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Schnabel 's lead from that poi nt was a secu re o ne, allowing th e thir d -y e a r . Expert a wi n ahead of Kopp and Rickman. Larkin held off National number 72, Steve Liberty , for fourth. Following Liberty across the lin e w ere Kur t Boehlke, Hiatt, Oregon's Beau Brown, Shawn Larkin an d Aguilar. Faulds led Wenz, Vollmer ; Cheney , Ma rk Erick son and C}. Beving on the first of the 12 laps in the 250cc Pro-Sp ort final, but it was Wenz who was able to get past his ar chrival, Fau lds, to set up a close battle for the lead - one which wou ld go th e durat ion . Th e battle would go in Wen z' s fa vor; he w as followed by Faulds, whil e Cheney, aboard the lone four-st rok e in the field , netted (Above) John McClelland (1R) bagged two main-event wins at round three of the VDTRA . Rocky Mountain Regional Dirt Track Series at the J ackpine Gyps ies clubgrounds . (Right) J.R. Schnabe l co llected the 600cc Expert win at the Jackpine Gyps ies Pro-Sport Short Track on the Ja ckpine Gypsies clubgrounds just one night before contesting the Rapid City Grand National. 250cc Ama teur fin al, bea tin g Can-Am rider Doan e Wood and Wyoming's Roy Haines. Larry Kenn ed y, who was second in poi nts in the Senio r Amateur class prior to Sturgis, aid ed his qu est for a class title wi th a seco nd -p lace fin is h. Ken ned y trailed McCl e llan d , who overcame a poor start, to lead a t th e fin ish in the Seni or Amateu r class. Third wen t to the ever- present Erickson. Iowa's William Ber ger earned a wir eto-wi re wi n in th e Pr o Ma sters ma in even t, fe nd ing off Sn yder's Bulta co : Kenned y chased the duo to the finis h to nab third ahead of Arizona's Gary Petti s a nd Triu mp h 750-moun ted Ken A llahan . Th e two-row , 600cc Pr o fi na l was amo ng th e best ra ces of th e eve n ing , show casi n g a head -t o-h ead battle for su p re mac y bet w e e n For ing to n a n d McC lell and , w ho, li ke th e majority of the fiel d , were riding the hig hly compe t i ti ve Ya m a h a TT SOO -based mach ines . Brink did all he could to hold off the a d va nces of McClella n d but fou nd that task too mu ch to hand le and allowed McClellan d to close in on fast sta r te r Forington. Bu t Foringto n held up u nd er pressure and sco red the wi n, followed by McClelland and Iowa 's Tim Sears, who got underneath Brink to na b third. McClellan d's two-class d ecima tion was fina lized after his wi n in the Open Pr o Tw in fi nal. It was nea rly 2 a .rn. wh en the class staged, but the spectators who d id stay that late witnessed some fast riding from the lead trio of McClelland (wh o cam e f ro m a row-three deficit), Snyder and Braunreiter. McClelland took Snyder's lead on lap three and held it to the finish . I~ Jackpine Gypsies Clubgrounds .Sturgis, South Dakota Results: August 4, 1998 PR O·MSTR : 1. William Berger (Hun); 2. Willi am Snyder (Bu~; 3, Larry Kennedy (BSA); 4. Ca ry Pettis (Bu1); 5. Ken AIL'lMn (Tri). PRO -TW: 1. John McCle lland (Yam); 2. William Snyder (Ya m); 3. Bob Braunreiter (H-D). SR: 1. Joh n McCldland (Yam); 2. Larry Kennedy: 3. Mark Eri ckson (Hon) . 2.50 AM: 1. Ma rk Eric kso n (Honk 2. Doane Wood (C- A); 3. Roy Hain es (Bul); 4. Ken Al lahan (BuD, &00 AM: 1. Mark Erickson (lion); 2. Bill Heennan (Yam); 3. Thomas Booth (Hon); 4. Dan Row land (Ya m); 5. Robe rt Wrigh t (Yam). 600 P RO : 1. Jim Fo rin g t on (Ya m); 2 . Jo h n Mc£lelLand (Yam); 3. Tun sears (Hon): 4. Darrel Brink (Yam); 5. Richard Shinn (Yam). AMAP ro-Sport Sho~ T rack Schnabel scores By Clay Light STURGIS, SD, AUG. 4· MA G ra nd Na tio nal number 33, J.R. Schnabel, led a contingent of AMA p rofes si on al s - m an y of wh om would be com peting at the AMA Gra nd Na tio nal a t Rapid Cit y th e following day - wi th a w in in th e 600cc Expert main eve nt on the sho rt track at .. the jackpine Gypsies c1ubgrounds. Schnabel , from West Bend, Wiscons in , ove rca me a mid pack start in th e Experts' 15-lap final to overtake Washin gton r id e rs Lo n ny Kopp a n d Eric Ri ckman as well a s Pr o-Sport Ke lly Larkin to take home $750 for his efforts . Geo rg ia's Gr eg Tysor ea rned a 600cc Pro -Sport win, riding a Hon d a CR500, an d he was joined in the winner's circle by Suz uki r ider Sh el d on Wenz , w ho was vic to rio us in the 250cc Pro-Sport class. The eve nt - a mu ch- welcomed sight after two days of stea dy ra in in the Black H ill s - kicked off the d irt track porti on of the 58th annua l Stu rgis Rally & Races week. Washington 's Jeff Hia tt to ok co n t rol o f th e fi rs t of th e t wo Ex pe r t preliminar ie s, ta ki n g a w i n ahea d of Larkin a nd Ca lifornian Jamie Aguilar during the qualifying portion of th e e ve n t, which , due to tra ck and weather condition s, started seve ra l hours later than scheduled. In heat two , it took many tries to get the overe nthusiastic bunch organized, bu t once the race was under way, it would be a sneak preview of the class 's fina l. Oh io' s John Griffin took th e lead on a H ond a, but hi s impressive ride would be short-lived: He coasted to the si deli n es one lap later. This all owed Schnabel and Rickm an to battle for the wi n, w hich wo uld ultimatel y go to Rickman , ahead of Schnabel an d Kopp. Two 600cc Pro-Spo rt qualifier s we re also util ized to organize the con testants for a 12-rider fina l. Du sty Faulds, w ho earlier had wo n the 250cc Pro-Sport heat race, comp leted a similar act in hea t one. A in w hich he beat Iowa' s Jared Che ney for a wi n. Tysor fou nd th e in cr edibly slick, roug h cond itions to his liking and motored to a w in in th e second h ea t race, ahea d of Wyom ing' s Jacob Latim er and Jami e Vollmer. It was well after midnight w hen the first in a series of main eve nts ro lled to st agin g . Missouri's Clayto n Rig g le scored an imp ress ive 60cc A main-event win ahea d of Cameron Means and Greg McDayoll. The 600cc Expert s, origi na lly schedu led as the last race of the evening, we re moved to race three. Larkin proved that he was one of the handful of riders still awa ke by launchin g ou t in front of the Experts' 12-rider, 15-lap fin al , a nd he ce rta in ly wa sn 't i n tim ida te d b y th e man y Na tio nal-num bered rid ers in the field . Kopp trail ed Larkin on the opening-lap parade, followed by pole sitter Hiatt, Schnabel and Rickma n. Larkin put his Rotax into w hat was - considering the competition behind him - a nicesized lead, and then p ulled away from th e ba ttl e fo r second pla ce b etween Rickma n, Schna bel, Ko p p an d H iatt , w ho after a lap began a gra d ua l slide backward thro ugh the ranks. Larki n's im pressive perform ance, thou gh, wo uld end in the late r stages as, pressured by the trio of riders led by Schnabel, Larkin bobbled. This allowed Schnabel to sweep past the Colorado Sp rings rid er to gra b the lead. Lar ki n wou ld the n fa ll victim to both Ko pp a nd Rickman a lap la ter. third ahead of Vollmer's Yamaha , Beving and Colorado's Erickson. T yso r mad e s ho r t wor k o f the evening 's final Pro main , the 600cc ProSport final. Tyso r used the ins ide pole pos it ion to m ain tain a le ad th at h e wou ld not re li nqu is h . Fauld s chased Tysor th rough out the 12-lap fina l. bu t Tysor's CR500 was hooking up the best a n d ai ded the Cumming s, Geo rgia , rid er' s d ominance of the evening on the slick, ru tted track. Fau lds fina liz ed the evening wit h a p a ir of runner-up finishes, a head of Latimer, Illin ois' Brian Shirley, Beving, n Ch eney a nd Vollme r. Ja ckpine Gypsies Clubgrounds Sturgis, South Dakota Results: August 4, 1998 so A; 1. Alex Jor gense n (Cob); 2. Mar k Keicrleber ("'1M); 3. Tra vis Denson (Suz ); 4. Sara H aines (Ya m). " 60 A; 1. Clayt on Riggle (H e n): 2. Ca me ron Mea ns (Ka w): 3. Greg McDa yoll (Ka w) : 4. Jacob Keiert eber (Hon); 5. L N . Waggen er (Kaw) . 80 A: 1. Troy Soln itzk y (Ke w ): 2. Na te Neethe r (Ya m) ; 3. Ryan Dei ghto n (Hen) : 4. Ca me ro n Means (Yam); 5. Jacob Keier leber (Yam). 125 A: 1. Elizabeth Kantor (Ya m); 2. Will ie Broten (Suz) ; 3. Na te Neethcr (Yam); 4. Scan Ligh t (Ho n): 5. Sco tt Be ckley (Hen). 250 A: 1. Ross Rohde (AT K); 2. Elizabeth Kanto r (Yam); 3. Greg Chicoine (Kaw) : 4. Perry Bicck (ATK); 5. Willie Broten (Kaw) . " 250 PR O- SP T: 1. Sheldo n Wenz (Su z): 2. Dusty Fa ulds (Hen): 3. Jared Che ney (Ho n): 4. Ja mie Vollme r (Yam); 5. c.J Bevin g (Kaw). . 600 EX: 1. ).R. Schnabel (W·R ); 2. Lonny Kopp (WR); 3. Eric Rickman (ATK); 4. Kelly La rkin (Rtx); 5. Steve Libert y (Rtx). 600 PRQ-SPT: 1. Greg Tysor IHo n): 2. Dusty Faulds (Rtx); 3. Ja cob Latimer IHon), 4. Brian Shir ley (Rtx): 5. cr. Beving (Ho n). OPEN A: 1. Jim Fori ngt cn (Ya m ); 2. Ross Rohde (ATI<): 3. Perry Bicek (AT K); 4. Greg Chicoine IKa w ): S. Lee Feel y (Yam) .

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