Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

Rounds 5/5: Du Quoin State Fairgrounds . . ... . . . .. (Left) Joe Kopp (43) scored his third win of the AMA SuperTrapp Supe rTracker Series at the Du Quoin Mile, holding off Steve Morehead (42) in a Suzuki sweep of the top s ix positions. (Above) Willie McCoy made it three wins in a row in the Harley-Davidson Sportster Performance Series. By Dave Hoen ig Pho tos by Flat Trak Fotos 14 DUQUOIN, IL, JULY 24 ""-',,",",r-L it h th e inaugural SuperTrapp SuperTracker Series rea ching it s halfway p oint o n t h e Du Quoin Sta te Fairgrounds' Magic Mile, Suzuki remains und efeated . Dick ' s Su zuki/Dave Burks Mot or spo rts' Joe Kopp kept the string alive by taking his third m ile victo ry of the year and lead ing a six-ride r Suzuki sweep of the top spots in the 12-rider main event. Two h ea ts trimmed the 14 entri es down to a 12-rider main even t. Wolf Racin g /Suburban H-D -backed Bob Buffington grabbed the lead of the first heat on hi s Su zuk i, but was qui ckl y reel ed in by the Team Powell /Ha ll's Motorsport s a nd th e KK Motor cycl e Supply / F&S Su zu ki-backed Suzukis of J. R. Sc hna b e l a n d Steve Moreh e ad . Schnabel led th e six -la p race fo r five laps, but Morehead drafted by at the finish line for the win. Buffington held on fo r thi rd over Jess Roed er, w ho was aboard the Suzu ki o f Ivan Ca rl. Brett Landes conti nued to have teething problem s with h is R.J. Po la ri s & Victo ry / James Landes-bac ked Hond a, a n d finis hed fifth. Six th wen t to A rt Skaggs/ B&B Racing's Joey Brock. Kopp led heat tw o from the start an d pulled away fro m early challengers in th e fo rm o f Wh i te's Harle y -D a vid so n/ M&S Suz u ki's Ro y Mill er an d Rogers /Lake Ra cin g ' s Ga ry Roge rs, with Rogers pulling into a solid seco nd as Roy Miller slipped back into a battl ewi t h Rob Mill er and hi s H ow ell ' s Harley-Da vid s on / Finish Lin e Tech / Saddlemen-backed Harl ey. Scott Deubler was leading a tight battle for fifth on his new Cheney-framed Yam a ha . The To tal Performance Racers /Topeka Harley-Davidson-backed Deubler had his race corne to a premature end w hen he in advertently hi t the kill swi tch. Widman Buell /Jim Wagn erbacked Brian Kromroy took his Buell to fifth over the Mod es to Harley-Da vidso n/ Su pe rT ra p p Harley o f Mich ell e DiSalvo. When the 12-lap main eve nt took off, Kopp led Buffingt on and Morehead into turn on e. At the en d of one lap, Morehead and Rogers liad dropped Buffington to fourth, and Schnabel was on the move after a poor start. Kopp and Morehead pulled to a commanding lead . Kopp w as abl e t o fend off most of Morehead 's advan ces. Th e veteran did briefly take the lead on lap nine, but Kopp quickly ret ook it. Back in the pack, Schnabel had taken third from Rogers, bu t had little hope of catchin g the fleeing lead ers. On the last lap, as Morehead tried to d raft by Kopp, Rogers pu t on e last charge on Schnabel. Both attempts would com e up short. Roy Miller go t by Buffingt on for fifth. DiSalv o finished seven th, on e lap down to the Suzuki parad e on her Harley. HARLEY-DAVIDSON SPORTSTER PERFORMANCE NATIONAL DPC Racin g /Biker s Choice's Willie McCoy is on a ro ll. The Texan finish ed his third consecutive HDSP main eve nt wi th a big lead, provin g that he was the cream of the Sportster crop on a d ay at Du Qu o in that saw no less th a n 30 entries. Three Hl-ride r heats wou ld send the top six riders from the two fastest heats and five fro m the slo west into the mai n event. McCoy blasted to a hu ge lead in the fi rst hea t ove r G u t te r r idge H arl ey Davi dso n 's Scott Stum p and Dal e ' s Ha rley-Davi dsons Jam es Hart. Ha rt took second from Stump, but was soo n under fire from his neighbor Paul Morgan , who was making a rar e appearan ce ab oard a Mo r oney' s H arl e y-D a vid son /1 -S00-FASTHOG Sportster. Morgan wres tled second away from Hart. whil e Mit che ll's Modesto Harl ey-Da vid son' s Nat e Wait work e d h is wa y arou nd Stu mp for fourt h. Team l -SOO -FASTHOG /Moroney's Harley-Dav idson 's Joe Eades grabbed the last transfer spo t. The second he at wa s equa lly d omi nated by Miller Electric /Bart el's Ha rleyDa vids on' s Sha u n Ru s sell . The Real McCoy ' s /Japan C ompan y-ba ck ed Yuhiko Hirao held second ea rly befor e giving way to Skip Fordyce's Billy Mar tin, who also pulled away leaving Brian Kromroy, Michelle DiSalv o, Hira o, Joe Du vall and Donnie Steward all fighting over four qualifying spots . Modest o H arley-David son ' s DiSal vo g ra bbed third ov er Widman Harley-Davidson's Kromroy, Hirao and Joe Du vall Racing's Duvall . De fending se ries. cha m p io n Jess Roeder, making just his second rid e of the year, push ed his Las Vegas HarleyDav id son /Roeder Har ley-Davidson mount past early leader Al Eadie. Team l -SOO-FASTHOG /Moroney 's Harley Davidson's Tim Eades held third , but JM K Pr o Ra ci n g /How e ll ' s H a rl ey Davidson's Rob Miller wo rked his way up fro m a slow start to a closing second . Eadie was a d istant third on his Illinois H arl ey-David s on -b a ck ed rid e . BF / LFA/ Michiga n Ha rley-Davidson Dealers backed -Paul Ber gstrom w as a lonely fourth. Tim Eades, John Faulkner and Tim Lor ge battl ed over the last transfer spo t, with Ead es taking it. Las t yea r's cha m p io n-tu rned- road racer Roeder led the main int o turn one over Ru s s ell , but th e' ra ce qu ickl y t urn ed i n to a fou r - ri de r d o gfi gh t. McCoy led the first lap, with Roed er, Mo rga n a n d Ru s s ell givi ng c hase . Roeder was the first to sli p off the bliste ring pa ce . McC o y a n d Rus s ell exchanged the lead seve ral tim es as th ey pulled a way from Morgan. Suddenl y, at the end of lap seven, Russell 's hand sho t into the air and he coas ted to a sto p in turn tw o. The top thr ee position s were then set, but the remainder of th e field w as packed tight, as Rob Miller held a narrow ad va ntage over Bergstrom, Ead ie, Wait, Hart and Stump. Eadie hor sepowered his way into fourth in the closi ng lap s, with Miller, Bergstrom, Wait, Hart and Stump right be hi nd him . A pos trace inspection found Eadie 's engine to b e o ve rsized, however, an d h e was strip ped of his four th-place finish, moving everyo ne up one spot. McCoy ' s domi nating p erf ormance gives him a 21-point lead over Russell with Rogers droppin g to 32 points back Super'Frapp SuperTracker H EAT 1 (Six laps; seven riders, top si x tra nsfer): 1. Steve Morehead (Su z ); 2. I.R. Schnabel (Su z ): 3. Bob Buffington (5uz ); 4. Jess Roeder (Suz ): 5. Brett Landes (H e n): 6. Joey Brock (H-D); 7. M ike Ha cker (H -DJ. Time: 3 min., 47.676 ~'C . H EAT 2 (Six laps; seven riders, top six tra nsfer): 1. joe Kopp (Suz); 2. Gary Ro gers (Su z ); 3. Ro y Miller (Suz ): 4. Rob Miller (H- D); 5. Brian Kromroy (Bue) : 6. Michelle O&lvo (H-o); 7. Scott Deubler (Yam) . Time : 3 min., 45.803 St.'C . SUPE RTRAP P SUPE RTRACK ER NAT IONAL U2 lap s; 12 ri ders) : 1. Joe Kop p (Suz): 2. Ste ve Mor ehead (Suz); 3. J.R. Schnabel (Suz): 4. Gary Roge rs (Suz) : 5. Roy Miller (S uz ): 6. Bob Buffing to n (Suz ): 7. Mi chelle DiSa lvo (H·D); 8. Brian Kro mroy (Buc): 9. Rob Miller (H-D); 10. Brett Landes (Han ); 11. Joey Brock (H-D); 12. Jes s Roeder tSuz). Time: 7 min., 20 .156~ . S UPER TRAPP S UPE RTRA CKER S ERIES PO INTS STAND INGS (Afte r 5 of 10 events): 1. Joe Kopp (99 / 3 wins ); 2. Sieve Mo rehead (90 /1 ); 3. J.R. s Schnabel (86/1); 4. (TIE) Brett Lande /Brian Kromrov (64 );. 6. Ro b Miller (53); 7. Mike Hacker (5 1); 8. Bob Buffington (46 ); 9. Gary Rog e r s (38); 10. (T IE) Joey Brock /Roy Miller (36 ); J3. Scott Deub ler (25 ); 14 . Michelle OiS.llvo (2); 15. mE) Iva n Carl / Scott Stump (10); 17. Larry Pegram (8); 18. Jc Roeder (7) . 'SS Harley-Davidson Sportster Performa nce HEAT 1 (Si x laps; 10 riders , top six trans fer) : 1. Willie McC o y; 2. Paul Morgan 111; 3. Jam es Hart; 4. Nate Wait ; 5. Scott Stump; 6. Joe Ead es : 7. Donald Paul ; 8. john Clark; 9. Kyle l.on x; 10. Roger Lee Ha yden. Time: 3 min., 51.409 sec. H EAT 2 (S ix laps; 10 riders , top six tr a ns fe r): 1. Shaun Russell; 2. Billy Martin; 3. Michelle Disalvo; 4. Brian Kromro y; 5. Yuhiko Hirao ; 6. jo e Duvall; 7. Donnie Steward; 8. jeff Hi ers; 9. G erry Booher; 10. Victor McAnally. ~ Time: 3 min ., 53.603 sec. H EAT 3 (Six lap s; 10 rid ers , top fiv e transf er) : 1. Je~s Roed er : 2. Rob M ill er; 3. Al Eadi e; 4. Pau l Bergstrom; 5. Tim Eades; b. John Fau lkner II; 7. Tim Lo rg e; 8. Ma rk Witham; ? Ga ry Roger s: 10. Kev in Hilbert. Time: 3 min ., 53.9b8 sec. HAR LEY-DAVIDSON SPO RTSTE R PERFO RM· AN CE NATIONAL (12 lap s; 17 ride rs) : 1. Willi e McCoy ; 2. Paul Morga n HI; 3. Jess Roed er: 4. Rob Miller; 5. Pa ul Bergs trom : 6. Na te Wait ; 7. [am es Hart ; 8. Scott Stump; 9. Billy Marti n; 10. Tim Eades: 11. Joe Eades; 12. Br~n Kro mr oy; 13. Yuh iko H ira o: 14. Joe Duvall ; 15. Sha un Russell; 16. Michelle DiS.~ lvo. Ti me: 7 min., 40,341 l'ot'C. AMA H AR LEY· D A V ID S O N SPO RTSTER PERF O R MANCE SE R IES POINTS ST AN O INGS (After 7 of 15 ro u nds): 1. Willi e McCoy (132/3 w ins); 2. Shaun Russell (111 / 1 ); 3. Ga ry Rogers 000/2); 4. Rob Miller (84); 5. Billy Ma rti n (76); 6. Na te Wa it (69); 7. james Ha rt (60 ); 8. Paul Ber gs tr o m (57 ); 9. Brian Kromroy (55); 10. (TIE) Ti m Eades / Sco n Stump (41); 12. Je ss Roed e r (39/1); 13. Joe Eades (36 ); 14. Pa ul Mor gan HI (34); 15. Michelle DiSal vo (33); 16. Yuh iko Hirao (30) ; 17 . Ge orge Rtcht meyer (26) ; 18. Jason Fletche r (24); 19 . Paul No r ma ndin (22) ; 20 . J.R . Schnabel (19).

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