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Dan Ingram (31) leads winner Chris Carr (20) and runner-up Steve Aseltine at the Orrville Half Mile in Ohio. (1000) ; 5. Mary McCaw (9301. 200 GP: 1. 5ven Bley (1700) ; 2. Chris Jensen (1370); 3. Doc Batsleer (1200); 4 . (TIEl Carl Bachmann/John Long /Mike Ragan /lvo Slezak (1000). 2·STRK GP: 1. Kevin Roberson (2265); 2. Todd Henning (2000) ; 3. Ricky Sales (1670); 4 . Phil Pummell (1535 ~ 5. Kevin Gonyou (1135) . CL C: 1. Dick Miles (22351; 2. (TIE) Norman Nelson/Beno Rodi (2000) ; 4 . AI Knapp (19701; 5. Butch Baer (1935). PRE-l940: 1. Beno Rod; (3 700~ 2. Steve Cae (2365); 3. Erich Bley (2070~ 4. AI Knapp (2035); 5. Butch Baer (I B7B). AMA Eastern Regional Dirt Track Series Carr on top at Orrville HM By Bert Shepard ORRVILLE, OH, J UNE 23 Team Obsolete's Dave Roper topped both the Premier 350 and 500cc Grand Prix classes at the Historic Cup road races at Road America. AHRMA Historic Cup Road Roper twice at Road America Race two saw Thomas Marquardt take the 750cc GP win on a ']3 H onda CR750 , while Chris Helland won the 500cc Sportsman class on a '70 Ducati and Dave Bishop topped the Two-Stroke GP class on a '72 Yamaha TR3. By Brian Catterson Results Race Series: Round 4 EL KHA RT LAKE, WI, JUNE 25 Team Ob solete's Dave Roper posted a pair of wins in the Premier 500 and 350cc Grand Prix classes of the Historic 22 Cup road races at Road America. Despite breaking ribs the previous weekend at Loudon, Roper was in fin e form at the scenic four-mile Elkhart Lake circuit. In race on e Roper, riding a 1962 AJS 7R, defeated Joe Lachniet on a '65 Yamaha TDIC two-stroke and Bill Anderson on a '69 HarleyDavidson Sprint to top the 350cc class. Stan Keyes won the concurrent 750cc Sportsman class on a '72 Norton Commando, and Pat McHenry won Class C on a '48 Indian. . Later, in race three, Roper rode his '59 Matchless G50 to the Premier 500 victory over a hard-charging Pete Johnson on a '68 Honda CRSOO and Kurt Liebmann on a similar CR450. Tom Keister won 250cc GP on a '67 Ducati MK3, with Sven Bley taking the 200cc GP trophy on his '59 Bultaco 175 TSS and Beno Rodi again topping the Pre-I940 category . on his '38 Norton Manx. 750 SPTSMN: I . Stan Keyes (Nor); 2. Peter Watson (BMW); 3. Rob Tulu ie ( No r~ 4 . Scott Serr itella (Nor~ 5. Dave Cromer (BSA). 350 GP: 1. Dave Roper (Ais~ 2. Joe l.achn iet (Yam); 3. Bill Anderson (H·D); 4 . Don From ",(Duc); 5. Mike Mitchell (Due). CL C: 1. Pat McHenry (lnd~ 2. L V. Hall (lnd); 3. Beno Rodi (R-E); 4. AI Knapp ( H · D~ 5. Butc h Baer(lnd). 750 SPTSMN; 1. Thomas Marquardt (Han); 2. Stan Keyes (Nor~ 3. Peter Watson (B M ~ 4 . Tim Parker (l.av~ 5. Pat Conroy (H·D). 500 SPTSMN: 1. Chris Helland (Duc ~ 2. Jon Stauffer (Han); 3. Bob Bulmeer (BSA); 4. Scan Rothermel (Duc~ 5. Edward Vin (Han). 2·STRK GP: 1. Dave Bishop (Yam); 2. Phil Pummell (Suz~ 3. Donald Georger (Yam); 4. Kevin Gonyou (Yam ~ 5. Bruce Finlayson (Yam). PREM 500 : 1. Dave Roper (Mat ~ 2. Pete Johnson (Hon); 3.Kurl Liebmann ( Ho n~ 4. Jon Stauffer (Hon); 5. M ichael Schneider (Han). 250 GP: I . Tom,Keister (Due); 2. Raben Shudick (Duc ~ 3. Mark Morell (Duc). 200 GP: 1. Svan Bley (Bul). _ PRE·1946: 1. Beno Rodi (Nor~ 2. Erich Bley (Dkw~ 3. Steve cae (H ·D~ 4. AI Knapp (H-D); 5. Butch Baer (Ind). POINT STANDINGS PREM 500: 1. Dave Roper (3670); 2. Pete Johnson (2670); 3. Kun Liebmann (2100) ; 4. Jon Stauffer (1730); 5. Dick Miles (1032) . 750 SPTSMN: 1. Peter Wetson (2400) ; 2. Stan Keyes(2200); 3. RobTululie (1915); 4 . Keith Manin . (17001; 5. Scott Serritella (14651. 500 SPTSMN: 1.-Jon Stauffer (2305) ; 2. Chris Helland (1835); 3. Ed Abdo (1500); 4 . Edward Vin (1035); 5. (TIE) Michael GreenlTed Hubbard (1000) . 750 GP: 1. Stan Keyes (2105~ 2. Pat Moroney (2000~ 3. Kun Liebmann (1935); 4. Pat Conroy (1765) ; 5. Peter Watson (1645) . 350 GP: 1. Dave R _ (4000) ; 2. Joe l.achniet (2205t 3. Tom Keister (1735t 4. Norman Morell (1665); 5. Don Fromm (1365) . 250 GP: 1. Tom Keister (3000) ; 2. Mark Morell (2535) ; 3 . Kenneth Baker (1100~ 4 . Michael Green " I just cut the strings on the bales up by the cushion," said Harley-Davidson factory team member Chris Carr after he won the Orrville Hal£ Mile at Buckeye Speedway. " I had trouble finding out what was going to work, so I went back to what worked in the heat race - the outside. " Carr and runner-up Steve Aseltine had just given the crowd a demonstration of how to ride a 600cc motorcycle on the fast three-eighths mile oval. Dan Ingram, aboard the Sponseller Racing 750cc Honda, had to settle for third beh ind the " little" bikes. Hawaii's Kris Kiser topped the junior fina l and T ony Donahue was victorious in the Pro-Am main at th e event whi ch was promoted by Freedom Harl ey-Davidson of Massillon, Ohio. Sponseller Racing's Steve Morehead, a multi-time winner at Buckeye Speedway, set fast tim e at 20.317 seconds. Ingram was next at 20.470. Carr and Will Davis were the only other racers to drop into the 20second bracket at 20.707 and 20.749, respectively. Mike Hale was the quickest junior J~ time trials, turning in a 21.016second lap. Kiser, James Hart and Brian Tillson were within threetenths of a second of Hale. The first Expert heat was won by Aseltine with a closing Morehead second, Don Estep third and Scott Stump fourth. Randy Texter finished fifth and- would be the first alternate for the main as the heat would be the fastest of the three run. Martin LaVoie pulled the holeshot at the start of the second heat, but Dan Ingram took over the lead for good on lap two. LaVoie faded and Chance Darling, Garth Brow and Erick Graybeal took the next three spots to advance to the main. The third and final heat proved to be the most interesting. Buckeye Speedway has no containment barriers on the outside of turns one and two or the back straightaway. It 's possible for a 'rider to go over the . top in the turns and reenter the track on the back straigh t. And that's exact ly what Carr did. The 600 National Champion got in to the firs t tum too ho t and found himsel£ in eighth place wh en he cam e back on the track along the back straigh t. " I went deer hunting for a while," said Carr after the race. After hi s off-trac k excursion, Carr ' treated the crowd to a demonstration of just how fast he could rid e hi s 600 Harley-Davidson. After one lap he was in th ird beh ind George Roeder and Steve Burkholder. Roeder proved harder to put away than some of the other racers Carr passed on his way to the front. The Monroeville, Ohio, pilot stayed with Carr for two laps, but on the white flag lap Carr put Roeder awa y and set off after Burkholder. Carr's impressive charge yielded a victory by a bike length over Burkholder at the finish line. Junior heats were won by Hale, Tillson and Kiser. Kiser's heat was the fastest. Pro-Am qualifying heats wer e won by Steve 'Beattie, Kyle Long, Harold Dorsey and Greg Sims. As the Expert ·main event was being staged, Roeder discovered his Harley had a flat tire. He went on the two-minute clock and the drama mounted. Alternate T exter fired up his XR750 and waited. The change couldn't be completed in the allotted tim e and the referee Russ Collar waved Texter into the ma in just as Roeder took his place on the grid. Collar ordered Roeder off the track, . much to his and the partisan crowd's disappointment. The main started with Morehead and Ingram up front with the field close behind. Carr and Aseltine diced and closed on the Sponseller Racing teammates. Ingram got by Morehead and on the sixth lap Carr and Aseltine moved around Morehead and set off after Ingram. On lap seven, Ingram was the meat in the 600cc sandwich as Carr went high and Aseltine low to pass him in tum two. Aseltine gave it his best shot, but the Canadian couldn't get by Carr and the win went to the Harley-Davidson/ Arai /Hap Jones/ TsubakiiTakai / Alpinestars / Sunoco Racing Fue1slWorks Perfor-