Mike Varnes (1) led winner Robert Miller (1N ), Ge o rgi e Price (64) and Tom
Majeski early in th e 250cc A main event at the Harrisburg Indoor Short T ra ck.
retalia ted in the nex t corne r. bu t Crothers
again forced h is way past in tu rn three.
Cr others the n set his sights on St ra ngfeld, a nd
dov e 10 th e insi de of turn two to ta ke th e lead.
Crothers ro de to a smooth finish with
Sttan!p"e1d and Leggate tra ili ng.
Thmgs go l rough in the Sportsma n class
today, as Ted Coplein Sr. was rear-ended in
comer o ne by Marly Minsaas in th e qualifier.
Min saa s CUI his leg badly on Copleins' rear
tire. In th e main event, Coplein piloted hi s
H on da into th e lead, j us t ahe ad o f Ernie
.Duerr. Duerr mercil essl y sta lked Co p lein,
looki ng for a way arou nd. Duerr hooked
Coplein's rear wh eel and did a spectacular
h igh side a nd ha lf twist into the sno w ba nk.
Coplein struggled 10stay upright, but lo st first
p lace 1 Dave Ryu n. Ryu n held o n for th e
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win desp ite Copleins' efforts to "ca tch him in
th e closing la ps. R yu n took th e overa ll for
th e da y followed by Coplein and Mik e Vogel.
Results
JR: I. Joh n Suangft'ld ( IY. w): 2. Brad Puwt'll jHon); 3.
l.uc:a Fox. (H on).
RUBB ER: l. Gnry ThruM' ( H on~; 2. Pflr lbr~ (Hun );
3. 0uU. l...iIIUnnL
SPTSMN : I. ~..W' RYOIn ( V..m ): 2. T nt Coplrin Sr. (Hon);
3. Mike VOK!'I.
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NOV: I. John Sua ngfr ld ( K.3w ): 2. John Ron nmbtTR
(Hon); 3. Ted Cop lr in Jr. (Hon).
PR O: 1. Ed Crothcn (Y;&m ); 2. 1U:'1l...tuOllr ( H o n) ; 3. Larr y
StnnKldd ( K<.w) .
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250 STU DDED NOV: I. Lany F.d.n (VOIm ); 2. Bub &ulch
(YilIII): 3. T om "Croit (Honl.
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250 STU D DED P RO : 1. O iU Ecltn (Y.:am ): 2. Rick Slovla k
( y.,.); S. Gkrw ; 5. And> Cro.by.
aT I ~T: 1. J im Srlyrr; 2. Bob Com~tock ; !. a iff Kobrr n ik.
OT J R: 1. TnT}' Thomu; 2. Bob Udwick; 3. Wall" Smi lh;
4. Albrrt H in klt')'.
aT EX: J. Mikr H ickm an.
?J ~iG~f),~nG~;;~~;:'f~ki ;
2. Aaron Cnwfo rd; ! . SIC"\'t"
Farm tt; 4. Brad Rrunkoll; 5. G rq Eaton .
\\·M;-.J: I. Deanna Ho lbrook : 2. Ja.nnr Va n B u~kir L ; 3.
Suwn Sm ith; 4. Laurir Sunge; 5.Lig W rriwn. .
60 JR : I. Gl'qI; Black wrll : 2. 1100UC o- wson .
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6OSR: I . Rohrrl Ho h gn-w;!. MikrStorm ; 3. o-ol\'idTum";
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4. ew,.. J u hm nn .
PI\\': I. Isaa c Da wYJO; !. Glt'g BlxkwrJl ; 3. Tylrr Fick; •
-t. w m Da w'lOO; 5. Jf'J.'Ioh Gu ndtTvm.
2500 BEG: I. M.uk Lr wi..; 2. J.unn McK~n ; 3. Pa u l
M ru~lJn K: i . Rob Livill g~lon : ~. Ra nd y Arl"rKb.
go B.:G : I. D\aIY l rnabur g; 2. Rya n Tn- lreki: 3. Clri.
J nh mnn: ... RUMrIl Clt.T;. 5. ani~ Meytt'!t.
500 BEG: I. john Lr w..: 2. Terry Tbomas,
500 l ~": J. Rod u.rn1ilock; 2. Rob )' Leac h,
!tOO J R: 1. Bill Fa... no; 2. SIC"\'t" Ewon,,",; 3. D ni, Prl n-M'h.
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125 11\ : I. Ry..n H.. ~ nn; 2. Mikr ∨ ! . f..ddir
Om hnn.
tIO 11\T: I. Milr t1hm; 2. Cul)' Ful kT; 3. Tim H ol.. .; -t
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Jnt. y William..
80 JR : I. Robe n Hohgrrw ; 2. J <»h ua Bruer; 3. Do ug
Me Kuhn : 4. Molu Will iam s..
Miller mows 'em down at
Harrisburg Indoor ST
By Len Breech
HARRISBURG, PA, FEB 15
.
Ro bert Mill er ca me from beh ind 10 stea l th e
250cc A ma in eve n t win a t th e sh o rt tr ack
porti on of th e 13t h Annual Budw eiser
Motoram a held in the State Farm Sh ow
Aren a.
Mik e Varnes llrabbed Ihe lead a l Ihe sta rt
o f t he 250cc A fin a l ahead of Geo rg ie Price,
Kevin Varnes, To m Mal' esk i and Rob ert
Mill er. After a few laps of c ose bauling , Price
tr ied to ge t under Varnes who was guardi!1 g
th e in sid e. There was no space. and Pri ce
slip ped back 10 fourth. Miller p u t hi s Miller 's
Cycles Yam aha in to seco nd at the haJ(wa y
mark. a nd sta rte d to p ressu re Var nes. Miller
!:O! by on Ihe ei g h lh lap, while Price wen l
Int o seco nd as he took th e wh ite n ag. Varnes
retook seco nd as th ey en tered th e th ird turn .
but co uld n' l ca lch Miller .
Wh en th e green fla g dropped i n Ihe 600cc
A fin a l. Price l'umped o u t 10 lead Sco tt
Sa u nde rs , Char ey Majesk i. Kevin Varnes
a nd Tom Maj eski. T om gOI b y Varnes fo r
fourth o n Ih e th ird lap a nd sta rt ed to prob e
h is o lde r brolher 's defen ses. While Price had
h is Dorsey Bu ild ers/D8cS Cycl es-sponsored
Wo od-Rotax in fron t o f Sau nders. th e
Ma jesk is went a t it. Aft er se~eral laps o f
p ro bing, T om gO! under Charley as Ih ey
entered th e third lurn o n Ih e eig h lh lap, bUI
th ey co lli ded in th e four,lh lur!' with ~harlel
go ing d own. and T om s cha in co m ing o f .
Pri ce won th e main a hea d o f Sa u nders and
Varnes.
Charley Maj esk i had a ra ce long bailie wilh
Bart Lucas in the Senior cl ass. Lucas had
the lead a nd held a tight, inside line ,hal
Maj eski co u ld n' t pe netrate. Maj eski went o n
the outside a nd gradua lly p u lled even with
L uca s a nd on the n inth lap Majeski got b y
and pulled out a co m ma nd m g lead. Maj eski
topped Lucas, Bob Sweete n a nd J oel P hel p's.
Ro y Miller lOok th e lead fro m MIke
H acker , R ick y Winsett and Ro ger Denmyer
a l the start o f the 200cc final and never looked
ba ck . Hacker fell o n Ihe second turn, and
Denmyer moved into second. Lynch and
Winsett gO! by Denmyer a few la p s laler and
started to close in on Miller , but th eir charge
was cu I sho rl by Ih e checkered flag.
ResullS
55: 1. J iilrob J ohntOn ( Y~ ~); 2. j f'rf'm y Cook (Yiilm): 3.
Eric H iilc\.miiln (Ya m I; 4. Wilham R us.wll (H on).
65: I. Brod y MilIrr (Ya m); 2. TnTanct' Ov-nbolch (Kaw);
Jim Li ttle grabbed the early lead over Dave Adams (401) and Dolph Neskoney
(416) in th e Over 40 class and went on to win at the lars Hare Scrambles, .
S. Sean Slrw iiln (XoIw); -t. Benjamin Mill rr (Ya m); 5. Ja cob
Johnso n (Kaw).
85 : 1. ,Ricky W i n~u (Yiilm) ; 2. Todd winseu (H on) ; 3.
Jo hn wt nseu (S U1); 1. Mik~ McKee-( Ka w); 5. Pa ul Lyn ch
(H on ).
200: I. Ro y Mi ll~r (K,,"M); 2. Pau l L ynch (Hen]: 3. Rick y
W in ~ u (Yam); 4. M ik ~ H ac ker (H on ); 5. Roger Dmmyn
(Yiil m)•
VINT : l. Mark Burkholder (Bu l); 2. ROKrr Dmmyn
(Yiilml; 3. Steve RydC'r (Bul ); 4. Rick Farl ow (Bul); 5. Tom
Ana Oliil ( Hon) .
250 B: I . Ro~r Iknmyrr (Ya m): 2. Dam on u ng lr(Yam);
3. Paul Shomukn (Yiilm ); 4. Ch uck Blruin g (Ya m); 5. Da vid
Ga m blC' ( Ka w) .
250 A: I. Rube n MillC'r (Viilm) ; 2. MikC'· Vamo (Yiilm);
3. GC"OrgiC' Price (Viilm); 4. T om Miiljn ki (Ya m) ; 5. Mar k
Burkh ol dc=r (Ya m).
SR: I. Olarlt"y Miiljnld (Bu l); 2. Bart Lu cas (SU1): 3. Rob
SWee-I('1I(H· D): 1. JOl"I Phelps (Hon ): 5. Mikr V ~ lal (Ya m) .
600 B; I. Ri ch E1~inR" (Ho n ); 2.. Cluck B l~mg (Yam ):
3. T om Hannum IH·D); 4. Rogn Drnmy" (H e n): 5. Rick
H iilwk(Yiilm).
600 A: I. Ceorgie Pr ier (W· R); 2. yOU s...und rrs (H -D );
3. Kn'in va mes ( RIK); 4. Mikl" Varn" (Ya m); 5. Robrrl
Millrr ( Rn"l·
Beyer tops Salem AX finale
By Clay L ight
S.i llM, OR. FEB 2.1
.
KT~I · m o u nt ed Gary Beyer finalized th e
arenacross season in fin e styl e by so u nd ly
winning bo th 125cc Pro motos at the Oregon
Slate Fairgrou nds over seaso n-long riva l J eff
Dai ly and Kenny O lsen.
Beyer ga ted precisely in the first mo to, while
Dail y a nd O lsen d id n'l far e q uite as well . Da il y
a nd O lso n tan gled co mi ng o u t of tur n two ,
a llowin!: Beyer 10 o pe n up a huge lead. Ol sen
gO! ro lh ng ago 1 grab seco nd , bUI Dail y
..in 0
ca rved Ihroug h traffic 10 ove rtake O lsen. Dail y
Ihen set h is sig hts o n Beyer , but hi s charge
fell sho rt.
Mot o two saw Beyer grab the lead w hil e
Olsen and Dail y resu med their bar -banging
baule. The two riders p us hed and sho ved u ntil
O lsen decided he'd had en ough, a nd leI Dai ly
past. Dail y reeled in Beyer lal e in the mo to
a nd au emp led to pass. but lo st con lro l a nd
went down. Beyer esca ped with th e win , while
Dai ly salvaged a seco nd pl ace finis h o ver
Ol sen .
" It was cra zy o u t Ih ere," sa id Ol sen. " I
decided stayi ng a live was a lot more im po rta n t
Iha n a few b ucks,"
The 250cc In lerm edia le class saw Steve
Lewis a nd Dave Akerma n co me in to the event
a mere two points apa rt i n the titl e chase.
H o wever , wh en Ihe checke red flag fell il was
Lewis leav in g with a grea ter po ints spread
a fter l0'llt in g 4-2 ri des. Bru ce Barnes neued
seco nd In the fir st moto to O1ad G ra vell e.
th en came bac k to bea t Lew is in mot o two
lO ta ke th e o verall win.
Lewis' second-place finish in mot a two ~ve
h im el10ug h poi n ts to secu re the ti tl e.
Aker man ~ot ca ug ht in a first turn pileup an d
fi nished Slx, h, scoring fifth overall.
Resu lts
125 PR O: I. Ga ry Bryn- IKT M); 2. J rif Diilily (H un) ; 3.
Kron y OI!ot'f1 (Kaw).
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125 1ST: I. J iilM) PC"an .on (Ho n); 2. Ryan HalVma n n
(H on): 3. Edd ir Ilrnhnn (Hon) : 4. Milr.r Bur ( u w ); ~. Cud
Rt"rd (Kawl.
80 (NT : I. T riilvj, WWbrT (Kilw); 2. Cory Fu llt"r (Kaw);
3. Mikr UIW1'l (Kaw); 4. Tim H oliii~ (Slu); .'.l. J ruy Will iam,
(Kaw).
aT INT: 1. Bo b Com1itock (Kaw); 2. J im Srl yn; 3. Ru wy
Garrison; 4. lkwC"y L..nut u rg; 5. am Kobrr nik.
b
125 BEG D·I : i. Gary Trrln:ki; 2.. DOIlr Cotn; 3. Scon
Sh('nrll; 4. JO$h TrUC"; 5. Aaron c...olwford .
125, BlG D·2: J. Doug McKuhn; 2. J ; 3. Ja.nnr
ViilnBu, kirk; 4. Dt"bra Sun.t'lfi.
6Oj R: I.Grf'lll: BliKkwrl l; 2. IYM· Da wtlM1; 3. K.rI vi n Sc~ .
60 SR: 1. Rubm Hoh grrw: 2. J ilmi s...nta.; J . Cody wrvm:
-t. John POIhnr (.
Cardwell zaps lars HS win
By Tom Tysl
SAN ANrONIO, TX, FEB. 10
SIeve Cardwell co llec ted the big ch un k
o f the pro purse. while Terry Ba inbridge
sco red first amateur at the 10lh round o f the
South Texas Hare Scrambles Series at lars
Ra nch .
The Pro s wer e fir st o ff th e line with
Kent H o wer to n gelling th e hol eshot followed by Card we ll , J ames Mitch ell and Jon
Bennet.
By th e th ir d o f the six lap race, H owerton
had bui lt up a 90 seco nd lead wh en he had
a frig htful co nfron ta tion w it h a yo u ng
spectator cro ssing th e tra ck . As it turned out
neither was seri ousl y i n~ured in the co lli sion . b u t H o wert on d ecided not to rejoi n
th e race.
Ca rd we ll co n tin ued o n for the o vera ll wi n
w ith Mitchell fi n ish in g seco nd and Bennet
third,
The Fo ur-S troke cla ss th u ndered into th e
woods wi th Richa rd Bak ke leading Eddie
H ar r iso n and Do n n y O ·Neal. By the start
o f la p Ihree, O ':-Iea l wor ked h is way paSl
Ha m so n and had h is sig hlS sel o n Ih e lead er
wh o was a lmos t Ih eee m inutes ahe ad.
Bakke's lea d slo wly sh ra nk a nd wh en Ihe
wh i te flag ca me o u t he trdd o n ly a 60-secolld
advan la ge over O ' Nea l. As th e final lap
tic ked o ff, Ih e battle ended a l a m ud crossi ng
tha t O 'Neal mad e a nd Bakk e didn 't. O 'Neal
cro ssed the finish lin e more than a minute
a head o f Bakke wil h H a rr ison t h ird, five
minutes down.
Dav e Adams led th e Ov er 40 wav e into
Ihe trees on lap o ne closel y fo ll o wed by J im
LillIe, Andy T rott, L on ni e P h il ip s, Ferdi nand Ro u ch and Ni ck Ni ckelson.
Wilhi n Ih e firs t 15 m iles LillIe mo ved 10
Ih e fr ont , 18 seco nds a hea d o f TrOll .
Ni ckel son an d Philips ha d a grea t d ice o ver
th e Ih ird 5pot la stin!; Ihe entire race.
L ittle rod e a co ns ls ten l pa ce to claim th e
n u mber o ne posi tio n o ver a fadin g TrOll.
Philips cam e 10 a close th ird wilh 45 seco nd s
on Nl ck leson i n fo u rt h .
Resul lS
AA: I. SIt"' (" y rdw r ll (Suz ); 2. Jamn Mi tchl"1I ( Kaw);
! . J on Bennd (Kaw).
O PE S A: 1. Shiiiun Ma rti n (Ya m ); 2. Sam Kno wlt on
(H on); 5. DOIvid Kj ~ h (H on ).
200 A: 1. Kft1 L.ngham (Ya m) ; 2. ~"" rk Milia ( YiilmO;
3. Ma rk }l"IJ('Cb ( K.il w).
O rEN B: I. Scott St:houlOl (H on); 2. jdf Wi lton ( Kaw);
3. J im m y Moorf' (KT M).
~ B: I. G Il"n Outon ( Hon ); 2. Stoall Edwarch (H o n );
3. Tommy Fa br rgu (H on).
200 B: I. Alan Ki"tt (Kaw); !. Doug Klim a ( Kaw);
JOIloOn T rOll (H on l.
125 B: 1. Brian M.aw.m ( Ho n); 2. Jiilmn Ha rmo n (H on);
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! . Er ic Wiq d ( Yarn l.
OVE R 50: I. M..rlr.. Co lle (H on ); 2. Jamn Rab y (u w):
! . Frc=d Pr
