Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

~ EVENTS remained the ri d er to beat. Of th e s ix main events this season, McBride is the only ride r to carry the checkered nag. McBride, who d rew the po le position, pu t his Godden int o the lead o ff the start with Monell right beside h im in turns one and two . Mone ll stayed even w ith McBride down the back straight bu t went hi gh in tu rn thr ee while McBride he ld tight to the po le and beg a n to pu ll away. Following McBride's lin e, John Lew is moved in to do ba ttle with Monell an d succeded in tak ing over second. McBride was long gone by then, however, and extended the bounty yet ano ther week. Results ~ Rusty Eves took his first 250cc w in of the year over McKee. John Winsett got a slow start an d was lucky to ge t fou rth. McKee took the 600ec class . Min is kept a little of the status quo, with Ben Miller ta king the 65cc class, a nd Ben Glisson an d Cor ey Ha rme s ta king their respective age groups in the sSec classes . In th e combined 2S0cc/750cc A final , Bob Sweeten a nd Clare nce Bull used their front row starting pos itions to eme rge just in front of Tod d Winse tt, Pau l Lynch and Ricky Winsett. With the 750s jus t in front, the 2S0s battled closely with Ly nch tak ing th e lead on th e th ird lap. Ricky winsett stayed close un til his bike quit on the last lap . Sweeten crossed the line in "first place. Sweeten stayed close to Diem in the Veteran final, bu t on th is track, Diem's Honda of Diem's was quic ke r, and he held on for th e win. Th e lW 600cc A final S< Diem quickly pull away from a spi rited ba tt le for seco nd b e tw e en Sha ne Merryman . Lynch, Phil Libhart and N ick Taylor. Taylor slid out on the th ird lap , wh ile Lynch too k control of second on th e fifth la p , with Merryman batt ling Libha rt to the wire for third . Ru s ty Eves ju mped o ut in fron t of Mike Mc Kee, N ic k Arm e n t, C h ris Hathaway, an d John Winsett as the 2SOcc B class got started . It quickly develop ed into two gro u ps, with McKc 'C battling Eves up fron t an d the othe rs over third . Arm ent bo b bl e d o n th e th ird la p , lettin g Ha thaway and Winse tt by. Paul Allison grabbed the sSec lead from Tom Skethway and Jake John son. The ha rd- cha rging Johnson took seco nd on the seco nd lap, and got by All ison for the lead as th ey comp leted the fou r th lap . Sk et hway co u ld n ' t ge t cl ose to Johnso n a fter that . Ske thway came back in the 200cc cl a ss to le a d Mike McKe e and Ke it h Fitzge rald start to finish. Res u lts SCRATCH; I. lenny McBride; 2. John Lewi!l; 3. Joel Mo ndl; 4. Tom Burge. HOCI'; 1. Jorl MomoU; 2. It-nny McBrid e ; 3 . Rick St-r001ish . D-2; J. Rick St'COOlish; 2. MdU Otto; 3. Merl e Cr av en; 4. H iram Sh.Jff. . L ynch hangs emhigh at Trail-Way ShortTrack By Len Breech Pho to By Ben Breech Mike McKee (18) topped John Winsett (l2A) and Mike Thomas (880) at Tra il-Way ST. Domerecrtch (KTMT;4. Brad Barne ll (Yam ); 5. Willim.t. G ulley (Ya m). S/SR: 1. Ca ry Emig (Yam); 2. Terry Brum ley (Yam); 3. John O ller (ya m ); 4. Conn.lIn Smi t h (Ydm ); 5. Ge ne Bro wn (Kaw) . JR: 1. Mike C u ffey (yam); 2. Bnxk 8u5C'nlMrk (Yam) ; 3. Chris Mu ller (Ka w) ; 4. Dustin Wisecup (yam ); 5. Coll in Sheridan (Kaw). VIm: 1. Larry Gilliland (Hon). TR; 1. Bob Hoback (Ka w); 2. Dale Willi s (Ya m); 3 . Jeff Dee ken (KTM ); 4. Fran k Rag e n! (Ya m) ; S. Bob Fue t (Suz ). rs Monell marches to Champion Speedway win By Larry McBride OWEGO, NY, AUG.15 Joel Mon ell went fr om contender to vic to r a t Champion Speed way w he n he ca p tu red the Handi cap main eve n t. Monell had been a consis tent top finisher th is seaso n, bu t un til now had been una ble to hold off the back yard-line rs in the six-la p finals. Monell ascended to the main event by taking the second tran sfer spot in the semi numbe r one. In the main. Mon ell ga ted off th e 20 ya rd line next to Jeremi ah Smi th-After the first lap Monell we nt past Matt Otto for second and se t his sights on Rick Secoolish. Into lap three Monell took a high line around Se coo li s h and forged in to t he le a d . Whil e Secoo lish wa s holding off the cha rges of Sm ith and Lenny McBride, Monell has clear sa iling to inc rease h is lead over the field and w in his firs t ma in eve nt of the seaso n. T he sag a, a n d the bo u n ty con tinu e d in Cha mpi on Scratch raci ng as Len ny Mc Bri de HANOVER, rA. AUG. 14 Showing no res p e ct fo r rec en tl y cr o w ne d National Ama teu r 250 DTX C ham p ion , Todd Winsett. Paul Lynch took his first Expert win at Trai l-Way Speed way i n th e 250 cc A fin a l. Another recently crowned Na tiona l Cha mp ion, Warren Diem, returned to his w inning ways taking the Veteran and 600cc A classes. As long as he didn't have bike trouble, Diem was basica lly conceded the win as the only rid er wh o can keep him in sig ht, Bob Swee ten, was forced to ride his Ha rley XR750 beca use his nephew " reclaimed " h is 600 fo r s o m e Pr o ra ce s thi s wee k. Lew Woods won the Pro class. The B classes had all kinds of strange happe n ing s, as riders who have d omi nated th e ir class a ll se ason got beat and beat bad in most cases . After winning every start in the 85cc class, To m Sket hway lost his final ride in the class to a har d -charging Jake John son , wh o won his second s trai gh t, while Skethway de fea ted Mike McKee for on ly th e seco nd tim e in th e 200s . 55 (U): 1. IX"" GIis..'iOI1 (yam); 2. Brian I'hillips. Jr. (Yam); 3. Ja cob Wacht e r (Yam) ; 4. Zac h Calcu tt (yam ); S. Du llty Die m (Yam ). 55 (7~): 1. Corry Horm esj 2. Cod y W\"n~r (Itj); 3. Dan ny Giu!llt"J'pe (Ya m) ; 4. Ch ristophe r It unsc y; 5 . !k~ Reyn old s (Yo1 m ). 65: 1. Ben Miller (V.lm); 2. Corey Ho-mes (Kaw ); 3. Sco u MOrrl :'lOl"\ (1C.aw); 4. Billy Stillwe ll (1C.a w ); 5. Bru ce In gr am (Ya m) . 85 : 1. Jdke jo h nso n (H on); 2. Tom Ske lh way (Hon); 3. ra ul 'K'1I Alli son (H o n); 4. Ben M iller (Yam) ; 5. Will RU!i. (l

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