Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

, By Matt Benson • FAULKVILLE, GA MAR. 3 , ompetitors in AHRMA's Pre-1940 and C lass C d ivisions are wellacquainted with Stewart Rogers. The Norton single -cylinder s pecialist has visited from England numerous times in recent years, often enough, in fact, to earn the 1993 cham pionships in those two classes. An d Rogers d id it a g a in at AHRM A' s p re -Da y to na warm u p nation al, usin g his 1937 Norton 500 to d omin at e Class C and Pre-'40. Rogers may also have given yet anoth er group of AHRMA ra cers ca use for con cern. Aboard a '6 6 Ducati 250, he laid was te to the 250 Grand Prix fie ld and even plac ed a credible third on the same bike in 350 GP behind David Roper on the Team Ob solet e Benelli 350-4 a n d Barb er Vin tage Mot orsports' Charles Huneycutt 0 11 a n ex t r e me ly fast Honda CBn. Rogers rou nded out hi s day with a fourth in Premier 500, this time on a '56 Norto n Man x. With over 450 en tries in a fu ll complemen t of vintage, Sound of Si ngles, Battle of Twi ns and Bri tish-Eu ropeanA merica n Raci ng Serie s (BEARS) classes, it was a very full day of racing, Fortu nately, the wea ther coopera ted a nd mish ap s were kept to a mi nimum. No one eve n came close to Rogers in the Pre-' 40, Class C or 250 GP ra ces. In Pre -'40, it looked as though there might be a battle of the Indians over se cond p lac e between Blak e Wil son and GMA Ra ci ng ' s Rusty Lowry. However, a red fl a g e nd e d t he r ac e early, ; allowi ng Wilson to han g onto second . Wilson also had been battling w ith Triu m p h rider Gordon Menzie for second in Class C befo re the Indian Racin g Products rider 'd ropped off the pace somewh at and in to third. The scrap behind Stewart in 250 GP was between Bultaco rid er Jim Neu enburg an d Ma ico -m oun te d Sv en Bley , with Ne uenburg han ging onto second when the checked flag flew . Former Daytona 200 wi n ner Do n Emd e found Barber's Beale G50 replica to his liking and spe nt the Classic Sixties race fend ing o ff British classic-raci ng ch a mp io n John Cre nshaw, aboar d a Team Ob solet e Matchless G50. On th e fina l lap, ho wever, Cronshaw man aged to get past Emde for the win. Fred Mork was third on his ex-Dick Mann G5O. Another extremely close one was the Formula 500 battle between class champ Rick Merhar and Dave Rosn o. Mer har and his '70 Yam aha TR3 ne ver rel in quished the lead to Rosno's Ho nda . Just as tigh t behind th em was the race for th ird throu gh fifth, involving Geo rge Oiegar , Stev e Ca nellos an d Pa ul Ga rland. In the 350 GP race, Rogers led ea rly on, un til Huneycutt, on a 350cc Honda, C Round 1:Roebling Road Raceway ROAD··RACE .AHRMA Historic C Series . up and th en Rop er on the how ling works Ben elli go t arou nd by rnidrace . From th at po int, th e multi-ti m e A HR MA champ kept wo rki ng on the rap id ly improving Huneycutt (who claimed the 500 Premier win for the d ay after d icing wi th teammate Step hen Mathwews). It was on th e last la p th at Rop er fina lly mad e a move th at stu ck all the wa y to the checkers. The vintage race of the day ha d to be the Sportsman 750, wh ich had no fewe r than th ree leaders. With exhaust pi pes Bakker Yamaha . While Van Dijk went out late in the race, Weir kep t the pressure on Cathcart all the way to the fin ish. Enzinger held on for third. In th e combined BoT Open and F2 race, David Kieffer had no trouble winning the unlimited di vision on his Ferracci Ducati 955. The man who was really on the move, thou gh, was defending F2 cham p Michael Myers, who had his Du cati 750 all the way u p to se co nd overall by rac e end. Mo to Guzzi rider Pet e Johnson held down seco nd in F2, scraping , the Yamahas of clas s cha mp Larry Kirby and Mike Eiland set a rap id pac e. Then Chris Stobau gh brou ght his Big D Tr iu mph up arou nd Eila nd and in to the lead past Kirby on the fifth of . eigh t lap s. Mean while, Kevin Johnson h ad h is Norton on the m ~v e, ge tt ing arou nd Eiland and Kirb y to hold second . Johnson go t arou nd Stobaugh on the seventh lap and mananged to wa rd off hi s atte mpts to re take the lead th e . last time aro und. Defend in g Sp or tsm an 350 and 500 Champio n Tim Stanci ll blew everyone away in those two classes. However, in the 500 race, his fast Hond a 350 repo rtedly ran out of gas on the last lap, and . he was sco red second to H on d a ride r Gary Smith in the pr ovision al results. A mo ng AHRMA's m o d ern -b ike classes, it was the unlimited 50S Form ula 1 cl ass pro vid in g the bes t actio n . Brit ish racer-journalist Ala n Ca thcart wor ked his Ducati Su permono around early lead er German Herber t Enzi nger on a BMW F650. Just when it looked as tho ugh Cathc art m ight h ave an easy time of it, along came Rotax rider Jason Weir and Dutchman Lex Van Dijk on a and be hind hi m wa s a g rea t ba tt le bet ween Yvon DuHam el on TO ' s exworks 73 Du cat i 750 and Kurt Mund on 'a BMW two-valve twin. The two trad ed ow ne rshi p of third place on more than one occasio n, wi th the veteran DuHamel p reva iling at th e e nd . DuH am el a lso rode the Duck to the vintage F750 win. In AHRMA' s inaugu ral BEARS race, Van Dijk piloted a Gilex 670 to the win over Myers and Johnson. BEARS is open to one - to th ree-cylinder fo ur-strokes and rotaries up to 1300cc. wi th no fourvalve desmos o r Jap a nese engi nes or frames permitted. fN , Roebling Road Raceway Faulkvllle, Georg ia Results: Marc h 3, 1995 200 GP: 1. To ny Sm ith (Mai); 2. George Deca m p (Hon); 3. David Fabian (Yam); 4. James Kirby (Yam ); 5. Phi llip Sprain (Hon). 250 GP: 1. Stewart Rogers (Due); 2. Jim Ne uenburg (Bu l); 3. Sven Ble y (Mai); 4. La rry Poons (D ue): 5 . Cha rles Sexton (Bu1). . 350 GP : t . Dav id Roper (Ben); 2. Cha rles Huneycu tt (Ho n); '3. Stewa rt Roge rs (Due); 4. Jim Neucnburg (Acr); 5. Steve Arnett (Due). 500 PREM: 1. Cha rles Huneycu tt (See): 2. .Ceo ff Mccar thy (D ue) ; 3. Craig Mcl ean (Mat); 4. Stewa rt Rogers (Nor); S. Larry Poems (See ). BEAR S: 1. Lex Van Dijk (Gil); 2. Mic hae l Myers (Duc); 3. Peter Johnson (M-G); 4. William Whi te (Due); S. Dave Knapp (Due). BOT 2·STK: 1. Dav id Wright (Ya m) ; 2. Rich ard Me rh a r (Ya m) ; 3. George Lapscott (Ya m) ; 4. Doug Stad do n (Ydm) ; 5. Bern ard. Hensler (Yam ). BOT Fl: I. Michael Myers (Due); 2. Dean Vcrp lank (Duc ); 3. Geoff Mellinger (Duc ); 4. William Whi te (Duc); 5. Alan Ca th ca rt (Due). BO T F2: 1. Mich ael Myers (Du c); 2. Pete r Johnso n (M-G); 3. Yvo n Duhamel (Due); 4. Kurt Mu n d (BMW ~ 5. J Craig Sha mba ug h (O uc). BO T F3: 1. Jam es U ckwar (Ho n ); 2. Chris Sto ba ugh (Tri); 3. Steve H ou sley (Ka w~ 4. Mich ael Fri be rg (H· D); 5. Sam WagenseUer (Ho n ). BOT OPEN: 1. David A. Kieffer (Due); 2. William Whi te (Due); 3. Geoff Mellin ger (Due); 4. Dean Verp lank (Due). . CLASS C: 1. Stewa rt Rogers (Nor) ; 2. Cordon Me nz ie (Tri); 3 . Bla ke Wilson (Ind); 4. Ozz ie Au e r (BMW); 5. Th om as Kerr (Vin~ Stewart Rogers won the Class C, Pre'40 and 250cc GP classes at th e AHRMA Historic Cup Series race at Roebling Road Raceway. CJSCS 60s: 1. John Crenshaw (Mat); 2. Don Emde (Mat); 3. Fred Mark (Ma t); 4. Bob Barker (Nor); 5. Gordo n Menzie (RE). F250 : 1. Craig Mclean (Hon); 2. Richard Merhar (Yam ); 3. Steve Canellos (Ho n); 4. Toivo Madrus (Hon); 5. No rbert Nickel (Yam). F50 0: 1. Richa rd Merha r (Yam); 2. Da ve Rosno (Ho n); 3. George Oiegar (Yam); 4. Steve Ca nellos (Han); 5. Pau l Ga rla nd (Yam ). F1S0: 1. Yvon Duhamel (D ue ); 2. Alan Ca thca rt (Du c); 3 . Ste phe n Mathe ws (MV); 4 . Do ug Sta d don (Hon); 5. Steve Arne tt (Due). PR E·40: 1. Stew art Rogers (Nor) ; 2. Blake Wilson (Ind); 3. Ru , 'Y Lowry (Ind ); 4. Ozz le Au er (BMW); 5. Doc Batsl ee r (In d ). 50S 2-STK: 1. Joe Fred rickson (Hon); 2. Sven BIey (HR C); 3. Patr ick Moo ney (Rtx ). 50S F1: 1. Alan Ca thcar t (Duc ); 2. Jason Weir; 3 . Herbert Enzi nger (BMW); 4. Craig Mclean (Par) 5. Kevin Johnso n. SOS F2: I. Geoff Mccarthy (Due); 2. Robert Ta pscott (Rtx); 3. Thom as Kerr (BSA); 4. David Gol ds tein (Yam). SOS F3: I. Erich Bley: 2. Stuart Carter (Due); 3. Ti m Mcca rtney (Due). SPTMN 350: 1. Tim othy Sta nci ll (H an); 2. Gary Sm ith (H on) ; 3. j ohn Ligh tfoot ( Hon ~ 4. Peter Sheppa rd (Ho n); 5. Royce Eaton (Du e). SPTMN 500: J. Gary Smi th (Hon) ; 2. Timothy Sta nci ll (H a n) ; 3. Chu ck Da vi s (Ha n ); 4. Tom An to r (BSA); 5. Pete r Sheppard (Ho n ). SPTMN 750 : 1. Kevin Johnson; 2.'Ch ris Stoba ugh (Tri~ 3. Larry Kirby (Ya m~ 4. Michael Eilan d (Yam); 5. ~dr jacobsen (Tri).

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