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California Trail Rides Presents The 2nd Annual AMA National Championship HilldimbSeries: Round 6 _ Frazier remains unbeaten with Freemansburg win By Scott Karst 'RiCT ~~ ~ An AMA D-37 Dua l Sport Adventure sta rting in the Barton Flats area of the San Bernardino National Forest. FREEMANSBURG,P.o.. SEPT. 15 im Frazier scored the win in the 540cc class at the ' Freemansburg H ill cl i m b . Nothing unusua l abou t that, the victory was the Ohio rider's seventh straight, six coming in poin ts-paying event s and the other in the Nat io nal Invitatio nal at jefferson, Pennsylv ani a , o n August 4. BSAm o unted Frazi er b la st ed u p the approxima tely 600-foo t hill that featured five jumps in 10.2956 seconds. Mich igan 's Scott Everett was seco nd on a T riu m ph wit h a climb of 10.4286 seco nds , and Pau l Pins o n na u lt of . Massachusetts was th ird o n a Honda wi th a 10.6515. Frazier is shooting to become th e first hil lclirnber to win every round of the National Championsh ip co mpetition. " We have two rounds left j efferson (Pennsylvania) on Sep tem ber 29 and Dayton (Oregon ia , Ohio) o n October 13," said the 540cc class po ints lead er from Ohio. "They both offer diffe rent cha lle n ges. Each hill we compete at is different. You have to be ab le to handle the jumps and at some h ill s, you have to stay in the fast ru t or you're in tro uble. " Competition in the 800cc cla ss saw Cana dia n Wade Willi a ms tig hten th e '91 points battle by winni ng with a 9.1481 climb on his Honda. T he win was wort h 15 point s for Will iams and he closed to withi n six points of leader j eff Yoder of Indiana, wh o p laced sixth with a 9.9558 aboa rd h is H arl eyDavidson. Ru nner-u p honor s went to India n a 's Lou D. G er en cer, a lso H arley-mount ed, who topped the hi ll a t 9.2 14. Gerencer had wo n the las t two climbs at Freemansburg. T h ird in class was Harley rider Robert Castledi ne a t 9.3683. Rou nding o u t the top five were Greg Williams (9.8638) and Louie Gerencer (9.8849). «:N Sunday, Oclober6,1991 T Open to Street Legal Trailbikes Only. Spark Arrestor Required. COURSE DESCRIPTION: A 100+ mile dual-sport loo p in the beautiful San Bemardino mountains around the Big Bear, Califomia area with optional sections for the more experienced riders. A great ride for novice and experienced ride rs alike ! D ). 800 POINT STANDINGS , I. Jeff Yoder (61); 2. Wad e Wi lliams (58 ); 3. Lou D. O erencer (57); 4. T om Chatterton (53); 5. Ro bert Ca stledin e (52). ~o: I. T im Fra zier (BSA); 2. Scott Evereu {Tri ); 3. Paul Pi nson na u h (Ho n ); 4. Steve Dresser (Su z); 5. J ohn H islo p (BSA); 6. La rry Licht (BSA); 7. R ich ard So ler (KTM ); 8. Tnt Wilkins (Har): 9. Ern ie Pelli n (H on); 10. Ralp'h Kreaser' {Tri). 510 POINT STAN DINGS: I. T im Frazier (75); 2. Scon Everett (62); 3. Pa ul Pinsonnauh (58); 4. T ed Wil kins (50); 5. Sine Dresser (49). 2 M t4/t1UlOt {)fI4t S J!.Ofi cTt4tffBO,eE E FREE BBQ Saturday Night for All Entra nts, courtesy of Cycle News. Entry also includes T-Shirt a nd automatic chance to win a new Suzuki DR350S in the California Trail Rides series drawing at this event. PRIZES PRIZES PRIZES - t N I ... ~ 5 ~ r • Come up and enjoy the entireweekend!We'll be ga thering on Saturday in the group camping area (no water or hookups) off East JenksLake Loop R ood in the Barton Ratsarea. Hiking. fishing and other outdoor activities are nearby. Porta-pottiesare in place. Many new 1992 motocycleswill be on display, including new Dual Sport models from S uzuki on saturday and Sunday. No unlicensed. not-s treet legal rid ing allowed in campground. Start timefor the CYCLE NEWS Dual Sport is 7:00to 9:00 a.m..Sunday, OCtober 6.. Map not to . cal e .ENTRIESARE LIMITED! Entry Fees: R ollChartsprovided. Bringyourroll chart holder, Navigation by mileage, Mail Entry Recommended Mail: $25 Passengers ride FREE! Bring a friend, kid, spouse or pet. Post: $30 "Free passenger entry does nat include T -Shirt, but can be purchased forjust $5.00 send E ntry with Name, Address, AMA Number, D-37 Dual Sport number and ONE SE LF-ADDRESSED, S TAMPED ENVELOPE to: CALIFORNIA TRAIL RIDES. 16458 Bolsa Chico # 216 • Huntington Beach, CA 92649. INFO: (714) 846-1241 Sullivan sweeps Southwick Vintage Motocross Now Available Through Cycle News Action Theater "1991 AUSTRIAN ROAD RACING GRAND PRIX" By Joh n H art SOUTHWICK. MA. SEPT. 15 Mark Su ll ivan ea rned the overall wi n in the 1975-78 Vint a ge class at round five of the Eastern Vin tage Mot ocr oss Ra cin g Champion ship s, held a t MX SS8. The Cen ter Li ne Indu stries-sponso red event drew a record number of entries co m pe ting on pr e-'75 as well as 1 9 7 5~ 78 ma ch inery in a to tal of 10 differen t classifications. The Southwich tra ck was enjoyed by a ll entrants , and even an after noon sho wer di dn 't da mpen the even t. In the Pre-7S Plus 40 Novice class. Robert T rueworthy scored ' a per fect 1-\ to take th e overa ll . while Wall y T u nison competed o n a Ri ckrnan -Mo n tesa to hammer the competition in the Pre-75 Pl us SO Ama teur class. Pre-75 Expert rider, T im Weaver. con ti n ued his win ning ways in the class . (jjffi~ FREE BARBEQUE Results 800: 1. Wad e Will iams (H a n) ; 2. Lou D. Oereecer (H· D); 3. Robert Ca stledine (H·D); 1. Greg Will iaros (Hon); 5. Louie Ce rencer (H · D); 6. Jeff Yod er (H · D); 7. Tom Ghanaian (H · D); 8. T om Reiser (H D); 9. Ch arl es Casey (Yam) ; 10. H arry Schrei ber (H - Dual Sport Jamboree.JMA (#858) Round 7 of the World Championship GP Series took place at the ultra-fest Selzburgring. Austria in near perfect weather co nditions in fro nt of an enthusiastic crowd of .over 60.000 fans. The main event saw t he top po ints leaders in brisk contention for the honors. Young Aussie M ick Doohan was in dazzling form and he rode his NSR Honda almost to the limit du ring a tremendous battle for supremacy w it h current World Champion Wayne Rainey. DaDhan's Rothmans Honda partner Wayne Gardner was a lso in tremendous shape and his duel with Texan Kevin Schwantz is a sight to behold and will long be remembered as one of the many highlights of yet another ·st unning roun d in the 1991 series . The st orm ing fin ish of the 500 cc event proved to be one of t he closest ye t . Retail price on th is releese S3~9S. includes shipping. The ongoing ferocious contest for victory laurels between Italian Lucs Caldalo ra and fiery German Helmu t Brad l dominated the record busting 250cc event. The pace was bliste ring from green light to flag and Carlos Cardus smashed Calda lora ' s previous record with a scorching .Iap et 181 .98 km /h. 52 minu tes from GP Video. . 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