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Saves space and lets us print bigger pictures. Central contributo rs are being ask ed to send their stories and pix to th e West office (except in those states tha t went to " East" - poor devils) P.O. Box 498, Long Beach, CA 90 801 . We 've acquired a humongous reporting area to co ver, and we'll need your help through this period of change. J od y and Asia will be joining us at ce West" as so on as th ey 've co vered the last fe w rou nds of th e Trans-A MA Series: In th e meantim e, th e Austin office will remain open as a " listening post " until th e mo ve and merger is co m ple ted. Hang in th ere, and enjoy our ex panded natio nal, international and f eature news coverage. The Editors NCRA Winter Short Track Nationals By Frank H. Harrison WICHITA FA LLS , TEX., OCT. 11·1 2 Tagged as the NCRA (Na tional Competition Racing Assoc iation) Win ter Sh or t Track Nationals, a to p gro up of 2 13 riders showed up at Al Verga uwe n 's Wichita Speedway to ba ttle fo r their share of a $2400 weekend purse. Fro m m inis to rnigh t ies, all sizes put o n a terrific show on the be aut iful 3/8 mile ba n ked o val facility . T he trac k was fast and had a good groove fo r both d ays of raci ng. Satu rday ott. 2. Box 75 B 1530 Bedford !lDlor W. Coronl. e•. 'l720 (714) 735-0540 20 Ask Ih. rKef" we"', one th.a' _.a... It was o bvio usly the o nly game in the area as many Nation al numbers and top Juniors were sprinkled in the race lineups. After wh at see med like an endless number of exci ting qualifying heats, finals finally go t under way with t he minis reall y do ing thclr th ing. Th e first lap saw T . J. Hou ghton (Ya m) take t he lead with Bull Haynie and David Langle y (Ya m) in h o t pursuit. Lan gley pa ssed Haynie and was workin g h ard on Hough ton at th e finish . In Saturday night 's 125cc Final, gun Gary Ketchum (K & N Yam) hustled to a come-from behind 125 w in Satu rd ay , was freight-trained into third Sunday . jumping, fo uled plugs, and overheated clutches caused a restart but once under wa y David Copeland grabbed the holeshot followed by Gary Ketchum (K&N) and Dave Bradley (Misi monoshock }, bu t o n th e third lap Bubba Shobert (Kaw) came on strong to move into second wh ile a t the same time Ketchem took first. Copeland and Sho bert spe n t the remainder of th e rac e in a hair-raising dice for second with Shobert fin all y naili ng it down. With 15 la ps to go Rusty Gourly (Bul) led the 3 60cc p ack into turn o ne for two lap s as Freddie Spencer moved fro m way back in the shuffle after a terribl e start . Te rry Poo vey (Bul) grabbed seco nd but Sp encer swept by an d sto le th e lead in th e fift h lap. The ba ttle was over with Gourly lookin g on in th ird. Ru st y Patillo and Kenny Biggs to ok fourth and fifth at th e n ag. Sunday Wit h an after-m id night finish to Satu rday 's races, th e Sunday pr ogram star ted an h our earlier and op erated with mu ch more efficiency. Very few of the more than 200 entries were missing for the Sunday program sin ce the largest share of the $2400 weekend purse was ta gged for Sunday night with money going to 14 places in the finals. Those wh o won main events on Saturday night au to matically had a slot saved fo r them in the Sunday mains. In th e 25 0 Fin al Fast Freddie Sp en cer showed his st yle in the first turn and ne ver let up from st art to finish . On the first lap he was followed by Ronnie Jones (Bu1) an d Gary Ketchem. Bret Bradde y quickl y ca pt ured second with Bubba Shobert going into third. Shober: finally passed Braddey for second a nc set sail, but Spencer already had a ful turn lead. Braddey soon had his hand: full wi th Ke tch em playing catch-up an, ta king third . . After unaccustomed losses t. ir Saturday ni ght 's program Terry Poovej showe d up in his acc usto med pole slo for the 360 Main , with the help of bil brother Te ddy as his chief tuner. Thi stag e was se t for a real race as Stevi Gulledge j u mp ed into the first turn a the n ag an d hel d it for four laps Gulledge had won both the Wichit: Falls an d Amarillo NCRA rac es back te bac k several weekends ago, and seerner to have it wired b ut Poovey kep breathi ng o n h is tail with Kenny Bigg. pu shing him har d . All th is time J .R Rawls an d Fre ddie Spencer were havirq their o wn ba ttle for fo urt h with Spence: coming o n fast. It was Poo vey , Gulledgi an d Sp encer and then Poovey ant Spen cer b attling with one another fo th e bi g cas h . Tiny Te rry took the win a th e tw o tea m Bultaco riders diced to th. nag. With very little rest for the weary tho Open Main saw Danny Reynolds get tho hole slot followed by J .R. Rawls am Terry Poovey with Saturday nigh winner Randy Carthel close behind Reynolds quickly dropped oack througl the pack. as the Rawls, Poovey, Carthe co mb inatio n moved on followed b l Gar y Wilson and Ph il McDonald at th . end of lap three. Carthel kept trying : slingshot play that was successfu Saturday night but it didn't wor! tonight. Just before the half way mark McDonald passed Wilson _while Tin