Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

eLOCALEVENTS VET 30-39: I. Mikr &bka (Yam ); 2. Scot l j en sen (Suz); , . Mike Bell it'l (H e n): 4. Kir k Sud iff (H a n); 5. RUlCh Wah rn (I-I n). o SR 10"": I. Grn e O'Bovle (H on ); 2. Gl en O'Bcyle (Han): , . Rocky WaUol_JD (Ho n ): 4. John Ca rney (ATK): 5. Mikr Fink ~ (H o n). PRO·A M; I. Rodn {'y Mashue (H a n): 2. Pat Bucha na n (H . D ); 3. Brian Mill" (Ya m); 4. Jack May" Jr. (W. R); 5. Paul Kop s (W· R). Price picks up a pair at Trail-Way Short Track By Len Breech $-I (l) ..0 o .... u o HANOVER. PA,SEPT. 22 Georgie Price mad e a n a ppearance at TrailWay Speed way. and topped hi s u ncle, Bob Sweeten , to score wins 10 the 600cc Pr o a nd 750cc A classes aboard h is D&S Cycles/Dorsey Bu ilders-sponsored ma ch in es. In the 750cc class . Price too k th e lead fro m Max George a t the end o f the opening lap, wit h Clarence Bull . Mike Varnes and Bob Sweeten closely bunched behind. Sweeten too k over seco nd as th ey came o ff th e seco nd tu m on lap th ree, wit h Varnes moving u p cha llenge Sweeten in the mid-laps for seco nd. Varnes took o ver second o n the final la p. but Pr ice was long go ne. The 600cc Pro class was m uc h harder for Pr ice. as Sweeten held th e ear ly lead ah ead o f Eric Geo rge an d Mike Klopp. By the th ird lap. Price had worked h is way u p to second and too k the lead abo u t th e fift h lap, j ust befo re Sweeten dr opped o ut. In th e last laps. Mik e Varnes had worked h is way up to challenge Price for the lead , but no avail. In the Senior class, Sweeten jumped o u t in fro n t of jim Chapman a nd Bob Bab cock and p ulled a way. Babco ck battled the en tire dis ta nce for seco nd, b ut co uld n' t ge t hi s mach in e to hook up and fi ni shed a length o r two behi nd Chapman. Chuck Buchana n led Kevin Varnes. Gary Cla rk, Mike H acker and Mike Varnes off th e seco nd turn a' th e star t of th e 250cc A fina l. but Kevin Varnes sto le th e lead in the fourth turn. As Kevin pulled away to a 20-yard margin. Clark starte d to go backw a rds. as first Hacker and then Mike Varnes go t by him. On the last lap . Mike Varnes slip ped by H acker for the third spot. After two laps in the 600cc A final , Chuck Buch anan worked to the front in front o f j im H aas, Mike H acker a nd Dall as Baer. While Buchanan p u lled o ut a littl e cu shi o n , Baer and H acker battled over second tha t Hacker took o n the fourth lap for good. " Mike L ynch p u t his H onda o u r in front o f both the 200 a nd 250cc B fina ls and flat di sappeared . winning bo th by alm ost half a lap . Wh ile no , mu ch was happening behind him in 'he 250cc fin al . a good ba ttle over second took place in the 200cc C cla ss, as Mik e McKee held a dose second over John Winsett , until Winsett too k second o n th e th ird lap. McKee staye d close. but co u ld n 't ge t by Winsett. '0 Trail-Way Short Track saw Georgie Price (64U) sweep two classes. (L to R) Jess Ochoa, Bart Bast and John Houston celebrate at Auburn Speedway. passed bo th Maxwell and Mayforth to tak e third place. In th e 250cc Expe rt class. Pelton went undefeated . but no t wi tho u t some s tiff o p position from j ohn Du p ree. Dupree led Pel to n fo r severa l laps befo re Pelton wa s able to pass for the wi n. Pelt on snagged th e main event holeshot, with Du pr ee right o n h is heels. T om Cla rk ente red the fraca s. and gave Pelto n a run for hi s mo ney rig h t to the checkered flag . Clark passed Dupree between turns th ree a nd four, when Dupree wen t hi gh trying stuff Pelto n. Clark held o n finis h seco nd . The 250cc j un ior main event was topped by first -lime wi n ner, Dave RUSL Four crashes a nd fOUT restarts saw many riders taking advan tage. o f th e close realignment. Brent Bem is finished second. but what' s remar kable. is that Bemi s is a right-hand amputee wh o a ttach es his right arm to his handlebar with Velcro and opera tes hi s clu tch and throttle on th e left side. '0 '0 Resul ts O P EN EX: 1. Lo ren Bjorkm Oin (Yam); 2. J im Knief (H. D); 3. Rick Schroeder (Yam ). O PEN JR : l. DOlV(' Pelion (H o n ); 2. G('m~ S n()dgr.u~ (Yam ); 3. ihadlku5 'Tollstrup (Vam). 250 JR: I. Da ve Rust (Yam): 2. B' nll lkmi, (Yam); 3. Bob Suhjda (Yam). 250 EX: I. Dave Pelt on ( K.aw ); 2. Tom Clark (Yam): 3. JOCE~ur.rIk~~i:toll (Yam ); 2. Rick Schroeder (Yam ): 3. tim e to get by befor e Lea ch wa s ab le to swing a leg bac k over and I>e, back in th e race. repositioni ng him self In th ird place. Lea ch began cl osing the ho le. a nd was ta kin g advan tage o f the long back stra ightaway to pi ck up speed when he went into a wild tankslap pe r that sent h im flyin g over h is handleb ars into the infield. Wi,h Lea ch o u t of th e race and two laps to go, Forro had th e win in hi s pocket. A mecha n ical ma lfunction cost Pau l Ko ps the Open A title when he made an u nscheduled pi t stop o n la p two to reatta ch his chain. By th e time K0l' s go t back into th e race. Lyl e Barber was wei on his wa y to a victory. Ko ps wasn' t goi ng to let anoth er tide sli p thr ough hi s g ri p . though , a nd went after Tracy Ch affees' lead with a venge nce in th e 250cc A cla ss. After Ko ps di sp laced hi s brother , Kip. ou t o f the seco nd p lace positio n, he made a straight li ne for Ch affees' advan tage and took the po int in la p eight. Kops held the lead unti l he crossed th e fin ish line wit h his front wheel. Mike Babka grabbed th e lead o n lap five o f th e Vetera n cla ss fina l. aft er ge tting away a lmost dead last from a back row start. Babka took over for Scott J en sen in th e S-cu rve. J ensen came kn ocking o n Babk a 's rear door severa l ti mes during the next six laps, but Babka met th e checke red flag first at th e end o r lap 12. Mar k Aragon (CA). Results Form flies to Michigan TT victory By Grace DiBenedetto 44 MIDLAND MI. SEPT. 22 , Mik e Forro scor ed th e win in th e 65cc class a ' ,h e Michi gan State Amat eur TT Ch ampionships, held a t Po lka Dot s Motorcycl e Clubgrounds. Farro had his work cu t out for him, as he had to lose defend ing 65cc Ch ampion B.J. Leach. After ,aking th e lead in ' urn two, Forro found Leach wasn 't lett ing go o f ,h e title so easy. Leach was all over Farro in the righthander, reclaiming con tro l in th e hairpin , but th e next time around th e hairpin. Leach wen t down. Farro and Brice Edm o nds had en o ugh 50: I. jUlOIin Humphries (Ya m ); 2. Brent Nd 50n (puc). 6.'): I. Mik e Fo rro ( Kaw ); 2. Brice Ed mo nds (Kaw ); 3. Ste ve S tordahl ( Ka w ); 1. Brett Pall key (Ka w); 5. Bill y H ump hries (K d w ). 85: I. Bryan Bigelow (Kaw); 2. Da niel Kauffman (ha w): , . Chrit. Storda hl (Kaw): 4. Briel' Edmo nds (Kaw): 5. Je rry Smi th (Yilm). 200: L j ason Wilk r (Hon); 2. Brya n Bigelow (Ya m ); , . jason Semel! (K.aw); 4. j arirnia Becker (K.aw ); 5. Doug Bi1IO( (Ho n). nv: I. Merlyn Wertz (Tri); 2. Wi llia m Wen (T ri); .t Dun Bann erm an (T ri); 4. Harry Botoley (Yam ). 250 B: I. Kirk Sud iff (Ho n); 2. Ch;.d Davit. (SUl); 3. Mike Ca rriere (Yam); 3. Adam Milchell (Yam ); 5. Brian Van Werl (SUl). 250 A: 1. Paul Kop 5 (SUl); 2. Trac Cha H« (Suz); 3. Kip ~ Kops (K.1w); 1. Scali Jensen (SUl) ; 5. Ot" Mc rmi ck (Yam ). :Co O PE N A: I. Lylr Rarbtt (Kaw); 2: hk Ban nr rman (RlX): , . Will ia m Ru»ell (H a n ); 1. Kip Ko ps (I-Io n); 5. Paul Kop t. (SUl ). O PE N B: I. Jim G ibtoOn (Ho n): 2. Wad r RoIx-ru (Ya m); 3. Man Schoono vtt (H .D): 4. Larr y Sho h{'y (Rtx); 5. Jelf S t~r'Il5 (Ya m ). '0 Results 250 A: I. Kevin v am es (Ya m ); 2. Chuck Bucha na n (SUl) ; 3. Mikr vames (Yam) ; 4. Mikt' Ha cker (H o n); 5. Todd winsen (Mai ). 55: I. Rilly Slill well (Yam ); 2. jim my Ow ens (Yam ); !I. Will Ruw-II (H o n ): 4. Ju stin Imbod y (Ya m); 5. Co rey Hermes (Yam ). 600 A: I. Ch uck Bucha na n (Rlx ); 2. Mik e Ha cker (RlX); , . Dall as Batt (Rn: ); 4. Eddie Hidd en (H . D): 5. G ilry Foard (Rtx). 200: I. Pau l Lynch (Han); 2. j ohn Win !l('u (Ya m ); 3. Mikr McK« (Kaw); 4. T~m Ana nia (Ho n). 750 A: 1. Ceorg ie P rice (H· D); 2. Mikr Varnes (H -D); 3. Bob Sweete n (H -D); 4. Cla rence Bull (Yam ); 5. Max Cecrge (H· D ). 85: 1. Mike McKee (Kaw); 2. J oh n Winsett (Suz): 3. Ricky wlnseu (Sm ); 4. T om Sk.eth way (H o n ): 5. Bran do n Bill s (Yilm ). 600 PR O: L Geo rgie Pri er ( H · n)~ 2. Mikr Varnes (H · O); , . Mike Klo pp (R tx ); 4. Ha rold Do rK}' (R lX): 5. J im Ho llister (R lX). SR : I. Bob Sweeten (H- D); 2. J im Ch apman (H·D): 3. Bob Babcock (H- D): 4. Jo hn Win M:tt (Yam); 5. J Ot" H ~bn-lin K (Ya m). 250 B; I. Pau l Lynch (Ho n ); 2. Don j oh nson (Ya m ); 3. Breu j ohnson (Yam ); 4. T o m Ana nia (Ha n ); 5. j .atoOn Lheureux (Yam ). 600 8 ; I. Ja ck Frank lin (I-Ion ): 2. S.hawn RothSlrin (Hon ); 3. J ody Yen ck (Yam ); 4. l eU SaMaman { H o n): 5. Willi a m Gnffilh (Ya m ). . 65: 1. Benja mi n Mill" (Ya m); 2. Will Ruu e ll (Hon ]. Bast crowned Auburn Speedway champ By R.C. Jon es AUBURN, CA. SE PT.'20 Northern Ca liforni a Champion Bart Bast tallie d a perfect score of 15 point s to win th e Mille r Ge n u i ne Dr a ft Aub u rn Spe edw ay Track Ch ampio nship. Bast, aboard hi s K.M. Co ncre te/ Peterich / Arai-sponsored Weslak e, blasted to his five stra igh t wins with the ho me crowd behi nd him . Every tim e Bast lined up. the chan t ·of " Bart, Bart " would sta rt and Bast would rep ly wi th a win. At interm ission Bast picked u p hi s new K.M. Concrete Wesla ke for being n u mber o ne, co mplete wit h tra ining wheels, . basket, fuzzy dice, a nd a Pee Wee Herman ho rn . . After two ro u nds it was clear th at Bast wa s ,h e ma n to bea t as on ly he and Darrell Bus by were two- heat win ner s. Round lhree saw Busby shut o u t, leaving Bast in the dr iver 's seat. Ochoa bou nced back fro m a fourth-p lace finis h in the first round to win th ree stra igh t before finishing second to Bast in the fina l ro u nd and th ird place o vera ll. Ho usto n wo n hi s first heat the n dropped a cou ple of points with two second-place finis hes before win ning the last two heats on h is wa y to hi s second p lace finish . T he Division Three Champi o nship was easily won by Simo n Cacy foll owed by T om Cas tna go la. Cacy took the lead at th e first comer and never looked back as Cas tn ag o la ran a stead y pace to follow in second . After one restart, th e Division Two Championship wa s won by Dave H u ntoon. H u n\ too n and G len n Moo re ta ng led at th e turn o n th e fir st start when Ri ck Swa lley was leading. On the resta rt , Hu nt oon bl asted into the lead as Swa lley 's bike misfired and th en held off a charge by Moore. On the last lap. Moore's bike qui" leavin g Marty Matth ews the ru n ner- up with Swa lley th ird . Results POI NT S: I. Bart Basi (Wn ) 15 pu: 2. Jo h n Ho uslo n (J aw ) 13; 3. J eu Ochoa (Jaw ) 11; 4. Dustin Schroeder (Wes) 10. D-2: I. Simo n Cacy (Jhan. Painter won th e first motu over Corky and Chance Maughan . In seco nd mota act ion, Pa inter ho leshot and never loo ked back. Ja son Barber and Corky Ma ug ha n fo llowed in hot pursuit. Chance Maughan was o n th e ga s, a nd moved by bo th Corky a nd Bar ber for second. Pa inter cruised o u t fro nt. wh ile Corky a nd Chan ce batt led for second. Co rk y do ve on the ins ide of the trip les and pa ssed Chance in midai r. while G reg Lon es and Barber ma intai ned fourth and fifth , respec tively. The finish ing o rder read: Paint er , Corky Mau ghan . Ch ance Ma ug han . Lones a nd Barber. In 250cc Ex pert action . Brad Frampton grab bed the Ii rst mor o win ov er Corky Maughan . Ch ad Wall work . Brad Bolton and Chance Ma ughan . Ma rlo Pain ter was the star of the seco nd moto, as he stole the holeshot and won go ing away. Aaro n Paint er. Bohon, Wa llwo rk and Frampton foll owed in hot pursuit. Frampton was on th e gas . blowing by Wallwork and Bolton. Aar on Pai nt er was his next target , and he dropped him to ,h ird. Pa int er was lon g go ne when Frampton mo ved into seco nd, winni ng the mo ta over Fram pton , Bolto n , Aaro n Painter and Cha nce Mau gh an . In th e 80cc Expert clas s. Diel wo n th e first mota over Kip p Posey and Brad Ballard. H eadman lost his footpeg in the firs t mo ta. but came back strong to win th e second ·race.

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