EVENTS .'AH M
R ASpeed &Sport MXflrials series, Rods 12/8 &Classic Bike D Track Series,Rod 8
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By Matt Hilgenberg
Photos by Steve Cline and
Dale Cramer
PEORIA, IL, JUl\'E2S-29
ne of the nation 's oldest
motorcycle racing facilities
played host last weekend to
42
th e Am erican Historic Racing
Motorcycle Association (AHRMA) and
its national motocross, tria ls and dirt
track series. The me ticulously manicured
BO-acre clubgrounds of the Peoria Motorcycle Club was the site for three vintage
events held over a two-d ay period, wit h
a total of approximately 250 entries.
Saturday featu red round 12 of the
Speed & Sport Vintage MX Series. The
motocross circuit had a rubber-band
start gate inside the IT track's tum two;
then competitors immediately climbed
u p a hill into the woods that lined the
IT back s traight. Snaking through the
trees, with plenty of off-camber, riders
made five laps of the sometimes-dusty
ci rcuit. Ind ia n a ' s Daniel Be her we nt
hom e wi th a big stack of trophies after
ta king wins in Premier Lightweight,
Cl assic 125 a nd Pre m ie r O pe n Tw in
Intermed iate racing.
Dale Sanders and Craig Bran d t had
some good races, splitting overall wins
in the Over 40 and 500cc Expert classes,
with Sanders winning three of the four
motos. Tom Heger was third in the 500s
and ended u p fourth in the Over 40s,
behind the Kawasaki 'of Michael Zimmerman.
The Willoughby gang also made its
presence felt , with Larry Willoughby
taking a I-I ove rall victory in the Over
50 Novice class, and Corey Willoughby
earn ing th e 125cc In te r media te win
be fore finis hi ng seco nd to local rider
Mike Lenz in th e 250cc Intermediate
di vision . Jeff Willou ghby carded a thirdplace finish in the 125cc Novice class.
Don an d Da le Sch m utzler laid ou t
eight beautiful and challenging sections
in the hills around the c1ubgrounds for
round eight of the Speed & Spo rt Vintage Trials Series o n Su nday mornin g.
There was surp rising ly good traction on
the leaf-covered off-camber turns, with a
num ber of log crossings a nd a lillie
water to test the rid er s. Every section
could be cleaned, but the slig htest mista ke would instan tly gra b poin ts wi thou t putting the bikes or riders in da nger
• just as a vintage tria l should be.
Low score of the day came from B&J
Racing' s Bob Ginder, w ho glided h is
Greeves Anglian to a single-poin t tally,
taking the Pre m ier Lightweight Expert
win over Rand y Lusk an d his EI Dora do
Cycles-backed Triumph 500 twin.
Also riding " Line 2" was Modern
Classic Intermediate victor Tim Swain,
who ma naged his BuItaco to just nine
points, taking the win ahead of Suzuki
rider Gary Highfill's 12-point score.
Modem Classic Novice winner Ken
Eftink carded a three, edging Duwayne
Co nnolly, Ka rl Ballinger and Ja mes
Thom pson, all closely bu nched on scores .
Round eig ht of the Classic Bike Magazine Dirt Track Series was held Sunday
afte rnoon, immediat ely foll owing the
(Right) Bob Ginder won the Premier lightweight
Expert c lass in the AHRUA trials.
(Below) In the AHRMA motocross events , Craig
Brandt wo n th e 500cc Expert class.
(Bott om) The senior class co mmences battle In
the Classic Bike TT division at Peoria.
us INT: 1. Corry Willou ghby (Ho n): 2. Don.Baker
(Ho n ); 3. C hristophe r Arc he r (Hod); 4. Rick Mercer
; S. Brad Kenna rd (Pen).
500 EX: 1. C raig Brandl (Mai); 2. D.. ll" Sot ndl" r"
(Ma i); 3. Tum Heger (H u s): 4 . Michat>1 Zimmrrma n
(Kaw).
O rEN rw EX; 1. Mik ~ Atkins (Tri· BSA); 2. Bob
G indrr (Ric-Tri) .
JO+ NOV: 1. Davi d Williams (Yam); 2. Jeff Saenger
(Hon); 3. Roger Tate (K.iJ, w }; ". !datt Lilly (Hus).
JO+ L"-'T: I. Jim ~kC ulloch (Hon); 2. John Lambrick
(BSA); 3. Bl'3d Kenn.1rd (Pen) ; 4. ~dvin Blight ( Hon); 5. '
-y (2).
Neal Rilt. «
30+ EX: t . jaees Smith (C·A) .
40+ NOV: 1. Rick McComas ,"us); 2. Ton y G1Ut"'Ck
(Bul); 3. Ma rk Raybon (Hu~); 4 . Bob Lovel l (Hud); 5 .
JdrJltOS 'Thomf'!'On (Ka w).
40. INT: 1. Aiel!. Kri..h t>r (C- A); 2. Jim W~bber
(M" i); 3. Tnry 1101.1"" «(k\); 4. Mike Youn gberg (HU5);
5. JimMcCulloch IHon) .
40+ EX: 1. D~ I~ Sa nders (Mal); 2. Craig Brandt
(Mai) ; 3. Micha el Z im merman (Kaw) ; -t. Tom He ger
tHus): S. Jean R;affiS,ly (M.l i).
5O-t NOV: 1. Larry Willou ghby (Moo); 2. Kay Mann
(BSA); 3. Marvin Long (Ho n); 4. Edd Kubik (Pen) ; 5. Jim
Ca mero n (BSA).
50+ t NT: t . Jerry Rewerts (CCI\tf) ; 2. Dennis Spt-no-r
(Bu!); 3. John Ma nford (Hun ); 4. Fores t Sld hl Ofu!I 5.
);
Bill Ndu glc Ol u!';).
.
50+ EX: 1. Dick M.... nn (BSA); 2. John Hu egel (Ya m);
3. Jetr Smi th (C~A) ; 4. Jean Ramsay (Ma il ; 5. Rob4ert
Ta~tt(H~) .
60+ NO V: 1. Jim Ca m e
ron (BSA): 2. Harry Higgin!o
(!!SA) .
bO+ INT: 1. R.O. O ld (Milj); 2. Roy Maley (Mol j).
T ri~ L
trial. Th e fu ll cou rse of th e legendary
Peoria IT track was used , with its highs peed s traigh ts a n d tight t u rns. The
d a y' s o n ly d ouble -cl as s winner w a s
David Allen, w ho topped the Mod ern
Vintage 600 class (over Gary Brennan 's
Triump h single and Ron Melto n's Bultaco EI Bandido) and then won the Modem Vintage 250 despite being seriously
undergeared .
New York's Ronald Hall looked very
impressive winning the Modern Vintage
750 division aboard his Triumph, skid ding high into the turns with 'the engine
cases d r ag g in g, b u t not p ut ting to o
much time on runner-up Yamaha rid er
Arnie Mahare, who was riding low in a
mo re traditional blue-groove fashion.
California resident Ken Corpe grew
up in the Peoria area and returned home
to romp away with the Classic Openclass victory , nearly half a lap ahead of
his closes t competitor.
Jerry Rewerts had an excellent ride in
the Sen ior d ivision . After being mired
mid pack at the start, the Iowan picked
off rid ers one by one, finally racing handl ebar to handlebar wi th Bren nan befo re
secu ring second place behind the flying
Steve Boggs, who com manded the race
from the sta rt.
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Results
Motocrou
PREM UW NOV: 1. Harry Higgzns (BSA).
P REM uw INT: 1. Daniel Seher (Duc): 2. [ames
McCabe (Mai).
PREM 1M EX: 1. Man Hilgenberg (BSA).
PREM 500 NOV: I. Denn is MlJOf'\" (BSA); 2 Harry
Hi l¢MCBSA>.
PREM 500 INT: t . Jerry Rt-wt"l'b (BSA).
PR EM SOD EX: 1. Cldudt" McElvain (BSA>; 2. Joh n
HlWf:~1 (Ind); 3. Brian O'Connor (Due).
rREM OPEN nv INT: 1. Dantd Behe-r (BSAI.
PREM O PEN rw EX: 1. Mik AtkiN ITri-BSA); 2.
Ken Corpe IBSAl.
CLSC 125 NOV: 1. Bob Lovell (H od); 2. Richard
Ca rpen ter (Hod) .
cisc 125 INT: 1. Dan ie l ~her (OKW); 2. Da l~
Schm utzl er (Hon ); J . Don Baker (Mrk); 4. Wayne- Rantz
(Han).
CLSC 125 EX: 1. Dan Johzur, (M rlU.
150 NOV: 1 Chri~ Mak yne n (8SA); 2. Jim
ctsc
unwnm (BSA).
eLSC 250 tST: 1. Tom Moon (AJS); 2. De nnis
Brown (HU5); 3. Qurntin Schmutzler (Bun . .
CLS e 150 EX: 1. Dan Johns lAJS) .
cisc sao NOV : 1. Dennis Moore (BSA) ; 2. Kay
Mann (B5A).
soo tNT: 1. Joh n Easton (Tri); 2. TIm Swain
eLSe 500 EX: 1. Ron Melton (BuI); 2. Da n [o hn s
(AJS>; 3. ClaudE' McElvain (BSA); 4. JolIlll'S Smith (85A) ;
CLSC
(Bul l.
5. BrianO'Connor ([}uc).
11.5 N O V: 1. Jt.ff SaengE'r (H o n) ; 2. Stll"phrn
Sumrllt'n (K.. w ); 3. Jt'ff Willou ghby (Ka w).
PREM UW NOV: 1. Rand olp h Sroike (BSA): 2. Pau l
Crant (Gre); 3. Tom Moors (e re); 4. Billy Decker ; J.
Mike H ~k>p (Bun; 4. Tom Boyd (G re); S.
Jim
McD~
(MAil.
asc 5IXIn5O: 1. Ken Ccepe (BSA); 2. D.mid Bt-ht-s-
(BSA) ; 3 . To m Buyd (BSA); 4. Dt-nni.. Moore (BSA); S.
Ron Melt on (Bu l). •
MORN VINT 250: 1. David AII~n (Hon) ; 2.
Anthony De r kse n (Ya m ); 3 . Te rry .A d a ms (Bul); 4.
Darryl Jalobolski (Hon); S. Moltt Payne- (Bul).
MDRN VINT 600: 1. David Allen (Yam ); 2. G.\ry
Brenn.ul !'(Yam) .
MOR N VINT 150 : 1. Runald Hall (T n ); 2. Amiii!'
Mahan;- (Yam); 3 . Ken Corp- (BSA); 4. Ron Mt>lton (Tri );
5. Dan Schmilt (Tri).
SR: 1. Stev.. Elogg.- (Yam); 2. In-ry Rt'"Wt"J'bI
