Hubert Betten (37) goe s down in the Colorado tapioca while J ack Todd (4) tries to find some traction.
Mark Corbett (8) in th e process of chucking his goggles during 250 action.
SRAC points MX
By Action OZ
LAKEWOO D, COLO., SE PT. 26
Ever tried racing on grease ? The
min i bikers tri ed and passed; that's
th e kind of conditions th at pre' sented themselves both to the
Lakewood Sportcycle Club and the
cro ssers who showed up in a downpour
thi s race day mom. A su rp rising number ·
of riders did show up and in th e lar ger
bore classes som e good m otos did co me
off. Needless to say - no du st.
The p rogram go t under way with th e
Op en Novic e class co mi ng off the lin e
in to the first left h ander and down went
the first three riders gum ming th e mud.
They all go t restarted OK and
eventually fin ished th is mo to . Ed Dobbs
put good enougli finishes to gether to
ta ke th e overall with Vau ghn Rub ick
(Yam) pickin g up th e second over-all.
Kevin Ratzell finis hed a close th ird on
his Yamahauler. Mark Benin ga (Mai)
h an dled h is Op en B mach in e to a first
over all in thi s cla ss with Wayne
Kieselbach (Suz) d oin g it for sec ond.
Richard Tanner (Mai) slid to third
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The Open A class saw Bob Mo or e
take his Vickery Yamaha thru ' the slick
the best and continue his lead in the
Open A points race . SRAC re feree
Hubert Betzen (Pen) rode a fine mudder
for second over-all Charles Geist (Yam )
managed to slip in for third. Next up,
250 Novices, Did they have a ball
com in g off the loose lin e. Five riders
down and the rest slipped away. Gary
Myers (CA) rode well enough to do it
for first over-all while Ron Sikich (Bul)
plowed in for second and Do c Baldwin
(Bul) greased it in for third.
T he 250B 's had a b ogging go od time
and saw Scott Nix (Mail graduate from
B rider to A rider with his fir st over-all
after a muddy good m oto. Tom Frame
did a super good job on his Bul to take
second over-all. John Drieger (Kaw) did
it for third. The 250A race was
anybody 's mud p ie. Mik e Meyer (Hus)
got the mud gods no d to d o it while
Mike Adams (Yarn) wallowed in to 2nd.
Mark Corbett pick ed some different
lines to clinc h a sh ak y 3rd.
Mike Loeffler proved to all and
sun dry th at he and his Su z ·were the
on es to beat in th e 125A race. Mike put
to gether two rides th at were mudriffic
for first over-all. AI Firest ine picked up
a second to continue his points lead for
the year. Jay Ric e rode very well to
ro cky rail his ·way for third over-all. The
125B boys say Ben Ec khard t (Suz) do it
con sisten tly for th e fir st while Gil Rojo
(Suz) p icked up secon d and Brian Sharp
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was just th at for third .
Results in resu lts sec tion.
Duffy goes
down at Rio Bravo
By Mark Knowles
HOUSTON,TEXAS , SEPT. 19
Local racin g in the Houston are a
seem s to have peaked out with the
fall schoolse ason in full swin g and
today was n o excep tion as the
races dragged ou t to nearl y dark.
The usually ac tion pa cked 125
Expert clas s seem ed .more like a
beginner's Novice class as more than one
rider dropped ou t to minor falls and
mechanical problems. But old pros
never die held to the test as Glen
Johnson stayed consistent to pick up
first place cash. Ricky Whit followed for
sec on d as both Barry Duncan and Bo
Kock enc ou ntered numerous problems
but still finished third and fourth.
Glen Urquhart was the star of the
25 0 Expert class until a hard earth-sky
act put the rapid Yamaha rider on the
side- lines. Gary Wells p icked up the
winning position followed closely by
bobby Guidry, J ames Tidwell and
Darwin Hu ckabee.
Keith Duffy started off hard in th e
Open Expert class bu t should have
stayed home as he lost his big KTM on a
fast straightaway and wen t down hard.
