Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

O P hio ro-Sport HanMile Morehead wins other Springfield By Be rt and Tyler S he pa rd "I SPRINGFIELD, OH, /ULY12 t's been a pretty good weeke nd ," Steve Morehe ad sai d in refer en ce to his tw o-d ay tot al of tw o wi ns and a third-place fin ish . The th ird place . came at th e Du Quoin Mile o ne day earlier , but Morehea d mad e the trek to the C lark Co u nty Fa irgroun d s at Sp ri ngfield and collec ted wi ns in the 600cc and 750cc Expert di visions. Pro-Sport classes were won by Gord on Sch opieray a nd Phil Palmer in the 600cc and 250cc ProSpo rt classes, respectively. Scott Stump top ped the 883 di vision. The 750cc Expert qu alifying was led by the F&S Harley-Davidson/KK /Shepherd & Dr agoo-s p o nso red Mo re head a nd Brett Beyer. Moreh ead had a sca re near the end of the heat w he n an oil-line cla m p lo ose n e d an d caused a lo t o f s moke . Smoke a nd a ll, Morehead le d Jo hn N ickens III and Jerry Van derkooi to the checke rs. Brett Beyer kept Dav e Knapp and Kyle Lon g at bay for the win in the seco nd hea t. Jaso n Sentell kept his undefea te d s trea k ali ve a t the Cla rk Co u n ty Fairgro u n ds by kee pi ng Mo re head and Beyer at bay in th e first 600cc Expert heat. " I am n o t s ure if I s hou ld h ave show n the m w ha t I had until th e main event ," Sen tell said. Do ug Davis refresh ed th e reco llections of anyone w ho se mem ory need ed refreshin g that he was an d still is a very fast racer in heat two . "I just w ant to ru n local events and a few ot he rs," said the sem iretired racer, w ho pu t away Rob William s an d Chris Huss for th e win. Th e las t tickets to the 600cc Expert main were ea rn ed by Mike McKee, Joe Eades, Kyle Long and Dav e Knapp. Sch opieray, Jeremy Tho m pson a nd Ken ny Noyes collected fro nt -row sta rts for th~ 600Cc Pro-Spo rt main . Scho pie ray a nd Thomps on are reg u lars a t Ohi o ev e n ts , b ut Noyes w a s p utti n g in a ca m eo appearance o n hi s way ho m e from the AMA Dirt Track Gra nd Cha m pion sh ip s tha t had been hel d fo r th e a ma teu r and Pro Sp ort rid er s in Ind iana polis . Noyes' m ount crea ted so me in te rest. Th e ve ry fast Californian was piloting the L&R Hu saberg flat-tracker. Jer em y Th ompson did double du ty, as he won a 250 Pro-Sport heat, a long with Ray Rees . Th ompson led the first main event of the afternoon to the line by select ing the outsi de pole. The Elba, 'e w York, racer led the field after one tour of the trac k. Fell o w heat wi n ner Re es fo llowed Thompson , with Nick Hummel and Phil Palmer in tow . Palm er was on the move, the ve tera n racer from Indi ana gett ing pa st Hummel and Rees by the halfway poin t. With two laps to go, Palme r and Thom pson traded the lead, bu t Palmer' s forcefu l style prev ailed , and he led the rrn race on his J&M/T Humphries/ Gene's Honda entry when it cou nted . "Th is is the firs t tim e in a lon g time th at I have ca rrie d the che cke red fla g, Steve Morehead (42) bac ked up his thirdplace finis h at the Du Quoin Mile with two wins at the Clark County Fairgrounds In Springfield, Ohio. The "Findlay Flier" ca ptured the 600cc and 750cc Expert main events. a nd I rea lly enjoy ed b at tl ing fo r it ," Palm er sa id . Ja s on Se nte ll pu t h is u ndefeated streak on the line as he selec ted the outs ide p ol e for the 600cc Expe rt m ain ev ent. Sentell led th e first la p bu t succu m be d to Da vis by th e second tour. Morehe ad was on the move and by the time the crossed flags were sho w n, he h ad closed o n Da vis . Th e h igh li n e slowed d o w n , a nd Sen te ll a nd o thers w ho were co m m itte d to th e top began d ropping back. That left two of O hio's premier racers to sq uare off against each other. Davis and Morehead passed and repassed for the remaining fou r laps. At the start of the n int h lap, Mo reh ead ' s m ount seized momen tarily a nd Da vis moved to the fron t. But just yards later, the header pipe on Davis' Rotax broke, allowing Morehea d to regain the lead and nab the win on his F&S/ KK/Mike Wheeler Rotax. "I' m no t sure what ha ppened, but it lied up on the victory lap and that was it," Mor eh ead said. :'Hey, we' re close to ho me . W e worked o n o u r h alf mil e se tu p and mad e so me mo ney." Sch opi er ay led the 600cc Pro-Sport m ain from flag to flag. "The to p go t so rou gh a nd d eep, it was reall y hard to turn," the tired but happy Mich iga n racer said . "I had to work hard on every lap ." Kenny ayes go t th e best of Tom McGran e and Jeff Landru m for the second-place mo ney. The 750cc Expert race also belon ged to Mo reh ead , with Bre tt Bey er in the second position for th e en tire 10 quick laps. Th e cro wd's a ttention wou ld focus o n Knapp and N ickens III as the pair fo u g ht ove r th e s h o w s po t. Kn app wo uld pr evail with one of. his best rid es of the sea son . Joe Eades put in two rid es that we n t basically u nn ot iced , scoring a ni n th in the 750cc Exp ert class an d a se venth in . th e 600 cc Expert cla ss; o n th e o th e r hand , th ey w ere very noteworth y, as they w er e his baptism by fir e into th e Expe rt ranks. "~ wa n t to than k Johnny a nd Sa ra Goa d for the opportunity to rid e th e exRicky Graham 750 Hond a tod ay," Eades sa id. " I am beat. It ha s b een a lon g week ." Stu m p fin ish ed off th e d a y w it h a win ov er Tom McGr ane, Yuhiko Hira o a nd Duane Stanick in the Per form ance 1-:" Spo rts ter di vision . Clark County Fairgrounds Spr ingfield, Ohio Result s: Jul y 12, 1998 250 P RO- SPT: 1. r hi l Pa lme r (Hun) ; 2. jere my T ho mpso n I f-lon) : 3. ~ id.. Hu m mel IHo n) : 4 . Tob'\.· ~ Jo rgen se n (I-Ion ); 5. Ra ...· Re... (He n): b . Bria n (Ho nj: 7. Jacob Latimer '(Yam) ; 8. Lisa Hiler (Ho n);'9. w ebb Phillips (Hon ); to. Terry Phillips (Yam); 11. Mike L loyd (H en ): 12. Ron Kimmel (Hen ). 600 EX: t. Steve More head IRtx) : 2. Do u g Davis MVo .l (Rb); 3. Bre tt Beyer (Rtx ); 4. Mik e McKee (RIX 5. Ia so n ); Sentell (Rtx); 6. Chri.. Hu ss (Rtx); 7. Joe Eades (Rtx); 8. .. Bob Knep p (Rh.); 9. R\lb will iam s (ATK); 10. Steve H.ll1 (Rtx); 11. Kyle.>Long (Rtx); 12. Dave Raybu rn (H -D) . 600 r RO -S r T : 1. Gordo n Schopi er a y ( Rtx) ; 2. > Ken ny Noyes (H bg ): 3. Tom McG rane. (Rtx ): 4. Ie ff Land r u m (Rtx} : 5 . Ke v in Hi lbe rt (Rtx) : 6 . [c rcm y Thompson (Rtx): 7. Shawn T homa s (Rt x): 8. Matt McQ u ill in (Rtx) ; 9. Wa yn e Sta t ton (Ya m ); 10. Ron Kimmel (Rtx) : 11. Ie so n Good w in (Rtx): 12. Aa ro n Scheid (Rrx ). 750 EX: 1. Steve Morehead (H-D); 2. Brett Beyer (HD); 3. Bob Knapp (11·01; 4. Joh n Nickens (H· OI; S. Jess Roeder (H-D ); 6. Chri s Boone (H-D); 7. Kyle Long (HOI; 8. Joey Brock (H-D); 9. Joe Eades IHo n): 10. Duan e Sta nick (H -D) ; 11. Ro y Mill er (H - D) ; 12. Jerry Vander kooi (H-D). 883: I. Scott Stu m p; 2. Tom McGrane; 3. Yu hi ko Hirao; 4. Duane Stanick; S. Jess Roeder. N ChampionSpeedway ew Diem notches another win By Larry McBride OWEGO, NY, /ULYII arr en Diem won the Scra tch main event fo r th e secon d time in a row a t New Cha mp io n Sp eed way in Owe go, New York . As in the last event, Diem was again loo king for a pe rfect nigh t of racing, and he was off to a go od start a fte r tota lly domina ting the first hea t race by nearly a quarter of the track . His seco nd hea t; ho wever , brought him toget her wi th his closes t com petitor of the seaso n, To ny B T ire s / Anton ' s P iz zeri a -sponsored . Lenny McBrid e. The Sou thern Tie Insulat ion / Sk y lark Din e r / M RT Raci ng backed Diem gated from four. McBr id e jumped to a h a lf -a- b ikelength lead as th e ga te we n t skywa rd, bu t down the back st raig ht Diem led by h a lf a wheel on th e o u ts ide . Both McBride and Diem d ro ve hard in and ou t of tu rns thr ee and four with no clea r leader visib le. What followed we re three laps tha t loo ked exactly the sa me as the firs t, with McBride taking the victo ry by the narrowest of ma rg ins . Diem sai d he d oesn ' t m ind raci n g tha t close w hen it's aga ins t so meone like McBride becau s e h e kn ow s th at , al thoug h it's very close and fast, it wi ll also be very sa fe racing . Fin ish ing first in his remaining two heat s and the sem i, Diem was he ad ed for the final event along wi th Torn Sephton, Gene Bonsignore, George Lazor and McBrid e. Ou t of ga te one, Diem go t to turn one firs t and for th e firs t la p wa s closely trailed by McBrid e and Seph ton. Diem increased his lead to several bik e W leng ths a t th e fin ish line to g ra b t he checkered fla g and his seco nd Scra tch main victory of th e season. The Support A and B classes saw firstyea r riders capture their first main-event wi ns. A-class rid er Kim G rego ry swa p ped th e lead severa l ti m es with Kend all Brookes before emerging the victo r for his first-ever win. Mickey Rob inso n, maki ng his first appea ra nce at the speedway, top ped the Support B class . Billed as Legion s of Speedway ight, man y rid ers from years go ne by we re on hand to r em in isce abou t t h ei r g lo ry d ays . In a d d it io n, eig ht former rid ers decid ed to gi ve it a try one more time. Th e ol d - time rs ' he at race s a w tra ck anno uncer Dan ny Fallon ha nd ove r his m icrophon e to grab a pair of ha ndleba rs on a [awa that took him to wi ns in the hea t and the se mi event. Lini ng up for th e old-timers' main event were Fra n k Watson, Mike Burnan , Fallon and Bobby Rob inso n, all of them loo king like th ey co uld easily be regulars on a ny p ro gra m. Wa tson ap peared to ha ve never bee n off a bike, as he go t the ea rly lead and held it to th e checkered. Race Tools of Roch ester-sponsored the Dash For Cas h, and Joe Greene was the victor, ta king the $125 pri ze. New Champ ion Speedway Oweg o, New York Results: Ju ly 11 SC R: 1 War r e n Diem (Cd n); 2. Len ny Mcbr tde (Gd n): 3. Tom Scphton (Cd n): 4. Cene Bo ns ign or e (Cdn); 5. Ceorge Lazor (jitw) . SU P A:. 1. Kim Gregory (j olW); 2. Joe Greene.' (Wc.os ); 3. Kendal l Brookes (j olW); 4. Ierrv Harman (jaw). SU P B: 1. Mike)" Ro binson (j.1W); 2. Jay Sta lma (jaw ); 3. Carl Humphreys (ja\ \'); 4. Craig Baker (j .1W). Ursic crushes at Brownsville motocross By Chad Davis 00 0\ 0\ I"""" B ROWNSVILLE, PA.JULY 19 William Ursie \VaS flying in the 125cc B class at rou nd fo u r of the Brow nsville Raceway Sum mer Series, wh ere he too k the overa ll win after coming from mid pack in both mo tos. In the firs t mo to , Rya n Hollid ay tonk the ho lesho t. wi th Russell Sha nk, Malt Ma cau and Cory Nes bi tt close beh ind . Whe n th e pack was entering the wooded section, it was easy to see that Ursie wa s on the move. After reappearing fro m t he w ood s, Shan k was in the lead a nd C't I"""" ..... rJl ;:l on ;:l -< 47

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