GLOCAL EVENTS
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Chris Albanesius (901) led early in the 250cc Amateur class at the Pine Grove .
IT, but Ken Hackman (63) and Chuck Blessing (17) passed him before the finish.
Gregory Kreinbrook won seven of
eight B class motos at Steel City.
a lap late,.. Durelle passed Donoh ue in tum
four o n lap two, then blew arou nd Ybema
two turns later to ta ke a lead he wou ld never
reli nq uish. Durelle rod e way up near the hay
bale s en route to the win, whereas th e o the r
two heat race wi nners had ridde n in the middle
of th e 'urns. Due
his co me fro m beh ind
ma nna. Du relle's heal win was a full seven
seconds off of Hart's po le-winning time,
For th e seco nd week in a row , Sumner !>?'
a good sta rt as he a nd Beyer hi, 'urn one side
by side, read y ' 0 carry o n th eir heat race bailie.
Sumner go t th e superior drive o ut of tum two ,
im mediately di sta nced him self from th e field .
and seemed co nte nt
follo w up his win a '
\Vau sau a week earlier wi th another win here.
The ord er a ' th e end of th e o pen ing lap read:
Sumner , Beyer , Durelle, Hart and Gruber. Lap
two saw ma jor sh uffli ng as Durelle and Hart
di spl aced Beyer for second whil e Gruber
alm ost bumped Beyer into th e hay bales in
moto o ne Allen battl ed with j ason j ohnson,
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turn four.
" He came under me a nd forced me o ut. I
had
sh ut off," Beyer said.
By lap four, Durell e was sizing up Su mner 's
lin e. Bo th were com forta bly ahea d of Hart,
who had a sim ilar ga p o ver Gruber . wh o in
'urn was being hounded by Beyer. As the
starter picked u p the ha lfway flags , Durell e
suddenly drove past Sum ner in turn thr ee.
Sum ner clo sed up as th e du o crossed th e
lin e. but Durell e was able to mov e ahea d in
turns o ne and two each lap and fin ished
co m fortably ahead. Han fini shed a lonely
third. wi,h Beyer passi ng G rub er late for
founh.
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Resul ts
R esults
50: I. T im H uu (l lj ); 2. Car mrllo Hnnan dt-z (h j); 3. Rh('.d Opp, (Sw).
85 (14-15 ): J. lI ('ik ki Yeaga (Sw).
as(12· 1'): I. JOIohua SWeat (K.a.w): 2. J immy Eva ru ( ~w );
3. O>.d Oppy (S",).
8.5 (7-11): l. John Annon (Yam); 2. Doug BarOI ( ~ w);
!' . J ack Ulrich (Kaw).
65: 1. Joh n Hol ba (lU w); 2. Kirk Ragas (K.a
w).
50: L Ca lvin Ken t (Y;am ): 2. Brad McCI('llan (Ya m); 3_
Rya n Ho lli da y (h j) .
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checkered flag . A pa ir of fourths ga ve Johnson
fourth overall. Danny Paladino started the
openi ng m oto in second but slipped to fifth
and then worked up to fifth in m ot o two for
fifth o vera ll.
In the l25cc Pro class McElroy flew into
the lead of both motos a' the star t and
co ntinued there to th e win a nd th e overall.
Steve Nelson diced with Greg Tirheimer earl y
in moto o ne but at midrnoto was a round and
co nti n ued ( 0 second ahead of Tirheirner,
Nelson held of! T irheimer in moto two to
take a not her second a nd second o vera ll. A pair
of ,h irds for T irh eimer equalled third overall.
Resul ts
250 P RO : I. Shaun Wootm (Hus); 2. J immy O ilY(Yilm);
, _Ron Alkn (Sw).
125 PRO: 1. Soon McEl roy (Sur); 2. SI('Y(' Nel son (Yilm);
1. CrqI: T irhriRK'1' ( H on).
60: 1. J~ Knchilm (Kilw); 2. And y G rf'Q: (Kaw); 3. Jdl
Nonhrop (Kilw).
RO JR: I. Jrll Baldwin (SUI ): 2. Branl SIt'iRn (Ho n); 3.
Johnny Ci ppoll ina (SUI).
80 1ST: L Sha ne EspmilO (Ya m).
80 BEC : J. Jimmy Pier ce (Kaw); 2. O larlM'Tracy (Ho n );
1. Man BnqUl:lo t (SUI).
125 BrG : I. CaM'Y J o nn (ho n); 2. G len Mu ra ta (Yam);
1. Ron Younll: (K..aw l.
t25j R: I. Jd l In gram (H o n); 2. Ca5(')' Johm.o n (Kaw);
1. Bra Ha lcom b (Ho n).
125 INT: I. Gr('Jt Allen (Kaw); 2. Mieh at'l 8randes (Kaw);
1. Dave x o ppels (Ha n ).
2.1)0 BEC : 1. Roi H ol ster (H o n); 2. J am~ Gr~g (Kaw);
,. Da n Sta h r (H o n).
2. )0 JR: 1. Troy Win g (Kaw ); 2. Mik(' Ca llag ha n ( H o n );
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3. Mik(' H ('lh fKaw).
250 1ST: I. Eric Du Cray (H o n); 2. Tim RiW (Kaw); 3.
And y Mt'din (Ya m).
500 BEG : I. JaDlt'l G ray ( K.aw); 2. 8i11 T a ylor (H on); 3.
Je1 fel in the
braking area in turn ,hree, slidi ng all ,h e way
to tum four a nd scallering the field ·as they
dodged to miss ,h e fallen nder.
The raao came down to a duel between loca l
favorite P lummer a nd Micha el Hunter o n a
Yamaha TZ250. The 'wo swapped the lead
,hree ,im es, and were co ns tantly sta lked by
y'oung ScOll Blow wh o was doing an incredIble job o n an FZR400. Blow ran off the tra ck
'w ice du ring ' he raao, a signal taken by Hun,er
back o u ' of th e lead bailie a li ttle btl, giv in g '
Blow a clea r sho , a ' second Mark Eri cson ran
in the fourth-pl ace spot o n his Dou cas Cycle
FZR600, work in g in and o u , of lapped traffi c
maintain th a' posit ion until th e fini sh , wi,h
S,eve Palell a ro undi ng out th e top five a nd
up selling the Yamaha sweep with hi s Suzuki
GSZR750.
Member s o f th e p re ss co n verged o n
Plummer for ph otos and interviews afte r the
raao and many car and kart racers as ked for
mo re in forma tio n o n 'he AMAlCCS racing
pr ogram.
Wal'er Pay,on was heard to say "These guys
au crazy," after watchi ng the race.
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Results
S H OOT-OUT: J. Jdl Plummn ( Yam ): 2. Scan Blow
(Yam ); 5. Michal'1 H unt ("f (Yam ): 4. Mark Ericbon (Ya m );
.5 S~ Palt'l b (Sw).
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