Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

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SC , DEC. 2 T h e climax o f th e $25,000 (tota l series prizes & conti ng enci es) Fa ll MX Series spcnored by Camp Co ker Mororsports Par k , Montrose Mo torspo rts Park a nd Roll in g Hills Mot orsports Pa rk was a fried ch icke n d in ner a t Societv Hill. H en ry Mor ee a nd h is fa m ily trea ted th e riders, th eir famili es and friends to a del icious meal. The banquet recognized the wi n ne rs in eac h of the man y classes. j d h ey Donaldson o f Fayetteville, No rt h Caroli na . wa s th e recipien t o f a ridi ng outfit gi ven b)' Trick Cycles or Lanca ster, South Carolina. j etlrey's name was d rawn from th e list o f rider s presen t. Other spec ia l aw ards went to Chuck Shirley and Gage Fortson; each received a S500savings bon d . given by H en ry Mor ee Ior their perfect a tte nda nce a t hi s track thi s season. The first-p lace win ners in ea ch ca tago ry received a trophy, a bea utiful b lue NAME jacket wi th their individua l names em bro idered , p lus a moneta ry awa rd . . After the n ext race a t Montrose, the NAM E riders will ta ke a break to p repare fo r th e big W inter: Seri es, which wi ll begin the , first Sunday in J a n ua ry. Cook, Thomas, Cooksey top Greasewood Hollow MX Tell theDl you .s a w itin Kawasak i Team Green - jose. j efl. j~fI a nd Eric Pow er-Mist Raci n g Fu el - Stev e, Ri ck &: T im Sinisalo - ~Iercedes ScOIl USA - Bevo SND Ra cing - Sha wn Norfolk Factory Co nn ecti on - Milt McAn dr ews ~ D V NLDP Dunlop - Fran k Stacey < ~~. pOWER A Special Thanks To My Mechanic - jim Fish er SCOTT""""; IIIISl BillySchlag Racing. 725 Walnut e ircl... Mechan icsville. MO 20659 (301) B84.4 723 By Hurley & Dot Short ~ -;-, - m:o DELT A. UT. NOV . 25 H ond a ri der Stacey Coo k. So u th Va ll ey Ya maha 's Mike T homas a nd New gate Kawasak i's Ch ris Coo ksey were th e big winners a t the l1SRA Mot oc ro ss fin a l. at G rea sewood H oll o w. Coo k was Fla w less as he we n t fo u r;" for -fo u r in the toug h 125 a nd 250cc P ro classes. T homas use d 3· ) rnoi o fin ish es to po lis h o ff the Open Pros, wh ile Co okscy squea ked o ut .. th e 80c'(' Ex per t w in ov e r Delt a 's Ru ss Anderson . In 125cc Pr o an io n, Cook blasted t he holeshor over Pat Bour ke a nd ~la ll Smith. Sm ith qu ickly disp laced Ro u rke for seco nd a nd M:I o u t a fter Cook. Cook wa s doub le j u m pi ng a se r-rio n th at n o o the r r id e rs a ue m p ied a ll day a n d crui sed to th e wi n by 18 seco nd: o ver Smi th. Sha wn Secres t. Bourke. .. N ick Oa ro u fa lias and Da n Ca m . The seco nd moto wa s a no t he r Cook r un awa y aft er workin g up In th e lead . Coo k fdl on the fir st la p a nd Sm ith held t he IC' b ri efl y u nt il Cook Jd \..en t by o n lap th ree. Sm ith a bo went down, a llowi ng Secrest in to seco nd. The finishing urder read Co ok , Secrest, Smith, Bourke and Gar oufalias. In 2:>0("( Pro anion, Cook led every lap o f : the first mo to o ver Co rky Ma ugha n , C ha nce Ma ughan , Mi ke Tho mas aud SCUll Taft. The secn nd -moto hol eshol belonged to a determined Cork y Ma ugh a n a, he led over Cook. Cole Wa ll work a nd Mall Sm ith. Cook a nd Smith blew hy Ma ugha n Ior firs; a nd seco n d povitions, wh ile Sig Ridd le a nd Mike T hom as ran fourth and fifth . C..o ok bla zed a o ne- mi n u te. -tu-serond lap rim e and p ull ed ou t a big lead over Smi th , Thomas, Corky Ma u gh a n a nd Bod en Sod erbeck . " 1 reall y liked th e track toda y. We do n 't ge t a lot o f sand in Co lor ado, so it 's fun to race o n it," sa id Cook . T he 80ec Expe rt race pi tted local favori te Ru ss An derso n agai nst u p -and -co m in g rider Chris Cooksey. In th e firs t mo to, An de rso n g ra bbed th e ho lesho i over Co o ksey. Chance Ma ughan a nd T y Frema n. An derson was flyin g as he moved fou r seco nds a hea d o f Cooksey a nd Maughan. Brad Ruesch a nd Du stin H eadman filled ou t the to p five. An der son bu ilt a lead to seven s('conds over C..c)()ksey by the mow's end, while Maughan cru ised In a third -p lace finis h. R uesch and H ead m a n remained in fourt h a nd fifth . The serond m o t e) wa s a n ai l-h iler ' as And erso n. Cooksey a n d Ru esch led the way. Anderso n went down a llow ing Coo ksey into th e lead o n la p two. Fo r the next th ree la ps, Anderson tri ed despe rat ely 10 dose the gap o n Cookscv. but the Kawasaki rider held fast . Cookst·y 1(') 0).., the win ahead o f Anderson, Head ma n , Fre ema n a nd R u esch. " 1 tr ied 10 keep p ressu re o n Ru ss because il looke -d lik e he was g cu in g erra tic a nd the tra ck was gell in g rough. \ \' hen he went dow n , I t ho u gh t 'Go for it ' and just hung o n :' sa id Cooksev. .In Open Pr o act ion. Sam Taylor was the hol es hot kin g,o ver Sig Ridd le, Mike Tho ma, a nd Brer Smtih . Riddl e hlew by Ta ylor on lap tw o an d pulled o u t a 13-st"Cond lead over T a ylor . Brandon Ge rber , Thom as a nd Smith. Thomas mov ed by Gerber for third by the m otu' s end. Riddl e Finished a hea d of Ta ylor , Thomas, Gerbe r a nd Smith. Mo to two was a Riddl e holesh ot o ver Th om a s, Smi th , Bre nt Fox and G erbe r. Thomas mov ed by Rid dl e on lap two alter he experienced a blow n rear shock . Ger ber m o ved up to second wh ile Smith , Fox and Tay lo r follo wed . Tay lo r was o n the m o ve- a n d hlew up lO seco nd by the m o re 's end. The win went to T homas foll ow ed by T a ylo r. Ge rber , Fox and Smith. Resu lts , P/W: 1, Ban Abbott; 2, Trevor Turres; 3 . Chauncy ca ll 60 A : 1. Kipp Po sey; 2, A aron DeRose; 3 Jared Farn swo rt h . 60 B: 1. Je r.emy Bert un i, 80 NOV 7 · 11 : 1, AAron DeRose; 2 , Eric La ndls;·3 . Todd Ori sco!. . 80 NOV 12· 16; 1, J ared Egley; 2. Skip Smith; 3 , Nelson l ucero . 80 AM : 1, Benn y Paint er; 2, J ere my Diel; 3. Kipp Posey. 80 EX: 1, Chris Cooksey; 2, Russ And er son; 3. Du st in Head man . SCHBY: 1 James Hendr ickson; 2. Marlo Paint er; 3 . Russ A nder son , 125 NOV: 1, Shaw n Chavez; 2 , Derek Barn ey; 3 . Steve Duckworth . 12 5 AM : 1. Marl o Paim er; 2. James Hend nck son ; 3. Brian · Call 125 EX: , ', Sta cey Cook; 2. Shawn Secrest; 3 . Matt Smit h. 250 NOV : 1. Boom er Smi th ; 2. Bronson New man; 3. Shawn Chav ez. 250 AM : 1, Be Riddl e; 2. Br ad M in er; 3. Brett Smith. 250 EX: 1, Sutcey Cook; 2. Corky Maughan; 3, M ike Tho ma s OVER 25 A : 1 Dave Donaldson ; 2. Shawn Ma xf!etd; 3. Bryo n Jo nes OVER 25 B: 1. Stephen Ful lmer; 2. Fred Jamieson ; 3. Jack Baughman OPEN NOV: 1. Bronson Newman; 2 . Bobby Hu n l OPEN AM 1 . Andy Baldwin ; OPEN EX: 1. M ike Thoma s; 2. Sam TaylOf" 3. Brandon G_. OVER 30 NOV: 1. Kerry Chart ier. OVER 30 AM . 1. Jeff ClaW50n; 2 Dawid Kozlowsk i; 3 M ike M una il . OVER 30 EX: 1. Dale Bohm. Howerton hauls at Hidden Valley HS By Tom Tysl HIDD EN VALLEY, T X, DEC. 3 Round seven of the So u th T exas winter Ha re Scramb le Seri es made its a n n ua l stop at H idden Va lley Recrea tio n Pa rk. and Ken t H o werton was the Pro class winner. The Dirt Bike C lub o f Sa n Antonio marked a co u rse a p p ro xima tely six m iles long that was almost too wei 10 nell' Satu rda y morning , b u t by the.' aft ernoon (he ra in stopped and Su nday 's su n d ried th e trac k int o o ne of (he best o f th e seri es. T he Pr o cl ass b lasted int o (h e mudd y sta rt ing ar ea fir st wi th Steve Ca rd well find in g th e best lin e for hi s Kawasak i KX250 foll o wed by j on Ben nett o n a KTM an d Doug . Pal ey. A lley Scma r, a nd Howert on a ll a hoa rd H onda C R250s. About on e mi le into th e first lap was a tig h; u phi ll tr ai l tha t Card well topped without a problem , bu t it claimed Bennett a nd p lugged th e trail for the rest or th e class. The hol esh ot ca n make you a lonel y lead er. " Ha lfway throilgh the la p I l

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