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(Above) Gary Rogers (left)
poses with his father and
team owner Craig Rogers
after winning the 883cc
main event.
(Above right) Andy
Tresser underscored a
week's worth of dirt track
dominance with the
Expert win in the Rapid
J::lty Pro-Am half mile at
Black Hills Speedway on
August 13.
(Right) Rex Fisher
Inherited the first-place
money in the 600cc
Expert class at the Sturgis
Half Mile class by posting
the fastest heat win. The
main event was canceled
due to bad weather.
ily won heat two with it. Wyoming's John
J. McClelland trailed Tresser in for second
ahead of XR7S0 rider Steve Liberty.
Californian Jamie Aguilar, who rode
surprisingly well all day, also took a liking to the rough, dusty one-line track and
ran away with a win in the third heat race
ahead of National number 70 John Hlebo
and Lonnie Kopp, another of the many
riders who opted for a 750cc mount.
The final three tickets to the elite 12rider, IS-lap main event went to Redl
Hart, illinois rider Wade Camlin and Californian Steve Mayfieid. While many
liked the track conditions, Mayfield was
one who did not.
"1 think it stinks," Mayfield said.
"Haven't these people ever heard of
water? There's no room to pass, and if
you get a bad start you're constantly eating dust."
Tresser gained the pole position after
it was determined that Jacobsen had
jumped the start of the main event. Tress-er, who liked the track conditions,
jumped into an immediate lead followed
by a surprisingly fast Aguilar, one of
only four riders on the front row. They
were followed by Hlebo, Fisher and
Kopp.
.
As Tresser pulled away, Aguilar, who
recently came out ot retirement, had his
hands full with Hlebo until Aguilar
decided he'd had enough and pulled out
to a slim margin ahead of a three-way
fight for third among Hlebo, Fisher and
Kopp, a position that Hlebo held.
Tresser stretched out his lead on each
lap to cap the best week of racing in his
career.
"1 liked the track," Tresser said. "1
can't say how it was for the other riders
back in the pack, but it was much better
today than it was for the Regional."
Aguilar, who most likely posted his
career-best performance with a secondplace finish, put equal ground on Hlebo,
the third-place finisher. Following closely
was Fisher after barely edging out Hart,
who carved through traffic for fifth ahead
of Kopp and Jacobsen despite a third-row
start. Hart was one of only a few riders
who used a variety of lines to pass on the
one-line track en route to his seventhplace result.
Illinois' Nick Daniels won the 600cc
Pro-Am main, but Iowa's Tim Sears came
from behind to chase down Daniels and
charged to within a wheel of the Wood
Rotax rider. Sears made a move across
the finish that drove the spectators crazy,
but fell short by inches. Washington's
Josh Currey' came from behind to take
third, his best ride of the week, followed
by Jessy Ennis and Gary Maloney.
Wyoming's Jacob Latimer went uncontested in the 250cc Pro-Am class aboard a
Yamaha to grab a win ahead of Colorado's Mark Erickson, John P. McClelland, Jamie Vollmer and Dusty Faulds.
Amateurs who were noticeably impressive included L.N. Waggener, who finalized his sweep of the combined S0-60cc
classes all week aboard a Cobra. Waggen.er went a perfect four for four in the class.
Oregon's Sean Light, who won three
of four 60cc A main events during the
week, had his toughest competition of the
week in the Black Hills final. Wyoming's
Chris Feist and Light traded the lead for
several laps until Light pulled out a slim
lead to take the win over Feist and female
speedster Danielle Beving, who also rode
impressively all week. Waggener, riding
a Kawasaki, finished fourth ahead of
Devin Wenz.
Sheldon Wenz, who made the jump
from a 125 to a 2S0, showed incredible
performances in the 2S0cc A and DTX
divisions and topped Adam Jorgensen
and Iowa's Jerad Cheney to dominate the
250cc action.
Cheney came back to win the Open A
main, but it wasn't an easy task thanks
to Beau Brown. The former minicycle
champion, who chased down Cheney
and even possessed the lead late in the
main, gave Cheney fits until Cheney
grabbed the lead back on the last lap tor
a win.
"1 slid off the groove, and it was all
over," Brown said.
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Black Hills Speedway
Rapid City, South Dakota
Results: August 13,1996
EX: 1. Andy Tressel' (Duc~ 2. Jamie Aguilar (Rtx); 3.
John H1ebo (Rtx~ 4. Rex Rsher (Rtx~ S. Recil Hart (Rtx~
600 PRO AM, 1. Nkk Daniels (Rtx); 2. Tim Se...
(Rtx~ 3. Josh Currey (Rtx~ 4. Jossy Ennis (Rtx~ S. Gary
Maloney (Rtx~
250 PRO AM: 1. Jacob Latimer (Yam); 2. Mark
Erickson (!