Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

The Most Horsep01Ner for EVO Big Twins" Sportsters! Shafer soars at King City Hillclimb By Bud Northrup MOUNT VERNON, n. sm.6 Ma rk Shafer pa rked his fas t but hard-starting 1984 CR500 in favo r of a new KX500 in August... and deli vered a blazing 3.76ohecond first-round lime in the SOOcc class at the Kin g City Dirt Rids ers night hillclimb, setting a new hill reoord and a time tha t would hold up for the $100 Fast Tune award. Kaleb No rthrup was Shafer's closest challeng er in the cla ss a s he sa iled hi s bro th e r Jason's Sportland Honda high and far over the top of the newly groomed . 145-foot hill in 3.844 seconds, jus t slightly fas ter th an cla ss po int leader John Scroggi ns, wh o carded a very good Whether you' r e building a s treet/strip fire bre a the r or c ros s c o u ntry touring b ike, only the right ignition combin a tion vvill get y ou the m ost horsepovver. ACCE L:s Super System fo r Evolution B ig Tvvins and Sportster s is the sol u t ion . T h e system includes everything n eede d t o tune your ig n it io n for the m o st h orsepovver availa ble : • ACCE L:s Mega-fire module vvith selectab le t!ming curves • A C C EL:s Super Coil, for the most spark energ y • ACCE L:s beefy 8.8 mm vvires and • ACCEL:s U-Groove spa r k p l u gs 3.876 se conds on his CRSOO. And y Fortner join ed the three-second club on his Honda, turning Do 3.430-scco nd time for fourth pla ce, while Doug Cam p be ll ran his KX500 over the top in 4.024 seco nds for the fifth spot. No rthrup had a very good night for himself as he picked up th ree class w ins. Two of the wins came on his spa rkling 800cc Triumph. He nailed the Open-class win with a fine 3.~ e nd tim e, ed gin g the King City club president, l1 05cc Ka wasa ki rid er Stev e Mu lli ns , who turned a good 3.973 seco nds for seco nd p lace. No rthrup flew the Triumph over the top in 3.997 seconds in the Pushrod class for that win. w ith Steve Shafer running second with 3 4.347--second time on his classy Harley. No rthrup's third win cam e in the Stock class, where he topped. the hill in 4.466 seco nds on his Sportland Yamaha, wi th Gary Edmison claiming the second spot with a 4.676-5<0000 lime. barely ahead of Mark Goodma n, who carded a 4.764·second time on his KX25O. Goo dm an al so had a go od night, a s he cl.1imcd the win in the 250cc class with a 4.194second time on his KX2.5O, just edging the 4.203second time posted by Fortn er. Goodma n also added a third-place finish in the 200cc class to co m p lete a fair ly s ucce-ssful night for the 14· year-old rider from Ind ianapo lis. The onl y lad y rid e r, lS·yea r-old Becky Williams, had to be pleased wi th her pe rfo rmance, as she p icked up the w in in the 85cc Youth class and secon d place in the 200cc class. Becky turned 5.464 seconds on her KX80 to slip under Jared. Ha yes, who carded a nice 5.648 second s on hi s fi rst ri de. In othe r Youth -class action , Marl Matthews charged his JRSO 90 feet up the hill in th e SOc Automatic cla ss to take c that win , followed by Tommy Bruce with a good 7g..foot ride on his Honda. Resu lts so AllI'Q 1. M.r. r. Ma~ (Su.zL2. Tommy Brucr(Hont 3. d Alan P~tty (KTM): 4. John ~ (Vam) : S. R.andy Willi.a_ (Y.lm). 85 YTH : t . 8«lr. y WlUl.Ima; 2. J.lnod fU)'" (lUwt 3. M.ltt W~."'I!I" (lGIwL ol. Nid Moyu 5. Riley Mullim (Y.m). ; 2tl(); 1. Anthony Dtot u1 (Y.m); 2. Bedr.y Wil1.i.lma (K.Iw); 3. L M.lrk Goodm.m (K.l w ); 4. CAry l::dmiaon (Sw: ); S. Bobby Robert · IIOrl (Yarn). l5O: 1. Mu k Coodm.n (K.iw ); 2. Andy Fortner (Sm) ; 3. An thon y Do-H (H",,); 4. C...ry F.dmi!lun (Suz); 5. Bud Northrup "rt (y..m). 400: 1. sieve Shiifcr (VAm); 2. Doug Cam pbcll (Hus); 3. Mar k Sh.11'lr (y.m); ol. Troy fUy"" (Ma i); 5. Mib Hil ..rd (y"",). 500: t . Mnk Sh.1f'r (lc.w); 2. ~ Northrup (Hoo); 3. John t Scroggina (Hon); 4. A...ty PurineI';5. Doug Campbell (K.iw). '750: 1. And y Fortnl:r (K&w ); 2. KaIrb Nort hrup ~w}; 3. Bob Glomn (KTM); 4. Cn ig ~Hart (K.lw ); S. Scott I'dty (Y. m). OPEN: 1. K.ilt!b Nonhl'\lp (Tn); 2. StI!'Yl' Mulli N (K.iw ); 3. R.J.ndy Creorn(K.Iw ); 4. John !lilt.u.J; S. ~ Shoorer (H·D). sa: 1. ~~C MWlina (K,Iwt 2. CrAil Ddwt (K.-w); 3. Bob Qo.onn (KlM); 4. ~ W~.vcr (Hon ); 5. 8ud Northrup (Y&m). PSHRD: I. J:&Wb NorthNp (Tnt 2. Sbrvl' Sh.dft (H"{)). STK: 1_K.tl..b North ru r (Y.m); 2. C.. ry F.dm;~ .... ($uz ); 3. M.rir. Goodman (I(.Iw ); 4. Anthony Ddt.ri (Su.z);S. Adam Boone (y.. m ). Stewart steals show at Galesburg Hillclimb To get the maximum h o r s e p o vver f rom your e ngi n e c hoose ACCEL:s S uper S y s t em . Made i n t he USA. ACCEL is a M r. G a sket Perfor m ance G roup Company 8700 B rook p a rk R o a d C leve la nd. 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(Em i1JE1] Amtria!', Wrdly MJJtarcydt Newspaper By Bud Northrup GALESBURG, SD'T. 7 Brent Stewart had a perfect day at the Galesburg MC Hillclimb, posting wins in each of the three classes he en tered and nabbing the coveted Fast r une award to top off his clean sweep. Stewart's first win came in the 200cc class, wh ere he took his CRl25 ove r th e top in 5.70 St!COOOs for the win. Iowans Glenn Fuegen and jero me Beckley follow ed Stewart wi th 6.1:;' and 6.51 -s econd times, r e specti v ely , on their KDX200s, w hile Scott Sheet> claimed the fourth s p o t in 6.63 secon ds. Josh Ho vey, riding <:Ii RMl 25, filled ou t the top five with a 6.95-second run. In 25Occ-dass action, Stewart topped the hill in 5 .55 seconds on h is Jackso n Pe rfo r ma nce for the win. Glen Fuegen placed second on his Honda, while Rod Nelson came in third. • Oakland _11ON R EGJOIW. . NATlONAL SAHCTIONSU:ENSE (562) 86U112 (909) 657-6782 P.O Box 46 . NORWAU<, CA 90650 Nationa. 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