Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

Presents Round 8 JULY 24, 25 & 26 time of 6.4846, whi ch pushed him up to fifth overall. Williams couldn't better his first rid e but DeBusk hammered his Dr. Bob's Racing Kawasaki to a 6.5150 to claim sixth overall. Templeton decided to "go a fter Willie" and he really cranked it on at the start of his ride. Templeton got into trou ble over the first jump, though, and his bike flipped in the air, ending his ride. Petty , o n the DA Lu b r ica n ts / Stoug hto n Cycle Ranch Harley-Davidson, put in his second fast ride of the da y. "The mid d le kicker w as rutted out a n d it . t hrew me a lot hi gher than before," he said . " I wish I could put my two runs together - then it would hav e been perfect." Petty' s 6.3892 wa s good for fourth ov erall .0001 of a second behind Templeton. Schreiner' s first ride was faster than his second attempt, so he settled for 10th place on the da y. r Large cha ng ed hi s gear ing for h is second run, but it d idn't wor k out. "We probably geared it too low for th e cha ng ing co nd it io ns o f t he h ill, " Large said . "It came off so hard [ could n' t keep it straight and I got into the gra ss before 1got it back under control." Still, he wa s happy with his first rid e, w hich held up for second overall. "This is Michael's and m y firs t season out her e with out Tom Reiser hel ping us," said Large, "so we are learning as we go." No on e else broke in to the six-second range and Price had win nu mber four. "There are a lot of fast gu ys ou t there bu t 1 try not to pay a tt en tio n to ot her people's times an d it worked out tod ay," said Price, wh ose four winning rid es at White Rose have all been w it hi n nin ehundredths of a seco nd of each other, demo nstrating unbelievable consistency . Anoth er rid er with a lot to celebrate was new points lead er Pett y. " My d ad help s me o u t s o much, I co u ld n' t hardly race without his su pport ," Petty sa id . "And Jeff Yod er help s me out a lot, too. This yea r we are trying to be more cons istent and it's working so far." t:\ White Rose MlC York, Pennsylvania Results: June 7, 1998(Round 2 of 12) 540: 1. Tt.l.I Wilkins (Rtx ); 2. Pa u l Pinso nn ault (Hon ): ' 3. Tc·rry TIl\)Jn PM'" (BSA); 4. Jo h n Hami lto n Jr. (Tri): 5. Scot t McNt-..·lv (Ho n); 6. Cha d Dis be nnct (Tri); 7. Phil Libh a rt lT d ); 8. Harry Schreibe r Jr . (Ho n): 9. Ja me s Zu cco (Kaw); 10. Tim Frazier (BSAl; 11. Da vid Wa tso n ( Hen ): 12. Wes le y .\1 cC o y (Honj : 13. Paul Ga rrc ty U::..,w); 14. Tim Frcidhotf (Hon); 15. ~ik.c Templeton (Ya m); lb . Mike Livingston (Hen): 17. Cathy Templeton O(aw); 18. Charles Robe rts (J(.lW); 29. Ieff Bro wn (Ho n): 20. Le on Everett (Tti); 2 1. Iack M" cAul.\r (Hu n); 22. I rerrw Thomas (Hun). sOo: I. Witlit' Pnc... U~·D); 2. J.1mt>S Large (H-D); 3. • Robert Tem pl et on HI-D); 4. Glen Petty Jr . (H·D); 5. 1 Steve Dresser (Ii ·D): 6. Mike Debusk ( K... W) ; 7. Rodney wi lfiam ... (T ri l: 8. Pa ul Zander ( BS A ); 9 . Ru ss Va nderveen (H · DJ; to . Robert Shreiner (Kaw ): I J. Rod n e v Smith ( Ya m ): 12 . Ie ff Th orn" .. (Ya m); 13. Wa ll.lc·.. Fow le r (Su d : 14. Chu ck Mv le-, (Ind): 15 . • Bra ndon Kreeger (Tri); 16. Ha rry Denham tf-l-D): li. ~ Robert Ca...tledi nc {H·DI . AMA S40cc NATI O NAL HILLCLIMB CSHI P SERI ES POINT ST AN D INGS (Aft er 2 of 12 round s ): I. Ted Wil kin!' (30/2 win s): 2. Paul Pinsonnault (25 ); 3. Phi l Libhart (21 ); -I. Terry Thom ps on (20 ); 5. (TI E) David watson /Tim Frazier / Scott McNl.'Cly (19); K (11E) John H am ilton Jr./Tim Freidhoff (12); 10. C ha d Drsbe r mct om; 11. Mike Pulver (ll ); 12. Harry Schreiber Jr. (8); 13. (T IE) J.1m"-"5 Zu cco /] e rc my Tho ma../ Mike Templeton (6); 16. mEl w eslcv to.k Cov /Kl'nnev Rl'if (4); 18. (TIE) \ Pau l G.u n..tY/R.llldy DiUon (3); 20. 'Ste- 'C' Kuhl (2); 21. L{"(lO Everett 0 I. AMA SOOcc NATiONAL H ILLCLIMB C S HIJ' SER IES POINT STAND INGS (After 2 of 12 ro u nds): 1. GIl·nd.ll Pet ty Jr. (25); 2. (TIE) Willie Price (1 wi n)/J .lmt.'S Large (24); 4. Paul Za nde r (23/ 1); 5. Rus.. Va nd ervee n (21); 6. .

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