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Bo b Fillmore 1 37-Mail contro lled Open Int erm ed iate at frozen Mosier Valley on J an . 16. . Bob Goodin w on the Fort Hood. T exas short track Feb. 6. He rode a Kenny Roberts-frame Penton. · Fear and action off the first lap jump at Get Sideways MX. Wedding wins both 100cc and 125 Nov~ce at Tyler By Ted Latch Goodin'w ins Fort Hood short tra ck on Roberts-framed Penton TYLER . TX , FEB. 13 By Craig Randall 'Derek Wedding of Marshall, Tex. pulled off .the overall -win in the IOOcc class here at Get Sideways MX. But even though 34 Wedding won . he had to ride hard to earn that victory, with the competition very tight between the first seven riders in the class each moto , The determined charges of Don Bums and Todd Young made this the ' m ost exciting race of the day. Wedding then jumped off his 100 and climbed onto his 125 to easily win the 125 Novice class. The 250 Novice class was the largest in terms of entries, which made the first turn a bit crowded. There was one big crash. but no one was seriously hurt. The big surprise in the class was ' the good showing 'of Lou Chandler of the WOR Racing Team of Shreveport . Louisiana . Charidler won the overall with his 175cc Yamaha , beating all the 250cc machines . • FORT HOOD, TX , FEB. 6 Although billed as a practice on the Fort Hood Ys-mile oval , this day turned into a race featuringsome outstanding competition between riders out to have a good time and several AMAPro Novices who showed up to sort out this yea r's 250cc equipment. Today really involved a great deal of practice, some organized Hl-Iap heat races. After time trials for everyone , fastest 15 ' r id ers regardless of engine d isplacement .or tire configuration - qualified ~o r a 20 -lap main ev ent. a n d three com plim enta ry trophies. As the heats progressed . the tra ck rapidl y de veloped a blue g roo ve right down on the pole , Anywhere else on th e tra ck was so slippery that_ w~~ be ' unto you if yo u m oved even slig h tly off t he pol e. Time trials began to shape up after lunch and Bob Goodin of Bedford . Texas , a new Pro Novice , set the fastest time of the day on hi s Kenny Roberts-framed 250 Penton , at 13.6 seconds. Goodin ea rning th e pol e for l ite !!1ai!, e"!'.~t: J o hn Poe~ ~n~a st ock framed 250 Can-Am , turned 13 .65. The third fa stest time of the d ay, (and the only other ride r to break into' th e 13-second bracket) . bel onged to J oe Bu erin eke on a stock-looking TT 500 Yamaha , The 15 riders lin ed up side- by-side on one row for the main event start. T h e 60-foot wi d e tra ck , eas ily ac commodated all 15 riders into the fir st tum with no restart . John Po e (CA) jum pe d to an immediate lead whi ch he held for 1'5 laps. Buenneke (Yam) moved right into seco nd and John Williamson ( 125 YZ Yam) was third. Goodin (KR 250 Pen) lingered in about fifth place . but he put on a drive that persisted until the 16th lap, when he was finally able to pass Poe on the outside in the third turn for the lead. Goodin stretched his lead until the checkered flag for , the well deserved win. Poe was an undisputed second, while Williamson's 125 passed the fast-fading · 500 of Buenneke for third. • Results in Results Section, Box boggies to first in Oklahoma By Rebecca Sands , O,\\.LAHOMA CITY: OK ,"FEB . 6 Van Box (Hon) took first overall in the 125 Nov ice clas s at Motorcycle Raceways . A ft er bogging down at the line, Box worked h is wa y through th e pack to fin ish second beh ind C ha d Bix ler in th e first moto, Jim Mayse (H a n) from . Ponca City pl aced third with J immy J ones (Sll z). from Dall as, fourth . Box led the second m ot o to cross th e lin e with Ma yse close behind , and 'Bixler unable to fin ish . J ones rode well to place third and Ray Arnold (Yam) was fourth , Ma yse earned se co n d overall ; Jones, th ird ; Arnold , fourth . Everyone was co nce rned wh en Bill y Hatfield (H us) took a hard fall in th e second 125 Exp ert mota , Mark Ru ssell (Su z) had pulled t he hol esh ot with Hatfield fl yin g behind. Hatfield passed Russell , Russell p a ssed Hatfield , th en Hatfiel d found a spot to pass but got out o n loose d irt and flipped . The cras h crushe d a bone in Hatfield's upper right thigh . Mark _ R ussell was first 'ove rall. Randy Russell (Suz) seco nd , Dennis Cobb (Suz) third , a nd Tim Blevins ( Pen) fourth . Trey J orsk i ( Pe n) gra b bed the holeshot in the fir st Open Expe rt m ot o . with Randel Bu rch art ( Ma i) second and Kerry Smi th ( Pe n) th ird . Aft er three laps , Burch art had bik e trouble a n d dropped b a ck to fini sh fifth. 'C ha rles Cooper ( Pe n) wa s fourth wh en his bike seized . Smith fini sh ed second , Ricky Sa nders ( Pen) third . a nd Chris Cunn ingham (Hus).- fourth : In the seco nd m ot o, jorski again sp r u ng th e holesh ot. Sander s wa s right behind with Smi th c h as ing h im. Then Sanders ' bike lost its sh ifte r, p utti ng him j out , Sm ith was second , Coo pe r took third t h is moto , with Cunningham fourth. ' • Results in Resu lts Section. Logston, G.- Wilson and Fastle w in at Sidewinder MX By E. W right ALBUQUERQUE, NM, FEB , 6 The three New Mexico's riders who had an AMA Pro license in ' 76 ' shared class wins at Albuquerque's Sidewinder Motocross Park. This was the third . points race fo r determ ining sta te champions, and since th e series . wa s extende d , to most of th e tracks in th e st ate, th e racing has be en very good with no one town having an advantage . Scott Logston (Yam) won both 125 Expert motos, which put h im in the se ries lead a fte r m aking onl y two race s , Dennis Patton ( Ya m) took second in th e first moto , pa ssin g Eddie Cahill (Hon) on th e la st lap . In th e se cond' , m oto Patton brok e on the \