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(Above) Georgie Price (71) gets the Jump on Greg Sims (10) and the rest of the field at the
Sprin!lfield Half Mlle . Dan Butler (71X) scored the win with Price and Sims finishing second
and third, respectively. (Below) Dirt track legend Nell Keen took a few laps at the Budd 's
Creek vinta ge dirt tra ck, which was hel d In conju nction with a local Pro-Am.
5 /SR: 1. John Lyon (Y.. m); 2. Carl Sharphom (ICI'M); 3.
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(Hant 2.)00 Zydinoky(Han); 3. 00NId
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(Han); s........... "'"'" (Yam~
200 B: 1. lint ~ (Mon ); 2. William RwerU (5u.z); 3. 8rMdon Kre~ (Yam )..
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2SO B: 1. TIm
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CoI.IvHo (lion); 4. MMk
CHon); 2. Ed Hyde (Yam); 3. Jowph
Montgomery (Han); S. 8.lrdry Dellingn'
(Yam~
250 k 1. Paul Lynch (Han); 2.)oM Ndrno m lSuz t 3. ...",.
Phil1ips (Hon); 4. Thomas Skethway (Hoo); 5. Vernotl CAldwell
(Han~
600 8: 1. Mic:hotel Wn.on (Rb; ); 2. f.lckM' FJowrrs (Yam).
600 A: 1. Phil LibhArt (Rtx); 2. P.ul Lynch ( Rtx ); 3. Tom
"'jeb (H.()t • . ,..... _
(RIX 5. Thomu "'g« (""'~
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750 A; 1. 1ee Goldy (Trit 2. Rusly Lowry (H-D).
SR: 1. Jam" Hollister (Rlx); 2. thorNS Majes ki (H-O); 3.
Bri.1n Eclr.h.irt(Rtx); 4. M.1 Mille'!'(H-D); S. C uy Stew..rt (Y.am).
rk
SPTSMN: 1. Geo rgie Price (H-D); 2. Rob Majesld (H -D); 3.
Haro ld DoIW)' (Rtx); 4. Michael Varnes (W-R); 5. Mike tucker
(KlM).
PRO: 1. Robert Ma jes ki (H-D) ; 2. Mike Hac ke r (KTM) ; 3.
Todd Winsett (Rtx); 4. Micha el V..mes (W-R); 5. H..ro ld Don;e y
(RIX)
.
KNBBY: 1. Guy Stuart (Y.. m); 2. P.. ul Dziwanowski (ATK); 3.
Brian tittle (yam) ; 4. Ed JoUy(Hus).
V lNT 1: 1. George Wills (H -o ); 2. Loo Jov.anov1c (H-O).
V1NT 2: 1. Rusty Lowry (Tri); 2. Richard Baulch.
VINT 3: 1. George Wills (H-o); 2. Neil ~ (BSA); 3. leo
Jovanovic (H -o).
VINT 4: 1. John Blacbtock (Yam ); 2. John WinMtt (Mon ); 3.
Petn Wa)d .. (C·A); 4. P..ul Dziwanowski (I·lon ); S. RicNrd &uIch
(""'~
VlNT 5: 1.
John BlM:btodr. (Yam); 2. Cary BrmnAn (Tri ); 3.
Danny Ward (Bul).
VINT 6: 1. BlackB1Kkstock (yam); 2. Joe Gately (Tri); 3. Neil
Keen (Tri); 4. William Keen (Tri); 4. William Allen (Y.am); S. Danny
Wud,(Tri).
Butler does it atSpringfield HM
By Bert Shepard
SPRINGFIELD, oaAPR. 2~
"Where did Dan Butler come from ?" asked second-place finisher Georgie Price. That was the
question that almost everyone - racers and spectators alike - was asking themselves. Butler, on
h is first-ever 750 ride, dominated the 750cc
Expe rt clas s at the Ohio racing season's Clark
County Fairgrounds Half Mile.
"I have had my Expert points for for a few
years , but I have been out of racing for a whi le
and working on my education," said Butler. " I
am having some trouble getting my Grand
National license. The time off and the changes at
the AMA have them questioning my ability. "
Any one in the packed house could attest to
Butler's skill
Price led the 750cc Experts in to tum one
before Butler took control of the ma in in the
middle of tum two . Greg Simms would shadow
Price in third place for the entire race, whi le Ian
Seged y ran alone in fourth.
As the crossed flags were displayed, signalling the ha lfway point of the race, di sast er
flirted with Butler, as his ABC Ha rley-Davidso n /Cafe Max/Sha rk Club/ Hon da Doctor /
Proffe rs / M&D-sponsored Ha rley s tarted to
smo ke. Luckily for Butler, it was on ly from a
valve adjus ter cap tha t had com e adrift. At the
same time, Jack Bartram was not so lucky, as his
rea r tir e we nt fla t and d ropped h im to ninth
place.
With Bu tler out front, some of the a tten tion
focused on the battle for second place. Simms
closed on Price but would run out of time. At
the checkered flag, Butler won the main eve n t
by over five seco nds with Price an d Sims running second and third, respectively. Segedy was
fourth, and David U oyd finished fifth.
The Pro-Am m a in to o k two t ries to get
u nde rwa y as pole- s itt e r Gary Stogsd ill and
Brian Thomas tried to occupy the same sp ace in
tum four . Stogsdill an d Thomas pulled them selves from the hay bales and joined the complete restart. john Lowe duplicated his ho leshot
to lead the field into tum one. But Ryan Brown
look the point in tum three and set sail for the
checkers.
With half of th e race in the books, Brown
h ad Stogsdill, who h ad m oved in to second
place, co ve red. Low e w as alone in third b u t
wo uld soo n have company in the form of Ivan
Carl, whol was on the mov e after a less than perfect sta rt and wo u ld finis h fou rth. Brown led
Stogsdill and Lowe across the line for the win .
Brett Beyer topped Price and Mike Warner in
the 600cc Expert main even t.
Re sults
7SO EX: 1. Dan Butler (H·o); 2. Georgie Price (H-D); 3. Creg
Sinun> (H·D) ; 4. fan 5egedy (H·O) ; 5.
Uoyd (H~).
600 EX: 1. Brett Bey~ (Rtx); 2. Ceo:gie I'ri.ao (H-D) ; 3. Mike
W.. mer (Rtx); 4. Paul Morgan (Rtx); S. John Potrkr (Rtx) .
600 PRO-AM: 1. Ryan Brown (Rtx); 2. Guy Stogsdill (W-R);
3. John Lowe (C·A); 4. Ivan Carl (Rtx); S. Jil!KlI\ Sentell (Hon).
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Szarek shatters
Summit Point Road Race
By Bob Applegate
SUMMIT PO W. VA APR. 3O-MAY1
INT,
Glenn Szarek broke the track record for motorcycles a t Summi t Poin t Raceway in the Championship Cup Series season opener.
Szare k shattered the record previously held
by jeff Atw ell with a time of 1:18.33. The record
time came near the end of the first even t of the
da y on Saturday, Solo GTO Expert, setting the
tone for the weekend at a track where th e surface is tricky at best
Szarek, the former number-one plate holder
in the Mid -Atlan tic region, jumped out to an
ea rly lead , leaving Paul Youngma n and jeff
Atwell in his wake and riding his highly modi fied Yamaha FZR 1000 to the new record.
Szarek we nt on to win $SOO in contingency
money from Honda in Middleweight Supersport
and $250 in purse money in the Unlimited GP
on the same record-setting Yamaha.
Undaunted, the dethroned Atwell won three
himself. He outrode a contingency-hungry pack
of Ho ndas on his Yamaha in Unlimited Supersport . His second win came in Heavyweight
Superb ike w he re he walked off a nd left the
pack. Win number three came when race leader
Szarek (Suzuki-mo unted this time) was mysteriously p assed by Atwell (Yamaha mo unted) at
the line, after lead ing the enti re race. The move
from seco nd to first increased Atw ell's winnings
fr om $500 to $1,000 in Yamaha co n tinge ncy
m one y_
Su mmit Point ha s long been a hot bed for
tw ins ra cing , a n d th is w e e kend proved no
exce ptio n . T op lo ca ls Donn ie Ung er and
Micha el Myers sq uared off on radically modi fied Ducatis for race- long du els in bo th Lightweight and Heavyweight classes, wi th each taking a w in . The Heavyweig h t battle w as
p articularl y close, with the two swa p ping the
lead tw ice on the whi te flag lap .
The lightweight Supertwins race provided
the two another cha nce to square off, with each
rider leading four of the eight laps, until Myers
stuffed it underneath Unger in the tricky tum
one on the final Iap."That is, for sure, the hard est ] have ever ridden here" said Myers after
taking the win .
Szarek wrapped up his stella r weekend in
the $1,000 Unlimited GP race on his record-setting Yamaha 1000. At the drop of the green
Anthony Fania led on his Kawasaki, but was
swooped by Szarek (who ca me from the back
row ) in tum three. As Szarek pressed on for the
win, Fania held on to second until Paul Youngma n (als o a b ac k-o f-th e- p ac k s ta r te r ) a nd
Atwell freightrained by, pushing Fania back to
fourth.
Res ults
AM L/W Sf: 1. Brian He.lven (lion); 2. Mic:hael &uvir (Han );
3. IUchard Forney (Hon ); 4. Kenneth SonunerviIIe (Kaw ); 5. Rus.sell Barron (H-D).
EX L/W Sf: 1. Michael Myem (Due ); 2. Dona ld Unger (Due);
3. Michael Taylor (Kaw); 4. George Fitt (X.1w) ; S. Scott Fetterolf
(Due~
AM H/W Sf: 1. Brian Heavm; 2. Richard Forney (lion); 3.
Michael &rvir (Hon) ; 4. Robert Su9llna (Due): S. RuSlleU Barron
(HO) .
EX tllW Sf: 1. Donald Unger (Duc); 2. Michae l Myen (Due);
3. Willia m Dietz (Due ); 4. MKhaci Taylor (Kaw) ; 5. Scott Fetterolf
(Due) . .
EX SOLO GTO: 1. Glenn Sza~k (yam); 2. Pa ul Youngman
(Hon); 3. ' eff At well (Yam ); 4. Ralp h Rimro tt (Kaw); S. Evan
Semof (Hon).
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AM SOLO Gl'Q; 1. Daniel Voig ht (Hon ); 2. Gregory LrffIer
(Kaw); 3. Chris Trickett (Suz); 4. MkNel Fu1chn' (Suz); S. Arnold
......", (Han~
EX SOLO GTU: 1. Paul YoungtNon (Hon); 2. Eva n Semoff
(Hon); 3. Michael Vad ney (Ya m) ; 4. blph Rimrotl (Hon); S.
t.tidweI Uno (Han).
AM SOLO GTU : I. Scott Ped ehOn (Hon ); 2. Raben Dixon
(Hon); 3. Arnold Hu tinp (Hon); 4. J~ Wal'ft'lt (Han); 5. Tracy
Zedunan (Yam) .
AM SOLO cnJ: 1. Da nie l VOight (Hon); 2. Dmnis Smith
(Han); 3. Diavid Hendcnon (Han); .. Mlrk Whitehurst (Hon); S.
Tunothy Stewns (Hon).
AM Us. 1WNSPTS: t. Ruudl Bu10n (1-1.0 2. ANw Wobb
);
(II-O~
EX us. 'IWN5Pr.; 1. q . IloImes (H.()); 2. Bud Wtein (Han); 4. . - . . Snow (Hant 5. 1.,.,. Sindooi.
(Han~
AM M /W SIBIC: 1. Dilniel Voig ht (Hon); 2. Mark Whitehunt
(Hon) ; 3. Robert Dixon (Hon ); 4. Denni5 Smith (Hon) ; S. Robert
Cavey (Hon).
EX H / W S/BK: 1. Jeff Atw ell (Y.un); 2. An thony Fania (Kaw);
3.Bry an Bemisderfer (Ya m); 4. Paul Roha l! (Ya m); 5. Jim Lester
(Ya m).
AM H/W S/ BIC: 1. Daniel Voigh t (Ho n); 2. Gregory LdOer
( ~w); 3. Greg Ab nhams (Kaw ); 4. Michae l Fulcher (Suz); 5. Chris
Trickett (Suz) .
EXL/ W SS: 1. Brucr:Coffman (Yam).
AM L/W SX 1. Joe Wooten (Yam );.2. Jeff lDngbottom (Yam );
3. Christopher Fallon (Hon); 4. M~I Pol .ton (Yam ); 5. Jason
Hwnpluin (Yam).
AM M /W SS: 1. MMk Whia.ehursl (Hon); 2. Scott Pederson
(Ho n); 3. Dav id Hmderson (Han); 4. Robert Dixon ,(Ho n); 5.
(Han~
.
.EX M/W 55 : 1. Glenn Szarek (Hon); 2. Paul Youngman
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