (or first in the Open A class . Gt"orgc Villanyi co nt inued hi s do m in a tio n o f th e 2oo(·c A class des p ite a bu rned chec k. wi th a sco re o f 17. In te Senior A class, Floyd Stre ich was set to Kivr Ho war d U tsey hi s first drfr-ar o f rlu- yea r h u t burned the 11th chec k by two m in utes. Utsey kept h is stri ng of vic to ries u nb lem ish ed wit h a score of 20 ove r Stre-uh's 26. Just a minute ba ck , 250cc B rider. \ Va yn e ln terrn ill overnl led I he.' B class wi th a tall y o f 21 m inutes. H e was fol lo wed by fello w 250cc B rid ers . Jeff J o h nso n and J ames Enger, wh o lied with 22 poinu apiece. The tie-br eaker Wt"1II to J o hn so n. KT :\I rider, Keit h H ill owral led th e C classes with a shun course score o f 15 points. H e was fo llo wed by 200cr: vic tor J ack Stewart who dropped 19 poi n ts. They in tu rn wer e fo llo wed by Susan C hee uey wh o co n tin ued to do mina te the 2.~O<.T class with a score of 21. Results O il AA.: t . Kelby Peppe r (Kaw); 2 . Fntz Kadlec (Yam ); 3 . Joh n Bruckbauer (Yam ); 4. Mark Hynes (KTM); S. Dennis Lanett (Hon) . OPEN A : t . Troy Raynor I Hon ); 2. Ken Giles (KTM); 3 . Bill Nl emllec (A TK) 250 A: 1. Phill ip W esl (Han); 2 . Bruce Fiekt IHon); 3 . Burton Vickery (Yaml 200 A : 1. Georg e Villany, (Kaw); 2. Joe Gu t ierrez (Kawl; 3 . Ed Beaumont (Kawl SR A : 1. Howard Utsey I Hon l; 2. Floyd Stret ch 'KTMI; 3 . Greg Labbe (KTM ) OPEN 8 ; t . Doug las Vara IHon); 2 . Ed Hocken sm it h (Ho nl ; 3 . Russell So utherli n (Kaw ). 25 0 B: 1. Wayne luter mill (Yam ); 2. Jeff Johnson (Ho nl ; 3 . J eff J oh nson (Han) ; 4 James Enger (Suz) 200 B: 1. Rick Owens (Kaw) ; 2. M . Ber g man (Kaw); 3. Bob Babinski (Kaw) 4 ·STK B: 1. Jay Cheeny(Honl; 2 . Ken Lon g; 3 . Ric Robeso n (Yam l. SR B: 1. Rog er Dowden (KTM ); 2. L HInger IHus); 3 . Dave Deen y (KTM ). OPEN C: 1. Keith Hill (KTM ); 2. Jeff Har rison (Han ); 3. Anthony Hol ber g (Hus) 250 C: 1. Susan Cheen y IKTM); 2. Cun Larsen IKTMI ; 3 , Robert Faust . 200 C: 1. J ack Si ew ert; 2. M itch Elson ; 3 . Dann y Hi lt IKa wl. 4 -STK C: 1. David Evan (Hon ); 2 . Scott M cPher son (Yam); 3 . John M oody (Hon) . SR C: 1. Dean Hoffschildl (Kaw ); 2. Ed Gulozyns ki (KTM) ; 3 . D. Hersper ger (Ha n). S/SR: 1. Rog er Dorcas (KTM ); 2. George Hof fer IKaw); 3 . Dua ne Gray . SPTM N : 1. Gary Gildwelt; 2 . Larry Feverstein (ATK) ; 3 , Rober1 Har gr ove (Hus) W M N: 1. Kalhy Tuma; 2 . linda Scott (Ka w ); 3 . 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AUG . 12 The highligh t o f th e 1989 Ath en s Coumv Fair was th e Act ion Sports-p ro mo u-d Super cross on Saturday nighr, sponsored b y Coors Extra Go"1. Economy Supply. Athens Sports C ycles a nd Ha wks Cycl e Sa les. 'Th e la rgt":"It crowd or th e week was treat ed 10 fa n ta stic racing as 130 riders (ro m Ohio a nd \ Ves l Vir g in ia ca me ro cha l lenge the Drew \ \'o lh.-desigt u"ll u a ck. " l1,el25cc Pro cla ss had David H and. C huck Reed a n d Tro y Graham haulin g in what was th e mosr e ciring even t o f th e even in g, x Reed 's Kawasaki led th e first mote w ith H and qui ck ly moving seco nd . fol lo wed by Graha m. Hand dropped hi s Ho nda . leu in g G rah am 's Suz u ki by and th ey fin ish ed that way w it h j a mi e H orto n fou rth a n d Mi ke Bla ir fifth. o n a Suzuk i. . The seco nd mot o kept the hu ge gran dsta nd cro wd o n - Ieet, as the top three riders fo ugh t its the whole rno to (or th e victo ry. G ra ham &:ot the hol eshoi foll o wed by Blair a nd Ha nd w ith Reed back in th e pa c-k. By th e seco nd la p . Ha nd had passed Blai r a nd bega n to sta lk G ra ha m . as Reed began to move to the fro ru , By th e fih b lap Hand had passed Troy w ith Reed a diM3 11l th ird ; th en the raci ng got seri ous. G ra h a m tried to sq ua re a tu m to ta ke th e lead bu t H an d sla m med th e door o n h im . Gra ham tr ied ( 0 for ce h is wa y pa st in the very nex' tu rn a nd Ihi s , ime T ro y had Ihe edge, as Hand was for ced o ff th e ,ra ck. Chuck Reed had closed in 0 11 Ih e battle (o r fir st a nd he .passed H a nd before H an d co u ld gel back o n l h e , ra ck . Gra ham held fi rst b Ol R eed im mediatel y tired to stu er Troy in a lurn, bUI again Grah am wa s stronger a n d ca me o u t '0 r--------------------------------~---------------, Attentiol!. - SubscriberS, - 1 . For FASTEST service attach old mailing label in space be low. 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