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00, decided to try a run, an d eased up to
the line with only seconds lell in the 10minute window. In a fairy-tale ending.
Kimball blew over the hill and into second in the class.
The 0-7OOcc Unlimited class tackled a
more difficult hill on Sunday morning. It
included two 9O-degree turns right at the
steepest midpoin t in the hill. This time
Neal Payne was first over, but Whitlock
was again fastest. A tota l of 10 rideres
topped the hill, including six from Montana. The last was Ed Taylor on a Honda
CRSOOR. Taylor joined Kenny Kimb all
and Dusty Beer as the only riders to fin ish in the money in all four classes,
Nex t on the hill were the Open Tire
bikes. Normally, the hill has a designate d "lane" ma rked i n fl ags, b ut in a
cha nge this year, the cen ter of the hill
was fla gged off, a n d riders w ere
allowed to go anywhere on the h ill
except wh ere it was flagged. Most riders
chose a line pretty much straight up, but
that path negotiated a jumbled doublecliff area around 200 feet. Sid Seitz p iloted a 1994 RMI25 fitted with a stock 1992
Suzuki GSXRI I 00 engine to the win .
Th e 38-year-old Canadia n has a fairly
a tomic rid ing style, and he blitzed the
d ouble cliff like a dou ble jum p : He
rammed the rock face near the top hard
enough to jump the entire top of the hill
as well. That made him the only man in
the 14-second slot. Jerry Seeley was second an d Beer third . A total of eight riders went over.
The final regular class was for Open
Unlimited bikes. Anything goes here,
but like last year, only Pat Johnson and
Steve Stit h opte d to run Nitro . Shane
Davis was th e first rider over th e hill,
b ut again Whitlock was fas tes t, as the
only rider in the 12-second bracket. The
first five riders were on Yama ha and
Kawasaki fo u rs, with th ree Harleys
(Cha m be rlain, Ron Zundel and Larry
Coleman) following. Ed Taylor was the
onl y two-stroke over . He was p iloting
Chamberlain's old YZ980 twin.
The top six riders in each tire class is
seeded into the Ad vanced class, and the
winner of two runs there becomes the
Montana State Champ. Payne wa s the
fast est, followed by Chamberlain and
Whitlock.
The Senior class grows every year,
and first-t ime compe titor Da vid Ru ff
toppe d th e cla ss, over LeRoy Ebeling
and Karel Kramer.
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Bil lings MotorcycleClub
Billings, Montan.
Results: July 26-27,1997
7 01+ U/L: 1. Trav is Whi tl ock (Ya m ); 2. Da ve
Johnston (Suz ): 3. Dusty Beer (Xaw); 4. Mel Kimball
(H on); S. HMold WaddeUoc.w).
fin. rid er over: ~ Davia.
fut time:: Tl'OIIv ia Whitlod.
00700 UIL: 1. Travis Whitlock (Hon.) ; 2. Mib Reoesor
(1UIw); 3. Mark Polen (l(aw); .t. Bob Spadt (Hon); 5.
Slw.nnoo Chambt!rl&in(Han).
Finl rider oyc-r:Neal Paynr.
OPEN RUBBER. 11RE: 1. Sid Seitz (5oz); 2. Jrny
SC'eJey (Yam) ; 3 . Ou .ly B"'IH (Kaw); 4 . Sh .nnon
Chamberlain (HO); S. Kenny IGmb.o1l (Hon~
Fin. Rider ovn: Mel Kimb&ll.
0-600 RUBB ER. TIRE: 1. Travis WhitSoc:k (H on); 2X...nny Kimball (Hon ): 3. Ken Long (Ka w); 4. Dave
Johnston (Hon); 5. Nul rayne ~w).
first rider over. Travis WhitlocL
ADV: 1. Nul Payne; 1.. Sh.tnnon O1unberlAin; J.
TrII\iI Whitlod.
S R (40+): 1. David Ruff (Hon); 2. u-Roy Ebeling
(Hon); 3. K.in1'1 XrAl1'll:"l" (lCTM); 40. DouS Shnbum (H on ).
TROMtYHfLL
SO: 1. N'1ChoZu Gabrl; 2. W~ JGmb.Ul; 3. SNwn
Weber; 4. ~an Catdwtll
60: 1. JASOn Smith: 2. Mathew Coleman; 3. Logan
HoIo