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Pipeline Dav e Bea rden and Benny De l Monico dice on their TZ250s. CRRC riders storm to victory sta rted with a bunch of new faces in the Mini cla ss. Jackie Horner (Suz) smoked th e field , posting By Ric Lev it a I -I finis h . Tom m y She p ha rd (Suz ) m a de a stro ng showing in seco nd. Greg Sp reen (Ya m) pla ced thi rd wit h Boyd Bro land (H on) runni ng fourt h. HEN DE RSON , TX . MAY 7 CRRC riders ha d' a lot of decisions to m ak e on a nd off all day as Mo th er Nature couldn't de'cide on rai n or shine, WJ:1at t hey di d was put o n o ne of th e best pavement pe rformances see n in the central regi on . Da vid Cheek started the program with a first in 250cc Production after a yea r ret irem ent . Bobby Goodin and his Ca n-Am p rove d why he is National Champ with a fir st in 250 cc Cafe a nd 410 cc Product ion. George Grossman , whom it see med raced every race , hit pay dirt with a first in 655cc Product ion . Jon Minonno , another CRRC . Champion rode his Big-D Triumph to first in 750c c Product ion and 750cc Cafe . T he b ig winner of'.the day was th e nation 's fastest fire m an , Paul Stephen son , ridi ng a Da ve Ra sh prepared H on d a to three firsts. T he Oak H ill track proved to be o ne of th e tightest and most competi tive tracks in the na tio n . Results 250 PROO: 1. David Cheel<; 2. Bobby Goodin;' 3. Craig Kitterman. 410 PROD: 1. Bobby Goodin; 2. Joe Pa tlan; 3. Chrles Brot hers. 655 PROD: 1. George Grossma n; 2. Phillip Johnson; 3. Tim M cGu tre. 750 PROD: 1. Jon Minonno; 2. J oe Pan on; 3. Charles Brothers. OPEN PROD: t . Joe Panon; 2. Larry Rcb idea ux: 3. John M iick. 250 CAFE: 1. Bobby Goodin; 2. Dunca n Pau l; 3. Bucky Patt erson. 410 CAFE: 1. Mar k Cam pise ; 2. J oe Patlon; 3. Bobby Goodwin.' 655 CAFE: 1. Pau l Step henson; 2. Andy Robbins ; 3. .vernon Davis. .' 750 CAFE: 1. Jon Minonno; 2. Pa ul S tephenson; 3. Andy Robbins. OPEN CAFE: 1. Pau l Stephenson; 2. Jon Minonno; 3. ':. Kevin Stasny. 125 GP:·1. Kevin Brunson: 2. Ross Duncan; 3. Kevin Brand. .. 200 GP; 1. Duncan Paul ; 2. DaVid langley; 3 . Kevin Brunson. . ' , 250 GP: 1. Hugh Humbl e ; 2. Steve Dalley; 3 . Ben ny DelMonico. . ." 500 GP: 1. St e ve Darley; 2 . Ben ny De' Monico ; 3. Mike Herzing . OPEN GP: 1. Paul Stephenson; 2. Hugh Humble; 3 . Kevin Stasney. • Hughes stomps McAllen MX By Nick Castillo McALLEN , TX , MAY 21 58 . Sunday's motocross a t McAllen Su per-Mi ni was all Floyd Robb i.is' , as he pulled the field by four to five seconds on his Yama ha 80 . Brva n Mon jaras (Suz) gave Robbins a ru n' for the mone y in the early la ps unti l his bike went sour a nd ha d to settl e for th ird , He n ursed his bi ke to second in th e second moto fo r second overall . Tom my Shephard (Suz) ra n the Super Mini for t hird overall with Bill Tichenor (Suz) finishing fo urth . T he 100cc cl ass sho wed a new face , but a regu lar dice in first as R ussel Gage (Suz) pro ved what he co ul d do with new machinery . H e led th e field in both m otos with T im Obst (Suz) seco nd, Alb ert Alaniz (Ya m ) showed his stuff in both m ot os by com ing from behind , sett ling for thi rd over a ll. J imm y Capt (H o n), t he regula r winn er in the class, ra n into bad luc k the seco nd moto . Run n ing in seco nd place he fell o n t he last corner , almost ta king Obst wit h him . O bst ran off the track to avoid Capt . who filed a protest for Obst cu tti ng the tr ack , Fu rther in vestigation by tr ack officials revea led th e probl em. Second was aw a rded to Tim O bst and fourth to J im m y Capt. The 125cc Junior class sa w R ussel Gage (Suz ) again sm oking the field with Mike Marlow (Suz) in hot p ursuit. This battle wen t on for the opening laps in bo th m o te s. with Ma rlow settli ng dow n in second . O bst (Su z) made a fin e showing in third with Lupe Leal (H on) in fourth . Bri tt Turkinton (Yam) ran wa y ou t front in the 125cc Intermediates. Second was Jackie Matthews (Su z) with Oscar Quintanilla (Su z) th ird a nd Jimmy Capt (Hon) fourth , 'T he combined 250 cc /Open sa w Rod Womack (Hon) and Doug Bagwell (Yam) battle for the lead a ll through both motos, with Womack com ing out on top and Bagwell sett ling 'fo r second . Hector Buatista (Suz) 'was also in close behind the front runners until his 'shift lever fell off in the second moto and kept him bac k a t third ~verall. Open Expert showed Larry Hughes (H o n) was kin g of the dav as he se t some blis tering laps bor h mo res . The track was nice and tacky by t he second moto . Royce Danner ( Kaw ). rid ing t he only 125 , d id a ll t he 250 s in by p lacing second , with R u ben (Mo nd igas) Ra m os (Hon) third . By the end of th e moto , the only peop le lef t were t he Expert riders. Records fall at Green Valley Drags By Tom Loug h lin SM ITH FI E LD . T X , JUNE3 -4 Motorcycle d rag ra cing thunder ed back for the fir st time in over five ra cing seaso ns to Green Val ley Race Cit y, and was marked with a sho we r of na tiona l rec o rds , in cludi ng a new Top Fu el m a rk a nd t he fast est side -by -side Top Fuel run ever m ade at a n a ll-cycle drag eve nt . Ent er ed for th e first time a t a Drag bike Nationa l Championship series event , " Big Ca rl " Ahfeldt brough t the Motor cycles Un limited d ou ble and single-en gin ed ora nge Kawasak i Z fu elers to Green Vall ey a nd p roce eded to mop up. T he Mot orcycle Unlimited Top Fu el entry, a double Z-I ridden by Kenny Annesely, too k Top Fue l. On Sa turday .vAn nesley pulled onto the strip and faced th e stro ng dou ble Ha rlev of M arion O wen s a nd the duo laid d own the fastes t side-by -side m otorcycle run in th e histo ry of a llbik e d rag m eets, with An nesley in a t 7.90-185 .56 whil e Owens coo ked up a super 7.9 5 -174.41. On Sunday, Top Fuel sta rted off with Annesley improving on his Saturday mark with th e fast est T F ever turned at an all -cycle event with a 7.796-185 .56 to defeat the double T riumph of Duke McDonald. In the seco nd pairing, Marion Owens continued his seven -second barrage with a stout 7.928 -174.4 1 against Randy Williams . On the final , Annesley wheelied out of the ga te , bounced the front end twice a nd hung on with the throttle screwed to the stop for quickest Top Fuel final in Dragbike history and the fastest speed in all -cycle drag racing history 7.892-185,95 with the Owens Harley just a' hairsbreadth behind at a thundering 8.094 -177 .86 mph. T he Mot orcycle Un lim ite d onsla ught conti nued in the Su per Eliminator category . Sam Wi lls , on th e Mot orcycles U nlim ited ora nge co lors, conq ue red th e field . In round one , W ills defea ted th e Bonnie T ru itt H arley single , wh ile Paul J ones su rprised Nick Moral e 9 .50 to 9.47 as th e quicker ET lost. J ones' mph was 151.5 1 on the Ha rley -Davi dson "fun nybik e" wh ile th e Moral e Kaw asak i ch ecked in a t 149.7 5 mph . On th e final . des pi te j ones' H arley laying do wn a secon d 150 mph top end charge, W ills chec ked in first with an 8.852-137 .61 for his first Dragbike Championship titl e . The Green Vall ey Longhorn Nationals was th e first appearance ea st of California of a FX-B /G bik e in Pro Comp com pe titio n . In round on e , J erry Di xon sta rted h is m arch to th e win ne rs' ci rcle with a win over Fletch er Mit ch ell , th en defeated Ike Shelto n. Aft er th e third round D ixon faced th e W eston Bradley FX 'er and laid a 0/.. hol eshot o n it with his Z-layd own a nd checke d in first with a 9. 789 -133.33 to Bradl ey's quicker and faster 9.5 77 139.10 . Pro Sto ck was the p ro pert y of Sid Pogue , who defea te d Pat Spencer a nd finally Vickie Fa rr after ta ki ng t he low q ua lifier first ro und . Fin alist Vic kie Farr ea rn ed her finals be rt h as Bra d Adair . her first round oppo nent , broke a chain , and then she ou tr an Ba rry W a rr en by a tight 9.482 -9.667 m argin in the semifinal. On th e fina l, the score stood for Pogue wit h a 9.446· 139 .10 as Vickie encou n te red prob lems a nd sh ut off. In Competiti on Elim in ator . T er ry Kizer a nd LeM oyne Parsons teamed u p to win that title with a strong BI Alt ered turbo Kaw asaki wh ich a lso set a new BlAT national rec ord of 9.3 3- 153 .0 6 mph . the In M odified Eliminator , Kawasaki A /Mod of J er ry Simpson wound up on top of th e heap a fte r a tough fight in this hotly-contest ed spo rts m a n ca tegory . I n the runnerup slot , with th e fir st fina l round spo rts ma n finish for . this m arque in many yea rs, was the Triu m p h Trid ent of Lee Manis. On th e fina l, Sim pso n ease d to a 12.37 -103 m ph solo as Manis pi cked up a nail in his tir e, flatten ing it for the fin a l. T he rec ord barrage contin ue d in the Stock Elim in ator racing , as J erry Svoie stole Su zuk i's AA /S re co rd d ro p pi ng it to 11.6 8 -11 2 ,21 with h is XS 1100 . Sa voie , a board a Kaw asak i A /XS al so bom bed the record in that class d own to 10 .7 3-127 .f8 . once again without the use 'of tra ining wh eels. A th ird record fell in Stock Eliminator. this to Pau l Smi th on his L /SS Honda 360 , whi ch bumped Smith's own LSS mark down to 14.88· 83.25 mph . . Bracket Eliminator was won by Larry Eperjesi on a 750cc Kawasaki , taking the title over Floyd Gau lden's 903 Kawasaki . Results M IS: Jerry Savoie 11.68-112.21 IYom XS 11001. AIXS: Jerry Savoie 10 .73 ·127.28 IKaw 211. Ul TRAlS : To ny Sullivan 10 .68-120.80 IHonl. B/AT: Terry Kizer 9 .33-153.06IKawI. USS: Paul Smith 14 .BB-B3.25 Ilion 360) . Tf: K. Annesley 7.B9-185.9512 Kaw). TOP FUEL: Kenny Annesley 12 Kaw l; ru Marion Owens 12 H·D). SUPf R EllN: Sam Wills IKowl; IU Paul J on es IH-D). PRO COMP: Jerry Dixon IKaw); ru Weston Brad ley IKawl. PRO STOCK : S id Pogue IKawl; ru Vickie Farr IKaw). COMPETITION : T. Kizer fKa w); ru Larry Rydberg tH- O). M ODIFIED : Jerry Simpson lKaw I; ru Lee Man;s (Tri). STOCK: Jerry Savoie IKaw) ; rup Poul Srmth Ilion). BRACKET: larry Eper jesi (Kaw~ IU FloYd Gaulden (Kawl.