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Ti m Newell was the ov erall w inner
of the Missou ri M udders End uro.
Newell notc"es
Missouri Enduro win
By Bruce A . C lark
RIV ERMONT , MO, ocr. II
T im Newell took o n .the cha lle nge
of a strong field in cludin g severa l
In tern at io na l Six Days Enduro co mpe titors, a nd tight, slick trails to win
the Missouri Mudders Fall Enduro .
T he even t was one of th e final few
even ts of th e 1987 Black Jack Enduro
Series. Mo st of th e rid ers agreed th at
thi s even t was on e of th e m o st
cha lle ng in g, yet well p la nned o f th e
Blac k Jack even ts, '
S teady rain th e day before produ ced genera lly slick trails that, by
da y's end took its to ll o n th e almost
200 riders. Thanks to good planning
by Mudders o rga n izers, th e en tire
eve nt was rideab le without an y
bo ~t1ene~ks. H o wever, many vir gin
trails, with the remainder predominantly tight and hill y, crested new
cha llenges around a lmost every turn.
One shallow creek, in particu lar, was
n eye-open er for most with a flat,
mossy bed that ' was like ridin g a
grea sed p ig o n spi ke heels.
T he event consisted of two, a lmost
ide ntica l, 36-mi le loop s. Criders
co mpleted on ly the first, wh ile B, A,
~nd AA rode both, ~ hich in loop two
inc luded an especially dema nding
ad d itio na l shan section. Eve n at 1
8
mph the first 30 miles took points
from all bu t the fastest woods'
wizards. Overall winner Newell los t
on ly two points at th e; end of loo p
one. It was a close contest , as Six
Da ys' riders J im Stanfield, Chris
Caplinger, and ano ther ISDE m edal
winner Greg Surdyke, had dropped
two, th ree, a nd four points, respectively. Capl inger is following in th e
kn obey prints of h is dad Raben ,
co ns isten t "iron man " o f the region
sen ior enduro and hare scrambles
circ u it, by finishing founh overall.
Resu lts
0 / A : Tim Newell.
o / A A : Denny Beit ler .
0 / A B: MIke M cCutcheon,
AA: 1. Greg Sur dyke; 2. Steve Vanzant; 3 . Chris
Caplinger.
.
OPEN A : 1. Mike Doughty; 2. Bill Eddy. .
25 0 A : 1. J ohn Meyer; 2. Con Agn ew; 3. Mike
Sm ith .
200 A :· 1. Rick Owens; 2. Lei gh Letellier .
INT A: 1. John Fisher; 2. Terry Br um ley,'
SR A : 1. Roger Cox; 2. Rick Carpenter.
S/ SR A : 1. Bob Nickels; 2. Ja ck Shoalm ire.
OPEN B: 1. Troy Foster; 2. Charl ie Spann ,
250 B: 1, Joe W alch; 2. Dan Beal; 3. Rafe Essary ;
4. Dave Altmen .
200 B: 1. St eve Crew s; 2. Kevin O'Br ien; 3 . Gr eg
Sim s; 4 , M ark Shu ltz; 5 , David Morlan ,
INT B: 1. Larr y Bast; 2, Bill Jo Patr ick; 3 , Don
M allory; 4 .1 Buddy Rigg; 5. M ark Kendall ,
SR B: 1, Joel Dubo se; 2. Gary Jackson; 3 , A ll en
Hudson .
4 ·S TRK: 1. Ra y Williams; 2. Denn is Nel son .
0 1 A C: 1. Joe Ram ir ez.
OPEN C: 1. Roben Voung; 2. J im Cook; 3 , Ed
Gaines; 4. Hank Baldr idge; 5. Guy Wickersham.
25 0C: 1. Todd Richardson; 2 , Pete Ward; 3 , David
Cahil; 4. Chuck Bales; 5 , Don Spe er.
200
1. lee Night ; 2. Terry Harriman; 3 . Tom
•
Gr izzard; 4. Edwin Sugg.
c:
Shawn N icoloff won t he B and C Superb ike and C Pro d uction Ex pert classes at In di ana polis Raceway Par k .
125 c : 1. Terry Presley,
SR C: 1. Butch Gardner; 2. Tom W adley; 3 , Bob
Pike; 4 . Bill Holloway .
W / SR C: 1. Zahn Lewis; 2 . Jim Letellier; 3 .
Bernon Boatwr ight .
WMN : 1. Jan et Fisher; 2. Jane Wa rd .
A YTH: 1, J osh Cook,
B YTH: 1, Joshn Gl enn.
Nicoloff nails wins
at Indy RR
By larry lawrence
CLERMONT, IN , ocr. II
S ha w n Ni coloff rod e hi s C ycl e
Specialties Honda 600 Hurri cane to
three victori es a t the 2.5 m ile Ind ianapolis Racewa y Pa rk in th e last
WE RA National Sprint in th e North
Centra l Region before th e Grand
Na tional Fina l. Nico loff was very
impress ive in th e B Superb ike race
when- lu- had to hold o ff th e 750s
o f Fri tz Klin g and Ph il Pummell on
h is liOOn: machine to ta ke th e wi n .
In the B Superbi ke co ntest Pummell roc keted to the ear ly lead on h is
Honda VFR750 Superbike followed
clos ely by Niroloff a nd John Madry.
Nicoloff swept by P u m meIl on th e
h ig h speed sweeper of tu rn three.
The balanre of the first lap saw
Nicoloff str etch ingour his lead even
fn rtl.lt'r a s h ~ used th e quick hand l in ~
of IIIS H u rricane to the fu llest ex ten t
on rhr- cha llen ging' circuit. By th e
time Ni('(~loff pu lled o n to the lo ng
front s l ra l~h t lu- a lrea dy had a o ne
seco n d a dva ntage o n P u m m e l!.
Pu m mell 's VFR was b lazinl-{ly fast
down the stra igh t, but o nce imo th e
turns Nicoloff wou ld ex tend h is lea d
even more. H al fway through th e ra ce
Nicoloff had built UP a six second
lea d and now Pu m mell was being
challenged by Klin g and Ro b by
Bra u nscheidel , It wa s th e first race
for Bra unscheid el this year. The
former H u ma n Race T eam mem ber
look ed in good form after the long
layoff. In th e closing laps Nicoloff
turned several fast la ps to pu t the race
away, whi le Klin g p u t his Yamaha
FZR7 50 in seco n d p lace and made
it stic k. Pu mmell fin ish ed a few
seconds back in third.
It.l the Novice ranks Alan Bertagnoll proved 10 be unstoppable on h is
Rich Doa n tu ned , North Shore Racing 600 Hurricane. The first year
rider ha s been ~t' lli n g beuer with
eac h 1~I Ct' th is seaso n . but in th e last
th ree even IS he has reall y r o me on
stro ng. This weekend Bertagnol i
won both th e C Production a nd th e
C Su perbike Novi ce races in co nvinc in~ fashion.
" It wo u ld be ni ce to go to th e GNF
th is yea r a n d wi n a co u p le of
National tit les, that is m y goa l," said
a happy Bertagnoli aft er hi s races . .
Results
A PROD EX: 1. Fritz Kling (V a m~ 2 , Jeff James
(Yam ); 3. Shawn Nicoloff (Han); 4 : Gene Bu rch am
(Suz); 5 , Randy Caggey (Suz),
A PROD NOV : 1. Ray Voder (Vamt 2. Greg Young
(Suz ); 3 . Er ic LaCruze (Suz); 4 , MauriceMadry(Suz );
5 . Greg Karm (Suz),
B PROD EX: 1. Fritz Kling (Vam ); 2 , Gen e
Bur cham (Suz) ; 3 . Jeff James (Yam); 4 . Tim
Morrissey (Suz); 5 , Ed Key (Suz),
B PROD NOV: 1. Ray Voder tyam); 2. Gregory
Karm (Suz); 3 . Dave Hansen (Yam); 4 . Ron Widman
(Suz); 5, Greg Limber (Suz),
C PROD EX: 1. Shaw n Nicolo ff (Hon); 2 , R.T,
Hamp ton (Hon); 3 . Ed Key (Hon); 4 , Fri tz Klin g (Hon );
5 . Gary Gib son [Honl ,
,
C PROD NOV: 1. A lan Bert agno li (Hon); 2, Gar y
Jeff ri es (Ho n ); 3 , John Lov e (Ho n); 4 . M att
W inn acker (Kaw ); 5. Mike Karm (Yam).
D PROD EX; 1. And y Fenwick; 2. Ed Key; 3 , St eve
.
Pan erson ; 4. John Copeland; 5. Tom Bur klow.
D PROD NOV: 1. A udiel Huff ; 2. M att Win nacker;
3 . Craig Renck; 4 . Dan Probst; 5 . J.B. Schwandt.
A S / BK : 1. Gene Bur ch am (Suz); 2 . Denni s
M art in (Yam ); 3. Phil Pum mel! (Hon); 4. Cam Roos
(Hon); 5. John Madry (Yam),
B S/ BK EX: 1. Shaw n Nicoloff ISuz t 2. Fritz Kting
(Yam); 3 . Ph il Pum mel! tHon); 4 . Robby Braunsch ei deIISuz); 5 , Cam Roos'(Hon ),
B S/ BK NOV: 1. Ray Voder (Suz); 2. A lan
Bertagnoli (Hont 3. Pet e Kight tyam); 4. Gregory
Karm fSuz }; 5 . Ron W idman (Suz).
C S/BK EX: 1. Shawn Nicoloff (Hon); 2. Ed
Key (Hon); 3. Cam Roos (Honl; 4, R,T, Ham pton
(Hon); 5 , Charles Ruse (Yam).
C S/ BK NOV : 1. Alan Bert agnoli (Hon); 2. Gary
Jeffries (Hon); 3. Tim Taylor (Han ); 4 . John Love
(Hon): 5 , We nde ll W are (Hon l.
D S/BK EX: 1, Steve Patt erson (Vam ); 2, An dy
Fenwick; 3 , Larry Cohe (Vam); 4 , Bob Newby (Vam);
5. Erlin An erson (Yam ).
D S/B K NOV: 1. Matthew Wi nna cker (Kaw); 2.
Tim Shockle (Hon); 3 , Graig Renck; 4 , Dan Probst:
5 . Kevin Gau (Yam ).
F ~ 1: 1. Den n is Martin (Yam); 2. Gary Gibson
(Hon); 3. Roger Mendonca (Vam); 4, Larry Schw arebach (Vam); 5 . Cam Roos (Hon ),
F-2 EX: 1. Ed Key (Hon l; 2. Roger Mendonc a
(Vam); 3. St eve Taylor (Rtxl; 4, Larry Cohee tyam );
5 . Richard Bonelli (Yam ).
F-2 NOV : 1, Tom Foerch; 2. Tim Shocklee (Vam);
3 . Tracy Doyle (Vam); 4 , Daniel Salton (Vam),
F-3 EX: 1. Roger Mendonca (Yam); 2. Buzz Pritz .
F-3 NOV : 1. Tim Fish er (Kaw); 2, Gor do n
Hamilton (Kaw); 3 . Scott Huff (Kaw).
v -i : 1, Phil Pummell (Suz),
V-2 : 1. Phil Pummell (Suz); 2. Randy IIIg (Nor );
,
3 , Mike Gamf ert (BSA).
Zierman masters
Madelia HS
By Rolfe Otterness
MADELIA, MN , ocr: 18
Joe Zierman aced th e 3rd An nual
Elm Creek H ar e Scra m bles today a t
Mad el ia o n hi s H onda CR250. H e
was th e o n ly rider to m ak e II laps
o n th e exce lle nt co urse p rovided by
t~e Cross Coun try Riders Associalion. The Rode a nd Trail Cycle/
Malcolm Smith Products-sponsor ed
even t took p lace on a cool autumn
day with tra il co nd itio ns near perfect. Approximately o ne m ile of fast
grass tra ck and five mi les o f woods
were used, receiving approva l from
th e majority of rid er s.
Zierman powered o ff to a good
start in the .rwo -ho u r ra ce. Craig
Hansen and Matt Stavish provided
pursuit but Zierrnan was th e only
rider to co rnp letee 10 laps before .the
two hour mark and start hi s II th lap.
Hansen and Stavi sh completed their
10 laps shortly af ter the ch eckered
flag was u n fur led , and took h on ors
as firs t and seco nd in th e 250cc A
class.
.
J erry Mo rgan topped J ohn Kucera '
to la nd th e Open A title wh ile Craig
H ol asek mo tored to th e 200cc A win.
O verall B winner Scott Miller ro de
an open bike to top fast com petition
Andy Schweizer and Rollan Pederso n , who wrapped up first a nd
second respectively in the 250cc B
division.
Hoover perfect at
Ft. Mitchell MX
By Hugh Gatlin
FT. MITCHELL, AL, ocr. 18
Casey H oover piloted h isCk, H ond a
to firs t overa ll III th e 125cc C class
a t rou nd four of Ft. Mi tchell's fall
series. Hoover hasn't missed a bea t
duri ng th e series wi th today 's victory
running his win strea k to eig h t
m oLOS in a row . ' Yamah a of
Columbus-backed Shannon Bro oker
returned to th e lap of th e Senior Mini
ranks aft er being defeated by Kawasaki rider Charlie Cutts in ro u nd
three.
Hoover holesh ot th e first 125cc C
a nd B combined moto but Bobby '
H earn slipped by in the muddy
seco n d turn. H oover stayed close a nd
passed for the wi n w hen H earn
washed o ut a fter th e tab letop jump.
Steve Greer fin ished th ird .
Hoover lead th e seco nd h eat from
sta rt to fini sh . Greer held down
seco nd until H earn passed through
th e quads. Leon Luna took fourth. .
Kawa saki -mounted Bob Long
took control o f th e first Senior Mini
m oro foll owed b y se r ies lea d er
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