Eri c Sas saman (6) to p ped Mike Varnes (26A) to win his second consecuti ve
Open Expert main event a t the Flyin g Du tch man M,C.'s Pine Grov e TT.
with h is 3·5 ta ll y. Smith 's 1-8 gave him th ird
o vera ll.
51: I. Aaro n Lindsav (Yam ); 2. Chad Albri tton (Ya m) ; ! .
Lada le Smit h (Ya m ); 4. lack Ru uedge (Ya m): 5. Du", y
.
Summers (Ya m).
65 7-11: 1. RICK Ca rmichael ( Ka w) ; 2. Mason Will hJm"
t'y
( Ka w ); 3. Matt Bo ne (Ka w); 1: N ichola!. Clay ( Ka w ); 5. Man
o
.
Walk er ( lUiw) ,
85 JR: I. Ric k~ Ca rmi chae l (K.aw) : 2. Scou Pi nson (S UI);
3. Maw n Willi am s (Yam); 4. Brt'nt Field (Kaw): S. Nick Kosko
:'\:0 \ ' \'I·T: I. ,\ l il.. ' R ic" I'1 ( b m ); 2. r ;a l} O lll llll ,Ya lll l:
I
1.11 ( ; 1 ilI i;11l, E m).
1
:'\:0 \' SR ;, I. :\I;u l.. ,\ lp' :11 (Rell;:!. Slt'V Rnl.. {h m "
I'
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:'\: \ ' S SR : l. flaw SI.m lt·} , F,I1I): 2. -" M \\"illh ( H Ull):
0
:i. Ik ;lll ll ;lmlJl i. I.. (:\1,, ").
HH ; CJ t,\:\II' I. 1.o wt·1I Itt·llm tiki ): :!. :\.1 1111 i. a I~\l " h
;
(Y;Ull): :t Ul ia n I..,. ( Ya ll1).
nE G \'1:,"1"; l. Kil I.. "'tl"(lht·II" I Fa ll /.
In:( ; SR; I . l '; I W II '1I1 1' '\It·''''IIIII.'1 t Yam ): 2. G a l) Wa c h ll . ·1
(Ya llIl.
:t
Kopp reigns at Idaho Short Track
{ H en ).
85 Sa: 1. EnOl Lu sk (Suz); 2. Dewayn e Bone (H on ); 3. Ri ck~
Carmichael (Kaw); 4. Scott Pi nson (S UI ); 5. Scot t Brya nt
( H o n ).
S/ MIN I: I. EnOl Lu sk (SUI) ; 2. Ikwayn t' 8ont' ( Hon ); 3.
Ricky Cannic~1 ( Ka w ); 4. Scou Pi nson (Honj: 5. Scot t
Bryillnl ( Hon) .
125<:: 1. Km ny Kowalczyk (Ho n ); 2. P.J. H ~II (H on):
3. Eric Piny)n (Hon ): 4. Brian Bum n 1(Yam ); 5. Brad Simpson
( Ka w) .
I2SB: I. Will M c En l Y~ (K.aw ); 2. Andre Pene (Sw ); 3.
a
Br..ndon Smith ( Ka w ): 1. J ohnny [k- n (SUi ): 5. Aaro n DdY
,
25OC: I. Kmn y Kow alczyk (H un): -2. Scott Moor e (H on);
3. Bryan GodIt'W~ki (H o n) ; 4. Robrrt Abtor(H on); 5. David
&lbb (Hon ).
250B: I. Bra ndn n Smith ( K.aw) ; 2. Will McEmyr~ ( K.aw) ;
3. Km nrrh Wood (K.aw ); 4. Crt"K La uitlM" (Va m ); 5. j ohnny
Dea n (H on).
25 PLUS; I. C rr,: La uitn (Va m ); 2. Jod y Cordrll (Suz):
3. Bobby Kr m p (Hon ); 4. O a y Bowir (Hon ); 5. Robert Abr r
(H o n) .
SR: l. Km nr lh Wnod ( K.aw ); 2. Robl"rt Aba' (Hon ); , .
Rand y Pow r ll (Hon ); 4. Br nn y Durrou~h ( KT M ); 5. G ra i~
(" Kt'r (Vam ).
o('j
.
S/S R : l. Ran dy T illrry ( Hon ): 2. David u rI! (KTM ); 3.
W" Stnnr (Hon) .
I25A: I. Todd Nral (S UI); 2. Aaro n V.at~ (Hon) ; 3. Tom my
Man in ( K.aw) ; 4. Sh .. nr Pr nr (Su.r.): 5, A~hlry EPi» (Hon ).
250A: I. T udd Nf'"dl (S UI ): 2. T ommy M.. rtm ( Kaw); , .
Brad WallaCT (S Ul ); 4. A.trno Yal n (H o n) : 5. Mar c W ;,ddlt'
(H o n).
(H o n ).
Baskin bags Big Bear Trial
By Mike C ush io n bury
UIT!.I: 1'17\1: FU TS. CI. jl' 7\E 9·\0
Aftn IW da p o f l"i e Hl ' co m pelit io n , Sonn y
o
H,a ~ k i l1 da ilTl('d III(' o \,('rall \'icwry ill th t'
Vt'lt'rim EXpt'l l d a!'l."t a t Iht' SOIlIII('I'II Ca l ifor ~
n ia Tl"ia l~ A ~ ~(ld a li on ' !'l 2 ·1t h Anll llal H i ~ B('al
T""o ~ na y Tria l.
Fa n li( -lIlOlIlIlt·d Ba!'l kin Iwld Iht· k ad a fu'l
t'ad t loop bUlh da y. .. I1 t'v('r g-i \'i ng: in lO tht'
.
pn·:o.MUt· a p plit'd lIy h i ~ d O ~(' :'\ 1 compt'tilOr
Snllt An nand, who wa!'l abo.u-d Ilw T o n Mows
watt'l'-("()ol('(1G,,:,\-(;a:o., O llt· of o n ly lwo inlhi~
<'t!ll IllI'Y . R l:'\kiu wa~ abk 1 g-radua lly ('xtc-u J
0
hI', k ad 0\'('1" Alma nd "fh'l ( 'il( h of lIu: th n't '
lo;)p:o. 0 11 da y nIH', After I Ill' firM loo p . hI' twld
l lUll (h m).
FX \, . T : l. .' u lll" n. l'l.. ill ( I-"a l ll ; ~. SU," .\ ,1ll;1lIt1 1( ;·( : 1:
:i. Ill llll i O l(;I\\,;I IFall ).
All \ · Clt.\:\lt' ; I. R il I.. Ila lk l ll (b n ): :!. Thulll 1-'II ~c 'lh;llth
( Fa ll ): :i. ro m l ';l', all " t h u ll.
AIl \ ' n : T : l. :\lil...· ( ; l i Ui" " :,IlI ):-:!. :\Lll tin R>.-bil IYam ):
.1-. I\.·nt (; 1;111;111I ( Ya m ).
t:'\1" <:U .\:\II': I. :\tu l.. :\lilk, , Kl ·t l: ~. ("odd K IIH N '\ I lk l):
1. .11'1 1 :'\1. I.... .n , Y,ulI l.
·
.
I:\T \' ET : l. ( ; 11\ Wald I b llll : :!. Ktlllt' Ild - .I\ I"II (1\1 '1):
I
:t Ri ll H,IlIll,lIl IY,nlll.
IXT sR: I. .Iullll RUtllt k ,lII (Y.Il11 I: :!. Ji m :\lilll' l (Ik ll.
X O\' C II .\:\II' : I. J) 1I
;11l1' "'IHlU' (( ;' ( ;1: :!. II;lu l J Ullll"" 1I
.
{Y;lIIII::i. Ji m Cu llil" 181'11
By C lay Li ght
STA
TF.L17\E, m. j U7\E 16
H a rley-Da vidso n XR 750-mounted J oe y Ko p p
do m ina ted a n even ing o f quarter-mile short
track raci ng a t Darrell Triber's refurbished
Stateline Spe-edwa y, wh ich was razed by fire
severa l yea rs. a go.
Ko p p . to n ig h t, won his heat race , Troph y
Dash a nd the accompan ying main even t th e 12· ridrr Open Twin final. Ko p p 's ni ght
o f dom ina nce sta rred off wi th awm in th e
firs t of two Open Twin h eat races , in wh ich
th e to p fo u r would direct ly tra nsfer to th e
mai n even t; seco nd wt'nt lO G ary Hi lt', ri d in ~
a 750 Ha rley. H ea l lwo fell to form er A:l.IA
Expt·rt G len N icker son o \'er Denn y· Lopp.
whil(' Todd T ract")' pi cked u p a transfer by
w in n ing lh e st'mi .
After Kop p beat Nickerson, Lapp a nd Hite
in llll' T rophy Das h, ht~ the n jum pt'd out fro nt
of the field in the mai n. Kopp a n d Lo p p
hau led o\' er seco nd p lace until Lopp dumped
il a m) scrambled pos ilio ns in th e mayh t"m ,
('n din g whal was one of Ihe sea son 's best
s.
hald t>
Lopp '~ d em is(' moved bo t h H i tt' a n d
N ickerso n up a po sit ion , wher e they wo ul d
wagt' wa l, but hy th is ti me Ko p p was long
~o n e . Ko pp event ua lly lapped up Lo fo ur th
pa in '. At t h,· fin is h , Kopp fina li ,ed hi s
('v('ni ng o f lOla l do mi na nce, wh ile H ile wo n
o ut fo r th e n u m be r two spot a h ead of
N ic·kt'r so n , 750 Ya ma h a -m ounted Denn is
Sh an l' and Larry Ma rsh .
A:l. A Jtini or -P ro Steve Libert y got good
t
pran in ' fo r h is u pcomin g- treks to western
Washington by wh ip p in g a field o f 600cc
mach in es in a co m b in ed P ro- Am class,
hea ling Bill. Su~dt'n a nd Loran Robinett .
Other P ro actio l) ca me in the sm all· bore
125n · class, which saw Andy Ja mes, a loca l
mo tocr oss p ro fro m SrK)ka ne. defea t a field
o[ combi nt"tl Pro / Amar eu r riders. Seco nd to
J a m t's was Kevi n \ Va ke field . w h il e top
AlIlalt'ur ridt'f was Ka wa sa k i ride r Eri c
Nelso n.
Resu lts
0 1"1'::'\: Tn': I. J'M Klip p (If· O) : :!. (;atl H ill' (B·DI: , .
)
(.;I' ·~I X iI 1.. ·1 ....111 n ·li): t ilt-lill i, 't lwll " (y;.. n l: !' . l .al l l M (H o n): 2. j a...-on Ritchr-y (B nn ):
3. Aa m n R~ (Hon ).
.
12.i j R : I. Chris Rarrrili lH o n ); 2. J ur.ti n Mc<'.u wa n (S UI).
'
2.'iO SOV: 1. Tatr H ubbel (Ya m ); 2. Chri~ r .nll in !> (IU ,,·).
2.'JO jR: 1. Rick Bn l('m a n ( K.aw ); 2. Bra nd nn \ \- iI1ia m "
'
!>O: I.
~ iH i
( H n n ).
O P El'" NO \ ' : I. Mikr Sa~f' (H nn ).
OrES j R : I. Pat O·Shau~h nt"!>.\}' ( H o n ).
V .~T: I. La nc"t" Sfollan (S U/I: 2. K('n Slr Wiln (S UI).
r.X / I NT ; I. T ro y W in !/: (H nn ): 2. T nm Od('k irk (SuI) : 3.
Gf'Oqitt' Bau dc"r (H nn ): 4. R irk S yr (H n n l.
Sassaman saws Pine Grove TT
By Len Breech
PINEGROVE, PA, JUNE 10
Vetera n racer Eric Sassaman repea ted hi s wi n
o f th e previo us week in th e Open Exp er t class
as the Flying Du tchman M.C. h eld its seco nd
IT Scra m bles o f the season at Pine Grove.
Sassa ma n bauled the en tire eig h t lap dista nce
with Mik e Var nes . The two a lso ba uled for
the en tire fou r la p d istance in the ad ded Dash
for Cas h. wit h Sassaman taki n g th e wi n.
]n th e Expert classes, Mike Va rnes too k
advant age o f severa l top co ntende rs sta rti ng
fro m th e pe na lty lin e to easily wi n the 250cc
fina l. Ro bert Mill er, agai n , too k th e 200cc
Expert fin a l, th ough he was th e o n ly o ne, but
he wo n by ove r ha lf a la p over lhe Amateurs,
and T od d \ Vin sen , aga in , just bea t co usi n
R ick y \Vin sen in th e 85cc final.
In th e "IT co n figura tio n . the P ine Grove
tr ack is very di fficu lt to pass o n , a nd by th e
time Sassama n too k th e lea d after p assi ng
Mike Klo p p, Mike Varnes aod J oe Bro ml ey,
t he tra ck wa s still in very good co nd it io n.
Varn es mot or ed his wa y past Klopp a t th e
end o f th e seco nd lap a nd sta rted pressuri n g
Sassa ma n for th e lead . Wh ile Joe Bromley was
ru nning a lo ne in fou rt h , his brothe r ' BiHy
moved up 10 cha llenge J im Haas fo r fifth ,
a nd th a t was decid ed when H aas bro ke on
th e sixth la p. O ver th e las t ha lf o f the race,
Varnes was rig h t o n Sassama n's rea r, waiting
for a n o pening that never o rne.
A fter try ing to get 19 bi kes lined u p in IWo
rows fo r the sta rt of the 25Occ: Expert fin al.
SO ffi e uve r a n xious riders en ded up on th l'
pe na lty line. As they ca me o u t of th e infiel d
h a irpin , Mik e Vames h ad th e lead from
Rob ert Miller , Lew Woods a nd J oe Bro ml ey.
Bro ml ey took over th ird in th e in field o n th e
th ird la p. Wh ile th ey spread o ut , th e o rde r
remain ed the sam!! un lil Woods fell co m ing
OUl o f tht~ in fie ld on th e fina l la p.
J oe H eber lin g , again . gra bbe d th e lead a t
the start o f the Senior fina l. fo llowed by Mar k
Bur kho lder, Ja m ie Pu jo l a n d Steve Brom ley.
Bro m ley too k (wer th ird a l lhe {'nd of the firSl
lap. T he top fo u r remained dt e s..,me for lh e
firsl ha lf, u mil Burkh oldt"r wok rhe It.ad
'
('o m in g o ut o f.th e infiel d.
•
n enn is Au ngst held onto th e lead as th e
250<.·c Am a teurs ex iloo th t· in field wit h Ji m
H al dem an, Ra y J enkin s a nd Ken H ackman
rrailing . Haldem an took rhe lead as they
en tered the seco nd tu rn on t he th ird la p. P ujo l
fell o n th e six th la p, g iving Au ngs t seco nd
easily, w hi le Tod d Win sell got pas t Tony
Mon tenegr o o n the fina l la p for fifth.
Resu l ts
SS; I. Jan m juhll ~nn
(Ya rnj: 2. B enjamin M ill l'f ( Va m) :
3. Rill y Sti llw r ll (Ya m) ; 4. Jc
'w' W;I(I(' ( M. M ); 5. SW ll
.
Mllrr i ~J11 ( Va m) .
60: I. j oh n Win 'of'll ( K..aw) ; z. Krud y Mill('f ( Va m ): ~ .
Ch Yl'nnl'" Wad r (M· M).
8S E. : I. Todd winsen ( Hlln ); 2. Ri(·ky Win'iot'lt (S UI) ;
X
3. Ru)' ~fillf'l (KT M) .
8.'i AM: 1. CJlad Hack ma n (S UI); 2. Turn S ke th wa y ( V;,m l;
3. J uh n w in sen ( Va m ).
200 EX: I. Rubnl Mill n ( Ya m ).
200 AM: I. Chuck RIn..\inJ: (M.V); 2. Tuny MOnlt'TIt'KTo
l lUw ); 3. juhn Li ~ h l ( Va m): 4. Kr vi n :"fiIln (KT M); 5. Da ve
Rarn (~w ).
2.'JO AM: I. jim Haldeman (ll,bi); 2. Ill"'nnir.Aun~ (Y;,m );
, . L y j en kim (Hun ); 'I. Knl Hac kruan ( Ya m ): 5. T odd
Wimrtt (Ma il.
2.1)0 EX; I. Mikr Varon (Ya m) ; 2. Robn l Mill t'f (Y;lm) :
3. J ur BrumIt')' (Su/ l; -I. Eric Sotum Mill" (Y;,m);
3. Wa yT)(' Frank lin (S UI): -t. (}
avid Sduaman ( BS A).
O PES AM: 1. Ph il L ibhart (Ya m ); 2. T ed Maru yk ( K..aw);
3. J im I-I
aldem an (Ma i); 4. T um Hannum (1I. rl); 5. ROil
Ral"T ' Y;lm ).
O r E1\' EX: 1. Eric Sauaman (H unl: 2. Mik r Vamn (Ya m):
3. Mikf' KluVp (W· R): -I. J ur Bro ml r-y (S ill ); S. Bill y Rm ml t"}
{R tJl).
n AsH f OR CA." H : I . ErkSd!»dlTliln Il-lOtll: 2. M ikt"Va fTl('
1I
(Ya m) : ,. J u(, Bmmll'Y(S UI) : 4. Mikr Klo pp ( W · R ) : ~. Kt'Vin
Va ro n (Ya m).
Kasten collects Montgomery
Dirt Track win
By J ack Hanson
MO ~TGO MER Y,
M JUNE9
:-i,
ROla x -m o unted Ste ve Ka ste n , o f H a tley,
Wisco n sin, overca me dar kness a nd a mos q u ito
in vasio n to cr u ise to a co n vinci ng Open class
fea ture w in at Montg o m er y Speed way 's
ina ugura l 1990 even t. U nder d imi ni sh in g
su n l ig ht a n d a failed track lig h ting system ,
Kasten took th e holeshot fro m th e pol e a n d
was never h ead ed. The ra ce was for seco nd
a nd th ird wi th the 250cc fea tu re winner, Mike
H oh . managin g to o ut last Mi ke T erho ,
The meet was b illed as a tw i. n ig ht trip le
header, wit h th e motorcycl es shari ng the trac k
with quads and d irt ka rlS. The mo tor cycles
wer e sch ed u led to go la st with the 250cc a nd
Open class main events runni ng un der the
ligh ts to lOp o ff a full e\'e n i n~ o f ac tio n o n
the fifth ·m ile clay surface. At tWilight, Gop her
Raci ng 's impresario Ph il " Omar" Li tt le
ca lled for a 15 m inu te- break for refresh men ts
a nd uack watering.
Wi th da rkness a p p roa ch ing , Omar lin ed up
th e 125 and 250cc bik es for thei r co m b ined
final a n d requested that the tra ck lig hts be
tu rned o n. Bu t when the generators fired up,
the lights d id n ot rome on. In stead, th e
mo squ it o s ca me o n. Made dor ma n t b y
drought d uri ng the track's fir st two seasons ,
th e fa m il)' Culicidea celeb ra ted Minneso ta 's
1990 wet sp ri n g with a ven gean ce as the
mo squitos rose fro m the su rroundi ng field to
a ttack th e com pet i tors a nd specta to rs .
U ndau nt ed , Omar n agged o ff Ih e small-bore
bikes. Mike H oh jum ped int o a n early lead
a nd was never headed . He too k th e check ers
wi th barely enou~h light rem a in ing to find
h is p lace o n the h n e for th e sta rt o f th e· fina l
even t. No rb Gr egor y fin ished seco nd overa ll
a n d was decla red Gop her Racing 's first l 25cc
n T X class w in ner.
T he O pen main sta rted in th e afterg lo w a nd
was co ncl uded by moonli gh l. Winner Kasten
used h is ni g ht vision a n d the ex p los ive pow er
of hi s Ro t. to lose the rest o f the field in
u
the dar kness. H e was d ista n tly foll o wed to th e
finis h lin e by Hoh, T er ho, Lee Fea ley, Bucky
Lo ren l , Ma rr y Krenl a nd Da n iel T ay lo r.
T a ylor was a wa rdt-d a troph y as th e first Open
nTX class wi n ner.
01
Resu lts
' IAt:'\: l. ~ I('\·I' Kar.u·n ( R t JlI; 2. :\lil;,t' H n h ( H o n ); 3. Mik('
:
Trr ho (H u n ): ·1. 1,", Fr:. I~' (Ya m ): S. BUf k ~ Lu rm ll (H o n) .
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