Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

_ __ _ _ _ _ _ _~~:l P/W: 1. Frankie Ban ez (Lem ): 2. Ale x Bergman (Yam ). 50 JR.: 1. Quin n Simpson (KTM ): 2. Ale x Bergman (Yam); 3. Tyler Meade (KTM ). 60 A: 1. Chris Celo rie (Kaw) . 80 A: 1. Co rey Simpson (Suz): 2. Mark Stu de b aker (He n ): 3. Cody Spra gu e (Yam ). 80 BEG: 1. Mark Studebaker (Ho n); 2. Tim Ha nson (Hen). 125 A: 1. Ch ris Mea d e (Yam) ; 2. Sean Light (Hen): 3. Pa ul Cas tillo (He n). 250 A: 1. Kurt H a w k (H on ): 2. Scouter Vernon (AT K); 3 . Da niel Ad kins, (Hen). OP EN A: 1. Kurt Hawk (Rtx): 2. Troy Renfro tRtx): 3. Bria n Wa lls (He n). OP EN DTX: 1. Scoo te r Ve rn on (ATK) ; 2. Tim Ricke tts {Ho n): 3. P hil Scott (Yam) . 30 +: I. Ga ry Moore IRtx): 2. Dan Kirk (Yam) ; 3. AI Bracke nberry (R tx) . 40 +: 1. Jim Monega n (Rt x): 2. A lle n MorinvilJ e . (Ho n): 3. Vince Holt (Rtx). 40+ : I. Klaus Holman (Yam); 2. Tom Street (Ho n): 3. Steve Sprague (Bu l). VINT TW, I. Dick Slushe r (Nor); 2. Dou g Phelps ITri ). VINT 250 : 1. Tom Street (Hen): 2. Ste ve Sprague (Bull. KNBY: 1. Aaron Holm an (ATK); 2. Jeremy Kendall (Ho n). 'Ad a m Popp grab be d too much front br ak e en tering th e ultratight Mallory Park ha irpin and stalled his engine to avo id cen ter- pu nching Ni xon . Shortly the reafter, H ennin g threw away hi s Honda exiting the same corner. These mi sfortunes left Nixon to repeat his fourth-place rid e, while lon gtime vinta ge ra cer La rry Po on s sc a m pe re d across the line a mere fou r-hund red ths o f a se co nd ahead o f Ru st y Lowry' s Harley-Davids on KR750 to close out the top 10 for the Am ericans in an otherwise all-British top 10. All in all, it was a spirited, we ll-ru n even t that played to an estima ted 5200 de dicated spec tators in dread full y we t conditions . The British team an d Mallory Park we re gracious hosts, and rival team leade rs Gary Nixon and Phil Read promise a rematch in ' 99 - hopefull y run in dr ier cond itions . fOX AHRMA Historic Team Challenge Mallory Park, England Results: June 14, 1998 RA CE " J. Bob Heath (Mat); 2. Danny lmberg (Tri); 3. Jerry Summe rfield (Nor); 4. Ga ry Nixon ITri); 5. Pat Mooney (Nor) ; e.Graharn Wilson (Cra ): 7. Ph il Read (BSA); 8. Graham Read (He n): 9. Tod d Henn ing (Hen}; 10. Mike Hose (Tri). RA CE 2: 1. Bob Heath (Ma t); 2. Danny Imberg (Tri); 3. Jerr y Sum merfield (Nor) ; 4. Ca ry Nixo n (Tri): 5. C ra ha m Read (Hon); 6. Pa t Mooney (Nor); 7. Mike H~ {Tri): 8. Joh n Cro ns haw (BSA); 9. Larry Poo ns (&'e) ; 10. Rusty Lowry (H·D) . • Oregon State Dirt T Championships rack Annen attacks By Clay L ight MADRAS, OR, JUNE 27 a tio na l nu m ber 40, Jeff An nen , withs too d a flurr y of advances fro m riva l Washin g to nian J.P. Simo nsen to post a wi n in the 20-lap Expert main even t at the AMA PrO-Am qua rter-mile short track, which dou bled as the single-round Oregon State Cham pio nship at the Madras Speedway. The eve n t, pr om oted by the Moun t St. Helen s Mot orcycle Club a nd Dou g O'Brien, dr ew riders from three Western sta tes, but it w as Washin gtonian s includ ing 600cc Pro -Sport wi n ner Beau N (Above) Jeff Annen (40) won the Expert main event at the Oregon State Dirt Track Championships, held at the Madras Speedway In Oregon. (Right) Kurt Hawk won the 250cc and Open A mains at the Oregon State Dirt Track Championships. A. Brown - posting the majority of the class wins. Qualifying kicked off Oregon' s only AMA Pro dirt track race of the 1998 season, with Wood-Rotax-mounted Annen, Or egon's Brown and Eric Rickm an bat tling for front-ro w positions in the first of two heat races, which Annen won . Heat two wa s also closel y con tested as Eli Price, comin g off a Cas tle Rock IT win, and Simonsen traded positions in a racelong battle which Price ultimately wo n. Tw o six- ri der (the top th ree from eac h heat race) Dash For Cash events we re held pri or to the ru nnin g of main events. Brown, wh o won the first of two 600cc Pro-Sport h ea t races, did a runaw a y to nab a w in a hea d of Aa r o n Weston . Simonsen scored a popular win in the Cecil Brown-spon sored Exp ert Dash For Cash, but he was pre ssured by fell ow N at ional numbers Annen a nd Price. Price sav ed what could have been a nasty get-off to place third. Small- w heel actio n kicke d off th e evening's m ain even ts . Su zuki rid er Co rey Simpson sco red what was mos t likely the biggest win of his short career in th e 80cc A clas s after comi ng fro m beh ind t o nab local rid er Cody Sprag ue and fin all y Ho nda- mo u n ted Mar k Stude baker for the win . Yamaha rid er Dan Kirk led the two row , 1Q-ride r Over 40 final, followed by Alle n Morinville, B-main win ner Ji m Monegan and Mark Studebaker Sr., but Kir k began a slide backwa rd th rou gh the fiel d as bot h Mo negan a nd Morinville overtook him . Vince Ho lt, th e AMA District 27 Over 40 nu mber one, then ba ttled with Kirk to the end, resu lting in a finish-li ne pass to net Holt third behind Monegan and Mori nville. Kirk, Studebake r, Crai g Renfro a nd Kim McKillop closed ou t the field . Brown took the holeshot in the 600cc Pro-Sport final, and mu ch like' his hea t and DFC victories, his win was a ru naway ab oard the Ray Ca rroll Racing Rotax. Aaron Weston, who was making his season d ebut, poste d an impressive performance that netted him second ahea d of thi s year's winni nge st rid er , Tod d Hagm ann, who was followed by Geo r ge Prind iville, Moneg an, Brian Schilt and Doug Ann en. The final main eve nt of the eve ning was the 20-lap Expert m ain eve n t, in w hic h Annen sa t on th e pole po sition aboard the Lopko / Sho ei/Tho r-backed Rot ax. Anne n used the outside line to lead Simo nse n, Price, Brown, Rickman a nd Hiatt on th e o pe ni ng lap. Pric e' s cha rge forward ende d pr ematurely on lap one after he slid ou t. This allowed vete ra ns Simonse n and Ann en to leave the field well behind but opened up the d oor for seco nd-year Exp ert Brown to move into third . Brown , however , lost the position to Rickman but eve n tually m o ved back to th ir d af ter Simo nsen developed a flat rear tire and d ropped back. That left Annen with a healthy lead - one that he held to the finish. Rickman scored second ahead of Brown, Jeff Hia tt, Josh Currey and Dick Wall. fOX Madras Speedway Madras , Oregon Results: June 27, 1998 EX: 1. Je ff Annen (W-R); 2. Eric Rickman (W-R); 3. Beau A. Brown (W-R); 4. [e ff Hiatt (W- R); 5. Josh ua Cu rrey (KTM). 600 PRO -S PT : 1. Beau A . Brown (Rtx): 2. Aa ro n West on (Ho n): 3. To d d Ha gm ann (Rt x) ; 4. Geo rge Prindi vill e (Yam ); 5. Jim Mon egan (Rtx). EX D FC: 1. J.P. Sim on sen (Rtx); 2. Jeff Annen (W -R); 3. Eli Price (W-R). 600 P RO -SPT DF C: 1. Beau A. Brown (Rtx) ; 2. A aro n West on (Hen). Red Bud Loretta Lynn's Regional Qualifier Jesseman • Jams By Larry Witmer BUCHANAN, MI, JUNE20-21 rand on Jesse man took the overall wi ns in both of the 125 and 250cc A Pro-Sport d ivisions on his Cernic' s Suzuki /Per fo rma nce Engi neerin g / Axo-backed RM at th e mid eas t region Lorett a Lynn's qu alifier, held 'at Red Bud Tr ack an d Tra il. T he w in s d idn' t come eas ily, as Michigan Mafia rid ers Kelly Smith, Jimmy Wilson and Na tha n Mille r ke p t th e pressure on Jes sema n th rou gh o u t the w eeken d . Gene Ritchie and his crew had the track in top condition all week end long, even w it h t he hot temp eratures an d hi gh winds. These are great condi tions for the beach , bu t fo r the clay of Red Bud, it s pelled ou t a lot of wo rk for Tim Ritchie's water tru cks. This was the last step up the long climb as the riders w ho took top seven in their respective classes are bound for Loretta Lynn ' s. B 49

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