Cycle News is a weekly magazine that covers all aspects of motorcycling including Supercross, Motocross and MotoGP as well as new motorcycles
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........................................................... , -E • ~ Ce.I..a1 Plpell•• E Roger Coffee pulls the Mini pack through the Race Place mud. Vergauwen is one of the most successful promoters of stock ca r ra ci ng in the North Central Texas and Sou thern O kla hom a area , and pit areas, track , a nd spectator grand stand facilities are th e best. Wichila Falls . Texas , is located near the O kla hom a border. on ly two hours d rive south of Oklahoma Cit y and two hours dri ve north of Ft. Worth . Many top Professional riders are expected from over th e six-s ta te area with W ich ita Falls a lmos t eq u id istant from Shreveport , Albuquerque, Houston and Wi ch ita. Kansas. For further information . write Al Ve rgauwen or Frank Harrison at 522 Beverly Dr. , Wichita Fall s. TX 76309 , or call 817 /322-5262 . Whatever you decide to do, do it with Cycle News. Lahey, Lee latch Kansas wins r-----7---:-~ f 1 ,I SUBSCRIBE NOW! 1 I 1 I Thi::::s~:~;:;;;~.~~~.~.~~.~~.~r. ~ ~~~~~.~i~i.~~ 1 I I illL 1 --- I . M AI L TO : CYCLE NEWS. 2201 Cherry A ve . Long Beac h. CA 90801 or call (213) 427-7433 CYCLE NEWS (1 year) $15. 0 50 ISSUES CYCLE NEWS (2 years). 27. 0 100 ISSUES CYCLE NEWS (3 years). . 37.50 0 150 ISSUES .. 0 Please bill me . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 I enclose check or money order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 Name (Please print legibly) Address City State ZIP Please fill in your complete account number and card expiration date below: .. : ~I J • 1 34 L; Card expires Th~ I I I I I I I I I : I 1 ~ Dat e of this order Issuer of Ihe card «teou Ilef1 n n this IIf!' m IS ilUlhonlp.d 10 pay the amou nt 9lown as TOTAL upon PI Opt!! plp.~ nl d :'1)11 I pfO ml$P 11') o a v Su Ch .- TOT AL Ito .g.-ther Wit h I .Jfh ., ctw ces du~ !tlelPOnl so tne c r 10 and In ec eoee eece -------- i9 nature any I I I I 1 1 1 1 1 I ."" Ih the aq' f"ement qm" nlnq ;.I t hf' use of suc h car d ." I J By Dick Ainsworth ENTERP R ISE , KS, APR . 16 , TIm Sc hultz f lew to two 125cc mota wins at The Race Place. AMA Professional racing returns to Wichita Falls, TX W ICHITA FALLS. TX , APR. 24 After many years of absence, AMA Professional-sanctioned short track motorcycle racing will return to Wichita Falls. Texas , Speedway on July fourth. com plete with a fireworks disp lay for th e hol ida y eve n t. The popular stoc k car %-mi le cla y banked ova l last held a n AMA race on its su rface in th e la te 1950s. bUI in more recent years it has ex pe rienced good turnouts of riders in severa l non sa nctioned events. At th ese events, rid ers hav e a lways been most sa tisfied with the way Speedwa y owner AI Vergauwen has prep ared th e track a nd exp ressed a desir e to see fu ll AMAsponsored events run regu larl y. T his may well he possible if a i ood turnout of riders a nd specta tors is show n , a nd both a larger t han $1 500 purse co u ld be paid and fut u re sa nctio ns cou ld be in the offing. U I It is noweight co nse cutive m ot o' wins in two days for David Lahey" as he agai n dominated bot h the ; 125cc and 250cc Expert classes in q t he second round of th e Kansas Springe Motocross Series. Bud Lee also rl co n tin ued his firm grip on th e Open Experts as he again won both mot os.1I Lee got th e holesh ot in both motos ash did Lahey in the 125s. but Dav id h ad~ to . work for it in the ea rly portion of J the last 25 0cc mot a as Ba rry Holem' a nd Lee held th e to p two spots for two laps before Lahey rifled by. Lee came from last to seven th in th e first 250cc moto as Mark Da rra h , II Steve Dix a nd Da vid Br a ck pUI on a ; ra ce -lon g battle for third . Darrah event u a lly got third and in the last m ot a pulled a slick d ive under Fred a Traskowsky to take third in a photofinish a t th e flag . It ra ined and rained. but still a J large tu rn ou t of 109 riders sig ned -in at " Hank Sp aulding's Race Place . a one time golf course and country club that is now a motocross track a nd country 1 cl u b! And wit h this bad weat he r . th e 1 club house was very pop u lar and t he I pool tab les were never still, Patrick Cain . Jr. and Eric Unrein l battled for 100cc hon or s. Unrein led mot o one unt il Cain sho t by o n la p three . BUI Unrein held close a nd tried severa l times to pass. T he white flag ca me ou t a nd he crashed in rhe east do wnhill . in the mud . He got back up