Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

othe r out as they aimed for the samechu nk of thi n ice. The crash th at res u lte d wo u ld lea ve Estep sc rambling to the chec kered flag on foot for the last ava ilable poi nt. Craig Pickett gra bbed the fina l heat victory and eno ugh po ints to sit on the front row for the final but he wa s also res po ns ible for brin gin g out the first red flag in that final with a cras h into the fro nt-s tre tch wall . The secon d res tart would come aft er Butler, Ha rd in and Villella skated. across the ice in the horizontal position. Ch uck Sp rings teen would sit alone on the front row fo r the th ird res tart b ut O 'B o yle a n d Wyskiel wo uld collide just befo re the halfway mar k. bringin g out the next red flag and a staggered restart. Sepa rating the field seemed to do the trick as Springsteen was able to lead the field down to the checkers fou r lap s lat er with ou t incident. Result -------~-----·-:s MAJN : I. Ch Ul k Sp ringstl"t' n (Hoo); 2. Brian H a rdi n (Ho n ); 3. " Dan Buth" (Hon ); 4. Brya n Vilit>lIa (Bon); 5. Mar k Wyllkw l (Ho n). Thompsonsweeps Burleson Motocross By Becky Torrance (Top) (left to right) Georgie Price, Kevin Varnes and Ken Yoder finished 1-2-3 in the 600cc Pro main event at the Motorama indoo r short track. (Above) Chuck Spr ingsteen (1) celebrated his victory at the Muskegon indoor ice race . Brian Hardin (22) and Dan Butler (22) finished second and third, respectively. Price takes two more at Motorama Short Track By Len Breech HARRISBURG, PA,FEB. 17 As he has don e at the pre vious three runnings of the sho rt track portion of the Motorama ind oor races and speed show, Georgi e Price again took top spots in the 250 and 600cc Pro finals. Also takin g a pair was his uncle, Bob Sweet en, in the 600cc A and Veteran finals, while seca nd -gene ra tion rid er Bru ce Ingram continued his learning cu rv e wi th w ins in the 80 and 250cc 8 at th e 17th an n ua l Eas te rn Harley-Davidson Dealers Association / Trail-Wa y Speed way spo nso re d Motoram a. Other win ners were Pa u l Lynch just holding off Sweet en in the 250cc A final, Jeff McManus a nd Jared Mees shared the 50cc wins and Jeff Sassaman topped the 600cc B class . Aft er ge lling cau gh t slee p ing on th e firs t 600cc Pro start, Kevin Varn es made the most of th e restart by bla sting into the lead ah ead of Price, Ken Yoder and Phil Libhart . Varn es blocked Pri ce's moves to the ins id e for almost half the race, so Price p ut his Mor oney' s H· D / Pop Sweeten-sponsored Rota x. on the hi gh groove and passed Varn es for the lead on the outside of the smaIL tight oval on the sixth lap . After starting on the penalty line, Mike Varn es worked into fourth by the white-flag lap .. Price took the win followed by Kevin Varnes, Yoder, Mike Varnes and Libhart. Kevin and Mike Varnes led Price at the start of the 250cc Pro race, wi th Mike taking the lead briefly at the end of th e second lap, but Pric e took the lead for good in the same spo t on the next lap, setting up the top three finishers. Sweeten's wins were both fairly easy, as he led Ricky Winsett, Mike Klopp and Paul lynch the entire wa y in the 600cc A class, with lynch getting by Klopp on the fourth lap for third. The outcome of the Veteran finale was the sa me, except Paul Cru mling and lowell Wher ley battled over second in the late lap s. Pa u l l yn ch p ut h is Cen tral Cycle/ lynch Transportation -spon sored Honda in front of Sweeten, Roy Miller and Tom Skethway wh en the 250cc A main took to the track. Over the latter ha lf of the race, Sweeten kept getting closer, and as they cam e d own the front chute for the checkered flag , he wa s on Lynch 's rear tire. Lyn ch hung on for the win with Swee ten and Miller finishing in the.next two position s. Results 250 B: 1. Bru ce In gr am (Vam); 2. Joc y Zydinsky (Ho n); 3. Da m ian Koo ov inos ; 4. Robert Rect o r (Hon); 5. RilYSlillwt"lI (SU7.) . 55 (4-6) ; 1. Jt'f f McM anus (Ya m) ; 2. 9'rill Sha n k (ya m) ; 3 . Brandon Rub in1'lOl\ (Yam ). 55 (7-8 ): I. jared Mt't"S O-J); 2. Bria n Phillip'" (Ya m); 3 . Ja y Weli lT (Yam); 4. Travis Mumme-r (SW'.); 5. 8m Gli~ (Ya m) . 80: 1. Brua' Ing ram (yam); 2. JOl")' Zydirtmc; (Hon); 3. Bria n y Buu no (Hon); 4. Billy Stillwel l (SuzJ ; 5. Dan GuiSl"pre (K.tw). 150 A: 1. Pa u l Lynch (Hon); 2. Bub SWt'\·h."fl (Ka w ); 3. Roy MiI1er(Yolm); 4. Tom Skethway (Hon); 5. o..mnk Mullen (Hon). 600 PRQ I . Ceorgte Pria- (Rbi); 2. Kevin V.. mes (Rbi); 3. Ken Yoder (Rbi);: 4. Mike Varnes (Rtx ); 5. Phil Libh.Irt (Ra). 150 PRO: I. GeorgiiE' Price (Yam ); 2. Mikr v erees (Yam); 3. Kevin v a m es (Suz); 4. Ken Mohler (Moli); 5. Ch uck Buch.Jn.1O (Suz~ 600 A:. I. Bob SW1!iE"ten (Rill ); 2. Rkky Wirn.ett (Rtll ); 3. Paul Lynch (Rbi); 4. Mike Klopp (Rtx ); 5. Tom Sk.ethwa y (Hon ). 600 B; 1. Jeff mom (Hon); 2. Rop-r 80I iley (Yolm);:3 . Ed Hydfo(RtX); 4. SNnnon JU.ctor (Hun); 5. Rich Za ptoky (Y",m ~ VET 30+ : I. Bob Sweeeee (Rhl ); 2. Pa ul C ru m ling (Rhl); 3. I...owt."I1 Wht-rl'-")' (Rtx );:4_John WiJ\9t'tl: (Rb. ); 5. Tom Hannum (H - s......... D~ Springsteen slides to Muskegon Ice Race win' By Grace DiBenedetto MUSKEGO MI, FEB. 18 N, Chu ck Springsteen topped off the Mu ske gon M.C: s indoor ice racing seaso n with a win and a second consecutive championship title at Walker Arena . Th e Dad /Wayne Proffers /Cummin gs H· D /B yron Molleseau /Sam Bisbee / Tamm y and leroy / R.C. Trucking / an d Meg acycl e Ca msspons ored Springsteen gave up on ly on e win d uring the nigh t's round -robin format , and that was to Bryan Villella in round tw o. Severa l multi-bike pileup s necessitated three restarts to comp lete the final, and while all the riders survived, a coup le bikes looked worse for the wear, including Villella's Jack Mayer-built Suzuki. Springsteen's vict ory in Heat se ven would touch off a winning streak that would last for the rest of the night. Brian Hardin then se wed up the checkered flag off the green light in Heat · eight leaving Est ep and Villella to take each BURLESON, IX, FEB. 12 Mark Thompson, was the "man with a plan" as e he raced to a four -mot e-sw e p .that yielded him two-class wins in both the 8O<;c Senior and Open events at the Burleson Motocross Park. Thompson proved to be heavy off the gate as he grabbed the holeshot and led the class from sta rt to fin ish, leaving Scotty Trimble in his roost. Moto one saw Scott Dietert race in thi rd, unable- to catch the two leaders, but was able to fend off James Marshall for two laps before Marshall met his demise in the bowl sweeper off the start of la p three. Adam Powers and Taylor Watts then chased Dietert to the checkered flag to cap off the top five spots . Thompson once again got out front from the get-go in moto two, with Trim ble breathing his dust all the way. Powers slipped into third early in the race and defended his position to Ma rshall, until Marshall passed on the third lap and kep t the numbe r-three spot a t the finish line. Watts also tried his "West Texas best" to gain on Powers, passin g on the last lap for fourt h place, an d pu shin g Powers back to fifth and a fou rth overall. Wat ts' las t-lap maneu ver yielded him th ird ove ra ll beh ind class winner Thompson, and Trimble, wh o claimed seco nd with a 2-2 tally. .Q u in n Harris a nd Andrew lansin g race d their Pee Wee bikes in separate classes for overall win s. Ha rris w as the top man in the 50cc Mod ified event, while lansin g took the win in the SOcc Stock divi sion . Jimmy lay chased [an sing in the first moto of the Stock even t, but was absent in mo ta two to defend his overall finish . Dustin Show s, who finished third in mota one, held on to the number -two spo t in the second moto for second overall. Adam Reson raced to a 4-3 finish for third ,'while Lucas Tretter ran a 5-4 score for fourth. Steve Smith capped off the top five with his 6-5 finish. The 50cc Mod ified wa s th e Quinn Har ris show , as Harris g rabbe d both hol esh ot s and stayed out front fr om sta rt to finis h. l an sin g tried his bes t to bett er his 2-2 tally, but had to sett le for second overa ll. Reson raced to third in moto two for third overall, whil e Dus tin Show s a n d Lu cas Tr etter fini sh ed fo u rth a nd fifth , respecti vely. Results 50 STK:: 1. Andrew ),In.ling (Yam); 2. OU!itin Show!i (KTM); 3. ' Adolm RL'Son (Y.mt); 4. Luc.u Trt->ftt'1' (Yam); 5. Sb-ve Smith (Su z ). 50 MOO: 1. Quinn Harris (Yam); 2. Andn-w )an.

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