Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

srr5MN 125 EX.: 1. How.lrd IWntz (liord; 2. Marlo. ~ull (H wd . SM'SMN 250 NOV : 1. Ro b Lealham (M ai); 2. Marc r apt: (Mai l; 3. Bob Kru h (Peon); 4. Gary Whi~ (CZJ. Sf'TSMN 250 INT: 1. Tom Sea,;~ (Pm); 2. Ga ry E~loff (H I15) 3. Ti m Cu rt is (Pen ); 4. Wa yIk" McMinn (B o n); 5. C r a il'; ; SimF'N-1I\ (I-Ion ). • SM'SMN 250 EX: I. Don Adams CHonl; 2. Ron ~Iton (Bu l) ; 3 . Oarrna C urti~ (Suz ); 4. Bill Sca rlnt (CZJ; 5. M.u k Ar.Il. n;Iu ll " . (Hus). ',bOO Sl"TSMN 500 NOV; 1. Tom McMinn (5uzJ; 2. l"Uchke Lyn n Shoup (CZ); 4. Ed Rodz.tch (Ma il; S. Wa yne' Rantr: (BuI); J. (Hun). SM"SMN 500 Il\o : I. Ma rk Simpson (HWi); 2. TI m Leebe 'T (HUll); 3. Gary Egloff (Mai l; 4. Rya n I:>ickson (CZJ; 5. D.vid f"ien:T (Ka w) . S PTSM."I,j 500 EX: I , F lll' Hl-ondricks (Ya m); 2. Rich Smith .n (Ma il; 3. John Hart (CZl . WMN NOV : 1. E1kon V~m (Hun); 2. Kim Suttun (Suz). 30+ NOV: I . Rob Lea t ha m ( Mai) ; 2. Ly nn Sho u p (CZ) ; 3. ' G I..TUl McMinn Jr . (}Ion); 4. Tom McM inn l';uz ); S. G reg Brown (Hus). 30 + (NT : 1. Tom Seagro'\'l"5 (Pl""'); 2. Dw a)'Dl" Scri vno r ( H u~); 3 . G.lry Eg lu ff (Ma i); 4. M.1rk Sim pson (H us); 5 . Er ic UdrTI!\On (H on ). (Above) Terry Pratt (100) raced to the Over 50 Intermediateclass win at the opening round of the AHRMA National MX Series, h eld in Phoenix, Arizona. Glen n McMinn (213) fi ni s hed second . (Left) Ryan Dickson aced th e Modem Classic Inte rm edi ate class at round one of the AHRMAlSpeed & Sport Nati onal Vintage Trials Series In Arizona Leehelands AHRMA MX laurels By Matt Hilgenberg Pho to by Earl Owens Jr. WITMAN, AZ. FEB. 8 The 1998 vi n tage mo tocross season got und er way at round one of the American Historic Racing Moto rcycle Associa tion (AHRMA) Speed & Sport Na tional MX Series at Speedworld Motorpl ex , and local boy Tim Leeh e look the win in t he h ighly co m petit iv e Over 40 Intermedia te class. Slated to be part of Cruise America's seco nd annual Arizona Bike Week, the MX ended up being the only event tha t ran on Sunday, as rain fell continuous ly t hrougho ut the day , Th e twisty, sand-based track was just about perfect during p ractice. but got messy as the d ay p rogressed. Finally, after the first round of 12 mot os finis hed, prom oter Da ve Boyds tun of AMS Racing decid ed to call it a day, and double champi onship points were"awarded to the 242 entrants based on firs t-moto finis hes . In the eve r-compe titive Ov er 40 lntennediate class, u >ehe took the win over lronman entrant Gary Egloff and his Maico 400. Terry Mendel and Tim Cu rtis ro u nd ed ou t th e top four. Leehe had to sett le for second in the 500cc ln tennedi- at es, as fellow Husky pilot Mark Simpson won . Egloff was third . Ernie Hendricks, back racin g a fter a long layoff, wa s impressive on his way to the Ov er 30 and SOOcc Expert-c lass victories aboard a Yamaha . New Expe rt rid er Don Ad ams was second to Hendricks in th e Ove r 30 cla ss, the n rod e his Elsin ore to th e 250cc Exper t-class victory . Eugene Craw ford sco red o ne for the California boys by sliding his AjS Stormer through the ever-deepe ning mud to win Class ic 500 No vice; Montes.l-m oun ted Ike Winchell was seco nd . Th e C lassic 125cc No vice class had Te xa n Phil Grund y g uide his Puch to th e class win over Ca lifo rnia 's Mike Folena , aboard a Rick- man Zundapp . Other C lassic 125cc wi n n e rs in cl u d e d Expert Ken Gerard and CZ-mo unted Inter med iate Lawrence Lucia. Pre mier Lightweight Intermed iate had a good tu rnout of eig h t early1960s machin es . Indiana's Daniel Beher rode a Ducati to the overall win, followed by BSA C15 rider Rand y Hiatt a nd a pair of Co tton Cobras rid den by Dave Duane a nd Co lorado's Dan VitalcUi. O ther interesting machinery included a Matchless G2 ridden by fifth-p laced Rob Stickler . and jerry Sibley' s ESQ. Sexagenarians now receive specific recog nition in AH RMA mot ocross, a nd there were six en tra nts in the Over 60 Intermediate division. Utah's To m Ra mey (a bo a rd a Husqvarna ) earned the win over CZ-mounted Bill Staley and Honda pilot Richard McConnick. Results Swl"""''' PRF.MDrE."l TW INT: 1. VtTl\(" FJmono (Tri); 2. Jod (BSAl; 3. D.lnid Bdw:r(BSA). rREM O PEN 1W EX: 1. Da n ny Da v~ fTri -BSAJ; 2. wry Davis CTri-BSA). l"REM 500 NOV : 1. Da vid <::hrone (Due). I"REM SOOL'ol : I. JaaDl: Jenny (BSAl; 2. Terry f'h n (USA); J. 'T La ")' Mitdrij;al (BSA); 4. Dt."",n b Moure (BSA.>. !'REM 500 EJC 1. John Huegcl 0ndJ . P REM l/W NO V: 1. Tl'TT)' SkTmt (BSA); 2. Bill Solmsug (G rr) ; 3. David Chmne . SM'SMN OPEN 1W EX:1. DaVIi"' Lindeman (Yam) . SM'$MN 125 NOV : 1. ~ rc Papl' ( Hon); 2. Elll"O Voerm",uul (Hon). Sn5MN 125 I!'IT: 1. Carl Richey (Hon); 2. Mik t" Nt"al (Hun); 3. Eric I-Lvri.. .on Ulon) . - JO+ EX: 1. Ernie Hendrich (Ya m); 2. Don Ad","" (Hun); 3. Da ve Lind .. man (Yam); 4. Scutt Pec hi n (Mo n). 40+ NO V: I. Rick l...1~oW (MaU; 2. Rich.1nJ Yamolno.- 1CZ>; 3. Mikl' Bt)WtT(Mon) ; 4. Joel Witte (CZJ; 5. Gary White (CZ). 40+ I!'IT: 1. Tim Leche (H us): 2. G. lry Egloff (M ai); 3. Tl'1T)' " Ml'nJd (CZ); 4. T im Curtis (Pt"O 5 . Mike Hlltchk~.. (Yam) . ); 40+ EX: I. Bill x a rllot (CZ>; 2. Ron Mel lon ; 4. Tim Ram ey (Mai); 5. jean Ramsay ; 3. Ru n No n.. ·1J(Hu n ); 4. Juhn G u lliford ('7>; 5. Bub Whi te (M,l i). • 50+ lNT : 1. Ter ry Pratt (CZl ; 2. R. G ll'nn McMinn (M.li) ; 3. ' tTl)' Brown (Hus ); 4. Tom RoachIHus); 5. How ard Wal ls (Ro k). 50 + EX: 1. Rick Williams (C Z); 2. Ken G e ra r d ( H u n) ; 3 . l..l wn.onn- Luria (c.z); 4. Jo hn Scu tt (Tri) ; 5. Doi ny Da vi.. ITr!· n ~ 1lSAl . 60+ INT : 1. Tom R.nney ; 3 . Richard (Hon);

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