Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

'I ----JI· Jet! Elings (772) leads Joh n Coo per (41X) and Virgil Elin gs (770) at Gratta n Racew ay. Stret ch got used to his new KX in a big way as he un co rked it and tu rned in.an incredibly fast 1374. Colbe rt kept his Yamaha on the gas and drop ped 1584. The speed average to the 2.J-mile check was the sa me - 16.6 mp h - bu t after that, it wa s WFO fo r th e la st 19 mil es. A few s pecta to rs o n th e co u rse go t to see th e rid ers h itting th e fa s t, ta p ped -out- in-fift h -gea r s a n d w a s h e s a nd po un d ing the h uge w hoo ps bef or e gra bbi ng hard brakes a nd slam ming in to the big-bermed co rne rs. Then ca me th e fun fla t- trac k sectio n, co nsisting of mil es of jeep road s th a t went u p into the pinio n trees . Th e last 3-mile section to the finish tu rn ed to tr ail a n d c u t ba ck ac ross th e cre e k, G r a y dropped a po int a t the finish check, giving him the overall w in. Seco nd o verall and the A-class win ner, Mark Stevens, had his KX flying as he w as the on ly rider to zero the la st check, N ext came KX-m ou nted Brigh t w ith a se as o n-be s t third o vera ll. Yamaha ride r Colbert took fourth and KTM rid er Dax Brown rounded ou t the top five. Th e hard-luck a wa rd agai n w ent to FIo yd Stre tc h . Hi s second tes t sco re had him in the hunt for the win before he came up sho rt on fuel jus t a few miles before the finish. Fortu na tely, Stretch had a better side 10 his da y. as he won the Super Senior class. Resulls 0 / A AA : Jim Gra y (KTM t 0 1A A:. Mark SteveN ()(a.w ). 0 1A 8 : Dave-t't'Umrister (Suz). 0 1A C: Dan Dailey (Ya m). AA: 1. Sco t Bright OCaw); 2. uwy Co lbert (Ya m ); 3. Doll: Brown ()('TM). Palmer II takes two at Grattan AHRMA By H. Lee Rlgozzl BELDING. MI. JUNE 20-21 Blessed w it h good weather a nd a n a ma z ing a rray of machines, Gratta n Raceway was the site of another fun day of AHRMA racing . Some of the day's high ligh ts includ ed the two wins posted by Carlton Palmer II, which included wins in the Pre-1940 class both Satu rday a nd Sund ay. A 1937 Harley-David son 500 carri ed Palm er to vic- w ry. . The Sou nd of Th under / BEARS also had a d ouble winn er, as WalIy Schlepe r, on a Su zuki T L1000, su r vi ved serio us cha lle nges by Kri s Aug ust, Jeff Na sh, Tod d He nnessy an d Dave Knapp, wh o fell wh ile lead ing. The MZ Skorpio n race was a ba ttle of wills a nd nerves, wi th Sven Bley winni ng tw ice over Dave Ro sn o , Dave Fu lke rson a n d Bruce McLaughlan . ResullS S . tu nby 200+ C P; 1. Cory Ru..u (Du d ; 2. 'ohn Dt.mui!iC."y (T ri ); 3 . LUTy · Kn-by (YAm ); 4. M iL- Gontoky (Du d ; S. Brian Bt.d (Dud. 2SO C P: 1. Jon,uh.tn Whi~ lOud; 2. Ch.u1l.~ Se-.ton CBuU 3. ; John Ridwnbon (Duel; 4. Fr" nct., Ga.".nn- Sexton (Bul) ; 3. Virgil Elings (AI$); 4. lohn Rich.t nhon (Dud ; 5. Fran m Gan.lnct' ([Jud. rRE- I94 0: I. Carlto n r alm" II (H-o); 2_ Norbe r t l""i kel c (BMW); 3. AI Kn.arp (H -o); 4. Bt.ono Rud , (Nor); 5. Blak Wlbon Ond) . CLSSC ' 605: 1. Jl'ff ElinK~ (Ma t}; 2. John Cooper (BSA ); 3. Virgil Elings (AJS); 4. John Cy gnor (No r); 3. tl"f AI Charll"!i (Tri) ; Selltun IBu!); -e. Co n.·y Runk (Duc ); 5. Joh n Step bens (Duel. 350 c r ; 1. Johnny De mo il'ey (Tri l; 2. Jo na thdn Wh itt!; 3 . Ch a rl~ Sexton (8u ll; 4. Stu.ut Ca rte r ( Due); 5. lo hn Ridw rd l'On (Duel . PRE-1940: I. Car ll"to n r a lmer II {H-Dl ; 2. No rbe rt Ni ckd (OMW); 3. AI Knapp (H-D); 4. Bo..·nn ROlli (No r). C LSSC '60!1.: I . Jeff Elin~ (Ma t); 2. John Cooper (BSAI; 3. VirKiJEJi gs tAJS); n F-7S0: 1. AIQwril,o, (T ri); 2. Ca l L.t.-wis. (Not); J. o..v..- CtomtT (Duel; 4. rat Curtru y (H- D); 5. Mich.td Burke (B:\IW). F-vu.-,.; l. John Ellis (Yam ); 2. Christopher Spotrgo (Yam) ; 3 C.1 l...ewi!i(Nor); 4. Bill Wdc:h (Y.am); 5. John Mdsy .ar (Nor ). CL-C HA :'IlD: 1. A1l;2. Andrew Co we ll ('Tril; 3. le lfr e-y Ca i;,zzo (Du e); 4. Kemp Archibald (Ho n) ; S. La ne u nt:'" ' oIcqUoly (l1 0n ) . SrTSM N 750 : 1. Joh n Ellis (Ya m); 2. L.ury Kirby (Yam); J . Bill Wdch (Ya m); • . Jett Murr (Yam); 5. Ed Va n Siddl' (N or) 5OS / BEARS: 1. Wa lly Schleper (Suz); 2. Kris AUglJ!lt (H un); 3. Tod.d HC'r t'l'. y (Bul"! -e. AI C h.arll'S (Dud; 5. M.lr k C umm ings m " ; (l .av). SKO Rr ION: 1. Sve n Ble y (Mu z) ; 2. Da ve Rus no (Sko ); 3. Brul'e McLaughLm (Sko). S/ MO NO: 1. Sven Ble y (MUl l; 2. kff Na s h (Dud ; J . Tim & rlu-r (Yam); 4. Mold Cum mings (D ud; 5. Stua rt C",rtn (Spo ). ; S/ MONO 2: I. Tim Barker (H Uf\) 2. Gary AndenKH\; 4. Crq: Huff~ ( lC..I ); 5. Pat Dunan (Kawt w 250 A:. 1. JerryChUTChill (KTM); 2. rtW St\.-'Ynu, oc..w ); 3. Je ff Hnnande z UCTM ); 4. Keith Lanon (KI!w) ; S. BTUn Bunnin g O'.. m ). OPE.'\S A: I. Bill ~ 1Kl'M) ; 2. Rya n (YNril (KTM); 3. Bob ConncT(Honl ; 4. Pet er Zeptd.a (Honl. SR A : I . John Blythe O<.iw); 2. R.tnd y Walker (ICTM) ; 3 . Erich E!.&wein( KlM); 4. Ed Beaumont

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