Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

59th annual Sturgis Rally &Races W hile Yod er ' s win in the Expe r t main eve n t was a ste llar performance, one a m a te ur rid er s tood h ead an d sho u lders abov e th e rest of the com pe t.itio n. Gill ett e, Wyoming's Nate eet her compiled a pr eviously unaccomplished feat , winning th ree Amateur classes on the evening . Neether won th e 250cc , 600 cc and Open Amateur main events aboa rd a pair of Yama has. T h e fir st in Nee the r's s u ccessiv e string of wins came in the 250cc A main where he led Honda rid er Chris Feis t and season-long ar ch-rival, Nick Ols on, on th e o pening lap. Mu ch like in his qualifyin g win, Neether maintained the p o int position , alth ou gh thi s tim e it w asn 't in a runaway fash ion , as Olson . got a ro u nd Feist and clawed hi s way into contention w ith leader Neether on the ro ugh , dusty ova l, setting up a battle that wo uld go down to the fini sh. O lson challen ged a ll of Nee the r's atte mpts to break free, th e tw o finishing in a close 1-2 configura tion. Feist picked up third place, ahead of Kawasaki rid ers David Wolf and Roger Was so n. Nee ther also had close competition (Above) Eric Rickman (33W) he ld off Greg Tysor (47C) for the 600 Expert win at the open ing s ho rt track of the week on the J ackpine Gyps ies ' J .C. "Pa ppy" Hoel Short Trac k. (Right) Jam ie Vollmer (75L) and J ake Latimer (25C) battle for contro l at the start of the 600cc Pro-Sport feature during the August 10 AMA Pro-Am s hort track action at the J .C. "Pappy" Hoel Sho rt Track. Vollmer won the race. Ch uck Be vin g and Da vid Wol f at the 'u n leas h in g of the fi n al. Phill ip Wolf o pened u p a bi g lea d , w hil e Bev ing, Da v id W o lf and Ka n tor - th is time arm ed w ith a 600cc Rota x, fought over second , a positi on u po n w h ich Kan tor wo u ld eve ntua lly sta ke a claim. Kan tor ex pi re d all of her e nergy in catchi ng lead er Wolf, but d id make a d rive ou t of th e fin al turn to cha lle nge Wo lf for a win, althoug h she fell just short of the w in for third tim e thi s evening . Da vid Wolf netted third ahea d of Beving and the fifth-place fin ishe r, Colo rado's Frank Ha rriman. Two Vintage classes we re also implemented in to the program: the 600cc Pro class, won by Sturgis' Kevin Forrester, wh o fi nis hed a hea d o f Ka n sas ' Ti m Newby, Io w a' s Je rry C heney and Arizo na 's Ga ry Pettis; and the 600cc Amateur class, won by the Yama ha -mo u nted Harriman, who go t around early leaders Craig Nessh oeffer and Rick Wieczorek , the eventual second- and third-pla ce finishers. Cou ghlin pulled th e tri gger qu ickest to lead th e 600cc Pr o-Spo rt final. cha llenged th roug ho u t the lO-lap final by fellow South Dakotans Jamie Vollmer and C], Beving . Vollmer held the position fo r mu ch of th e race u nt il Bevin g ca pitalized on a Vo ll mer e rror a nd notch ed th e position beh ind Co ug hli n. Fourth we nt to Peter Ta pken, followed by Iowa 's Jerad Che ney . Th e eve ni ng's final ra ce, th e 600cc Exp ert main event, wa s an Eric Rickman s how, as th e Pu y allup, Wa shington , rid er put his Rot ax ou t fr ont from th e en fla sh of the green lig ht to th e w ave of g: th e ch ecke re d fla g . Georgia's Gre g _ Ty sor, Faulds , and finall y Oregon ' s ~ Beau Brown had moments to cha llen ge !!! E Rickman, but when Faulds' fin e rid e Q) came to an en d af te r a nasty tumble, H ickman ma intained a ca u t io n -flag (fl ad vanta g e to ke ep both Ty sor and 30 Brown at ba y. Anderson, the pol esitter , - g. overca me a pe nalty -area d eficit to finis h fo u r t h, a head of M inn e s ot a ' s Bill Hofm eist er , Marrs, Southworth, Todd Somers, Billy Beyers and Fau ld s. eN Jackplne Gypsies Clubgrounds Sturgis, South Dakota Results: August 9, 1999 50: 1. Alex jo rgense n (Co b); 2. Co lby McCu tcheo n (Cob); 3. Mik e Kinz ler (Yam); 4. Mark Keierl eber ISuz): 5. Meg an McDougaU (Co b). 60: 1. Sh an e Green (Kaw) ; 2. D.J. Brink (KTM ): 3. Nick McDouga l (KTM ); 4. Ma rk Kei erteber (Suz): 5. LN. Wagg en er (Kaw ). 80; 1. Clayto n Rigg le (Ka w ): 2. Scott Beckley {Ho n): 3. Co ry Simpson (Suz) : 4. L.N . Wag gener (Ho n): 5. Devi n Wenz (5uz). 125: 1. Tro y Jo hnson (Ya m); 2. Eli zabeth Ka nto r (Ya m) ; 3. Daniell e Be vin g IKa w) : 4. T ra vis Jakub ik (Hen): 5. Scan U gh' (Kaw). 250: 1. Na te Neethe r (Yam ); 2. Elizab eth Kan tor (Yam ); 3. Nick O lso n (Yam); 4. Chris Feist (Hon): 5. Troy joh nson (Yam) . 600, 1. Philli p Wo lf (Hen): 2. Eliza be th Kanto r (R,x); 3. Da vid Wolf IHo n): 4. Chuc k Bevtng (Ka w): 5. Fra nk Harriman (Yam). O PEN: 1. Mike Opste dah l (Hon); 2.Ph i1li p Wo lf (Hen): 3.Chris Feist (H a n); 4. Dav id Wolf (Hen): 5. Nate Neether (Ya m). . 600 VINT AM : 1. Frank Harriman (Yam ); 2. Craig Nesshoeffer (Yam); 3. Rick wieczorek (Yam ). &0 VINT PRO: 1. Ke vin Forres ter (Yam) ; 2. Tim 0 Newby (Yam); 3. Jerry Cheney (Yam); 4. Cary Pet tis (Bu l) . 600 PRO-SPT: J. Rand y Co ughlin (R ,x) ; 2. C .). Bevi ng (H e n): 3. Jam ie Vollmer IRtx): 4. Peter Ta pk en (Hon); 5. Ierad Cheney {ATK). 600 EX: 1. Eric Rickm an (Rtx); 2. Greg T)"Or (Rtx): 3. Beau Brown (W~R); Ho fmeister (Rtx). 4. Ryan And er son (W· R); 5. Bill By Clay Light STURGIS,SO, AUG.10 a tio na l number 57 Ke n Yoder headed up th e Nationa l-ca liber fi eld o f AM A Exp ert r id ers , man y of w hom w ere on hand to contest th e Rap id City r ound o f th e A MA G ra n d National Seri es th e followi ng da y, d uring the second AMA shortlrack to be he ld at the Jackpine Gypises clubg rounds in as many d ays. Yoder' s victory in th e 600cc Exp ert main eve nt win was an impressive one fo r th e Penns ylvanian, w ho fini shed a he a d of Washington' s Eri c Rickman a nd Oregon' s Beau Brown in th e 12rider, la-lap final. N for the 600cc Amateur main event win , a s Ind ia na' s David Wolf stayed in close proximity to him armed with a Yamaha TT 500 . A threeway battle for third raged behind the duo, headed up by Honda rid er Mike Opstedahl, bu t it wa s the closely fought confron tation between Ne e ther and Wolf th a t deci ded th e win , wit h eether beati ng Wolf by a w heel to cla im wi n number two. Neethe r's thr ee-class domina tion was finalized after the talented teena ger had also don e a number on th e Open Ama teur co n tes ta nts. Opsted ahl initi ally ch all en ged N eether fo r th e lead position, placing N eether' s night-long qu est in je o p a r dy , but in th e en d , it was Neether prevailing to cap off his fine st . mo men t o f th e se a s o n , ahead of Opstedahl, Wolf, Phillip Wolf, and Feist. O ther riders enjoying dominance of their clas ses w ere Cobra-mounted Alex Jorgensen, who for the second night in a row w on the 50cc final; and Kawasaki rider Clayt on Riggle, winner of th e 60 and 80cc main even ts.

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