Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

T his weekend, both t he Vintage Pu shrod and Women 's classes ran at Lod i Cycle Bo wl. In th e Vintag e Pushrod clas s, Carter Fishe r to o k the holeshot and rode to the finish line. After passing Steve McC ant s on lap four, Ralph Lee too k second . Ken Heaser came in fourth. The Wom en's class had a great run. Kimi Valenti ne worked hard to win th e race, leading all seve n lap s, but Elizabe th Hoc king (w ho hadn't race d in months) mad e her move on Valentine and took the lead just inches before the che ckered nag! Sam antha Raynal, wh o was riding just as hard , follow ed close ly. " I ke pt trying to pass Kimi; 1 enj oy rid ing wit h he r," Hocking sa id. "I had lot s of family here, and I was glad to win for th e m. Rick Hawking from live rm o re , California, It sho w ed every one just ho w w ell he can ri de in t h e Over 4 0 Exper t class. Ta kin g the hole shot . he ke pt the lead fo r all eight laps and took t he chec ke red flag. Robert Bacosa t ried in va in t o ge t by Hawk ing but had to se tt le for seco nd , a nd Robe r t Mc D onn e ll too k t he t hird position . In t he com bined Pe e Wee Shaft B an d C con test, Ad am H ern and ez. th e onl y 8 r ide r, too k the sta rt and held the lead for all eight laps to the finish . Damo n Coca got a great sta rt but was soo n passed by Joshua Knight, who came in seco nd. Alec Espos placed third, and Britta ni West took the fourth spot. "I jum pe d o ff th e line ," Hernand e z sa id. "I stayed in firs t for eight laps with a smile on my face." Ha lf Mile Blacktop Oval Cycle Race Marshfield Super Speedway Zeidler Burns RolaX filling the third spot. with Sephton s e con d , Estelle th ird , Parsons fourth and Hawkins fifth. Strong was a qu alifier but had bike tr o uble. On th e Scra t ch s ide o f t he program , Sephton , Parson s, Legault, Casey Don ho lt , With seven riders on the front row and nine on the back, the 16-rider field lined up for th e 10-lap fea tu re eve nt. At th e blink o f the gree n light , th e re was a wall of so und as t he fie ld ~At.!I:fktop swept into turn one , with Kasten in the lead and MARSHFIELD, WI, AUG. 28 ark Zeidler smo ked his way to total victo- of the race before passing, to save his tire. But t hat was no t to be , as Mar k swu ng w ide enteri ng tum three and took the high line past Kasten into th e lead on lap tw o. O ut fro nt, running his own line and pace , Mark sta rted M ry at the su pe rfast half mile blacktop o val at Marsh field Super Speedway. Earlier in t he seaso n, Zeidler was fast but not con sistent; his equipmen t setup and tire choic e was not up to the comp et ition's level. George Lazor, Hawkins and Gene Bonsigno re all t ransferred from their heats. Mark hot o n his trail. In the pits, Mar k had ta lked about following Kasten until the later laps But on this night, d uring time trials of th e 16ride r field , he led with a scorching lap of 21.029 second try, Don ho lt again go t o ut of shape and this time took down Bonsignore , who was just abo ut into the lead by midcorner. Bonsignore was a nonstarte r the third time, w ith what looked like a se ason-ending torn ham str ing. o n Seave rs and the battl e beg an ove r third place. 1:J. finally sec ured tha t position on the St eve Kasten (21. 6 44) a n d Tr oy Joh nson (2 1.76 3). In hea t on e , Mark 's brother T.J. Ze idler, o n a new 4S0cc Yamaha, he ld o ff Kaste n's SOScc four. O n t he first t ry, Do nhol t and Mittl to o k ea ch other dow n, causing a restart. O n t he gapping th e field . His fat he r and tuner, Jo hn , was watching, wondering aloud if the rear tire w ou ld ho ld up fo r the entire eve nt . As Mark led , his brothe r T.J. started to make gro und up seco nds · that's abou t an 8S-mph average. The only other riders in the 2 I-second range were Semifinal one saw Donholt in gate one , Adam Mitt l in two, Bonsignore in three and Sephton in eight h lap . He clo se d up o n Kaste n in second Yamaha for five of the six laps. Kasten's drive off the comers put him in the top spo t at the end. Randy Rum, one of the riders injured at the last event, strap ped his steel sho e bac k on and Sephto n wo n eas ily,with Donholt seco nd. Semi two was won by Parsons, with Legault se con d , Lazor third and Haw kins fourt h. The last-chance qualifier was an easy win for but did not have enough tire left to go past. So, after a se aso n o f c1ose -but -no -cigar-ty pe finishes, Mark Ze idler swep t the field at the last event of the year to put his name in the books as a fe atur e win ne r at Marshfi eld Supe r Mitt l, over Haw kins. Lazor and Bons ignore were nonstart ers . W ith t wo new faces in the final, it was hoped that a new winner wo uld be produced , bu t Cou rt Jes te r/St eve Te nnant -spo nso red Jer em y "Dark Horse" Parso ns made anoth er Speedway - finally. came through the field to th ird place , giving him RESULTS a front -row start for the feature race. In heat two , Brad Seavers led into tum one , O /A: I. Mark Zeidler (Hon) ; 2. Steve Kasten (Yam): J . TJ. Ze id ler (Y am); .... Brad Seavers (Ha n); 5. Troy Joh nson (Rot ); 6. Randy Ruffi (Yam); 7. Cliff Eckes Jr. (Rot) ; 8. Jamie Seavers (Hon): 9. C raig Nigh (Hon) ; 10. Jake Seavers (Hon) ; I I. Woody Ec ke s (Yam); 12. C raig lewis (H a n); 13. Ron Bean (Yam); 14. Ted Strebe (Y am); IS. Seb Boge (Hus); 16. lee Johnson (Yam ). but Mark grabbed th e to p spo t exiting turn two and disappeared on the rest of the field. Seavers held on to secon d , w ith Troy Jo hnso n o n his fine sta rt and walked away fro m Dcn holt. Mitt l, Lega ult and Sephto n, wh o finished in that order. Se p h ton had decided to mak e t h ings less interesting by touching the tape s and earning a IO-yard penalty. RESULTS ~ ~ RESULTS (!) P!W SHAFT B : I . Ada m He rn an dez (Yam) . PIW SHAFT C: I. Joshua Knight (Yarn); 2, Alec Espos (Yam); 3. Brittan i West (Yam);

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