Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

LOCAL EVENTS ~ Crothers cruises to victory on Wisconsin ice By Steve Meik le STEVENS POINT, WI, FEB. 17 Ed Cro thers ca me o ut o n top o f a four-way battle for th e win in th e Pro MX class a t round eigh t o f the Central Wisco nsin Ice Racing Series hel d a t Stevens Poi n t. In mota o ne, Strang feld a nd Ray Legga te leaped a hea d of th e pack o u t o f the gate. Stra ngfel d tri ed to mai n tain first, bu t Leg gate was push in g Stra ng feld into every com er. Leggate wou ld gra b the lead for just a seco nd , the n Strangfeld wo ul d go deeper into th e co rner LO rega in it. L eggate wou ld fin d tractio n o u t o f th e comers a nd in ch a hea d, but Strangfeld would di~ deep and snatch th e lead back. T he aggress ion between th e two riders wen t o n lap a fter lap u nti l Crothers ca me fro m th e mi ddl e o f the pack, mo vin g into pos iti on and laun ch ed in to th e lead. Cro thers held o n to th e lead 10 the finish with Strangfeld and Le~gate still battling it o u t severa l len gths behind, Leggate sto le the holeshot in th e seco nd moto and Strangfeld struggled to pu t his illhandling Kawa sak i in front. S tra ngfeld managed to slip aro u nd Legga te go ing in to co mer two for the seco nd tim e. Leggate kn ew that Strangfeld was havin g ' problem s and pushed hard tr yin g 10 force Stra ngfel d in to a mi stak e. Crothers sta rted cree ping up on th e battling duo of Leggate a nd Stra ngfeld a nd decided to make it a three-way race for th e lead . Crothers found an inside lin e go ing into turn three to bump Leggate back a spot and th en set h is sights o n Stra ng feld . It took Croth ers ano ther lap before Stra n gfeld yielded. At thi s poi nt. Tom Croft had moved in to position to attack the lead pa ck o f Crothers, Strangfeld and Leggate, Crothers took the hard-earned win , Strangfeld struggled to ho ld o n to second and Croft edged o u t Leggate in a phot o fini sh . Resul ts JR : 1. John Stra ngfe ld (lU w); 2. CAney Foem mel (Suz). RU BBER: I. Pete Theis (Ho n); 2. Oerry Thrune (H a n ); 5. Ed CnJlhru (Va m). SPTSMN ; I. Ern ir Ourn ( Ka w); 2. Tnt Cophen Sr. (H a n ); 3. Brn Lew is (Va m). ~ Winne r Brett Landes (42) leads Jeff Anderson (70) and John Sperry (28) in the Open A class at the Clark County Short Track. NO V: I. Jnw- j o hn son (H o n) ; 2. Mi ke Ma lh l"WS (Hon): 5. Jo hn Su anf;fd d l Ka"",); 4. Steve Mrik.l~ (Kaw). PRO ; I. Ed O orher s (Ya m); 2. Lar ry Serangteld ( Ka w); 5. Tom Croft (Ho n ). 2SOSTU n NOV: 1. Torn Croft (Hon); 2. Bob Bau tch (Yam) ; 5. Kim Lewis (Va m). 250 sruo PR O : I. Eckes (Ya m); 2. Sl~ H u ckbod y [ H on] : 3. Gnry Thrun e IC A) . • OPEN STUD NOV: 1. Steve Richa rdson (Ya m); 2. Brad Wildrr (CA) . O PF.N STUD PRO : 1. S I~VC' Kasten (Vam); 2. Scu tt Wi n kl('r (Hon) ; !I. IUndy Tri p lett (H o n ]. ewe Fisher flies at Clark County ST .By Derryl An derson RlDGEfl EUJ, W FEB 1 A. . 6 Rex Fis her dom ina ted the Pro ma in even t a t ro und eig h t o f the In door Short T rack Series, held a t the Cla rk Co un ty Fair grounds aboard hi s Beaverto n Kawasa ki & H arl ey-Da vidson/ Bell/ D 's Lea the rs-backed Woods-R otax. In the first Pr o heat race it wa s Kel! a nd Fisher side by side with Kell fina lly taking the adva ntage. Kel1 rod e a good, smooth line as he sho wed Fis he r the way home. Behind the du o wa s Pa t Mun yon, Tricia Lyons, Bri an Bal dwi n and Will ie H al pert. J eff An ne n was a little too an xio us in heat two , which ca used a re start with Annen o n th e seco nd lin e. Steve H yson pulled a great hol eshot from th e ou tside to lead JeH Ek lu nd , Steve McCa u ley and the ot he rs in to turn o ne. Eklund hounded H yson and wi th a lap to go fo ught hi s way by for the win. Annen wound up fourth beh ind McCauley. At the sta rt o f the ma in, Eklu nd go t jammed between Kell , Fisher a nd H yson and was sen t to the g rou nd. After straig h ten ing a few th ings, Ek lund was read y to try it aga in. This time H yson got the scra tch, foll ow ed by An ne n, Kell . Mun yon a nd Fish er o n lap th ree. Fis he r ca ug h t F a nd passed both Annen and ire Kell goi ng in to turn o ne. The pass left Fish er right o n H yson 's rear end. A lap later Fish er passed H yso n comi ng out of tu rn two hi gh on th e inside bank. Fis her co nt in ued to stretch hi s lea d to the checkered flag. Behind Fish er was Kelt who edged out H yson at the lin e. Resu lts so B: I. Brandon Cri bbon:i (Va m ). SOA: I. D.& 1 ~ Ain slie (Yam); 2. Kotli Alih (Ilj); 3. SIt"Vr H Y IoOII (Vam); 1. C anrll Ho pk ins (Y.lln); S. J;lC Cunry (Yam). <.o flO: 1. I n!lhua Cuney (Hon ). RO: I. Rr.m Manl r-y ( Ka w) ; 2. T ft'\'01 F1dlh (Kaw); 3. J rn.hua Cunry (Ho n). 12';: 1. Don Strom (Ho n) ; 2. Crq; RiliMJO(Hu n ). 2SO R: 1. Jt'{( Nl"WM (H o n); 2. John Dun ham (Y.lln ). m 2!)() A: I. Ga ry Kapus (Ya m ); 2. J ulul Mc Elernn (H un ); 3. Jt·rr Ri"II'f (Ya m ). +.'JO250 8 : I. JrH N('w!>u ll (H o n ); 2. J ohn D un ha m (Va m). +302!j() A: I. C a ry KaPU!\i (Y'tlll); 2. Run Hupkin!', (Hun ); 3. J,·n Ri!lU (Ya m) . T O PES C: I. Crorgr Colby (Hon). O PEN B; 1. Lawren ce M.nh (T ril; 2. lkrl Marsh (lion ); 3. Oain Ek hrl (Yam ). O PES A: 1. Bret t Landes (Tri ); 2. jerr Anderson (f'.:or); 3. Ju hn SprTry (Tri ). H OO PEN B: I . Ron Evans (Ya m) ; 2. Da n Kimbd (Hon ). + ~O O P EN A: I. Mall H olm (RS t\); 2. Oa in Eichrl (Ya m ); 3. P.wl Pdrolli (T ri ). 47

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