Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

wishing for th e best every week. You know, even if we d on't win, we know we d id th e best we co u ld. I've got to thank my spo nso rs - Wcisco Piston, Off Road Cycle Su pply, Scott Goggles, WO40, RL Smith Garage, Pro Artworks Helmet Designs - and, of cou rse, my dad." Rob ert Shrei ner put h is beau tifull y stretched H - I Kawasa ki Tr iple on the hill's face in a screaming frenzy. Shreiner's alco hol-fe d ma ch in e seem e d to howl in protest as he laun ched for the d ou ble. Landing hard, Shrei ner's ri de fell apart quickly. He got ou t of s hape, bou ncing upon im pact on the far side of the second kic ke r. O ut of con tro l and headin g o ut o f bo und s, Sh reiner sh u t dow n an d took a dis tance of 120 feet for his first rid e. Sh reine r, the current Pro H illdimb Associa tio n president, returned for a fast comp leted run. Centered a ll the wa y, Shreiner's climb began w i th a clea n exit of th e s ta rtin g area . Laun ching ove r the jum ps, he sa t down with the th rottl e read y as he wrung the triple for all it was worth. Howling over the top wi th a fast finish , the d igita l d isplay showed a third- place ride of 3.2892. Alwa ys in 11th place, just ou tside of the mo ney, Shreiner gleefully celebra ted his top- three fin ish. "I kne w the bi ke would dea r the ju mps good ... so the seco nd round I left the hole a little loose, so it wo uld n' t fee l re al hard and o ve rs hoo t th e ju mp, " Shreiner said. 'Thanks to my sponsors, . B&B Sales and Servi ce in Lancas ter, and Yo vudine Tit anium Fasteners a n d mysel f." Glend al Petty Jr. go t the crowd fired up wi th his sho wy rid e. Pulling a good holeshot, Petty doubled the jumps with a crus~up in the air. Land ing lon g over the kicker, Petty cas ed the nitr o -fed Harley - ha rd . The teeth-jarring land ing w as dealt with by feeding the injec ted machine all it cou ld drink as Petty blas ted up the right side of the cou rse. He made the light jus t before going o ut of bounds. Exiting on the righ t side of the hil t Pett y bail ed off as the s tre tched mach ine bounced d own the back sid e o f the hill. The showy rid e produced a fast 3.2532-seco nd tim e. Less s howy in the seco nd round, Petty blasted over the hill for the las t time a s he finis he d up the field of 16 riders with a slower tim e. The nativ e Hoosier se ttled for a seco nd -place finish , relyin g on his earlie r, sho wier ride to secu re his finish pustion. "It was a little high," Petty sai d of his first ride . "I finally go t it back down on the gro u nd and I hit the th rottle aga in. It snapped m e bac k o nto the b ack - I couldn't hardly hold onto it. I got to the timers and climbed off of it. I have to thank Stoden's Cycle Ranch; DA Lubri cants: jeff Yoder; my uncl e, Ron Petty; and my dad , Glen; also, Bum ps tik SlL Spens ion." 0Goshen Iron HOnlmen Me MiddlebUry, tndiana Results: september 21, 1997 (Round 9 0111 ) 54 0: 1. Scull M cN~t"1\1 (Ho nl : 2. M ilt" Pul ver (lion); 3 Paul Lo w e (l<.tw); .. . ALm Ho-.lin.... CHOfI'l 5. ; Phi l Libhart (Tn); 6. r a u l rin'lo()f\nault (Ho n); 7. Ricl Soter III (BSA); B. Uavi d Waoon (Hon); 9. Tim F1"aZJer (BSA); 10. Ted WilJun... (Ktx); 11. Chm Bro wn (Ho n); 12. Mike Wil'OOn IKaw) ; 13. Terry Thompson (BSA); 14. Walter Her r ick (5uz); IS . Mi ch ae l Tem plcton (Ho n ); 16. Ran d y Dill io n (Hon); 17. Jere my Th 0m.111 (Yam); 18. Willi,3m HiRlop (Ho n); 19. Anthon y Smoots (JUw). 800: 1. Paul Zal'Kkor< 85M; 2. Glenda! Petty (H-D ); 3. Robert Shreiner (](a w); 4. w tlb e Price (H-D); 5. Joison Prity (H·D); 6 . JoIlOn ld rgt-' (H . D) ; 7 . Rod ne y Smith (Yam) ; 8. StI/"Vf' ()n.y...,.- (11-0 ); 9. 0-....- Weldt (I 1-D); 10. ROO M')' William....HI-D); 11. R U!\.~I venderveen (H- Dr, 12 Jdf Thoma... (Ya m); 13. Mike Shobnt ITro; H . Mark . Swem (USA); 15. Greg Willioum (Hon); 16. Aaron Brown (Suz). Upcoming Rounds: Round 10 ~ Jefferson, Pennsy lvania, Septe mbe r 28 Round 11 - Oregon ia, Oh io, October 12 I N ew Hampshire Internatio nal Spe e d w a y I MICHEUN ~ GRAND CHAMPIONS When you are going fast enough to need the very best! mner: JEFF CURTIS Middle Weight GP Winner: CHUCK CHOUINARD Middle Weight Endurance Winner: RODNEY BUNDSCHUH Unlimited Endurance 1 SepL 27 - 28, 1997 : In Mkhc-lin Wf'Trn 51 PLACE RACE' RES .A "'~MD7'1I '~"'R~. 0 AMA Grand Championships "' 1~; ~"! :: " 0 .. ~: ":. 0 :"

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