Events
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Georgie Price (71), Ken
Yoder (57), Kevin Varnes (89)
and Mike Varnes (24) get
ready to start the 250cc Pro
class at the Rodney Farris
Memorial Indoor Short Track
in Timonium, Maryland. Price
won Friday's 250cc and
600cc Pro events as well as
Saturday's 250Cc Pro race.
250: I. Danny Barber (Kaw); 2. Aaron Youse (Yam); 3.
Christopher Laredo (Yam); 4. Sean Merrick (K.w); 5. Jim Atkins.
SOO: I. Jeff Brownlee (Yam); 2. Michael Renner (Hon); 3.
TravUi Kinny (Hon); 4. Mike McManna.my (Hus); 5. ~ BIlly
; 3.
P,lIUI Lynch (Rtx); 4. Mike Varnes (ATK); 5. Roy Miller- (Rtx).
..........,
SO OIL IN}: 1. Bobby Weir (Yam); 2. Brett Cochran (Yam); 3.
R,J. Han (Yam); 4. Nick Farley (Yam); 5. Tyler KIdwell (Yam).
50 (4-6): 1. Tom Mudgett (Cob); 2. John Long (l.em): 3.
MIChael Kralehovi1;4. Zach Walz.;5. Tom Webb.
50 (7·8): 1. Jdl Haldeman (Lem); 2. Joey Parks (lem); 3. Brandon Robinson (Act); 4. LoweI1 Spangler (Cob); 5. Michacl Standi·
fon!.
80: 1. Zach Cakutt (Hon); 2. jason lsennock (Kaw); 3. John
~wi. ~w): 4. Nick Henderson (Hon);S. hawn Baer (yam).
125: 1. Todd Stith (Yam); 2. Jared Ml.."('S (HON; 3. Nick Upira
(Hon); 4. Bryan Douglas (Hon); 5. Steve Cromwell (,",on).
250: I. La.ny Sweeten (Hon); 2. Dan Reichert (BuO; 3. Todd
Hurst (Suz): 4. Chris Hathaway (Hon); 5. Jak~ Johnson (Hon).
250 PRO: 1. Georgie Price (Hon); 2. Ken Yoder (Hon); 3.
Kevin Varnes (Suz); 4.. Mike Vilrnt'S (Yam); 5. Jim Haas (Yam).
400: 1. HallOld Brossman (Bul); 2. Clarence Bull (Hon); 3.John
H~ndcrson (Bu\); 4,. Mark Burkholder {BuO; S. Ted Trey (Hon).
600 PRO; 1. Paul Lynch (Rtx); 2. Tom M((;rtmc Jr. (KTM); 3.
Mike Varnes (ATK); 4. Keith Jacobsen (HON; 5. Phil Ubhan (Rtx).
National numbers in force
at Lodi Marathon
By Mike Law
LCD!, (A,jAN. 3
Well over 100 riders braved the cold weather to
challenge the near-perfect track as the Lodj
Motorcycle Club hosted its second pf three
marathons at the historic clubgrounds.
G C riders Billy Martin, Steve Mayfield,
Gary Rogers, Shaun Russell and
Nate Wait were among those rid~
ers who contested the approxi~
mateJy I-mile course. Grand Prix
road racer Matt Wait al 0 campaigned the race track" Of the six,
Russell fini"hed the highest, placing second in the 250cc class, \vith
36 laps.
"It was good," Russell said. "I
went there to get a litUe training.
An hour and a half is a long time,
and I really didn't keep tracJ, of
the laps. I really eJ1joyed it, and it
was a lot of fun."
Iron man Steve Mayfield.
with co-rider Paul Polhemus, finished behind Russell and then
also finished fourth in the Open
dass.
"The track was typical Lodi
Marathon: tight and hard to pass,
but lots of fun," Mayfield said. "My partner and
I each feU on.ce in the 250 race, but we were
never able to catch Shaun (Russell), as he never
faltered. This race was good practice for the
upcoming Nationals."
Rogers and Nate Wait teamed up with lessthan-perfect luck in the Open class, as they were
forced out on lap three.
"We rode Gary Roger's bike, and got up to
about third," Wait said. "The shifter kept slipping on the spline and we kept missing shifts:'
Despite being out of contention in the 2SOcc
race, Rogers and Wait took full advantage of the
fact that Wairs house was only a few miles from
the Lodi Cycle Bowl.
"We drove home to ate's house to get an
Open-class bike to ride in the next race," Rogers
said. '1 started the race and got us up to third,
then handed the bike over to Nate. He ran about
three laps and moved into first, then clipped a
hay bale and bent the brake pedal. When we
tried to bend it back, it broke in two. Today just
wasn't our day, but we'll be back at the January
24 Marathon and run both classes."
Motocrosser Dennis Kritzer emerged the big
winner, as he powered his Bieffe-backed Yamaha wire to wire in the 250cc cl
