EVENTS
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Eight ride rs compe ted for top honors in the
Novice cla ss, a nd 54-y ea r-old Gen e Ch it ti m
showed the field of riders that he had the righ t
stuff to wi n the class . Chittim rode smoothly and
consistently during both loo ps on his way to the
win . Leland Fields put in one o f his best rid es
aboard his Beta to secu re th e seco nd spot. Newco mer Brian Kess ler too k a well-ea rn ed th ird
place.
Re s ults
NO 1. CL
V:
"llCChittlm {C-.GJ; 2. Leland Fidds Uk-tJ; J , B
nan
Kepler (Y
am).
I"'" I. wan wlI n,·y(G-G); 2. Andy K.n- (G-Gl;3.r.lIrU"ll
u
rorterOktl.
AlJV: 1. Daryn Reid U 2. Dave Spense (C-.Gl; J , Dl"llfllS
k'lI;
Tollefson (G-C).
F.X; 1. Jnhn l ~ h" r w ' K "j m..u; 2. 8r.•d Skr.....n ( B.· t); 3. D d ll
Dwyer <
GoG).
SK: I. M
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Pushrod Hillclimb
series successful
By Bud Northrup
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POLO, ILUNOlSl aIT AWA. ONTARio , CANADA, 1ting in the 1998 poin ts
'd
race in 0-17, primarily because they rould ride their
vintage British bikes in two cL:tsscs: theweekend dou~
bll;.'-head~r formats adopted by man y d ubs, and lhe
semi-Pro sanctioning used by man y dubs in D-17
(though chains, p.d& and fuel are not pt~rlniUl.>d, so
nmilteur points can be awarded). Iowa provided
som~ da.-.sy bikos and abu some good riders, with
Davi d Deaver ru nning his beautiful BSA, Ca thy
"Peanut'" Resher ad ding the feminine touch on a
nin4y set: up Triumph SCXl twin, Herb Curran on hi..
nea t Triumph, and hilldimbing leglmd Dorrance
Johnson (lI1 his venernble liSA. It is, all in all, a unique
class to \vutch.
Kal eb North rup, a 26- yea r':old co m p u te rsoftw are specia lis t fro m Crysta l Lake , Illinois,
was th e 1997 series cha mp io n. No rt hrup, ridi ng
an extens ive ly modified 1967Triumph Bonnevil1e
m o unt~ d in a KXSOO fra m lo', pi ck ed u p fo u r
wi ns an d a th ird in th e geri es. He pu nctua ted
two of his wins at the Var iety Rid ers clim bs by
a lso cla im ing the Fast Tim e Awar d s, sho wing
that thi s class was not a n "o ld a nd slow" cla ss,
b u t on l" h ll e d with l"xt reme ly co m pt"t iti ve
m achi nes . It is in te resti ng to no te tha t at th e
1997 AMA N a tiona l Amateur /Youth Hill climb
C ha m p io ns hips, the to p thre e s pots went to
p ushrod mach ine s : Llo yd M uell er a~d C huc k
Nein feldt took first and seco nd on Harleys d is pl acin g o w r 1400cc, fullowed by No rt hr up on
h is 800cc Triumph . The re w ere, in fa ct , fi ve
Harleys a nd two Tri umphs in the to p 10 at the
Na tio na l.
Th e int erest show n in this cla ss in 0 -17 wa rrants serious co nsid l"ra tio n by thl" AMA regardin g th e a d d ition of t hi s cla s s a s an AMA ·
approved class for National comFft='t itio n . It 's
too la te for 1998 (u nles s so meo ne has pu t in it
ru le-cha nF,e req ues t>, bu t perhaps for 1999...? I
s tro ngly e nco u rage o ther Distric ts to a d d the
class, even if only on an e xperimental basis, in
th eir 1998 hilldimb events.
Re s ults
1997 PUSHR
ODSERIES RESULTS: 1. Kilil'b Northrup (T
ri);
2.Bill Myen (Tri) Terry B il ... (H·D); 4, Bob Fillher (H-D); 5. Eric
;
.. y
Sieh (B
SA); 6 Tim W
iggins (Tri); 7 . K
t'vinTilson (Tri ); II. Jim
Ro!:J..rt~ ITril;9. D.-lvid ne..
verJr. ([JSA);10.k ff Dt.hannon 1I 1
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Graves grabs gold at
Willow Springs RR
By Eric Vincent
.
R
OSAMOND, CA, OCT 18-19
Chuck Graves rod e to his seventh st ra ight victory in the Toyo ta Go ld Cu p Formul a One Rood
Race at Willow Sp rings Interna tional Racew ay
du ri n g t h e 10 th r ou n d of Will ow Sp rin g s
Mot orcycle Club racing.
Graves' v ictor y w as th e hi g h li gh t of a n
ug ly Fo rm u la One race that wa s red-fla gg ed
tw ice. In the initial sta rt, Graves was second
off the line on h is Gra ves Motorsports-sponsored Suzu ki GSXR1100 be hind Cu rtis Adams ,
with Fra nk A raguki ru nn in g third . Between
t u rns two a n d thre e, G ra ves powe red past
Adams, only to be repass ed by Adam s in the
back st raig h t. Co m pleting the first lap, G raves
drafted Ad a ms d ow n t he front straight and
dropped to the inside to retake th e lea d .
Adams con tin ue d fighting fo r the le a d ,
pa ssing Graves again in th e ba ck straight on
la p two. For nea rly the nex t two la ps, Ad a ms
kept G rave s in c heck . H o w e ve r , Ada m s
crashed co rning o ut of tum o ne a s lap four go t
under way, giving G raves a so lid ho ld on the
lead . At th e sa me time, Araguki ca rne und er
pressure fro m Tcke y Beck, who po wered in to
secon d d o wn the back st raight. Aragaki's hold
o n th ird p roved tenuou s, a s he was pa ssed by
Je ff Sho r t a s th e rid ers r ound ed turn t w o .
Within a few seconds , the co ntest wa s hal ted
when race off icia ls suspected oil had been left
on th e track aft er a rider crashed in turn eight.
The e ight- la p race re st art was red-fla gged
when a rider crashed in th e fir st lap, lea vi ng
equipment and oil on th e tr ack. Afte r the incident wa~ cleaned up by WSMC offi cia ls, a sixla p rest art got und er wa y with Beck grabbi ng
th e holeshot, Craves in seco nd a nd A ragaki in
third . In turn two, Gra ves powered past Beck
to tak e the lead .
A lap la ter, a four-rider battle wa s under
way for third, w ith Dean Vincent mo mentarily
emerging fr om th e dogfight . Ho we ve r, a lap
la ter , Vin cent faced an other cha lle nge from Jeff
Short, w ho captured th ird after twistin g th e
th rot tle bet wee n turn s two a nd three.
W it h no furth er cha nges in the to p three,
Gra ves took the wi n, followed by Beck in sec f~
e nd an d Short in th ird.
Results
1' J. Chuck Gr..ve~ (!>u.:e); 2. Tokl' y fWd. (Su.:e); 3. Jet f
-1:
Short(5uz); 4. J..clo. Pfl'lfer (H"n); 5. Dl-.. n VinCt"flt (Y.lm).
F-2: I. Chuck Gravt'~ (Suz); 2. Jerry Evan~ (Suz); 3. Jack
Nl'ifcr (Hun); 4 M Fostt'r (Suz);·5. K
,uk
,·nnl·th Cha • (" " l)
....
F.J: I. M ;"hiru lizukd (Hun); 2. Vicky JddL-.un·n.·n (Hun);
'l'
3. J"lm H..plo.i n ~ (Hunl; 4. M cl J-1ol n nol~. Jr. (llun); 5. Toby
kh..
JOl'J'l'1lSOn(Hon).
F·40: 1. Paul V
ogel (Suz); 2. Do
uSI.1S Nl'wh"ullC (KiIw); J .
o:K
lJerck M l"tl.'lOn tSuz); ..j . IJ.lvid I'erez (Due); 5. Jack Vanl><.'t.'k
(Suz).
500 S/STK: I. Roger B.iker (Yam); 2. JaOllO n M oy (Yam); 3.
ill
M COOk!ll'y (Yam); 4. Butch Erwin (Yam); 5 J~ Hammond
arIe
(Y
am).
(,jltl S/STK: 1.Chuck\, rllws(S,n); 2. J.ony fv,ms L'ru t.); 3 .
Jolrk Pf"i fM' ( ~I"n) ; 4. IIdmlJ W l'l (Yolm); 5. K
inklt'
enneth CholSC
(Su,z).
S/ STK: 1. Chuck G r"w~ (Suz); 2. leffSho (Suz);3.
rt
FnnkAr"SlIki (Suz);4. Pnul Vogel (Su..:e);5, A Gro~ (Suz).
ryCL'
Suz); 2. Jl'rl·my Toye
OJ S/ STK: 1. Curtls Adams <
'IiN
inPn.
,lm);
(Hun); J . KeV 'tUdl't1t (Y 4. Ro~rt Nelms(Suz).
550 S/BK : l. Joll'On M
ill"y(h m); 2.Jeremy Toye (Hun); 3.
Marte Cooksey (Yam) 4 Ba.lz R
;
enggll (Duel; 5. R
ogl'r R
aker
(Y
am).
fI.'j() S/ BK: I. Ch u~k GrdVl.,. (Suzl; 2.Jerry EVolll" (Suzl 3.
;
DolVl' Campbe (lion); 4. Dryoln K
ll
uvaricl< (lion).5. MMk Coernicky(Y..m).
750 S/ B I. P..ul V
K:
ogel (5uz,l; 2. M tt CUllum"no (Suz); 3.
..
Frank Aragaki (Suz); 4. Jack Vanb""k (Su.:e); 5. Br Gruss
yce
(Suz).
K:
OPEN S/ B I. Curti~ Adam ~ (Suz); 2. Chuck Cr,w L~ (Suz);
3. Tokey Beck tSuz); 4. Stev... Poor... tSuz); 5. Stl'phl'n Hewitt
(Hun)
500 M PROD: I, J.•-"n Miltuy IYdln\; 2. M C,,"kM>y
on
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(Y
dm);3. Roso:r l1olk...r (Yilml; 4.Se,n K
'" vy",nu(Yam); 5.JIl.. H.lm·
.
mond (Y
..m).
bOll MOD PROD 1. lack I'il:'ifcr (Ho 2. D<1vl' Campbell
:
n);
(warick (Hun); ~ . K
l'nneth Chaije (Suzl; S.
(HonJ; 3. Bryan K
Mark F<;>I;ter(Suz).
75 0 M
OD PROD: I . Frank Ar"fj:" ki (Suz); 2. Ma ll
CUSUmdnO (SllZ);3. De McKes ~n (Suz); 01. Bryce GrO!lis (Suz);
rek
5.Jack Va n ~k (Suz).
OPfN M PROn, 1. CurtisAd'lms <
on
<;117.); 2. J..n·my Tny..
(H,ml; 3. Slt·plwll H.-will (I·h in} ..j , K
;
..vin Pr""id..nt (Yolml; 5.
Anthuny EI1J ~ J r. (H,,"l.
BOn L/WT 1. B Long (K
: ri..n
awl;2. Jamt'5 Hi lic (Kawl;
l r
3. Brian O~ bo rn ... (K.tw); 4. K
...vin lump (Kaw); S. /eft Browne
(Kilw).
BOlT M/ WT: I. Mlchoael Duk> (Ho ; 2. RIck Pall'n (Huo);
n)
3.M Ofield (Duc); 4. Kurt Andre_ (Due); 5. Robcr Sg
id,
olrbotl!lil .
(Hun).
ROiT H/WT 1. navid P'·r<';l (Dud; 2. t...rry ~:hn u r (D
:
uel;
Jio
3. B R
dlz ..nggli (Due);4, ClolU Szyu.k(l w ~ k i (Dud; 5. Pell'!"
R..lbbin.~ (Du
el.
500 SCL: 1. Danny Farn:oworth(Hon);2. St...veAllen (Hon);
3. ClIrlin Dunnl' (Hnn); 4. Larry Cochran (Hon); S. Kenny
Kroptocky(Suz).
650 SCL: 1. Stu.. rt Str
..tt"n(Ho 2. John Niel.
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JoshN.warro
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Cob
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Cory B~och
K.lw
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Zachery Johnson
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ChaSe Takacs
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Dustin Watson
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Jimmv Gonzalez
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Brett Bauer
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CMMC Barona Oaks
Ramona, CA
October 12
By Stephanie Branch
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Kristopher Chambers
Deyan Young
B H
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Zachary Peddie
SO 11Hi1 5Jl(
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MotoCross
Fossil Bowl
Garkia, ID
September 14
B
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Peer 1.00
Nick Hastings
EncAod"",
Jesse Br.uncr
12S NOV M
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Joshua W t
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Travs Fnnk
Derek~
David Fo~
Jon Mevers
125 M
Beau Baron
W lOnNichols
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M
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Shawn Ellis
125(l~25 1
Joshua W
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Tram. Frink
mPRO
Dustin Nelson
250 BEG
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Eric F :Jer
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ChrisR.Iym
A Daniels
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lanCe Castiglione
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Sha"'ll Ellis
DanielNichols
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Daniel Sou nd~rd
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Steve Yurkovic
Wilson Nichols
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125 1l ~25 1
JoshuaW
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Dustin Nelson
.250BEG
lohnMI.'Sil
Martv Ddual1lder
Adam Daniels
I_ Kromp
250 NOV
l.1rty Sutton
Lance Ca~tiglione
MikeMarshall
Carl Cha'it
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D.-miel Nichols
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Daniel Bro\\ll
Ron Lasro
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Ch.nlesBaker
Kc\in Barret
Jeff Pollul,t
Tim Gillard
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AMA District 14
Frelin Motorsports
Marlette, MI
October 11
By RonPaulsell and
NormanWesl
SO jR
Lrtt
Ethan W
right
DavidBacon
SO SR
Adam Harden
Domirncb:zi
KYleBourd~
ZaclwyBa
Tim
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IChael Oupman
Joshua Maidman
TumerBradford
Kdshua Wood!.
Sebastian Sumiel
Chris Briesneister
Brad Dixon
Kenneth J Rabideau
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l50 0PEN C
Aaron C.WISdunan
Scott Peitz
Ronal R
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David Waller
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K.lw
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K.lw
Adam Cole
ThomasLee Templetonlr. K.lw
Adam Harden
Kaw
V,m
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Justin B \wau
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JohnCIl'~
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lance Shelton
LyleR. f1e&hmann
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MaxM
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Euglffie LOlsavid
Paul H
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RichardM enzie
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MichaelHill
Paul HemT\iln
Barry Riope
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RandyFeuchl
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Rand'lFeucht
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B
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TomCole
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John Korte
Robert Ch.1pmi1n
Robt.'rl J.S""eeney
Ri_ M.Sch.mk
W
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NON-<:UR
Justin Thompson
Rona Roberts
l
Richard W
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JohnHunter Coe
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Action Speedway
Mineola, TX
October12
By Jeff Harder
P
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Bradley Harder
8Il
J
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Randy Stubblefield
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Geraldjessup
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