Cycle News is a weekly magazine that covers all aspects of motorcycling including Supercross, Motocross and MotoGP as well as new motorcycles
Issue link: https://magazine.cyclenews.com/i/128081
Events
•
K ity DirtR
ingC
idersH climb
ili
Fortner flies,
Schultz wins three
By Bud Northrup
M
OUNTVERNON, II. OCT. 10
H / W VINT: 1. Jim Dobso n (Yam); 2. Brad Gi tchell (Suz); 3.
Craig Bee
che r (Y. m); 4. JUl. Anderson (Suzl; 5. Larry Cochra n
1
'
(Honl,
().SCltl L/ W N O V; 1. Leif Fleming (Hem); 2. Ne il Barry (1IIln );
3. Loren Chu n (Hon ); 4. Mino Miyashiro (Hon ); 5. Gt->()ff He deen
son (Hen).
501-650 M/ W NOV : 1. Cha rles Roosevelt (Ho n ); 2. Jdf
Bostro m (Ho n); 3. Shau n Palm er (Ho n); 4. Sleve n Ber nst e in (Ya ml;
5. StL'Ve Lewis (Suz ).
651-CrEN H/W NOV: 1. Oint Willis (Suz ); 2. JaM Rami n -z
(Suz ); 3. Tra vis Becker (Ya m ); 4. Scott l..eif (Yam ); 5. Larry Levario
(Yam).
Shippensburg Speedway
Price tags another win at
Shippensburg ST finale
By Len Breech
SHIPPENSBURG, PA,OCT. 17
Georgie Price kept his three- ye ar u nd e feated
string at Shi ppensburg Speedway go ing wit h a
tri o of win s at the season-end in g sho rt track,
promoted by Baer Racin g and sponsored by
ABBA H ealing and A IC Syst ems and Bla ck
Arrow Racin g. H e led his uncle, Bob Sweet en ,
for mos t of the 250cc and 600cc A fina ls an d also
held off severa l challenges fro m Ricky Winsett
to take the Spo rts ma n final .
Sweeten led Price, Roy Miller, Raun Wood
and Ja red Mees o u t of th e second turn in th e
2.SOcc A fina l. Price pa ssed Sweeten on lap fou r.
Wood slip pe d into third on the same lap but
thr ew a cha in, dr opping out of the race. On the
final lap, Sw eeten tried to get under his nephew
en te rin g th e fir st turn, but he got squirrelly,
bumped into Miller and almost fell. Miller took
second, while Swee ten retained third .
Th e 600cc A race was some w ha t easier, as
Price took the lead from Swee ten at the star t of
the seco nd la p, w hile Mees stayed in third.
Price remo unted his Rota x for the Sportsman
final. This time he grabbed the lead from Sweeten, Rick y Win sett a n d Phil Libhart. Win se tt
slipped under Sweeten for seco nd on the fourth
lap and started to pressure Pri ce. Sweeten faded ,
an d Lib ha rt took third o n the sixth la p. Todd
Kend ig took fourth ha lf a lap later. Winsett tried
to ge t und er Price as they entered the thir d turn
o n the six th la p , b ut th e weig h t ra tio we n t
aga ins t h im . For the rest of the race, Win sett
stayed o n the high line, grad ua lly culling away
a t th e margin inch by inch. At th e flag. Price
held off Winsett by a whee l for the wi n.
Brian Eckhart too k th e Ov er 40 lead from
Steve Hei ser, To m Norto n a nd Jim Cha pman.
Chapman took second down the back straight
on lap two . Bruce Miller dropped Norton to fifth
on the sixt h lap, w hile Eckhart and Heiser ran
und....r a blanket most of the race . With hvo laps
to go, Heiser tried to get un der Eckhart as the y
cam e off the second turn, but he cou ld n' t get his
Yamaha to stick low, and Eckhart got by for the
win.
m
m
m
r-:
Q;
.c
E
Q)
>
o
Z
36
After easily winnin g the 750cc ra ce o ve r
Ch.1pman and Nick Taylor , U bhart took the lead
of the las t race of the dav, the 600cc Pro, from
Winsett , Ed Hyd e and N'ick Arment. Through o ut the en tire race, Winsett tried every line an d
move he knew to try an d get aro und Libha rt .
Despite his consta nt pressure, Lib hart he ld on
for the wi n.
The 50cc (7-8) gro up staged one of their bes t
races of th e season . Bre tt Pu gh too k th e lead
from the class hot dog s - John Long, Jesse Long
and Evan Baer. Baer too k the lead as the tightly
bunche d pack hit the third turn on the second
lap , wi th Jesse Long following him for seco nd .
Jesse Lon g go t by Baer on the fifth lap. John
Long too k third. Pu gh dropped to a close four th,
his bL ou ting eve r in this class.
-st
Results
50 1YR: , . O'... d. Hl'f'hh (Yam); 2. Cassi oJy Hei.••"r (Yaml ; 3.
r
'
Bailey Spc-nC'e(Yaml; 4. Jtof H u~t- (Yam).
f
50 O IlA NI: 1. Brt'l t Pu gh (Yam ); 2. Ty ler Kid wl'II IYam); 3.
Mu: Harva t (Ya m); 4. Derek Htnh (Yam); 5. Mitch Harv at (Yaml.
(Ab ove left ) Georgie Price (7 1) warre d w it h h is uncle, Bob Sweeten (82), and took t h e 250cc
A v icto ry at the Shippensburg short-track fina l in Pennsylvania. Sweeten placed third ,
behind Roy Miller. Price a lso took the wins In the 600cc A and Sportsman classes.
(Above right) Jay Wagner (5BO) won the h ighly coveted XR Track Championship title at the
Red Bud Grass MX event in Buchanan, Michigan.
50 (7-8): 1. [es se Long ( Lem); 2. Evan Baer (Pol); 3. John Long
(Leml ; 4. Brett Pugh (Lem); 5. Megan james (Lem).
65: 1. Jo hn Long (KTM); 2. R.J. Hart (Kaw); 3. Joey Parks
(Yam); 4. Jaml."S White ()(aw ).
85: 1. John Lewis (Yam); 2. Jona tha n Jordan (}(aw); 3. Bryan
Annstrong lKaw) ; 4. Eva n Baer (Yam) .
100/1 25 8 : 1. Jimmv Owens (Han); 2. Jared Ml"eS(Hon ); 3.
Travis St-nnet l (Han); 4~ larry Bu rkhold er (H a n ); S. Joe Dohn
(H on).
250 A: 1. Georgie Price (Hon ); 2. Roy Miller (Stu); 3. Bobby
Sweden (Han); 4. Jar'\'d Mees ( Hon); S. MiJuo Brab!oon(Ho.d .
250 B: 1. Jaso n bennod: (Hon) ; 2. Jimm y Owens CHon); 3. Bill
Brown (Kaw); 4. Shawn Bacr (Rtx).
SOO A 2-V AlVE: 1. Dav e Smi th (Ya m) ; 2. Jim Ch.tpman
(h m); 3. Ed Romecki (Yam).
600 A:. 1. Georgie Price (Rtx); 2. BobbySweden (Rtx); 3. Jared
Mees (Rtx); 4. Da.Il.u Baer (Rtx);5. Billy Stillwen (KTM>.
600 B: 1. Tom Norton (Hon); 2. Jimmy Ow ens (Rhd; 3. Gil
Smi th (Y,am) .
600 PRO: 1. Phil Libhart (Rtx); 2. Ricky WiNett (Rtx); 3. N ick
Arment (Rtx); 4 . Ed Hyde (Rat
150: 1. Phil Ubhart (Tri); 2. Jim Chapman ITri); 3. No T. ylor
(Yam); 4 . Bri.l.nEckha rt (Tri) ; 5. Mike KnM' (Ya m).
30+ : 1. DalW Baer (Rtx); 2. Jim Hollister (Rtx); 3. Ed Hyd e
(Rtx); 4. D8mw n Kocovinoll (Hon}.
4()+: 1. Bria n Eckh oJoft (Rtx) ; 2. Stev e Heise r (Ya m); 3. Jim
Chapman (Rtx); 4. Bruce MiDer (ATIO; S. Tom Norton (Ha n).
SP'lSMS : 1. Georgie Price (Rn); 2. Ricky Winsett (Rtx); 3.
Rtx).
Phil Ubhart (Rtx); 4. Tod d Kendig (Rtx); 5. Jared Ml'l"5C
Red Bud Track and Tran
LaRocco, Stanton get
on the Grass
By Larry Witmer
BU
CHANAN,MI,OCT. 17
Mik e LaRocco took time off from raci ng a nd
testing to compe te in the last event of the year at
Red Bud. Mu lti-tim e Nationa l Cha mp ion and SX
champ Jeff Stanton came to ha ve so me fu n racing on th e grass track. LaR occo a nd Stanton
co m peted aboard th eir 2000 Ho nda s, spotti ng
the othe r riders a first-com er adv an tage. At the
end of each mota , it was LaRocco an d Stan to n
taking th e chec kers. Mu lti-time Enduro cha m p
Dick Bu rleson was also on hand to contest the
eve nt.
laRocco competed in three amateu r classes,
in w hich he was not scored.
"I rode the new 2000 Hond as, and the y are
really good," laRocco reported. "Th e handling
of the new CRs is th e biggest improvement. It
was really fun out the re. Usually it's WFO when
I race, but tod ay I could ha ve fun and go fast.
Next week I'm off to compete in the three--race
World SX Series . This is good just to relax and
ride with my m ends."
Red Bud hold s the ann ual Grass event as the
la st race of the yea r, sty ling th e track after M X
tracks of yes teryea r. This was an excellent, challen ging track with natu ra l-terrain d oubles a nd
triples. The soft, grassy comers w hippt'd up into
hea vy braking bumps and multi-li ne be rms in
man y of the com ers.
Service Hond a of Hammond, Indiana, spo nsored the event. The top five rid ers in each divi·
sio n received a cont ingency prize contribu ted by
Tag Metals, O'Neal, Afam, Pirelli, Bridgestone,
Thr ottle Jockey, Xtreme, Racer X or Th or.
Th e highl ight of the day wa s the XR Track
Cha mpions hip Ib ce. Some 43 XRs came to Red
Bud wit h ho pes of ta kin g home tha t cove ted
title. The ru k-s are simple: Each mac hine mus t be
an SR 75/80 fram e and motor w ith a 120cc lim it.
Darren Borcherding, aboard his JMS Perfo rmance XR, ripped the ho lesh ot, wi th brothers
Ja y and Bobb y Wa gner rubbin g knobby tires
with 1 ~1st ye a r' s cha mp, Todd Flickenger, and
track an nouncer Larry Witm er. Stanton moved
through the pac k on the opening laps . Borcherd-
ing surrendered. the lead to Jay Wag ner around
hal fw ay, po ssibly due to rear-bra ke pro blems.
Classic Trailer s' Bobby Wagner was in seco nd .
Sta nton mov ed up int o the fron t-runnin g pack
an d wa s putting pressure on the lead ers. Witm er
go t by F1 icken ger briefly, bu t "Fli ck" returned
the pass for the fifth spot at the 1o-minute mark.
Jay Wagn er took the chec kers. Bobb y Wagne r
too k seco nd, with Borc he rd ing th ird. Stanton
ba iled off over a jump w hile going for it.
F1ic
kenger felt that he never got up to champions hip form .
"I rod e like a d ork ou t th ere: ' he clai med.
" W it m e r got b y m e fo r a w ak e -up ca ll . 1
rep assed hi m us ing lapped traffic an d set after
the fron t-ru nning pack. 1 just never clicked, but
the JMS motor on this XR rocked."
Jay Wagner was ecsta tic in Victory Cir cle.
"This is the best wi n I have ever had !" he
exclaimed . "I want that numbe r-one plat e on my
XR! Much tha nks to Max Pitts Honda, Scott, a nd
Classi c Tra ilers for the help! I'm pumped!"
Results
XR TRACK C SHIP: 1. Jay W"gnCT (Hord ; 2. Bobby Wagnt."I'
(lion) ; 3. Darren Borcherding (JM5); 4. Jeff Stanton (Hon) ; S. Todd
Phckengee (JMS); 6. u rry Witmer (Honl ; 7. u rry Shull (H(m); 8.
Derek Gayhear t (Ha n); 9. Ron nie Weathe rholt (Ho nl ; 10. Ge ne
Ha ~ (Hon) .
AUTO (4~) : 1. Tay lor Davis (Co b); 2. Lev i Dav is (Cob ); 3.
Dougic Moline (Cob); 4. Michael Joh n!lOn{KTMI.
AUTO (7.-8 L Th oma.'iF15her (Cob ); 2. A.J. Alleshouse (Cob);
1:
3. Chase Sparacio (Co b); 4. Jacob McCra nl"l'(Cob ); 5. Allison vrbe
(Co b).
AU TO (4-8): 1. Zac ha ry Bassle r (Ya m ); 2. Colto n La n to c
(Yam); 3. Ca mero n Booth (Yam); 4. Bob jo hnso n (Yam); 5. Dou gie
Moline (Yam).
60: 1. Sha ne Sewe ll (KTMl; 2. Breit Wagn er (Ka w ); 3. Matt
w);
Spa rb (!Ca 4. Cody Davis (Kaw); 5. Thom as Fisher (}(aw).
60 BEG: 1. Dea n Waggone r (Kaw); 2. Rory Short C
Hon); 3.
Bri tton Mears (Ka w); 4. Chris Mellinger (KTM); 5. Cod y Dale
(Kaw).
80 BEG: 1. Kevin Clark (Yam); 2. Grant Wolf (Ha n); 3. Derek
Johnson (Ha n); 4. Tim Weber (Hon); 5. Natasha Wk-gand {Kawl .
80 (7-111: 1. Travis Stow (Ha n); 2. Sha ne Sewe D nc.w); 3.
ell
Malt Haag (Ya m); 4 . Jaso n Mea rs (Ya m ); S. Wesley Wei gand
(Kaw).
80 0 2· 15): I. Nic k Vaughn (Kaw l; 2. Brad Rippl e CSuz) 3.
;
Man Wal sw orth (Han) ; 4 . Ch ris Spitale (Kaw ); S. Ad dm Cole
(K.twl.
80 O PEN: 1. Brad Ripple (Suz); 2. Tr ilvi, Stowell (Han); 3.
Malt Wa lsw ort h (Ho n); 4. C hris Spitale ( Ka w); 5. Matt Haa g
(Yam) .
125 02-15): 1. Du stin Pulley (Suz>; 2. Aaron Yod er (K.tw); 3.
Mitch Dervin (Ya m); 4. De rrick Dt.·witt (Ho n); 5. BI.,),.el y Jones
(K.twl.
125 A: 1. Co nnie Feist (Ya m); 2. Greg And rews ( Ka w); 3.
8.lrry An glem yer (Yam); 4. Ben GravC$ (Hon ); 5. Dannie lard e r
(Yam ).
125 B: 1. Jon Logan (Yam); 2. DuMin Pu lley (5uz ); 3. Judd
B.t~1ad , (Kaw); 4. Milch Dervin (Ya m); S. Aaron Yoder (Ka w ).
125 C: 1. Dean Fields