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move up and win the 125 Novice class at Whitney. (Below ) Charles Wiese (57 1) te sts a Texas uphill while Dennis Bishop tries a downhill. while leading the 125 class , su ffer ing near-fatal in ternal injuries. Smith will pull ' through, but is faced with seemingly insurmountable medical bills fro m kidn ey and sp leen removal. Hence, today's gathering to pay tribute to the be loved Arlie Hutsell, and at the same time, pump the Shawn Smith Hosp ital Fund as m uch as p ossible, Taking "Grandpa 's class ," over 30 winner L.D. Riddle (Hus) took over after a first mo ta second, and led the final all the way. Vic Doyle, win ner of the first ro und , dropped his chances and his Bultaco in the first co rner, as Bill Girard (Ya m , 4-2) ended second OA . Riders whose relatives own businesses show up with "Charco Bro il Steak House," "Debonair Danceland," or "Texas Lei sure Chair " displayed on their chests. Th en there are p owerhouse gro up s like Car ter's Yamaha and Te am Waste d, who enjoy the m em b ers hip of mu ch of t he top talent ar ound. Since most o f the non-local wo uld-be cherrypickers know by n ow that the major North Texas tracks are veritable hornet's nests of com petiti on, there is little need for locals to defend the " t urf." As a result, spirits are kept high with frie n dly riva lries am ong dealer and in de pende nt teams. Marty Luth er and Joe Harrison m ad e a sha mb les of t he 31- rider 250 Novice field , weaning Team Bazerko co lors and carting off first and second. Iden tify ing on a "Team," no matter how weird, seems to be the thing to do these days. Two guys get jersey s alik e an d it 's a team , but it 's all in good fun, Lu t her and Harrison are fro m th e Dallas sub urb of Dun canvill e , much like Team Arm Pit from th e Pleasan t Grove are a of Dall as. Speak ing of the Debonai r team , 125 Expert Mike Hullett made it two first place rides in two weeks by goin g 1-1 today at Whitney. CenTex flash Dicky Turnbo of Killeen pu t h is Yammer in overdrive for the seco nd mo ta , improving his first round fifth to a seco nd and second overall. San An gelo 's Mel Newman, longtime Kaw asaki rider, has cho sen to camp aign the RM Su zu ki, and tod ay ren ewed last year's TexAMA Series battle with Turnbo, ending up third O A at 4-3 while dicing with Dallas Yamaha 's Mike Martin. Th er e was n o way to kee p Jeff Kr ing fr om winning t he 250 Expert today . J eff was pr acticall y family with the Hutsells fo r years, and althou~h pas sed by Dar rell Holl ingshead (HusJ at the white flag in the las t moto, Kring (Ya m) turned the wick and repassed Darrell for the checkers. Open Experts Ricky Kidd, Bobby Pickard, T im Riddle, an d Nat Segovia capped off the show with a somewhat less-th an-serious seco nd mo to that saw them swap ping th e lead n earl y every lap , pulling w hee lies, and attem p ting to be at the fini sh line in u nison. Te chnically, Kidd was the winner, but the real winners were Arlie Hutsell's wife Judy , Shawn Smith, and everyone .who helped with , donated to, or p ar t i c ipa t ed in t his unique Memo rial -Benefit event. Those still wish ing to help the Shawn Sm it h Hospital Fund m ay do so c/o J oe ,Lo ndon , Box 19 84 , Dal las, T X 7522 1. - 23