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"For the first two lap s, I heard them,"
itzpatrick said . ."After that, I felt comrtable for mo st of the race .
H
MILE
Although hardly conducive to close
cing, the 50cc classes still offered comtitors the oppo rtu nity to take a spin on
ae fabled Indy Mile during Saturday's
eek-ending mile championship races.
the 50cc Juni or (4-6) class, John Long
I showed Casee Lynn McCammon and
lex Guilbeault the fast way around the
ile, and Candy Hil ey held a similar
linic for Carl Cheatum and McCammon
gain in the SOcc PWSO (4-8) class.
Lady racer Nichole Cheza grabbed
e initial lead in the 65cc DTX (7-11)
inal, but KTM-mounted Alex Reimers
olted past Che za and took the point as
ley crossed the stripe at the 'end of the
irst lap. Reimers, 9, from Muscatine,
owa, then commenced to put a halftraightaway lead on the rest of the class
e fore taking th e win . Carter Myers
ou nd up se cond , w it h Devin Jes sop
ird .
"I wa n t to th an k Mike Schwarzenache for letting me rid e his KTM, and
ryce Welch for help ing me thr ou gh the
'ears, and Max Leathers for giv ing me
ea thers," Reim ers said . "I also wa nt to
h ank m y d ad fo r letting me rid e his
00."
The wa r betw ee n ick Cummings
nd Lo ga n Myers rea ched a feverish
it ch on th e mile as the pa ir went a t
ach othe r in the 85cc Mod ified (7-11)
lass. Cummings led the race for little
ore than five laps before Myers buried
t in to one and .led Cu mmings off four
o r the last tim e . Cummings tried to
raft back by up the fro nt stra ight, but it
as too little; too late. Blake You ng was
hird.
"I was jus t waiting for him, " Myers
aid . "I was running hard er int o the cor ers. I kinda thought he was gonna ge t
e back, so I knew not to let off in the
.om ers."
.
Cumming s did ge t Myers back - in
he 85cc DTX race, as Cu m mings go t
nother ho leshot and Myers trailed off
he line in fourth place, behind Blake
oung and Ricky Mar shall. Myers ultiately made it to s eco n d, p a ssing
oung, who held on for third, ahead of
oung and Carter Myers . But Cumings was the victor.
"I missed that last one by half a bike
ength, so I had to win this one," Cumings said.
Bryan Smith ow ned th e 250cc DTX
lass, taking the win by a t least half a
·tra igh ta way over Meiring and Dusty
aulds, both of whom had pulled clear
f -a four-rider battle that earlier had
neluded Ni ck Hammer and Brett
ankey.
Roger Lee Hayden e xperienced
esults similar to Smith's in the 500cc
odified class. Ha yden got off the line
third and then stayed co m fo r ta b ly
head of Henry Wiles and Zakk Palmer
o earn the win.
"I just think I rode harder, because I
ad gotten second in a heat race earlier,"
Hayden said. "I also think that I had
more power."
The Open Over 30 class fell to Ameri:a n H-D's Steven Glasgow, 35, of Livonia~ Michigan. Glasgow overtook racelong leader Dante Da mbruoso at the
~ntrance to tum three on the while-flag
la p and hel d on to take th e win over
Damb ruoso and Matt McQuillin.
"He (Dambruoso) had motor on me,"
::;Iasgow said. "O nce I got closer, I knew
:h a t I was gonna have to poke it off
j eeper in the comer. I figured I could
.l old him off if I did that."
The old guys
were hard at It,
too: Dave
Atherton (15X)
just beat Roya l
Adderson (28) to
the fl ag in the
Open Ove r 40
class on the mile.
At herton Is the
father of dirt
t rac ker Kevin
Atherton.
It wa s Adderson v s, Atherton in the
Over 40 class, as Dave Atherton - father
o f Grand National dirt tracker Kevin
Atherton - diced for the win. Atherton,
aboard one of his son 's ex -HarleyDavidson factory XR750s, grabbed the
lead and held it until Adderson jumped
him in turn three on the final circuit. But
Atherton kept his cool and drafted past
Adders on on the front chu te for the win .
" I' m d o wn to ridin g o ne e ve n t a
yea r," Athe rton said. "If I' m going to
ride one a year, then this is going to be
it."
Per ha ps the best 50cc race of the
weekend came on the mile, as Candv
H iley gra bbed ye t a nother holesho t in
the 50cc Senior (7-8) fin ale but wa s
quickly swallowed up by Travis Myers
and Ma tt Downs, who proceeded to battle rig h t to the wire, with the Leroy
Vankirk/ Aunt Bubba and Uncle Davesponsored Myers coming out on top by
less than a wheel length .
Tom Link scored the win in the 85cc
(12-15) class , successfully defend ing the
cha llen ges of Cory Mc De rmitt. Jason
Isennock was third , having been able to
hold back Jam es Liles.
It was Upset City for Jesse [a nisch in
the 65cc Modi fied (7-11) class, as he got
caught up in a draftin g battle with Justin
Hittle. The pa ir wen t back a nd fo rth ,
with Hittle, 9, from Peoria, Illinois, pr evailing over Jani s ch b y half a bik e .
length. John Lewis put in a goo d effort
for third .
"I though t I wa s going to be able to
ca t ch him ," th e Da ve ' s Bod y
Sh op / SplitFire /Sprock et Specia lis ts backed Hittle said . " I'd been chasi ng
him all week."
Josh Toungett , 13, of East Peori a, Illinois, dominated the 125cc ranks, pulling
clear of a close seru m for second place.
Toungett' s w in was never in doubt, as
he ramrodded hi s Fast Forward Ra eing /Bell /Cometic Honda around th e
mile for the win, ahead of Nick Hammer
and Cory McDermitt.
"Nick actually got the holeshot, but I
passed him in two," Toungett said . "He
passed me in three, and then I passed
h im back and never saw him a ga in .
Thanks to Tryce Welell, who builds all
my bikes."
.
Other winners included Bryan Smith,
who won both the 250cc and 600cc Modified classes; Priestly Racing's Jeremy
Thompson, who scored the big trophy
in the 250cc Pro Sport class aboard a
borrowed Alien Racing Honda 250; and
4&6 Cycles ' Geo rge Mack, who claimed
the Open Twin Over 25 race on a borrowed Rod Lake Harley-Davidson.
The 600cc Pro Sport race closed the
show, and it had the makings of a bamburner. But the race was halted right off
the start when Josh Knott blew into the
turn-two ha y .bale s . On the re star t ,
another Californian, Toby Jorgenson of
Stockton, California, emerged from the
pack to take the lead. Despite the constant shuffling of the pack immediately
behind Jorgenson, they did stay behind
him, giving the Idemitsu /Rod Lake Racing/Rac e Tech -backed 16-year-old a
huge victory in one of the tightest races
of the week, an event that wa s completely indicative of the level of competition
at Ind y.
"I'd bee n stru ggling on the pea grav el all week," Jorgensen said. "It was a
good race, and I had a good bike. I was
just trying to stay on the bottom ."
Staying on the bott om took Jorgenso n to the top, along wi th several other
riders who earned either a tional o r
G rand Championship num ber-one
plates during the week. For the rest , the
d ream o f National g lo ry still b u rn s
bright.
Next year...
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Indiana State Fairgrounds
Indianapolis, Indiana
Results: July 7, 1998
H.JIfMiI~
()..65 (7· 11): 1. Iesse Ja nisc h ( K.1w ); 2. Andy Fay
()(aw); 3, Jus tin Hittle (Ka w) ; -t. John Lewi s (1(,1\',') ; 5.
Nichole Cheza (Hun).
125 AM: 1. Josh Toungett (Hon ); 2. Robert Pt;".l1"S01l
sley Bro wn
(Ka w): 3. Co ry M cDermitt (Hen) : 4. w e
(Hon); S. To m Link IKew) .
250 AM: 1. C ha rl ie Ita lia (Ha n) ; 2. Roger l ee
Ha yd en (H e n) : 3. Jo h n Spir elli IHo n}: 4. Richard
Nclltnger (Ya m); 5. J~ Zy dins ky (Hlln).
2SO PRO SIT: I. Donald Mullen 11 (SU2); 2. Randy
Smith (Hon) ; 3. Brian Mayo IHo a ): 4. Joe Eades (Hen): 5.
Todd Kluev er ISuz).
250 DTX : 1. Ton y Meiring (He n): 2. Bryan Smi th
C on); 3. Dus ty Fau lds (Hen): 4. Josh Tou ngctt (Ha n); 5.
H
Nich olas Hammer (Suz).
500 MOD: 1. Za kk Pa lmer (Ho n): 2. Roger Lee
Hayd en (Rtx): 3. Co ry Ruth (Han) ; 4. Tony Me irin g
(Utx); 5. Henry wiles (Hun).
50 JR (4·6): 1. (T IE) C as ee Lynn McC a m m u n
(Act)/ Alex C uilbeau lt (Cob) / John long III (l.e m).
PW 50 (4-8) : I. (T IE) Ca ndy Hil e y (Cub ) / Mark
Keicrl eber (KlM)/Ca see Lyn n McCam mon (Yam).
SO SR (7-8): I. Elliot Oqui>t (Cob); 2. Travis Myers
(Act); 3. Matt Downs (Cob) ; 4. Candy Hiley (Co b); S.
Evan Ba.M'(A ct ).
600 MOD: 1. Brya n S mit h (Rtx ); 2. Roger Lee
Hayden (Rod; 3. Zakk Palmer (Rtx); 4. Cory Roth (Rtx);
5. Dusty Faulds (Rtx).
600 PRO SPT: 1. Bria n Shi rley (Rb); 2. Mic hael
Ferro (Rtx); 3. Kenn y Noyes (Hbg); 4. Joe Eades (Rtx); 5.
Jason Goodwin (Rlx).
6S DTX (7·m: 1.lJe\in Jessop (Kaw) ; 2. lohn Lewis
()(aw); 3. Ca rter Myers (Ka w) ; 4. Eddie Black (Kaw); 5.
Camt.-ron Neans (1(a w).
85 (12·15): I . lames Liles (Hon) ; 2. Cory McDermitt
(Suz); 3. Tom Link (Yam ); 4. Steve Murray (Hon); 5.
Nid Sellen (Suz).
8S MOD (7.1l~ I. Logan Myers (Yam); 2. Nicholas
Cummings (Han); 3 . Bla ke You nS (Hon ); 4. Ric ky
Ma" ha ll (Hon) ; S. I""" lanisch (Kawl.
85 OTX : 1. Nicholas Cum mings (Ha n); 2. Loga n
Myers (Yam); 3. Ca rte r Myers (Hon) ; 4. Ja mes Liles
(Hon); S. Blake Young (Hon).
OPEN 3D...: 1. Da n Craw fo rd (Ya m ); 2. Josep h
Bro m le y (KTM); 3 . Geo rge M a c k (Rtx); 4. Da n te
Damb ru 050 (Rtx); S. Dona ld Herring (Ya m) .
OPEN 40+: 1. Royal Ad d",r.oo (Rb(); 2. Bob Casey
n
(Rtx); 3. Cary H ite (11· 0 ); 4. Rick Reed (Rtx) ; 5. Dan
Weicht (Rtx).
oPEN TW 25+: 1. Royal Adderso n (H· D); 2. I.>rry
Van Valke nburg (Yam); 3. Geo rge Ma ck (Tri) ; 4. Cary
Hite (H-D); 5. Paul I.>a l:. , (H-D).
"
IT
0.-65 (7-11): 1. Jesse Ja nisch (Ka w); 2. Andy Fa y
(Kaw) ; 3. Justin Hittle (Ka w); 4. G ayton Riggle (Han); 5.
Joh n Lewis (}(aw).
125 AM : 1. Tom lin k U(aw); 2. Co ry McDermitt
(Ha n); 3. Wesley Brown (Han); 4. Brod y Milkr (H us); 5.
Nicholas Hammer (Suz).
250 AM: 1. Kurt Hawk (Hon); 2. Roge r Lee Hayden
(Rtx); 3. Bryan Smith (Rtx); 4. Jason Sto nns (Yam ); 5. Joe
Zydi nsky (Han) .
250 PRO SPT: 1. Dani el Kauffman (Yam); 2. Jere my
DeRu yt er (Ha n); 3. Do na ld Mullen II (SU2); 4. Todd
Kluev er (Su zl; 5. lerry Ca rtwrig ht (Ya m).
2SO 0 = 1. Cha d Fitzpatnd (Yam); 2. Kurt Hawk
(Ho n); 3. Tony Meirin g (Han); 4. Joseph Broml ey (Suz);
5. Bryan Smi th CHon>.
SOIl MOO, 1. Hen ry Wiles (lion); 2. Joseph Broml ey
(KTM); 3. Brian Woo ch " a rd ( Ka w ); 4. Mar k C heza
(K.aw); 5. Tony Mciring (Rtx) .
50 JR (4-6 .: 1. (TI E) Ca see ly nn McC am m on
(AcU /Tyler Pit m a n (KT M) / Jo h n Lon g II I /M ark
Keierleber (KTM).
50 PW50 (4-8); 1. mE) Casee Lynn McCa mmon
(Yam)!Joey Moore (Yam)fTyle r Pitm,m (Yam) /Candy
Hiley (Yam).
SO SR (7..s): 1. Elliot Oquist (Cob); 2. Tra vis Myers
(Ac t); 3. Matt Down s