SAVANNAH, Ga.-An eight hour, high
speed chase around Roebling Road ended
abruptly Saturday as three Yamaha motorcycles were pulled over and their riders
escorted to the winnerS circle.
Ralph johnston, Sr. 42, Ralph johnston, jr.
20, Don Seilschott 29 and Doug Cross 25,
ofTeam Northridge were accused of riding a
ba.sically stock Yamaha FjllOO at excessive
Ya~ F]ll00 1st in t~'Heavy Weight Superbike Class.
speeds in the Heavy Weight Superbike Class.The team, started twelve
years ago, has a previous record that includes a first in the 1983 WERA
Middle Weight Class and a fourth overall
while riding a Yamaha 550.
Reggie Knight, Richard johnson, Donnie
Caison, and Joey Nobel of Recycle Racing
were accused of racing under the influence
of a basically stock Yamaha RZ350 in the
Light Weight Production Class..
And riding for Red Hot Racing, Lee Ann
Frank, Eric Schilling, and Marcus Thompson
were charged with driving too fast and
running the competition off the road on .a
basically stock RZ350 in the Light Weight
Superbike Class.
..
All eleven riders pleaded guilty as
charged and were warned that if they continued to drive their motorcycles in this manner they'd be sent up to the world class circuit
Their bikes, a production FjllOO and two
production RZ350s, were charged with
impersonating race bikes and were sent to
your local Yamaha dealer.
\1siting hours are whenever he's open.
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