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MAY 13 The third round of the 1979 Texas'Series Motocross Championships were held at Oakhill Motocross track, north of Ft. Worth. Oakhill. a challenging and deceptively tricky natural terrain course..hosted its first ever Texas Championship race in the eight year history of the series; and most of the competitors agreed that the track provided a suitable battleground to help determine the 1979 Texas Champions. . Danny Doss. from Fl. Worth. found the Oakhill track manageable enroute to the 125cc Expert class win on a Honda; Dallas speedster Darren Rhoten was simply incredible winning the 250cc Expert class on a Honda; Monte Anderson from Dallas had to slug it out with the troops for victory in the Open Expert class and predictably Wyman Priddy. from Ft. Worth. won the Over-30 Expert go. on a l:fonda. The Oakhill Motocross track is lapped fastest if a rider can figure out the certain rhythm that is required once the track becomes ridiculously rough, as it did for the Expertl Intermediate afternoon motos. A sort of bouncing ballet is the fastest step; and Dallasite Darren Rhoten (CSM Honda) danced his way through two beautifully orchestrated 250cc Expen motos. In the first moto Darren jumped out front ahead of David Greenhill (C-A), Dennis Goodson (Suz), Gary Graham (Suz). Mike Jones (C-A). and Mome Anderson (Mai). On the third lap Rhoten opened up a sizable margin after cranking out a one minute 56 seconds lap time that was fastest of the day. Though losing ground to the leader. Monte Anderson was the man on the move in the next several laps as he picked off Jones and Graham. but fell short of David Greenhill at the flag. At the finish Rhoten held a 20 second advantage over the tight twosome of Greenhill and Anderson with Mike Jones fourth. The second moto was a repeat of the first as Rhoten could do no wrong. Among the leaden at the stan were Goodson. Randy Wallace. Jones. Greenhill and Tom Holtan. Once again Monte Anderson suffered through a poor start but was charging toward the front. With Can-Am riders Den':lis Goodson and Mike Jones scrapping for second. Anderson slipped around Greenhill's Can-Am but their dice was so furious that this pair caught the Goodson·Jones battle. Meanwhile. Rhoten was stretching out to an eventual 15 second lead by moto's end. The flying foursome that comprised the fight for second entertained the crowds for the last'four laps and was a remarkable display of close-quarter drill. Andenon managed to fight his way past Goodson and then Jones for second in the moto and second overall. Danny Doss on the D-FW Honda CR accomplished today what he was expected to do at le.ast once during the four race Texas Series. Danny. lik.e the other Dallas area Experts that dominated the professional divisions. was quite familiar with the track. but so were another half·dozen of his competitors. This made for an excellent close fought motocross in the 125cc Expert class. some of the best seen during the Championships. The start of moto one saw Mel Newman and Richard Reeves. on Suzukis. leading the Hondas of Mickey Pizzitola. Danny Doss and Dennis Brand. Newman. the 1977 125cc Expert champ. exploded on lap two on the way to a big lead. Behind Newman. three riders including Reeves. Pizzitola, and Doss took up the fight for the runner-up position. Further back. Lake Whitney winner Dennis Brand entertained Kirk Dillon (Suz) for fourth. Houston winner Glen Johnson was blitzing after a poor start from fifth. In the next several laps Doss and ~rand fought their way into the second and third positions. but were still many seconds behind runaway leader Mel Newman. Johnson continued to close on the leaden and disposed of Dillon before catching up to Reeves. Besides Newman's easy mota victory. it was non-stop action for the· next finishing spots. The Doss and Brand Honda battle was decided