Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

1 mo re tame - th e hill record rem ai ns Y unbroken at 5.36 seconds. Tha t record was set by a twin-engine Yama ha built by a local d ealer. According to even t orga ni zer Rob , Red ma nn of Rochest er, Min nesota, the ama teur hillclimb sce ne is still strong in the Mid west if this event was, any ind ication . "Th is eve nt was huge," he said . "Thi s is the most riders we've had here since 1976, and the spectators came in d roves as we ll. We ran ou t of food at the concessio ns s ta n d th ree times on Sunday alone, and ha d to run for supplies. The local comm unity rea lly gets behi nd this event and that helps a great deal. " Redma n n s plit his ti m e be tween helping to run the eve nt, racing his ow n hillclim ber (second p lace in th e 400cc class) and watching his son s climb. Redmann's late brother, Aaron, was a legend on the Red Wing hill and certainly m us t have looked down with prid e at seeing the rema in ing family members keep up the family repu tat ion . Event sta ndout Cipala started racing in 1974, go t serious in 1984 and now has five na tion al cha mp ionships to his cred it. H is m a chin es are s up por ted a nd sponso red by Laverne's Sma ll Eng ine Repair, Sherwood Mot ors and Fast by Gast. ' The men tion of Cas t's nam e mean s a Kawasaki three-cy li n d er m u st be invo lved in so me capaci ty, and it is. In the 800cc multi class, Cipala races a circa 1972 Kawasaki H-2 750 in a late-mod el Kawasaki KX fra me . The tr ip le-cylin d er machine is wo nde rfully far from stock , a nd wi t h th e tri o of s ti nger ex ha us t p ip es, it so u nds lik e a cro ss b etw een Fr edd ie Spence r' s 1983 N S500 G ra nd Pri x bike, and a su percharge d chainsaw that wo uld no d oub t make trees beg for their life. About the beautifu l machine , Cipala offered , "The eng ine is buil t by Laverne Rosenb urg (Ellsworth, Wiscon sin ) and it run s very strong . We have not dyno' d th is one, but I'd imagine it put ou t in the neigh borh ood of 115 horsep ower." Ro s e nb u r g , of · La v e rn e 's Sm a ll Engine Repair, es tima tes that Cip ala's ma ch ine p ut ou t at about 135-140 horsepower. The near-thi rty-year-old powerp la nt be sted a multitud e o f H arl eyDav id s o n t win s, including a n XR750-powered eclimbe r, several mod ern fou r-cylinder fou r-stroke machines, an d even a few d ir t-ch u rning British twi ns. Cipala ge ts total support at home in h is racing , in th at h is 4-yea r-o ld son Logan hill clim bs (n in th in t he Micr o Min i cl ass a t Red Win g ) as d oes h is wife, Bobbi. She st ill races occasion ally after being a force in hillclimbing in her teen s. She sa t out this event on account of being pregnan t. Ci pala, who was load ing u p after the event and preparing to become Mr. Eleva tor Re pairma n again , th an ked h is sponsors an d the n thanked his wife. 'T d really like to thank Bobbi for her support, because whenever I have to go out and work on th e bikes, she never complains," Cipala sai d . "That means a lat." eN VIRTUAL GRANDSTAND I TE NTCOVERAGE THEN, GET THE FULL STORY THE FOLLOWING WEEK IN WWW.CYCLENEWS.COM SUNDA~ SEPrEMBER SrH · SrARrlNG , PM (ESn (jJJlIfJIill.}1J LOOK FOR V IRTUAL GRANDSTAND COVERAGE ALL ' SEASON FROM AMI NATIONAL MX EVENTS IS U S E#36 ON·S ALE September 8th Tune it in at the AMA National . Motocross Series then rip the knob off your rad io. www.moloradio.com PORTLAHD TRAIL RIDERS 2nd ANNUAL MOTOCROSS RACE fOR · MOTTS CHILDREN HOSPITAL " :fr " m 7£ e Jfe a r l gn c . " o ,$7000 PRO AM PURSE $4000 250CC ' $3000 125CC ALL AMATEUR. D ISTRICT 14 CLASSES DOOR PRIZES FOR ALL CLAS SES BELL ME L M El'$ _ ----- ~ , .. 'SEPTEM BER 11 s, t 2, 1999 Pro-Race on Sept. 12th PORTLAND, MICHIGAN THERMOFlL ~ 1~ 'FIrestone +M"""Priliittitl llft.l

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