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......... ~I CeDd.al PipeliDe !I .-'1'__. . . . . . .11. C.I..... Doin' it at Kingfisher E o By Rebecca Sands 00 0') ..... KINGFISHER, OK,JAN. 1$ The brothers Hoenshell, Clay in particular, put away all comers at the Kingfisher Motocross. Greg Brown (Mai) pulled the (Above) Roger Brown prepares to rocket to the 25OIOpen Ex. win in Austin. holeshot in the combined 250cc and Open Expen class followed closely by Chuck Hoenshell (Yam) who passed Brown on a downhill on lap five. Brown, after riding about five more corners, did an endo that put him back in last place. Alvin Myers (Suz) moved to second with Clay Hoenshell (Yam) hot after him. Clay passed Myers during the last lap to capture second, older brother Chuck claiming first. In the second moto, Chuck took the holeshot with Myers running second and Clay third. Myers took a nose dive the first lap putting him back al the end of the pack. On the hack part of the track, Clay and Kim Blevins (Hon) got around Chuck. Clay hun~ on and finished first. Chuck passed Blevins back on the last lap to take second, Blevins third and Brown fourth. In the 125cc qpert class, Clay rode .his Yamaha the entire first moto in first place. Myers (SUl) did the same in second place with Blevins (Hon) lhird. Chad Bixler tried to keep fourth wilh Bob Sanford (Yam) nippin~ at his heels, bUI on the lasl lap, Sanford got around. Myers led the second mOlO until lap six when he took a spill. allowing Clay Hoenshell to pass. Blevins. riding third, also took advantage of the situation, finishing second. Myers recovered for third. Bixler again rode fourth until the lasl lap when Sanford passed him. Results (Abovel Alvin Myers memly blasts through the Kingfisher MX course; (Belowl he follows double winner Clay Hoenshell. . MINI MINI: 1. Shane _ (Suz); 2. BiH Kennedy. MINI JR: 1. Tommy Newman (Yam); 2. Trey Malon (Suz). MINI SR: 1. David Baxter. Jr.; 2. Whisperin' Sm~h. BEG: 1. Joe Modo< (Suzl; 2. Mark Liebman ISuzl; 3. Jeff Perry (Suzl. 100: 1. David Baxter; 2. Kally Von !Yaml; 3. Todd Mason (Suzl. 125 NOV: 1. Mike Gmiland; 2. Mike Mon";son (Vaml; 3. Bobby Southard (Suzl. 125 AM: 1. Lance Crawford (Vaml; 2. Ron Hendrix (Vaml; 3. Gene Hendrix (Vaml. 125 EX: 1. Clay Hoenshet1 (Vaml; 2. Kim Blevins (Honl; 3. Von Roberts (Suz!. 250 NOV: 1. Bob Munday (Vaml; 2. Jimmy Savage (Kawl; 3. Gabe Magness. 250 AM: 1. Richard Hopkins (Vam); 2. Bruce Wans lHanI; 3. Phil SI. CV' (Vam). COMBINED 25OIOPEN EX: 1. Clay HoensheIl IVaml; 2. Chuck Hoenshell IVaml; 3. Kim Blevins (Hanl. OPEN NOV: 1. Man Onev IVam); 2. Jerry Hal,· (Husl; 3. Morrison. OPEN AM: 1. Richard Hopkins; 2. Scott Redwine IMa,); 3. Randy Blair ISuzl. • OVER 30: 1. Charles Magness IMail; 2. Bob Bennight IKTMI; 3. Howard Musgrove (Mail. Brown and D_avis rule Austin By John Rannikko AUSTIN, TX.JAN. 6 The first race of the decade here at Austin's MX track marked the return of Roger Brown after several months of retirement. Brown 24 garnered first overall in the combined 250/0pen Expen class aboard a Perrin Cycles of San Antonio-sponsored big bore Can-Am. Brown's comeback was almost spoiled by Honda of Austin rider, Keith Davis, who swapped wins but lost out due to Brown's better placing in the second moto. Tim Butler, who holds National NMA Championships in four classes rode a TC Racing Yamaha to a pair of smooth firsts in the 125cc Intermediate class. Mediocre starts kept Butler fighting traffic most of the day. Pan of that traffic was a hard-charging John Ham who got the holeshots, but succumbed to Butler's. superior riding and settled for a pair of seconds. Yamaha/Moto-X Fox-sponsored Bryan "B~ Bandit" Taylor celebrated the stan of the 'year with his first race since he broke a leg during football season two months ago. A recent graduate from the ranks of minibikers to the 125cc Expen class, Taylor showed his racing savvy u he holeshot the fim moto ahead of John Bersch (Hon), Russell Powers (Suz), Keith Davis (Hon) and Ronnie Taylor (Hon). The "Bandit" continued to lead and put a little distance between himself and Bersch and Davis who were fighting for second. By lap three, Bersch and Davis, began closing on Taylor until Davis made a small error in a tum and dropped off the pace a bit. By midmoto, Bersch was on Taylor's tail and looking for a place to pass. He'd been trailing Taylor for several laps down the front straightaway and over the high speed jump and saw a chance to oudly Taylor on the left side of the jump. The "Bandera Bandit" had been taking the center line over the jump and staying near the ground, but when they took the jump, with Taylor barely ahead, he corrected with a mild crossup as he drifted to the left l only to find Bersch flying above him and catching his front wheel. on Taylor's handlebar. The crash that followed was horrendous, as bikes and riders went tumbling along the track sending spectators scurrying for cover. Fonunately neither rider was seriously injured. Bersch remounted very slowly aboard his heap of scrap-iron (bent frame, dented tank, etc.) and finished last while Taylor dragged himself off the track and DNF. Davis grabbed the lead as Taylor and Bersch crashed and rode it to the checkered. Powers finished second with Ronnie Taylor a very close third. Both Bryan Taylor and Bersch pulled it together for the second moto as the "Bandera Bandit" once again rocketed ahead off the stan. This time Davis, Berscb and Powers followed through the first tum. The first lap had Taylor in front with Davis in pursuit, but Bersch had Powers and Ronnie Taylor in front of him in a tight pack. Everyone played follow-the-leader until the seventh lap when a lot of things happened. Davis took Taylor on the inside as they radiused a high waDed sandy berm before the finish line and put five sec· onds on him in 'the following laps before the checkered flag flew. On the same lap 'Bersch made a pass on an uphill in the back section putting himself ahead of Powers and Ronnie Taylor in one smooth move. The finishing order was Davis. Taylor, Bersch, Powers and Ronnie Taylor who failed in an attempt to dive under Powers in the last tum. killing his engine and almost highsiding. The 250cc and Open Experts raced together in a combined class and Roger Brown.(C-A) found the front off the stan with Davis (Hon), Jack Hicks (Yam) and Doug Paley (Hon) in his slipstream through the first tum. The front spot belonged to Brown through the early laps while Davis bad~red the leader on a 250cc Honda and Hicks held third on a new Kasson's 465cc Yamaha. Dave Stutts of San Antonio was in founh place on a 250cc monoshocker. riding on the Yamaha support program through Yamaha of San Antonio, followed by Chris Laftin