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mediate, and Vintage Iron's Rick
Doughty piloted his BSA Gold Star to
the Premier SOOcc Expert win and a Rickman-Triumph 750 to the Sportsman
Open Twins Expert victory.
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Mld-Ohio Sports Car Course
Lexington, Ohio
Results: July 20,1996 (Round 12 of 15)
PREM UW EX; J. Robert Ginder Jr. (Gte); 2. Brian
O'Connor (Due).
PREM UW !NT, J. Duncan Wright (Gre).
40+ .NOV; 1. John Manford (Oss); 2. Bill Hanks
(BuI); 3. Fred Kling (Mai); 4. Ken Bova (BSA); S. Anton
Glueck (Hod).
SO+ EX; 1. Jean Ramsay (Mail; 2. Jeff SoUth (C-A); 3.
William Fuller (Hon).
50+ INT: 1. Lawrence Lucia (CZ ); 2. Robert
Capistrant (MaO; 3. Dennis Spencer (Bu1): 4. Cig
Hamilton (Mai); 5. Corky Root (C-A).
50+ OV: 1. Rae Tyson (Hon); 2. Hank Wenzel
(Tri).
60+ EX; 1. Jeff SoUth (C-A).
Upcoming rounds;
Round 13 - Southwick, Massachusetts,
August 10
Round 14 - Steamboat Springs, Colorado,
September 13
AHRMA Speed &Sport Trials Series
Round 10: Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course
F-VlNT: 1. Rob TuJuie (Tri); 2 Richard Moore ITri);
3. Kurt Liebmann (Han); 4 . fohn Ellis (Yam); S. Todd
Welch (Tri).
.
F·l SNGL: 1. Svcn Bley (NWS); 2. David Kieffer
(Dud; 3. Craig Wright (B8); 4. Al Charles (Duc); 5.
Dol\i1ld Ga'es (Rtx).
F-2 SNGL: 1. Stephen Mathews (Mat); 2, Scott
Sefe-rian (Hon); 3. Norman Lastovica (BB); 4. Mark
Hatten (Hon); 5. John Whittenburg (Hon).
F·3 SNGL: 1. Stuart Carter (Duc); 2. Erich Bley
(NWS); 3. Kenneth Baker (Due); 4. Michael Gontesky
(Yam); 5. Tim Gundlach (Yam).
2·STRK S GL: 1. Jim Stroke (Hon); 2. Sven Bley
(Han); 3. Steve Heilman (Han); 4 . AI Charles (RW; S.
George OielIar (Yam).
.
OPEN Tw: 1. James Kusar (Dud; 2. David Kieffer
(Due); 3. James Lick-war (Dud; 4. David Fme (Guz); 5.
Bill St. John (Due).
F-l TW; 1. Bm St. John (Due); 2. Pete Johnson (Guz);
3. James Lickwar (Due); 4. Kelly ewman (Duc); 5.
Jonathan Hord (Due).
F-2 TW: 1. Pete Johnson (CUl.); 2. Chad Healy
(Hon); 3. Tom Benedict (Hon); 4. Jeff McKinney (Kaw);
S. David Fine (Guz).
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F·3 TW: 1. Chad Healy CHon); 2. Mark Reynolds
(Hon); 3. Tom Benedict (Hon); 4. Steve Von Borslel
(Guz); S. Milte Tiberio (Guz).
2·STRK TW: I. Todd Henning (Yam); 2. Blai.ne
Bahm (Yam); 3. Chip larkby (Yam); 4. IUchard Merhar
(Yam); S. Greg Howard (Yam).
BEARS: 1. Pete Johnson (Guz); 2. James Lickwar
(Due); 3. Kelly Newman (Due); 4. AI Charles (Duc); S.
Tim McCartney (Due).
BMW LEGENDS, 1. David Aldana (2-1); 2. Don
Erode 0-5); 3. Eddie Mulder (4-3); 4. Walt Fulton (3-4);
S. Reg Pridmore (8-2).
Upcoming rounds:
Rounds 13-14 - South Haven, Michigan,
August 10-11
Round 15 - Steamboat Springs, Colorado,
September 14-15
AHRMA Vintage Iron Nat'l MX series
Round 12: Mid.Qhio Sports Car Course
Motocross,
like it used
to be...
By Matt Benson
LEXINGTON, OH, JULY 20
ne of the best things about MidOhio Sports Car Course from a
spectator's point of view is the
parklike infield section, with its shade
trees and gras y, rolling hillsides. On
this sunny Saturday there were plenty
of spectators taking in the AMA's Vintage Motorcycle Days, but they had to
share the infield with a slew of vintage
motocrossers.
AHRMA's Jeff Smith and crew laid
out a fast natural-terrain course that
except for its short length was not
unlike many of the tracks he rode while
chasing British, European and World
Championships for BSA in the 1950s
and '60s. Some grumbled about the lack
of jumps and other attributes of purpose-built MX tracks, and grass quickly
gave way to dust in places, but the 25and 30-year-old motorcycles were right
at home in the e conditions.
It was motocross like it used to be, so
it was fitting that some of the closest
O
Feet up
(Above) John Ziska
(479) won the 125cc
Expert class during
vintage motocross
action at Mid-Ohio.
(Right) Mike
Hosafros rides his
Norton SOOT during
the trials portion of
the vintage
weekend.
racing involved the two-time 500cc
World Champion. Aboard a Can-Am
250, Smith went at it in both 50+ Expert
races with Jean Ramsay on a Maico 400.
In the first race, Smith pushed Ramsay all moto long, then nipped him
entering a tricky off-camber hillside traverse on the fifth of six laps. Smith hung
on to the lead through the final circuit.
T!le second moto saw Smith grab the
holeshot and narrowly hold off a constantly probing Ramsay. Trouble was,
the AHRMA executive director's start
was a little too good, and he was penalized a lap, giving Ramsay a 2-1 score
and the overall win.
With a field made up almost exclusively of 1974 Honda Elsinores, Sportsman 125 is the closest thing AHRMA
has to a spec class, and the racing is
invariably close. The first Expert moto
was a super race between Jay Kinder
and Mike Boggia. At the finish, it was
Kinder by inches over Boggia, with
Darin Emswiler trailing closely.
Boggia ran into mechanical p.roblems
in moto two, leaving Kinder to spend
the race keeping Emswiler at bay. The
overall went to Kinder, with Emswiler's
3-2 scores good enough for second, and
Carl Mabry going 4-3 for third.
The action wasn't all in the Expert
ranks. In the 30+ Novice race Terry
Schwark and Robert Groves had a fine
race for the lead throughout the opening
moto. The second time out it was
Bradley Kennard holding the lead, until
he was chased down and passed by
Mike Parker. Groves was third and
Schwark fourth, again battling. When
the calculations were finished, the overall win was awarded to Groves (2-3),
followed by Schwark (1-4), Parker (1-5)
and Kennard (4-2).
Four riders found it all to their liking,
each winning a pair of classes. BSAmounted Steve Tucker scored wins in
Classic 250 and 500cc Expert, while Mike
Treadway used a Honda XL350-powered machine to win Sportsman 500cc
and one of the two 40+ Intermediate
divisions. Bultaco pilot Joseph Light
reigned in Classic 500cc and 30+ Inter-
By Matt Benson
LEXINGTON, OH, JULY 21
he challenge for the layout crew
was to set up a trial that would be
readily accessible to the many
spectators at AMA Vintage Motorcycle
Days, yet stiU test the competitors. Fortunately, organizers were up to the
task.
Located behind Mid-Ohio's shower
building, the trial drew a large number
of spectators, equaled on the AHRMA
trials circuit only by the September
event held in a municipal park at Steamboat Springs, Colorado. Likewise, with
nearly 75 entries, the turnout was second only to Steamboat.
The seven sections made full use of a
very large, grassy mound of dirt and an
adjacent wooded area. Just about every
foot of one long ditch had a trials section
winding across or through it.
The mild terrain yielded rela tively
low scores. In the highly competitive
Premier Lightweight class, Bob Ginder
dabbed just once in three times around
the loop on his Greeves to win the
Expert division. Daniel Moriarty lost
only seven points aboard a Triumph
Cub in the Intermediate class, far outpacing the 20-point ride of Chris Makynen and Dennis Brown's 22 marks.
In Modern Classic Expert, Peter
Siesser edged out Scott Beattie by a twopoint margin, while Matt ParsOns was
just one point further back. The other
two winners in Modern Classic - John
Rodis in Intermediate and James Trimble in ovice - both turned in clean
scorecards for the day, as did Rick
Froelich in the Beginner class.
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PREM sao EX, 1. Rick Doughty (BSA); 2. Robert
Poole (BSA); 3. Brian O'Connor (Due).
PREM 500 !NT; I. Gaude Mcdvain (BSA); 2. Marc
Comu' (BSA); 3. Graham Foster (Mat).
PREM TW !NT; I. Daniel Beher (BSA).
CLSC US EX; J. John Ziska (Hus); 2. Gary Poland
(Bu!).
elSe 125 INT: I. Dennis Blevins (Hod); 2. Richie
Baulch (Mon); 3. Rick Jones (Pen); 4. Daniel Beher
(DKW); S. Charles Schank (Mail.
ClSC US NOV; I. Stan Cooper (CZ ); 2. Kenneth
Thomas (Bul); 3. Dexter Gardenhire (Pen); 4. Phil
Grundy (Puc).
ClSC 250 EX; 1. S'eve Tucker (8SA); 2. Robert
Poole (BSA).
eLSe 250 !NT: 1. Paul Havir (BSA); 2. MarcComut
(BSA); 3. Thom Allewelt (Puc).
CLSC 250 NOV, 1. Phil Grundy (Oss); 2. Chris
Makynen (BSA); 3. Honk Wenzel (BSA).
elSe sao EX: 1. Steve Tucker (BSA); 2. James Smith
(BSA).
CLSC 500 lNT, 1. Joseph Light (Bul); 2. David
Tucker (BSA);. 3. Matt Parsons (Ric); 4. John Easton
ITrO; 5. Ron Winget (Hon).
eLSe 500 NOV: 1. Dennis Brown (ere); 2. Matt
Benson (Hus).
SPTSMN 125 EX: 1. Jay Kinder (Hon); 2. Darin
Emswiler (Hon); 3. Carl Mabrey (Hon); 4. Douglas
Wentzell (Hon); S. John Ziska (Hon).
SPTSMN 125 INT: 1. Tom Mcguire; 2. Bill
Nazelrod (Hon); 3. Scott Nicholas (Kaw); 4. Chris
Morton; S. Thomas Berry (Suz).
SPTSMN 125 NOV: 1. Robert Groves (Hon); 2.
Terry Schwark (Hon); 3. Chris Frei (Yarn).
SPTSMN 2SO EX; 1. Todd Hamilton