Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

in th e first combined Premi ere Li gh tweigh tl500cc rnoto , and did a credi ble job of briefly defending h is lead fro m Dick Mann. Mann, th ough, would be uns toppable in th is class, taking over sho rtly into the first lap and cha rgi ng throu gh the foo t-deep mu d w ith relative ease. Bean way let Mann get away, mak in g it a two-way battle between Pete Ford and J ohn Ford for third . Mann picked up the win, whi le Beanway, Pete and J ohn Ford and Peter Crutenden filled th e top five, respectively. Bea nway, again, slithered 10 th e front of th e pack in the second rn oto and for a while looked as though he might pull orr an upset win, as Mann fell. Mann , how ever, worked back through th e pack an d grabbed the lead for the overa ll wi n. Bean way was th e runner-up, clinchi ng the overa ll win in the Ligh tweigh t T wo class, bu t it was Ford fin ish in g secon d in th e 500s over Charles Regruuo, Fred Mork and Vir gil Eli ngs. Crutenden was the Amateur overall winner, while Kay Mann topped the Novices. The final race of the day proved to be th e crow d's favorite, mainly for nosta lgic reasons. T he event pitted '70s stars H ateley, Murphy and Aldan a against each other. Hateley wo n both motos, but . Murphy did a ll he could to tak e Hateley's lead , and at one po int, the two rode side by side to the finish with Hateley winnin g o ut by a wh eel. " It was one of the best da ys of raci ng this year," sai d Mann "excep t for the weather, but it's all pan of racing. " C'I Resul ts OPEN TW EJ[, 1. John Ha.e1fl WoocIs (H a n). 500 INT: 1. Rick H ollm bt'ck (Ho n): 2. Todd Lu ksa (Hon): ,. [mm"l Ram irror (Hon); 4. O1ri . McCormick (lio n); 5. I}dVro Mdlh"'lln (H o n). !tOO PRO: I. Eric San d. .trorn (H IID); 2. Ricky Luu (KTM). . 25-29 REG : I. Aaron Mali son (K.a w); 2. Randy Mnl ley (Kaw); 3. \'inioo Prorru rn oli (H a n); 4. Slro\'!' Kyramarios (Y~~~5'Nra~~ Ptn~~~~~~dock (Ya m): 2. T m y IkHm-a (Yam ); , . Anthony Alvr'S(H a n); 4. Aln ~Ilrw (Ya m). 25·29 INT : I. Todd Luksa (H an ); 2. Brad Holc::omb ( H u~) ; , . David Vanni (Sill); 4. DOl\'(' Malh eson (I-{o n ): 5. Roi Hol Mn (H o n). Vf.T NO V: I. Ddvid Dye (H a n); 2. Richard Tiago (H o n); 3. T roy Ilf'h ronera (Y",m): 1. Jon Coo k (Hon ); 5. AIM!Ch d lt'W (Y",m). VF.T INT: t. T im Alarcon (K.a w); 2. Kt"\'in Wdt"n (Ho n); , . Craig La~ (S ull; i . j Ol' Manin (Ha n); 5. bill. Sc.:halfn (Han). VET PR O : l. Lany Wrnoirk (Hon) ; 2. R.;,md y O \dp m:.rn , ( S w);~ . ) d f Wa ils (Ha n ); 1. Aln; j or gronlot'u (Sw); 5. RohumiJ PO!oIrd.m (Suz). O T NO V: I. T im Ketcha m (H o n ); 2. T om Srr:Ulon (Sw): 3. Pa r G ra ham (Hon); 4. Rrian Mn -d' OInl (Han); 5. R unPa

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