Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

~ LOCAL EVENTS McKenzie, Phillips dean Pease Vintage Trials ~ r By Jack Hanson PEASE, MN, AUG. 23 Ron McKenzie and Dave Phillips tied for first place in the Professional class and first place overall with perfect zero-point scores at the 2nd Annual BRA Vintage Motorcycle Trials at Helm's Cycle Park. Ossa guru Lee Mathews finished second with two dabs. The nine-section course was laid out by AHRMA Executive Director Jeff Smith and Ron McKenzie of the All Iowa Trials Riders Association. Three of the sections provided more demanding lines for the pro riders. All - finishers were required to ride each section three times. Thirty riders were entered in the Amateur class on a variety of vintage machinery ranging from British and Italian exotica to Japanese dual-purpose machines, the event being open to any pre-1975 moiorcycle. However, most of the high finishers rode dedicated trials bikes from the early '70s. James MatlSon was top amateur with a score of six on a '72 Yamaha TY250. Results Winner Travis Langston (6) roosted past Paige Hilliard (29) at Muddy Creek MX. Winecke rode the rest of the way in second with Lee Erickson surging by Lemke and Carlson midway through the moto to take over third. Erickson made a bid for the win in the early going of the second moto, with Bense and Matt Hills close behind. Erickson couldn't hold off Bense though, and the Kawasaki rider won the second moto. Erickson held second with l25cc-mounted Carlson taking third from Matt Hills near the midpoint of the moto. Bense romped out front in the first Open A class moto. Bill' Engstrom held second in the early going, then was displaced by his younger brother Robbie near the halfway point. Robbie Engstrom tried to catch the leader" but expended too much energy in the hot conditions and fell prey to Jeff Colbert's last-lap charge. In the second moto, Bense blistered the track to score his fourth moto win of the day, while Colbert put his KX into second once again. Results MICRO MINI: I. Collin Burtt; 2. Jak< P 250 A: I. Mik< Atkinson; 2. Robbi< Engstrom; 5, L« Erickson; 4. Chad Win_ When Andreu powered ahead down a straIghtaway, Jones found a faster line through the next turn. Running third, Kerry Jones had a ring-side seat to watch the struggle, close enough to assume the lead if his brother Ron and Andreu took each other out. At the white flag, Andreu ducked inside Ron Jones to go to the front once more, and remained there for all but the last 50 feet of the last lap. Ron Jones lurked Just behind Andreu, studing his lines and hunting for an opening. Concluding that there was no chance to finesse by Andreu, Jones rocketed out of the last turn for an all-out side-by-side run to the finish. At the checkers, Jones won by inches, as Andreu piled into the tires lining the tower sweeper and sent the flagger scrambling to safety. "That was fun!" exclaimed Andreu. "Next year I'm going to bring more of my buddies up here from Florida so they can see for themselves just what a blast this is." Results 50 STK: 1. J~ (Hon); 4. Timmy Bowman (Hon); 5. S~ 25+ OV: I. Marc C1

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