Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

Purchase a DIRT RIDER 1998 L---~ODUCT OF THE YEAR! """III'lI::--==~~N o-To il Starter Pac for $16.95 Future GNCstar Jo hnny Murphree was the class of the field in the 600cc ProSport feature held for the modem bikes at the Skip Van Leeuwen Short Track. G ra n t was up and ru nnin g in ti me to make the sing le-file restart. The res tart wo u ld se t the top three of Murphree, Carrera and Fitzhugh, leavin g O xley, Proiette, Ze mke, Dick Wall a n d Bob Moran to fight over fo urth . Oxley was pushed inside th e berm in turn o ne as Proie lt e chased after Fitzhugh. Zem ke, stuck on the outside, was slowly working his way to the rear, while Ox ley push ed inside Proi ette to tak e fou rth back. Murphree conti nued a flaw less ride at the fron t, ahead of Ca rrera and Fitzhugh, lea ving Oxley just a head of Pr oie tte, as Mo ra n and Wall bo th sli p ped insi de and ahead of Ze mke. Earlier in the night , form er Winston Pro rider Dennis Brigg s sho t ou t ahea d of the 25Oce.-Proclass, lead in g Oxley and Northern Ca lifo rnia racer Da na Perri . . Oxley, on a tw o-v alve H onda 350 bor ro wed fro m Jim McMurren, was abou t th e o n ly rid er abl e to m a k e tim e o n Briggs' reshod motocross bike, usin g the • cu s h io n a ro u n d t he o u tsi de to ca rry speed thro ugh the corner s to ma ke up for the accelera tion of the two-stroke. John Dupree, on a fo ur-val ve H onda, took third from Perri on lap five , with Perr i u sin g the same move to tak e th e position back. Oxl ey con tin ue d to gain on Briggs, pu lling off the pass with two laps to go and bl oc ki ng Bri ggs. Richard Poll ock pulled ins ide Dupre , taking the fourth e spo t as U.s. Junior Speedw ay Champion Ryan Fish er tucked insid e Dupree, lowsi d ing ahead of Dup ree a nd se nding bot h rid ers throu gh the air at the white flag . It was O xley at the flag, ahead of Bri g g s, w ho was fo llowed b y Dana Pe rri, Richard Po llock and Sa n Diego road race r Frank Aragaki. Ron Wood (no, not that Ron Wood l) led the 250cc Sportsman class ahead of vintage racers Joe Steffen, Wa rd Mckee, John Lund gren a nd Loren Bjorkman. Dant e D' Amb ru o s o to ok th e Op en Sp ortsman clas s, tr a iled by Triu m p h ' (w ha t else?) twi n racer John Hat eley, John Prot o, Brad Spencer and Wa yn e l~ Warrington. Del M Fairgrounds ar Del Mar, California Results : October 10, 1998 250 SI'T SMN: 1. Ron Wood ; 2. J ~ Steffen ; 3. Ward Mc k ee ( K,l W); 4, Joh n Lu n d g re n (Yam) ; 5 . Loren Bjorkma n (Ya m); 6. Roge r Winiger ; 7. BentheyBarrctt. 8. Brett Bem is (Yam) ; 9. Jim Felt on: 10. Dennis Vo U (K.1.w) . bOO SPTSMN: 1. Da nte D'Ambruoso ( W ~ R ) ; 2. Jo hn Hat eley {Tri): 3. Joh n Proto (W·R) ; 4. Brad Spe nce r: 5. wa yn e Wa rringto n ( H o n ): 6. Joh n Rud der (Yam); 7 . Ell iott Iver so n ( W- R); 8 . 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