Klinefelter cleans up
.atTrail·Way ST ·
By Len and Ben Breech
HM:OVER.PA,JULY5
Little Chr is Klinefelter won th e socc final after
s ta rting from th e pen a lt y lin e fo r the seco nd
time in a. row at a Trail-Way sho rt tr ack race.
Although he exited the second tu m in fou rth
place, Klin efelter was jud ged to have jumped
th e st art a nd go t sent to the penalty line. On the
second start. Jared Mees gr abbed the lead from
Ray Lied , Zac h Ca lcu tt and Nick Lipi ra, with
Klinefelt er go ing to the uppe r part of the groove.
By the fourth lap, he ha d passed up to second
p lace and ha d th e tough Mee a in fron t. With
Met'S h olding th e inside lin e, Klmefelt er got out-
sid e him as th ey exited the second tum o n the
fifth lap and w as in first by the time they left the
third tum.
Other s mall-class w ins went t o Brand on
Robinson again in 5Scc (U ). John Long in 55cc
Oi l-In jected, Juh n Davis in S5cc (7-8). and Ia red
Mccs in 6Scc.
The Expert and Pro racers took turns bea ting
each other. Ricky Win sett and Georgie Price
traded pla ces, as Price beat Winsett in the 600cc
Pro class, while Winse tt re tu rned the favo r in
the Sportsmen class. Bob Sweet en took the Over
30 holcshot and held off Mike McKee for six of
the eight la ps be fore McKl"etook the win.
Mckee's atte mpt at a do ub le in the 600cc A
final was thwarted by Roy Miller. Jim Chapma n
held o ff Clarence Buff for hi e firs t w in o f the
ye ar in the 750cc A class, wh ile Rick Wash ack
topped th e Ov er 40 class. Rep eat winners took
the regular Ama teur-class w ins, with Joey Tyerya r top pin g the 1255, Corey H ermes th e 250s,
an d Natha n Davis again in the hOOs.
Cec rgie Price ma de his holeshot in the 600cc
Pro pay off as he led Ph il Libhart, Tom McGrane
Jr. an d Ricky W insett ou t of the se con d turn.
After h is les s-th an -brilliant sta rt, WinSt!tt shot
into th ird on the seco nd la p, and seco nd by the
en d of the n ext lap . Du ring the latter laps, John
Winsett Jr. started to pres sure Libh art for th ird
bu t got a little too close in the third tum. tapping
Libhart's rear tire, send ing w lnsett over th e bars
a n d p u ncturing th e g u tan k in the proc es s,
bringing ou t the red. nag .
Results
~ (U ): I. Ih .and" n Robi"", .., (Ar't.t 2 c.tltn Wlnb-n (KTM.t
3. kit I ~ (.M1 ); . )..... On. (Gb); S. Tr.aviA RIMkI (1CT'M).
65 : 1. JarwI M...n (K..a w); 2. N idi H"'<.l nlln (lion).
Il.. I . On. I(h_f.ltoor ( H.>n); 1. J..~ ~ (Ka w ); 3. Il.ay
'\o:
UPd {Hon t . Nic:k Up r .a(Hnn .t 5. Udl C~ (lion l.
- 30+: 1. 80b Sw,",,", (Rt>r.); 2. Jim n..IIU1tft (Rb.); 3. 10M Hnldent", (lt h); • . Jim Ch.a'P""An (Rne t S. BriM EdNrt (Rh).
50 (7-81:1.}otm Daris (Cob!; 2. Johrt Uwa V ~).
600 PRO: 1. e..u.g.. P"rit.? (Rbl.t 2. Kkky Wi"""" (Rt..); 3. rt-oj]
Libh.&rt (Rb. ); • . Tom Moc(;,&rW It . (Rb. ); So·M.a Mllkt- (Rbi; );
rk
125 B: 1. Joq- Tyt'ty.at (V un )o 2. Nick wpra (H on )o 3. b y
Ued (Han); • . Mw. &r.booon (Hon.t So Tra vis SlIdt (Y am).
S1"T5M~ : I . Rid .y Wi"",," (Rh ); 2. ("'_'!"Ii. PTi ... (Rt.. )o 3.
.
Tom M.."Cr.anr Jr. eRn ); ". Nul ~rt (Rbi ); S. Ov.K: BudYr-..R
L
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liOO 8: 1. N.ath.an 0._ (y.a",); 2 S&m Wmt.n (Rbi ); 3. Will
Sbdor (H..n .t • . Rim Ty.-ry.ar Jr . ( finn}; 5. DilVO' Sm ith (Ka w ).
l); So~ h dH (RtlI)..
m A: 1. Jim Ow.p.. ..... (T rl ); 1. o.l'PI1l'l" Bull (Yam); 3. Dri.n
Edhit.rt (Tri).
(Above) Roy Mil ler (81A) : t ook first In the
600cc A class .he?d 01 Mike McKee (99A)
at Trail·W ay Speedway in Hanover,
PennsylvanIa.
(Right) Eric Whee lw right was th e w inner In
three classes at the Var iety Riders
Hlllclimb near Otta w a, Illinois .
Wheelwright wheels right
at Ottawa Hillclimb
By Bud Nort h ru p
OTTAWA, ll. jUL
Y13
Eric Wheelwright and Kateb No rth ru p wa ged a
fas t -time war at the v ariety Rid ers H illclimb .
Wh eelwright e n joyed a triple-w in da y, but
Nor thrup em erged wit h the fast time .
Wh eelwright post ed th e secon d-, fourth - an d
sixth-fas test tim es as he claimed victories in the
250cc. 500cc and Stock cla sses. Though wheelwright d id n't win th e fast -time award, if there
ha d been an altitu de tro ph y, he would ha ve won
it, a'i he thrilled the crowd time after time with
full -t hro tt le flight s th r ou g h the li g h ts end
incredi bly high over the top of the l~foot hill.
Brent Ste art nailed a 3.370-second time on
w
his first 250cc-cla,.. ru n, e tim e which stood up
well in to th e 500cc clas s when St ew art beat it
wi th a 3.295-sccond run on his CRSOO, on ly to
Set' Lloyd Haas slip und er that with a 3.290-second tim e, taking tha t into th e bre ak as the to p
time.
In seco nd -rou nd action , Stew art moved back
out on the bubble with a 3.275-!';f"COnd ru n on his
YZ250, only to see And y Fortn er blow tha t awa y
on his Forwa rd Motion Suzu ki with" a 3.242·sec·
ond run. Then it was Wh eelw righ t' s tu m , an d
he flew h is YZ250 far and high over the top in a
b reathtak ing 3.167 seconds.
Marc Stamm th en nailed a near-pe rfect second -roun d ride in the SOOcc class to post a new
fast time at 3.115 seconds. Sta mm didn't eve n
get J chan ce to par k his Hond a. however, before
Whl ~ l w ri g ht blasted. over the top in 3.064 seconds to wi n th e class and pos t a new fas t time
that was expected to stand, as the fast time nearly always goes to ol SOOcc-class bike.
The an nouncer said tha t Mike Miller would
pa y $20 to any 750 whic h coul d break h is 2.9seco nd reco rd rime, and 30 seco nd s later Kaleb
Northrup roared over the tup in 2.877 seconds.
the only sub- three- seco nd time of the da y.
Wheelwright, ridi ng his VZ250 in the Stock.'
class, ne w th rou gh the ligh ts and nea rly ou t of
the land ing are a wi th a start ling 3.152 secon ds not qu ick en ough to take fast time, bu t eas ily
fas t enough to spo il No rthrup's bid for a th ird.
win
Results
.!IO A UT O. I . IIr.an don O .allm.an (Hon); 2. ~nd y WiJI~m.
3. Nicl SumllWl1l (It.. ); • . R,*","
(Suz t 5. AI. n P..tty
(Yam l;
s..nn
(KlM).
85 YTH: 1. O.an M )'flW ( Han); 2.. BiD M y.rn ( Han ); 3. ~
&i..,. (I lunL • . 6«"y Willi.unI (K..aw ); S. Gn,i; WIon (K..aw L
:::00: I . An thon y D.H.art (Yam); 2. Ryan r ..fnOII (Hon); 3.
5aln ~ (K..a w .t 4. Boody W lllWn l (K.aw .t S. Ml ly Somn (K.aw~
:50: 1. Eric Whmwrijtht {Y.am); :z. Anl llun y Dd l.art (}-ion),;3.
B~~.art (Y.am ); • . K.a
lt'b Northrup ('I'.am );~. Ja~ Nort hnlJ'
(So>r (H -DJ; • . TIm W'AAl lll(T n.t S. TI'TTy B-.aikioy (H-O).
r
$TI(, 1. F.ric ~Khl (Y.am)o 1. K.. a.-t. N,W'thrup (Ya m ); ",
Ry..-. T'fWnoon (lCTMt . · Andy fn NortIvup ~);
The "Bullet" fires off at
Victorville Speedway
By Mike Mah er
VICTORVIllE. CA. JULY 11
A bu llet fired over th e new Victorville Speed wa y on the San Berna rdi no County Fairground s
a s World S peedwa y Ch amp ion Billy "The Bullet " Hamill made a speci al gu est appearance and
bl~w away the com prtition. Hamill showed th~
crowd how he won h is wo rld title as he easil y
swe pt th e nigh t, winni ng all three of his heat
races and both firs t-di vis ion main events.
Hamill demonstrated why he is called "The
Bullet" a ~ he simp ly shot out of the starti ng gate,
bu t In the scratch main even t The Bullet alm ost
m i."fired a." after gett ing h i." usu al roc ket start,
.
,
h e slid wid e in th e first tu rn, an d National
Champion Steve Lucero m an aged to slip by to
tak e the lead . Hamitl reco ve re d a nd ch a sed
Luc ero down, pas. ing for th e lead and then sims
ply pulling aw ay to win ove r Lucero, John Aden
and Andy No rthro p .
Ha m ill w as even mo re impress iv e in the
n in e-m an , ni n e-l a p Han d ica p m ain ev en t.
H amill sta rted on th e SO-yard line, alon gside
Steve l ucero, Joh n Aden and Mik e Faria, bu t
charged ' throu gh th e p ack an d took th e lead
h alfwa y throu gh th e second lap. Th at was all
she wro te for th e com petition, as Ham ill w as
loo king at the rear of the field when the checkered flag new as he won over No rt h ru p , Rick
Pearce. Aden. Faria , Lucero, Brian Pa ppa lar do ,
Paul Coulston and Rob.Sau er .
Unfortunately, Hamill', vi wil l probably be
sit
h is on ly apPt!"arance at Victo rville this se aso n .
While thi.. is sad new s for the fans. it will undoubted ly bring a sigh of relief from tJ,p competition.
Sta n Galvez too k the ea rly lead in the second-diviston main event. but Brian Thompson
came u p from tlw back and soo n mov ed in to the
lead. whi ch he h eld to the en d as he took the victory . Charlie Powell moved into seco nd, Galvez
took third, Bilty Lyons fourth.- Jason Dani els fifth
and Sean Lamed. finished sixth .
Fra nk Peece took the lead away from Pro
mot ocr oss er Eric Schnell midway th rough th e
third -division m ain and held on to wi n over
Schnen , John O'N4:'i1 and Tim Apple.
Donn ie Robinson won the Jun ior Speedway
main even t over " Flylo" Ryan Fi!\her, who now
is given a half -lap ha ndicap, wi th Tim Gomez
third and Tommy O ark fou rth .
Resutts
Vladovich victorious
at Glen Helen Motocross
By Chris Sanch lrlco
SANBER.'1ARDlNO, CA. JULY 2JJ
At Glen Helen Raceway , 23 eage r riders came to
race the very compettetve No vice class of th e
Over the Hill Gang. bu t their effo rts weren't
enough to stop Tom Vlad ovich fro m convincingIy win nin g both mote s.
The race was held on the fast an d challenging National track, a layo ut tha t o ffers a gre at
variety of jumps, long straights, and tigh t tums.
The sta rt chute is notori ou sly long and fas t, and
Vlad o vlch va ulted his KTM to the head of the
pack and never loo ked back. riding flawl essl y to
an u nchallenged mora win . Dea n C o re no was
also impressive on his KX. taking seco nd off th e
lin", and holding it to the finish .
However, there was a torrid battle for fourth
place be tween Yamaha-mounted Steve Jackso n
and Sam Rodrigu ez. The tw o engaged in combat
ea rly in the race an d continued to spar th rou gh.
ou t the en tire mot o. Rodri guez was all ov er Jackso n, bu t Jackso n was ridi ng as wide as a sem i,
cou ntering Rod riguez's every move. On the last
la p, Rodri gu ez was desperate to pass and made
a d o -or-d ie m ove a t th e checke rs . Jacks on,
th ou gh, didn't crack under th e pressure.
In mal o-tw o action. CR-mounted Val Fuk un.lga grabbed the lead an d was close ly pu rsu ed
by Vla d o v ic h , Jacks o n, Blake Ku ec ker,
Rodriguez, and Co reno . Fu kunaga' s lead w ag
short-lived as he went d own on lap tw o, han d ing the lead to Vladovich, who seized the 0p fX>rtunity . Fr o m th e r e to the fi n ish, it was a ll
Vlado vich . Mean w h ile, the battle fo r second
th rou gh fifth W 8 ." fierce, with each racer bein g
se pa ra te d b y th e m argin of a u sed kn o bby .
Again, Jackson fou nd him self under attack. but
th is time it was fro m Koec ke r. Jacks on stood
rock -steady and nev er wavered, ta king seco nd
pla ce in the mo to an d second overall. Koecker
looked co m p lace nt an d settled fo r th ird . Th e
ba ttle for fourth was again the hottes t spot on
the tr ack, with Rod riguez under att ack from
Coreno. The tw o traded b low s and positio ns
throughout th e m ota, but Rod riguez seemed a
b it Ie ttgued at th e end an d Co reno secu red
fourth place - an d third overall on the d ay.
Results
IIEG : I . o._low~n; 2 ~_. L.ad ... m ; 3. Ra y V.alomnwW;4.
MacM,lJro.- S. G.r1h G.al1od.ft.
;
NOV: 1. Torn V1adoorich; 2.
Jacbon;3. 0-. Coftno; ..
c..,.
sw-
SlIm RodnJt..-; !. Bl.alIP~.
NT: 1. IIrun' (""", -4t; 2. CbriI s.mctMriro; 3. TIm Mc:Enb¥; .
0..... RodriTt.... ; 5. Bn.n M il l..t.
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EX: I . Fft'd N imoll ; 2. Ch ud: 8PnnPt; 3. M.a C~; • .
",Carid F.a;.ardo; 5 . SI .... . Z winSH.
PRO: 1. Winy Mu.W . ""; 2. Rub F
.ngn; J . er. ig Hoffmri!lh>r;
SCR: I . Billy H.am ill: 2 ~ Lu_; 3 . Joh n A4c!n ; 01 . A ndy
Nort hrup_
HDCP : 1. Dilly H.1miD; 2. Andy Northrup ; J. Rid 1Y. rce- • .
;
". Iim I-Wnn;S. M.arc I,>hn!iun.
JoM Aden; So M.... F.a
nll.
1On; • .
()'2, 1. Bri.an n-RP"O'\: 2. Owrhp ~; 1. Scan G.alvn,; 4.
Dilly ly~ SO ...._ o.nWb.
0-3: 1. Fr.ank Pft
