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; ******************************************************....** =CYCLE NEWS CENTRAL s t 00 C'J l-< ~ ..c o ..... u o Mini diffhanger at Big Creek - five feet from the checkers, Jimmy Bradden unloads trying to pass Bucky Houston. Yup, that.white object just outside Bucky 's dust is Jimmy's helmet. second an d third . It was an inc re dible mota lo ng three man freight train in the first three places. Spectators were sti ll talking about it when mota three came around. Then Baine Elli dge finally put it together fo r Can-Am. The spo n sor hadn't had a win all day , and the ta ble wa s abou t d ue to turn. Ellidge held o ff an ever pressing Ed Moor and previous mo ta win ner Mike McGowan , finally winning one for the "gipper." Pennsylvan ia 's Kenn y Adams (C Z) pulled o ff an easy three straigh t in the Open even ts. He got the starts and he wa s consistent. It was Pr ovost (Mai) who s~ayed on his tail thro ughout each mota and p ic ked up seco nd fo r his efforts. At the Awar ds Ce remony afte r th e races, when th e trophies had been presented to the first place finishers, Warren Daoust, President o f Bombardier Ltd. informed each o f th e winners that th ey m ay have the Can -Am m o torcycl e of their ch oice (n o t to include Jimmy Ellis' bike) as an additional trophy. Not to o shabby for a day's wo rk. • Results 12Scc: 1. Mark Barnett (Hon) I -I- I ; 2 . Gen e M cCa y (N e g) 2-5- 2 , 3 . John Tessitore (V am) 5-4-3: 4 . Brent Euen (Ha n) 9-2 -11 ; 5 . Ku rt Jan ish (Hon) 13·8-5 ; 6 . Douglas Cowell (Hon) 10-9-8 ; 8 . Kev in Arnold (Yam) ii -13-15 ; 9. Ed Da vis (Hon) 3--6-28; 10. Robert Shoup (Han) 1a-14 -7 . 250cc: 1. Michael McGowen (Suz) 1-1-3 ; 2 . Edwin Moor (Ma l) 4-3-1; 3 . Jeffrey Heaston (Han) 2 -2-5 : 4. Jeffrey Mathews (C-A) 9-4-4 ; 5 . T o d d SnYder (C -A) 6-9-9 ; 6 . Bla ine E lledge (C -AI 15- 1 2-1; 7 . Chuek Bender (Husl 14-15-6: 8 . Ke i th Ba rghahn (5 uz) 11 -10-16 ; 9. Dav id M o rris (Kaw) 1 9- 8-1 1; 10 . Troy Bradshaw (Bul ) 18 -14-7 . OPEN , 1. Kenneth Adams (CZ) 1-1-1 ; 2 . Jef frey Prevost (Ma l) 2·2-2: 3. cnuex Pettigrew (Mai) 4-6-4; 4 . Kenneth Frost (Suz) 16-3-3 ; 5 . Chip Howell (Hus) 3 -12 -8 ; 6. V incent O'Ercola (Y am) 11 -5-9 ; 7 . Deln o Becker (C Z) 12-7- 10; 8 . Dale Parli n ( Bul ) l a- I S-I S; 9 . Jim Connolly (BUll 17-10-14; 10. Gary Slac k ( Yam ) 22- 14 -6 . Big Creek amateur clash By Gary Hansen SOMMERVILLE, TEX., OCT. 12 Th e mini class provided all of the excitement at the start of the secon d race of the Texas Amateur Motocross Champion ship Series at 20 Big Creek MX Par k. Mini Master Bucky Houston had hi s hands fu ll with J immy Bradden (Yam) as th e pair d uelled far afield o f their co mp e titio n. Ho uston took his Honda to a win in th e first mota , but in the second go-ar oun d Bradden grabbed the lead and held it un til five feet from the finish line. Ho us ton m ad e hi s move to pass right at the flag and Bradden grabbed a big handful and unloaded before he co uld cross th e line . Ho ust o n to ok first ove ral l with Bradden recovering to pus h across fo r second. In t he 125 Novice class Mark Elliot (Han) wo rk ed hi s way up fro m fo urth to take th e lead in bo th m o to s and th e overal l ahead of Reid King (Suz) , David Vincen t (Ya m). and Ron Mayfi eld (Yam ). The first m o ta o f th e 250 J un io r class saw a huge pile-up that sprung Mar k Brown (Yam) in to a giant lead . The seco nd mota w as a Chuck Houston runaway as he ra mpaged into untouch able leads, bu t Brown took th e overall wi th a 1-2 score ahead of Ho uston, an d Paul Mo ye r (Suz). • Results MINI: 1. Bucky Houston (Hon) 2 . Jimmy Bradden (Vam)l3. Brell Houston (Vam). OVER 30, • Joe FlsI'ler (Vam). 2 _ Jaek Parker (Pen), 3. M ike Macejewsk l (Yam) . 100 CLASS : 1. Jerry Vinton (SUZ)I 2. Dav id Null (Yam), 3 . Bud Re itmeyer (Han). 125 NOVICE, 1. Ma rk E lliot (Han) . 2. Re id K in.; (Suz) , 3. Dav id V incent (Vam). 125 JUNIOR: 1. Steve Plentl (Suz) , 2 . Randy Kuhn (Vam). 3. Bill Easterling (Vam). 250 NOVICE: Larry Dawson (Y am ) , Cliff Simpson (Mal) , 3 . Brett Cooper (Kaw). 250 JUNIOA : 11 Mark Brown (Yam), 2 . Chuck Houston (Yam). 3. Paul Moyer (SU l). OPEN CLASS : 1. David H rnc ir (Yam) . 2. Carl Bland (Yam). 3. Bill Easterling (Y am ). EXPERTS, Robert Rowe (V arnI . 2 . John W illiam son (Yam) . z, Gary (51) DeGeorge leads as the Open Intermediates begin to string out on the Mosier Valley circuit. Wyman Priddy chases Ricky Kidd over a Mosier humpback, eventually to bump him for second 250 Expert. Pros play musical bikes at Mosier MX By Dave Nielsen ARLINGTON . T EX ., OCT. 5 Twice-a-mon th raci ng rocked on this beau ti ful Sunday at Mosier Valley MX Par k, wit h a co mpletely new back sectio n in th e demanding, well-prepped co urse. Some area pros were on new unfamiliar ma ch inery . Maico is now the marque under Ft. Worth 's Jody Foust, an d Wyman Priddy appeared on a p air o f Yarn ah as. 12 5er Barry Callaway put his Honda up for sale and came ou t on a Cycle Roundup Su zuki. Ricky J ordan (Mai) was'the spoil er in Open Expert , action, as h e passed mechanically-tro ubled leaders Pridd y and Fo ust fo r th e win in m ota one . Priddy 's borrowed Yam mer ove rhea ted, han din g the lead to Fo us t, who then threw a ch ain, leaving Jordan with the win , ahead of a rapidly -improving Mark McD onald (Suz). J o rdan and Foust fo ugh t furi ously fo r th e spotlight in round two in a good show for sponsor John Kim brell. Jordan appeared at the chec kers first to sweep th e class. Consistency paid fo r Dickey N owell (Pen), wh o took second . an d also fo r third-place Jeff Krin g (Yam ), wh ile Foust (7-2) ended fo urth. It turned out a good day fo r 125 In te rmediate Mike Athens (Han). who , in th e ab sence of Allen Pope held o ff J oe Wol fe (Han) and Kent Smith (Yam) for first bo th times. Another two-mota . sweep was turned in by J o hn Rubin (Suz) in 250 Intermediate racing , desp ite the efforts of cha rgin g seco nd p lace r Sco tt Beamis (Yam ). In 125 Novice classes, Kirk Sp encer (Ya m) had li ttle pressure in Division II , while Division I was a battle to th e fini sh , resulti ng in an endo at th e chec kers by winner Davi d McKelvy (Kaw) , who made a spectacular ending to h is u pse t of firs t-ro und winner Rick Gore (Ya m) by be ating his own bike acro ss t he fini sh line . A field of 22 in the 250 Expert class was agai n left to scrap for second by Pento n-powered Bo bby Pickard, wh o sp ed away in both motos. The runne r-up race ca me do wn to the last lap , as a knock do wn-drag o ut duel saw Wyman Priddy (Yam) bump Ricky Kid d (Hus] to third overall. 15 year-old Mitch