Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

~ LOCAL EVENTS of his life. It seemed like I co uld get him in o ne and two but he Iound mor e traction in th ree a nd (our where it counted." , In the 750« Pro T win class, Yam am ot o loo ked like he was goi ng all the way when Mobil Window Tint/En gl und Sign-bac ked Rex Fish er reeled hi m in. The d uo wem a ' it elbow to elbo w, th rowin g the big twins into the co rners co mp letely sideways. With th ree laps to go Fisher sta rted to pull a way from Yamamo to, and too k th e win . ~ Results 250: I. Tracy Collins (Ha n ); 2. Will ia m S ugd en (H on). OPEN AM : 1. AI Bracken bu ry (Hon ); 2. T om Ll"po {Yam ); 3. Ma rvin Shulu (H a n). +40: I. T om Sherman (Rue); 2. Archil" T riber (Ho n); 3. Denn y Lo pp"(Rtx). VINT: 1. Gr l"g T riber (Tri ). P RO -AM: I. Scu tt McPhn 500 n (Rtx): 2. Rya n Anderson (W· R): 3. RU.\ty Yam amoto (Rtx). jR/ EX: l. Ron Ya mam ot o (Rtx); 2. j d f Ru uell (Rtx); 3_ R..-x Fi.\her (H. D); of. Speedy K... l (Rtx); 5. Ricky H... so n l n ( H u n). P RO TW: l. Rex Fish... (H· D); 2. Ro n Yama mo to (BSA); r 3. Royal Adderso n (H- D): 1. j oe Ko pp (H- D): 5. Matt j am n (T ri). Kolenda cleans up at Thunderbird ST By Grace DiBenedetto M USKEGO:>l, M MAY 31 l. At the Thunderbird ST, Ken McConnel (170) bested Mark Davidson (190). of R icky H en son , Steve Liberty a nd Royal Adderson . In th e mai n even t. Yam am ot o got th e hol esbor. foll owed closely by Ru ssell , Kell , Fishe r a nd Kopp. Yamamoto evem uall y bui lt a n SO-yard lead o n Ru ssell , wh o was on ce aga in hauling wit h Fisher. Back a ways , Hen so n was bu sy holdin g off Kop p , Libert y a nd LaVoie. At the fin ish it was Yam amoto , Ru ssell and Fisher. In th e P ro /Am class h eal ra ce R yan And erso n passed Ru sty Yam am ot o and Scott McPherson goi ng through turn s o ne and two , look co ntro l of the lead and never loo ked back. . T he race was cut sho rt wh en Frank Becker went of f the track in tu rn o ne. 42 Yam am ot o go t th e in itial lead in the main even t, foll ow ed by McPherson a nd And erso n . By la p two Anderso n flew by McPherson and Yamamoto , but go ing down the back ch ut e, McPherson held th e thro ttle on longer repass Anderson going into (U Tn three. T h is co nt in ued lap after lap, wit h the twosome pa ssing each o ther a t will. With o ne la p to go, And erson pulled McPherson down the back stretch. The crowd went wi ld as McPherson on ce a ga in held it open lon ger going into turn three, passin g Ande rso n. And erson d ro ve down o n the low side but McPherson found the line ou t of turn four a nd p ulled orr the win by a bike len gth. Anderso n sa id, " I d idn't see th e while Hag, and Sco nrode the best race '0 Mik e Kol en da rod e stro ng ly to score' th e win o ver L. ]. Scbaid t in the O pen class a ' T h underbird Ra ceway. The narrow , slick groove didn 't provide m uch room for pas sin g o n th e circle short ' rack, but that didn 't stop Sch aidt fro m trying several o u tside ta ke-over bids o n Kol enda's lead in heat one of th e Open. The 15-yearo ld was determ ined to widen the groove, a nd by lap eig ht was in a wh eel wh eel battle for the lead wi th Ko lenda. Sch aidt broke free of Kol enda by th e wh ite flag a nd held o n the adva ntag e to th e wire. Mann go , th e jump in the final, but Kolenda and Scha idt 'closed co m ing in to turn [our, wit h Ko lenda goi ng insi de and Scha id t going outside. Kol en da landed th e lead and Schaid t set ou t to tr y and pass on the o utside again but Kol enda had learned his lesson a nd p la nt ed hi s Rotax firm ly in th e middle of 'h; '0 '0 gr oov e, sendi ng Scha idt up into the marbles severa l ti mes. Schaidt too k a momentary adva n tag e o n lap seven but Kolenda was still rid in g th e low line, which he too k the checkered flag. Ken McCo n nell paid for so me o f th e trav el ing expe nses fro m Flo rida to Mich igan , by wi n nin g th e lion 's sha re of th e purse in the Combo even t. After a restart th at saw Fran k Sche llenb arger loop hi s Rotax o n rhe lin e, McConnell blew through the traffi c and int o th e lead befor e th ey hi, the backside th e first tim e, While o the r riders mig h t have found th e 80 degr ee pl us temperat ure a bit warm for th is time of year, the Flori da native stayed coo l to the wire. Paul Kops worked hard for th e second pl ace pa y-off fightin g his way up from fourth, then Iighting off Scha id t during th e last two laps. Twice Kathie Verdu go go t th e jump o n the field in th e Veteran cla ss, th en twice wat ched th e ra ce from beh ind Mark Dav idson as he go t by her each time. Q '0 Results 50: I. j ustin Hum ph ries (Ya m) ; 2. T om Lin k (Yam ); 3. Philip Anrh on y (Yam); 4. S teve Martinea u (Yam) . 65: I. Bill y Hu m ph ries (Ra w); 2. Brert Pankey ( Ra w ); 3. Mich ael Raugh (H on). 85: I. Bill y Hu mphrin (Kaw) ; 2. Brett Pa nkey (Kaw); 3. A.J. Co lem a n (Kaw) . 250: I. Kirk Win ek (Ka w); 2. Sieve Martineau (Ho n); 3. j arim ia Becker ( K.aw) ; 1. Kip Kcps ( Ka w) ; S. Chad Davis (5 u l ). 100: 1. Lonni... Waddl e (Ya m); 2. T om H a rper (Bul); 3, Paul Wack... l... (KT M); 1. Mik ... Putnam (Ya m): 5. Wa yne r MiJl!io (Yam ). 500 A: 1. M,uk Froe lich (Rtx). 500 B: 1. Rick Mann (Yam): 2. T ed Vandenys (Han); 3. Karl H esse (Ya m ); 1. Kip Kops (Yam ); 5. T eri na Ko pe (W. R). O PEN : J. Mike Kol enda (RlX); 2. LJ. Schaidt (RlX); ~ . R ick Man n (R lx); of . Ma rk Froe li ch (Rt x ); 5. Fran k Sh... lenbarger (Rtx ). I TW : J. Kirk Wan ck (Yam); 2. Eric Jahnk... (Yam ). VINT: I. T om H ar per (Bul); 2. Phil ip Mann (Tn ); 3. j ohn Thi... (Ya m). 1 DTX.: l. Pau l Wackerl ...(KT M); 2. Stev...Martineau (Ha n); ~ . Willy Bergb uie (Ka w) ; 4. Ja rim ia Becker (Ka w) ; 5, Chad Da vi5 (Suz). VET : l. Mark Davidson (H· D); 2. Kath i... Verd ugo (Rex); ~ . T om Bouwca mp (Yam); 4. Dania l Ds eerma n n (H on) ; 5. j oe McConnick.(Ya m ). SR: J. Mar k Froelich (Rl1I: ); 2. Robert Watwn (Hon ): 3. H Philip Man n (R tx); 1. Ro bert Ruu ... (H on); 5. Richard Scou ( Vam ). PRO -AM: I. Pa ul Ko p.~ (AT K); 2. K....n McConn... l (Hon ); l 3. Mar k.Da vidso n (H -D). 1 CO MBO ; I. Ken McConn... I (Hen ): 2, Paul K.ops (AT K); 3. LJ. Scha id t (Rtx ); 4. Ma rk Davidso n (H · D); 5. Mike Kol... da (R tx). n

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