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... ~ Tro~hy Time for Enduro and Rally Riders Wise, James take Lockhart By DeWitt Henderson WFO. Unfo r tunately, we 'll be seein g less of some of these pretty soon, such as cro ss co u ntry aces Tom Hollister, Phil Oliver, and L,D . Riddle , who've been havin g a heck of a time racing for the Over 30 class honors. Today the win went to Hollister, who chided, " So meday , you 'll own a Yamaha" to Oliver (Suz) and Ridd le (Hus). Outstand ing t r o p hy cl ass performance has to go to Penton-mounted Dana Wright, who came from way back to edge Hal Seeker (Kaw) for the 250 Intermediate win. Tony Nielsen won the Senior mini class at MVMX. \ . Amazing new electronic digital CHRONO-COMPUTER tells you exactly where you should be during every second ofthe event! LOC KHA RT, TEX. , FEB . 22 Sup erbad Steve Wise of McAlle n came on up fro m McAllen for South west Motocross Park 's mon thl y bas h and wen t home S100 richer w ith an eas y win ov er th e 250- 0 p en Combined Experts. Wise turned on t he gas on his fac t o ry Kaw and proceeded to boogey awa y in both motos, putting some unbelieveable distances between him and the rest of the pack. There was some heavy-duty d icing go ing on way back there, though , as Houston's Phillip Yarborough (C-A), Robert Morrison of San An to nio (Hus) , Aus t in 's Stuart Williamson (Hus) an d Gary Bigley (Yam ) were pulling ou t th e stops in the struggle to see who 'd be runnerup to Wise . Morrison took the No. Two sp ot in the fir st moto, foll owed by Rob ert Ellison of Corpus Ch risti on a fast Rokon, Gary Bigley took fo urt h o n his 250 Yamaha, which was pretty goo d co nsidering th e 340 Rokon and 360 Husky that we re ah ead of him. Fifth was Yarborough o n th e GP 25 0 Can -Am . Wise had no trouble at all in th e second moto leavin g th e p ac k ab o ut of a lap be hi nd. th ree-q uarte rs Yarborough got his stu ff toge the r in his moto an d moved o u t t o a secure second. Stuart Williams recover ed fro m a first-mote crash an d took th ird, followed by Mo rriso n in fo urt h this time. Gary Bigley too k fifth . Elliso n had a t rem en do us lead ov er Yarborough in second, but hi s Ro kon gave up t he hun t o n the last lap . Stevie t ook th e overall with a 1-1 , fo llowed by Mo rrison (2-4) , Yarborough (5-2) an d Gary Bigley (4-5 ). The 125 Ex perts were (as always) wild an d woo ly . New Sh oe from Austin , Bobby Bullock, gra b be d the earl y lead in the first mo t o on his Ya m . Bullock was riding well, but before lon g Brownsville Honda ace Thomas J am es ha d mo ved into the lead , fo llowed by Hen ry Evans (Ho n) of Austin and David Daniels o f New Braunfels, riding th e ailing Rog er Brown's Can -Am. Evans put a m ove o n J ames like yo u 've never seen in Lo ckhart's back sec t ion. But J ames wouldn 't settle for second and put the repass on Eva ns . Daniel s then passed Eva ns and t ook o ut after J ames . In o ne attem p t t o pass J ames, ho wev er , Daniels lost it, givin g Evan s second place. Daniels still took third, fo llo we d by a smo o th Bull o ck in fourth and Buddy Ku tzer (Hon ) of Boerne in fifth. James grabbed the lead awa y fro m Bobby Bullock again in the second moto, and before long Daniels and Evans were after him again. This time Daniels m ade no mistakes and moved out to a commanding lead, with James holding Evans at bay. James took first place cash with a 1-2, with Daniels' 3-1 good enough for second. Evans placed third with a 2-3 and Mr. Consistency , Bobby Bullock was fourth with a 4-4. The morning's Novice ac ti o n was hot n' heavy . The 100 Novices looked like they were out for blood, with passes and repasses every lap or so . Jack Beckham (Suz ) of Austin fin ally took the first moto win, with Houston 's Darren Bande co m ing in second on a Yamaha. Re x Weed of San Antonio 's Northwest Honda took third o n a tr ick CRlOO. 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