Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

ODC4DD00040aOOOOODDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDOODODDODDOOOODDDOOIDDDDDC Austin Experts Russ Powers 140/and Ronnie Taylor (58) get close in the first turn of the first moto. pulled up . Powers raised his arm and allowed Taylor to pass . By this tim e Hicks had bu ilt an insurm ount able lead and the moto ended. The first 250cc Intermediate moto had a full line of 14 riders. and when the cord snapped , Allen Gosnell , Jerry Farmer , Kyle Powell and Pa ul Zabor hit the first turn in fro nt. Gosnell took the l ead, bu t Farmer pu t his Yamaha in front to sta y on th e second lap. Kyle Powell rod e a steady race in second for most of the moto , till he spilled on the last lap , finishing sixth . The first moto ended with Farmer in the lead , followed by Joe Balcom , Gosnell , Mark Wheeler , Ma rk Newman and Kyle Powell . Clayton Claybaugh, riding a CanAm in his first ever Intermediate moto, got th e holeshot , but didn't maneuver through the first turn properly. allowing eight riders to pass. Powell temporarily had his Maico in the lead, but Fa rmer and Randy Mann quickly took over the first two .spots . Joe Balcom. Paul Zabor and Jeff Wassom took over third through fifth places behind Farmer and Mann, and Mann played follow-the-leader the rest of the moto. Third place exchanged hands five times among four riders with Balcom taking the checkered in third. Jeff Wasson finished fourth , f~lowed by Gosnell a nd Zabor. Results MINI SR: 1. Mit::h Thomas lSuzl; 2. Greg BicIt_ !Yaml. MINI JR : 1. Donny Sofbeck ISuzI; 2. Tony Hooge ISuzl: 3. MichMI Bailey !Yarnl. l 00cc: 1. John Middleton IVaml; 2. Robert Munz ISuzl; 3. Randy Tr- ' !Yaml. 125 INT: 1. Steve Turner (Sud; 2. Tim Travis !Yaml; 3. Kent SmeIsner ISuzJ; 4. Tuck.. Mayfield (Sud; 5. Kent Browning ISud. 250 NOV: 1. Gary EstIacl< (Suzl; 2. Brett Cooper lSuzl; 3. Wyl ie Evans !Yam) 4. CharlesHatcherIe-A); 5. ; Bryan Briggs IC-Al. . 250 INT: 1. Jeny Farmer !Yam);2. Joe Balcom 1Hus! ; 3. Al lan Gosnell IHon) 4. Randy Mann IMai) 5. Mark : ; Wheeler !Yaml. OPEN 1. Bobby Bowden !Yam); 2. Bil y Hobbs : !Yam) 3. Joe McNamara !Yaml; 4. Joaquin Effmg.. ; !Y aml. OVER 30 : 1. Ji mmy Ph iUips (Vaml; 2. Rickey Brown !Y amI; 3. Tom Gregory !Yaml: 4. Leo Anderson !Yam): 5. Qanny Atkins !Yaml. EX: 1. Ronnie Taylor (Hon) 2. J ack Hicits !Yaml: 3. : Russell Powers lHonl. Stephenson storms CRRe road race By Mike Reilly HENDERSON . T X. SEPT. 16 Paul Stephenson , aboard the Storm's Cycle Ducati Desmo , dominated the large bore muscle bikes at Oakhill Raceway. The last sched uled Cent ral Road Ra cing Club event of 1978 saw Stephenson as well as four other riders score multiclass wins . Paul. known as the Hogman , is awe. somely fast on this track, even on a good da y, but on th is date he was , superb. His wins with the Ducati included the Open Cafe class over Da n Morrison (BMW of Ft. Wo rth) and Doug Polen on a GS750 Suzuki, and Open Cafe as Stephenson ran off from Benny Del Monico (Edward's MC TX350 ) and Kevin Stasney on a Honda Fou r. To top off his da y's work . Paul pulled ou t the 410cc Production win on his four-cylinder Honda after a tough figh t with Tony Cherne on a Yamaha and ex -motocrosser Jake DeBoe on a Honda Hawk. Joe Patton scored a double win in 750cc and Open Production on the Glenn's Honda as the 1978 points leader had a slugfest both races with David Cheek (GS750 Suz). Cheek. th e only rider to beat Patton this yea r . was short about one second each race from another win . Bucky Patterson, CRRC's absolute master of the pint size production . bikes, piloted his trusty Can-Am single to smash wins in the 250cc Production and 250cc Cafe classes. In both races his runnerups were the same, second George Lloyd (C -A) a nd Richard Haecker (Yam) third. Andy Robbins and the Sam's Motorcycle Sales 350 Honda single own every bit of the Oakhill race track but the title to the land, or so it must seem as for the third time th is year Robbins was pure genius .winning the 410, 655 , and 750cc Cafe classes. David Bearden , a lanky smiler from Killen , was all business in the 500 and 250cc GP classes on his Yamaha TZ 250 , winning both races on th e tig ht Henderson course that is particularly tough on the highstrung GP bikes and riders. Da vid had quite a battle with Benn y DelMonico in the 500cc class and Andy Robbins in the 250c c class .• Results OPEN GP: 1. Paul Stephenson IDuel; 2. Benny DelMonia>!Yaml 3. KevinStaoney IHonl. : 500 GP: 1. David Bearden !Yam); 2. Benny DelMonia>!Y am); 3. Ea1 Smith !Yam) . 250 GP: 1. DllYid lYam); 2. AMy Robbins IHonl; 3. Tommy Byars lYam). 200 GP: 1. Tommy Sh ields 1Hont. 2. Ross Duncan lY.,,); 3. Kreg Hunt lYaml. 250 CAfE: 1. Bucky Patterson IC-Al; 2. George Uoyd IC·A); 3. James Haeck lYam). .. 410 CAfE: 1. AMy Robbins (Henl: 2. DllYid Cheek lHonI: 3. Steve Smith lYam). 655 CAFE: 1. Andy Robbins lHonl: 2. Tim McGuire lYam) 3. David Cheek (Hon). ; . 750 CAfE: 1. Andy Robbins IHon) 2. Joe Patton ; lHonl: 3. Warren Egll'" (Hon!. OPEN CAFE 1. Paul Stephenson IDuel: 2. Dan : Mcmeo n (BMW! 3. Doug Polen ISuz!. : 250 PROD: 1. Budty Pattarson IC·A): 2. George Loyd IC·A); 3. James Haeck lYaml. .. 410 PROD: 1. Paul Stephenson (Hon): 2. Anthony Cherne IVaml: 3. Ja ke DeBoelHonI. 655 PROD:1. Anthony ChomalYam); 2. J a"e DeBoe IHonl; 3. Cha'ies Brolhe

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