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ST URGIS flag. Una ble to make up ground, Rickman finished second to Kopp, but ahead of Brown, making fo r a Northwes t sweep of the class - Kopp's seco nd such win in the pas t three years here. Behind Brown was a four-way battle, one which would go in favor of Minnesota's Kurt Boehlke, who led Southwo rth and Hiatt and W yo m ing 's Richa rd Marrs to the finish. .:\ J ackpine Gypsies Clubgro unds Sturgis, South Dakota Results: August 7, 1998 250 PRO -SPT: 1. She ldon Wen z (SUZ)i 2. Du sty Faulds (Hon): 3. Jami e Vollme r (Yam ); 4. C.) . Beving (Kaw): 5. John McC1l'1I.1nd (Kaw ). 600 EX: 1. Lonn ie Kop p (W · R); 2. EricRickma n (ATK); 3. Beau Brown (w-R); 4. Kurt Boehlke (Rtx); 5. Jerry Southwort h (Rtx). 600 PRO-SPT: 1. Orcg TY!lOr (He n): 2. Dusty Faulds (Hon): 3. Jacob Latime r (Hon): 4. C] . Bcving (Ha n); 5. Iamte Vollmer (Rtx). 600 P RO-VINT: 1. Jim Fo ringto n (Ya m); 2. John Ieffries (Yarn): 3. Tim Sears (Yam); 4. John McClelland (Yam); 5. Johnny Isa.1CS (BSAl. AMA Pro-A mHillclimb Johnston's king of thel1ill By Clay LIght STURGIS, SD, AUG.7 V A a ~ ~ eteran hillclimber Dave Jo hnston made the trek from Billings , Monta na, pa y off by posting three class win s at the AMA Pro-Am hiIlclimb on the [ackpine Gypsies' clubgrounds. Johnston e a rned w ins in th e 251400cc, 401-500cc and 501-750cc classes, also posting the da y's fastest ascent to the top of the infamous 21O-foot hill during his 401-500cc-class win, wi th a run of 4.84 seconds - one of only three to break the five-second barrier, two of w hich came in th e da y' s fastes t cla ss, the 401-5 00c c e ve n t. Fo r hi s efforts, johnston to ok home $550 from the $3500 Pro purse. Arnold Jelin ek' s run up the "Gypsy Mountain" wa s also a scorcher, his time of 4.98 coming just one run prior to the clock -shatterin g 4.84 of Johnston 's run. Jelinek, thou gh, turned the tabl es on 20ye ar hillclimb vetera n Johnston wi th a win in th e SOl -750cc class , w here he beat Jo h ns to n's mark of 5.14 with a cla sswi nning 4.96, th e third and final mark under five seco nds on his second climb of the ru tted-out hill. Omaha, ebraska's Harold Waddell co n tes te d fi v e cl a s se s o n th e d ay, alt hough he only came away from th e Black Hills w it h a single cla ss wi n in what w as an unplanned ride - the 86125cc class . Waddell's ne xt-best performance came wh en he pla ced seco nd in the 201-250cc class to Jelinek, who won the class with a 5.46-second time . Waddell' s win was abo ard the inju red Jamie G reicar's Hon d a CR125b a s ed m a ch in e ; Gre icar, who' won th e" Kin g Of The H ill" hono r th e d ay before a t th e Rall y Even ts In c.-sponso red Pro hillclim b, was in ju re d and u nab le to compe te. Waddell' s 86- 125cc- class win came via a tim e of 6.74, which wa s followed by fello w Hond a rider Dan Dvorak ' s time of 8.88. They were the only rid ers in th e class to crest th e top of the hill . Third we n t to Jam ie Brundin, w ho recorded a 19O-foot climb. One of th e d ays.most.ndmlrabl e p er form an ces ca me from Ka w a s ak i Dave Johnston won three classes at the Ja ckpine Gyps ies Sturgis Hillcllmb. Johnston also posted the fastest time of the day, topping the 210-fool hill In 4.84 seconds. KX60-mounted L. . Wagg en er. Best kn own a s a dir t tr a cke r , Wa g gener s h o w e d his all-around ab ilit ies b y making a 175-foot attack of th e hill , a performance which w ould ea rn him a fourth -place finish. Th e wi n in the 085cc cla ss w ent to o ne o f the many Billings-ba sed rid ers on ha n d, Mike Gabel , who p owered his CR 8 0 to a first-run mark of 198 feet , beating Aro n Tr zyna' s 190-foo t mark. While the m ost popular mach in e in a tte nda nce was; naturally, a n 1400cc Harley-Davidson , ridden by W iscon. sin's Lloyd Mu eller , the Nati onal Open Am at eur Cl ass C hamp ion , th e he avy machine that wa s king in the horsepower department would only net the popular rid er a fourth-place finis h in the 751O pen class . "This type of track typ ically favo rs the lighter, two-stroke SOOcc machines," said Mu eller , w ho woul d later come back to take a fourth-place finish in the 501-750cc class aboa rd a KTM 540 wi th a 5.37 - his fastest time of the day - to trail Jelinek (4.96),Jo hnston (5.14) and Dvo rak (5.33). Johnston, w ho li ke Waddell had a good day the day prior a t the Glencoe event, w he re. he won tw o classes, commented, "Th is type of track is mo re of a fun tra ck than a lot of the other climbs, like Billing s, and there's a lo t of tou g h competition here from the Mid westerners ." .:\ Ja ckpine Gyps ies Clubgrounds Sturgis , South Dakota Resu lts: August 7,1998 ~5: 1. Mike Gabel (Hon): 2 Aro n Trz yna IKaw) : 3. Iake Cromw ell (Hen): 4. LN. Waggener (Kew): 5. Rick Justice [K aw}, 86-125: 1. Harold Wa d de ll (Ho n); 2. Dan Dvorak (Hon); 3. Jamie Brundin (Hen) . 125-200: 1. Dan Dvo rak (Ho n); 2.Harold Waddell (Hon); 3. Jam ie Brundin (Hen). 201·250: 1. Arno ld Je linek (Ho n): 2., Ha rold wadde ll (Hen): 3. Dave John ston (Yam); 4. Clint Flinn IHon): 5. J..ason Shu mncr (Yam) . 250400: 1. Dave Johnston (Yam); 2. Ha rold wa dd ell (Hon): 3. Arnold Jelinek (He n): 4. Dan Dvorak (He n): 5. . Dan Lau tc rs (Ya m). 401-500: 1. Dave John ston (Hon): 2. Arnold Jelinek (Hen ): 3. Harold Wadd ell (Hon): 4. Chris Justice (Hon); S, Dan Dvorak (Hen). 5Ot·750: 1. Arnold Jelinek (Hen): 2. Dave Johnsto n (Hon); 3 . Da n Dvora k (Hon): 4. Lloyd Muel ler (KTM); 5. Ch ris Justice (Hen). 7St- O PE N : 1. Dav e Johnst on ( Hu n); 2. Arnold Jelinek (He n) : 3 . A lla n Tr zy na (KTM) ; 4. Dean Cromwell (Hon); 5. Dan Frve (KTM). 40+: 1. Gary Waddell (Hen ); 2. Dan Frye (KTM); 3. Alan Trzy na (KTM). H-D: 1. Lloyd Mueller (H-D). FAST TI ME: 1. Dav e Joh nston (Hon) 4.84 seco nds . AMAP ro-AmShort Track Larvie lassos Sturgis ST By Clay Lig ht STURGIS, SD, AUG. 8 H o m e tow n hero Mark Larvie w on th e fina l main even t of th e 58 th a n n ua l Sturgis Ra lly & Ra ces we ek, scoring a win in the 600cc Exp ert m a in eve n t on th e e ig h t h- mile J.e. "Pappy" Hoel sho rt track, w here he beat Oregon's Beau Brow n a nd Colorado's Kelly Larkin in the fin al showdown of the \"veek. A mateurs Pe rry Bicek a nd Clayton Riggl e were a lso impressive in th eir final showings of th e se ries. Bicek , of Rapid City, won the co mpetitive 250cc an d Open A ma in e vents , a n d Mi s so u ri 's Riggle was the w in ner of th e 60cc A m a in. The d im inutive Ri ggl e swep t th e class in a ll th ree a ma teu r even ts , p osting two sh o r t-trac k w ins and one half mile victory a. the week's top ama teur pe rformer. Wyom in g' s Cameron Mea ns came closes t to dethroning Riggle, though, in Satu rday night's 60cc final. Means po sted a narrow win ahead of Riggle d uring qu alifyin g, but Riggle jumped out front of the class' s fina l and was never challenged. Means, though, ended his night with a cras h, finis hing sixth behi nd Riggle, Steele Ben digo , L.N . Waggene r, Nick McDayoll and D.J. Brink . Means came back one race lat er to take a w ire -to-wire win in th e 80cc A mai n, his seco nd wi n of the three amateur races . Na te Nee ther of Gille tte, Wyoming, finished second to Mean s in th e fina l, also wi nni ng the class title, breaking the streak of Northwest d omin at io n b y Be au Bro w n (1995), Sean Lig h t (1996) a n d Nick Se lle rs (1997) . T h i rd wen t to Ya ma ha ' ri der Jaco b Keierleber. Oregon's Sean Lig h t scored a runawa y win of the 125 cc A m a in . Th e Honda-mounted Light, who did th e same in his heat race, ra n well ou t in front of eether and Danielle Beving. Fou rth went to Suzuki rider Devin Wenz, followed by Te xas ' Scott Beck'ley. Bicek was another runaway winner, this win coming in 250cc action. Bicek put his ATK out in front of the field , followed by fellow ATK jockey Ros s Ronde, Darrin Lipp a nd Chris Feist, who started from th e penalty row and mo ved up through tr affic to cha llenge Rond e fo r se co n d as Bicek' s lead increased. A three- rider pileup, tho ugh, brought th e action 1"0 a n end as Feist , Lipp and Ronde tangled . Lipp esca ped to net second ahead of Nick Olson. Bicek also got the jump on the tworow fie ld of O pen A con testa nts, fol. lowed closely by Stu rg is' Darrell Brink. The two competitors were never more tha n a w heel apa rt; Bicek's double-win tall y was co m pleted after he sla mmed the doo r shut on Brink in the last turn. Ronde, Trento n Lloyd a n d Lipp followed. Garden City, South Da ko ta ' s C} . Beving scored his fi rst-ever wi n as a Pro-Sport-class competitor, taking a 250cc main-event win ahead of Su zuki rider Sheldon Wenz and Jami e Vollmer, who was the pole sitter. Vollmer drifted off the groove and wouldn't reco ver, allowing Beving to earn a win. Jacob Latimer also turned his performances up 'a notch each night, finalizing an impressive week for the Honda r id er withhis 600cc P ro-Sport w in . After pole sit te r Tony So uza ju m ped and wa s sent to th e penalt y are a , Latimer 's w in was made all the easier . Latimer beat Vollm er, w h o h eld o ff local rider Randy Coughlin for second. . Fourth went to Beving, w ho was followed by Tim Sears a nd Sou za , w horallied to fini sh sixth. Kelly Larkin b e at Brown to th e che ckered flag in the Exp erts' qualifier to sit on the pol e position for the 15-lap" fin al , but il was second- year Expert Brown wh o to ok th e lead durin g th e o pe ni ng moments.. Brown, though , lost the lead to Larvie wh en he bobbled ; Brown did, howev er , stay on the veteran rid er's rea r wheel for the remaind er of the race to finish seco nd to th e local rid er . With his second- place finis h, Brown n etted th e Ex per t-class titl e fo r th e s e ri es , hav in g h ad four im p ress ive rides throu gh out the w eek . Th ird to Brown w a s Larkin , Iof lowed b v Richard Marrs, Shaun Larkin and Coiorado's John Griffin. 1:\ Ja ckpine Gyps ies Clubg rounds Sturgis, Soulh Dakota Result s: August 8, 1998 50: 1. O.J. Brink (KTM ); 2. Mark Keierleber (KTM); 3. Sara Haines (Yam). 60 A: 1. Clayton Riggle (Ho n): 2. Stee le Bend igo (Ka w) : 3 . L.:"J . Wagge ne r (Kaw): 4. Nick McDayoJl (K.'lw); 5. D .J. Brin k (Kaw). 80 A: 1. Ca me ro n Means (Yam); 2. Na te Neetber (Yam); 3. Jacob Keierleber (Yam); 4. Sro tt Beckley (Hen) . 80 B: 1. Devin Wenz (Suz); 2. Travis Dykstra (Yam); 3. L N. Waggener (Hon) 4. Nick Martin IHon). 125 A: 1. Sean Light (Hon ): 2. Na te Neether (Kaw): 3. Daniclle Beving (Kaw): 4. Devin Wenz (Suz); 5. Scott Be ckley (He n). 250 A: 1. Pl."IT)' Bicek (ATK); 2. Darrin Lipp (Yam); 3. Nick Olson (Yam ); 4. Robert Griffin (Kaw): 5. Chris Feist (H en) . 250 PR O-SPT: I. c.r, Beving (Kaw ); 2. Sheldo n Wenz (Suz); 3. Jamie Vollmer (Yam). 600 PR O~SP T: 1. Jak e Latimer (H en ): 2. Jam ie Vollmer (W-R); 3. Rand y Coug hlin (Rtx); 4. C.). Bcving (Hon); 5. Tim Sears {Rtx}. 600 EX: 1. Mark Lame (Rtx); 2. Beau Brown (W·R); 3. Kell y Larkin (Rtx): 4. Richard Marrs (Rtx): 5.5haun Larkin (W-R). OPE N A: 1. Perry Bicek (ATK); 2. Darrel Brink (Yam ); 3. Ross Ronde (ATJQ; 4. Trenton Lloyd (Hon]: 5. Damn Lipp (Ya m ). ...

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