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Denn is Kannenberg (1) and AI Burke (91 ) f in ished the Grudge . Match
in a dead heat at t he Sturgis Vintage Half M ile .
FRIDAY
500 A: 1. A t Nesshoef er (BSA); 2. Martin Beug (BSA I;
3 . Jerry Petti s (Duc); 4 . Ron Stone (Tri).
500 B: t . Randy Feldh aus (BSAI ; 2. Joh nny Isaacs (BSA );
3. Paul Hewlin (Hon).
OPEN A: 1". Norm an Lehfe ldt IBSA); 2. Gary Pett is (Yam);
3 . Larry Erickson (Tri); 4 . Tom Robertson (Nor ); 5 . Don Hoff
(Yam).
OPEN B: 1. M ark Gibson (BSAI; 2. W illiam Burr (BSAI ;
3 . Randy Feldh au s IBSAI .
GRUDGE MATC H 1: t . J ohnny Isaacs (BSA); 2. AI Bu rke
(H·O); 3. Den nis Kann enberg (Ind); 4 . Ma rlin Klunder (Tri ).
OVER 40 : t . Norm an Lehfledt (BSA); 2. Johnny Isaacs
(BSAI ; 3. Paul Hew li tt (Hon); 4 . Gary Pett is (Yam); 5. Bill
Hoh(BSA ).
GRUDGE MATCH 2: 1. A I Nessho eff er (BSA ); 2. Denn is
Kannenberg (BSA) 3. A I Bur ke (H· D); 4. M arlin Klunder
(Nor).
Sturgis Vintage HM
too close to call
By Susan Leuthold
STU RG IS, SD, AUG , 9&11
AI Burke a nd Dennis Kannenber g failed to
sett le an o ld score as they raced ( 0 a dead heal
. at th e Stu rgis Vintage H alf Mil e.
A Grudge Ma tch wa s held pi tt ing Mar lin
"T h u nder" Klunder o n a 1969 T ri u mph ,
Burke on a 1957 KR H arl ey-Da vid son , J ohnn y
Isaacs on a 1972 BSA a nd Kannenberg o n a
1938 Indian. T hes e r iders were ri val s in the
prime o f t heir Hat -track caree rs a nd this mat ch
ga ve th em th e ch a nce to se ttle a n o ld score .
Klunder shot arou nd th e pack o n the high
groov e to tak e th e lea d in tu rn o ne. Burke
foll o wed close ly in secon d pl ace , with
Kan nenb er g a bike length be h ind. Burke and
Kann en ber g both m o tored u n de r neath
Klunder, with Burk e tak in g th e l ead in tu rn
three. At the end of the third lap, Bur ke,
Kannenberg a nd Klunder crossed the sta rt /
fin ish line th ree a breas t wit h Klu nd er p ulling
a w ay to lea d in to t he fi r st co rner' a n d
Ka nn enberg less than a wh eel behind. Bu rke
and Kann en berg were ab le to pass on lap five
with Burke i n the lead un til the wh ite-flag
lap. Isaa cs ca me from nowhere o n the back
str ai ght to br iefly tak e t he lead o n ly . to go
high in th e last corn er and be repassed by
Burke and Kannenberg, wh o raced to a dead
hea t at th e finish line, followed clo sely b y
Isaa cs and Klunder. Race o fficials were u na ble
10 ca ll a win ner caus ing sem i-friend ly.debat es
betw een th e H arley and Indian facti ons.
The 12 fastest riders lined u p for the Over
40 O pen mai n even t. Fifty-eig h t-yea r-o ld
. Danny Deu bl er was th e first o ne m to th e fir st
turn , o nly to be passed by J o hnn y Isaa cs in
turn two. Norman Lehfeldt foll owed o n
Deubl er 's rea r wheel for thi rd po sit ion.
Deubler fought back to regain first o n lap
three o nly to be pass ed aga in by Isaacs o n
lap four. There were n u mer ous lead cha nges
in laps five. six and seven as Deubl er and Isaacs
bauled back a nd forth.
.
Deubler led in to th e first co ne r o f the last
lap and th ro ug h th e second corne r wit h Isaa cs
o n his rear whee l. Isaa cs used the draft to good
advan tage as he was able to pa ss Deubler in
corne r three to ga in a slig h t adva ntage whi ch
he ca rr ied o n to the checkered flag.
The seco nd da y o f raci ng brought more
ent ra nts a nd a larger crowd . AI Nessh oeffer :
grabbed a n im me dia te lead in th e 500cc A
ma in even t, unti l lap three wh en Marty Beu g
slid undern eath in turn o ne 10 ta ke o ver first
pl ace. Beug 's lead was short-lived as Nesshoeffer passed o n lap fou r to take o ver th e
top spo t wh ich he held until th e fin ish . Beu g
was second, and Gar y Petti s took a close third.
T he O pen A main saw " Storm in ' .. No rm an
Lehfeldt fir st into turn one followed closely
by Tom Robertson and Gary ·Peuis less than
a bik e len gth behind. These posit ions held
u nt il th e third lap when Pet tis pow ered under
Robertson to tak e over second positio n. La rry
Er ickson pr essu red Penis, bu t to no ava il. At
th e chec kered flag , Leh feldt took an un contested win, foll owed by Pettis in seco nd ,
Erickson in third and Rob erts on fourth.
After th e race, a meeting was held a nd plans
were made for the 1990 Ra lly Vintage Race
Schedule. and it was a n no u nced th at Sturgis
wi ll hos t a National Vintage Half Mile and
a Nationa l Vintage IT during th e 50t h
Annual Black Hills Motor cycle Rally and
Races.
Results
WEDNESDAY
500: 1. J oh nny Isaacs (BSA); 2. Dan Deuble r (Bul); 3 .
Beno Rodi (BSAI; 4. M art in Beu g (Duc); 5 . Ron Stone (Tril .
OPEN: 1. M arli n Klunder (Nor); 2. Gary Pett is (Yam); 3.
Wi lli am Burr (BSA); 4 . Beno Rodi (Nor); 5. Bill Hoh (BSA I.
GRUDGE MATCH 1: 1. AI Bur ke (H- O); 2. Denn is
Kannenberg fi nd); 3 . Joh nny Isaacs(BSA); 4 . Marlin Klunder
(Tri).
OVER 40: t . Jo hn ny Isaacs (BSA); 2. Norman Lehfl ec:lt
(BSA); 3. Gary Pett is (Yam); 4. Tom Robenson (Tri); 5 . Ben o
Rodi(BSAI.
.
GRUOGE MATCH 2: t . A I Bur ke (H· DI; 2 . M arlin Klunder
(Tri); 3 . Joh nny Isaacs (BSA) .
Hilgenberg hauls to
Outlaw GP win
By David Procid a
PERRIS, CA, AUG . 6
Ma tt Hil genber g to o k h is 197 4 Bu l taco
Pu rsang 10 a clas s win in the Vin tage Iron
class in the O u tlaw GP at Per ris Raceway.
Wh en th e flag fell to start the firs t more ,
it was Greg Rob ert son o n a Cl leadin g the
pa ck . Close behind Rob ert son was H ilgenberg
a nd J ames Bevill e. Lo u is Brech een had hi s
CZ o n th e gas and was o n ly a cou ple of bik e
len gths beh in d th e lead trio. Hilgenberg
dogged th e CZ rider in every corner a nd p ull ed
.a lo ngs ide Rob ertson on the ma in stra ig h taway, but the CZ pi lot had th e in side line and
the lead fo r the first lap . H alfway th rough
· Iap two, Robert so n went wid e and H ilgen berg
sl ip ped by for th e lea d. Lee Fabry a nd
Brech een had a dic e go ing for third b u t
mov ing up thr ou gh th e pa ck was Chuck
McCon nell on an o ld Hus ky. McConnell was
being chased by Gary. Moo re o n a B50 MX
BSA four-strok e.
Brech een clos ed in o n th e top ride rs as th ey
en tered lapped traffi c an d was o n th e rear o f
Robert son . As th e rid ers ca me o ver a ju mp,
two slo wer ride rs were o n the do wnside o f
th e jump. Rob ert son ma naged to avo id th e
ride rs, but Brech een cl ip ped the rear tire o f
o ne o f th e back ma rkers, go ing do wn hard
and knock ing th e wind o u t o f himself .
U p at th e fron t, Hil genberg enjoyed a
com forta ble lead and was styli ng of f th e jumps
[or th e spectato rs. A sh ort d istance behind
McConnell occupied seco nd as Rob enson
dr opped o ff the pace a nd h ad th e co m pany
of Ron Alri ch a nd Moo re.
McC onnell pushed har d in a n effort to close
the gap on Hilgenberg , bu t tim e ra n o u t and
H ilgenberg look th e win with d istance to
sp ar e, fo llo wed by McConnell , Rob erts on ,
Ald ri ch a nd Moore.
•
Re sults
125 BEG: 1. Roy Brem enour; 2. Frank Beach; 3. Ma tt
Roger; 4 . M ich ael Pass; 5. Remy Pamintuan .
250 BEG: t . Mo rgan Steele; 2. David Boucher; 3. Sh ane
Stan ley; 4 . Tim McAdams; 5 . Chad Mcintosh .
OPEN BEG; 1. Keith Brown; 2. Terry Voll and; 3. Chr is
Scott ; 4 . Wil son Lewi s.
125 NOV : t . Bri an Ross; 2. Jason Simm ons .
250 NOV : t . Phill ip Wurster; 2. Mike Giem; 3. Man
Wyckoff; 4 . J eff Rands; 5. J eff Haas.
,
OPEN NOV: 1. Karl All en .
125 INT: t . J eff Ratzl off .
250 'NT: 1. Tony Qu alls ; 2. Ken Neitzel .
OPEN INT: 1. John Anderson .
125 PRO: t . Todd Nelson.
250 PRO: 1. Dunn Voyer .
OPEN PRO: 1. Micky Dymon d.
. ..
:
80 BEG: t . Fred Ogrim; 2. J ust in l USl ozvk; 3. Toby Ma y:
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4.
Aaron Wa snea; 3 . Paul.
Gilm art in; 4 . Tracy Ashe r.
WMN NOV : 1. Chr issi Smit h; 2. J oy Ames .
W M N INT: 1. Lor i Hedstrom .
t 25 VINT: 1. Rod Kirkbride; 2. Th orn Kuhns; 3 . Lee Fabry ;
4 . Kelly Cole.
OPEN VING: 1. M att Hilgenber g; 2. Chuck M cCon nell ;
3 . Greg Robert son: 4. Ron Aldr ich; 5. Gary M oore.
J R VET BEG: 1, Jim M angold; 2. Bob M ich ael; 3 . Bonn ie
W arch; 4. Mi ke Cousima no; 5 . Kelly Lawso n.
JR VET NOV: 1. Terry Var ner .
J R VET INT: t . Karl A lle n .
JR VET EX: 1. Bill Saltm an .
VET BEG: 1. Robert W'.Nyckoff ; 2. Bob Breach; 3 . Mark
Boe hm ; 4. Corey Pickr ell ; 5. Chuck Oliv e.
VET NOV : 1. Greg Benton; 2. Kelly Mye rs J r.; 3 . C.R.
Bru nson; 4. Roy Pisar ski; 5. Denn is Burns.
VET tNT: 1. Randy Tittl emier; 2. Char lie Strong; 3 . Bobby
Hudso n; 4 . Mike Rochester; 5. Randy Anderson.
VET EX: 1. Tracy Hrach; 2. Randy Rodriguez; 3 . Austin
Haydis; 4 . J eff Lambson .
SR BEG: 1. Larry Kirsch ; 2. John Flanders.
CFJ
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