Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

• .. 39 I!XDTIC RACE TIRES 81 ECIAL DRAG TB:lEB. I!II ICKS. -81 DR I S- METZELER RACING POSTERS .. MAGOG .. HURRICANE .. SPRINGER .. CUNNINGHAM A ll Four Full Color Race Posters Of Your Favorite Stars. Send $2 .50 To : Hi- Poin t Aec e Po.ter8 3709 W . Erie Ave. Lar.i n . OH 44053 liTH 1983 Models In Stock 7cael '11 7 ravd 1537 E. Wa lnut, Pasadena , CA ____(213) 795-2711 .. longer th an any other boot I' ve ever worn. Also t hey feel better to me a n d after lookin g a t ot her boots on the market, I know they offer th e mos t pr otection . Th a t 's why I've stuck with Hi-Point for the pa st seve ral years. Latch 'em up at your HI-Point Racing Products dealer Ava ilable in Red, Blue or Black J A Y SPRINGSTEEN Som e people th ink th a t going around in circles is not as tough as Moto cross . I don 't kno w . .. Ma y be it 's no t . . . But then, they n ever bail ed off at tOO mph plus either, a nd I have. When yo u rid e a mile, th ere's n o substitute for maximum pro tection . 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Im agi ne th e specu la t io ns run - n in g th rough th e J ack Ra bbit pits wh en Swa rd sho wed up a long w ith another very fast eas tern Idah o rider, Terry Krei bel. Wi th the stage set, a nd all the pl a yers o n hand , th e smo ke- bomb was lit and th e starting bann er raised . When the banner dro pped, the usual mad d as h fo r th e bo m b hill occ urred. Dill on , sp o ns ored by H all man and H i-P oi nt, went n u ts, was o n th e gas and flew o ver th e h i ll with room to spa re. Follo wing were Curt H ar p ha m (490 Mai co ), H o wa rd P ickell (250 Yam ), a nd Reed Brigh t (495 KTM ). Rig ht from th e s tart, th e ter rain wa s d usty, rocky a nd dem andin g , a nd a s th e pack o f lead ers freight-train ed th rou gh , th ere were lot s of close ca lls, b ut no cras hes . Not so lu cky was Open Nov ice, Mike Stim me l. Stim- mel wa s runn in g hard in th e dust , reco verin g from a lousy start, wh en h e smacked a rock a t speed. Th e ens u- ing cras h left him wi th a d est ro yed mo to rcycle , a nd a bad ly broken leg . U p front , Dill ion push ed hard, stayi ng a head o f the du st. H arpham , in seco nd, led a m ean pack o f ri ders in cluding P ickell , Bright, Bob Carl - berg (250 Husky), Bi ll Dow ers (500 Husky), Bob N an col as (250 H onda ), Bo b Sward (495 KTM ), a n d St eve H enry ( 125 KTM ). Do wers fo ught thro ug h th e gro u p , a n d was looking g rea t, wh en he cras he d going up a h orribl e, steep hi ll. Dow er s is so smoo th a nd cras h free, it deserv es mention h ere sin ce h is next crash is sch eduled for 1989. T he cras h a nd ens u ing chai n p ro blem s put Do wers wa y back , and doomed his bid fo r th e win . The first la p wa s reall y rough with deep sand kick ers a nd lo ts o f rocks. Th e 35 mil es took one h our to co m p lete. Dillon had a lead of severa l min - utes as he cro ssed th e h ighwa y for th e 38-mi le seco nd loop. H a r p ham a n d P ickell pitted together, as d id Br ight and Sward . Loop two was m ue h sm oo th er a n d faster , a n d Dill on held the lead to th e end. H a rph am fin - ishe d seco nd , after Pic kell 's ch a rg e wa s slowed by a flat ti re. Bright fi n- ish ed fourth , a nd Sward fin ish ed a su pe r fifth overa ll. Bob Carl berg wound up six th , a nd 'Steve H e n ry turned in an ot her beautiful ride o n his KT M, finishin g seventh o vera ll, first I25cc. T he fir st No vice was R ick Do o m s (250 H o nd a ), who finis hed 14th overall , a nd transferred to the Expert class. Jack Stru thers to p pe d th e 200cc class on h is Kawasa ki, an d Ch an ey Brewer (125 Ka w ), topped th e 125cc Novi ces. • Results OVERAll: 1. Ron Dillon (y l m ); 2. Cun Hlrphl m (M l i); 3 . Howlrd Piclt on (Ylm); 4 . Roed Bright (KTM); 5. Bob Sword (KTM t 6 . Bob Corl berg (Hus); 7. Stove Henry (KTM); B. Bob Nencolos (Yom t 9 . Jeff M ill er (Hon); 1D. larry Rebich (Hon). OPEN EX: 1. Ron Dillon (y lm); 2. Cun Herphem (Ml i); 3. Roed Br ight (KTM ). OPEN NOV; 1. Russ M itche l (Kew ); 2. Rick Hill (Yl m); 3 . Doug Sm ith (Yom). FOUR-STROKE; 1. Clin t Steph ln (KTM); 2. M ike Kelly (Hon); 3 . M ike Hicker son. 250 EX: 1. Howerd Pickett (Yem ); 2. Bob Clrlberg (Hus); 3 . Bob Neeeore s (Hon). 250 NOV: 1. Rick Doom s (Hon); 2. Russ Shinn: 3 . Dan Miller. 12 5 EX: 1. St""e Henry (KTM); 2. Jeff M iller (Hon ); 3 . Mike Kelly (Hon l. 125 NOV: 1. Chlney Brewer (Kew); 2. Don Meude (ylm); 3. Dan Husk ey (Yam). WOMEN : 1. Ronda lassell a (Hon); 2. Toni W illi· I ms (Yam); 3. Carol Smith (Yam). 200: 1. Jlck Stru t he rs (Kaw ); 2. Chuck Wells (Kl w); 3 . Rick Davey. SR (30 -3 9): 1. Bob SWlrd (KTM) : 2. Darre ll lank· ford (SUfi; 3. laroy Smit h (Mai) . VET (40-UP~ 1. Gary Olson; 2. Dave Randlll; 3 . Ron Bishop . M INI NOV: 1. John Bishop; 2. Jason Hite ly: 3 . M arc Meye r. MINI EX: 1. Brian Halo (Kaw ); 2. Tom Hil er (Kaw). ada· No rthern California·Northern Ne

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