Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

Vintase Rounds 11-12: Mid-O hioSports Car ... • (Left) Wally Schleper (21X) leads the BOTT Open class en route to vict ory. (Ab ove) Gary . Nix on (9) dic es with Chuck Davis for second place in the F-750 race. Nixo n's race was cut sho rt by a bro ken cam chain. By Matt Benson LEXINGTON, OHIO, JULY](}-]1 . 0 to the AMA Vintage Motorcycle Da y s weeken d a t pi c tu r es qu e Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course and you risk suffering motorcycle overload . There's this incred ibly huge swap meet; w ave aft er wave o f new d emo b ikes head in g ou t on rid es; acrob a tic tri a ls demonstrati ons; rows of accessory vendors; just about every mod el mo torcycle you could imagine either gleami ng in a b ike s ho w , parked a lo ng th e road o r being ridd en on the gr ounds ; a big aucti on a t a n earby fai rground s; p arad e lap s of the track; and speakers expo unding on various two-wheeled topics. And, as a backd rop to it all, the re's the racing - vinta ge dirt track, observed tri als, motocross a nd tw o fu ll d ays of r oa d raci ng . VMD h a s beco me the biggest single weekend of the year for th e American H ist oric Racin g Motor cycle Associati on . The road race alone ha d mor e tha n 560 riders p re-entered for each day of Progr essive Suspension H ist ori c C u p com pe ti tio n, u p fr o m 1998' s record en tries. That meant full grids of gorgeously pr epar ed ma chines and lots of close racing. A typical co n tes t wa s Sa tu r d a y 's co mb in ed 350cc G ra nd Pr ix/Formula 250cc race , whi ch sa w ·45 ma ch ine s flagged off the line in a tw o-wave start. [ay Richardson and his 1964 Ducati 350 wer e a t the head of the 350cc GP pa ck, chased hard by Johnny Dem oisey on a ' 68 Triumph, Jon ath an Whit e on a 250cc Ducati , Hik aru Mi y ag i ab oa rd a '64 Honda 350cc twin, and Stua rt Ca rter on a '59 AJS 7R 350cc. By the halfway mar k, Richardson had a little bit of a lead over th e battle for se con d bet w een Miyagi and White, who in turn were ah ead of another scrap involving Carter, Dernoisey, and Chris Kelleher on a '63 Aermacchi. La ter, Miya gi and Carter both got around White, with the Honda rid er settin g o ff in hot pursuit of Richardson . Mi yagi caugh t and finall y passed th e Canadian, hangin g on for a close finish . rw . '" '" '" as' N >- ..., :; 38 Thi rd we n t to Carter, a hea d of White, Kelle he r and th en Deinoisey . In Su nd ay' s rou nd , the lead ba ttle ag ain wa s between Miyagi and Richar dson, with th e top th ree re peati n g in th e s a m e order. This tim e, however , Dem oi sey was fourt h and Kellah er fifth. T h e Works Pe r for m an ce -b a ck ed 500cc Prem ier cla ss w ent to St eph en Ma thews bot h d ays on the fas t Barbe r Vin tage Moto rsports 1961 Mat chl es s G5 0 (a m az ing ly , h e rod e t h e s am e machine to sec ond in Su nday' s Su per Mono race agai nst ma chines 200cc lar ger and more than 35 yea rs new er). The anticipa ted scra p betw een Mathews and th e M3 Ra cin g H o n d a 45 0 o f Ad a m Popp never did ma teriali ze. O n Saturd ay, Popp d ropped th e Honda on th e first lap and was ou t of the race, whi le on Sunday he started in second , expe rienced a mechan ical problem that eventually cleared up and spent the balance of th e ra ce ge t ti ng p a st t h e Te am DomiRacer Manx Norton s of Ca rter and Richard son to reclaim second . The closes t ac tion in Sa tu rd a y ' s ra ce s a w defending class cha mp Larry Poons and his Matchless-p ow ered Seeley Co ndor hunt d ow n and pass Ca rter on the final lap to claim third , behind Richard son . Popp' s win on a '70 Ho nda 750-4 wa s an uncontest ed one in Saturday's Formula 750 race. For a tim e it looked as thou gh Popp would be challenged by Ga ry Nixo n, b u t th e two-time AMA Gra nd . Na tional Champio n's ride came up short when a broken cam chai n sidelined his Herit age Racing Honda fou r. Popp fin ished a very close secon d on Su nd ay to Rob Tu lu ie, riding .a Big 0 Triu m ph 750 twin, the same machine on which Tu lui e won Saturday' s Formula Vintage co n test and p laced second to N orton rid er Jim Str uke in th a t d ay' s Sportsma n 750cc eve nt. Secon d in For mu la 750 a nd thi rd o n Sund ay was a beautiful 1970 Harl ey XR750 rid den by Chuck Davis. S tr u k e w a s a d oubl e w in n er in Sportsman 750 as we ll as Sou nd of Singles Two-Strok e. Jim Swarto u t ou td id that accomp lishme n t by taking all four wins in Spo rtsman 350 and 500, plu s the Sunday Battle of the Tw ins Two-Stroke race . Bore Tech's Bill Moell er wa s ru nner-up in th ree of the Sp ortsman contests and finished third to Tim Stancill a nd Sw artou t in Sund ay ' s 500c c race. Swa rto u t, Moeller an d Stancill all wer e aboard Ho nda 350 twins. An other doubl e-double winner wa s Carle ton Palmer II, d ominati ng the Pre1940 and Class-C Handsh ift categories on his HRD/ Vincen t 500 sing les . No rb ert N ick el kep t th e pres su re o n th e defending cham p in bo th classes, except for Sund ay' s Class-C even t, w hen th e loss of third gea r on his BMW allowed N orm Nelson to ca p tu re second on a BSA Gold Star. Double winners were Ducati-rnounted Richard son in 250cc GP and Dem oisey in 200cc GP; the Yama ha of David Wri gh t in Formula 500, Ma rk White' s lit tle H onda in Formu la 125 , Hond a rider Victor N owak in the 'new Historic Prod uc tion Lig h tweig h t, a nd Norton pilot Dan Hankie in Historic Prod uction He avyweight. In AHRMA' s mod ern classes , J.D . Hord came up the big winner, riding his H ond a Hawk-based racer to four wins in Battl e of the Twins Formula Two and Fo rm u la Th ree, each time over Steve Von Borstel's Suzu ki 650. One of the best of the mod ern races was Saturday' s com bi ned Super Mon o Two an d Skorpio n Cup. Mike Kind elin Jr. battled Tim Kisieleski, wi th Kisieleski getting his MuZ Skorpion around Kind elin lat e in the race. Tha t lasted a lap, until Kind elin reg ained the lead and held on ' for the win. Mike Kindelin Sr. was third. The trio finished that way both days. In the Super Mono portion, Mike Gontesky and his Bare Bones Machi ne crossed the line first on Satu rday, closely follow ed by Honda-mounted Ran dy Gro ve and class champ Ma rk Ha tten on ano the r BBM. Hatten wo n Sunday' s Super Mono Two contest over Ho rd, w hile Conte ky opted s to ride the trial instead . Eric Wood used a Ducati 748 to win Battle of Twi ns Form ula On e and Sound of Thunder on Saturday, in both cases co ming fr om beh in d to d o so. Af te r mu ch shuffling and d icing, Kris Aug us t was runner up in the Form ula One conte st, ahead of Ch risto pher Bloch and Jona tha n Glaefke, Sunday's class wi nner . Augus t and Glaefke were second and third to Wood in Satu rday's Sound of Th under, bu t wit hou t Wood on Sunday's grid, they end ed up fin ishing in tha t same order but taking firs t and secCI/I ond positions . Mid-Ohio Sport s Car Course Lexing ton , Ohio Results: July 10, 1999 (Round 11 of 19) 200 GP: 1. Johnny Dernoi se y (Tn) ; 2. Chuck Davis (Hon): 3. William O raz lo (H e n): 4, Bu tch Sprain (Hen): 5. Geo rge G ramlich (He n). 250 GP: 1. Ja y Richa rd son (Due); 2. Jo na th an Whit e (Due) : 3. Ron Melt on (Bul): 4. Larry Pe on s ( Due) ; 5. Shim pe i Yam azaki (Yam) . 350 G P: 1. Hika ru Miya gi (H e n) : 2. Jay Richa rdson (Due) ; 3. Stuart Ca rter (AJ5); 4 . Jona tha n White (Du e): 5. Chris Kelleher (A er ). 500 P R EM : 1. S te p hen Math ews (Ma t ); 2. Ja y Richardson (No r); 3. Larry Poons (See ); 4. Stuart Cart er (No r); 5. Buff Harsh (No r). PR E-1940: 1. Carleton Palm er II; 2. Norbert Nick el (BMW); 3. "Doc" Batslec, (Ind ); 4. AI Knap p (H-D). C L-C FOOT: 1. Carleto n Pa lmer II (Vin); 2. Norbert N ickel (BMW); 3. Ma rk Samuelson (Nor); 4. Bene Rodi (£nO; 5. Lonnie Hannon CL-C HAND: 1. Tim Dr oeg e (H- D); 2. AI Knapp (H -D); 3. " Do c" Batslee r (lnd) : 4. A rt Farley (Ind) : 5. Rick Rake r (H- D). eLSe ' 60s: 1. Jeff Elin gs (Ma l); 2. John Coo pe r (BSA); 3. Rusty Lowry (H·D); 4. John Cy gno r (H -D); ]od y H an", (Ve l) . . BEAR S : 1. Rob ert Goodpas te r (T rt ): 2. G le n n Campbell (BMW); 3. Rick Pe trolia (TrD; 4. John Magyar (No r); 5. Rich Earnest (Tri}. F· 125: 1. Ma r k Whit e (H en ): 2. W ill iam Ora zio (Ha n); 3. Phili p Turkington (Ha n); 4. Jack Seaver (Hon ); 5. Clair Saam (Yam) . F· 250: 1. Kr is Jepsen (Ya m ); 2. Da vid Joh a nse n (Yam); 3. Philip Tu rkin gton (Hon): 4. John Easton (C· A); 5. Jerry Herman (Ha n). F-5 00: 1. David Wri ght (Yam ); 2 . C h ris to p he r Sp argo (Yam); 3. Robert M. Hurst (Yam ); 4. Kyle Co rser (Ya m ); 5. Albert Owens (Han) . F-750: 1. Ada m Popp (Hon); 2. Chuc k Davis (H-D); 3. Will Ha rding (H o n); 4. Dave C ro mer (D ue); 5. Jon Sch ultz (H-D). F-V INT : 1. Rob Tulu ie (T r O; 2. D avi d Te m p le (Ya m) ; 3. Christ opher Spargo (Yam); 4. Kyle Corser (Yam); 5. G ift Murray (Yam) . S PTS MN 35 0: 1. Jam es Sw a rto u t (H on): 2. Bill Moe ller (He n): 3. Lane Iacquay (Ho n): 4. Henry Syphers (Hen): 5. Frank Smith (Hen) . S PTS MN SOD: 1. James S wa rto u t (Hen): 2. Bill Moe lle r (Han); 3. Tim Sta ncill (Hen): 4. Lane Iacq uay (Hon): 5. Brent Hen sle y (Hen) . SPTS MN 750: 1. Jim Struke (Nor); 2. Rob Tu lui e (TrD; 3. Frank Shoc kley (T n ); 4. David Te m ple (Yam); 5. Ed Van Sickle (N or). HI ST PR OD UW: 1. Victor Nowak IHon), 2. Nick Rotvo ld (H an) ; 3 . W illia m H ars h (H o n) ; 4. Dav id Rotvold (H en). H IST PR OD H /W : 1. Dan Ha nkie (N or); 2. Ma rk Burn s (H o n ); 3 . Lo n nie H a rm on (T rD; 4. Greg Boucho nvi lle (Nor) ; 5. Mark McGrew IHo n). Sl M O NO 2: 1. Michael Go ntes ky (BBM); 2. Randy G rove (Han) ; 3. Ma r k H att en ( B8 M ); 4. Marli n Man ka myer (Hen ): 5. Bern ardo Ferna nd ez (Yam) . S/ M O NO: 1. Dea n De St. C roix (M u Z ); 2. Mike Tibe rio; 3. Bob Robbins (Bim) : 4. M ike Kindeli n Jr. (MuZ); 5. Mike Kindel in Sr. (MuZ) . 50S 2-ST RK: 1. Jim Stroke (Hen): 2. Co rey Rusk (Han); 3. Geo rge Oiegar (Ya m); 4. Bill Dora n (Ha n); 5. • Dan Meisn er (TRX ). S KO RPION: 1. Mike Kin delin Jr. (M uZ) ; 2. Tim Kisieles kl (MuZ ); 3. Mike Kind elin Sr. (MuZ); 4. Bruce Mcl.a ug hlin (MuZ) ; 5. Hel mu t Leu kert (MuZ ). BOIT F-3: 1. J.D. He rd (Han); 2. Steve Vo n Borstel (Suz ); 3. Mitch Baghdoian (H a n ); 4. Frank Sh ockley ITri): 5. Dean Ol igee (Kaw ), BOlT F·2: 1. J.D. Herd (Hen): 2. Stev e Von Borstel (Su z ); 3. Bob Robbins (Due); 4. Don Mo tley (Bue ): 5. Dean Oligee (Ka w). BO TT F-1: 1. Eri c Wood (Due ): 2. Kri s Augus t (He n): 3. Christopher Bloch; 4. Jona than Glaefke (Suz); 5. Bria n Kohl (suz) . BOTT O PEN : t . Wall y Sc hleper (Suz): 2. Rob ert Sc hw a rtz (D ue ); 3 . C hr is to p he r Bloc h ; 4. Jo nath an Glaefke (Suz ); 5. Eric Greenha m (Suz ). BOTI 2pSTRK: 1. G le n C hr is tia nson (Ya m ); 2. Ja m es Swa rtou t (Ya m) ; 3. Davi d W right (Ya m); 4. Da rren Mat;t:in (Yam); 5. Larry Rogers (Yam ). rr-n, s.

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