Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

Feature 59th annual Sturgis Rally &Races (Left) Montana's Dave Johnston earned "King of the Hill" honors abo ard his Harley-Davidso n by .post ing a 4.79-second pass up the Ja ckpine Gyps ies hill at the August 13 AMA Pro Hillclimb. , (Right) Racing legends Dick Klamfoth (left) and Bobby Hill (right) were among those honored at the AMA White Plate Flat Trackers 2Othanniversary party at the Jackpine Gypsies clubgrounds on August 13. '" '" '" ~ ~ ~ !!! E CI> g. en 32 Five Vintage classes we re also on tap, showcasing exceptiona l per form ances fro m the d ivisions w hic h cater to pre1976 machinery. Co lorado's Frank Har ri ma n joi ned ee ther as a three-class w inner by virtue of his 25Occ, 600cc an d Ope n Tw in Amateu r class wins. Harriman had tou gh com petition from Californian Tho mas Booth in all three classes. Sou th Dako ta 's Per ry Bicek, a lso Yama ha- mou nted , b eat Io w a ' s jerry Cheney a nd Kevi n Forrester, who both rod e Yamaha IT SODs, to the finis h line for the first of his two class wins, the 600cc Pro final. Bicek then carne back to also win the Pro Masters' final, this time with a win a he ad of Gary Pettis, who was riding the smallest machine in the field, a 360cc Bultaco , The Arizona rid er, Pettis, fended off Cheney's Yamaha to net s eco n d - p la ce money , ahead of Cheney, jerry Hinds and Earl Smith. Yod er, Rickman and Brown w ere winners of the three 600cc Expert class preli minaries; in a field of riders who came from a nine-sta te ra d iu s, a nd which included six Na tio nal number ho lders. Yode r used a win in the first of the three (and fastest ) heats to sit on the inverted pole position, a place neither Rickman nor Brown wanted. Rickman, who had wo n the class the previous nig h t, initially led , b ut was bu mped ou t of the position coming out of turn two by Yode r, but no harm, no foul. "He left me a hole, not much of one, so I took it," Yod er said . "That was all I need ed . I thou ght it wa s a pretty clean pass." Yoder main tained the lead from that point to the wave of AMA Distri ct Referee To m Olson's checkered flag , leaving Rick ma n to squ abble w it h Brown an d ati onal nu m ber 24, Mike Varnes, for the ru nn er-up spo t. Rickman eventu- all y took the posi tion, leaving Brown, the second-year Expert from Newberg, Oregon, wit h his ha nds full. as the veteran, Varnes, was doing all he cou ld to ge t aro und the teenager. But Brown had an answer for all of Varnes' advances. Brown fin ished on th e podiu m for th e second -co nsecutive night with his third place finish beh ind the long-gon e Yoder a nd Rickm a n , b ut ahe ad of Varnes and Ca lifornia n jaime Agu ilar, w ho would come fro m well behind before earni ng the fifth position , ahead of Oregon 's Ryan Anderson, Georgia's Gr eg Tysor and Wisconsin ' s j.R Schnabel. Schnabel, who fini sh ed fou rth in .his heat race , had to overco me a 12th place starti ng positi on , but unlik e Aguilar, Schnabel found himself unabl e to make up much gro und and finished eigh th. Rounding out the top 10 were South Dakota 's Dusty Faulds, a Rookie Expert, and Washington's jerry Southworth . Oregon's Rex Fisher found the conditions deplorable and pulled o ff after two laps. Rotax-mounted jamie Vollm er gave the locals something to cheer about, as for the second nigh t in a row, Sou th Dako ta riders ruled in the 600cc ProSport class. Al though Vollmer did have his han d s full with cha llenges from Wyoming's jake Latimer, Vollmer did fend off a ll of th e Honda rider's advances to ea rn a narrow win . Randv Coug hlin picked up third, ahea d of c.i. Bevin g, jar ed Che ney, Peter Tapken and Willie Broten . eN Jackp ine Gypsies Clubgrounds Sturgis, South Dakota Results : August 10, 1999 so: 1. Alex Jor gensen (Co b); 2. Colby McCutch eon (Cob ); 3. Mark Keierieber (Suz}; 4. Megan McDo ugall (Co b); S. Brian Miles (Yam) . . . 60: 1. C la y ton Riggl e (Ka w ): 2. L.N . Wa ggen er (Kaw): 3. Shane G r een (Ka w): 4. N ick McD ou ga ll (!

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