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Fast Freddie SPencer (17) downed the Ross Downs compe ut ion on his TT 500. (inset) 125 Intermediat e racing at Whitney is Davey Jones locker. David Taylor. Stack cap Capitol CityMX By Greg Labbe AUSTIN, TEX., AU G. 6 Steve Stackable, fresh from a big 500 National victory at Unadilla, New York the previous Sunday, was happy as a lark, be aming around the pits and smoking it on the track. Part of the D.G. racing team, in town for some local action before the National in Antonio next weekend, brought young David Taylor and two sano Yamahas. Roger Brown was there with his new 400 Penton and Danny Weir came down from Big Spring. The evening's action started, as usual, with a hotly contested 125 Novice division. The first seven riders in this class are so even in speed and ability at this point that in any given moto it's a toss up as to who will win. In the first moto it was Jerry Kamp in the lead out of the first tum. He held that to the flag as Darren Jeffcoat worked from fourth to second and challenged the leader for the last two laps. Ron Taylor was working his way up from about eighth when he lost it coming o ff of the downhill. A spectacular triple endo ru ng Ron's bell good, and p ut him o ut fo r the rest of the evening, but he was , alright. After fin ishing secon d in the .fi rst mote, Darren J effcoat brough t his Ho nda back for the second moto victory and the overall. _. David Taylor fro m E1 Monte, California was struttin ' his st uff in the 125 Expert class: He was ab le to move into the lead in both m o t os after the. Austin holeshot king, Bobby Bullock, . crashed while leading each tim e, and went on to victories in both motos, San ... 44 challenged only by David Daniels. Daniels was second o verall with Chuck Loftin third and Donn ie Moore fourth. The cl osest and most elect rifying race of the night developed between young Davi d Taylor o n a D.G. prepared 250 Yam aha an d St eve Stak able o n his factory 3 70 Suz uki. Stack got a bad start and while he was working his way through the p ack Taylor was o ut fro nt and flying. With about four lap s to go Stackable broke free from the pack and caught Taylor. Passing him was another matter, however. Steve later said that he had neglected to pu t his goggles on and the way Ta ylor was burning up the track Stack just couldn't get by . T aylor brought it home in first with Steve right behind him and Roger Brown a ways back in third. The second moto started out looking like it m ight be a repeat of the first with David Taylor in the lead and Steve Stackable in second out of th e first tum. Within a lap, however, Taylor succumbed to the tremendous pressure being applied by the ve te ran National rider, Stackable, and laid it down in a tum letting Steve by. Steve went on to win with mild pressure from Roger Brown who was always there whenever Stack looked back. David Taylor worked his way back up to fourth behind Jack Hicks. • Results in Results Section. Spencer, Gulledge top Downs By Dave Neilsen COLLEYVILLE, TEX., JULY 23 Ross Downs short track is back after a month of holidays and rain-ou ts. The trophy-only program has been abandoned to return to a Semi-Pro schedule, which, in effect, allo ws anyone of an y age holding current AMA membership to enter any class . Good for the weekly show, for sure , but bad news for the p ros that run 360 an d Open money-paying divisions. In case you haven't already gue ssed, the spoiler is I 4-year·old Freddie Spe ncer of Shreveport, w ho trucks down 1-2 0 every Friday nigh t to take the to p doll ars wi th a 11500 Yam mer and the fas test 360 Bul we've seen lately. In 250 Senior class action, Steve Gulledge (Yam) did the job on the pack, holding off quick Bob Elliott and his sano Can -Am rig, while Rusty Patillo (Bu l) took third. The 250 class is gro win g already , and will no doubt be as bi g and competitive as the 360 before lon g, as racers gear down to 250cc in acc ordance with the 1977 Al\lA Pro lim itaion for short track. Prom oters Watkins and Son provided a nice surprise for us on the way to the tr ack fro m the highway. The bone-sh aking ro ad of years past has been co mp le te ly sm oothed and repaved. Thanks, M.l. • Results in Re sul ts Section. Whitney Amateurs gassit By Dave Nielsen WHITNEY, TEX.,JULY 25 The racing families of Mike DiCorte and Billy J ack Turnbo con sumated the take-over of Lake Whitney Cycl e Ranch thi s mon th, marking the end of Harvey Evans. Le t me rephrase that; Oh , we ll, you . know what 1 mean. After years of run ning the ranch eigh t days a wee k, riding herd on trai l riders, campers, hillclimbers, rnotocrossers, cross country riders, yippies, hippies, dopers, ropers, Nationals and Trans·AMAs, Harvey and Evelyn Evans have so ld out and stepp.ed down to "j ust take it easy for a wh ile. .. We are p leased tha t such enthusiastic an d kn owle dgeabl e fo lks such as t he Di Cortes and Tumbos have taken th e reigns at Whitney, instead of so m e pure ly mon etary interest. A small turnout showed up Sunda y, probably due to the rain-del ayed las t race of the Texas Series at Rio Bravo , bu t th ose who came enjo ye d perfect track conditions. Highlizh tin g the races was a heated Rickey Miles (86) overcame Don Allen's (32