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and the Vinta g e Five win . Na de lko v was s ec on d to S ho ckley for the fo urth tim e this year. Matthews was third. In Vintage Five , Mich a e l Hod gs on too k second , a nd Wa yne She lton took over th e Vintage Five points lead with his third -pla ce finish. T h e Vin t a g e S ix p oin t s le ad e rs s qu ar ed off, as Dale Burro ug hs, se c o nd in th e standi ng s , t o o k th e win over William Ma yfie ld , who 's first in t he s ta nd ings. Burrou ghs pull e d to within five po ints of May field for the cha m p io ns h ip . D. Reed Co mpto n took thi rd -pla ce ho nors. eN WE VintageR RA acing Round 18: Talladega GP Raceway Shockley Triumphs Again B y STEVE S T A S E R TALLADEGA,AL,AQG. 26 " F a st Frank" Shockle y sco red his second double win in a row in Vintage Three and Vinta ge Four - his sixth win o f the s eason, a fte r onl y sta rting th e series in Jun e . On his Cho ice Renta l Ca r Sa le s 750cc Tri umph , Shockley was again virtuall y un cha llenged at the penu ltimate stop in the S outheastern Regiona l Cham pionship Series. . T he firs t ra ce of th e day feat ured t h e Ligh twe ight and Heavyweight Class ic m a ch in e s . The ma t c hup of th e day was betwee n las t ye a r's run ner-up in Lightwe ight Cla ss ic com petit ion, Gary Smith ; Butc h S pra in , an AHRMA reg ular a nd forme r 2 00cc GP champion; and J ens Zastro w, th e c ur rent leade r in t he Sou th e a s t po int s standings - a ll on Honda 200s . On th e first lap , Smith a nd Za strow were si de by s ide th rou g h th e first three turns , wlth Spra in a close th ird . O n th e ba ck stretc h, S m ith pu lled a lit tl e d istanc e on Zastrow . Spr ai n pulled even with Za strow a nd pa ssed him. Smith pu lled a s mu ch as a 10bike lea d over S pr a in. On lap s ix of the 10 -la p pe r, Spra in passed Smith in turn five. The final lap ha d the cro wd jumping a nd yelli ng , a s t he two le ad ers we re only inc hes apa rt. Enter ing the kink before the la st strai ghtaway , Smith pu lled a slin gshot m ove on the outsid e t o s q u e ak out the w in b y about half a bike length. "l should have waited a little longer to p as s Ga ry, " Spr ain s ai d of h is sixth-lap pass. Zastrow s ettled for thi rd . Tim Jo yc e , o n h is D&D C y cl e s 500 c c Triumph , ea s ily w on th e Heavyw eight portion o ve r BS A pilot Dav id Mat th ews an d Nath a n McManus , on a Harley. Eig h t e en rid e rs com p ri se d th e co m b ine d Fo rmula 500 , Vintage On e and Medi umweight Classic field. Th e Vinta g e One 3 50c c Ho nd a s wo rke d their way to the front fro m the rear starting grid by lap one. S urpris ing ly, Eric S m ith le d the red-hot Buff Ha rsh , who a lready ha s six Vinta ge O ne wins th is year. Eric Smith d ic ed with Ha rs h for thre e la ps bu t just couldn't keep up the pace. J a s on Bessey ran third. Th e trio stayed that wa y fo r th e Vintage On e a nd overa ll finish . Q uick Bike ' s Dick Gruhn ha d the Formula 500 le ad but lo st a cy linder on the second la p an d had to settle fo r last , though h e sti ll h olds th e 40 O CTOBER 4 , 2 000 ' cue • Talladega 6rand Prix Raceway Talladega, Alabama Results: August ZB, ZO [Round 1B of 19J OO Talladega Grand Prix Raceway: Dale Burroughs (191) took his GSX-R1100 to his second win in a row in Vintage Six competition in the Southeastern Regional Championsh ip Series. With one round to go, Burroughs has pulled to within five points of leade r William Mayfield. So ut heastern champ ionsh ip points lead. With Gruhn o ut , South Carol ina ' s J o h n Rickard took the w in , which was th e comeback story of the se as on. Bac k in April , Rickard had a bad get -off at Tal la dega a n d br oke his shoulde r. He was ou t of c om m ission for s evera l races . "Nice to c ome ba ck a nd win at the track tha t bit ya, " he s m iled . J onath an Hoffman , o n his Yamaha 350, too k second, with Cha rlie McE wa n th ird . Doug Bowie had s hifting pro blems with his Ducati 350 , bu t he sti ll man aged to win the Mediumweight Cla ssic division , over Gary Smith a nd Zastrow. In the Vint a ge Fou r/ Vinta g e Two/ Formul a Two -Strok e c on test, a no the r big field stormed off th e line . William Hard ing pu lled out a small but sho rtlived le ad . S ho c kle y pa ssed h im o n the second lap a nd neve r looked back. Hard ing sta yed in second , a head of th e b att le fo r th ird b etw e en Te a m Steve -O tea m ma tes Mark Nad e lkov a nd Jason Bessey. Nadelkov had thi rd c o v e re d for a c o u p le of la ps , bu t Besse y started closi ng th e gap by lap th re e . Th e Tr iump h rid er mad e h is move on la p six , swe eping ins ide his bu dd y. Be s s e y stretc he d tha t a dvan t a g e ou t t o a five - bi k e lead, b u t Nadelkov wouldn 't have it. "I gott a rid e all th e way ba c k to Florid a with this guy," sa id Na de lkov lat e r. "Th is [was] defin itel y for brag ging righ ts ." Nad e lkov maneu vered a ro und h is te amm a t e in t he sa m e turn o n t h e final la p fo r third . Joyce took th e win ov e r Ha rs h in th e Vintage Two co nte st for the se c o nd strai ght ti me th is seaso n . Eri c Sm ith was runni ng a clos e third b ut left the tra c k in a clo ud of dust when he lost the front e nd in turn one, suffering a dis loca ted s houlder. Mc Ewan finis he d o ut the top th ree. F o rmula Two -St roke ace Ma rk Mor row s moked th e field fo r the win e n e vv s o n his RZ350. Bernard Hensler was a d ista nt second , a nd Rick Gu irey wa s third . In t he Vintag e Five an d Vinta g e Thre e ra ce , Mor row , ra cin g in Vinta ge F iv e , sh ot to th e o ve ra ll lead , but Shoc kl e y , rac ing in Vintag e Thre e , wanted th e overa ll point, too . Shock ley took th e lead for good on la p four. Morrow settled for the s econd 'ove ra ll L/W e lse: 1. Gary Smith (Han) ; 2. Butch Sprain (Han); 3. Jens Zastrow (Han); 4, Eric Sm ith (Han). M.W e lSe: 1. Doug Bowie (Due) ; 2. Gary Sm ith / (Ha n) ; 3. J ens Zastrow (Ha n) ; 4. Royce Eaton (Due); 5. Andrew Hamblin (Suz) . H / W ci.sc. 1. Tim J oyc e ( T r i) ; 2 . Da vid Matthews (BSA) ; 3. Natha n McMa nus (H-D) . F·5 00: 1. J ohn Ricka rd ( Yam) ; 2 . J ona t han Hoffm an (Yam ); 3. Charlie McEwan (Yam) ; 4. Dick Gruhn (Yam) . F·2: 1. Mark Morrow (Yam ); 2. Bernard Hensler (Yam) ; 3. Rick Guirey (Yam) ; 4. Scott McCa in (Yam ); 5. Chester Hambli n (Yam) . VI NT I : 1. Buff Hars h ( Hon); 2 . Er ic Smith (Han); 3. Jason Bessey (Han) ; 4 . Eric Cook (Han) ; 5. Kenneth Debelak (Han). VINT 2 : 1. Tim Jo yce (Tri) ; 2. Buff Harsh (Han) ; 3 . Cha rlie McEwan (Yam ); 4 . Eric Cook (Han); 5. Kenneth Debelak (Han). VINT 3 : 1. Fr a nk Shockley ( T r i ) ; 2 . Mark Nadelkov (Yam) ; 3. David Matth ews (BSA) ; 4 . Eric England (BSA) ; 5. Jo hn Rick ard (Yam) . VI NT 4 : 1. Frank Shoc k ley (T ri ); 2. William Hardin g (Yam) ; 3. Mark Nadelko v (Yam) ; 4. J ason Bessey (Trl ); 5. Michael Hodgson (Han) . VINT 5 : 1. M ar k Mo rr ow (Yam); 2 . Mic hae l Hodgson (Hon) ; 3. Wayne Shelton (Yam) ; 4. Chester Hamb lin (Due); 5. David Hurst (Kaw) . VINT 6: 1. Dal e Burro ughs (Su z) ; 2 . Will iam May field (Yam) ; 3. D. Reed Comp ton (Yam ). Colorado State Fair Dirt Track Thunder Colorado State Fairgrounds Thunder in Colorado B y B RIAN M A N SO N A N D E D B EC KL EY PQEBLO, CO,AQG.20 ening ski es Check(J ender thr eat Pro ductions, theck c rew re d Fla g tra pl a y ed wa it -a n d-s ee w it h Mother Nature during th e doubleheade r Col ora do State Fa ir Dirt Tra ck Thunder e ve nt, s po ns o red by Anstun He lmets, on Sunda y a fte rnoon. Pu eb lo' s huge sta te fa ir rodeo g rounds was the site of a S upercro s s- sty le AMA moto c ro ss t rac k , su rro unded by a o ne -e ig ht h m ile ova l s h o rt t ra c k . O ver 2 ,000 specta to rs a nd mo re tha n 150 riders wer e on hand. Th e flat tra ck fea tu red the c onve nt io na l fro nt s t rai g ht a wa y a nd t u rn s o n e . a nd fo ur , bu t t he rest o f the tra ck , from turns two to th ree , wa s a giant sweeper that a llowed ride rs the opportunity for som e feet -u p , stylish bro a ds lid in g , How e ve r, wi ndy, hot and sunny conditions turned the track into a powde ry groove th at m ade for treachero us go ing . With th e Vintage Dirt Track Association titles on the line , s e ver a l riders mad e t he tr e k to Pu eb lo t o ga in po ints for the Na tiona l Champion ship S eries title . Glen McNamara tried to "detune " his pot ent Yamaha TT500 . "Th e tr a c k made for some cl ose racing , a nd we are here for the points - we just don 't ne ed all th e horsepowe r we have today ," s a id th e VDT RA Am ateur po ints leader. McNamara traveled more than 700 mil es to take the win in th e VDTRA Masters Ov e r 5 0 cl ass . Co lo rad o 's Mike Konshak had to settle for second after battling J erry Hinds from the start of the race. Hinds took third, ahead of 62- yea r-old Bob Ives , who rode a good race and stayed ahead of Ray Nicho ls. Hinds took the win in the Over 40 cl ass . Konsh ak wa s s e c ond , McNa mara wa s th ird , Ives wa s fourth and Robert Cox wa s fifth . Twi n - cy li n der BSAs , Yama h as , T rium phs, Harl e ys , a nd eve n a Ducati sh ook th e grou nd as th ey fired up for t h e VDT RA P ro Twi ns m ai n e vent. Fo rm e r n atio na lly ra n k e d AMA Pro ride r Rand y Carthel re vved up his Triumph and le d the pac k all the wa y to th e finis h , e ven though a lapped rider almost c ra s hed int o h im in th e closing laps . Ca rth el fought pa st a nd wo n ove r Yam aha 6 50c c p ilots Erik Bland a nd Bill S nyd e r. Dou g Stewa rt rod e h is b e a ut iful Du c ati to fou rt h , a nd Dall a s Babc oc k brought h is sputte ring Ha rle y XR750 to fifth. In O p e n Am at e ur co m peti t io n, Merle Scherb was involved in a first-lap cr ash and had to resta rt th e race from the pena lty line , but he put h is Do c

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