Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

2nd Annual ing a scintillati ng 7.263 /1 82. She went on to hit a pair of 7.27s to take her first Prostar win o ve r final-r ound o ppo nent Dav e Schultz. Schultz, wh o ha d run as qu ickly as 7.336 during the event, cu t a stout .407 light in the final, but his 7.489 wa s outpaced by See ling's 7.273. Pau l Ca st, who lost to See ling in the se mifinals, will lake home the number-one plate for 1997. In the s po rtbi ke classe s, Kawasa ki's Rickey Cadson took a double wi n, scoring victories in both 750cc Pro Superbike and the Met z e le r 600cc S u p e rS p o r t classes. Ca dso n also secu red the n um ber-one plate in the 750cc class. Buddy Forbus looked to defend his number-one 750cc plat e in the early ru nning, qua lifying number o ne at 9.440 seco nds. Forbus used the run as a backup for the record, running a 9.430 in the fi rs t ro u n d o f elimi n a tio ns, but h is cha m p io nsh i p hopes w ere das hed a ro u nd lat er whe n he wa s put on th e trai ler by David Mayo, 9.60 to 9.63. May o mad e it to the final (his firs t) a nd got th e hol esh ot on Ga dso n, b u t cou ld n' t ho ld off Gadsd rrs to p- end cha rge. Gadson took his fifth 750cc win of the year, runni ng a 9.72 in the fina l to Mayo's 9.77 effort. The 600cc SuperSports we re flyi ng at Gainesville, with a handf ul of 10.20 numbers being recorded. Keit h De nnis beca me the first to reco rd a s ub-l0.30, running a 10.29 o n a si ngle in the first round of eliminations. Dennis recorded a 10.26 in the thi rd roun d agai nst Mike Sweeney but was di squalified when he came up light on the scales. Michael Phi llips r ese t th e 600cc record at 10.264 seconds a nd made his first final since last year's World Finals. He got the ho leshot against Ca dso n in th is year's final, but slo we d o n th e to p end, w here Ca dson rod e arou nd him for a 10.41 to 10.60 w in - his third 600 cc event wi n of the seaso n. Erni e Velasco, who lost in rou nd two to T ra ci Farr, took home the number-one plate in the SuperSport class. Tony Mullen cemen ted his second s tra ig ht numbe r-on e pla te in the Sta r Perfo rma nce Parts To p Ca s Series, taking hi s thi rd win of the y ea r wi th a fina l-round victory ov er C raig Ada ms . In th e RC .Com pone n ts Su p e r C a s Seri es, Doug Emge scored the w in and the nu mber-o ne p la te, gelli ng by Bra d Pou nds in the final. John Criv it rese too k the win in the APE Super Co mp Series, . taking out Ron Proco pio in the fina l, while James Teasley ga rnered the number-one plate. Jim Ca rro ll took his second wi n in a row in Ihe Pinge l Pro ET Series, gelling by Kevin Pe terso n in the final. Mi ke Konopacki earned his thi rd st raig ht Pro ET number -on e plate wit hout win ning an eve nt th is seaso n. Ray Metzger too k ho me the trophy in Street ET, wi th a fina l-round win over Atco Pro ET winf.1i ner Ronnie Reece. Post Entries $25. Per class Friday $35. Per class Sat./Sun. $70. For all 3 days $15. Pee Wee per day Gate Fees $10. Per person per day $15. For Sunday $20. For all 3 days Children 12 & under Free Gates Q2!lll Fri. Dec. 26 Gam - 10pm Sat. Dec. 27 6am - 10pm Sun. Dec. 28 6am Sign !lD. Fri. Dec. 26 Sat. Dec. 27 Sun. Dec. 28 Opens 6:30am 6:30am 6:30am Gainesville Raceway Gainesville ROOda Resu lts: November 13-16. 1997 (Round 7 of 7) TOP FUEL: 1. Tony U"R (Su z); 2. Larry McBride (Suz). FN Y/BK: 1. Mark Connt'f (H·D); 2. BiD Furr (H -D); PR O MO O: 1. Bill v,-- (Suz); 2. Rick Perry (Stu) 0\ PR O STK: 1. An gdlC' Se.:-li n~ (Su7.); 2. DaW' Schultz P RO S/B K: 1. Ricky Cadsal (Ka w); 2. DaV1d Mayo (Kaw). TOP CAS: 1. Tony Mullen (Ka w ); 2. Crotig Ad3JTlS . SICOMP: 1. John Cnvitresc (Ka w); 2. Ron Procopio (Su.z). .. S/C AS: 1. Doug Emge (Suz); 2. Brad Pounds (Kaw). 600 55: 1. Rickey Gadson (Kaw); 2. Michal.>l Phillips (Kaw). PR O ET: 1. Jim Carroll (Kaw); 2. Kevin Peterson (Kaw). STR ET: 1. Ray Mc.· tzger (Kaw); 2. Ronnie Reece (I<.lw) . 0\ ...... C'j' (Suz). ~~ r-, .... ClJ .n E ClJ u o 25

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