Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

_ eWIDucrlliW~~_&_~_:R~~_d_2 ~ Mike Green (21) got off the line fast and won in the 250cc GP class. H e also won th e 200cc GP race and finished third in both the 350cc GP Triumph-mounted Wayne Allen (87), Harley-Davidson-mounted Leo Anthony Jr., and Velocette rider Fergus Warwick dice. Ralph Auer pitched his 1961 BMW R50 away in th e 500cc Premier class race that was won by Dave Roper. ~nd 500cc Premier classes. the event's two closest fini shes. After a race-lo ng feud, the West Coast British Racing rider just nipped Bultacomounted Lee Boison at the finish line. Scorers listed the margin of victory at .247 seconds. Donald Bannerman, on ano ther Bultaco, came hom e third. . The other near-photo- fin ish came in 750cc Grand Prix, when Pat Moroney and his Harley-Davidson XR750 just couldn't qui te outru n Britain 's Colin Breeze in a da sh from th e last corn er to th e finish line. Moroney, the 1990 class champ, led most of the race, but the BSA Rocket 3 was ah ead when it coun ted - by a scant .01 seconds . . True to form, some of the best racing was between the oldest bikes on th e grid. In a Cla ss C field made up of 40- to 50-year-old ma chines, Norm Ne lso n m anaged to get his 1950 Norton Manx across the line first at race end after battling Moroney on a '51 Gil era Saturno and the '48 Indian Scout of Pat McHenry. In Classic 60s action, Mark Samuelson eked out a narrow win over Tim Stancill, both aboard BSA Gold Stars. Three. more Gold Stars, all 1956 models, foll owed in third through fifth , ridden by Nelson , Edward Sensen ig and John Phillips. T he Pre-1940 victory went to the 1926 Indian Scout of Butch Baer after he traded the lead through out the race wit h J im Smith's '28 Indian , Al Knapp on hi s .'40 H -D WLDR and Ozzie Auer's 1939 BMW R51-SS. Auer wen t ou t lat e in the race after colliding with Knapp. • In o ther vin tage road racing action, convinci ng wins were scored by Cliff Bigoney in Sportsman 500, 1990 champion Eron Flory in Sportsman 750 and Craig McLean in 350 GP. Cl'I Resu lts PRE-HUO: I. BulCh BaO' {Ind); 2. J im Smi th (Ind); 3. AI Kna pp (H ·D); 4. George Wilson (Ind); 5. Dan iel By Matt Benson Stiner (Ind) . 200 GP PLUS: I. Mike Green (Due); 2. Byron Blen d (Ho n ); 3. Sven Bley (Bul); 4. Yosh i Kosaka (Bul); 5. Ed Sensenig (Du e). CL C: l. Norman Nelson (Nor); 2. Pat Moroney (G il); 3. Pa l McH en ry (Ind ); 4. Mar k Sam uelson (Nor); 5. Fred Mork (Nor). 250 GP: I. Mike Green (Due); 2. Lee Robison (Bul); 3. Donald Ban nerman (Bul ); 4. Tom Keister (Du e); 5. Stua rt Rogers (Due). CLASSIC 60s: I. Mark Sa muelson (BSA); 2. Timo thy Sta nci ll (BSA); 3. Norman Nel son (BSA); 4. Edwar d Sensenig (BSA); 5. J ohn Phillips (BSA). SPTSMN 500: I. C1ifl Bigoney (Hon); 2. Lawrence DA¥rONABEACH, FL, M 4 AR. rriving at Dayton a Internation al Speedway with a brace of 1964and '65 Du cat is, Mike Green returned to California after the BMW Classic Cup Races with an ar mload of trophies - firsts in 200 and 250cc Grand Prix and th ird in 350cc Grand Prix and 500cc Premier. (T ri); 5. J ohn Towery (Tri). 350 GP: I. Craig McLean (H · D); 2. Dave Roper (AJ S); 3. Mike Green (Due) ; 4. T om Keister (Due); 5. David Strecker. 750 GP: I. Colin Breeze (BSA); 2. Pat Moroney (H ·D); 3. Kurt Li ebmann (Hon); 4. J ohn Lo ng (Tri) ; 5. Randy Brad esku (BMW). 2-5TJl.X GP: I. Ricky Soles (Yarn) ; 2. David Hirsch (Suz); 3. Roger Reichert (Suz); 4. Paul Garland (Ya m); 5. Randy Harding (H · D). 500 Pu:.M: I. Dave Roper (Mat); 2. Tony Gill (Hon) ; 3. Mike Green (Due); 4. T o m Keister (Due) ; 5. Larry WolleL Green, Roper swift in Vintage meet Wol£el: 3. Norman Nelson (Tri); 4. Glen Towery A 26 T he second round of the American H istor ic Racing Motorcycle Association 's. 1991 Hi sto ric Cu p Series was spo nsored by BMW, Classic Bik e, Classic Racer , T he Cl assic Motor Cycle, Classic Mechanics and Metzler. In the day's feature ra ce, 500cc Premi er, David Roper rode flawlessly on a T eam Obsolete Matchless G50 to win over T ony Gill on a 1962 H onda CB72. Roper lapped th e field through th ird pl ace, fini shi ng almost nine seco n ds ahead o f th e Austra lia n vintage-racing champion. Green's 250cc GP win was one of

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