Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

lap . Ah er som e haggl ing over wh o shou ld stan where, star ter Tom Steen declared th e three downed riders should sta n from the p ena ll y lin e. Bill Warford g ra bbe d th e holesho t o n the restart and led the first lap with Edgar Nelso n an d Jo hn Beatty pu sh in g hi m hard. O n lap ' wo o Nelso n sn uck by Warford and held him off for the remai nder of the race as Beat ty remained in third, Ran dy Ward di d a fine jo b of mo vin g up through tra ffic to' finish fourt h. Kenny Coolbeth, who ha s domi na ted th e Mini and l25cc Amateur classes th is year , again won both classes. Coolbeth. ridi ng in the 250cc Amateur clas s (or ju st th e seco nd tim e, was finall y bested as he finis hed third in his hea t. but was awarded fihh due to the ra ined-out fina ls. This was only th e second time Coolbeth has no t won a ll season. The winner of th e 250cc Amat eur cla ss was Bob Gene, who a lso wo n the Open Amateur class 10 be come a double New York S tate Champion. Results Edgar Ne lson took the Senior B class title at the Harpursville ST. Georges J obe (Han); 6. Dirk Geukens (Han); 7. Ismo Vehko nen (Suz); 8 . Ax el Holvoet (Kaw ): 9. Ricky Ryan (S uz); 10 . Edw in Everts en (Su z). Zac Bradshaw (2 ), brother of Yamaha 's Damon Bradshaw, took the overall victory in the Senior Mini class at Muddy Creek Raceway. . Former Worl d Cha mpioos Eric Geboers and Dave Strijbos, th e latter h~ ving hi s first race since inj ury ended h is 125cc Worl d C ha mpioos hip hopes in Ma y, def eated Barto li ni in the second race, but they were amongst man y pro minent retirements in the fina l moto as ride rs resorted to desper a te tact ics to improve their positions after poor starts in the ultra-short m Ol OS. Ne wly -crowned 125cc World Champio n Trampas Park er and 250cc Wor ld number two Pekka Vehkonen chased home Bartoli n i the last time out after failing to finis h either of the o ther moros, Fanton. se o nd overall . and Bill y Li les. c fou rth. were the riders rewarded for their co nsistency, Li les had 8-6-7 mo to fin ishes. The series . sepcia lly promoted for worldwide television a nd sponso red by Chesterfield cigarett es. is bein g run wi thout U.S. -based riders o th er than O 'Mara , who had a 10th in more two befor e he DNF th e fina l race thi s year. Results O/A: , . Andrea Bart olini (Hon); 2. M ich ele Fanto n (SOl); 3 . Erik Geboers (Hon ); 4 . Sil ty U les (!(awl; 5. Gert J an Van Doorn (Suz); 6. Oave Str ijbos (SUI); 7. Franco Rossi (KTMI; 8. Johnny O'M ara (Suzl; 9 . Alessandro Puzar (SuII; 10 . Jeff Leisk (Han). Bradshaw blasts Muddy CreekMX By Barbara & Loren Williams BLO U NTVIL L E, T N. SE PT . 17 Team Ya ma ha 's Da mon Brad sh aw performed some cro wd-p leasing aeria ls o n his way to wi nn ing the 125 and 250cc A classes at the eig hth ro u nd of Muddy Creek Racewa y's Mega Series. Pro moter Sam Ga mmon's new tabl etop j ump. di rect ly in front of the grassy hillside spectator area . pro vided th e per fect ven ue for Bradshaw's styling. Mike Bro wn kept things int eresting by holeshooting th e fir st 250cc A mot o a nd . dogging Bradsha w's lender when he zipped by o n lap th ree. Bradshaw owned the seco nd 250cc A co ntes t, leading from the drop of the gate to the checkers, wit h Bro wn in close pursuit the who le way. Bro wn was able to lead the second 125cc A rnoto, u ntil Bradsh aw Sluffed Suzukimo unted Kenn y Kizzar a nd then, a lap la ter , gave Bro wn the same trea tment, Not about to let Bradshaw get out of ra nge. Bro wn lit the afterbu rn er and staye d withi n striking dista nce for the ba la nce of the race. Dam on ' s yo u n $ er brother, la c , has obviously been paying a tten tio n at ho me. as he put tog ether back-to-bec k win s to ta ke th e overa ll Senior Mini honors. " Li ttle Bradshaw" was unca tchabl e.Ieavin g J ohn Brunck , III . Mega Series poi nts leader Tracy Nelson. ru nner-u p J a m ie Harri son a nd Ryan Reed to bailie it o ut for the remainder of the top five. Resu lts 50~ 1. Todd Tornburg (Yam l; 2. Rusty Dockery {ya ml; 3 . Jos h Scott (Yaml; 4 . Joe Guyto n (Yam); 5 . Robert Smi th (Yam). 6 57-1 1: 1. An drew W ilson (Kaw l; 2. Ma tt Harrison (Kaw ); 3 . Josh Scott (Kaw); 4 . Bria n Thorn burg (Kaw); 5. Jobey Pierce (Kawl. . J R MIN I: 1. J im m y 8 riggs IKawl; 2. A ndrew W ilson (~w); 3 . J osh Pierce (Suz); 4 . Kevin Brown (Yam ); 5. Matt Harr ison (Kaw) . SR M INI: 1. Zac Bradshaw (Yaml ; 2. John Brun ck III (Han ); 3 . Tracy Wi lson (Honl; 4 . Jam ie Harr ison (Kawl; 5 . Ryan Reed (Han). SCHBY: 1. Todd Ben nick (Han ); 2. Bradl ey Stru nk (Suz); 3 . Shane Hatfi eld (Suz); 4 . J ohn Brunck III (Han); 5 . Greg Steven son (Han). M~;+~~~r~v~:a~~.r. ~~~~H~I;r~~(~~~l. eJeP'~~~:i 26 (Kawl. 12 5 PRO A : 1. Damon Bradshaw (Yaml ; 2. M ike Brow n (Kaw l; 3. Kenn y Kizzar (Suz); 4. Curt l ibby (Kaw); 5 . Stev ie Childress (SuI) . 125 PRO 8 : 1. Billy Cox (Suzl; 2. J amie Hackli ng (Han); 3 . Lae Coom es IYam ); 4. M art in Oyke(Kaw); 5 . Todd 8ennick (Han). 12 5 C: 1. Wi ll M cEnty re (Kawj; 2. Dav id Dickerson (Yaml ; 3 . M arcus Cannon (Kaw); 4 . Mark Miller (Suz); 5 . Will iam W ilson (Hon). 250 PRO A : 1. Damon Brad shaw (Yam ); 2. M ike Brown (Kaw); 3 . Stev eie Childress (Suz); 4 . J im Cheste r (Suz); 6. Kenny Kinar (Suz). 250 B: 1. Lee Coome s (Yam); 2. Larry Harr ison (S uz); 3 . Ray Boruff (Suz); 4 . Mik e How ard (Kawl; 5 . Steven Utz (Honl. . OPEN AM : 1. Robert Campbell (Hon); 2. Grady J ones (Hus); 3 . Harr ison Hai r(Hon); 4. KeVIn J ones (Han); 5. Bobby Ousl ey (Han). S ISR +40 : 1. Terre ll Welborn (Suz): 2. Ron ald Reed ( H o n~ 3. Loren Wi ll iams (Kaw) . SR A +30 : 1. M ike Eads (Kaw); 2. larry Harr ison ( Suz~ 3 . Jeff Eads (Yam); 4. Gary Osbor ne (Han) . SR B +30: 1. Je ff Lyons (Kaw ); 2. Rhett Smith IA TK); 3. David Farr is (KTM I; 4. Cliff Dodtery (Y a m ~ 5. Ronald Nelson (Han) ENDR: 1. Mike Johnson (Suz); 2. Randy Farris (KTM); 3 . Charlie Johnson (Kaw); 4. M ar1t Thompson (Kaw ); 5. David Run ion (Han). NON·CU RRENT; 1. Bobby Gilbert (Han); 2. David Wh Ctson (Han); 3 . Robert Tilson (Yam); 4. Eddie Fender (Yam); 5 . J eff Hensl ey (Suzl. 250 C; 1. Mitchell Jon es (Yam); 2. Grady J ones (Ceg); 3 . ChriS M cNe lIl IHon l; 4 . Charles Dyson (Kawl; 5. Samu e l L Cox (Sud. Van den Berk tops Belgian Masters of MX By Alex Hodgkinson OLMEN , BEL GIUM, SEPT. 24 Former Worl d Champion Eric Gehoers was beaten o n h is o wn track a' O lmen in Belg ium, as J ohn Van den Berk and Dave Strij bos mad e the short j ourney ove r th e bo rder from Ho lland to ta ke th e top two p lacings in a n enth ra lli ng round of the Masters of Motocr oss Series. Van den Berk swept into th e lead before the end of the first lap a nd bu ilt up a healt h y lead befor e Geboer s co uld get th rough to second , bu t the rid e of the race was th at of Strijbos . . Bau li ng throu gh from a medi ocr e start . Strijbos survi ved a n horrific inci dent o n the th ird lap as Mar cel Van Drunen cras hed right in fro n t of him and actua lly fell into the path of the Suzu ki sta r wh o was un abl e to take a ny av oiding ac tio n as he was a lrea d y airborne. In credibl y. Stri jbos avoided joini ng his fellow Dutchman o n th e ground a fter lan ding o n hi s pros tra te bod y, a nd even more in credibly. Van Dru nen rejo ined the race a fter a o ne la p pa use (0 rega in his composure . Strijbos rod e arou nd Ge boers at 3/ 4-race distance and closed relentlessly o n Van de n Berk but time ran ou t wi th h im just a few meters behi nd th ro ugh o ut the fina l lap . The demanding track claimed innumera ble star victims during th e final. American Mike Heal ey _was the fi rst fro nt-run ner to be elim inated a fter a cras h wh ile sixth , and a nother American, Bill y Liles wen t dow n in the whoops after in he riting the position followi ng a hard ba ili e with Georges Jobe. The on ly U.S. rider to 5,CC' the fin ish was Rick Ryan as 125

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