Manusut hak is o n h is ZX6 . At the race start,
Ma nusuthakis took the holesh ot on the outsi de
and led the race for the first fou r laps, followed
by Brett Ray and Rick Narup. Prieto moved up to
second p lace bu t wa s un ab le to wo rk his way
aroun d the lead er. And with only two laps to go,
the crowd was not certa in if they could expect the
reigning cham p ion to be d ethro ned . But Prieto
pu lled out in the end , swin ging by Manusu thakis
to take the lead at the wh ite flag and ultimat ely
taking his ninth victory.
C ycles of Palm Bea ch / Th rolli e Up
Racing / Dunl op /Dyno-jet / Ferod o / GP Co mposItcs / Dad-sponsored Man usu thakis stood on the
pod ium - for the first time ever - for hi seronds
place finish in the Shoo tout. An d his.Shootou t
b att le wit h Prieto wa s n ot his o n ly te nse
mom ent that d ay. He also took hom e first-place
tro p hies for Expe rt Mid d lew eigh t Spo rt Bike,
Hea vyw ei ght Spo r t Bike a n d M id d leweig h t
Spo rt Bike; a nd earned second in Middl ew eight
Superbike and Unlimited Grand Prix; as well as
th ird pla ce in the GTI a nd GTZ.
Manusut hak is wa s inv olved in a thr e
e-way
scra mble for the lead in the Expert Heavywei ght
Spo rt Bike race w ith jose ph Fletcher an d Ray.
Ray sta rted off in first p lace, aod then Fletcher'
too k over. By the third lap, Manusuthakis had
claimed the lead , and he was able to hold back
t he co mpetiti on all the wa y to the chec kere d
flag.
The battle for victo ry in the Expert GTZ Cl lSS
was even mo re fierce. There was a mad scramb le for the lead a t the s ta rt , and by lap tw o
Ma nusuthaki s was ou t front, lea d ing Re tcher
and Mike Ciccotto. Tha t three- wa y batt le for the
lead las ted for the en tir e first half of the race,
with the th ree lead ers constantly swapping pos i·
tion.•. Co lin Gilbert, meanwhile, had picked his
w a y up throu gh th e p ac k and pa ss ed b ot h
Manusuthakis and Aetcher, and had now set his
sights on Ciccotto.
Positions co ntinued to be swa p ped behind
Ciccotto un til he went into turn five too hot and
low-sid ed , se nd ing bo th himself a nd his bike
slid ing off the track. He was ou t of the lead - a nd
out of the ract!. G iI~rt tucked his bike in unde rneat h to take the lead as he conti nued to pull
away fro m Retcher an d Manusu tha kis. With
.Iess than five minutes to go, the battl e for second
place was ra ging be tw ee n Manusu tha kis an d
Fletcher. On the final lap , Fletcher took over the
seco nd s p o t a nd h eld it to t he na g, wi th
Man usuthakis finishing th ird .
Custom
G la ss /Bla is
C ycles /EFX
G ra p h ics /S harkskin z / EBC / P ro -Tek /S il ko len e / GMD Co m p u tra ck / Vie tri Pho tograph ysponso red Prid o abo participa ted in fJ st·place
r
battlt:$du rin g the day. He went hom e with wins
in Unlimi ted Su perbike and GTI.
During the first half of the Expe rt GTI contest , he had to fight off jamie Bowman as the
two frequently swapped positions. But Bowman
dropped ou t aft er cras h ing in turn one abou t
halfw ay through the race, and Prieto scored the
easy win .
Rick Naru p led the pack aro un d the track for
the firs t half of the Unli m ited Su perbike race,
wi th Pri e to chasing hi m a nd ste p ping up the
pace. Priet o slip ped by Na ru p in the front turn s
but could n't wid en the gap betwee n the two as
they left the others behind . Prieto has sold his
Shoot out -win ning ZX7/9, and he will be go ing
fo r a re ord-brea kin g ride next month on his
c
new ZX9.
Results
EX C1l : t. Sh.ne Pneec (Ka w); 2. Rd Naru p (J(.a w) ; 3. E.
~w); " . KelkT King (Yam ); 5. John Oil'1'
·
""M y'" Ma nlL
ann
'iUlh.lkis
ich (5uzl .
A M GT1 : 1. Ma u ro C erede (Suz); 2. Willia m Ja rTld & rbour
3. ' ohn O. Bowm.lln (Hon); ... Tun HaU (5uz); S. Edward
Alv a rad o (Ho n).
EX
1. Cohn Cilbc11 (Yam ); 2. Jnwph R. Fktchn (Suz); 3.
E. ooM.u m y'" ManlbllthitiUS ~w); 4. Rrl J~ fY. ml ; S. M.trl
(SU%);
AM SRSIT/ BK: 1. Jim A. Holl ow.lY lSuz) 2. Thm n.1lfl D. C. 8sa rino lSuz ); 3. JOl.Wonry(Honl .
A M M/W G P; 1. Kn1 St..fford (H o n); 2, Jo h n O . Bowlnoln
(Ho n); 3. Ted Mendoza (Ho nl ; " . ~I Wri ght Jr. (K.aw ); S.
Jack Gottt~ (Ya m).
EX U/ L G P ; 1. Sh a n e Prit't o nC.l w) ; 2. E. oo M.l n n y"
M.ln~uth.t.k~ ( K.aw); 3. Bml R.a y (Suz); 4. Dougl.l A. C~
CDud; 5. o.vid Roy (Dud.
(Above) Tina Hande lln put together 2-1
moto scores fo r the overa ll win in the
Over The HlII Gang Beginner motocross
class at the Hollister Hills SVRA Park.
(Above left) Kev in Wheelwright turned in
the fastest ti me of the day and won four
classes at t he Ottawa hillclimb, wh ich was I
hosted by the Variety Riders Me .
en:
u wson Om).
AM en: 1. Ken Stafford t EX U/ L S/ BK.: 1. Shalll" Prieto (Kaw l; 2. Ricl Na ru p ()(a w); 3.
John Dit'1'ickll ISuz ); 4. Ed wa rd Ht't\ riquez (Dud; S. DIWid Roy
(Due) .
EX L/ W SM'SMN : 1. Christopht'r Boy (Dud; 2. Tod Rom.:an
(Ya m l; 3. C h uck Mt·not t.: (Yam ); 4. C'ol'Ol'g l' K ('.arvi n III (Kaw ).
AM l /W SPTSMN : I. [oseph J. M.a.!lCllili ( K,aw ); 2. Ia mce D.
Ml"lvi n Sr. (Ka w ); 3 . Stuart Baz e rman (Mud; 4. Rk k Gu ld "tMn
(H uro; 5. Jl·romC Edwa rd Welch (K.aw) .
EX C P SGL: 1. Slew Wenn e r (}-Io ); 2. ' o hn W. Silva (Iionl; 3.
n
Chri s W,dlinKton CH
onl; 4. Roberto C. Co rzo (H o n ); S. Manuel
Za mbr'lnK (Ho n).
EX L/W VINT : 1. So.l kis Va silnpoulol' (Yam ); 2. RichArd T.
lI l"rri n ~t(}n (Ho n); 3 . Thomas Kerr Sr. IBS A); 4. Cou rtrwy Cu m mm ~ (Ifon); S. Ca rl AnJl'nlm (Ya m ).
EX U/ L SIT I BK; I. Patrick S. Wt"l·lrJy (Suz); 2. Jo hn Dil--rickx
L
"Ouz); 3. Jimmy G. Shel ton (Suz); 4. Jam l"'l Wh itt' (Suz); 5. C hdd
Simo n!! (Su,z).
EX M/ W SPT18K: 1. E. " M.\ nn y" M.m ullulh.lk illo (Ka w); 2.
JOM1' R. A .. tche!' (Suz); 3. M.uk S. Li w!ion IH on ); 4.
h
o
Vl,'no.oga
S (Dud; 2. David Roy (Due); 3.
IN!;.ll'T Ml1: kr Jr. IH-D); ... Edwo1lrd Ht'nrique-z (Dud .
z
A.\11 S{lW: 1. D.vid Van f1etot ( Due).
EX H / W VI!"oo'T; 1. Richard T. H t'rrington Ul a n ); 2. Cu i
And..-non (Y.lm ).
EX L /W S /BK; 1. Chnstopht'r' Boy I Lohning (5uzJ.
Schultz, Wheelwright fly high
at Ottawa Hillclimb
By Bud Northrup
Photo by Mark Lewis
OTIAWA,ILjULYl2
Wad e Schultz a nd Eric Wheelwright p ut on a
high -flying. fast sho w at the Variety Riders hillclimb near Otta wa, Illinois.
Schul tz, from Mari on, Iowa, entered his bad
a nd beau tifu l Harl ey in th ree classes an d won
th e m all whil e ta kin g on ly one rid e in eac h
class . His time in the Pushrod class, moreover,
was the fast est time of the d ay in ama teu r cornpetition. Wheelwright had an eve n bett er d ay,
e
as he picked up fou r class wins un th re dif fer..
en t bikt.'S wh ile setting new altitude record s on
his paten ted fun ~ t hro ttle , jumps over the top.
Wh eelwrig ht ' s ti me in the Ope n Two-Strok e
Exhibitio n class was the overa ll fast tim e for the
day.
Schultz 's first win on his 1235cc fire-b reathing stro ker in the Ope n class Clme after a star tling 2.776-second run on the 130-foot hill on his
first attemp t of the d ay, which allowed him to
take the class lead and set a new fast time a t that
poin t of the actio n. Bob Fish er was the on ly
other rider in the class to break the thrre-second
ba rr ier, a nd he did it on his firs t rid e on his
Superior Cycle Sportster with a 2.912 for second
place.
It was to be a Harl ey d a y in the Pushrod
class also, as Schul tz blitzed the hill even faster,
flying his Sports ter high and far over the top in a
brea thtaki ng 2.750 seconds to take that class \\in
and set an even fasler time for the day. "Flyin' "
Bob Fisher came within a hundredth of a second
of ma tching Schul tz, how ever, as he launched a
high- flying ride of his own , stopp ing the clock in
2.760 seco n ds o n h is hot -ro d Harley. Kaleb
Nort hru p had not yet been beaten in the d istrict
Push rod class in 1998, a nd he wa s fast on his
Triu m ph twin also, turnin g an excelle nt 2.856
seconds, bu t he had to settle for third place on
th is d ay. Kevin TiL
" was aL very fast on his
.h Hovey.
250: 1. Eric Wht 'l.'lwri ghl (Ya m l; 2. LUM- Harwick (K.a ; 3.
wl
Uoyd H aa s IYam) ; 4. Paul Hd ckbarth (Hon); 5. Kak-b Northrup
(Ya m ).
400: 1. Bn-nt Sie wa rt (K1"M ); 2. Larry Chri!oI (Yam ); 3. Man:
Stamm (Yam ); 4, Jol! (li -D).
PSHRD: 1. wade Sch u ltz (J-I-Dl; 2. Bob Rslwr (Ii-D); 3. Kak-b
Nort hru p ITri); 4. Kevi n Tillion ITri); S. Tl' rry B.lill"y (H-D).
STK : 1. &it: Wh et"lwri ghl (ydm ,; 2. Ja~m No rt hro p (Ya m); 3.
Marc SI.lmm (Y.l m ); 4. Ka le b No rlhru p (Ya m) ; S. U o yd H ads
(Yam ).
400 EX: 1. 8n'1ll Stl'Wart ( K"TM); 2. Eric \\'he't'lwril;ht (Ya m);
3. Marc Sta mm (Ya m ); 4. Luke li .lrwi ck (K.aw) ; S. Polul Hat'kb.1rth
ll-Ion l.
2-STRK EX: 1. Eric WlwdwriKht (Hon); 2. Uoyd Haa... (Kaw l;
3. Man; Stamm (Hon ); ... Paul .LKkb.1 rth (Hurd; S. J ·\UI1 Northrup
...
(Hon).
....STRK EX: I. W.iJe Schultz (H -D); 2. Kal.. b Northrop ITri);
3. Tl"lT)' B.lill. (H · D); 4. C u rt IYnddl (Kaw); 5. C hris M~ ('' 'Ior).
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Handelin handles Hollister MX
By Jim Enos
HOl.l.lSTER, CA,JULY 12
Ti na "'T h e Flvin ' Fe ma le " Ha n d elin served
notice in the Ove r The HiIJ Ga ng Beginn er class,
as she turned in 2-1 moto scores to take the well·
d ese rved o ve ra ll vi c tory at t he A MP / G FI
motocross held at the Ho llistcr GP track.
With temperatures hoverin g in the high 90s,
the AMP crew was put to the test in keepin g the
track up to th eir high sta nd ards . In ad d ition,
so me of the nearly 160 rid er s had to read just
t heir usual "'Ho ll is te r habits," as t hey we re
greeted to a reverse-direction track.
Moto one sta rted off with H onda ~mount ed
David McCandless gra bbing the huleshot ahead
o f Mitch Wea th erl y, j onn y Garci a, Rich ard
Ad ams and OJrrell Bur r. Handelin had her
work cut out for her as a bad start had left her in
th e back o f the p ack . Up front , McCand less
o pe ned up a siza ble lead until th e third la p,
when Weath erly and Handelin (who had meticulou sly weaved her way thro ugh the pack) were
right on his tail. Hand elin made her move on the
d ownhill "ele va to r ju m p:' ou tju m ping both
Weath erly and McCandless to take the lead.
As th e ra ce prog ressed , Hand elin slowly
increased her lead ove r Weatht.~ y and McCand ·
less. How ever, on the last lap, McCa ndl ess went
