Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

(Left) Candy Hiley sco red wi ns in the SOCc PeeWee half mile and short-track features , and that was enou gh to net her the SOcc Pee Wee Grand Cham pi onship in the div is ion. for the entire race, ..vith Schwarze nbacher wi nning by hal f a bi ke len g th a t the finish. Donnie Southe rs took third. Th e next event fea tu re d a tw o-rider race for th e 50cc Junior title, and Eric Stump II, the son of Scott Stump, rode to a convi nci ng win over Ju stin Pitman . Cumm in gs co n tin u ed hi s w inni ng w ays by taking the lead in turn one and checking o u t in the 85cc DTX feature. Carter Myers and McW hirter fin ished second and third, be hind Cummings . Th e 50cc Se n io r cla ss sho wcased a ha rd - fo u g ht battl e a ll the way, a n d w he n th e dust settled, Eva n Aro nso n had th e w in , foll owed by James Beach and Johnny Cooper Ill. John Lew is got th e h o leshot in th e 65cc Mod ified featu re and held the lead until th e si xth lap, w hen a ri d er went d own o n th e ba ckstret ch , bringing ou t the red flag and end ing th e race. Travis Myer s a nd Schwa rze nbacher waged a side-by-side battle over second for most of the six la ps and that's how they finis hed, with Myer s taking seco nd ove r Schwarzenbacher . . Cory McDermitt go t th e ho leshot in the 125cc Modified feature and led fo r the firs t few la ps while Cu m mings , who didn' t ge t th e best s ta r t, charged up throug h the pa ck to take th e lead and the win. McDermitt held on for second, ahead of Ryan Brothers. Aft er the fin ish, it wa s announced that the kids ran one lap at 94 mph. The last event of the day was the 85cc Mod ified for 7- to l l-y ea r-o ld s , and Blak e Young w on the eve n t. Nichole Ch eza stayed clo se to Young and took the lead late in the race, o nly to have Young draft pa st her a t th e finish line. Carter Myers took the third spot. Mond ay featu red Group Two, and the first even t of th e da y w as th e 600cc Modified class . Tony Meiring got the h o le sh o t and led until th e halfwa y p o int. Br ya n Smith , wh o h ad b e en ca m pe d in M eiring 's draft , we n t a ro u nd M ei rin g to take a s lig ht lead, w h ich he held to the fin ish . M eirin g took second, about a bik e len gth back, fo llo wed b y St eve Murra y, ab out a straighta way back. A g ro u p of five riders engaged in a war of their own ov er fifth place, with William Co uvelis w in nin g th at battle. Th e next eve n t was th e 250cc DTX feature, an d again Tony Meiring go t the hol eshot and th e ea rl y lead . Meir in g, Josh Toun g ett. and St e ve Murra y sw a p ped the lead back and forth for the enti re race, w ith Toungett getti ng th e win over Meiring and Murray. Next up was th e Ov er 40 Open d ivis io n , a nd Ca n a da ' s Ro yal A d der son immedia tely opened up a l O-b ike lead go ing d own the backstretch. Behind h im , Dave Atherton and Stev e Wilson fou ght over second place. A therton di sposed of Wilson and reeled in Adderson a t the halfway point to lead for sev eral laps until the end , when Adder son go t a break goin g through the backmarkers to take the w in. Atherton go t seco nd, wi th Wilson third, abo ut a straighta way back. Charlie ltalia owned th e 250cc Modifi ed feature, ge ti ng the holeshot a n d go ing w ire to w ire for h is win . K.C. "Coyote" Knodel and McDermitt diced o ve r se co nd place ea rly, with Kn od el taking the spot. McDermitt go t third . The n ext fea ture was th e Over 2 1 Twins class, and Royal Adderson go t a g rea t s tart and th e early lead. Glascon Stev en r e eled in Adderson b y th e halfway point and held on for his first wi n, with Adderson a close second and Brian Hewson third. Next up was the 500cc Modified feature, and Smith w orked his wa y into the lead on th e fir st la p and nev er look ed back. Smith took the win over "Coyote" Knodel and Mike Crieff, d ecid ed to let th e g ro u p .coc l d ow n while ano ther even t wa s ru n before let tin g them return to th e track. When the O ver 30 class returned to the tra ck, Butler again got the holeshot an d the ea rl y lea d until the m idway point. Glasgon Stevens reeled him in , and the pair ba ttled over firs t place until the last lap, w hen an o ve rhea ted rear tire se nt Butl er up ou t of th e groove in turn two, le ttin g Steve ns an d Dante Dambruoso ge t by. Butl er saved it and held on for third . Wh en th e 250cc 'P ro -Sp o r t feat u re ca me to th e li ne, Ro ge r Lee H a yd en took over .the lead on the back stre tch and led the ea rly laps. Jo hn Spinelli go t the lea d b riefly at m idrace, but Hayden found a higher lin e th ro u gh tu rn s one a n d two a nd re took th e lea d fo r th e (Right) Charlie ltal ia do minated th e half mile and mile events in t he 2S0cc Modif ied class at the Indiana State Fairgrounds. The Over 30 Open class featu re took severa l tries to co m ple te. On the 'firs t start, Mike Butl er got the holesh o t and a bout a 12-bike lead, o nly to see a red flag as Ch ris Hathawa y never go t put on th e starting lin e. Th e restart saw Butler get the ho leshot and the lead, only to see another red flag as Gene Atherton w ent d own in tum one and flew over th e hay. bal es. Afte r several anxious m oments, Ath er ton walked aw ay from th e cras h, and th e rid ers lined up agai n. Th is time the start wa s pretty ragged, and it wa s w in . Spinelli took second, foll owed by Dan Bond. The last event of the evening was the 600cc Pro Sport fea tu re . H a yden checked o u t ea rl y fo r th e w in . Mike Forro ca p tu re d th e seco nd s pot, with Brian Vincent taking third. HALF MILE Both gro u ps w ere scheduled to compete on th e half mile on Tu esday. H owev er, a fterdthe Group One prod ramdwhas g co m p lete , na ture int erven e a n t e ~ :i ~ III ~ ~ Q 33

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