Events
25+ JR: 1. Robert C utlle n (Ho n): 2. Marvin Smal l
(V.l m ); 3. Sco tt Churchlcy (Honk 4. ja mes Kindness
wagner (Hun),
25+ INT: I . Pa u l Mu d d (Ya m); 2. Mike Slipcevic
( H (~); 5 . Steve
In the 750cc
Expert
winner's circle
at round 12 of
theAMA
National Hot
Shoe Series at
the
Susquehanna
Speedway In
Newberrytown,
Pennsylvania,
the trophies
went to Mike
Varnes (24) for
third place, his
brother Kevin
(89)for
second,and
George Roeder
II (66)for first.
(Ya m ); 3. T im W"llu..,.
.c
o
U
o
30
w hic h lo oks like a n in e-t enths -scal e
model of Hagerstown - w a s in fa irly
good sha pe.
Bv the end of the 750cc scra tch hea ts,
ther~ wer e three groups of rid ers . Barrin g an y breakag e, Varnes and Roeder
would be bat tling for th e win, Mike
Varnes and Shaw n Clark w ould be
fighting for third, with the other six rid ers fighting for fifth. With their primary
ma chines o n the West Coast fo r th e
ational s w in g , Roe d er and Kevin
Varn es would be on backup bikes . This
p resented no problem for Roed er, wh o
ha s a few Harleys th at a re a lmos t as
g ood a s hi s a ti o na l bikes, but for
Varn es, it was a differ ent s tory. After a
phon e call or tw o, they located the Phil
Wick ersham -owned Harl ey th at took
Rusty Roge rs to his only Nation al win at
Ha g erstown. In fact , wh en th e bik e
a rri ved , it s till had Roger s' number-57
plates att ached .
At th e .s ta rt, Ke vin Varnes sli pped
into the lead, holding off Roeder, Clark
a nd Mike Va rnes . As the tr a ck ha s a
m od e ratel y n arro w g roove , pl a ces
stayed the same in the ea rly stages as
rid ers tr ie d d ifferen t lin es . Thin g s
changed after the third lap, whe n Jerry
Vand erk ooi slipped off the groove in to
th e firs t tu rn a nd brough t ou t the red
flag.
Off the restart, Kevin went high off
the seco nd turn, but Roe d er p u t hi s
Schaeffer' s H -D /La s Veg as H -D / KK/Fatzin ge r Au to Supply Harley high er
and held on to take the lead , while Mike
Varn es got his Whit e's H-D /Schaeffer 's
H-D-.sponsored Harley by Clark off the
second tu rn for third . From that point
o n, the ord er staved th e sa me, an d
everyone kept the -sa me margin to the
e nd . Rov Miller, Jim Mcllvena, Garth
Bastio n: Ricky Wi ns e tt and Rand y
Shank s lugged it ou t for fift h. By th e
10th lap, Winsett had started to get the
Eri c Raus ch -o w ned ma ch in e figured
o ut , and he to ok the fi ft h s p o t fro m
McIlvena.
Th e mos t exciting of the finals wa s
th e 600cc Ex pe rt , in whi ch ..et eran
Duan e Veede r pu t the McGrane Racing
KTM in fro nt of Todd Winse tt, Robert
Lew is, Joe Eades and Tim Eades. The
front three put so me d is tance on th e
rest. Lewis go t by Winsett on the back
s tretch of lap fou r and then he moved
up to rek indl e his heat-race battl e wit h
Veed er. On the sixth lap , they trad ed the
fro nt spo t, wit h Lew is pu tting his Co x
H -D / Bell Helm ets / Ch eesn e Classic
Cycle /J L&H Motorsports-spon sored
Rota x int o the lead off tw o on the next
lap. On the followin g lap, the red flag
came out for Chris Hart, who fell in turn
three.
As is often the case, a midrace restart
cha nges th e entire complexion of the
race . As the rid ers h it th e third turn ,
Lewis held the lead ahead of Winsett
and Joe Eades, wit h Veeder mired mid -.
pack.
" I couldn't shift it off two, s o I
reached d own and pulled it in to gear,"
Veeder revea led later.
Lewis and Winsett again pulled clear
of the pack. The Eades brothers, Jeremy
Thompson, Veeder and Chris Hart battled for third, changing positions rapidly un til abou t two la p s to g o, w hen
Th omps on put a few len gths on th e
Ead es boy s. Hart ca me ba ck from his
ge t-off to spli t the Ead es on the final lap
for fifth.
Whi le Tom McGran e Jr. a nd Cory
Roth won their 600cc Pro Sp ort hea ts,
their battl e in the final was made eas ier
wh en half of the fron t ro w ju m ped the
start and had to .start fro m the penalt y
line. McGra ne and Roth were qui ckly in
front of Ace Phill ip s, Jason Good w in
a nd Brian Vincen t. Vin cent took th e
third spo t as they head ed d own the back
straig ht on lap three. McGran e dri fted a
little high in the second turn on lap five,
letting Roth by. For most of the remainder of th e race , M cG ra n e ke p t h is
Diem' s Cycle / Riz zio n Cycle / Ind ia n
Mot orcycle Su pply / SKAT-s p o nsored
Rota x righ t on Roth's rea r fend er, and
Roth drifted high in the second tu rn on
the 10th lap, letting McGrane slip into
the lead.
O nly four of the 883 riders answered
the call for the fina l. Chris Hart took the
lead fro m Tim Eades, Kevin Hilbert and
G uy Stuart. Th ey quickly sprea d ou t,
a nd the only change occurred on the
sixth lap, when Hart pu lled in to the pits,
t:II
giving Eades the win.
Susquehanna Speedway
Newberrytown, Pennsylvania
Results : September 25, 1999
(Round 12 of 14)
600 PRO SrT: 1. Tom McGram' (Rlx); 2. Cory Ruth
(Rtx); 3. Brian Vincen t (Rtx); 4. Perry Phillips IRtx): 5.
Iason G.. od win (ATK); 6. JOt')' Zydi nsky (Rtx): 7. J.lo;{ln
Spl'a ri n ( Rtx ); 8. Bill y Broml e y (W ~ R ) ; 9 . Kris tcn
Ed w ard s (R t x) : 10 . S te ve n C h a r les ( Rrx): 11. Jlll' Y
T ycrya r (Rtx): 12. Aaron Hu mphrey (Rtx).
&00 EX: 1. Robert Lewis (Rtx); 2. Todd wtnscu (W.
R); 3 . Jt. rt.·my Thompson (Rtx) ; 4, Tim Eildt.'s (Rtx); 5.
·
C h ris H.lrt (Rtx); 6.
k.(·y
E.'l dt.'S (Rtx); 7. Du ."'lnt> Vt.t'CIt'r
"
'
(KTM); 8. A.lron C r to.lmt.'r (Rtx); 9. Dun Mull ,,' n (W· R);
to . " hil Libh••rt (Rtx); 11. Mik~ Forro II m ix); 12. jo hn
WinSt·n Jr. (Rtx).
750 EX: 1. Gt.'O
rgt.' Ro..'li t.· II (H· D); 2. Kc\-in VMn t. s
r
>
(H·D); 3. Mik e Vamt.."S (H -D>; 4. Sh.l wn Cletrk (H-D); 5.
Rid . v Win!oCtt (H· D); 6. jim Mcl lVt.'n.l (H-D); 7. C.ut h
B.l~l{.tn (H· D): 8. Ru y MilI...r (H-D>; 9. Rom dy 5 h."'l n k (H-
D); 10. j<.-rrv Va nd... kool
r
(I~ ·D) .
883: I: Tim Eadt.'s (H ·D); 2. K<.·vin Hilbt.'rt (H- D); 3.
Cuy 5 tu.lrt (H-D); 4. C h ris HoUt (H· D); 5. Jt"lt'y TYl"ryar
(H·D).
District 37 Desert Racing Series,Round 22
Capt·takes
the win
By S ha wn Drouin
RED MOlJNTAIN, CA,SEPT.12
he Lost Coyotes Hare Scrambles
took place at Red Mo u n tain on a
nice , ho t summer day . The event
started at Searles Stat ion Road with a
five-row start a t a p prox ima tely 9 a.m.
Sund a y morn in g . Th e bomb w as fa st
a nd easy, takin g riders through Cha rlie' s Place a nd then towa rd Highway
395 before heading back toward Sea rles
Station Road.
Team Green /Pro Circuit /IMS/Foxbacked Jeff Cap t was th e first rider to
the end of the dusty bomb, and he was
also the first rid er to the finish line.
"I got a one-kick start and was first to
th e e n d of th e bomb , ju st as I had
planned," said the KX500 rid er. "I kn ew
that if Iwasn't the first one to the end of
th e bomb then i~ wo ul d be real dusty
a nd ha rd to ca tch th e top rid er s. The
course ended up being pret ty fast, cons ide ri ng th e s u m me r he a t. 1 led th e
whole race fro m start to finish, knowin g
wh o was behind me at all times. If I felt
they were ge tting a little bit close r, then
I'd pick up the pace . I kep t a good, eve n
speed - just eno ug h so the other rid ers
stayed behin d me."
The closest rider to Ca pt happened to
be on e of h is Vet Open Expert-cl ass
competi to rs . KX- moun ted Abe Bau mann a nd Capt are in a head -to-h ead
ba ttl e th is year for the nu mbe r-one
Open Vet pla te, so the racing was fierce.
"I d id n' t ge t a good enough sta rt ,"
said Bauman n. "I had a good line, and
probably the best line to the end of the
bomb. 1 ove rshot a turn a nd I go t o ff
in to th e b us hes . As· I bac ke d off th e
th rottle, Cap t passed me near the end of
the bomb. I never passed Capt after tha t,
bu tId id come close . I wa s 30 seconds
. beh ind him coming into the pits."
Heading ou t onto th e second loop ,
both Capt a nd Baumann had a go odsize d lead on the res t o f the field , and
the second loop aro u nd w ould spread
ou t the field even more.
"The re was one litlle uphill that they
put in the cou rse that was a bit ·technica l, but nothing that was too hard or
in superable," said Capt. 'T he second
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