.DIRT TRAC.K:and Races . Black Hills Speedway
56th annual Sturgis Rally
Black Hills Speedway
Rapid City, South Dakota
Results: August 8, 1996
250 PRO-AM: 1. Marco Morello (Han); 2. Jacob
Latimer (Yam); 3. Dusty Faulds (Han); 4. Brian Lehfeldt
(Kaw); S. Jamie Volkmer (Yam); 6.j.P. McClelland (Yam);
7. Chris Curda' (Suz); B. Mark Erickson (Kaw); 9. Eric
Wood (Yam); 10. Roger Johnson (yam); 11. Tim Sears
(Left)
Defending
event
champion
Joe Kopp
scored his
second
career
Regional
victory In
the 750cc
Expert class
at Black
Hills
Speedway.
(Below)
Johnny
Murphree
(third from
right) got a
IIghtnlngfast start
and raced to
the 600cc
Expert-class
win.
nia sweep as Steve
Mayfield and Murphree's Bartels teammate Billy Martin filled out the 600cc winner's circle. Another California native,
John Hlebo, held off Wisconsin rider Jim
Sumner for fourth.
The 883cc Harley Sportster race was a
dandy as J.R. Schnabel got the holeshot
but was quickly set back by Josh Butler,
Mark Larive, Gary Rogers and Eddie
Dixon.
Butler gained a small advantage while
Rogers worked his way into second.
Schnabel also was not done and he rode
his way back to third.
Rogers took a couple of shots at Butler
to no avail, but on the last lap in tum
three, Rogers pushed his San Jose HD/Team SaddIeman Harley to the front.
Butler held on for second over Schnabel,
with Dixon and Larive rounding out the
top five.
Scott Shinn solidified his hold on the
600cc Pro-Am points lead with a wire-towire win on his Jamco Pipes/ Amoco 0iIsponsored KTM. Nick Daniels and Steve
Maloney (WpR); 11. Tom Shennan (W-R); 12. Joshua
Currey (Rlx).
Time: 4 min.. 11.17 sec.
750 £X, 1. joe Kopp (H-D); 2. Andy Tresser (Due); 3.
Kevin Varnes (Han); 4. Gee Roeder (H-D~ 5. Mike Varnes
(H-D); 6. Willie M
