Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

uthern Nevada· Southern Californla-Arlzona·Southern Nevada- Southern Californla·Arlzona·Southern Nevada-Southern Cali Mickey Dymond flies over another rider in OCIR 250cc Pro action. OPEN INT: 1. Randy Knox (Vam): 2. Ro land Rodri - g uez (M ai): 3 . Greg Thorn ton (M ai). 125 NOV: 1. Frank GraceHa (Yam ): 2. Bill Clem- son (Yam): 3. JeH Skeen (Hon). OPEN NOV: 1. Bob Watso n (Yam). 125 BEG: 1. JeH L.ongwit h (Yam); 2. M ike Barko (Hon): 3 . Ste ve Felkenstein (Yam). 250 BEG: 1. M ike Connor (Hon): 2. Stave Wu (Sul): 3 . Doug Scwoz er (Yam). OPEN BEG: 1. J ohn W rig l11 (Su.); 2. Rick Sliger l (Hon l: 3 . Ma lcol m Goldsby (M ail. VET EX: 1. Dea n York (Mei); 2 . A la n Olson (Ka w ); 3 . Marino Bastonell (Suz ). VET INT: 1. Georg e Lazanby (Honl . M INI BEG: 1. St eve Wambolt (Kaw l: 2. Randy Danyl o (Yaml; 3 . Ulf Joh ansson IKaw). M INI NOV: 1. Robby Gord on (Yaml: 2. Ward Basset (Yam ): 3 . Gary Dell egatt e (Hon). to finish. Gary J o n es th u mped hi s XR500 H o n d a to second o vera ll with a 4-2 rnoto score. Yamaha rider Alex S tra rode co ns is tent ly 10 th ir d in both mo tos a nd third ove ra ll. _ Resul t s 12 5 PRO ; 1. Tra cy Meeks (K aw ); 2 . Taylor M arc e ll (Kaw); 3 . Chr is Taylor (Kaw ). 2 50 PRO: 1. Craig Cobi a (Hon): 2. Ric hard Sands (Su d ; 3 . Pedro M ac ia (Hon ). OPEN PRO: 1. Greg Zitterkopl (Yam): 2. Gary Jones (Honl : 3. Alex Stra (YamI. 250 INT: 1. Steve W eidler (Hon); 2. St eve PlaH (Yam) ; 3 . Alan Olson IVam). three SPOIS by tak ing th ird in th e second m oi o a n d third ove ra ll. As th e Iir st 250cc P ro m oto go t underway. Yamaha pil ot Bri an Man- ley rou n d h im sel£ in th e lead with Cable in seco nd a nd R ich a rd Sands i n third. Ma n ley was cru isin g with about a n eight-second lead whil e. Yama ha ri der J ua n Benavidez wo rked his wa y into second a hea d or Cabl e and Sa n ds . Bena videz ca u g h t Manl ey h a lfwa y th rou gh th e mo to a n d th ey began a rad ica l duel. They passe d a n d repassed each ot he r abou t rive o r s ix tim es, a nd on th e last lap Ben a vid ez to o k the checkere d n a g first. Manl ey took a ver y cl o se seco n d with thi rd going to Cable. In th e seco n d m ot o , n either Ben a - vid ez o r Manl ey wer e o n th e line because th ey wer e reeling th e p a ins o r a co ll isio n th ey had on th eir last -lap du el o r th e first m o to, That lef t Ca ble and Sands 10 rig h t over first overall. Yamaha ri de r Mike Ba ker got th e h o lesh ot with Sands in second and Cab le in third . Bo th Sa nd s a nd Cable got by Bak er ea r ly a nd left hi m behind. Sands led the first p art of th e rnoto u nt il Ca ble new p ast a n d built a sma ll lea d. Ca ble wa s n ever cha lle n ged o nce he was in front a n d took th ewi n eas - ily for fir st o vera ll. Sands' seco n d place fi n ish in the seco nd rnoto ga ve h im seco nd ove rall. Ba ker to o k third. b ut th ird overall went 10 Ped ro Macia o n a H o nda. In th e Open P ro class Ya mah a ri der G reg Zitt erk opf d evast at ed both m o tos wi th £lawl ess r id es from start 500 JR : 1. Gordon Thu lmeyer (Vam). 500 INT: 1. JeH Bouchill on (Hon). 500 PRO: 1. Mark Wh ita (Yam). VET JR: 1. Gilbe" Zavala (Suz). VET INT: 1. George Lazenby. VET EX: 1. A la n Verch ich (Ya m). Meeks, Cable, Zitterkopl best atSMX By Lee Ko ber O RAN GE. CA . AP R . 23 Kawa sa ki rider Tra cy Meek s (125cc P ro ) and Yamaha rider G re g Zit terk opf (O p e n P ro ) bot h look dou b le m oto w ins in th eir classes wh ile H o n d a -mo u nt ed C ra ig Cabl e had a to ug her tim e nai l- in g do wn the 250cc P ro cl ass win a t toda v's Saddleb a ck m otocr o ss, T ay lo r Ma rcell blazed h is Ka wa - . sa k i in to th e ea rl y lead o r th e firs t 125cc P ro race wi th Meek s glued 10 Marce ll's ba ck render. By the thi rd lap'. Meek s round h is wa y a ro u n d Mar cell fo r a Iew seconds, but Mar - cell p u lle d up right 10 th e si de of Meeks to cha lle nge for th e lea d. T h ey ba tt led side by side for a bo u t a n o the r lap u nti l Meeks too ka small lea d a n d h eld itto th e n ag. Ma rcell got a clos e seco n d whi le Suzuki rider Ty Mad- dox g ra bbed th ird a h ea d o r Chris T a ylor o n a Ka wasa ki . In th e seco n d rnot o , Meeks sna gg ed the hol esh ot a n d set a bli ster in g p ace whi ch left th e co m pe ti tio n in th e du st. H e won the rnot o eas ily whi le Marcell took seco n d . C hris T aylo r ma de it a Kawa saki swee p o f th e to p Here's an offer you'll be able to see through in an instant. Free Scott tear-offs. Ten ofthem. For anyone who buys a pairof Scott goggles between May 15 and July 31. Or, if you like, you canhave one of our new peach gradient lenses instead. It's simple. After purchasing any pair of Scott r ) I .II 01 I :;t h I . j : • n r I I II t 0 I . , I 0' " ~ l :: • goggles (except model 73) cut out the model number on the box and mail it, along with your sales receipt, to Scott USA, Box 2030, Sun Valley, Idaho 83353. We'll send your tear-offs or new lens immediately. Just let us know which you prefer. We don't think you'll find a bett er product on the market. But, as they say, see ing is believing. SCOTTU§~ l b ~ . 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