Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

eNORTHERNheDATELiNEeshin9,on-'daho-Utah-A,aska-eanada- Nonhern California-Nonhern Ne.ada-Oregon-Washington-Idaho-Utah-Alaska Gold Cup Open class champ Rick Burgett (Vam ) leads again. Klaudt, Magoo, Burgett take Gf;»ld Cup final . By Brian Barnes McCLEARY, WA, AUG. 1 With nearly 450 riders in attendance, the 15th and final race of the 1982 Yamaha Perp etu al Gold Cup came to an end today 32 at the ultra modern Thurston County O RV Park near Olym pia, WA. Much credit is due Bo b Lindsey and his Tacoma Motorcycle Club for running the event. The track itself featured a sand and clay composition with huge bowl turns and exciting jumps and wh oops. Dust wa s not a problem this year as Mother Nature provided off a nd o n sprinkles, keeping th e track in n ice shape. Seattle Honda 's Cory Klaudt, T eam Honda's Danny " Magoo " Chandler and Yam aha 's " L u m berjac k" R ick Burgett came away with the Pro wins in th e 125cc, 250cc and Open Pro races , respectivel y. The Open contest was the first professional race to be featured and , as th ey left the line, Hi-Point/American Honda's Robb Manning, Renton Yamaha's Chris Mori tzand Hi-Point/ Highland Honda 's Bob Bu ffa loe jetted into the lead. It wasn't lo ng , how: ever, before Chandler had put his Open works bike into the lead, just ahead of another Team Honda rider, Ph il Larson. Magoo and Larson were soon outdis tancing ever yone else and with two laps to go, Chandler had already lapped three quarters of the field. It looked like the victory was sewed up, but then disaster struck. A lapped rider tried to avoid Magoo's path and both riders went down on a highspeed downh ill. Th e wreck left Chandler's bike with a sh eared right fork and caused it to be shelved fo r the rest of the afternoon. Larson, who was in second, had no problem winning the moto, but a quick in spection after the moto showed th at hi s leg had made the wrong con tact with hi s Iootpeg, re- quiring sti tches and bench ing h im after th e first race of th e da y. Manning and Burgett finished seco nd a nd " third with Buffaloe fou rth ahead of Husky US A pil ot Eri c Eat on , who started dead last. In moto two , Burgett and Eaton dueled for the win, but Burgett was first across the finish line and first overall, adding one more win to the many he 's earned in the series. Eaton was second in the rnoto, taking the number two overall position while Moritz, Yamaha support rider John Christian, Jr. and Buffaloe rounded . out the top five in the moto and overall. Wh en the 250s left the line, th ere was no match for Chandler and hi s factory Honda. H e flat -out flew to both wins, riding lik e it was a Nationa l and never lett ing off. Th e show th at Magoo put on a lo ne wa s well worth th e p rice o f ad mission itself ; th e huge crowd lo ved every mi n ute of it. Second ove ra ll was Buffaloe with a 4-3 tall y. Comple ti ng the I , 2, 3 Honda sweep was Am or Honda / Bardahl Oil spo nsored Allan Dyck , down from Abbo ts Ford, B.C., Canada. Doing very well aga ins t a very co m petitive field were Airway Height 's Gary Kuest (Yam) and Jeff Haase (H o n ) fourth a nd fifth . Klaudt holeshot both l25cc motos and ran away to the flag both times to earn his first overall finish . Manning had a brief lead the first rnoto, but, Klaudt was not to be denied either win. Manning'sett led for second both times and Dyck completed another Honda sweep of the top three spots with a 4-3 finish. Eric Hall, a Yamaha support speedster, finished fourth (34) with Kuest an d Vancouver Yamaha /MX Fox /Bel-Ray ace Doug Lange, who has shown lots of potential as a first year Pro, taking fifth and sixth o vera ll. The Gold Cup Series champions were decided a co up le of rac es ago a nd that 's wh y 125cc a nd 250cc Gold Cup Champion Jim Anderson 's nam e do es not ap pear in the results. Anderson was competing for Ya maha in Ponca City, OK a t the time a nd hoping his ski lls and p repara tio n fro m th e Gold Cups wo u ld payoff at the - .. Danny Chandler did some radical riding and damage at the Gold Cup. big N MA eve n t. Former factory rider Burgett added 25 more points to hi s 10 best series finishes to pick up so m e nice cash and bring his points total to 241, just nine points shy of a maximum 250. Burgett was the Gold Cup Open Champion. The 1982 vers ion of the Gold Cup saw exciting racing all across the Northwest and when next year's series com es, it should be bigger an d better than ever. Ma ny tha n ks should go to all the promoters, dea lers a n d riders who helped this year's editio n • to be a huge success. Resu lts 125 PRO: 1. Cory Kla udt (Hon): 2. Robb Ma nning (Hon); 3. Allan Dyck (Hon). 250 PRO: 1. Danny Cha nd ler (Hon); 2. Bob Buffaloe (Hon); 3. Allan Dyck (Hon). OPEN PRO: 1. Rick Burgen (Yam); 2. Eric Eat on (Hus); 3. Chris Moritz (Yam). Schlag, Ryan earn double points at SH R M X By Sally Sideliner BR ENTWOOD, CA, JULY 25 Joey Schlag and R ick Ryan worked hard today for their wins at Sand H ill Ra nch in Brentwood. Ri ch Lokke led the O ld Timers as Dick Mann tried several times to ca tch him and finally met with some 'rea l estate' instead.- Dick picked it up, though , and ma naged to end mo to one with a second. Duane Spencer , a Scrambles racer, took the second in moto two as Rich Lokke continued to dominate the class for the day. Schlag's KTM too k the Open Expert o ver all today. but it wa sn 't easy. National-rider Bill Grossi (H us) from Santa Cruz worked from a poor start in eig h th to figh t his way past P h il Dougl as to catch Joey, but the laps were closing and although the chal·Ienge was to the end, Schlag was the victor. Schlag led moto two with Grossi hot o n hi s fender and Joey feeling the he a t as his o wn engine began to have problem s, th e shocks bottoming too. On lap six , Grossi fell on Horses hoe Hill and dropped to fourth, settling for the second overall. Second place in moto two was between Larry Dis- n . hell and Jim Inglebright's Maico; Dash iel took the second at the checker. Twenty-five riders filled the gate of the 250cc Expert moto as Larry Wo s- ~ ic k took charge of moto one wh ile f Shawn McConn and Doug McRae I ba ttled for second. Mc Rae stayed on Wosick's roos t u ntil he overshot a berm, giving second to McCo n n. Moto two was the same 1-2-3 finish. The 125cc Ex perts were led by R ya n who also overshot a ber m and found himself at the back of the pack. Brett Cahors took advantage and ran away with the lead. R yan worked back up to second, but had problems in moto two a lso. Brett Stevens took the lead for several laps, only to be overtaken by Cahors. Whi le the two leaders were di cing, R yan had to work through th e pack a nd work he did; finall y ta ki ng th e lead from Cahors for th e overa ll. George Hopper is back on th e track again in th e 250cc Interrne- ' . diates. Craig McC onn took the first win with George closing on the leader s. Hooper came out determined in m o to two a nd getting a terrific holesh o t to run off with the race . Ray Flo w 's Hon da went 2-2 for the day, after p ushing Craig McConn in mo to one. Allen Laredo and Paul Giovani were a constant back and forth race for the 250cc Junior win. Laredo was a ble to keep to the inside on the turns for the extra few inches a nd the win. Veteran Expert Peter Dill was a winne r again. He a lways seems to be m idpack a t the turn and first at the checkers! Frank Nye won moto o ne , but had problems finishing moto two. Results EX VET: 1. Peter Dill (M ai). 250 EX: 1. Larry W osick (Hon); 2. Shawn McConn 3. Dou g M cRae (Yam). 250 INT: 1. George Hopper (Yam); 2. Ray Flow (Hon). 250 J R: 1. A la n Lare do (Hon); 2. Paul Giova ni (Hon). . POWDER PUFF: 1. Nina Bevilacqua (Hon). OPEN EX: 1. J oey Schlag (KTM); 2. Bill Grossi (Hus); 3. Phi l Doug las (M ai). OPEN INT: 1. Joh n Hasker (KTM); 2. J im Cross fi eld (Yam). .125 EX: 1. Rick Ryan [Suz] : 2. Br ett Cahors (Hon) . '25 J R: 1. Frank Rodgers (Su z). (Hon~

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