Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Cross Country (Contin ued from p!lge 14) was seco nd go ing into th e woods a nd passed the leader in the woods a nd stretched it- ou t." He was o ne of the fort unate few riders that esca ped a first turn pileup , which took o ut many rid ers including Kevin Brown , who was making his debut ride o n a KTM , and KTM 's Mark H yde. In th e cras h, Hyde's bik e suffered a hol e in th e sidecase a nd was forced out of th e race after a co u p le of la ps. Lojak said, " Su m mers a nd I came aro und the first lap together a nd I stretched it o ut to abo ut a m inute and 20 seconds." Wh a t L oja k didn't k now was Su m mers had to sto p a nd rep air a clutch cable th at had come loose from the side cover and lost ab out five mi n u tes in do ing a bailing-wire job . Plessinger was involved in th e first -turn mi shap a nd was dead last after restartin g. H e co u ldn 't reall y effectively get into the race pa ce unti l th e fourth or fifth lap. At th at tim e, Lojak had ab out a minute a nd eig h tsecond lead a nd th en ga ssed it up until he had approximat el y two minutes on the next rid er. Pl essin ger co nt in ued hi s drive o n the very bumpy co urse to close th e two-minute gap o n Loj ak until he caug ht h im in a wooded sectio n. The Kawasaki rid er a nd Lojak swa pped po siti on s before heading into th e motocross sectio n of the course. " I let h im arou nd me and th en we came to a turn a nd 1 went wide a nd sq ua red it off and he went o n the outside," said Loj ak , "and wh en I passed him, we to uc hed handlebars. At th e next turn , he ra m med straight into me. I ca me o ut of th e turn a nd ran into him and he kicked a t' me. Pr etty soon he a nd I were ge tti ng into it, Then we sto p ped in th e woods and talk ed it over a nd th ought we were foolish for doing it." P lessi n ger sa id, " He (Loja k ) thought 1 cut him off, but I was holding my line a nd he pl owed into me." H e also said th at it wasn 't worth fig h t i n g about and th ey just shru gged it off. Turning in a very consistent race was Conner, wh o said, " Everything went well. It was a fun race and was run well. The front pi le-u p messed me up a little bit, th ough." Connor was also o ne of th e race lead ers whe n Lojak a nd Pl essinger got slowed in a bottlen eck. " By luck Sco tt a nd Ed got ca ug h t and I go t arou nd th em a nd was able to lead for a whi le," sa id Conner. " I led for a bo ut a half a la p before Ed go t arou nd me. I was able to hold off Scott until the last la p , bu t -he got around me with a real good drive." McSwa in was also exha u sted aft er hi s race, saying , " I' m j ust not in shape. I also ha d problem s wit h the front susp ensio n being too soft and I reall y d id try to ca tch up, but 1 go t tired. In one sectio n , I had to push it u p a hill due to a bo ttl en eck of slo wer riders." Shepard said after the ra ce, " I had a good sta rt , but I al so go t caught in the bottlen eck for a wh ile, a nd that cost me abo ut fivc m inutes in tryin g to get th rough . 1 had to push it , but it's the best 1 co uld do." • •24TH, They're a bunch of hot and shape ly wild things. And on Sunday, September 24th, they'll be showing all their wares at Knotts Berry Farm. It's the spanking new line of 1990Yarnahas. Blazing FZR's. Down and dirty YZ's. Sporty ATV's. Zippy Scooters. And lots of othe r models. All th ere for your sa livating pleasure. It's part of Yamaha's End less Summer Sunday. Which will also feature lots of fun th ings to do between gawks. Like volleyball, fris bee, and dance contests. KROQ jocks. Pri ze giveaways worth thou sands of dollars. Not to mention hot KROQ music a nd bands that will have you rocking. As well as some big time comics that will keep you rolling. 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