Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

In Street Pr o, Bob Bolen Jr . won in one of the closest races of the day on his B&B Racing mach ine with a top speed _ of 115.33 mph and a tim e of 11.563 seconds . That wa s just an eyelash qu icker th an Bruce Wevodau 's 115.33 mph and 11.563 seco nds . In the Junior Drag (8-10) class, Jimmy DiGiandom enico was the winner on his J&T Racing bi ke. In th e 11- to 16-yearold ca tegory, Chris Sm it h of Dickson, eN Tennessee, wo n. Bristo l Dragway Bristo l, Tennes see Resu lts: August 14-1 5, 1999 T /F: 1. Dou g Vancil ; 2. Steve Moo re. PR O/F: 1. Mike Bahn maier: 2. 8 iU Bdrtol ette. PR O D RG S'rR: 1. Scott Truett; 2. Jeff Eboch. 515PT: 1. Craig Kirsch ; 2. David Dore mus. ET SE RIES : 1. Da n DeGood ; 2. A. Wh elan . ST PRO: 1. Bob Bolen Jr.; 2. Bru ce w e vod a u. M O D: 1. Fran k Rayburn; 2. Scott Tepper: PRO /G : 1. Hu ck Ca meron; 2. Doc Sava ge (H-Dl. PR O STK: 1. Tomm y H an n um ; 2. Mik e Acton (Bue ). . ST ELI M: 1. Fra nk Do ve Ir.: 2. T. Janczak . SC RMN EAG LE A, 1. J. Eboc h . SC RMN EAGLE D , 1. J. Taym an. SCR MN EAC LE E: 1. Ja mes Kinney. SC RMN 'EAGL E G: 1. N . Cona tas Jr. J R (8-10) : 1. Jimm y DiG ia ndomen ico (P o l); 2. Sneed . JR (] 1-16): 1. C hris Sm ith; 2. J. Eboch . J. WR E ANational Endurance Series,Round 6 SSR's Szarek the czar By Drew Lincoln SUMJ\1IT POINT, WV, JULY31 t Summit Point Raceway, local legend Glen n Szare k led the reign ing a n d d efend in g W ERA N a tio nal Endurance Champions , Semoff Bro thers Racing, to th eir fou rt h Pire IJ.i Hea vywe ight Superbike-class and ove ra ll win of the season. With this victory at SBR's home track and ano ther unexpected se tba ck for title rivals Arclight Suzuki, the points gap continue s to wide n in th eir bid for a consecu tive Overall End urance Cha mpionship . A lar ge field of 41 teams took to th e 2-mile, lO-turn race trac k for the fourhour eve nt in near- lOO egree tem pera-d tu res . Arcl ig h t Su zu ki ca m e in to th e sixt h round of the 10-round series in third pla ce in th e p oin ts s ta n di ngs , beh ind Summit Point regular s Semoff . Brother s Racing and Army of Darkness. Arm y of Darkness has had an unpreced en te d r u n o f goo d ra ce s o n th e ir Michelin-sh od Suzuki G5X-R600 Superb ike in th e Medium weight Superbi ke class, wi th only a minor crash in practice a t the fo urth ro u nd of th e seri es ha m pe ring them, to hold dow n the seeond spot in th e overall champions hip . At the sta rt of the race, Semoff Brothers lead rid er Gle n n Sza rek jumped o ut front on the Yama ha YZF R-l Supe rbike a n d b e g a n tu rn in g lap tim es in th e minute-and -Ib-second range to ex tend .t h e le a d over a n o t h er lo ca ll y ba s ed team, Pe nn Sta te Racing, on a Heavy. weight Su perstock Kaw asa ki ZX-9R, in second . The five-b ike group figh ting ov e r third p la ce in cl uded A rclig h t Suzu ki, Carlyle Racing, Tapeworks Racing, Arm y of Darkness, an d the 1-800CROTCH-R OC KET entry . Carlyl e and Arclig ht began to di stance themselves fro m th e battle for th e Med iu mweight Superbike lead betwe en Tapeworks and A r m y of Darkn ess , w i t h 1- 8 00CRO TC H -RO CKET cl ose beh ind . O n A In S :Ii ~ .. III ... ~ III Q ~ ~ G> .c E ~ Q. G> UJ 46 th e fourth lap , Arclight lead rider Tra y Batey sig na led to the p its th at he was ha vin g a m e ch a ni ca l p r ob lem and . wou ld be br in gin g th e bike in to the pits. Team owner Chuck Warren deci ded to restart the team 's backup bike that had bee n pra cti ced as a poss ib le seco nd A rcl igh t e n try, but t h e id e a was sc ra p ped w he n e lec t r ica l g re m li ns emerged . Appare ntly the problem ha d spread to the firs t Arclight bike as we ll, and the first 10 minutes for A rcl ig h t wou ld be erased fro m th e books. As soo n as Batey w a s in th e p its , Chr is Hu gh es took to th e track on the second Arcligh t bike. Semoff Brothe rs was d isappearing out front , an d th e battle for the lead in th e M ed iu m w ei gh t Su pe rbi ke ra ce , be tween Army of Darkness and Ta pewo rks , was going bac k and forth eve ry lap . Pen n Sta te was firmly locked in to second ov era ll and first in the Heavyweight Superstock class wh en the bike ran o u t of ga s a nd h ad to be pu sh ed back from the back section of the track, ha nd ing second to the charging 1-800CROTCH-ROCKE T Suzu ki GSX-R750. A rcl ig ht caug h t t he fu r io us ac t io n betwe en Tap eworks and Army of Darkn es s, a nd th e thre e Su zu k is jo in ed together to cu t th rough large packs of slower riders for several minutes befo re H ug hes slowly began to pull away. By the en d of the fir s t h our, SBR h a d lapped the enti re field, includ ing 1-800CROTC H-ROC KET in second and t he Ca na d ia n te a m o f Cy cl e Speed o n another Yamaha YZF R-l in third . Tapewo rks managed to ge t thro ugh tr a ffic better th an Army of Dark nes s, and th ey built a sm all 20-seco nd lead w h en th e first re d fla g of th e d a y s to p ped racing actio n at nine m in utes into the seco nd hour. Th e Honda CBR600 of Team HM R wa s lying in the track, and the corne r wo rkers needed the race track to be em pty to re mov e the bike from the su rface. Arclight Suzuki fou nd themselves in the very unfamiliar territory of 34th place at the red flag, nine laps behind Sem off Brothers Racing. After a 25-minute d elay to remo ve th e fa lle n bike and rid er, the race was restarted, and SBR bolted away ag ain. Putting in a . great ride at an unfamiliar track was the Heavyw eig ht Supers tock team, 0&0 Ra ci n g, wh o h ad w on the la st three Heavyweigh t Superstock races in a row and had moved up to eighth place overall by the end of the second hour. Also on the mo ve wa s Summit Point' s own Team Clinton Cycles, on a Suz uki GSXR600 Supe rbike. They wo rked their way in to th e seco nd -overall posit ion, th ree laps beh ind race leaders Sem off Brothers, at the beginning of th e th ird hou r. Dar k clouds rolled in late in the fou rhour ra ce a n d threaten ed rai n . Mos t local riders we re unsure of the amou nt of tr acti o n th at would b e avai la ble if rain fe ll so late in the ra ce, w hile th e ma jority of the ne wco me rs were downright frighten ed by pa st tales of woe that hav e sp read thr ou g h th e pa ddock . A light ra in began to fall 20 minu tes before the s chedu led e nd of th e r a ce, a n d WERA officials deci ded not to take any cha nces and thr ew the re d flag to stop th e race. There was some d eba te as to whether or not to allow team s to mount ra in ti res and resta rt th e ra ce, but in end u ra nce racing , the clock never stops, and th e field would remain in the pi ts for the last few minutes of the eve nt. SBR wo n th eir th ird Pirell i Heavyweig ht Superbike and ove rall class win in a row, ahead of the Texas-based 1800-CROTCH-ROC KET team , on ly two lap s hack a t th e finis h . Team Cli n to n Cycles held on to third overall an d first in the Medi u mweigh t Su pe rbi ke class, displacing th e titani c bat tle for sec ond and thi rd betw een Tapewo rk s Racing a nd Army of Darkn ess, resp ecti vely . 0 &0 Racing, from Georg ia, ha d a stellar ri d e to w in th ei r fou rth Heavyweigh t Supersto ck race in a row and hold d own fo u r th o vera ll , beatin g sev era l local favo r i tes in t h e p r oce s s . A r cl ig h t worked their wa y up to 14th overall and fou rth in class at the end of th e race. CN Summit Point Raceway Summit Point, West Virginia Results: July 31 , 1999 (Round 6 of 10) O /A: 1. Semoff Bro thers Ra cin g (Ya m ); 2. 1-800C ROTC H·ROC KET (Suz ); 3. Team Clin ton C ycles (Suz ); 4, D&O Racing (Su z); Tapeworks Racing (Su z ). HIW S/BK : 1. Sem off Broth ers Racing (Yam ); 2. 1BOO-CROTCH·RDCKET (Su z); 3. Cycle Speed (Yam ); 4. Ar cligh t Su zuki (Su z): 5. Team C harm (Suz) . HIW S/STK: 1. D&D Racing (Suz ); 2. YCH Racin g (Yam ); 3. Ca rly le Racing (Ya m ); 4. Nielsen Racin g (Suz); 5: Grease Mon key Racin g (H en ). M /W S/ BK: 1. Te am Cli n ton Cy cles (Su z) : 2. Ta pe w orks Racin g (Suz): 3. Anny of Dark nes s (Su z ); 4. Team Ten -40 (Suz) ; 5. Te am Apex (Yam ). M / W S/ST K: l.]eam MR (Ya m) ; 2 . Risin g Sun Racing (Suz ): 3. MTA (Su z): 4. Rid ge Racing (Suz ): 5. E&B Racin g (He n). Dutch Sport Park MX: Sportcycle Dutch Days Palmer, hands down By larry Witme r BLOOMINGDALE, MI, JULY25 ale Palmer took the overa ll win in the 250 cc C cl a s s , r idin g his CD R/ General Signs /Ionia Honda to bo th moto wins . It wasn't total do mination bu t d etermination th at Pa lm er d ep loyed to ta ke th e bi g g es t tro p hy back home. Palme r had to fend off the cha rge s of Andy Burge r, Dan Bass and Ma tt Ford , not to m en tion a cou ple of the speeds ters in the 250cc C d ivision . It w a s Su z u ki Spo r tcycle Da y s at Du tch Spo rt Park, sp o ns ored b y th e Spo rtcycl e Su zuki /D u ca ti / Tr iu m p h C Cale Palmer slapped the rest of the 250cc C class by taking both moto wins for the overall, at Sportcycle Dutch Days in Bloomingdale , Michigan. d ea lership in Elkh a rt, India na. Owner Gar y Horton wa s on hand for the Sund ay even t to present d oo r. prizes and spo nso r the raci ng classes for the day. All th e 250cc C Su zu ki rider s received Answer Sty lus jerseys. Matt Ford was the luck y wi nner of a ne w he lmet of his choice, and he gave it to his cous in. Matt than ked his gr and parents for bein g his best spons ors. In th e- o pening 250cc C m ot o, Dan Bass roun d ed the first corner wit h the lead on his Suzu ki. Troy Schroeder, on his Fan ta rn-s po nsored Kawasaki, was second . Palmer was in third . Matt Ford wa s h oo ked u p in fo urth . Sch roeder took o ver the lead in th e Sandbox area but Bass retoo k the lead ov er th e Pro Action Tunnel jump with more momen tum w hen Schroeder o ve rjump ed th e tunnel and almost crashed . Palmer got: his H ond a in front in the woods rocke rs, ove rpowering Bass. Th e ru nning ord er . at the en d of th e first lap wa s Pa lm er, Bas s , Schroeder, Fo r d a n d Red Bu d track man Robert Mills. Palmer exten ded his lead as the moto p ro gressed . Bass held d own th e nu mber-two spot. Third was taken over by Ford w hen he passed Schroede r in the Sandbo x on the third lap. The best race was for th e fifth spo t, featuring a four-ride r freigh t train with Mills as th e en gin e and Burger, Pau l Ran sier an d Todd Ja mes th e ca rs a nd the caboose. Palm er came ho me w it h the wi n . Bass took second , w ith Ford s tro ng in third. The second-mo to holes ho t wen t to Sch roeder, w ith Jam es , Be rger , Fo rd, Palm er and 'Bass follo wi ng .. Schroeder kep t the lead , b u t Pa lm er was o n the mov e, passing bo th Ford and Berger in th e Sand box area. Palmer th en caug ht Schroeder and za pped him in the Sandbox on lap two. At th e comp letion of lap tw o, th e ru n n in g o rder w as Pa lm e r, Schroed er, James and Bass.

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