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A HRMAIClassic B M zineVinta e ike aga g D Tra irt ckSeries: Round 1 6 Plumb crazy at Peoria (Left) Bultaco-mounted Carl Forkey (19F) won the Classic 250cc class at the AHRMAIClassic Bike Magazine Vintage TT at Peoria . . (Above) John Skinner (66) finished third in the Sportsman 750cc class at the AHRMAIClassic Bike Magazine Vintage TT at Peoria. By Matt Hilgenberg PEORIA. IL, SEPT. 26 ro m the first turn of the ve ry first la p o f practice, it was o bvio us that John Plumb was goi ng to be th e ma n to b ea t a t . round 16 of the American Hi storic Racin g Motorcycle Associatio n 's C la ss ic Bike Maga zine Vintage Di rt Track Series, held at the leg en d ary P eoria Motorcycle C lu b grounds . And P lumb didn 't disappoint, dominating the Sportsman 250 an d 750cc classes. Midweek rainstorms and subsequent . high humidity left the race track s till very w et on Saturday, but by midmorning Su nd ay , it w as finally dry eno ugh for the PMC to work it in to, a ve ry good racin g su rface. Sport sman 250cc action saw Plumb slid e his orange Yamaha to th e front of th e fie ld and never look back. Behind him, Dav e Wills, riding a tw o-st rok e Harley-Dav id son, rode to a fine second -place fini sh , 'despite fightin g mi ssed shifts th rou g hout th e d ay . Bulta co-m ount ed J err y H olm a n d 'Yama ha rider Rick St iefel wou n d up third a nd fourth, w it h trials ace Cu rt Co rner corning in fifth aboard an Ossa DMR. Plumb came fro m a th ird -place start to wi n his heat race, then wo n again in th e m a in eve nt, lea ding a Triumph sweep of the top th ree; Dennis Williams and John Skinner we re in the place and show spots . Ma ico rid er G ig H a m ilton pull ed tri p le du ty o n th e d ay, w inning over David Rh yneh art in th e Sportsm an 600c c catego ry a n d ove r D ennis Williams in the Veteran class. Williams also compe ted in thr ee classes, top ping the Bomber division. Hamilton's only defeat carne at the hands of Tri umph rid er Charlie Sou thga te in the 14-r id er Se nior d ivis ion . Steve Boggs, Paul Anderson and Jerry Rew erts, all Triumph-pow er ed , ro u nded out the top five . l~ F Peoria Motorcycle Clubgrounds Peoria, Illinois Results: September 26,1998 00 0\ 0\ ...... ~' l-< (l) .c E (l) > o z 38 DINa, 1. Bene Rodi (R-E). CLSSC 250: 1. Ca rl Forkey (Bul) ; 2. Mike Hyslop (Bul); 3. Tom Boyd (Gre); 4. John Bova (Bul); 5. Jam es McCa be (Mai). . CLSSC OP EN: 1. Jim Oliver (Hen) : 2. Daniel Beher C BSA); 3. Bene Rodi (Nor); 4. Elis Gian nin i (CZ); 5. Tom Boyd (BSA) . SPTS M N 250: 1. John Plumb (Yam); 2. Dav e Wills (H· D); 3. Jerry Holm

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