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(Op posit e page) Penton-mounted ri de rs prepare for theIr parade lap. (Above and ri ght) Former 500cc MX Wo rld Champion Brad Lackey won t he 40+ Expert class. BSA rac er Da ve Valik et over George M ac k o n o ne of th e pre valent Yam ah a 500s . D enn is W ill iam s ro un de d o u t t he eveni ng w it h an un c o nt est ed wi n o n hi s Tr iu m ph i n Sp ortsma n 7 5 0 . B eh ind t h e T en n essee race r , Lew is work ed h is w ay p ast D an iel We icht and set his sig hts on Eckha rt sittin g in second. Eckhart was able to ho ld his runn er -u p po sition , bu t Lewi s and Jim Monegan (w ho al so had m ov ed by We icht) k ept thing s t ig ht. S PE E O & S PORT TR IAL A VMD r ec ord 16 0 en tries turn ed ou t Saturd a y m o rnin g to t ackl e a n ei ght -sect io n trial s loop laid o ut in th e woods next t o t he M id-Ohio ca m p ing area . Th e loop was r ath er co m p act an d crea ted t raffic j am s at m an y sec t io n s, bu t at t he s am e t ime it was quite ac ce ssibl e to th e l arge co n t in ge n t of spect ators. Th e a lway s -c o m pet it ive Pre mier Li ghtw eight cl ass d id not disappo in t. In th e Expert div isi on , BSA -m ounted Pen n sy l va n i an Pete r Si ess er bested th e Gr eeves of Bob Ginder by a single point, 4 -5 . Third , wi th 1 1 m arks lost , was Steven Glinsk e, also ab oard a Greeves . Among th e Intermedi ates , Ohio's Denn is Brown rode c onsistently to fi nish the day with a sc ore of 5 m ar k s to Triumph -r id ing Da niel Mo ri arty's 8 . M odern Classic Nov ice and inter m ediate wer e th e da y 's b iggest class es . Mike Leo n of Illinois topped th e Novices on a Bultaco Sherpa T , ri di n g the seco nd of h is three loops w it ho ut erro r to win with a score of 9 . Tied at 10 points ap i ec e we r e th e Y a m a h a du o o f J ohn Kn app and D av id Murphy, wi th Kn a p p ge tt i n g second by vi rtue of rid in g mo re sec ti ons " cl ean." Al so tied in points ( 13) and cl eans (16) for fou rt h we re J im Smith and Dan Sprut e; the nod went to Smith for being a yea r o lder than Sprute (43 vs . 42 ). It took a sc ore of 10 for Yam aha m ou nted Robert Ca rpenter t o w in Modern Classic Intermediate over Jay W illiam son' s 14 marks fo r t he da y . The layou t crew gave the Modern Classic Experts a wo rkou t, taking 3 I points from w inner Ha rr y H eil em an ( Ya m a h a) and 3 3 f r om ru n ner -u p Scott Wo erth (Bu ltaco) . Low sco re r was N orth Caro lin a 's Gordon Gr ay , who da bbed just tw ic e to win the Beg inner class on a Hon d a. J ohn W ynn was th e cla ss o f Cl assic N ovi c e , sc oring a m ere 8 po ints o n h is Pen t on - less tha n o ne -t h ird t he sco re of his near est c ompetitor. PROGRESS I VE S USP E NS I O N ROAO RACING VMD 199 9 's ov ercr ow d ed tr ac k co nditio ns we re allevi ate d by runn ing a sing le round ove r tw o d ay s rather than the usu al AHRMA pra cti c e o f o n e c o m p l et e Histori c Cup S er i es ro und o n Saturday and anoth er full round o n Sunday , As a com pro m ise , AHRMA awa rded double points to the mo re th an 500 ent ries . Saturd ay 's rac ing featu red the o ld est machines (Pre-1 94 0 and Class C) , a lo n g with the Grand Prix and most of th e For mula classes. and the m odern Soun d of Si ngl es divisions . Sunda y it w as Sp ortsman, C lassic S i x t i es , th e rem a ind er o f t he F ormu l a c las ses , plu s the m odern Battle of Twins and So und of T h under. A ll in all , it made for a less hectic sch edule, and m or e room on th e t ra ck . In Saturd ay ac t io n, Pat M o o n ey cont in ued hi s do mina tio n this season o f th e ma rqu ee 500 Pre m ie r c lass . Riding a 19 62 Manx Norto n, Moon ey spe nt m ost of th e ra c e in a dogfight with C an adi an J ay Richar d son o n a '64 M an x . But abo ut three lap s from the end , Richardson ran too w ide go ing around slo we r traff i c in the e sse s , hit th e hay bales and we nt down. Josef Br enn er was the man on th e move througho ut t he race , st art ing fro m the fo urth row o n a '59 BSA Go ld Star and eve nt ua ll y working up t o a di stant seco nd to Mooney . N ot far be h ind Br enner was class champ flag in t he Cla ss C Handshift race . Th e r e sul t s w er e th e s a me, as M cLe an went on to win ano ther. W ilso n earne d the Class C Handshift win af ter aga in battl ing wit h Hardin g , both ab oard Ind ian s. Acc u-Prod uc ts /202 Raci ng ' s Rick Merha r emerged victorio us in a race lon g co nte st w it h fellow '7 2 Yam aha rid er D av id Wrig ht i n F orm ul a 25 0 . St uart Cart er o n yet ano the r M an x . Satu rday 's o nly doub le winn er was Alex M cLean an d his Norto n 50 0 sin g le , In Pre - I 94 0 , th e Penns y lv ani an go t past Will Hard in g 's '3 6 Ind ian and t he n era sed th e big lead bu ilt by Carle t o n Pa lmer II o n hi s ' 3 7 Vincent. The F o rmu l a 750 race s aw A da m Popp leave th e rest of th e field far, far b eh ind o n the M3 Ra cin g H ond a CR750 . Th e co m bi n ed B EARS/ 350 G P r a c e pro d uce d clo se ra cing in both c l a s s e s. Class champ Bob Go o dpast er had h is T eam Expert N orton 750 out front from start to fin - B l ake Wi ls on, aboard a '40 Indi an, also got aro und Hard in g but co ul dn 't clos e t h e g ap betw een himself and Palmer and fin ished th ird . Palmer, th is time on a '50 Vincent Gr ey F lash , a ga in w a s the man ish , but he was hou nded by t he No r to ns of event ual second-pla ce fin isher D a n Hankie and Dave T o d d . After between M c Lean and the c heck ered John Penton took a lap a ro und the Mid-Ohio ro ad co urse. eye I e n e _ S • J ULY 26 , 2 0 0 0 47