Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

GLOCAL EVENTS e Layne Kolbet (66) rounds the first comer ahead of Dylan Gallagher (75), Scott Dundas (73) and Rob Harper (12) in the 250cc Intermediate class at Silver State Raceway. George Roeder (66) and Tim Mertens swapped the lead several times in the Expert final at the Marion Half Mile before Roeder pulled awa y and grabbed the win. Roeder rolls at Marion HM have any back brakes," said Smith afte r almos t losi ng it over the whoops. T he Krauser/S trunk du el contin ued until Str un k n ew by Krauser over a triple jump. Mu sselm an held to th e lro nt spot lor the wm lollowed by Strunk and then Kra user. After bra ke repa irs between motos, Smith . rall ied to the first tum in moto two ahead of Musselman, Brian Wheeler, Kra user and Strunk . Musselm an got by Smith early in the moto where he remained at the checkered nag lollowed by Smi th and then Wheeler. Kra user and Strunk had a nother battle as they lought lor lourth. Strunk finall y made a clean sweep pa st Krauser to sea l fourth wi th Krau ser taki ng fifth. In rnoto one 01 the 125cc B class, Mike Abplanalp too k the ear ly lead lo llowed by Matt Powers. Wheeler, who did not have a good start, worked hi s way to Iirst by the end of mot a one. But the rider mak ing the mos t ' tim e on the course was Chuck Dra ke. who started ninth and picked 01I riders for a thirdp la ce lin is h in the moto behind Dar cy Walt her. Wheeler go t a better start in mo ta two and was unstoppable, Dra ke also had a better start but pNF after a nail p unctured his rear tire. By Bert an d Deanna Shepard 32 MARION, OH, JULY 15 Geor ge Roeder ran down earl y leader T im Mertens a nd took co n trol of th e Expert Hnal at th e B.O .S.S. (Best of Summer Seri es) round whi ch took p lace o n th e half mi le ova l a t th e Marion County Fa irgrounds. " I' ve wo n three o f th ese (B.O. S.S.) races, " said an ob viousl y happy Ro eder following h is victory, "Cro to n , Norwalk and today 's." " I cha nged m y lines but I cou ldn' t get hoo ked up," wa s Mertens ' exp la na tio n of wh y he sli pped 10 second. Canadian Steve Beat tie co n ti n ue d his . wi nning wa ys in Ohio dirt tra ck even ts by top p in g th e Junior Iinal, while Kyle Long ended a dry spell with a win over Rob ert Tripp in the Pro-Am fi nal. Both Roeder a nd Beattie were ha p py with their wins as th eir troub led 1990 HarleyDavidson XR 750 mot or s lived th ro ugh bo th events. Bot h Ro eder a nd his father as we ll as Bea u i es tuner , Brian O ls e n , were anxious to get th e engines apart, a ll feeli n g th at th ey have fou nd the cure for the crankcase problems th a t ha ve plagued th e new engines. T he E.C . En terprises-orga nized B.O .S.S. eve n ts are no w un der the d irection o f Bob Stump, fat h er of Expert racer SCOll Stump, a nd he has an nou nced that the fi nal event o f the series will not o ffer the $ 10,000 pu rse that was previo us ly a nnou nced by E.C . En terp rise s but will be run the way the Chuck J o rda n Memoria l race h as bee n conducted; a sta n dard purse will be offered, a u g m e n ted by all of the profi ts a fter expenses. Ama teur races that were run in conjunctio n with the day 's pro fessiona l even ts saw Jus ti n Neiderm ier win in the 50cc fin a l a lter Roger Lee Hayden, who had led most 01 th e race, dropped back to la st p lace wh en h is engine seized . Bea u Bra well edge d J enny Ha yden a lter a position-swapping duel in th e 60cc Hna l, an d th en Ni cky H ayden put th e H ayden Racin g T eam in the winner's circle alter dici ng wi th Pa u l Ly nch in the 80cc ma in . J en ny H a yden comple ted her second ma in even t o f the da y in third p lace. The 250cc Amateur lin al pitted you th versus expe rie nce. Tommy H a yden Ii lled in the youth pa rt while Robbie Gessn er carried experience into th e fray. It appeared as th ou gh youth wo u ld preva il as Hayden lOok the point. seemi ng ly lor good, a lter di cing with Gess ner , but Ha yden bai led in turn two and the win was cha lked up by Gessn er . Mik e Smi th scored a ru nawa y wi n in th e 500cc Amateur cla ss with Ron Rehmert tak in g seco nd . Reh mert ca me back to win th e Seni or fina l, a race th at proved to be a heartbreaker for J ack Warren who led every la p but th e o ne th at co u nts . J ohn Vanderk oo i diced with th e age less Ron n ie Rail with th e third spo t go ing to Rail a lte r Vanderk ooi lell on th e last lap. Lon g a nd hi s Sto ug h to n Cycl e/ Bon ne r's Cycle/ Ar a i/ Ca strol /Oury/WD -40 /K 8c N / Har dest y Ra cing-sponsored Wood -R otax led Ihe 01I th e lin e o n hoth th e init ia l sta rt a nd a res ta rt of the Pro-Am ma in a nd o the r than a cha lleng e lro m Ro bert T ripp, ow ned the ra ce. Da n Mart in claimed th u d be h in d Long a nd Tripp. T he J u ni or main ' s lield featured most of the to p yellow plate riders lrom across the nat ion and o n th e day the clas s of the class was Bea tti e, who held 01I ch a ll en ges from Roy Hart to p ut his Dee ley H-D / Shoeil Silkol e n e /I.M . Le ar h e rs zCh a mpion backed XR750 in the winner's ci rcle. Roy Hart's brother, James H a rt , linished fourth behi nd th ir d p lace linisher Co ry Perreau lt. Mertens had th e po le lor th e Expert ma in a nd he qu ickly went to th e point pos itio n on the seco nd a ttem p t a t a legit sta rt. Veteran Steve Moreh ea d a lso ga ted well a nd he held second with Darren Er ich sen a nd Roeder o n hi s rear wh eel. Mor eh ea d soon pu lled 01I th e tra ck with an engi ne th at was obviously s k i p p i n~ a beat o r two. " We d idn 't wa nt to h u rt It, " sai d Mor ehead lat er . Roeder reeled in Mert ens and after th e two swapped the lead ba ck and lo rth a lew times, Roeder pulled away 10 score the win on th e Roeder's H -D/Mike 's H -D/ Sartin Truck ing /Voss Inc.lFu lt on Ent.ZSouth East HD/KK Mot or cycl e Supply/Bell /Skat /Eagle Raeing /H SR / H u ro n River H .O .G .lBill Sherman Fa rm s-ba ck ed XR 750. Merten s hu ng o n to second wi th Eri chs en taking third a head 01 Scott Stump. Results EX : I. G eor g~ g oed er ( H· n ); 2. T im Mert en s (H on): 3. Darr en Er ich sen (H. D): 4. SCUllStum p (Hon ); 5. Chance Darlin g (H · D): 6. Don Est ep (H . O) ; 7. Brian Dun can (W. R ); 8. Cu rt Rehm en (H- D ); 9. Er ic Guber (W· R ); 10. Da ve Rayburn (H · D); II. Steve Mcrebead (H·D ); 12. Do UKDav is (H·D ). J R: I. SI~v~ 8C"alti~ (H . D): 2. Ro y Ihrl (W- R); 3. Co ry Perreault (W. R); 4. JamC"s Ha rt IW·R ): 5. GrC"R Sims (H · D): 6. SI ~ VC" Ra sm ussen (H · D); 7. Danny KcJt'lsch (H · D); 8. vern Brown (W· R); 9. Sco tt Seh l (W. R ); 10. Roh~tl Knapp (H- D): 11. Br~n1 Armbruu ~r (H. O): 12. Frank Kai ser (H- D). P ·A : 1. Ky l ~ Lo ng (W· R); 2. Rurn·tl Tripp (W. R); 3. Dan Mart in (H· D); 'I. T o ny Burnett (W·R ); 5. Chr is M oor~ (W-R) : 6. Scott Mor ri s ( H · D); 7. Jack Bartram ( Ha n ): 8. Jim 8rck (W· R) : 9. Ed K~ll s (Hon ); 10. j ame s Ca n ter (Han) : I I. K~ ilh Va nesse n (W. R ); 12. T im J ~~~ u r (W· R) . 50: I. J ust in Nied ermi er (Yam) ; 2. K.C. Knod e ( MMR ); ~ . Kim Smith (Ya m ); 4. Dustin Ki ll s (I· J); 5. T .J. Thacker II (Ya m) . 60: 1. Beau B r a s w~1I ( Ka w ): 2. Jenny H a yden (Ka w ); 3. J ason Goodwin (Kaw ); 4. Brandon RoM' (Kaw) : 5. Kim Smit h (Han) . 80: 1. Nick y H a ydC"n (Yam) : 2. Pau l Lync h (Hon); ~ . J~n n y H a yd~n (Yam) ; 4. G a tlh &Iu ian ( ~ w ); 5. Shaw n 'Th omas (Yam) . 125: I. Tommy H a ydron ( Ya m ); 2. N icky H a ydrn (Ya m ); ~ . Brian Strong (Kaw) : 4. M i k ~ Hack ~r ( Hon): 5. Bria n Ktfc);~~~~~~~~~r (Ka w); 2. Mik~ Moor r (SUI ); 5. Mik~ H ack~r (Han) ; 'I. Chris Boon~ (Ya m ); 5. Brian Strong (Kaw). 500 : I. Mi k~ Smith (W· R); 2. Ron R ~hm~rt (Ha n); 3. Keit h Vann~n ( H · O): 4. G roorg~ Slum p (Ya m ): 5. Cr ai g P.u kinAOn (H on ). SR: I. Ron R~hm("rl ( Ha n); 2. Jdc k W arr ~ n (H· D); ~ . Ron Rai l (W· R); 'I. Rob G~un ror ( Ka w ) : 5. GC'ra IdG r is m o r~ (T ri ). Musselmanpumps Up at Holeshot Hill Motocross Resul ts I~ C: I. Ga ry Slacy (Sw); 2. D..re n Turner ( Kaw):~. Rya n (H on ); 4. Sl~V~ Cros s (}(aw ): 5. Scou Henderso n (Kaw). SR: L Ti m Smi th (Hon ); 2. Robe rt Zirp rd ( Ya m);~. Jamn Rra ml~n [Hon] : 4. Randy Oab (SUI); 5. Oiarln Mu llin s (Ya m). 125 B: I. Brian w heeler (Hon ); 2. Darcy w a h her (H on); S. M ik~ Abpl an alp (Ho n): 4. Mati Po wers (H on); 5. M icha~1 Gra nt (Ya m ). 50: 1. Robm Turley (Ya m ); 2. Derri ck M(Kint')' (Yam); , . Juslin Wehn" (Yam); 4. Ch ad Zit'pft'l (Ya m) ; 5. Jonathan Fn ll (Yam ). 250 B: 1. Ti m Smith (H on) : 2. Darcy w ah her (Hen): ~ . Gary Folg~r (SUI): 4. Robm Knau (H on); 5. John Miller (Ha n). SU PER B: l . Mar k Mu,~Jman (KTM ); 2. Ryan Smith (Ya m); ~ . Brad Stru nk (H on ); 4. Brian WhrTlrr (H on ): 5. Ji m Krauser (Kaw). 250 C: 1. JerI G ra m (SUI); 2. R itchi ~ Fi niga n (Han): , . Ron Fi sch~r (Han); 'I. Br~nt 8t'a1 (Ho n): 5. Chri:u opht'r Cruel (Ya m}. MINI : I. Slev~ CrOM (Suz): 2. Gary Wint ers (Ka w) : S. Grell: An t(' (Kaw); 'I. Pa ul Karl~ (Yam ); 5. M ik ~ Volk (KT M). E i!j("n nll:y ~r M~~E~{II~ ~~)~a:'b ~~)

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