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Georgie Price (1 N) was the top w inner with six victories. Chad Barth (55), Kev in Varnes (98) and the 250cc Amateur class chase him in the TT event. Kaw asak i to hi s only ti tle in the 65cc ma m , Todd W insett (9) gathered three Number One plates in 85cc Stock (7· 1 1) class competition. Randy Shank (2R) chases Ken Cool beth in the 125cc Schoolboy c lass. Coolbeth racked up four wins in 85 and 125cc competition. , AMA Amateur/Youth Grand National Dirt Track Championship Price perfect in ·lllinois By Dave Hoenig Photos by Flat Trak Fotos HENRY, IL, J U L Y 9 PEORIA, IL , JULY 12-15 T h e Peoria M.e. and Tote Gray Racing Association took on the challenge of presenting the 1989 Amateur/Youth Grand N a tional Dirt T rack Championship s. O ver 250 entries and more th an 50 races a l eac h o f three events ma de for fast 'non-slop ac tio n . 'd f an d b y the en a th e week, 45 16 N at ional Champi on s h a d bee n crowned. New J ersey's Georgie Pr ice was th e top winner on his stable o f D&S Cycle / Bob Swee ten /Mom & Dad / Dorsey Bui lders-sponsored bi kes wit h si x wins. ' Ca liforn ia n J ohnny I\~ urphre~ p ulled do wn four wi ~s o n hi s ChrIS Ca rr/Robert Cancilla / Shoei/ Pro-Trak Trai ler/Tsu ba ki / ERC Racin g Fu el-backed Kaw asakis. Co n nec ticu t's Ken Coolbeth, Jr. a lso won four ti tles on his R & I Manu facturi ng/G ary Edmonds/ Spectro/jim Tipping/Mom & Dad- spo nsored rides. T odd Winsett, J ake Zem ke a nd Beau Braswell a ll gai ned th ree titl es. Severa l o ff-track activ ities were provide d b y T o te Gray a n d th e Peoria Motorcycle Club during the week. A free cruise on a riverboat up th e Ill ino is R iver was a rela xi ng social gathering o n T h ursday. On Friday a very informa tive course on TT riding was presented by H arl eyDavidson factory racer, Ch ris Carr. Carr demons tra ted the fine art of ridi ng the fam ous Peoria ju mp on the new Formula DT X motorcycles that th e facto ries ' had o n display. Chris a lso answered many quest ions . th e youngs ters had on racing and the life of a professiona l racer. La ter that da y a barbeque a nd party a t the Peo ria M.e. c1 ubgrounds provided en terta in men t. After the races on Satu rday , th e draw ing for the four new DTX mo tor cycles was held , end ing th e hi ghli ghts o f a ver y bu sy week. H alf Mil e T ypi cal Ill in oi s J ul y weather temperature a nd humidit y in the 90's - greeted the lar ge turnout of riders 'who came to the Marshall -Putnam Co. Fa irgrou nd s a t H enry. Bea u Br a sw e ll to ok h i s · A lex Hendry Racing Yam ah a to the fir st of h is win s over 16 fell ow co m pe titors, as he swe p t a ll three 51cc champio ns hips. Tom my H ayden , th e oldest o f the racin g H a yd en s from Kentucky, styled h is Bob and Scott Stumpf Woody Kyle/E.e. Birt / Earl' s Racing-spon so red , j erry Cl a rk- tuned Todd Win sett brought h is Greine r Indust r ies/M om & P op /P op Sweeten-backed H onda from Pennsylva ni a to domi na te th e 85cc Stoc k (7-11) class. Todd took the wi n at a ll three tra cks. The 85cc Modified (7-1I ) clas s saw J ohnn y Murphree win the first of his ra ces , ta king over from To m my Hayden who was then a lso passed by h is bro th er Nic ky. Noah Kirkland moved up to 'th e 12- 15 class thi s year a nd repeat ed last year's win in th e 85cc Stock class o n his Nol an /DK Performance/ Pau lson's/Circle Bell/Class A Leathers/ Mom & Dad /Blendzal l-sponsored Kawasaki. Ken Coo lbeth , Jr. easi ly wo n th e 85cc Mod ified (12-15) class, far ahead of Paul Morgan III a nd Sco tt Stevens . . T he 125cc Sch oolboy fin a l was an exce llen t race involving Georgie Price, Coolbeth a nd Ra ndy Sh ank II . T h u nde rbird MC /Gra ndma / Da d spo nso red Sha n k pulled off the win over Coolbeth and Price. Local rider Chad Barth wo rked his way to the fro nt o f the I 25cc Amat eu r ma in , o nly to slide down, dashing his ho pes for a title. Rob La ke Ra e- _ in g/ Alma Tra nsport /S hoeilTerry Kni ght/Diam ond/ Circle Industr ies/ Maxim a /B rown 's Yam ah a /D on Vesco/Twin O ak s off-roa d/C & G Tru cki ng-spo nso red J ak e Zemke wi ll take the half mil e titl e bac k to Ca liforn ia as he eas ily led Coolbeth a nd Rya n Anderson home. Matt Co llier led a n all -Ill inois field as he rode h is Poo ls & Spas/ U.S . Army / Fa rt h ing Vet Su p p ly/ Verno n's An tiqu es & Reproductions/Mom & Dad-backed Suzu ki to the 200 wi n. With 34 entries, th e 250ccclass was the la rgest of th e day. Price led th e fin al wire-to-wire over J oel Barro w a nd Ryan Anderson. The 400cc class bel onged to DC Cycl e/MS Mot ors /M om & Dadbacked Tracey Westbrook as th e yo ung lady fro m Mich igan led th e Ada ms bro thers, Bob and T erry, a ll the way . Bob Adams fell on the last lap, turning seco nd over to T erry with third going to Sco tt Schnabel. The 500cc class race wa s th e best of the day as four riders dueled the entire way for fir st. j oe l Barrow held th e point u ntil th e ha lfway poi nt. Scott H u ff too k over for one lap but it was Pa t Buch a nan push ing h is