Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

~EVENTS ter d rive and got by bo th Or lando and Burke for fourth. Dimick seemed to have handlin g problem s with his Yama ha and let first Schelli nger and then Orlando get by befo re completion of lap one. Hough wa s pick ing up the pa ce with each lap as his tires wer e now up to temperature. The ga p to second was up to two seconds by lap five of the eight-lap race. Schellinger and Orlando were ridi ng at close quarters as Hoppe rstad was dropping off the pace while tryin g to keep tou ch with the leader. Schellinger was gett ing a bette r drive off o f tu rn seven an d ca rry ing his spee d d ow n the h ill through eight and n ine, and he passed Ho p p e rs ta d , taking Orlando and Schellinger with him. With two lap s re main in g, th e order read Ho ugh, Schellinger an d Orlando, wi th Burke a short di stance back in fourth. The order wo u ld rema in th e sa me a t the finish . Wrig ht and Turpin had worked their way thou gh the pac k for the fifth and sixth positions, wi th Wrigh t taking a shot a t Burke on the fina l lap on ly to come up a bike short and se ttle for fifth. Res ults ~ Swede Anders Karl ing was the Top Fuel winner at the Bunker Hill Drag Race. Mark Schellinger (5) and Ricky Orlando (12) battled at the Steamboat Road Races. Swedish team rules Bunker Hill Drag Race By Tom Loughlin, Jr. 28 BUNKER HILL. IN. SEPT. 12 The spectators looking a t the three-banner flag dis play a t Bunker Hill Drag Strip's runni ng of the Harley Na tiona ls may have had a d ifficu lt time id en tifying the blue field a nd go ld cross flag proud ly joining "Old Glory " and the ma ple leaf flag of Canada before the event, bu t after the final rou nd of Top Fuel, there was no doub t as to its Swed ish origin. The flag, flown in cou rteous gree ting to the v is iting Swed ish Harley d rag race team of And ers Karl ing of Taby, Sweden, may have provided ad d ed insp irat ion to the Swed e a nd his tw o-man crew as they systema tically ma rched thro ugh Top Fuel field to face and defeat Gary Gilmo re in th e fin a le . In th e final , Ka di ng clipped a fine .511 react ion tim e (compared to Gilmore's .630) and laid down a 4.92-150 mph run to stop Gilmore, wh o posted 4.99-139.75. Wh ile the Swedish team was ecsta tic as it was their first win an ywher e with the new combination a fter a yea r of disappointments. runner· up Gilmo re wa xed ph ilosophical. " I had ·a gr ea t we ek end. A s tr ing of four 4.90 '5 in a row ...I'm realIy pl eased, and I'm happy for (Karling)." The Sup er Fuel fmal pitt ed Bob Sutterli n an d hi s 9S c ub ic· inch Sp or ts te r against Derrick Nel son, wh o so loed to th e fin a l after M ike Price's shovelhe ad entry failed to show. In the final , Sutterlin mo tored pa st a half-second ga te job by Nelson, pos ting a great 5.18-144.23 to gu n down Nelson's 5.64-134.73. W rapp in g up the n it ro cla ss ac tion, Bob Buckley an d Reo Savage chewed thr ough a solid field comprised of Jeff Wink ler, John Pancoast, Rob Tillson, Roge r Dunlap, an d Bruce on their way to the final. Just as in Super Fue l, Savage mo tored by Buckley, wi th Savage's 114 cubicinch Evo clocking a 5.365-131.96 to top Buckley 's 6.647-126.05. The recen tly p opula rized Pro Stock class p roduced an 8-team field . After downing quar terfina li sts Je ff Fl ora, Bill Dee m ing, M a r k Na rrell. and Ne il Burga n, the se mifina lists Bill Ritchey, La rry Leveque, Tom Kipp and Ton y Rodrigues turned the ir atte ntions to one another. In the first se mi, Ritcheys topped Marshall while Rodrigu es earned his fin al ro u nd berth when leVeq ue fouled . In the fmal, Rodrigu es on ROCKI ES c:;ro; 1. Don Hough; 2. Mark Schelligner; 3. Rick Orlando ; 4. Denn ie Burke; 5. Robert Wri ght. ROC KIES GTU: 1. Aaron Turner; 2. Jos h Graha m; 3. Da n Turner; 4. Terry Hamish; 5. Dave Wagner. l / W S/ BI<: 1. Pedro Bravo; 2. Stev e Wa lker . M /W S/8 K: 1. Dave Wagner; 2. Josh Graham; 3. DiII\ Tumer; 4. Ch ris Dark; 5. Bobby MiOl'lek. H / W S/BK: 1. Don Hough; 2. Mike Sunatt; 3. Frank Cowgill; 4. Brya n Balkrm d; 5. Chris Dark. O l'E N S / BK: 1. Don Ho ug h; 2. Mar k Schellinger; 3. John Hopperstad.; 4. Shane Turp in; 5. Josh Gra ha m. M/ W SS: 1. Robert Wright; 2. Dan Turner, 3. Scott IGttinger; 4. Tony Jackson; 5. RobertNe ller. H / W 55 : 1. De n nie Bu rke; 2. M ik e Surratt; 3. Aaron La. ningha m; 4. Skie Dunning; 5. Steve Cottre ll. n OPEN 55: 1. Shane Turpin; 2. Rick Or lando; 3. Robert Wright; 4. Denn ie Burke; 5. Scott Kitting er S / TW: 1. Geoff Cesma t; 2. Kelly Newman; 3. J.T. Terry ; 4. Jerry Anderson; 5. Bill Peoples. erry; 3. Jim Fa rrington; 4. P-CO : 1. Aaron Turner; 2. J.T. :T Quinn Swi ft. F~125: 1. Sven B1y 2. John Hjelm; 3. Ma rk Ericbon; 4. Todd : Edw a rds; 5. Ke Uy New ma n. AM GTU : 1. Kevi n Kowalchuck; 2. John Folso m; 3. [asc n WInn ; 4. fohn Halkey ; 5. Tod d Relsmger. MORN VlNT GTQ; 1. Tet:-u Ima nishi; 2. John Morri s; 3. Jim Brow n; 4. Gary Pei!; 5. David Tharp. MORN VINT C11J 1. Jim Forrin gton; 2. Greg Kochis s; 3. J.T. : Terry; 4. Curt Conqu~t; 5. Jim Man:hbank. AM G1U: 1. Aaron Sherma n; 2. Richa rd Thornton; 3. Doug Lyle; 4. Mar k Kittr l; 5. Steve Wa lker. NOV GTO: L Aaron Shennan; 2. Steve Wa lker. NOV G11J: 1. Kevin Kowalchuck; 2. Ma rv Rose ncrans; 3. Jaso n Winn; 4. Steven Whitney; 5. Mike Applegate. WMN : 1. Tracie Schalow; 2. Sally Weiss; 3. Jul ie Ross i; 4. Kim Brlere; 5. Klnitcn Wright a 109 cubic-inch Sportster clocked a 6.18-108.43 to top Bill Richey's 6.53-94.33 for the win. Dowd dialed in at Bull Run MX Resul ts By Steve Kelley T I F: 1. Anders Karling; 2. Gary Gilmore. S /F: 1. BobSutln'lin; 2. Derrick Nelson. PID: 1. ReoSavage; 2. Bob Buckley. PI S: 1. Ton y Rodreigues; 2. Bill Ritchey. A/S: 1. Jay Brow n. B/S: 1. Mar k Reb ma n. BI A: 1. Rick Bledsoe . CIS: 1. Randy Baur. DI S: 1.l'hil King. E/S , I. lorry Lee Cloyd. F/ A: 1. Clay &ralt. FI S: 1. Gene Ryan . UL: 1. Ca rleton Fut t. Hough tough at Steamboat RR By Tim Wolf STEAMBOATSPRINGS, co.SErf. 19 Yama ha-m ounted Donnie Hou gh was the ma n to beat as he collected the win in the Race of the Rockies GTO class at the 13th annua l Steamboat Motor cycle Week road races held in the stree ts of Steamboat Springs. Becau se of the h igh alti tude along w it h a new track surface the riders and mechanics had their hands full tryin g to get the bikes dialed in. The wea ther mad e thin gs worse wit h dri zzle in the morning tha t turned into pellet -sized ha il. Ten minutes later the sun would come ou t and the track woul d start to d ry out on the racing line. Thi s had the ride rs scra mbling to d ecid e what tires to run. The s ta rt grid fo r th e Race of the Rockies GTO class had Donnie Hou gh on the pole with Ma rk Schellinger a n d OW0 1-mou nt ed Ku rt Dimick filling o u t the fro nt row. ln row two Jo hn Hoppers tad , Rick O rla nd o a n d Den n ie Bu rke were ready to put a sto p to th e flee t Houg h. With the exception of Orlan do 's CBR900 RR, the front two lines were all Yama ha OW mou nted ride rs . Gri dded on row se ve n was Utah ride r Robert Wr ight with Utah state cha mp Shane Turp in in row eight. Hou gh had bee n undefea ted in the Race of th e Rockies GTO class for the year a nd w as d etermin ed to keep his streak of co nse cutive wins inta ct. At the d rop of the flag, Houg h was to the ha irpin tum in the lead with Hoppers tad and Dimick going to battl e for the second spot. Orlando, Schellinger and Bu rke we re all ove r each other while tryin g to keep sight of Hough and Hop p e rs ta d . On th e lo ng u p hill to the en trance of tum seven, Schellinger had the bet- LEWISTON, ME, SErf. 5-6 John Dowd retu rned to the Bull Run MX track in Lew iston, ME, over Labor Day weekend to win fo ur consecu tive Exp ert cla sses in the New Eng land Spo rts Committee Fall Championship series . Also on hand for this two-day event were Spring Cha mpio ns hip se ries poin ts leade r, Pat Barton, and last yea r's NESC Ch am p ion Tony Lorusso . In Sunday's action , Dowd was slow at the ga tes all .d ay, and un abl e to tak e a ho leshot. This, however, did not pr event him from quickly working his way throug h the pack to hunt the lead ers down, often w ithin the first lap . Once ou t fron t, the race was his. Dowd pu sh ed early in the race for a large lead . In the second half he backed off sligh tly, taking the checke red flag. In the second 125cc mota, af ter exiting the first turn in seventh. Dowd was able to move up four po sitions within the first lap and knock on third p lace rid er Wa lly Silva's back door. In w ha t amou n ted to a rerun of the fir s t mo ta , Dowd m us cle d h is way past Silva m idway through the second lap and bega n to hun t down Ozielac 's Ho nd a. Dzielac held the lead in the ea rlie r mo ta for onl y two laps befor e Dowd turn ed up the hea t a nd ran him down. After o u t-ju mpi ng Dzi elac a t th e table top, Dowd im med ia tely throttled out front by at least 10 bi ke lengths. DzieJac was un able to ree l Dow d back in to retake the lead and had to settle for another second . In th e 20 0cc Exp e rt cl as s Tony Lo rus s o grab bed the holesho t in the second moto. Dowd quickly moved into th ird, and by the end of the first lap, ha d repositioned him self on ly inches from Loru sso 's rea r tire. Befor e the end of the seco nd lap, Dowd cut to the ins ide coming off the tablet op an d squeezed Lorusso ou t of the lead . For the next lap Lorusso kep t up the pace, b ut he bega n falling off the lead by the third lap. Bill Dzielac, who had gollen good starts in the 12Scc class, was la te into the first tum, and had to start out near ly 12 riders down. With in the first few laps however, Ozielac had throttled h imself back in to the front of the p ack in the third po sition. Dzielac began to reel in Lorusso. Dzie lac ove rtoo k-Loru ss o on the wa y over the back hill and began to creep up Dowd. Dzielac took advantage of Dowd's quick spill to pa ss into the lead . Dowd wa s up an d back on h is Kawasaki in plenty of time to catch Dzielac and retake the lead before the finish . Results SUNDAY 50 YTH: 1. Travis March an t (Yam); 2. Brian Bagley (Yam); 3. Kyle Fre ne h (Yam); 4. Tra vis Stewart (Ya m ); 5. Richard Masin (SuL) . 65 YTH: 1. Jere my Morrison (Kaw) ; 2 Malt Johns ton (Kaw); 3. Jim Co u rnoye r ( Ka w) ; 4. Rick Ma rs h a ll ( Ka w ); 5. Tyler Me rrifield (Kaw) . 85 BEG: 1. Mike len otti (Suz ); 2. Malt Boron (Kaw); 3. Bryan Pro xee (Suz); 4. Bob Deled d a (Yam); 5. Scott De lcd d a (Suz). . 85 JR: 1. Ben McCart hy (Suz ); 2. Tun Mynes (Kaw); 3. Keith Partridge (}Caw ); 4. Jamie St. Don (Yilm); 5. Don Denham [Kaw], 85ADV: 1. Mike Umh ocfer (Yam );2. Dav id UmhOt'fer(Ya m); 3. Ryan Hed ges (Yam); 4. Keith labonne (~w); 5. Ben McClrthy (SuL) . 125 BEG: 1. Eric Bascombe (Hon ); 2. Cha d W~ter (Kaw); 3. Matt Gro nowicz (Hon ); 4.- Kevi n Fleury (Kaw ); 5. Jeff S1. Pierre (Suz). 125 JR: 1. Bob Boord (Hon); 2. Bill Torello (Ka w); 3. Matt Ch arron (Suz ); 4. Vincen t Deled da (Yam); 5. Eric Faiv~ (Yam). 125 A DV: 1. Ryan Kalchen (Kaw); 2. Jim Brothers (Kaw ); 3. Rich.u d Rogen (Hon ); 4. Jason Boron (Ka w); 5. Pat Outeri cky (Suz ). 125 NO V: 1. Ray Lampron (Hon) ; 2. Lee Gosselin (Suz ); 3. Greg Tho rsell (Yam ); 4. Chri llGiry urd (Kaw); 5. JelfMorin (Yam). 200 NOV : 1. Je ff Woo d (Ya m); 2. Troy Ru bner (Yam) ; 3. Dustin Scha ller (Kaw ); 4. Tom wallace (Suz); S. Matt True (Ho n). OPEN NOV : 1. Chris Pare (Kaw ); 2. Tom Wa llace (Suz ); 3. Bob Pease (Yam) ; 4. Kev in Dion ne (Suz ); 5. Kevi n McGett igan (Hon) . 125 AM: 1. Todd Simons (Kaw) ; 2. Ar ic Merrow (Hon); 3. Pat Outericky (Suz); 4. M.ltt Tre mblay (Kaw ); 5. Ken Gennain (Han) . 200 AM: 1. Pat Joyce (Kaw ); 2. Chris Wimphcimer (Hon ); 3Dea n Dnners (Suz ); 4. Dan Mourd e (Yam) ; 5. Larry Davis (Hon) . OPEN AM: 1. Chris Knuth (Ho n); 2. Bob WeymOtlth (Kaw); 3. Joe Beda rd (Hon); 4. Bob Foster (Hon) ; 5. Nate Cunningham (Kaw) . 125 EX: 1. John Dowd (Kaw ); 2. Bill Dzielak (Hon); 3. Wa lly SUva (Suz ); 4. Milu-TreadweU {Y ); 5.l'at Barton (Suz). am 200 EX: I. John Dowd (Kaw) : 2. Bill Dzielak (Hon); 3. Ton y Lorusso (Yam); 4. Pat Barton (Suz ); 5. Ad am Dupont (Suz). 30+ EX: 1. w emyss Scott (Ya m); 2. Joe Mikal"lOn (Hon); 3. Jim Meena n (Yam); 4. David Clemence (Hon ); 5. John Ca mello (Hon). 35+ EXP: 1. Wem~ Sco u (y a m); 2. Jim Meenan (ya m); 3. Art Trahan (Yam ); 4. Da vid Clemence (Hon) ; 5. Angelo Santaniello (Hon) . 30+ JR: 1. Richard Barnaby (Kaw ); 2. Steve Audet (yam); 3. Ru ssell House (Kaw ); 4. John Becke r (Yam); 5. Scott Fletcher (Suz). 35+ JR: 1. Joe Sohl (Yam); 2. Don Parsons (Yam); 3. Jim Allen (Kaw); 4. Jack Flanagan (Suz );S . Joe Machon (Hon ). 40 +: 1. Ron Vin cent (Ya m) ; 2. Joe Ferrini (Yam) ; 3. Don Lachapelle (Yam); 4. Merle Monroe (Kaw); 5. Jim Mossm an (Yam) . 30-39+ BEG: I. John Co llier (Hon ); 2. Marc Skeeoer (Kaw); 3. Joe Bruztozs i (Suz). MON DAY 50 YTI-I: 1. Tra vis Ma rchant (yam); 2. Kyle F1'M\ch (Yam); 3. Tra vis Steward (Yam ); 4. Bra ndon Was hbord (Yam) ; 5. To m Boucher (Ho n). 65 YTH : 1. Jere m y Mo rriso n ( Ko1 W); 2 . Kee na n Hibbard (}Caw) 3. Rick Mars hall (Kaw); 4. Matt Joh ns ton (Kaw ); 5. Trenton ; Estes (Kaw) . 85 BEG: t. Andy Mathieu (Han); 2. Ma tt Boron (Kaw); 3. Brya n Prceee (Suz ); 4. Bob Dcledde (Yam ); 5. Dav id Aas kov (y;un). 85 JR: 1. Keith Partridge (Kaw) ; 2. Ikon McCa rt ~y (Suz ); 3. Don Denha m (KJiw); 4. Bill To rello (Ka w) ; 5. Rya n O'Co nn ell {Yam). 85 ADV: 1. Ryan Hedges (Yam); 2. Mike Umhoder (Yam ); 3. Keith La'bo nne (Kaw); 4 . David Umhoefer (Ya m ); 5. Keit h Partridge (Kaw) . 125 BEG: 1. Chri s We bster (Suz); 2. Eric 8oJ!ICOmbe (Hon); 3. Jeff Pierre (SU7.); 4. Jason Let! (Hon); S. Chad Webs ter (Kaw). 125 JR: 1. Bob Boo rd (Hon); 2. Vincent Deled da (Yam); 3. Mike Willt->t (Suz); 4. Jeremy Hill (Kaw); 5. Rick Mooney (Sw:) . 125 ADV: 1. Rya n Kaichen (Kaw ); 2. Richard Rogere (Han); 3. Jason Boron (}Caw) 4. Jim Broth ers (Kaw) ; 5. Pat Oulericky (Suz). ; lin 125 NOV : 1. Matt Har kness (Han); 2. Lee Gosse (Suz); 3. Ch ris Girourd (Kaw); 4. Greg Thorsell (yam); 5. Ron Sabi n (SU7.). 200 NOV: 1. Jeff Wood (Yam); 2. Joe Depietro (Kaw) ; 3. Dus tin Scha ller (Kaw) ; 4. Brandon Lev asseu r; 5. Brian Fran cis (Kaw). OrEN NO V: 1. Bob Pease (Yam) ; 2. Joe Depietro (Kaw); 3. Troy Rubn er (Yam); 4. Do ug Havel (Ha n); 5. Brian Fr

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