Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

~6~tfP-J WI6EI:'I7I TEAM GREEN WEEKEND SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Mos t of the rest of the weekend, which hosted CCS racers from th ree regions - MidWes t. Great Lakes and Great Plains - belonged to Murphy. The 26-year-old had cut his road racing tee th by turning laps on the National endurance circuit. Focused on earning a living road racing. Murphy challenged race after race in the Kawasaki contingency paying program classes. He led every lap of the fOUT Kawasaki classes for $500 a win each . Taking convincing wins in the Mid dleweight Supersport and Superbike classes was amazing enough, but outrunning the top 75Occ-mounted riders on his admittedly stock ZX-6, was a thing of beauty. Murphy turned low 1:535 on the 2.5-mile course, making up a . lot of time carving through the technical esses portion on his Tuf Racing/4&6 Cycle/Magic Racing/Dunlop/Mic ron /Motul/Spo rt Cy cle Prod ucts/Factory /PBI-sponsored Kawasaki. · The seemingly indes tructible Mu rp hy finally met his match in th e $750 Unlimited GP event. As ha d been h is style fo r the w ho le weeken d, M urphy jumped ou t to an ea rly lead , q u ic kly mo v in g aw ay from a ragi ng battle betwee n Girar d, Rentzell, Brand on Welto n and James Milroy. Quickly work ing up to second was Ma rk Schellinger, and he chopped away at the gap be twe en himself and lead er Murphy. Wh ile Mu rp hy mad e up tim e carving the tight decr easing rad ius turns, Schelling er gobbl e d u p t he tw o s trai g h ts on a powerfu l FZ RI OOO a nd con ti n ued clo si ng in. On lap eigh t o f the la-lap battle, Schelling er closed it u p in the esses and pu lled ou t on to the fro nt straig h t to blow by Murphy and take the wi n. Schelli nger 's Satu rda y win in Solo GTO ad ded to his po in ts and purse wimUngs. D Results 5 FRIDAY, MAY 26 - Press Day ,C) ~~a~,., . Pro Practice: 11- 2 pm. AfDUN.£DP ~ StX::Ir 1# Us 111 Amateur Practice: 2 - 5 pm. Adm. $37 (Fri.lSatJSun, ticket; No Refund). There will also be practice on Saturday morning. SATURDAY, MAY 27 - 1995 TeamGreen Spring Nationals: Amateur MX Racing on National . Track. All Classes. (no pre-entry required.) Adm. $31 (SatJSun. ticket; No Refund). Riders fee $20 Practice 7 - 9 am. Hare Scrambles: Riders fee $20 HS Sign-up 9 am - Race 11 am Quad HS Race 1 pm. M t P e n n S van la M o r r ·1 S SUNDAY, MAY 28 • Adm. $20 __ :z:;;;; 125/250cc Pro National MX "P"'P'J!~ EKchaln ~ k:iii.~r..Ji:;N ~0.27 Championships: Qualifiers begin Directions: 1 to Exit 1• Phone Info: (304) 594-1 157 -79 lOam - Main event raceat 1pm. Rain or shine. Racer Productions, Rt 7, Box 459, Morgantown, WV 26505 M E MOR IAL~ 'I!!:JiI'~"!!fII'~ DAY WEEKEND s- !!EJIR AM L/W GP : 1. Cnog Bender (Yam): 2. Cory Tuchshrrer (Y.m); 3. Ronnie Mill e r {Yarn) ; 4. Jeffery Deonton (Vam); 5. Rich.lrd Wf'!IM'l(lUw). EX L/W cr: 1. Joah Cuh.m (V.m); 2. Scotty WoUe i1 (Yam ); 3. Micharl Low~ (Yam) ;~. Heath Locum (Yilm) ; S. Stt>phen umnwrs (Yilm). '01' AM M/W GP: J. Hilyn (Hon); 2. Greg Bender (yilm) ; 3. Robert Pow,", (Hon ); -4. Tony SCillid (Hon) ; S. Ken Woest:nwl fYilml. EX M /W GP: J. xen Kreb!. (K.a;w 2. Gordon Lundr (Han); ); 3. Scotty Diedrich (Hon); 4. Shawn Nebon (Hon) ; S. David Doe (Hon). U /l CP: 1. ~hrk S

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