Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

H al e ' s ra ce e n de d ea rly with mechanical problem s. "They were ea ti ng me alive in the corners an d down the stra ig htaways 1 cou ldn' t mak e up a ny grou nd. So mething definitely we nt sour in the mo to r," said Hal e. The halfwa y nags saw Durell e, Graham a nd Pegram cross th e line bunch ed up with a small margin separating them from H ebb, Aselti ne, Poovey, H uff and Camlin and a pack led by Atherton. • O n la p 10 Atherton's race came to a n end. " T he bike j ust qu it , then free-wheeled. 1 lost the front end," sai d Atherton in ex p la in in g the p rob lem th a t left him agai ns t the tu rn two fen ce, his bike laying in the middle o f th e tra ck a nd the red nag wa ving. Graham led the si ngle-file restart (lap II ) with Durell e a nd Pegr am holding the fro nt spot a t var io us points arou nd the track. Behind the front-runners, H ebb , Poo vey, Huff and Camlin fo ught over fourth until lap f4 when H ebb sp lit a nd ca ug h t the leaders' dr aft. " I thought ma ybe 1 could wi n it unti l abo u t three la ps fro m the end ," said Pegr a m. " I dove under Davey (Du relle) and he got too fa r sideways . 1 had to sh u t every thing o ff a nd th ey (Gra ha m and Du relle ) la u nc hed away from me." Pegram 's back in g o u t o f th e th rottle a lso d isrupted H ebb 's charge a nd he settle d ·i n to fo u rth beh i n d Pegra m. The last two laps p roduced classic mile raci ng as Graham a nd Durell e wen t a t it. " I kep t on doing the same th ing," sa id Graham. " I felt like sh utti ng off befor e the start/fin ish li ne so Da vey wou ldn ' t thi nk 1 cou ld ge t h im , but 1 didn't want Larry to poss ibly get back into the th ing. 1 j us t kep t going. 1 figured that he 'd sh u t off and 1 had a li tt le left over in reserve for the last corner. " What G raha m had in reserve was all it too k a nd he led out o f tu rn four a nd across the finish li ne for the win. " Ea rly in th e race 1 was able to pass p re tty much wherever 1 wan ted to," said Durelle. " By the en d o f th e ra ce .. . 1 don 't know, maybe he was sandbagging. H e was goi ng th rough the turn s as fast as 1 was but 1 was able to draft past hi m every lap. 1 th ou ~ht 1 was going to be in the right posi tion , lett ing him lead off tu rn four, but 1 just wasn 't close enough. If 1 had been , 1 th in k 1 wou ld have had it. 1 j ust didn 't do it right. H e definitely gass ed it up that las t lap." P eg ram fi nis hed third be hind Du relle a nd Hebb was a tir ed but happy fourth. " I think 1 rod e every rac e th ey had tod a y," sa id Hebb. The combinati on o f th e Flu and the hea t finall y got to Poovey a nd after battling with H uff and Aseltine for fifth , the veteran race r d ropped back four positions over th e last two laps, fini shing ninth , while H u ff took fifth i n front of Aseltine, Cam lin a nd G ryl icki. • Results 18 · LAP 600 NA TIONAL: 1. Ricky Gr aham (W R): 2. Dave Dur ell e (W-R); 3. Larr y Pegra m (W R): 4. Dave Hebb (H-D ): 5. A udie Huff J r . (W -R); 6. Steve A selt in e (H·D ); 7 . David Camlin (H-D); 8 . Jam i. Gr ylicki (W - R): 9. Terry Poovey (H-D ); 10 . Aaron Hill (H-D ); 1 1. Erick Gr uber (W -R); 12 . Andy Tresser (W -R); 13 . M ichael Ha le (W- R): 14 . Kevin -At hert c n (W ·R ); 15. Chri s Carr (H-DI. JR: 1. Andy Tresser (W -R): 2. Larry Pegram (W R); 3. Vern Brow ne (W -Rl; 4 . Kri s Kiser (H- D); 5. James Han (Rtx); 6 . AI Eadie (W - R); 7. Jim Hauptman (W -R); 8. Mike HalelW· R); 9 . A udie Huff l W · R); 10. J a m i e G ryl icki (W · R); 11 . St ev e Rasmu ssen (H-O); 12 . M ike Eadie (H- DI. A MA 600 NA TIONA L CHAMPIONSHIP DIRT TRACK SERIES POINT STANDINGS: 1. Chris Carr (961; 2. Steve Aselt in e (74) ; 3. Will Davis (541: 4. Aa ron Hill 1 4'7); 5. Kri s Kis er (39); 6 . Rodney Farr i s (32 ); 7. Ricky Gr aham (31 ): 8 . Tim M enens (2 8); 9 . Dave Hebb (27 ); 10 . Erik Graybea l (26); 11. Terry Poovey (25 ); 12 . Andy Tresser (23 ); 13 . Larry Pegram In); 14. Dan Ingram 121); 15 . Aud ie Huff J r .118 ): 16 . Dave Dur ell e I 16); 17 . M icke y Fay (1 3); 18 . Gan h Brow (121 19 . Elan McD onnell 1111; 20 . ; m E) Ronnie Jo nes/ Steve Morehead/Randy Roose (10) I: ~~ OC~_. 1s~ . '. i=J I ', g I .- Ricky Johnson " Jean-Michel Bayle Johnny O 'Mara " . Jeff Stanton ._ "'" .) ;Damon Bradshaw .... Ron Lechien -. ' Guy Cooper Jeff Ward Tom Carson Fred Andrews \ Mike JC!!!.es is.... //. J • '. . . d . J f " I!!J I _.nn I ~. ' 1=1 ~ / ~ ;~.~~ :~ : 'I i£ """ ... ' I ~{, .. ~ , .. " 1..; '1 . 1"v rTI ~~' r4 / 76 1 ( ~ .•- .." .:-<~ .~ ..-.~..ts·~~.~:~..:~O~OHAMA ·~ ~:i.-~ " N .- ;·: "~:-~JlON.l.IS $25,O'(jO purse Sun., OCT. 1st DELMONT, PA• . Race 1 p.m. - Adm. $12 Saturday, Sept. 30th AMATEUR MX RACING Practice 8 a .m. 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