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CeDI..al PipeliDe
off Cardwell ~o~ th~ end of the molO
and was knocking on Davis' and M~ks'
back fend~rs as th~ cr~d th~ ch~ck
~. The ov~1I w~nt to How=on (1-1),
followed by My~rscough (2-2), Davis
(4-4), StullS (3-5) and M~ks (8-S).
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Results
MINI JR: 1. Brent Froed IYom); 2. Andy Bradshaw
l!(awl; 3. Yue! K~lion IYoml.
MINI SR: 1. Dannv St_k ISuzl; 2. Darin WoIIioms
(Yom); 3. "Avin' Freckle" eo. (Yoml.
I llOcc ClASS: ,. Danny S'_k (Suzl; 2. Jeff Milts
(Suz); 3. Gary WoMonh (Yom).
125 NOV: 1. Mark _
(Yoml; 2. ~_is
IHanI; 3. Mike Smith ISuz).
250 NOV: 1. Moe Von Kirk lSuz); 2. Craig Mooln ....
lHan); 3. Rev Ram;roz (Han).
OVER 30 "A": 1. Jake W. .en ISuz); 2. Scan Eniot
IHusl; 3. Goegg ~ IHuol.
OVER 30 ''8'': 1. Dole R. Shonlc (Suz); 2.
Mike 8nIdIhlIw 181"" Into tho flrs1 tum at San Antonio. but fell
rnom.nttlater. Ken Howerton 14) won.
Howerton and
Myerscough shine
in Texas sun
By John R8nnlkko. Jr.
SAN ANTONIO, TX,JAN. IS
Kent Howerton showed up the
day before the race to help the
Dirt Bikers of San Antonio lay
out a new track which included
doubl~ jump even h~ was unabl~ to
I~ap. On race day, howev~r, aft~r
many a knobby had ~roded t~ jumps,
t~ "Rhinestone Cowboy" lea~ his
way over t~ "unjumpabl~" doubl~
humps to a perfect 1-1 rid~ in th~ com-
a
bined 250/0pen Expert class.
How~on's Suzuki t~arnmat~, Brian
My~rscough, destroyed th~ 125cc Experts taking both moto wins whil~ doing stylish reve~ crrossups off th~ n~
doubl~ jump. My~ough also rod~
th~ combined 250/0pen Expert class,
but r~mained How~rton's und~rstudy,
taking ~cond ov~rall with a pair of
second-plac~finish~.
A wav~ of 125cc Expert ring-a-dingdings cam~ through th~ first tum of
th~ first moto sid~ays. Whil~ Bryan
Taylor (Yam) grabbed for th~ insid~
~I ~tat~, Brian M~rscough rock.~ted
around th~ outsid~ with Weldon "Rip"
Ri~bschl~a~r (Yam) and John B~rsch
(Hon) pancaked in b~tw~n. My~rs
cough dusted ev~ryon~ through th~
next tum and left RieschJ~a~, ~h,
Taylor and oth~rs in his ~xhauSI.
M~rscough continued to ~ untouchabl~ for th~ duration of t~ moto.
Taylor ~Id second on th~ first lap,
"Rip" and ~rsch in tight formation
with him. Tony N~ham (Hon),
Russell Ragen (Suz) and Nicky Marsh
(Suz) followed. ~h put his Honda
into second plac~ for good on th~
second lap and I~ft th~ ot~rs to fight
for th~ r~maining spots.
Marsh catapulted to third plac~ on
lap thr~ as Taylor f~1I back to last
place som~h~~ in a back section.
My~rscough continued to pull away
and Taylor ~n onc~ again to mov~
his Yamaha/Moto-X Fox-sponsor~d
monoshock~r through traffic. Taylor
held fourth plac~ at th~ thr~~ quart~r
mark wh~n h~ cam~ around dragging
what appeared to b~ th~ r~ar brak~
stay bar. H~ pulled off for a bit of
quick pit work and got back into th~
rac~. My~rscough won by almost a full
34
minut~ ov~r ~cond plac~ B~rsch.
Ri~bschl~a~r, Marsh, Rog~rs and
Taylor follow~d.
Ri~bschlea~r hol~hot th~ ~cond
moto, ~ating out Taylor on th~ out·
sid~ lin~ of th~ first tum. "Rip" m~
a tum and had to doubl~ back to
got off th~ track, taking sol~
possession of last plac~. M~anwhil~,
~rsch led lap on~ with a fast-moving
M~ough looking to ~t up for a
pass as Taylor trailed in third. Th~
next lap had a ~ \cackr, Myerscough,
who rod~ th~ \cad to tM check~red
flag. ~h, Taylor and Riebschlea~
crossed th~ second moto finish lin~
in that ord~r and th~ ov~rall w~nt
to My~rscough (1-1), ~rsch (2-2),
Ri~bschl~a~r (!l-4) and Taylor (6-2).
Nicky Marsh found it tough finishing
any ~t~ than futh as M ~ without
a ~at for most of tb~ moto.
San Antonio rid~r Mik~ Bradshaw
(Hus) got tb~ jump on t~ 250/0pen
Experts as h~ led th~ first moto start.
How~rton, Dav~ Stutts (Yam) and
R~r Brown (C-A) ~nt~red th~ first
tum ~hind Bradshaw, but ~xited
without Brown. Losing traction in th~
sw~ping tum, Brown unloaded in
traffic and was T-bon~d by Mik~
M~k.s' front wh~l. M~k.s got back up
and into th~ rac~, but ringing ~11s k~pt
Brown off his scoot~r and h~ called it a
day.
How~rton had th~ I~ad by lap on~
with Bradshaw, Stutts, J~ K. Davis
(C·A). St~v~ Cardw~lI (Hon), Brian
My~rscough (Suz), J~y Balcom (Hus),
J~rry Surb~r (Yam) and oth~rs on his
trail. Th~ "RbineslOn~ Cowboy"
handl~d first plac~ quit~ w~lI from
th~n on but Stutts took ~cond plac~
from Bradshaw just two laps lat~r as
My~rscough spttd~d toward th~ front.
During lap four My~rscough c1~d
on Stutts and Mreks (Hon) had charged
from 15th plac~ to II tho
In th~ second half of tM moto, Stutts
h~ld off My~rscough in som~ supertight racing until My~rscough got by
on th~ whit~ flag lap. Bradshaw rod~
fourth plac~ but fad~d to Davis' charg~ and finish~d fifth. M~k.s pulled in
at ~ighth plac~ at th~ check~r.
Stutts and How~rton led th~ start of
moto two witb Bradshaw and Doug
PaI~ (Hon) in tight formation immediat~ly ~hind th~m. On th~ first lap
around th~ track, Stutts and Bradshaw
w~ren't included in the lap charts apparently having fallen in a back area.
Lap one had How~rton in front followed by an inspired M~ks. Myerscough, Davis, Cardwell, Charlie Martin (KTM) and Paley wer~ among the
lead~rs on lap one. My~rscough took
M~ks on the second lap and began to
cha~ Howerton. Stutts began a long
charg~ from back in lIth place which
put him sixth by mid-moto.
Howerton and My~rscough learned
th~ir Suzukis to put untouchable times
and distan~ on ~o~ whil~ M~ks.
Davis and Cardw~1I held spots three
through fiv~. Stutts was abl~ to pick
wh~r~ ~
~ Rosa
IYom); 3. Wr/It zan- (Yaml.
KLUNKER: 1. Robert " ' - (!(aw); 2. Joey a.wIHanI; 3. Maurice A. Lvon (Yoml.
125 INT: 1. Medr.. SCiwicque tHan); 2. Glenn Ingr8m
tHan); 3. Lee D..-(Hanl.
250 INT: 1. -.ev CIortl!HanI; 2. Jeff EIIio CC-AI; 3.
Jerry Former (Yoml.
OPEN INT: 1. Brion _
(Y.."; 2. Kyle _
lMIil; 3. Glen M....-IC-AI.
125 EX: 1. Brion Myerscough ISuzl; 2. John _
tHan): 3. Weldon Rilbact' IU (Vern•.
2!iOIOPEN EX COMBINED: 1. Kent _
tsuzl;
2. Brion Myerscough (Suzl; 3. Joe K. Dovia IC-AI.
Sullivan, Spencer,
and Anderson dash
for cash at Mosier
By Charlie WI8S8
ARLINGTON, TX.JAN. 20
On a day that was described as
miserable weather-wise, North
Texas MXers were "gain' for it"
aU day with exciting racing
taking place with ~ach drop of tb~
In Pro action, Randy Sullivan,
Kirk S~Ctt and Mont~ Anderson
had th~ spectators out in w~athtt with
som~ int~ racing taking plac~
d~pi~ th~ adv~~ conditions.
In th~ morning action, with a
small~r than normal turnout, th~~
w~r~ a f~ n~w faces in th~ winn~r's
circl~. Mik~ Cook. (Suz) I~d tb~ parad~
in th~ I OOcc Novic~ class with Ed
Brak~ (Suz) ~dging out Kyl~ Ratliff
(Suz) for ~cond, Ratliff h~ld on for
third as Winston Moor~ mov~d up to
fourth after two rounds of racing.
gat~.
Aft~moon
practic~
follow~d
th~
morning program as th~ Int~rmediates
and Pros test~d th~ir ~quipm~nt on a
track that was plagu~d by a light mist
that continued for th~ duration of tb~
program. Th~ goggl~/vision probl~
had littl~ eff~ct on tb~ quality of th~
racing b~ca~ th~ racing was mor~
uciting ~ach tim~ th~ gat~ hit the
ground.
In 125cc IDl~rm~ate action red
rock~t ac~ Rodn~ Wigginton (Hon)
blasted th~ troops with a pair of moto
wins. Wigginton was flawless as
Rodn~y Wallace (Hon) cam~ back in
th~ ~cond round to finish ~cond.
"T~rrible" Tim Butltt (Yam) drop~
to third (after a second in round one)
when Wallace slipped by in the deciding second round.
Randy "Fluid Form" Sullivan (SUl)
dominat~d the 125cc Pro action by
taking a pair of wins. Sullivan cam~
from behind 10 win in round one as
~arly I~ader Mik~ Brownl~ (SUl)
fad~d and lat~r took a soil sample
dropping him to fifth. In his ~cond
Pro effort Greg Fouts (Yam) came
from behind in round on~ to tak~
second behind Sullivan. In round two,
Sullivan was OUI front ~arly with Fouts
testing turf (he later DNF with a frayed throttle). Brownlee had problems
also, as Ronald Dawson (Suz) came back
from his first moto third to finish
~cond ~hind th~ f1~ing Sullivan who
was racing by him~lf most of lh~ day.
Overall it was Sullivan, Dawson. Chris
Swank (Hon), Fouts and Brownl~
aft~r two rounds of topsy turvy racing
action.
Th~ ~t rac~ of th~ day took plac~
in round on~ of th~ 250cc Pros. Kirk
S~Ctt (Yam) led as Mont~ Anderson
(Yam) applied th~ pressur~. Witb four
laps gon~, And~rson slip~ by only to
~ repa~ by Spenc~r ~fore the lap
ended. Anderson forced his way back
by again only to ~ r~passed witb o~
lap ~aining. As th~ chwen cam~
out th~~ was less than on~ second
~arating tb~ pair of speedsters with
S~c~
holding tM ed~ over
And~rson, Jim Thomas (Hon) a distant
tbird. In round two, S~cer got away
~arly as Anderson was left to work
traffic~.
In th~ t~n·lap moto.
Anderson c10led tb~ gap, but S~ca
nevtt ~ally f~lt pTellllJ'ed until th~
final lap. Spcnctt h~ld on to win with
Anderson a c101e second, ~
Goocbon (So2) moving up to third and
Jim Thoma (Hon) holding on for
fourth ov~lI.
Kmny "Q.uick Draw" McGraw
(Yam) ~ down th~ Opm
Intermediates with a pair of fine rides.
McGraw cam~ back in th~ second
round to umeat first round winna
Wayne Rattliff(Yam) wbo managed a
fourtb in round two for second overall.
Tony SaIIegoa (Mai) put bis red bike in
tbird in both rounds for a consistent
third with Don Lackey (Yam) founb
ov~rall.
Mont~ Anderson (Yam) pushed
bimsdf and bis cycl~ to their limits in
th~ O~ Pro race. Aft~ a second in
round on~ ~hind Kirk S~er
(Yam), Anderson ~bounded to unseat
Spencer in tb~' opening Iapl of mOlO
two. TM pair s~ away from tb~ fidd
with less tban a second ~arating
th~. And~rson was unabl~ to slip
away though. Finally, with four laps
r~aining, Spenc~ slip~ down
whil~ presuring An~rson, allowing
And~rson a cusbion to last t~
duration. Ov~rall it was Anderson,
Spenc~r, Rick~ Kidd (Yarn), and J~
Smith (Yam) making it a sw~p of
"y~lIow birds."
Results
MINI JR.: 1. Shannon BUf". (Han); 2. David &.nMI
IYem); 3. BobbV Co