Derek Polson blas ted hi s Yama ha , out in
fron t of Scott Trombly and Aaro n Byrd to start
the race. Tro mbly the n made a pass for the lead
w hile Glen n Weid ma n, Chris C ha m p li n a nd
Cory Ayers were ho unding Polson for seco nd .
Welch, trying to overcome a po or s ta rt, wa s
worki ng h is way through the pack. By lap two ,
he was up to thir d and putti ng the screws on
Polson for seco nd . He then zap ped him in the
back section a nd set out afte r Trom bly. Welch
hounded Trombly for a lap befo re ou tjum p ing
him for the lead over the d ou bles at th e pitboa rd ar ea. Welch kept up his blazing pace to
close out th e first race with a big wi n w h ile
Tro mbly stor med in to second ove r Derrick Polson and Glenn Weid man.
Tromb ly, Cha m p lin a nd Weidman led the
pack a t the start of the secon d mo to, with Welch
ge tting into the mix quickly this time out as he
jumped into second place on the first lap . The n
he passed Trombly for the lead in the sam e spot
as in race one and pu lled out to a lead . Trom bly,
mea nwh ile, sailed along in seco nd , wi th hea vy
race action taking p lace in the battl e fur thir d w he re Ayers dre w a bea d on Weid ma n a nd
passed h im, on ly to have Weid ma n re ta liate
almos t im me d iate ly . Ayers wouldn' t 'give u p
and the two pass ed and repassed each other for
the remai nder -of th e race . Weid ma n fina lly
eme rged from the wild duel to claim third .
Welc h ca rried h is big lead .th r o u g h th e
che ckers for his seco nd st raight win a nd the
o verall 250cc Int ermediat e crow n, w h ile
Tro mb ly parlayed two solid secon ds in to second
overall. Glen n Weidma n ou tpo inted Cory Ayers
to nail down third .
Results
P/W (4...() A: 1. COIj' Sible y (KTMl; 2. Bret Harrison (Cob ): 3.
Robert Camp bell (KTM); 4. Kegan Tutti\.' (KTM) .
r /W ( 4~6) B: 1. Zac ha ry Fu.o;M'1l (KTM ); 2. J c~sc Krumme
( KTM)~ 3. Casey Mdlo (Lt"m); 4. Dillan GIL-ndl"n
ning (KTM) ; 5.
Rikki Mittwcde (Lem ).
P/ W (7--8)A: 1. Donnie Kearney (K"TM); 2. Richa rd SICTling
m
(KTM) ; 3. Ronnie Coodwin (Co b); 4. Jonoltlli Hor gan (KTM); 5.
And rew Iovino (KTM).
P/W (7·!l) B: 1. Dan iel Ch
apman (Lem); 2. Tom my Hewlett
(tern) .
eo BEG (()oM): 1. Donnie Kearney (Ka w); 2. Rennie Goodwin
(Kaw ); 3. Kyle Lewis ()(aw ); 4, An dre w Io vino (Kaw ).
en BEG (9-11): 1. Co ry Ayt'l'~ (Kaw); 2. Pa trick Provenche r
(Ka w) : 3. Core y Bea (Ka w ); 4. J~ Pat rick (Ka w).
dle
60 NOV (6·R): 1. Sean Th o mpso n (K.1W); 2. To ny Ca p uto
(Kaw},
60 NOV (9· 11): 1. Wesley Harri s ( Kaw ); 2. Ryan Brown
(Ka w ): 3. jere my Asq ui th (I<.l ).
w
80 BEG (boll): 1. Fra nkie Iovi no (K.,W); 2. Co ry AYeT5 (Hon j:
3. Cody Gro bs tei n (Ka w); 4. Patrick Pro ven che r (Suz); 5. Ch ris
Mt"Shko ff (Kaw ).
su BEG 02· 16 ): 1. Jo hn Sta ffo rd (Suz ); 2. Za c k G ro bs te in
(Ho n); 3. Jos h Pillsbury (Hun) ; 4 _Jeff Page (K.,W); 5. John Whi ppk
(Ya m).
SO NO V (6· 11): 1. Mich ael Parkt"r (H onj: 2. Ryan Brown
(Kaw); 3. Wesley HdITb. (Ya m ); 4. M.1t! Reinckc {Hon}; 5. Kyle
C ham ber lain (K" W~.
'
NO NOV (12·16) : 1. Jimm y Nelson (Y.1 m); 2. Kevi n Roberts
(Ya m); 3. Ton y wesrbay (Kaw) ; 4. Donald ChoU.lr (Hon); 5. Jaso n
Lope z (Kaw ).
80 OP EN : I. Z1ck Ceobs tcin (Ho n); 2. Frank Io vino U(.l W).
..
S/MI N I: I. Ken ny Brumley ( Ka ..... l; 2. Dlllun Bird (K.1W).
125 BEG: 1. Mich.\d Hen ry (Yam); 2. Brian l'illsbu ry (Suzi ; 3.
Chris W.1lker (Kaw ); 4. Tim Weig (Ho n); 5. Justin Kelly (Yam ).
.
125 NO V: I. Ca rl M,1t-rR (H o n ); 2. Jos hu a Th urgood
(y am); 3. Jaso n Derschan (K.,W); 4, Icc y Pa ge OC.W); 5. Sean Kin,
shl'l1. (Yam) .
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125 INT : 1. Mark He rm a nn (K"w); 2. Ra ndy Stefa n (Suz ); 3.
Derrick Polson (Yam) ,
125 PRO: 1. Monte Mon togu e (Yam) .
s
;
250 NOV : 1. Chri C ha m plin (Hun); 2. Tyson Lea ver (5\1z) 3.
Brian Lopez (Ho n): 4. Aaron Byrd (Hem).
250 TNT: 1. Jere my Welch (Hun ); 2. Sco tt Trombly (Kaw); 3.
Glt' n n Weidman (Suz ); 4. Cory Ayers (Ho n ); 5. Derri ck Polson
(Y<1 m).
,....
25+ BEG: 1. Ch ris Ch a mplin (Hon ); 2. David Mcsh koff (Kaw ];
3. De rrell Armst rong (Hon ); 4, Eric Byingt on (Ya m ); 5. Tho mas
Yagic (He n).
25 ~ NOV : 1. jt"ff Mu r p hy tHon); 2. P"ul Nov ak (TM) ; 3.
Bobby Hunt (Yam) ; 4. Tod d Clark (Kaw): 5. Stl'VCMecky (He n) .
25+ INT : 1. Ma ti He rma nn (Kaw); 2. Roge r Ham (5 uz) ; 3.
Scott T rom bl y (Kaw); 4. Glen n Weidman (Suz); 5. Cory Aye rs
( H~II\) .
25+ EX: l. Derek Titus (Ho n).
40+ O PEN : 1. To n Hewlett (Y,lm).
Johnson wins
Vegas Vintage DT
By Mike Zbrozek
Photo by Dennis Suter
LAS VEGAS, NY,ocr.4
California n Jeff Johnson fou nd the slip-a nd-slide
surface of the Las Vegas Motor Speed way an ideal
match for his stock-framed 650cc Trium ph twin as
he. ove rcame the first-lap lead of speedy Iowan
Ricky Fiscel to win the Pro-twin main event.
John son , one of 22 Pro-Twin challeng ers at
the final round of the VDTRA Pro-Am Na tional
Dir t Track Racing Series who worked thr ough
four heats and two semis to set the stage for the
16-rider field, gaine d a front -row start wit h his
heat-race win. At the start of the main , though , it
was Fiscel who launched his Trium ph twin in to
the lead , with Johns on, Bill Sny der, 1997-98 ProTwi n champ Mark Gibso n, vetera n Edd ie Mu ld er a nd Ar t Fred enbu rah left to d ice thr ou gh
traffic to get into Fisce!'s wa ke. By lap tw o, Johnso n had cau ght Fiscel 'an d pa ssed the form er
Pro-Twin cha mpion for the lead , while Gibso n
go t pa st Snyd er an d into th ird , taking Mu ld er
a n d Fred e nb u rah pas t Sn yd er as well , in to
fourth and fifth, respectively.
Back up fron t, John son con tinued to hold the
lea d , bu t by mid race t he d e te rmi ned Fis ceI
appea red to have him well in range. As the la ps
wo und d own, however, Johns on picked up the
pace on the treacherou s su rface, and in last-lap
traffic he pu t the contes t out of reach. Neither
Gibson, Mu lder no r Fred enb u rah were able to
ad va nce their position s, alt houg h Snyd er was
passed on the white-flag lap by the charging XR
Ha rley of Mike Pa tte rson. With a grea t effort,
Snyd er mana ged a last-lap re pass of Pa tterson to
take sixth at the flag.
The Pr o-Mas ter s main p ro mised to be an
exciting event, as Johnny Isaacs and cu rre nt ProMasters cha m p Joh n Pike had co me into th e
even t with only two points separating them in
the title chase . As it turned out, how ever, Fike
was unable to make a race of it on the uncertain
su rface, and he set tled for seventh - far short of
the po in ts nee ded to re tain his ti tle. Ve tera n
Mulder showed the VDTRA regu lars he had n't
lost his touch since his old Ascot Park days, as
he won the eve nt, lead ing flag to flag. Behind
M u lde r ca me t h e BSA th ump er of VDT RA
founder jo hnny Isaacs, his ru nner- up effort sealing the championship for 1998. Finishing close
to Isaacs in third was Co lo rado vetera n racer
Bob Conway .
In the hotlv con tested Pro 600cc class, TPRspo nsored .ste~e Nicho ls was the manto beat as
he pu t his Yama ha 500 into the lead, ahead of
curre nt Pro 600cc cha mp Rick Fiscel. Fiscel had
other plans for N ichols, ho wever, as he sized up
his line for nine laps, finally motorin g his Yamaha by on the last circui t to steal the win. Con way
agai n p u t in an im pressive effort to take third,
wi th challengers John Jeffries and Bill Snyde r in
close con tention at the finish. No ticeably absen t
in the ma in w as Pro 600cc p oin ts ru nner-up
Roger Sterling, wh o was sideli ned by an earlier
incident in his Pro-Twi n heat race. Sterling su fferro cu ts and .a concussion and was una ble to
compete.
Results
SR: 1. Mkk.'Y Blythe (Tri); 2. John Mt'Clellllnd (Yam ); 3. Bill
n
Sn ydt·r (Yam); 4. Jdf S. jo hn!lO (Yam); 5. Dou g S!t"wart (Du e).
MSTR AM : 1. }amt"SEa!lllt"t.' (Yam); 2. Cha rl i ~ RafXT (Yam); 3.
Frank G uinn (Ya m); 4. MaThhall jt'l\nin~ (Y,l m ); 5. Kt.-n All.lma n
(Tri) .
250 AM : 1. Frank Harriman (Ya m); 2. Roy H"ines (Bull ; 3.
Randy Umberger (Ya m ).
6OIJAM: I. Brian Aa:k (BSA); 2. Jeff Garldch Sr. (Yam ); 3. Dan
BUrT{Yam); ·1. j .e. aark (Ya m); 5. Roy Haines (Bun.
O PEN TW AM : 1. G.11j' Beach (Tri ); 2. Bob Snyder (Ya m); 3.
Bill Stephens (TrB ; 4. Wa y ne Harring ton Dob!.on (Ya mJ; 2. Cra ig Bt."t."Cher (Ya m);
3. C li nto n Wh ite ho use (Ya m ); 4. St ev en All en (Ho n); 5. Pa u l
, N ielse n (Ho n).
H / W VlNT : 1. Cra ig Bt."l'Cher (Yam) ; 2. J.lmo Dobson (Yam);
3. Den nis Fryer (Hlln ); 4. Larry Coc hra n (Ho n); 5. Brad G itchell
o
(Suz).
SOC R: 1. Rick Mu rray (Kaw ); 2. Victo r Ik-masroni (Suz ); 3.
Wad e Suyd (Kd.....); 4. William Bt.'CJu.r (BMW); S. Dam( ," Doherty
(Kaw).
500 NOV : 1. Jamey Ha rritson (Yam) ; 2. Ad rian Webb (Hn n); 3.
Chris Sil'hc1lha ar (Hon); 4. Chri st op her Campos (Hon); 5. Ja mie
Gilbt.o
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