Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

(Clockwise from above) Third 126 Jim Gibson (8 ) leads Gary Dent on. 600cc points leader Darrell Shultz leads Danny Chandler. Goat Breker went 1-1 for the 600cc win while M ike Bell w as second with a 4-2 day. being decided between Bell, Breker Barn ett as mota two got underway. / and Suzuki 's Alan King. Honda's Barn ett almost bailed off on the first lap whe n he hit a bump on an uphill. Jimmy Ellis was sixth, followed by Hannah, Holland and ot hers were Grossi. downed in a lap one pile-up. HanFor the next few laps Shultz and nah go t going dead last. Chandler took turns leading while O'Mara took th e lead bu t couldn 't Breker left Bell and King behind. He was soon on top of the leaders. Goat lose Ward and Barnett. The trio cluspassed Shultz, then Chandler, using tered tight with all three showing a pace which soon left th e pack in the how to ride all lines at race speed. . Then, a dejected Ward came coasting distance. down the hill. H e parked his seized Bell and King continued to ride in bike and sat on a haybale the rest of th e 4-5 slots and Grossi wor ked back in front of Ellis for sixth. Maico's the race. Andy Stacy was eighth. KTM 's John O'Mara and Barnett continued the battle only feet apart. Gibson and Finkeldey moved into ninth after a Myerscough were dicing for third. poor start. Yamaha's Erik Kehoe, Suzuki supBell was watching his pit signals ported Californian Rick Ryan and and when the race reached the five Yamaha rider Mike Beier were 5-6-7. minutes to go mark, Mike moved u p on the leaders. With two laps to go _ T hen a yellow snake co nsisting of Bell moved on Chandler, but Danny Rice, Denton , Hannah and Holland came slithering past. Hannah charged slammed the door in a corner. Bell like the old Hurricane and blasted to closed again but his bike jumped ou t of gear. Mike finall y got by for third the head of the cluster for eigh th. Barnett saved his best move - a through a set of dou ble jumps. powersl id e inside of O' Mara - for At the finish Breker had a safe lead, late in the race. He zipped by through Shultz was second, and Chandler a sweeper to lead, but O 'M ara go t edged past Bell for third, using reserve him back the same lap. Mark usedthe energy he didn ' t look like he" had. same move the next lap, and made it King ' was fifth and Ellis regained stick to th e finish. sixth from Gro ssi. Bill y hit a lapped O "Mara was a tight second. T he rider in the last turn and tore a shock front-ru n n er s' pace had ca rried off his bike, but landed seventh. FinkelJ oh n ny to a one minute, 20 second dey " moved past Stacy . in the late lead over third place Gibso n. Fourth stages of the mota for eighth. was Myerscough , followed by Kehoe, "Thanks to Kawasaki for this one," Ryan, Hannah , Denton and Beier. said Breker. "The bike was right and " Mar k's already at the top and each so was I. I had all the right breaks. ".. week he 's ahead," said O' Mara. " Now When the pack cleared the first it's time for me to push ahead. I th in k turn right-hand sweeper in mota two 125cc riders turn out alright." and headed for the uphill, it was . " I' ve been sitting around too much Stacy out fro nt. The front-runners out of competitio n," said Barnett. " I hit the back section, and when th ey do n 't like laying out in th e middle of came around Maico's Mickey Kessler the season, I like to kic k back when was leading. H e was putting ground it 's all over. Now it 's time to start on Ellis, Breker and Shultz, and everywin ning some races." one was behind his charge. Chandler 600cc National and Bell were 5-6, and Stacy was sev. It looked like a replay of the Carlsenth, fading with mechanical bad USGP the week before as Danny troubles. Breker finally worked out front " Magoo" Chandler and Darrell Sh ultz and Chandler followed his lines for pushed th eir factory Hondas out front second. Kessler and Bell were a tight in mota one. Husqvama's Bill y G rossi joinedthe two, and the trio p ulled 3-4 followed by King, Ellis, Honda's away during lap one. Jo Jo Keller and Shultz. " On the next lap Shult z was show• .. Bell mov ed to second, then was ing .~~8:~dl e~ the ~~~; .a n~. th~r~J~as . '''~I?urreq' op ~~e ~reker lost ground late in the race, putting h im in sight of Bell . Mike closed to wi th in a few bikelengths but tipped over on the last lap. Breker won ag ain for a perfect da y and looked fati gue free. Bell held second and King used a late race charge to grab third, moving him to second in the po int standings. Chandler was fourth and Kessler paced to fifth , his best fini sh of the season, followed by Ell is. . . Shultz was seven th. Darrell caught a rock with his tender left knee, then planted hi s left foo t in a hole to put him in even more pain. He had thoughts of dr op p ing out, but pushed on to garner valuable series points. Keller, Finkeldey and Grossi were 8-9-10. "T han ks to Gary Mathers, Mark Johnson and Roy T urn er at Kawasaki," sai d Breker as he hoisted his trophy in winner's circle. "T his is my second Na tional win (the first in Colorado in 1980), this is just great. I was riding an '83 p roduction bike, so look out Kawasaki riders - you 're getting one f~s t bike nex t year." "I was trying a li ttle too hard the last la p," sai d Bel l. " My knee clicked ou t (of joint) and then I fell on it ." For Kawasa ki it was a major victory, th eir second National overall th is year. "I promised my team if we won today I was buying dinner," said " team manager Mathers. "The sky's • the limit this time.". Results 125cc NATIONAL: 1. Johnny O'Mara (Han) 1·2; 2. Mark Barnett (Suz) 3· 1; 3. J im Gibson (Hon) 4·3; 4. Brian Myerscough (Han) B·4; 5. George Holland (Suz) 6·6; 6. Bob Hannah (Yam) 5-8~ 7. Gary Denton (Suz) 7·9; 8. Rick RYan (Suz) 10·7; 9. Erik Kehoe (Yam) 14-5; 10. Doug Jackson (Yam) 9·11; 11. Jeff Ward (Kaw) 2·'; 12. Mike Beier (Yam) 12·10; 13. Tom Rice (Yam) 11·12; 14. Chris Heisser (Suz) 15· 13; 15. Mike Brown13·17; 16. David Weak 18·15; 17. Ron Turner (Han) '·14; 18. Jeff Surwall (Han) 17-18; 19. Terry Martz (Suz) 16·19; 20. Steve Burdette (Suz) '·16; 21. Frank Lamp (Yam) 19·'; 22. FriU Schlegel (Suz) '·20; 23 . Karl Jordan (Yam) . 20·'. • Denotes placing out of top 20. 500cc NATIONAL: t . Goat Breker (Kaw) 1·1; 2. Mike Bell (Yam) 4·2; 3. Danny Chandler (HonI3·4; 4. Alan King (Suz) 5·3; 5. Darrell Shultz (Han) 2·7; 6. Jimmy Ellis (Hon) 6·6; 7. John Finkeldey (KTM) 8·9; 8. Billy Grossi (Hus) 7·10; 9. Mickey Kessler (Ma i) 14·5; 10. Jo Jo Keller (Han) 13·8; 11. Jeff Hicks (Yam) 12·11 ; 12. Tom Carson (Mai) 16·13; 13.. Andy Stacy (M ai) 9·8; 14. Chuck Sun (Han) 10-'; 15. Phil Larson (Han) 11·'; 16. Eric McKenna (Yam) '·12; 17. Jeff Spreeman (Yam) 19·14; 18. Kevin Davis (Ma i) 18·17; 19. Clark Jones (Ma i) 1718; 20 . Jerome Heiberger (Ma i) 15·20; 21. Mett Hibberd (Han) '·15; 22 . Joe Baker (Hon) ' ·16; 23. Keith Mann (Han) 20-19. AMA 125cc NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINT STANDINGS: t . Mark Barnett (222); 2. Johnny O'Mara (209); 3. J im Gibson (17 1); 4. Jeff Ward (170); 5. George Holland (127); 6. Bob Hannah (127); 7. Gary Denton (125 ); 8. Erik Kehoe (120); 9. Chris Heisser (89); 10. Ron Turner (84); 11. Troy Blake (70); 12. Mike Preston (54 ); 13. M ike Beier (53); 14. Doug Jackson (52); 15. David Weak (41); 16. Karl Jordan (38); 17.JeffSurwall(34); 18. Brian Myerscough (31); 19. Kyle Landrum (29); 20:Dean Cates (27). AMA 500cc NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINT STANDINGS : 1. Darre ll Shu lu (208); 2. Alan King (178); 3. Chuck Sun (163 ); 4. Goat 8reker (14 2); 5. Danny Chandler (140); 6. M ike Bell (131); 7. John Finkeldey (123); 8. (TIE) Phil Larson /Kent Hower· ton (103) ; 10. Jeff Hicks (98); 11. Jo Jo Keller (90); 12. Billy Grossi (89); 13. Jerome Heiberger (85); 14. Mickey Kessler (83 ); 15. Jimmy Ellis (64); 16. Andy Stacy (47); 17. Kevin Davis (45); 18. Eric McKenna , (40); 19. Tom Carson (37); 20. Jim Holley (30). • AMA MANUFACTURER POINT STANDINGS: t . Honda (823); 2. Suzuki (694 ); 3. Yamaha (684); 4. Kawasaki (476); 5. HU&qvarna (186); 5. Maico (146); 7. KTM (1271. • • • • 9

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