Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

ti e fo r seco n d, with S p ire s n ipp in g Bryant right at the line . Sportsman 750c c ra cing e nded th e nig ht on a hig h note . Yamah a rid e rs Nick Ta ylor a nd Bryant g ot into an e a rly c la s h for t he lead , whil e close beh ind t h re e m or e riders v ie d for th ird . One of t he latter wa s Da vis , wh ose ra ce e nded when he dro p ped h is Tr iump h . Sou t h Dako tan Matt Bur ge then moved his Yamaha up to s ucc essfully cha lle nge Bryan t to ta ke over secon d , and just pa st the whit e flag he go t a ro und Ta ylor for the win. MOTOCROSS Saturday ' s Mot o cross e ve nt was h e ld back at T wo Riv er s , and th e Leahy famil y's tra ck was long , wide , challeng ing , just about dustl ess , vintage-friendl y a n d fun . De spite th e wilting heat, there seemed to be noth ing but smiles among th e more than 250 entrants. Col orad o racer G raham Barber was a post entry for the da y, but he took home first -place troph ies with a string of m ot o wins in all th ree of his c lass es . In Ov er 30 Expert , the Honda-mounted Barber was fo llowed a t a distan c e by Pen ton rid e r Da ve Lindeman in both m otos. Wh ile Bar ber , now on a Kaw a sak i, fo rg e d his wa y t o the fr ont in t he Sp o rtsman 500 c c E x p e rt co n test, Va n Hic e ed to ca ll it a day. The other eight races wou ld be run on Sunday; the Historic Cup round would be canceled and the remaining ra ces wou ld be s ho rte ned by two laps . The events of t h e day ove rs ha dowe d the fact that Will Hard ing and his 1936 India n had dou bled, in Pre -1940 and Class C Handshift. On e of Sun d a y ' s best ra ces was th e Formu la 500cc contest between the 1976 Ya m a has of Kyle Cors er a nd Robert Hur st. They ra n si de by s ide, with Cors er han ging on to th e n a rrowest o f le ads at the c heck e rs . Th e two we nt at it aga in in Form u la Vintage , th is time with Hurst tak ing the win and Bri an Filo putt ing his Yamaha 750 twin into second , a hea d of Cors er. In a n e xcellen t 35 0cc GP conte st, Du c a ti-mounted Craig Bre ckon bat tle d Ron Mel t on , o n a Bul t a c o 250. Afte r s itt ing in Brec kon' s ba c k pock et all race, Me lto n took ove r the lea d a t th e white flag a nd held it the la st tim e a ro und th e 1.7 -m ile , nine- turn tra ck . Unfo rtuna tely, Melton wa s docked a lap and mo v ed t o 10th pla c e for a p pa re ntly jumping the sta rt. Popp spotted t h e Formu la 750 competition about a quarter-m ile as he shredded first gear in th e M3 Ra cing Ho nda CR750 on the starting line a nd had to m ake do with se cond gear and above for th e re ma ind er of the ra c e . It to ok thre e laps fo r Popp to erase th e gap and rocket past a fine battle for t he le ad between Filo and Gle n n Campbe ll. Eventually , Ca mpbe ll pa ssed Filo to cla im s econd. In 500 c c P re m ie r c o m p e t iti o n , Brent He ns le y led a lap o n his be autiful Ho nd a 450 be for e Peter Hom an po w er ed to th e f ro n t o n an oth er Hond a t win . Wit h Hom an pul ling awa y, th e race was for s e cond , with Hen sley d o ing a n ex c e lle n t job o f ke eping Jeff E lings at ba y until th e last lap , when th e Matchless G 5 0 rider mo ved into second . T h e m o d e rn cl asse s saw th re e d o ubl e wi nners for th e wee ke n d: J on athan Glaefke in Ba t t le of the T win s Fo rm u la One and S ound o f (Top) In '70 s Singles action. eve ntual winner John McCle lland (1 8 n leads Darrell Bryant (71 C) . N ick Taylo r (2N) and Kevin Fo rrester (4 9 n. (A bove ) Gary Davis 189n won two of the fo ur classes he entered: D inosaur a nd Classic 500c c1700cc. (Left) Van Hice (2 3 n. Dave Lindeman (4 5 LI and Brad Lackey (6 9) battle it out in t he Over 40 Expert eve nt . scored second ov era ll with 3 -3 finishe s aft er c lose ra cing aga inst Dan Ja ckson and Mark Skarpoh l. Sportsman .125cc Expert com pet itio n wa s aga in a ll Ba rb e r , w ith hi s closes t co m pe ti t io n b e ing Cl a s si c 125cc Expert winn er Rob ert Bor g . The best actio n ca me in th e age cl a s s es . In Ov er 30 In te rmed ia te , John McC lelland took a pair of moto wins in c lose rac ing aga inst J e ffre y Clark , Bru c e Patric k and J ohn Lam brick. Cla rk' s 3 -2 got the no d for sec o n d ove ra ll , o v e r P atr ick 's 2- 4 . Wyoming 's McCl e lland also went 1- 1 t o win th e O v er 40 Int erm ed iat e class. In the o pe n ing rnoto , he had to get past Gary Grav es , Clar k and An d y Blackb u rn to earn th e win . McCl ellan d led from start to finish in moto tw o . with Bla ckburn taki ng a c lose second - an d second overall fro m Clark a nd Gra ve s . The co m b ine d Ov er 40 Exp ert / Ov er 50 Intermediate ra c e fe a t u re d e xce lle nt ra c ing in both wav es . Out front in moto o ne , Lindeman a nd his Penton 250 got a round Hice' s big -bore Ma ico to take th e lea d . Fo rmer World 500cc Ch ampion Brad Lac key a lso go t past Hice befor e the Maico rider fell a nd finished an ev e n t ua l fifth (a nd didn 't ride the s e co nd m oto ). In the seco nd m oto , La ckey , th is tim e on a b ig -b ore Mai c o , inh er ite d t h e le ad afte r Lind em an fe ll. Lind eman re mo u n te d to fin ish th ird , be hi n d Ska rpho l, earni ng se c ond for th e day behind La cke y . In th e Over 50 portion , mea nwhil e . th er e wa s clo se ra cing , but ne ith er of th e m oto winn ers c ou ld put to g e the r anyth ing resem b ling co ns istent finishes, s o it was C huck De Ran ' s 3 -2 pl a c in g s t h a t ga ve th e Califo rnian t he win over local rider Dom Dom inik. Th e Yama - ha -m ounted De Ran a lso e a rned th e ov e ra ll Sportsman 500c c Novice win. Oth e r double winne rs . both with fou r moto wins , wer e Honda -mounted Joe Hart in Spo rtsman 250 cc and O ver 40 Novice , and BSA rid er J e ff Smith in Premier 500cc and Over 60 Exp ert. ROAD RACING Th ings got off to a rou gh start in race one when Pre - 1940 ride rs Ar t F a rle y a n d AI Knapp co llide d a n d we nt down . Nei th er wa s hurt bad ly, but th e fi r s t oi l of th e d ay wa s dropped, c a us ing a 45 -minute de lay. It was disc over ed th at, des pit e assura nces o t herw ise, the tr a ck wa s e q u ip ped with just two broom s and no oil-d ry. Race two went off fine, bu t in th e third . th e com bine d 250cc GP/C la ss C ra ce, a m ac hine a ppe a red to ha ve circ ula te d the tra ck twice while leaking o il, ca us ing Doc Batsleer a nd Lonnie Ha rmo n to fa ll. It took a n hour a nd a ha lf to clea n things up. By that time, ra ce d irector John Goodpaste r decidcu e I e n e _ S • NOVEMBER 1 . 2000 39

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