Truglio motored on . Kritzer seized the opportunity and moved i n t o second but found
Truglio too far ahe ad to c h a ll en g e. Wh i le
Truglio maintained his pa ce, Pestana hunted
Kritzer down, g iv ing him a yell in one of th e
turns. Kritz er ev entua lly g ave way . Trugli o
crossed the finish ju st th ree seconds ahead of
Pestana , with Kritzer , Murrell and Menning
rou nd ing out the top five.
Truglio colle cte d $700 for his efforts.
"I heard hi s bike windi ng out but did n't see
him [Pestana] next to me , so I cut in to take
the line I normall y take and felt him hit me :
T rug lio recounted . " He went down and it obvi ousl y worked to my ad van tag e, because he
was going real fa st ou t there. After he g ot
goi ng again, I kept an ey e on hi m th e rest of
the m oto , and wh en I not iced he was really
gaining on me , I pu shed a little harder. I rea lly
want to tha nk my mom and stepda d to nig ht;
they reall y helped m e out a lot ."
Pestan a was v isib ly upset wit h hi mse lf after
the race.
"I tri ed to for ce the pass and I sho uld have
just wait ed, but th e trac k was so ti ght and not
techni c al eno ug h to set up an y wh er e, " h e
exp lained. "But Craig rode good, an d I tri ed to
force a pass that I shouldn't have - it was stupid :
40 . INT :
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t . Mike
Newman (Stu); 2. Rand y Lyndl ( Yam) : 3
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B y JIM AND VALERIE ENos
D~ n n j s
S EPT EMBER 1 3 , 2000'
"It' s just going to be a matter of time until I
won 't be able to beat him an ymore: Gregory
has said of Johnson ' s im pending rise to stardom.
Gregor y w as ab sent from tod ay ' s event.
but Johnson to o k t op honors in th e ma in
event ahead of a ho st of fast guys that incl ud ed top 250cc Pro co ntend er Adam Henrichs,
Stock Frame race winn er Cory Soln itsky , and
Vintage Single event winner Richard Was chek.
Shawn Bur r ha s always been a model of
co nsistenc y , running at the front of th e pack
during every race he ent ers. A t th is event he
won the BOcc and 125cc cla sses, as expected.
However, the l d -yeer -old surprised everybody
whe n he scored the hat trick by win ni ng the
250cc Amateur cl ass for th e firs t time ever.
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Res u lts
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38 . OTHQ EX.: I . Bod Hershman (Yem ); 2. Gilbert Chick (Han) :
3 . John Chwo styk (Ka w); 4 . AIel( Chelle w (Yom) ; 5 . Rob Dres.er
(Han ) .
38. PRO: 1. Alan McGehee (Hon).
OPEN PRO I.
:
Bill Hofmeister (Rtll):
2. Tany
Kohner (Hon) ;
3.
Becer (Rtll); 4. Don JoKObson (Yom ); 5. Will ie Broten (RtIt).
30. : I. Bob Bo yd (Han) ; 2. Rldurrd WOlChek (Yem ); 3. Mart y
Matoya ( Yam ); 4. RICk Anderson (Hon) ; 5. Eric: Stork (Yam ).
40 . ; 1. Buzz Arndt (Rtlt ): 2. Bob Koh ner (Hon) ; 3. Marty Matoyo
Marcus
(Yom ); 4. Ed Hampe ( Yam ); 5. TffTY Bro wn (Yam ).
50.: I. Bob Kohner (Hon); Z. Buu: Arndt (Rb ): 3. John Suthertin
(Yom) ; 4. BobReynokl.l (Yllm): 5. Greg Martm (Yam ).
vtNT SGL: I. Ridtard Woschril (Yom); 2. Rick Ander'IOI'\ ( YlIITI);
3. Ed Hompe ( Yom); 4 . Jon Markuson ( Yam) ; 5. Log an Coombs
IBSA) .
VlNT N : I . Bw:z Arndt (Yam) ; 2. JaM Sutherlln ( Yem) : 3 . Bob
Reynolds (Yam); 4 . Jon I'\orkU$Ofl (Yom ).
STK FRM.: I. Cory Soh\ibky (A TK ); 2. Rkhord W.uchek (y lIITI);
3 . Ed Hempe ( Yam) ; 4. RtOIo ~son (T om); ~. Robert Rooney
( Yom) .
Isanti County Fairgrounds: T ro y
J o h n s o n (33) w on his fi r st Open-class
race at the s h o rt-t rack event in
Cambr id ge, Minnesota.
Trail -Way S p e e d w ay
Isanti County Fa irground s
Johnson Masters
Cambridge ST
B y TIM M cBRIDE
CAMBRIDGE, MN, JULY 29
It was just a m att er of ti me befo re Tr oy Johnson emerged at th e top of the heap in the
Open Amateur class, an d he did it in st yle.
The DTRA · p ro m ot ed d irt· trac k eve nt at the
Isanti Cou nty Fa irgro unds was th e ve nue, and
J oh nson finally work ed th e bu gs out o f h is
new 600cc Rot ax and won a hotl y co ntented
m ain eve nt.
At the start of the seaso n, John son m ade
th e j um p from hi s cu stomary 250cc YZ to a
p ro fession all y set · u p Ro t ax th at w a s pur cha sed fro m none ot her than top GN C con tender J .R. Schnabel. Uke most young con ·
tend er s loo k ing to make the m ov e in to t he
heavyweight di vis ion abo ard a th oroughbred
m achin e suc h as thi s one. he found out tha t
the bi ke takes a li ttle getting used to .
Well , it seems that he' s pl ent y used to it
now. Du ring th e la st two events held lit Cam·
bri dge , Johns o n finished a close second to
notab le front ·runner T im Gregory .
Yoder Swamps 'em
B y lEN AND B EI't B REECH
HANOVER,PA,AUG. 5
Ken Yod er slipped under Yuhi ko Hir ao wi th
a littl e over one lap left to tak e the 750cc A
win at the pe nu ltimate sho rt track of the sea so n at Tra il -Wa y Speedw.y. Ricky Win sett
tota lly destr oyed the 600cc A class , and also
easily won the Sportsma n final. The 250cc A
winner was Raun Wood. Dallas Baer took a
hard · fough t 500cc A win. Jim Holli ster too k
the O ver 30 victory and Bruce Miller won th e
O ver 40 contest.
Bailey Spence won th e 55 cc O il · lnje cted
a n d 55 c c (4-6 ) classes . Jaso n Isenn o c k
topp ed th e 2 50c c B s a nd eas i ly wo n th e
600cc B class. J esse Lo ng top ped the 5 5cc
(7· 8 ) cla ss. Br and on Robinson m ade his first
sta rt in severa l m on th s a win ni ng one in the
65cc final. John Lewi s, as usual , destr oyed
th e 85c c (7 - 1 I) division . Cory Lo ng won th e
8 5c c (12. 15) cl ass, and Zac h Calcu tt outpow·
ered th e 125cc B class.
A pair of Harl eys were qu ickest off the lin e
in th e 750cc A fi nal , with J im Hollister leadi ng
Yo der, Suzu k i jockey H ira o a nd Ya m a h. ·
