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Yam ah a's rea r fender for the balance of
th e co n tes t. Jame s Way b ro u ght h is
Mont esa hom e third, ahea d of Kawasaki
rider William Menges.
On e of AH RMA' ~ most competitive
classe s is the new 70s Singl es, and the
fi nal b eg an as a b attle for the lead
between Bryant, on a Yamaha, and Mike
Gilkey, on a BSA B50. Near the halfway
mark, Gilkey p us hed his way into the
" Iead and started opening a bit of a gap
over Bryan t. Th e two ha ve a lso been
ba ttling for the poi nts lead , an d it wa s
Gi lkey w ho left Honda Hills wi th an
eight-point margin. The contest for third
tonight was won by N ichola s Ta y lo r
after scrapping with Brett Miller.
In the rider-age classes, Hamilton left
qe h ind th e rest o f th e Over 50 Senior
. division , with Ben o Rod i and his BSA
earn ing seco nd aft er some close racing
with Mike Van Keuren, Blaine Hugney
and Ackley. Jack Joyn er stayed ahead of
Bob Ge rbe rich to co llect the O ver 60
Super Senior w in, a nd Blower rod e a
Yamaha 750 to collect Over 35 Veteran
honors, ahead of Barnes .
SPEED & SPORT NATIONAL
VINTA GE MX SERIES, ROUN D 12
Four racers had what it took to record
do uble class wins ona sweltering Midwest day at Honda Hills, bu t only Toledo's Mar k Mackay wa s ab le to coll ect
three w ins aboa rd his 1974 Honda 250
Elsinore, in the Interm ed iate divisions of
the Spo rtsma n 250, Over 30 and Over 40
classes.
Double winners included Ca liforn ian
Dave [ani ec, riding a 1956 Rickman AJS
in Prem ier 500 Interm ediate and a 1958
AJS 650 Twin in Premi er Open Twins;
local ace Th omas Eng leha r t on a 1971
Honda SLl25 in both Spo r ts ma n 125
and Classic 125 In termed iat e; Qu ebec
racer Steve Tu cker, wh o piloted his BSA
thumpers to Expe rt win s in Classic 250
and Classic 500; and David Dean, who
brought his 1968 BSA 441 from Albuquerque, New Me xico , to w in in th e
Classic 500 and Over 60 Novice classes.
More than 250 entries turned out to
compete on the s woo p ing, w ell-prepared central Ohio circuit.
Mack ay's only sweep came in Spo rtsma n 250, in which he led Honda rider
Jeffrey Clark to the finish in moto one
and Suzuki-mounted Mark Plumley to
the checkers in the second moto. Clark's
2:=1 finishes were good for second overall for the da y, while Plumley put in 5-2
rid es to take third.
In a hotly contested Over 30 Intermediate class, Mackay took the first moto
by a bo u t a bike len gth over Geo rge
Fanelli, also on a Honda 250, with Clar k
shado wing the two front-runners. Kevin
Brown recorded a DNS in the first rnoto,
but he mo ved up to the lead and stayed
th ere in moto two . Mack ay was up to
second by the thi rd of five laps, keeping
a h ea d of a raging b a ttl e over th ir d ,
w hic h w as wo n by M ike Stu rd evan t.
Sturdevant's 4-3 finishe s w ere ' good
enough to earn him second for the da y,
behind Ma ck ay, with Cla rk fini shing
third wi th 3-6 placings.
Clark' s entry list wa s id entical to
Mackay's, and in the Over 40 Intermedia te co n tes t, th e H olland, Ohio, rid er
finally beat Mackay in a moto. The lat ter
was tied u p in a tou gh race for seco nd
with Bullaco rid er Da vid Brod ow sk i,
Gary Graves on a Yama ha YZ250 and
Sturde vant's Elsinore. Clark won easily,
but it wa sn 't until th e checke red flag
that Macka y wa s assured of second. The
se cond time ou t, Ma cka y got a ro u nd
Clark on lap two, and Sturdevant followed a lap la ter. Sturdevant mad e a
valiant attempt to lessen Clark' s su bs ta n tia l lea d , getting to w i thin fi v e
lengths at the finish . At troph y time, it
was Mackay (2-1) over Clark (J -3) and
Sturdevant (4-2).
The Over 30 Experts put on an excellent show. YZ250-mounted Scott Stan ford, Honda rider George Fan elli (who
upgraded him self durin g the course of
th e d ay from Intermed iat e to Expert),
an d Ma ico 400 rider James Gree nleaf
wen t at it in mot o one, w ith Stanford
taki ng a supe rclose win . Yamaha rider
Tom Bellam y was fourth in the opening
moto, bu t th e second tim e ou t he wa s
secon d to Stanford in anoth er tough
race. Gree nleaf led at times , bu t he was
thi rd again - an d third overall to Stanford and Bellamy - when the chec kered
flag waved.
Bellamy put together 3-2 finishes to
ta ke th e O ver 40 Expe r t win . CZ 250
rid er Char les Emer y wo n the first moto
ove r Maico- mo un ted BilI Patton, but he
missed the second race, which we nt to
Mike Tread w a y . T he H ond a XL350
rid er kept himself clear of a tight race
betw een Bellamy and Yama ha 125 racer
Tim Sh ephard. Surprisi ng ly , T readw a y' s 6-1 was good enoug h to land
him seco n d o ve ra ll, a h ea d of Sh ep hard' s 4-3.
There was goo d racing in the Novice
classes, esp ecially in Over 40, in which
Mike Allen rode his Husqvarna 400 to
the moto-one win over Honda-mounted
Step hen Miller and CZ rid er Ken Breed en. In the second moto, Allen had just
moved pa st Mill er to tak e the lead on
lap two when he sta lled and pulled off
the course. Mill er w ent on to tak e the
moto and th e ove rall ahead of Bultaco
eN
jockey Bill Hanks.
Honda Hills
L1nn ville, Ohio
Results: August 28-29, 1999
Saturdily Dirt Tuck (Round 11 of 18)
DINO: 1. Crai g Brecko n ITri); 2. Allen Rod i (EnO; 3.
Richard Zrubek {H-D!.
a.sC 250, I. John Bova (BuI); 2 Lee Allison (Oss);
3. David Perkins (H· D); 4. Myron Cla ry (Ou e); 5. Tom
Bake r (H·D!.
CLSe soonsa: 1. john Plumb (Tri ); 2. Cra ig Breckon
ITri); 3. Jim Oliver (Hon): 4. Art Bruehler (T ri) ; 5. Dani el
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