(RighI) Winner Mike Vernes (24)
leads Georgie Price (71 ) In the
Sportsman race at the
Shippensb urg Sho rt Track In
Penn sy lvania.
fou rth. After find ing the problem and rep.airing
hi s bike. Benson rod e an extreme race pace.
gaining back the firs t-pla ce lead for la p se ven
a nd the w hite flag, then pullinS away from the
pack and winning the event over second- placed
Dave Faery by a minu te and a half. Third place
went to co nsisten t. upco m ing Ka wasaki pilot
Sco tt Rkh; fourth a nd fifth pl ace we nt to Dre w
Smith an d Pete Falconi. respectively.
The really tight race of the day WA"I between
the top Vet A rid ers. who W ('fE" the only rid ers to
comple te e ight laps along with the AA fiel d .
Kawasaki pilot Dave McCa ll wa s out to the ea rly
lead but was caugh t by Honda pilot Brian W ard
on lap two. These two fierce com pe titors were
w ith in a co u p le of bike lengths o f f:"hnC•• ok; 4.
~
kywo..yD. 5. joe M.llny.
3XI AM : 1 . c... Good~ ..; 2. 11m ~ 3. MMtySdwfBoor; 4. M1ke CarnpNU.;S. Brian WUli.amt
2SONOV , 1. 0..... Can6PId ; 2. En.-h W,,",l 3. M ik rnty;4.
Nick H.lttford;: 5. H. 5AndrT
250 A M : 1. 0.... Cohan.: 1 Sharw Brown; 3. TlIdo s.Jtun; 4
MIb ~ 5 Jom ~
OPEN NOV, 1. Rubrrt FrIPd..nm. 2. Iki",m F.nrwr; J . Dou j;;
L'pJyl.eo 4. JohnP_IiIIls aga in MW Brandon Robinson take
th e SO (4-6) class an d Frankie Lock e win the
cc
50cc (7-8) class. Ja red Mces took the 65cc class.
w h ile Ch ris Kline felter ble w the nonTIally d ose
8xe c1 clS S into th e w\.(.,ds by hal f a lap. Billy Still '
well 5urvi vt"d _ ver., 1 cha lt"n gt':'! from Kt'n Godwi n and Aaron H umphriE'S to wi n the 250ce B
cla ss, and Mark Rm7.Pn tti took the Wlcc B fina l.
a s G odwin a n d H u mphries a gain took turns
pounding away a t each other.
Nick Tay lor brie fly Itc"d Sweeten, Jim Chapman an d Robin Wilt at the <;tart of the Over 30
ra O!' bu t by th e third tu rn Sweeten hdd taken
,
the lead . As Sweeten began to pull away for the
vnn,. Wilt sta rtt.'d. d rifti ng bac;k.. Taylor fini shed
second a nd o,apman snared. th ird . Over 40 winner Rick Wa sha k sta rt t"d moving forw ar d abo u t
mid race, ge tti ng b y Cha p man - unlike in th e
hea t race , whe re th ey both went tumblinfi un the
10th lap.
The l50cc A final had Swt."t!'ten in fron t of Joe
Zyd insky. Roy Miller an d Rich Me llinger a fter
the sta rt . Zydinsky dri fted high in tum four, letting M iller by. Zyd in.~ ky then wa." the firs t rider
to d ro p ou t a lap later with a deflating rear tire.
A ~ S w e e te n aga in s t a r ted pulling away .
M e llin ger sta rted to close o n Mill er, tr ying to
dive under him as they entered the fiTSt tum on
th e 10th la p . Swt"t>te n we n t in a little too hut.
ta pping Mille r' s rear tire and goi ng over the ba rs
in the proces s. Miller w al; a little battert"d and
broised. but there was nothing major. With only
two riders left s ta nd in g. the race was caned,
with Sw e e t e n taking th e win, followed by
Mill er.
The 600cc A cla ss sta r te d s im ila r ly , with
M ille r, Da llas B.wr ~nd Chapman followi ng the
slow ly disap pearmg Sweeten at the end of the
o pe ning lap . After a slow start, Chuck Buchanan
got rollin g end too k over th ird fro m Beer at the
halfwa y poi nt. As the rid ers sta rted. the fifth lap,
Sweet en pulled to the inside of the course with
his chai n la ying in th e firs t turn,. giving Mille r
the win.
Afte r Chuck Bucha nan su cke r ed M ike
Vanlt."S into jumping the Sportsman-eta..~ ..tart.
Varnes charged into the lead . as he and Cecrgie
Price en tered the fif"'t h im on the second lap a nd
sta rted to pu ll away.
In the Pro fina l. Price got a flat tire just as he
was g:o injl; out, su h e h o p pe d on Buchanan's
bike. Un fortu na tely, Price W;1S down on po wer,
e nd Vamps f'asily wo n that race also.
Results
'iO (4 " ): 1.llrOlnd .... Rttb i""'.... (A.11; 2. EYiln Ra.'!' (Act ). J. J.-if
H ll d ....... n (A<'tJ; ~ IIrvl n [Wmu n, (t.-IM ).
50 (7-8) ; 1. T rl1 n~j .. Loc ke (Acl ); 2. I" hn l ...w i ~ V (I ...m) ; 3.
Chti~ Sl\;o
nk (1...... ); 4. AndA'W Wl'l\Zoffllh (A (1).
~OI I.·INI : I. F. . n f1..... (Y.m)
y
b5: 1. I• .....t Moon ( I<..o w ); 1 Sh.twn n-,. ( k.l w); :toJuhn Lrwi~
V (H......
~
85: I. Chri.lO~I~ {Ht>n); 2. D.nC.uiwrro' (Ho... ); 3. Jilrf'd
M......lKOlw); ... J..,.. ,h.t n R...d (y"1Il );5. Slwwn B.wr (Y.am).
12."i
18 ...: 1. Sn .n 51.d .. (Yam ); 2. RAyLied (H.....).
~ A: I. Ik>b Swfttlm (kaw). 2. Roy Mill "" {I·I",n}; 3. R........
M.. UinfTr (Yam ): 4 Nlrl< A.........' (HlW> ); ~. 1'''' 7.ydln~ky (1--1..... ).
2SO B. 1. Dilly Stillw" n (I Ian ); 2. A on Il um p hm (H . m); 3.
Kt'n Coo.lw .., rr. m j; 4, 8 ", Mil"'" ( U ); 5. ~.rt Styal (K.aw).
1\00 A: 1. Roy MlI~ (1l: h ); 2. Ch .. d I't.m..1VI1 (Ht... ):~ , 0 .....
w.
(Rb.); 4. o.nSmll h (1l:h ); S. o..tbSw....wn(Rb ).
f>OO B: 1. M.il'l. Kftuoanttl (Ya m): 2. Kfll Godwin ( YlIm ); 3Anon HumJ'hri"" ();'IM ); 4 !'i11 51.,j" ( Hun ); 5. Mitrll Snydl"t'
sa
o.n
(nun).
f,OJ
PRO: 1. ~M... Vllmt'1lCA1lQ;1Cn~... l"rw;T (~}.
I. llot> s--on (Rn: i 2. Nid. T.yb{'r_ i 1.)imOwP-
31)0. :
rn.m (Y.am); .. Julm 0...... (fit..).
S/SR 1. Rack w lt"hak(RDt );;2. Robin W"I (Tn).
~ : I . MIke' VutWS (ATX); 2. ~ f"- (KTM ): 3On.d BodI.a~ (lion).
In the WOc (' Am ateu r cla ss, Dan Ro wland
ha d a doub le-winn ing weeke nd , as he led th e
ha lf m ile fro m fla g to flag . Row land na rro wl y
e sc a ped Frida y ni gbt ' s s ho rt tr a ck w ith a n
impres sive victo ry, as he led early, was passed.
on the last la p, then sal vaged the victory by ed ging by his chal len ge r fro m the last tu m to the
fini ..h . Behind th ese two, Jam es Hudson made
his VDTRA Oat track ra cing debut o n a beautifull y prepared 1961 stock-fra med Trium ph 500,
growling hi s fine mou nt in to thi rd . Hudson's
pros pects dimmed o n Su n d ay , howe ver, a s a
first-turn mishap put the pris ti n e Triumph o n
the tra iler wi th a twisted fro n t en d . After th e
rare, an f!Jlthusia...tic Hudson, standing wit h his
dad (who "mostly" put th e bike together). said
of the crash, "Su re, it' s a litt le tras hed. If you're
gonna. race rem, yo u' re gonna. break 'ern. We just
gotte get ready for Sturgis in two weeks and go
on.Results
Barkley, Fiketop Casper
VDTRA ST/Half Mile
By Mike Zb rozek
Fridlly
150 PRO 1. Jim ~... cY-): 2. John ~lznd {'r amI;
3. 8iJ15ny tk(Hon ): 4 P.trid smirifrr (y-)'
600 AM; 1. 0.""" Ro-llInd (Y.m); 2. Mib Zbrouk (Tn );; 3.
)lIIIlft HIMbon (Tri): 4. Roy H&irws (BuI);; 5. Rid!.WiI!'cz.orf'k (YlInl).
t>OO P'R:O: 1. Rand y C.....~hhn (8SA); 2. PlItfioe k Sch i"f t.r
(Hon j; !.. Jim Fon1ngtnn (Y. m ): 4 J"hn Mgional Champ ion ship short trackand half mil e both winners , a s the two s p li t
hard-fought vict orit"Sjn the tw o-d ay t'V
nlt. The
sa me two ridl"l'S had 3150 sp lit wi ns at the Wichi·
ta. Kan<;Jt<;, VDTRA Cf"O tra l Rpgion al two w eeb
ear lier.
Wh ile Fike ha ll th e ha lf m ile cha m pio nsh ip
well in ha nd an d It.·ads in th e Na tiona l puin ts
race as well. Ba rkl ey h;1 !lo co m(' on to th e ~cne
ru nning h.u d with ro ns istr ncy to gi vr Fike some
stiff competition to dose ou t the ~as() n. In Frida y nighrs short track, the two put o n a ~a ppy
bdttle wht'n B.ukl.,.y tool th.,.t"arly lead and hel d
off the gri tty attack of Fike for the win. On Sunda y, however. Fike grabbt.. d the lead in both his
heat and tht! main to outd istan\.t!' Ba rkley, k~
"
ing o n th e ga s d espite th e incredibly rutted cond itiuns .
. Later, when a sk ed h ow h e lik e s the fai r grou nds' tr ack , Fike !'aid , " I ha te it, bu t we all
go tta race it. You just throw it into the comer,
get th e fro nt w heel in o ne rot a nd the rear in
another, tum on the gob. dnd hupt.' for t~ MI.
Tod ay, everything worked o ut rig ht."
Current Pro Twin po ints lead t>r Mark G ibso n
seemed to thrive on the un('('f1ain half m ile su rface, howt!ver. as. ht> overtook Eric Bland on the
Sl"('(\nd lap of the Pro Twin m.J.in and ran away
from everyone to ta ke the chEockered flag. Behind
Gibson. P31 Schie ffer an d Jim Forrington got into
a hedtt>d ba ttle for the th ird spot. wi th the detel'"
mined riders cha nging posi tion s six o r se ve n
times before Sch it>ffer wa." final ly able to take c0ntro l of the th ird spot at the line. Bland raced along
at hi5 own quic k p.Ke, head in~ the pa ir in St:'OOnd.
Gibson finished his d ay runnin g an imp ressive
fifth in tht! AMA Expert 750cr Pro race - not a bad
sho wing on a 30-year-old Trium ph.
In other half mile action, Pro 600cc rider.;, Jim
Forrington a nd Er ic Bla n d pre s sed by ca rly
It!adt!r Johnny ISddCS to move into the first- and
seco nd ·place positio ns, res pectively. In a workm anlike manner. Bla nd pressurt"d. Forrington
throughout the rare, but couldn't find an advantage an ywht.-re to gtc"t: by him . Forri ngton took the
win,. wi th Bland settling for the runner-up spo t.
In the Seniors (Ov er 40 ) class, John McClella nd and Jac Donald pushed each other hard in
thei r m a in in a really clo!!", race. McC le lla nd
finally edged Do na ld on th e sixth lap, ho lding
on for two more laps and the win.
OPE... PRO TW : 1. JI'" Fomnpn (Ya m); 2. JlIC: [)unald
.
3. Rid. R-! (Tn );: 4. Eric: ~and (Yun);: S. David 1lulJIoy
(Y~m );:
(Y~m).
rR Q. MST1t I. o.yiJ n.rUt'y (Yun); 2. John Fil.f' (USA);; J .
Bill Snyd«(Hon ),:4. Bill BtrrY(BSA ); S. OIm Ma.....,. (Hon).
5R: 1. Johnny 1--. (llSA ); 2. Toni 8ood't ('ramt l . BiD Sny.
do'!'(Hnn);; 4. Mikr 71>rw.... (Tri ).
S. turdlly
fIOO AM: I. OImwi R.t>wland (YlIm); 2. Tcwnmy Rounds (Y lIrII );
3. G~ Hul tnwn (tkJn); 4. Mib zt>rm..... (Tn).
(,0() rRO : 1. Jim M .rrinttt.... (y . m); 2. [ric Bland (Y.m ); 3.
lohnnv l-.no (OSA)4. I.>h M «"1rllll nd (YlIm); 5. John Fik (lISA).
"
OPEN TW A M : 1. r em 8.. u, h (y.m): 2. FI'@(\ Sc:+lnn (T ri);),
M,.... Zbi'w.r" (llSAI; 4, eu.u.... Prl ..Am (Yam).
OI'EN MtOTW ' 1. Mao, G it....... (Tn); 2. ~ bla nd (Yam); 3.
k
.
P. tric k Schi... f.. r (y.m ); 4 Jim Fnnin.,lW> (y.. m); " . Jar 0..... 1 1
f
<.
f"'.m).
PRO MSTR: 1. J.>h.. FlU (BSA); 2. Dayid Bull.,. (y.m); 3.
Bil15ny•..., (1-10 ....); .. 0..'11 M.ka"'Y (H......; 5. ~ P.. r ~(Y.m ).
)
SR: 1. John McOrlliind (Yam ); 2. lac Donald (Yam ); 3. Dnu R
s..-.rt (Du e); 4. Bill Snyd.... (Hon); !I. Gl'IPg loh n ~ton ('Yam).
Posey pounces at
Wild West MX Nationals
By Mark Hopk ins
ELKO, NY, JUNE lS-19
R id l~Nl hopt"d Lady Luck would bP with thMn a!'l
the W ild Wes t Nati onals rolled in to Elko, Ne vada. for round fou r of tht' eight-ra ce o;,eri~. Kipp
Posey and Mike Hea ley rolled the di ce and came
u p win n er~ in tht' 125 a nd 250c c Pro cla s se s,
respective ly.
In Saturday'!! 125cc Pro moto one, it took
Boise, Idaho, ridPl' Robb Flath less tha n Oil la p to
danct! hi~ Honda a round SU7.Uki-m ou nted Jesse
Lund and into the lead . Yam ah a- mounted Posey
quic.-kly push ed Lund back to th ird a nd then .'let
sail to try to close a th ree-second ga p between
him c;elfand Floth . Lund did a q Uid ch{"('k bac k
to see who wo uld challenge him for thi rd a nd
sa w fellow first-yt"ar Pros l.any Leavitt and Ty
Cars on in fo u rth and fifth , respectively . Up
fro n t. it took PO!ot"'y abou t five la p5 to close th f'
d ist.lnCe o n the lead er, but a love tap on Floth's
rea r wh eel wa. . all it took for Floth to tum it up a
.
no tch to the chec ke rs. F10th was follo wed: by
Posey , h ' avitt, and a h ard -c hargi ng Ma ri o
Pa inter, who St"CUred fou rt h after sta rti ng outside th e top St"Vf'n.
Mot a tw o saw Honda-m ounted Kris Rourke,
who wen t down in the fir..t turn of m oto o ne,
side by side with Yam aha-mounted Otad Wallw o rk . The !!eco nd tum o f a he a vily watered
tu ck claimed Wallwo rk a s he slid o u t and
dropped outside the top five. Rourke was next
to slide o ut, giv ing up the lead, and he took firstmoto win ne r Floth w ith him . Jerem y Die l in herited th e lead but - incredibly enough - slid ou t
un d e r h a rd a cc e le r ut to n a l a p later . M ario
Pa inter said, "l'Il ta ke the lead," an d exercised
careful thro ttl e co ntrol to stay uprigh t to th e
checkers.
Yamaha -moun ted Paint er pulled the tri gger
the fa stest in Sunda y' s fir st 250c c Pr o moto.
U n fortunatel y for Ma rio, Healey su sta in ed an
inju ry earlier in the WeE'k at Mammoth Mountai n, a nd pa cked his bags and headed for Elko. It
was unfo rtunat e for Pa intf'r ~au se now Healey
wa s in the lead an d pullin g away befo re the end
of lap two. All Pai nter could d o was keep so me
d istance between h imself an d Yamaha-mo un ted
Posey.
The mos t excitement in mota tw o was when
He aley h it th e kill sw itch after th e parade lap
and d eclanad the trac"k too wet and slid to race.
Aftf'T !'OOrT1t" groom ing by a fou r-wheeler. Healey
nail ed the holeshot and put some wet roost on
the pack. Kri~ I'apworth ate Hea ley' s roost until
h e w ent d own, e nding up w ith Chad Wall·
wor k's Yamah a parkPd o n to p of his . Painter
moved into seco nd and the mota ended identically to the firsl, with Healf"Y w innin g (1 -1)..
Pa int('f in scrond (2-2), and Posey in third. (3-3).
Results
s...-
~(64J, 1. Tnt"" I.-wm; 2, o.-rnd: ~3. ll:udi W" Iw..;4
L.ndnr f'owftl S. Ek. :rdn. L..indIIPy.
50 (7 ·8i 1. ZlId< M.a""",D ; 2. Na ltw> ~J,. joIlh ~ 4.
~Id VaUM't'; S. Jac. z-n.n.
... MOl'), 1, N..' .... n l.-;:l J<.... R... if_n; 3. Tu n. l.-yrft.
b
50 t lEADS
1. Bry.n Und ley; 2. .....
H. rtInan.
MI (6·11) I . ;l..Ich "" ,1f$h,lU; Z. Zac h ary Brown; 3. Ou .tyn
:
SoNonwn; " . N'd Nrl onn; 5 00ru.1<.I V.u-r
60 (9- 11); 1. S. m 1I11rprr; 2. Lrvi 'fllM'tl.; 3. T,....... fitomaldn;
". Bo-ni Wilhams; S. ll<.. Sout hwt 1ll'th.
110 riF e : 1 0 .. nn JI1 n.. wt; 2. K"",,, A"'It'y; .1. A 'M.ju. ; S. CIw<.l Nrl........
110 JR (12·15): 1. Ornick T)'\'o ; :l St<'w- MOl .t.....; 3. Eldon Uu't.;
.
4. Boyd FoIll'l't"; 5. II,."",... Pro ut
110 INT : I. Jim my N..iKon; 2. Todd !'rail ; 3. [.uk Ey.m ; 4, T.ISt>rm.......... S. Hr ...J '1'ho>ml>u1'K;
12.'1 RF(; , 1. M~rnl ~ I",, "'i n ~; 2. Da mpl W,. ..... rd ; 3. Doony
Burns; 4 , R.. bm 5mTtt-t; S. loKUbAhlwn.
1
w,.
ur:
o.n-...
125 JR: I. BruldOl'l B..inws ;
J........y P"Kt>t; ~. OIa, s M.rtm.
2. DlInIO'l McC• •n; 3. Ene Ka y ; ...
125 NT: 1. RI'\"tt Ba"""Y; :l luon Dubin: J,. Bry.., HlIIdt.; 4.
DOl.II.... Taylor; So JalK>n MaRui.
12. I"R(} I. kipp P.-y; 2. M..... P..inll"t'; 3. JU.i,b Ruth; ...
1
t..rry t....y itt 5. Kri s Rourk .
250 BEG: l. Day. Phi llip" ; 2. OIlnin r.-.n; 3. H'l'arh Cu nn i..g .....m; 4. 8 '.11t.Io1l1 l.....tit-; 5. J... wtlwn t.......
250 fR: I . kr'rm y r . J:"'; 2. Bnrndt..... Whi lk>d; 3. ~ H.l1'I.
- : " . AnurAIN; S.J ..tfM."'"')'.
2r,fl NT: 1 F.nu l ICrI\rr. 1. Jo~ M.:Kimwy ; 1
J-1rI Dubia; 4
WoeoJq MUm~ S. AI,", Ht'ndornoon.
250 PRO: 1. M1b HNWy ; 2. Mano P.urdt!r, 3. Ki PI'
KID Il a lfi:.-; 5, Ty c..........
~
4.
25+ JR. 1. AmIt'Ak2..JlI!IIOr1l-iorWy.
2S+ L'lT: 1. SI'IIwn ~ 2.]rtf H..-ard;3. "'" I..of);rHn.
~ I'RO: 1. Mlu HfolIIt'y; 2. Bratt Boh1:>n;),. s..- ~ "
Q"' W.I1 _ . ~S. KooIly 8Ptl!t.
)()+ JR: I. 8ftnt B«il; 2. Damy ~ 3. Curtis Ilt'Wwr;
... Mil,.. PlIInwr. 5. MMt<. Snuth.
lO+ 1J'v7 I. Sron M«ftam.; 2. Mar k tiopkrM; 3. Tn.')' W.rd;"
:
1l..-Iwn.I V• .-...
30+ M«>: 1. Brad 801-..;1 M ,b ROddk; 3. RDn Wftw; 4. KW1
lft: S. ll.odrII'y ReynokU.
40+- 1. Jooff C.-nun; 2. (" .roo.. Snuth; 1. ,.... Pr..n; 4. JWt..n
..
Wo"tlun. S. Mrl.ry MurrDon.
WMN IR: J. IWcharl Math n; 2. AnKN H.tch,; 3.
~foer
v~.
~omd.t1
50~): 1. T,..... t-ntt 2. Drmd; kine; 3. Rudi Williams,; l.
t.>-~S.~
HM:b.
50 (1..(l j: I. Otmyn 0;,--...; 2. Zad "",,""'U; 3. Jndt Johm.
....... 4. Dun.old V.........; S. a... s.m..n.
50 Men 1. Niitt... 1-t 1 Jo-h ~ J,. Trans
~
".~~
10 H F.AOS UP: 1. A.......,. H.onnwn.
60 (&-8): 1. z..ch
M at~hlI n;
2. Ni .... N" I!M)ft; 1 . Dust yn
Son.oNrn; 4. DunaId V1I 1.-, Sa z-Nry 8 ~
1
flO (~ 11,. 1. I"'; J_vn; 2. ""'" W.U ,..,m", :\. ....... H.orp<'r. 4
Ty,. ... 11..m.Indn; 5. b s......hworth .
t
80 BEG: 1. Du:.tin J..h" M>n; 2. KatH Aah~; 1. A:lItWy Wm -
klet; 4. Ad.lm
~ ....;
S. Br. ,.dIPn H. ......ugh .
IK) JR (7·U): 1. ~i Jeor-n. 1 T.IIP M.,.,r. 3. T".... 1"""'-'cWz 4. s.m
;
5. 1......8t'Wwt'.
80 JR (12· 15t 1. CAtI'f rt l«li m; 2. Ikryd Fn cf>ot'; 3. Orrno:k
• Tybo.; '" 1Wldy Fitzllft"Ud; S. SH~
ti."","_
