Falde boys fast at Filmore
Grass Drags
By Rose Parmeter
FlLMORE, WLjUNE 17
Sweltering 9O-degree tempera lures fried the
crowd while the Falde brothers fried the competition at the semiannual Filmore Sportsman's
Motorcycle Grass Drags, hosted by the Ozuakee
Guzzler's Motorcycle Oub on its dubgrounds.
The event runs similar to drag races on
asphalt, except you see knobby tires instead of
racing slicks, and most competitors ride
motocross bikes instead of street bikes. A double
elimination system is used, allowing each rider
two limes to lose before being knocked out. Two
riders run side by s;de on a tOO-yard grass strip.
Riders leave the start line watching the lights,
while two flagmen determine the winner at the
finish line.
Chad and joel Falde drove five hours from
Spring Valley, Wisconsin, for their first appearance at a grass drag competition and made it all
worthwhile. Older brother Chad Falde took
home over $300 in winnings, collecting wins in
the 251-5OOcc and Open classes, and' in the final
runoff for the day's fastest riders.
The father and son team of Mel and jeff Piontek stole the show in the 176-2SOcc dass. Both
Pionteks were hot as jeff on a KX and Melon a
CR easily picked off the competition. In the final
round there was a tie between the two, calling
for a runoff. The tie-breaker was close, with jeff
Piontek bealing out his 4O-something dad. The
younger Piontek barely broke a sweat in the 100175cc class where he picked up yet another win,
leaving the rest of the pack in the dust.
Results
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0-99: I. ~ Kramn (Yam); 2. Jake Ryun (lCaw); 3.j.amie Roee
PMmete' {Hon).
100-175: t. Jeff Piontek (Hon); 2. Brian Kramer ~w); 3. JaMm
Henecke Oricbn (Tri).
SPRINT: I. Dan Lautus; 2. Louis Laulers; 3. Billy Dei
Boehlke blasts Howard Lake HM
By TIm McBride
HOWARD LAKE,MN,jUNE 17
After a somewhat slow start Kurt Boehlke
turned on the beat and scored a double-class
victory with wins in both the 250 and 500 ProAm mains at the fourth annual Donahue HarleyDavidson Minnesota Half Mile.
Although Boehlke struggled to a fifth-place
finish in the 250 Pro-Am heat race, he turned. the.
tables during the main event. After the start and
some heavy dicing with Verdeen Langland and
Randy Triplett, Boehlke took uninterrupted p0sse sion of the lead on lap two. Langland and
Triplett remained undecided about who would
finish second, as they continued to battle for
position at a slight distance behind the eventual
race winner, Boehlke.
Meanwhile, Tim Zemmanovic and Bucky
Lorentz argued over fourth. Defending class
champ Langland finally landed the second-place
position from Triplett, but only by a whisper.
After a well-executed draft pass, a photo finisb
saw Zemmanovic stea1 fourth place from Lorentz.
Obviously pumped, Boehlke returned for the
.soo Pro-Am flnal. He earned the pole position
by scoring the heat-race win alter a race-long
battle with Mike Hoh. Boehlke pulled the
holeshot at the start and led a tight pack of contenders that included Hoh, Eric Brouhard, Nom
Gregory, Verdeen Langland and Paul Anderson
down the back chute. After the first lap, Hoh
faded dramatically when he discovered he forgot to don his steel shoe prior to the race.
With Hoh out of the picture, Brouhard
stepped up to challenge Boehlke for the rest of
the race. Broubard remained within striking distance of Boehlke for the balance of the race, but
this would be Boehlke's day.
Slightly behind the front-runners, a close
three-way battle for third took place between
Gregory, Langland and Anderson. In the end
Langland would prevail.
Honorable mention goes to yet another
multi+class winner in the form of Davey Durelle.
Not surprisingly, Durelle scored wins in every
even t he con tested. It seems every time the
diminutive GNP dirt track veteran shows up for
a race, the local riders figure second place is just
as good as a win.
The 40+ final saw Buzz Arndt and john
Sutherlin engage in a heated race-long exchange
for the lead position. Arndt finally netted the
win over Sutherlin by a slight margin. Bob
Reynolds and john Gustafson raced to fourth
and fifth, respectively.
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