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AHRMA Works PGrformanc€ Hlstoric Cup
SEri€s
Rounds lO{l: B€av€Run Motonsports compl€x
PHOTO BY MATT BENSON
Goinq
Fost
on
7O-Ydqr-Old
lron
WAMPUM, PA,
JUNT 24.25
A
s the 2006
Works
Performance
Hisronc
ACup Series
passed
irs halfway
pornr
ar
BeaveRun
l,lotorspo.ts
Complex near Pitts-
bur8h. the
action
focus€d
on the most senior of
the
vintage
machines. Gar,, Maucher, riding a
1936 lndian, and An Farley, on his 1939
Harley,
did battle four times over
the course of the
weekend. wirh Fadey
cakrn8 three of
rhe
wrns.
Amazingly,
each of
these
riders
is 20
years
younSer
than the handshift motorcycle he races.
TakinS up where they left ofr a week
earlier
at Grattan Raceway in Michigan.
the
pair
firsr
went at it in
Saturday's Pre- 1940 race. Maucher
was
chased by Farley for
all six
laps,
until Farley
found
enouSh drive to cross the finish line half a
wheelin front ofthe lndian rider
Iwo races later, in Clals
C Handshift, Farley
played
it the
same way, harassing
the
Pennsylv-anian
for five laps
and rhen
gettina past
him
for a narrow win
on rhe final time around
the rolling little
BeaveRun circuit-
ln
Sunday's Pre-1940 race, Maucher was
able to
8et
his one and
only win against his ri\/al
from Michigan.
Tim
loyce
has
been successful in a wide
variety
oF AHRMA classes, boch vintage
and
modern, and now he's
giving
500c. Premier a
try aboard a
gorgeous
Seeley-framed
Norton
500 twin. He had quke
a betde
going
with
thre€-tim€ class champ and
fellow Flondian
t
l'looney in Saturda,,'s
race, until
Joyce
went
out with
a mechanical
problem
at rhe end.
l'4ooney,
nd'ng a PeLt, Manx,
ended up winninS
on both days, ahead
oF defendinS champion
David
Roper, on another Norton l.4anx.
,oyce,
meanwhile, scored three
class wins over rhe
.ourse ofthe weekend
-
twice in BEARS
and in
Sunday's Formula Vintage
event, all on l'lark
Mitchell's
BMW R75.
Formula
VintaSe
on Saturday was one of
the weekendt
best contest!. Robert Hurst.
riding
a Yamaha two-stroke twin,
led until
Peter Politiek
Jr.
tracked
him down on lap
two
and took over
rhe
poinr position
on his Ducati
750SS.
That led to a
passing
contest that lasted
untjl the sixth
ofeight laps, when Politiek made
one of his
passes
stick and then managed
to
open
up a small
8ap
to
the
finish
line. Hurst
was runner-up
to
loyce
in Sunday's event as
Politiek had
difllculties and was credited with
sixth. Hurst also doubl€d for the weekend
in
Formula
500, while Politiek continued
has
march toward a likely Formula 75occ-class
championship with a
pair
of wins.
ln AHRMAs modern-bike
classes.
Saturdayt Wounded
Duc-sponsored
Sound Of
Thuflder race feaaured
some
side-by-side
raclnS
beNveen Roben l'4clendon
lll and llark
Hataen.
At the checkered
flag, McLendon
br"ouSht his howling Triumph
675 triple around
Hatten s Ducati 749
for the win. They finished
in
the same order on Sunday.
Even beRer was Saturday s Bahle
Of
Twrns
Formula Two race involving Mclendon,
now
on a Suzuki SV650, alonS
with
Jan
Svensson
and Andrew Cowell. The
l.,loto
Guzzr
mounted Cowell led
the firsr few laps, with
Mclendon challenSjng
and finally muscling
his
way into the lead.
Svensson
Eot
his Du€ati
around
Cowell as well, and then
charged
past
l4clendoo
to take a lale lead
rhac he held until
the checkered fla8. l'lclendon
rurned rhe
tables on
Sunday to
(ake
the Formula Two win
ov€r Svensson, as well as alternating
between
wins
and second-place finishes in
each day's
8OT Formula Three.ontest
and Triumph
Thruxton Cup Challenge.
Gll
Brevrrun l}lororFoms
Co rprEx
Warrr?un, PENl{sYrvaNta
REsurr:
JuxE 24.25, 2006
(RouNDs
lO-l I
)
(Yam)r
2. Pete OeGa
(Bul):
3. Daftrl w@lu6: a. Rotin
Scudder
(DE)r
s. L,rYouns
(Ben).
tlo GP: L Datid R.per
(H
D);
2.
Pete
Oerosr
(Bul)i
I Robi.
S.odd6r
(Ou.);
,t.
Eflv&d Ssnse.i8
(Du.)r
5. Sudi H&lcnbErs
(Duc).
50o
PREIt L ht tao@I
(Nor):
2. Davd Rop6
Oror):
l.
Todd
Nardszi
(Hon)j
,r_
oeidl&ob6
(8s{).
aEAns: t. nm
loye
(BMw):
1. SillAtUtu
(Nor)i
l. NiselSnEllboc (Se).
F-l2l: r. M.nin YanE.irk
(Hs):
t. fteit
poots
(c-A)r
3.
Fank Munr
0rd).
F-250: L CBis s...kn
(c-Alr
l.l€.ry
Hffi
(Ie).
F.t0o: L Rob.d Hud
(Y
):
2.
A,l. Du*k
fiah):
l.
(as
lll8
tYas):
4.
lefi
Hoyer
(K:w):
5. RcrErd
sr/der
(fn).
F-750: I
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Jr
(Dq)i
i. ctEd€
Cole
(G@)r
3. Ngd Sm.lrb@
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4. O&i.r
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