Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

~ LOCAL EVENTS Roeders roll to wins at York HM ~ By Le n Breech George Roeder II (66) passed Darrin Erichsen (68) for the York Hall Mile win. Sha ne Menyman (48) bested Dillon Cava (89) in the 250cc B class at Trail-Way ST. Y ORK, PA, M AY25 Monroeville. Ohio 's Roed er brothers each too k ho me a York M.e. guld wat ch fur their wi ns at the 34th Annual York Co u mv Benefi t Reg ion al Classic Ha lf Mi le o n i heir Roed er H·D/M ike' s H-D/ H erb Ha rri s/ L C Racing/ KK/ Sart in T ruckin g/ H u ron Ho g/Bell/J ohnson 's Body Sh op/Sherman Farms-sponsored Harl ey-Davidson XRs . J ess won th e Junior final in a repeat o f hi s hea t as he ba tt led Rod ney Mans hu e for th e fir st ha lf o f each race, wh ile George scored h is fourth Expert win aft er battling peren n ia l top th ree finisher Dam n Erichsen for the lead in the first half o f th e li na!' R,J. Overholt made h is Pro debut a winni ng o ne as he won the Pro -Am fin a l, battlin g J esu s Cra wlo rd lor the wi n. George Roeder sta rted the day by getti ng fast time la te in tim e tria ls wit h a 26.57 second lap, way o ff Dave Seh l's 1976 time o f 26.14, Roed er had an ea sy time taki ng h is heat, while Greg Sim s a lso easily wo n hi s heat aft er Ja son Fletch er dr o pped o u t wit h p rob lems. Dart -in Erichsen ba tt led Georgi e Price lo r the o ther heat win. As the Expert main even t's field sorte d itself dow n the bac kstra igh t, Erichsen held th e lead over Roeder . Si ms, Craig Estelle and Price. Roeder was in h is customary posi tio n, h igh in th e cush io n, wh ile Erichsen used th e lower line, b ut drifted hi gher comi ng o ll the turns. As they co mpleted th e. th ird la p , Roeder slipped into th e lead. wh i le Estelle took o ver third, but o n the next lap , Er ichsen had regai ned the lead , wh ile Price almost cras hed in the second turn. dropping back to 10th . Coming o ff th e fo urth turn to ta ke th e cros sed flags, Roed er slipped u nde r Eri chse n 's Frost Racing/Carl Patrick sponsored H arl ey to take the lead for good, although Eric hsen stayed clos e. Sims ~ot by Estell e for th ird o n th e ei gh th lap, while Price ma naged to fight hi s way back into fifth by the end. J u n io r hea ts went to J ess Roed er over Rod ney Mansh ue, Pa t Bucha nan just edged David Reeves o n th e last lap . and Kevin Varn es took th e third hea t. _ At the sta rt of the Junior mains , Roeder a nd Manshue shot in to th e lead over Varnes. Buch anan and Scott She!' Mansh ue held o nto th e lead in th e ea rly laps. bu t Roed er used th e cush io n to gradua lly o ver ta ke Mansh ue lor good by the fourth lap. \\' hen queried ea rl ier as to w h y he was sti ll a Juni or . J ess Roe der sa id, " After th e type sea so n I had last year, we decided to stay a J uni or fo r a no the r yea r for mo re sea soni n g .:: Segedy swift at Speedway 250 ST By T .L. Coss CAllIZ, OH, ~I AY 10 Fast ac tion . su ns h ine and a newlv wide ned trac k gree ted race fans at the Speedway 250 seaso n openi ng shor t track. The fans saw Ian Segedy . the 1991 Ca mel Pro Seri es Roo kie 01 the Year, wi n bot h the Open Pro class fin al and the Dash for Cas h . Segedy and his TLC Racin g/ Stark H. O .G .I Street & Trail /Am i-backed H arley-Davidson XR750 scoo ted 0 [[ the line smooth ly in the O pen Pro final , followed closely by Erik Kinsey. Segedy qui ckly sh ook 0 [[ Kin sey a nd stre tched h is lead ma rgi n o n eac h lap u nti l th e checkered na g ca me o u t and he scored the com ma ndin g win. T LC Racing 's Kinsey held o n to second wi th J im Beck taking third. In th e Dash For Cash, Segedy and Kin sey wen t a t it ag ain. but finish saw the sam e resu lts - Seged v wi th the win and Kinsey seco nd, Iva i Carl took third. T om H od ges p ulled 0 [[ th e hol eshot at th e sta rt o f th e 250cc Sm ooth Tire class final a nd dove into th e first turn up h i(:h, Jamie Inch , cha lle n ged for the lead by ridi ng o n th e low li ne. Althou gh H od ges ne rl y lost it up high , -a he managed 10 keep the bike up and moving a nd went o n to win with Inch tak ing seco nd . G reg H oldsworth third, a nd Dal e So nd les fourth. Doc H erron pulled ou t a l ifth pl ace m e Finish a fter a hea lt'U ba ttle w ith Bob J\l ilhgan . - H odg-es cam(>back lO score the win in th e , 250cc Kno bby Tire cla ss final. Hod(:es had to jo ust with Sam Stepano\'ich dunn g th e ea rl y go ing. Stepanov ich the n saw wh a t wou ld have been a ru n ner·up finish dis ap pear when J ason \Vilcox got by h im to ca p lu re second. Stepa no vich he ld o n to thi rd with Din g Fa ir ta ki ng lourth. Results 38 O P EN PRO: I. Ian Scogt:d y (H- D ): 2. Erik Kin i>t"Y 3. Jim : lk'<"k. DFC: I. Ian St-gedy: 2. Er ik Kin :;('y: ~ . Iva n Carl. 2.)()ST : I. Tom H odRn ; 2. Jam ie Inch ; .5 Gr eg H o llhwort h. ' . 2!" KNn; I. T om Hod Rn :. 2. Ja son Wilcox ; 3. Sa m ,o Slepanovich . OPES EXTRA: I. Ivan Carl : 2. J am ie Inch ; 3. Sam Su·pa novich . HO; I. Nick [ \IOlns. 2. Ben Evan s. 3. Rick y Fru pnafd. ; ; 50: I. Ra ce Ikllinger. \ 1 :"1.1 : I. Da lr Sond ln ; 2. Ken Arn old; .5. Doc Herron. Tresser triumphs at Hills Ferry Short Track By Mindyz Mac NEW~I A N , CA, MAY24 And y T resser rod e I hi s Wood-Rot ax lO a n exciting win over Ro n Bro wn in th e Pro -Am cla ss fina l a t 'he H ill s Ferry Sho rt T rack , Brown, rid in g a Yamaha, sho t o ut in front a t th e sta rt of th e Pro -Am final and led u nt il the hard- chargin g Tresser passe d h im o n the wh ite nag lap (0 take the win . It was Tresser 's I!rs t. wi n this year at H ills Ferry Speedway, Finishing th ird was Steve Mayfield. The Open Expert class field com pe ted in t~ r~ heats a nd o ne sem i with the top three Iini shers from eac h adva nci ng to the final. Kevin Bricker won the first heat , Jimm y Sanche z the seco nd . an d Tresser the third. Lonnie Pauley wo n th e semi. But th e mai n even t fell to Dann y H art wit h Ron Brown fini shing second and Sanchez taking third. J en na Ellis kep t her win streak goi ng wi th a ,.con vincin17 win over Dani el J ~nk ins a nd N ick Moo re m the Pee Wee class Final. Resul ts 1" /\\': I. j en na Ell i!> ( Yam )~ 2. Daniel J mk ini (S UI) : ~ . :'\i (-k (Ya m ); 4. Darrdl whiiebo u se (Ya m ). n :1.' A/ B: I. Kevi n Gonzal6 (1-1 -0 ): 2. DOI vid FrN'1t' (Rlx ): 3. Chm Fischer (Rtx ). 60:130C: I. LUKt Iverso n ( Ka w); 2. A.j. Kirkpa lrifk (Kaw ); ~ lt x llr ~ . J O lo(" D"w'olill ( Ka w ). . 1$0 A: 8 : I. T ob y Jor t n!lrn (H a n ); 2. Kunillo Rnhnu J r. ( K.;I W.'; 3. T Y Mm Sih'a ( K..w) ; '1. Tony So U10l \ Kaw ): 3. Eric Mart m (Ka w). 250 SCL BY: J. J ohnny ~Iu rphrt"(' (I-Io n) : 2. Bill\' ~b.T1in (C -Al: 3. ~ alhan Walt IC -A); 4. fJir ~tr()m (lio n): 250 c: I. J a mt'~ P il(·hror d (Ya m ); 2. Gcrald TCTU('! (Ya m ): .'t Ch ill Erkkvm (Yam ): 4. Joh n ny Kam el> (Ka w). 250 r\fR: I. J\ l R i !i("a ~tin (Kawl: 2. Rin ~ Mallin (C-A): 3. N;uh ;1II Wail (C-A): i . j oh n n y Murphr n- (Ho l1). 500 C: I. J r rl'm y Ti"ill (Ho n); 2. (" .o4"rall1 Trl1Tl'l (RIX): 3. Lar ~ y T h ur ma n (Ya m ); i . Kr vin fkupM'T (Ya m); 5. Troy f ";l vu· ( H o Tl). ;)00 ll: 1. J UMin O wnhey (H on); 2. Mikc Ca m Ol;1 (Y;lm )' 3. Mik e Ha mi lton (Ya m). ' O P~;\I .8 : I. Alla n M(-elrll a, ~ (Ho lI); 2. jim PuH (Rlx ); .'i. QUI!> FI!>(.her (RD i . Dun Wll h itt" (Hun). I): \'l l\'T A(B : I. Adam Sabedra t,:"am); ~ . Pa ul fko rgmom (i-Io n ); 3. JIm JlIl r.olll l-lun): i . Da V LaVIt"(Ya m ). Id W:\{:"oO: I. rlt'bhit" And t"rf,(J11 ( Ka w ); 2. T olmi QUOIn (RIX): . 3. \' rrnd O I)C'f (KOIw). . O P E:'IO A: I. Danny Ibn (RIX); 2. Ron Bro wn (Ya m); ~. jlmm ~ Sanchl'! (Ho n ): i . J ak rl.rm kr (Rlx): 5. Robt'n Ibm~ IRlxl. r" P·A: I. And y T r6 loC'T (W oR ); 2. Ron Bro ......n (Ya ml;.5 . SIt'V ~IOI yfidd (H· D); 1. Lo nn it" Pa u ley t Hon); 50. Eric Grrrn (WR). Pro -Am heats went 10 R,J. O verho lt, J esus Cra wford, Shawn Clark, J ack Fra n klin, Chad G roescu p and Chuck Buch an an , At th e sta rt o f the ir lina l, Craw lord too k the lead fro m O verho lt , Bucha nan , Cla rk, and Todd H u nter. Whil e Cra wlor d and Over ho lt lulled aw ay, Clark a nd Buchanna n swappe th ird back and forth in the m id-pa ck 01 the race, wit h Bucha na n tak in g control 01 th ird by the seven th lap. Alt er fo llow in g Crawford lor almost hall the race, Ov erho lt too k the lead as th ey went down th e backstra ight and kep t Craw ford beh ind for th e remai nd er o f the race. Resu lts P RD- AM: I. R.J . Overholt C ); 2. Jnus Crawford C ): Rtx Rtx .5. Cluc k Buc hanan (Rtx); 4. Shawn Clark (R tx ); 5. ~ Iikr Hacker (.Rtx ~ J R: I. JrMo Roeder (H . D;: 2. Rod m"y Ma nsh ur (Rtx ); .5 . Kevin Varnes (Rlx l: -I. Pat Buchanan (Rtx ); 5. Y OU Sehl (H· DI. EX: I. Ceor ge Roeder II (H- D); 2. Darrin Erichse n (H . [» ; .5 C~ Sim s (H. D); .1. erOlig Este lle (H · O); 5. GrorIPe . Pri ce l Rlx ). Majeskis, Merryman monopolize Trail-Way Short Track By L en Breec h HA:,;oVER, PA MAY 23 , T he Maj esk i brothers, T om and Ro b, scored three wins a mo ng th em sel ves, Rob topped th e very com pe titive 600cc Pr o class, while T om used th e same machine to top the Senior class and a lso wi n the 750cc final, while Sh ane Merryman wo n th e 250 and 600cc B class mains. Rob Majesk i took the lead from J ack Fran klin, Ken Coolbeth . and J im Hollister as th e 600cc Pro final go t underway a nd wenl on to win . Ken Mohler took o ver fourth o n lhe second lap, with Coolbeth mo ving in to second for good alter gelling o ne of hi s typica lly lousy starts. Mohler got bv Fra n klin for th ird on the seven th la p. . A few m in u tes lat er , T om took Rob 's ma chine o ut a nd grabbed the lead and th en the win in the Senior fin al. J im Cha p ma n fin ished second , SCOll Sa u n ders held th e lead over Tom Majesk i and Clarence Bull a t the start o f the 750cc fin al . but Majeski took over at th e end 01 the third lap and wa s never press ured as he went o n to win . ~l errym an's win in th e 60cc B fina l was fairly easy. H e j umped o ut to a fo u r bike len gth margin in the seco nd tu rn a nd was never challe nged , wh ile Jeff Sa ssama n , Todd T emple and Jody Yearick ba ttl ed for secon d. Yeari ck qui ckl y di sp at ch ed T emple and stayed close to Sassam an, slip ping by as they headed down the back straight o n the final lap to ta ke second. Merry man 's 250cc B class win was much harder, espec ia lly sin ce he a nd Dillon Cava were sen t to the pits for ca usi ng both false starts in their heats, Since less tha n 12 riders signed up, th ey were allowed 10 start the final, and both made the most 01 it by quickly putting severa l length s on Eddi e Wharton, Nick Arment a nd Bobby Bills, with Cava ho ldin g the lead, Merry man fina lly got by Cava.on th e sixt h Jap as they exited the second tu rn . Results 65: I. J ak e J ohnson ( u w ); 2. BiII ~ Slillwdl ( K.aw) ; S. Will Ru!oS('U [Hon ]: 4. GorC"y Hermes ( Kaw); 5. Brandon Kreeger {Kaw ]. 600 A: I. Dave Les n iak (Ya m); 2. Todd winseu (Ha n); 3. Jim Haas. (H a n ); i . Sha wn RUlhs lt'in (Ho n); 5. Eddie Hidden (RlX). 55; I. Sco u Morr ison (Ya m ); 2. Cur ry Honnes (Yam); .5 . jim my Ow em (Yam): 4. Malt walter (Ya m ); 5. Ja red Mees (Ya m ). ); 250 A: I. Ken Coolberh (He n) : 2. Chuck Buch an an (Sm_ 3. T odd w ineeu (Ho n): 1. Ran dy Sha n k (Kaw); 5. Act:Phi lJ ip~ ( ~l a i) . 85: I. John W in ~t (SUI); 2, Mike McKre (Kaw); !S. Do na ld Mu llen (Yam ): 1. Pa ul A ll i ~()n (Hon): 5. Brandon Bi l1 ~ (Ya m). 600 B: I. Sha ne Merr yman (Yam ); 2. Jud y Yeari ck (H-D); . 3. Je ff Sassam an (Ho n ): 1. Todd Temple (Ho n ); 5. Mike Thoma s (Ya m). 750: l. Tom Majeski (T ri): 2. Scon Sa u n ders (H. D); 3. Cla rence Bu ll (Yam) : 1. Jod y Yearick (H -

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