Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Tracy As her (3 9 2) out-gunned Joey To st e (9 2) f o r the overall victo ry in the 125 cc Beg inner D iv ision Two class at L.A . County Race way. Leiker launches to Price, White, Crumling top Timonium Indoor ST Glen Helen GP win By Len Breech By D avid Procida T IMONIU M, MD, ocr. 28 Led by a trio of defending class ch ampions, the Baltimore County Trail Riders and the ::OCkeysville Optimis t Club launched th e 14,h \ nn ual Indoor Short Track Ser ies in the Cow Palace Building of th e Timonium Fair¥ou nds. Winning' defen d in g cha mp s were ::COrgie Price, Joe White an d Paul' Crumlin g n th e 125, 360 an d 250cc P ro cl a sses, especuvel y. with the start being extre mely important vith lap times ill th e mid -seven s {O eig ht econd bracket. Georgie Pr ice put hi s Dorsey Builders Honda in Irom of Todd Stith, Kevin Parn es. Steve C romwell a nd Eddie H idden at he stan of th e 125('(' Pro fi nal. As P rice and Stith p ulled so me distance o ver the pac k, Stith 'ell coming OUI of the fourth turn on the fifth lap . giving Pri ce a lot of brea thing room. Sti th rejo ined in seventh a nd started to p ick off riders o n . h is w3l back u p to a th ird p lace Fi n ish behi nd Pri ce a nd Varnes . who was a good 20 yards behind p rice.. As th e 250cc class ca me of f th e seco nd tu m. Mik e Mester took th e lead from Dan R eich ert and R ich a rd Reeves. Ahcr sta rt ing in last p lace , Larry Sweeten bega n to slice his W3y towards th e From of the field . Reeves slipped by Reich er t for seco nd as th ey ca me o ff th e fourt h 'urn around lap 10: but Reich ert gOI under him as th ey en tered th e third turn two laps later. By thi s time, Sweet en had tak en fourth, sever al yards behi nd th e top thr ee. In th e la te la p s, Reichert let hi s fri end know he wa s there. but Mester held o n for th e win. White put hi s Wh i,e's Har ley-Davidso nsponsored H a rley Spri nt in fro n t of Ma rk Burk holder, Rich Rowe and Bob Babcoc k in th e 360cc Pro fina l, wh ile Wh ite put some space o n the o the rs, Rowe cha lle n ged Burkho lder for seco nd . In the late laps, Harold Brosserm an joined th em , a nd they got a l ittle too d ose comi ng o f( the second lu rn a nd all three wenl down. g ivi ng a di stant Ron \Va h er seco n d. T om Maj eski, Rodney Farris a nd SeOll Sa u nde rs sta rled fro m the th ird line in th e 250cc Pro final , with Paol Cruml in g th e o n ly rider o n th e front ro w. Crumlin g pUI h is Pr o P la tes H onda M:'vera l leng ths in (rant o ( Dav id Reeves, Maj e>ki, Wa rren Diem a nd Mik. Seo ll. Afler a [ew la ps, Majeski nudged Reeves. lelling h imself and Diem by. On Ihe next lap Reeve> passed Diem for third, but co u ld n 't get up to Majeski. Ah er startin g last. Farris began '0 slice hi , way Ihrough ,h e field , working h is wa y u p to fourth. As th e ra ce closed down , Maj eski had cu t a 10' o f Crumling 's Ie-odd, bUI nol enough . The Dash -For ·Ca h ma, ch ed ,h e faslest q t'lalifier s in eac h d ass pl u s th e ne'xt fasl esl qualifier a nd T orn Maj oki lOok th e lead (rom Ihe po le o ver S,eve Burkholder and Eddi e Hidden while J

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