Mark
Skarphol
rode his
tw in-pipe CZ
to two race
wins during
vintage
motocross
action in
Casey .
illinoi s.
n a n d ez ( Hon );
~.
JI·ft W ill oU Khb y
(Ht\n ): 4 Ke ll y
Brennan (S uz l; 5.
Kar..h 'n IIlK (Pl·n) .
S PT5 M:-.l 125
[~: 1. R..bc rt 1't ...oJ
o
(H u n ); 2. Terry
5c h w., r l.. (H.'ll); 3.
SIt"p ht'll Su m mers
(K,l W); 4, Dale Ru!>lid! (H on): 5. Ju st in
1I1 ~ (P\'n ) .:
S PTS MN 125
EX:
Greenleaf takes
Casey vintage Motocross
By Mark Thompson
CASEY IL OCT. 24
, ,
Vinbge motocross in the hea rt land is very m uch
aliv e and ~xceedingly hea lthy. Proof of this
requirt.-d no more than a quick look around the
CTO\vded pits at Lincoln Trail Mo torsp orts as
nearly 200 entries prepared . to battle for last ·
chance points at the season finale.
In Over 30 actiun, 26 riders puUed to the line,
and Jim Greenleaf powered his Ma k o to 3-1
scores ahead of Suzuki pilot Sam McLain, who
was h.1ving a surprisingly inconsistent day , with a
1-4 tally for ...·amd overall in Over 30 Expert. ot
having~ any prob1t.."II1s v.,.;th consistcnC)'was Husky
man Mike Scholl, as he dominated the large Over
30 Intermediate class, winning bo th motDs with
little trou ble: Scho ll y,;ll be riding Expert next
year, to.the relief of the rest of the Intennediates.
Larry Stahl, on ano ther Husky , wen t 4-2 for st'Cond Intermed iate, fullowed by Brian Borshoff's
Yamaha (2-5) and Kyle Long's Honda (5-3). Mike
Terry, also on a Husky , aced both Over 30 Novice
.notos, a hctld of Dave Phill ip's O Ss.-1.
The Classic (pre-1974) 125s were next to do
baki-mounted, borrowed
the absent john Dt.'emers Mako to register 3-2
fini shes fo r seco nd o v e r a ll ahead of Tom
Heger' s Husky. Craig Brandt and his Maien had
ea sily wo n the first mot o, but problems held him
to sixth in the seco nd ride, for fourth overall.
In the Ov er 40 Intermediate col'\test, Robert
Pet>d demonstrated his starting ability, register·
ing a holeshot on his Elsinore en route to a 1-2
score and th e w in . He wa s chased home by
A n dy Hardin, who knew he had the series
champions hip wrapped up an d decided not to
ch a li en gl' fo r the lea d . Dean Greg ory, Ron
Win get a nd Cha rlie Spann ro unded. out the top
five . jamL"~ . Thom pso n rode his KX to a 3-1 score
for th e win in Ov er -10 Nov ice , ahead of Bill
Hanks and Bil1!?amlw.
Result s
PREM L/W 11\0"': 1. Bri.ln Wd'er {BSAl; 2.. Jim M l-c ..Ix, (M.l i);
3. Ch ri~ Makyn .. n mSA }.
PRE M L /W EX: L Bri"n O Con no r (Dud.
PREM 50 NO V: 1. J" m l"!'Colr1so n (T ri) .
0
PREM TW EX: J. CI.1Ud c Ml'E lvain ( BSA) .
CI.ssc 12, ;NOV: 1. luhn Hq;er (Mrk); 2.. Ed Kub ik (Pen); 3.
0
K,l ~tl'n 1II~ (rl'n ) .
•
C LSSC 125 INT: 1. Cha rle!! $\himk (Mail; 2 . Rick ¥er<:e r
1
(Tyr ): 3. JUlitin lIlg (Pl",,); 4. o. n Ikhl·r (OKW).
C LSSC 125 EX: 1. nn.ln O'C o nnor (Ya m ); 2. G<1 ry Pola nd
(Bull ; 3. Br,ld Kenna rd (Pton).
C lSSC 2.. NOV : 1. Tl-rry B..l'nkl (CZ) .
"<1
'
'tl
CLSSC 250 EX; I. MArk Ska rp ho l (C Z ); 2. Bra d Ke n n .ud
(~ ).
C LSSC 50(J NOV; 1. Jef Krupp (BSA ).
f
CLSSC 5(KJ INT ; I. Tim Sw.lin (8ul); 2.. Jerry Rt.· l·rtro (BSA); 3.
W
Tom Bo yd (BSAl; 4. Tllm Anl or mSA).
CLSSC 500 EX: I. Bri.ln O'C onno r (Dud.
SrTSM N 125 NOV ; 1. lody Thomp!iOn (Hunl; 2. John Hl."r-
1.
Cor ey
Will ou lo';hb y (H u n );
p
2. M.lrl..Skolr hol (lIon); 3 . Brad Kennar d (Pl·Il).
Sm MN 2.. NaV: ·1. ,.ldy Thom pson (!(.aw ); 2. Bill Hanks
<;0
l Bul) ; J. Fred Kling (Mo1 i): 4. Tt"ITY Beenken (CZ ); 5. Dan Stt'i n
i Hu n).
~PTSMN 250 tNT 1. Robt.'l1 Pt'\. d (Hon); 2.. M.-.tt Krishe r (C· A);
3. Ro y Maley (M.l i); .t. Bruce Pa tric k (Bu ll; 5. ("...tl l'"Wo lt;k·nhulm
'
(Hun).
SMSM N 250 EX: 1. Scu lt Sta nford (CZ ); 2..Corey WiIluugh by
(Hon l; 3. So1mMo:Cl.tin (Suz); 4. M.lrk Sk.l rp hu l (CZ>; 5. Pa l O'Con~
nor Uh m ).
SPTSMI" 500 NOV: 1. Mik e Terry a-h. .s ); 2.. Tom F<1 g., n (H u!!);
.
3. Kt"Ill Crilig l KAw ); 4. Bill Barrow (CCM); 5. Tim H"rdin O-Iu.';).
SM'S Mf'I: 500 INT : I. Mi ke Scholl (H u s ); 2 ji m Wt·bber (M" i);
3 . And rt"W Hardin (H u s); 4. C ha d Buil t'!" (K.1w); 5. Ron W inKet
(Mal)
SPTS MN 500 EX: J. Cr.toig Bro1ndl (Mad; 2.. joUnl."5 Greenlea f
(Mail; ~ . Mike Zi mml·rmoln (M.~i); 4. Stacey Sk- W.lrt ( K.1w ); 5. Tom
He,; tT (H\L'l).
SMS MN TW I"''''; J. Robcn COU T (Yam) .
ll30+ NOV: 1. Mikt' Terry (H us); 2. IRJ\T J'hillipo (O!i.:l); 3. Ray
Coburn fl-h on): 4 , No ml Omsti.ln (Maj) ; 5. Bri.lll Wa lk ()(a w).
30+ 1~ : 1. Mikt' Scholl (H lr.i): 2.. l.Jrry Sta h l (H u~): 3. BN n
HO
TSho (Y.lm l; 4. Ky le Long CIlllll); 5. M.lrk Th om f'!'O" (Mai) .
tl
'
30+ EX: 1. j.,mn G ~lea f (M.. i) ; 2. $.1m McClain (Su z.); 3.
Sldcy Stew art ( K.1w ); .f . Pat O'C onnor (Hon>; 5. Mike Zim m.-rm .ln
l K.1W).
40+ NO V: J. j..mt'$ Tho mpso n {Ka wl: 2. Bill Hanb (Bu!); 3.
Hill Ba rww (CC M); 4 . jnh n Ht'mandt" z (H u !iol; 5. jo hn l.J un-n t
(K.l .....).
~()+ 11\0 : I. R"b lTt Pl't"U (Hoed; 2 And Tt"wH ardi n ( !-I LI~); 3.
.,.
Dto n G reg llry l Huld; 4. R. m W ingl.l {Ma D;5. Cha rlit' Sp;"nn (8S A) .
a
'
40+ EX: 1. Mo.lrk Sk.arphol (cz); 2. Mikt' Zimml.'Tl1lo1n {)(a w l;
3. Tom Ht 'gc r; 4. Cr,lig Br.lnll t IM.lj); 5. Jciln R. m... Y (M,li ).
1 1
50+ NOV: I. Bob Hatte n (~~ l; 2. Frtod Kling (Mo1 i): 3. Ed
Ku bi l.. (I'l·n); 4. 1.. rry Willou ghby (H on) .
1
50 + INT : 1. krry R.. wer l, (CC M ); 2. D.m Ik·h er (!Ius ); 3.
R.m d y IIIg (C· A ); 4 , C h l\r lt.!> Sc h a n k ( M,l i); S. Kim A rmst ro n g
"
(Mili).
50 + EX: 1. C1iludt· M ~-cIl\ in (BSA ): 2. k iln R.lm .... (M,li); 3.
W
H,lTuld Ha zd (Bonl; 4. Wade Summt'T.'l (!-Ius).
.
61 INT: I. Ruy M.lll· IM"i).
1+
y
flCl EX: 1. k Tt" Dickev (85 M .
+
WMN NO V: 1. B..tllt;n y B.lrrt,W (l' e n l; 2. Lidn Lu ng (Hn n ).
Banquet heroes
By S.T. Callah an
CAS IL OCT. 31
EY, ,
Th e seaso n fi nale of the AH RMA Midw est
Motocross Champio ns hips drew a reco rd 174
entries to w ha t proved to be o ne of the finest
events of 1998. At the conclusion of the da y; s
races , all adjourned to Richard's Fa.nn restau rant
for cocktails, some great \;ntage vidt."(), a wonderful buffet, and an awards presentation hos ted
bv AHRMA Midwest coordina tor Brad Kenna rd.
. The Midwest Series is a nine-event "stand
alone" series that does no t include any of the
National events that are held in the region. All
of thl..~ events are "vin tage o nly" and ·a re not
run in con junction with modern events. A s
many of the competitors would tell you , ''It's
just like it was in 1972."
The evening's activities started ou t with a n
Achievement Award pres ented to Ron \Vinget
for his tireles s activities over the past si x yea rs;
he passed the torch to Brad Kennard thi s pa st
summer. Kennard then began to recall so me of
the highlig hts of the recent season ,,;th surprisin g wit and humor as he ack nowledged all of
the award winners an d d.1SS champions . A significant number of contingency and promotional
aw ards we re ava ilable for all , donated by so me
of AH RMA's premier supporters . john Lefev re
from Vintage Husky do nated a large assortment
of vin tage good ies, as did Bob Ginder of B&j
Racing, Dave Boyds tun of AMS, Randy Illg of
Framecrafters, Jim Weber of Bell ind ustries, and
Mike Zim merma n of Cenerac. We a ll owe a sincer e thanks to these m en and their companies.
They are all small bus inessmen suppo rti ng the
A H RMA organization, a nd it's im po rt.ant that
we all su ppo rt them.
Kennard is pu tting together anot her outsta nd ing schedule for 1999 that should see 10 or
11 even ts e nco mpass ing six or seven states.
Ther e have be€ n calls fro m Sot'veral track OW'Tlers
all over the Mid we st who want to beco me pa rt
of this growing phen o me non .
Results
lqqs Ch.lmpiono;
30+ EX: Sam MtCatrt.
30+ lI\;!; Bruct· r"tri~l.. .
30+ NOV: Tim H ardu'l
-lO+- EX: Mi\r.e Zimm t'nna.n
40+ II\.T : And.. HaNan
'
.fO+ NOV : Bill Barro.....
SO+ EX Wad...Su mmcT'!'l.
50+ Il\;! ; gcv M.1 [r .
k\
50+ NOV: Fritz Klin~
bll+ INT ; R<.' v Moll.,\, Jr.
PREM LlW'EX: Brian LYCl'n n nr
PRE.II L/ W II\! Dan Bo.·h..,..
\
PREM 500 EX; C1.-. de M~·El vdjn.
u
PRI:. 11'1 Il'I. Deln Behoor
'M
'T.
CLSSCSOli EX. Bri.", (yG'lnnu t.
CLSSC 5t1C11t\! Tim SwaIn
Ct.SSC250 EX: Bred /(l'nllo1rd.
CI5SCZ5tl INT. Tom \!OVTh .
O.5."C 250 NOV : Ch n .. \1ilkynt·n.
CLSSC 125 EX: Bro1J .... nna rd .
u
CL
'iSC 125 INT . Da n !io· n.
h
Cl.5SC 12.0; NOV : Fdd Kut-I\r.
SPTSMN
SPTSMN
SPTSMN
SrTSMN
SPTSMN
A : I. K.'v i n Buyl.· l Ho n ); 2. }.,hn Y,lrnc!l (H u ll I. 3. David
Dilhngh.l m tK"fM I, .a Dunni.· Mo
uhi.. (Hunl; 5. ~tdtl F.. I.'lti ( K
IM)
125 B· 1, Levi Rawson {'t'.m d. 2 . Lul....• ~t.uuon (X,o
m).] C
Hinkel (Yo1 m ); 4. o.wid l'ryor (HonI; 0; Kurt Eibell (\',1ln l
2t)J B: 1. Da\ 1d Hawocth fKT \ Il; 2. 'i t.·w C n'''''~ l K.twl .
1
Robt-rt Armon t"'lW); 4. Date C ri e- mgtT {KTMi; 5. John. Sto u t
( Kol w).
2.':;0 8: I. Tim Gll-Nlfl (I hm l. 2.. 1 vm "'umml'n' (Y "mI. J. M.Mt
.
IT.un): 4 N ick Cro1 l;>Tli (Y,lm): 5. David V~>l"l Hull ..n (Sun
wt
251.1 C: 1. Breece !'mllh !t lnn l; '1 Da n H.tl l't!cl. ( Ko1 WI, 3
Bradlt.,.· M urd ick (K." .·); 4. johl' r-.o..lJ1IKTM) "i. Kt. mul TWTIC'l'"
·
Wl"i~
(5m)
al~El' Be 1. ~L111 Cofftnoln ( KT~ ); 2. \1.111',. Sfnl th (llll"l; J
Larry Po rtell (KT \11. 4. Kurt Milso:hill~ (}-Io ni ; ~. Polu' H ,ln!oC.·!"l
(kiM ).
4-STRK B I. R.l lp h G l' rd l nJ; fH u n). 2 Hr hln R n-hards n
(Ydm ); 3. Cary Pildnl (l-lonl: 4. PaLiI Arndt (ll nn l. 0:; , Jo-. {}(awl. 2. Fr.\nk Lciva n (Yo1 m); 3, L.U1'~
"
11 .I V'~ C u ..), 4 Rirl. Ca r penter (KIM), 0;, Ct'r,l ld Fn-rit-Kl'o (KT J\.I1.
H
- JR: I. B.. l>l-oy Duncan (Y., m); 2. Z,ck Ma bcrv (Ho n l; 3 1, n
l
SI.MII(Ya m): " 51t"V1," AktT1< (Kol w); .. All d y I ·il ~hl.l ('{" m).
TR: J: Tudd Hecht It..'ThH 2. limn ]) lPtTlch (Y,lm); 3, Jo~h
;
Wa Itt"T(SU1.);4. MIl.. . GMr isu n (' .lm l; 5. [nhn J 1'·:-.st·II'1.llln (",.lw l._
.
500 EX:5t.\(11Stewa rt
500 1f\.'T: A n~i v H,m.!in
500 !'JOV. Tim 11..rdil\.
2.0;0 EX: ;"lIn \1 d .."I1in
.
2SU lNT: Ro ) M.l ley j r
SPTSMN 2.. NOV· B. Hanks.
1j(J
SI'TSMN 125 EX: H old KI·nM rJ.
r.
SPTSMN 125 INT: 0 Russell
SI'TS MN 125 NOV : G. G.o lt.~.
SPTSMN rw tNT: R. Cclhcr .
Leivan fastest at Festus HS
By Frank Leivan
FESTUS, MO, OCT. 18
In a fitting end to the 1998 Mbsouri Hare Scrambles C ha mpio nsh ip , six -time champion Steve
Leivan came from a deficit of nt-arlv a minu te a t
the sta rt to compl~t~ a great co meback ride an d
take the overall victory. Despite clin ching the
se ries t it le th e prev io u s w eekend , Lei\'an
remained focused on the final ~\'ent.
Altho ugh th ere were eight .rid ers in the AA
class, Levian's job was mad e a little easier with
the abse nce of his main rivals, Mike Windma nn
and Chris Thiel e.
In what has become th e typical fir st-turn
scene of the AA-class start, Chris Nesb itt directed
his Answer/Scott /Trelleborg-backed YZ2S0 into
the lead spot, Mth Chris Graber, Ken Yuunt and
Bran don Forrester in tow . Leivan was left a t the
sta rt line for nearly a minute befo re he got goi ng .
Whe n the rid ers entered the wood s, Nesbitt
lost the fron t end and took Ga rber with hi m . The
ri de rs cl ose behind took to th e brush to get
aroun d the pileup, and C hris Caplinge r moved
into the lead _ One ride r who didn't fJ re well by
go ing a ro u nd the d ownl'd rid e rs was Tanne r
Eng land, who wa s co ming off the be~ t ride of his
season. Eng lan d 's thrott le stuck wide open, forcing him to mak e repa irs.
Ca plinger's mument in fron t las ted through
the grass-track ar ea; then he cra ~hed in the final
tur n. Th is put 14-yea r-o ld Brand on Fo rre ster
into the lead for the first time ever, with Yount
a nd 12Scc KTM rider Jeff Llppe close behi nd .
Lap pe, ha ving do min a ted the A class this year
an d havin g alr ead y clinc hed. the class ch~lmp i
ons hip, was making his fir~t appe a rance in the
AA class a nd proving that he and his little 125
have the s~ to compete "..;th tht;> bigg er bikes.
'
Behi nd th e front pack, Leivan w as on the
cha rge . By the time he entered the g rass track,
which was ro ug hly a mile a nd a half into the
co urse, he had caug ht up to the tail end of the
class, presumably ~,use he had a clear co urse.
Leiva n first moved a rou nd England, who was
fidd ling M th his kinked cable, and then passed
Caplinger, wh o blew a com er and waited until
Leivan moved around.
Leivan's next target was Gra be r, and when
the two came to a creek cro ssin g, Graber went
down and Lei van w ent through to take o ver
fifth. N esbitt was next in Leh'an's sig h ts, and
when Nesb itt tried to take a sho rter line and got
hung u p between tw o tree s, Le iva n was into
. fourt h. He quickl y closed on the leading trio of
Forrest er, Yount and Lappe.
With roughly a mile left in the first lap , Forrester los t control in a ro cky section and went
down, allowing Yount into the lec and Leivan
ld
in to second . As the riders entered the spectator
area, Leivan made his bid for the lead by trying
to ou tacce lerate Yount. This d idn't wo rk, as the
two Yilmaha four -strokL were evenly matched .
'S
Leivan d rove into the final turn har d an d forced
You nt to the outside, taki ng the ICil d jus t il few
feet before the barrels.
Fro m this poin t o n, Leivan he ld the lead ,
never rea lly being se riously challenged for the
rema inder of the two-hour race.
Results
0 / A: 1. SIt.Ve Ldvan (Yam ); 2. Chri!l Ca plj n~t"T fY" m ); 3. Kt"ll
'
You n t (Ya m ); 4. Brilndon Fum ....'" (Yam); S. Jd f LI p pe (K"rM) .
AA : 1. Chri s Ca p lingt 'r (y .. m ); 2. Kt'n You n l (Ya m ); 3. Jeff
Lappe (KTM ); 4. T"!lnl"r Eng lo1 nd (Yo1m 5. Ch ri'l N'·.'lbitt (Yo1m
);
).
England reigns at
Trail of Tears HS
By Lance Mart in
JONESBORO, IL, OCT. 25
Tanner Engl and too k the o verall win at the Little
Egypt Off-Road Motorcycle Cl ub's fourth hare
scramble of the ye.u at the Trail of TeJrs Lodge
and Sports Rl'SOrt. Som e 50 rid ers sh owl>J up to
do battle on the 5~mile course.
Tim Baker led the comb ined A, 2SOcc Band
Vet-cla~s first row fro m the d ead-en gine start,
but England w a s' on the move earl y and wa s
soon pn.-ssuring Baker for the lead.
"I wa s riding all over the place, overs hot.lting
turns and riding in brush to get ba ck on the
trail ," Baker 5.., id of his attempts to kt.'t"p England out 0; first.
Baker has raced in aU four evenb at Trail of
Tears, while England was visiting for the first
time.
" I think he (Eng land) realized that I knew
the terra in, so he se tt led in behind me for the
first lap : ' Baker said .
England took co ntro l of the race just before
the second lap, as he clock ed in at the scoring
barrels w ith a 30-seco nd cus h io n o vc r Baker.
England held the ed ge over the rest of the field
for the next si x laps.
.
" I go t a good s ta rt, and onc~ we mad e nne
round , I led for most of the race," England said .
C hris Net'bitt was o n the move after a bad
start.
"I started off last ," Nesbitt said. "I wa s abo u t
a minu te down un til the seventh la p."
"Nesbitt pilssed me on n hill nt the beg inni ng
of the last lap," Eng land sa id . " I passed him
back in il m ud ho lc and Il.od the rl.-'St of the rnce."
"I caught and p<1SSt't.i Tanner on the last lap, "
Nesbitt sai d . " I tried to pa s~ a lap per a nd go t
s tuck in a m ud hole. Tanner passed me back. I
caugh t him w ith about a la p to go and tri ed a
pass on the outside wi th two tu nlS left bu t could
not mak e it stick. He rode a good race all day."
Baker and Vet ricicr Dallas Maye r swapped
positions for a couple of laps midway th rough
the race . Mayer put just over a minute on Bakc.."r
to take thi rd overall, firs t Vet.
"I guess dicing wil h Engl.lOd on the first lap
took a lot of e nergy~" Ba kL id . "I suffered a lot
>tsa
of crashes and sta llt."C! the bike a few timL':io."
The 201cc-a nd -up C class pr ovid ed so me
close racing action. Ron Dilback It'd for two laps
until Do ug Hu ner koc h took over. H u n~ r k och
stretched his lead to about 25 !'eConds midway
th rough the race. DUback closed the ga p and ,
with a cou p le of turn s lef t. h e w a s on
Hunerkoch's rear fend er. But DiIba ck couldn't
make a pa ss , and Hunerkoch brought his big
four-stroke home for the win.
Billy Hall put in a good ride to w in th e
Senior class. Hall also fini sh ed 11th o vera ll.
Clyde Schmidt took home second in the Senior
cl~ss.
In the morning's Youth race, jam es Baker led
every lap but tw o of the SOcc co ntes L Midway
th rough the race, Baker stoppt.>d to rep air a 1
()():oOC
seat and let John Fa rro w int o the lead . Ba ker
made the pa ss for the lead and stayL"d in front of
Farrow until the las t tu11l. Farrow made a bluck pa ss stick and took the wi n. Baker and Farrow
demon st rated good sportsma nsh ip, as both cong ratu la ted each o the r a nd shook h a ~d s . Brock
Moran mad e his hare scram bles debut a success-luI one, as he wo n the Sll-70cc class.
Results
a lA: 1. T.mnt'T En gl .ln d (Y (AT K); 2.. Ro y 11011..00 (Ho n ); J. GTt"8
LutheT (K.tw l; .f. llt Huck.~ll'P I H,ln); 5. R<.lb 5cht'f'l-"T( K.1w ).
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