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the hilT"on his second ru n but narrowl y mis sed the mark with a 6.25. "I got started off really good," j eline~ sa id, "b ut I got ou t of sha pe nea r the light, and that was all it took to ruin a good ru n." . [el inek 's only appearance at the clubgrounds during the week was complimented by his win in the tough 401'OOcc class, where his 5,45-second run up the hill bettered Greicar's previous mark of 5.65. Rounding out the top three was Daniel Dvorak (5.73). Jelinek used a 5.80 run to notch a win in the 251-400cc class, improving upon his third-place finish fro m the previous year. ' KTM-moun ted Alan Trzyna topped the class for the "older" riders, the Over 40 class, wit h a 6.89 run w hich came after his secon d run to bea t th e only other rid er wit h a time, Jon Foerster, the second -p lace finisher a t 7.67. Third pla ce wen t to Illinois' Da n Walstad , who rode a 650cc BSA. The cro wd got very vocal w hen the only 'Harley-David son in com petition, a 1580cc m a ch ine ridd en b y Foers ter, ro lle d to s taging, a lthoug h problem s a rose a nd the b ig machi ne refu sed to thunder off the line, instead comi ng to a eN spu tter sho rtly before tak eoff. Jackpine Gypsies Clubgrounds Sturgis, South Dakota Results: August 9, 1999 60: 1. Co lby McCa tcheon (Cob); 2. L.N . Waggen er Daniel Dvorak set a fas t time of 5.98 seconds and won two classes at the AMA Pro Hillclimb on the Jackpine Gypsies clubgrounds. ~ ttendance thi s year, Dvorak did have incredibly tou gh competition fro m both Jelinek and Greicar. The Honda-mounted Dvora k was the d ay ' s only threeclass winn er, pickin g up wins in the 86125cc and 126-200cc classes as w ell as the 501-750cc class . Jeli nek, one of the m ultitude of the impres s iv e No rth Dakota rid ers o n hand, d idn' t go away em p ty handed , thou gh , as the rid er, who wo n two classes last yea r, matched his feat by winning the 251-400cc and 401-5OOcc events. Greica r a lso p laced hi s na m e a mong th e heavy hitters by virtue of his class wins in the 201-250cc and 750cc-O pen d ivisions . A v a ri ety of ma ch in ery , rang ing fr om a 50cc C obra to a m amm oth 1580cc Harl ey-David son, were ridden b y co ntes ta n ts fro m 15 s ta tes . M ost rod e the cus to ma ry mod ified motocross machines, which proved th e m ost successfu l, although there w ere se v eral s u r p r is ing entries, s u ch as a KX-framed, 750cc H-2 triple-power ed machine ridden by Wisconsin 's Da nny Mears. The run to the top was a tricky on e, as h e a v y thund ersh ow er s tw o days prior to th e event left the hill heavily ru tted . Altho ug h not as cha llenging as most of th e hillclimbs the participan ts ,\\:ere used to, it was ro ug her than what most riders' we re accus tomed to since it is a Gy psy tradi tion to leave the climb in a "natural" configuration, rather than a - groomed " course. Th e first cla ss to a tte m pt th e cli mb were th e 50cc riders, led b y th e firs t rider to m ake a run a t the infamou s cli m b, West Virg inia 's Col by McCa tcheon, who quickl y es tab lis hed himself as the rider to beat in the class (50-60cc), putting his Cobra up to the 88foo t mark on his first and farthes t run. L.N . Wa ggener and Mark Keierl eb er tied for second wit h a com bined 85 feet fro m bo th of their runs. Another Wes t Virginian, John Bu nne r, n otch ed hi s name in the record books by bei ng the first 80cc rider to crest the 220-foot hill. Bunner put his Yamaha over the top on his firs t try and was the only rid er under 125cc to win ' by vi rtue of a timed run (8.31) rather than by d istan ce. Second in class went to Co lo ra do's Aa ro n Tr yzina . Th e KX rider set a mark of 190 feet in his first run to top Missouri' s Clayton Riggl e (160 1), M cCut cheon (1 131) a n d Wagg ener (781). David Dvora k go t th e best of his brot her , Daniel, in his first 86-125cc class run with a 7.84, but Daniel, who. la ter w ould eme rge the d ay' s fas test , w ou ld come back in th e second ro und to nor only beat his br oth er's mark, but also that of Greicar's 7.51 se t ea rlier with a 7.39 aboard o ne of his three h ea v il y mod ified CRs. C reicar, one class later, altho ugh in his firs t of two 201-250cc attem p ts, set an ea rly mark of 6.23 aboard his Ho nda CR125. Jelinek, ridin g a machine much similar to Greicar's, made a fast run u p (Ka w); 3. Mark Keiericber (Suz) . 80: 1. John Bunner (Yam ); 2 Aa ron Trvz na IKaw): 3. Clayton Riggle (Kawl; 4. Colby McCatcheon (Kaw): 5. LN. Waggen er ( Ka w). _ 126-200: 1. Dan iel Dvorak (Ho n); 2. Danny Mears (Kaw): 3. Jamie Greicar (He n), 4. David Dvorak (Ha n); 5. Rick Fotsc h (Han). 8&.125: 1. Daniel Dvor ak (Ho nk 2. Jam ie Greiear CH ); '3. David Dvor ak (Hon); 4. John Bunner (Yam ); 5. on Rick Forsch (Hon>. 201·2 50: 1. Jami e Gr eica r (H o n ): 2. Arnie Jelinek (Han ); 3. Daniel Dvorak (Hon); 4. David Dvorak (Hon); 5. Shan e Finn (Yam). 251-400 : 1. Arni e Jelin ek (H en): 2. Daniel Dvor ak (Han); 3. Jami e Greica r (Ha n); 4. Dav id Dvor ak (Ha n); 5. Shane Finn (Ya m). 401 -500: 1. Arn ie Jelin e k IHo n): 2. Jamie Greicar (Ha n); 3. Daniel Dvo rak IHo n): 4. David Dvor ak (Hon); 5. G int Zolnoski (Kaw). 501·750: 1. Daniel Dvorak (H o nk 2. Jamie Creiea r (He n), 3-Ami e Jelin ek (He n): 4. Davi d Dvorak IHon) ; 5. Dan ny Mea rs (Ka w). 750-0 PEN : 1. Jami e Greicar (KT M ): 2. Arn ol d Jelinek (Ho n); 3. Alan Tryzna (Ka w). FAST TIME: 1. Daniel Dvorak (He n) 5.28 sees. STURGIS, SD, AUG. 9 ash ing ton's Eric Rickm an led a con tingent of AMA pro fessionals on hand for the firs t in a succession of dirt track events at the 59th annual Sturgis Rally & Races week. Rickman sco re d a wi n in th e 600cc W Expert class d u ring eigh th-mil e short tr a ck rac in g o n th e leg endar y J. e. "Pappy" Hoel Short Track. So u t h Da kot a ' s Ra nd y Co ug h li n topped the 600cc Pro-Sport class to sea t hi mself a mong the 11 class wi n ne rs. Cough lin completely.domina te d the class, which started off with his impressive heat-race victory, and was finalized with his wire-to-wire win in the final. Dusty Faulds, a newcomer to the Expert class after a successful Pro-Sport season last year, fended off all of Rickma n's advances to win the first of the two Expert qualifiers. Oregon's Ryan An de rso n, the ational num ber 47 plate ho lder, overtook early lea d er Richa rd Marrs and jerry Sou thworth to w in th e second heat race, earn ing the Portla nd, Oregonian the p ole p osit ion for the lO-lap, 12-rider final. A n o the r o f th e m a n y fas t So u t h Dakotans on han d , Sha ne Gr een , go t a wi n in th e 60cc final, but Gr een 's wi n came b y v ir tu e of th e m is fortun e o f Missou ri 's Cla y ton Rigg le, w ho had built up a hu ge lead a nd had. lapped nearl y the who le fie ld wh en hi s KX ex p ire d on th e next-to-last lap of th e eig ht-la p fin al. G reen took over from t hat p oint t o lea d D .J . Brink a n d KTM-niounted N ick McD ou gal to the lin e. Riggle, howe ver, came right ba ck to trou nce the SOcc contestants in the 12rid er final , w he re he was kept somew ha t hon est by Texas ' Scotty Beckley, who was th e seco n d- p lace fin isher, ahead of Washin gt on ' s Cory Sim pson, L.N. Wag gener and Devin Wenz. The 125cc final was a clas h between Min neso ta ns Elizabeth "Bitsy" Kantor a n d Tro y John s on , b oth o f w h om clashe d w ith Oregon' s Sean Lig ht for the p ol e p osition in th e lO-rider final d u r ing qu ali fying , a p o siti on w h ic h wen t to the Yamaha-mounted Johnson. Both Johnson and Kan tor jumped ou t front in the final and battled for the lead p o s iti on un til the fi nish, a p os ition w hich went Johnso n's wa y by a whee l. Ano ther fast female, Danielle Beving, took thir d ahead of Michigan's Travis Jakubik and Light. W yoming's Nate N eeth er l ed Nick Olson, Chris Feist and Kantor a t the start of the 250cc A main, but it was Olson challenging Neether for the lead on the first three la p s u ntil Kantor, w h o to ok several lap s to ge t around Feist , caught and displa ced O lson. This set the stage for Kan to r to ag ain contend fo r th e lead p o sitio n, but once again, s he 'd be de ni ed a w in , as Neethe r edged the Yamaha rider ou t by a w heel a t th e finish. Olso n held on to sa lvage th ird , a head of Fe is t and Jo h nso n , th e poles itter, w ho had to overcome a p oor start. In diana's Phillip Wolf p u t a 500cc Ho nda ou t front in the 600cc Ama teu r fi nal, follow ed b y the fa st-starting 29

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