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relaxed a little too much in the second
mota . toward the end. Gary Jones,
three-time National Ch ampion, moved
in suddenly , seemingly o u t of nowhere ,
zap p ing Howerton in sight o f the
checke rs in th e finish line esse s, " I gue ss
I kin da hung it o ut a litt le bit th ere at
th e end, " grinned Gary in the payoff
lin e. Ro ger Brown (C-A) of New
Braunfels, Te xas never ceas e d to amaze
us throughout th e day. He to o k third in
th e 25 0, holdin g off Californian Ron
Turner (Suz) both times , fourth o verall
in the Op en Exp ert , an d pl aced 6th in
the 12 5 first mota . And thes, w ere
cl asses p acked with tale nt.
The 125 Expert class was no less
ex citing, with Ron Turner's T&M
Honda in fron t at th e fin ish lin e both
times after so me bo dacious racing.
Hal fway th rough th e first m ota , Dick y
Turnbo (Yam) fell from th e lead an d on
th e sam e lap cha llenge r Steve Wise's
Honda seized , leavin g Turner th e task of
holding off Louisian a 's Rick y Madole
(Han ) and San Angelo's Mel Newman
(Su z). T urner took over quickly in
round two to ic e the vic tory , whil e
Newma n kept his Ban ke-prepped Zuke
close at hand.
Keith Duffy and Wyma n Priddy
co n tinued thei r battle of two we eks ago
at Rio Bravo in the support class, with
Duffy taking it this time on a 400 CZ
over Priddy's Bultaco, Okie Ch arles
Cooper (Pen) moved into third with 5-3
marks to edge Roger Brown (Yam ) 7-2.
In In term ediate class act ion, Waco's
David DiCorte (Yam ) dazzled the 12 5
troops wi th two flawl ess rides. Also on
their way to Vegas are 250 winner
Charles Wiese (Yam) , and J im my Frye
(Suz).
who
towed
the
Open
In term ed ia tes all the way. Dallas' Kevin
Hawk (Yam) was the runaway w inner of
the 100 class . The tighte st race of the
_ day ca me to th e finis h line in the Jr.
Min i fin al mota, w he re Shane Sitton
won a gian t tro phy and go t rid of his
parents for a wee k whil e they fro lic in
Lost Wages. Nevada.
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Ron Turner t rucked in from California to take the 125 Experts under heavy Texas pressure.
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