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Keith Davis took the River City Expert win after tangling with Rick Blackwell.
Davis survives River
City night MX duel
By Karel Kramer
AUSTIN , TX,JUNE 14
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almost totally new layout with 14
jumps, two uphills, two off-cambers
and a libera l dose of sand that wou ld
metamorphose into giant powder
berms before the lights were turned
offl
Austin's own Keith Davis , not one to
worry about a few cha nges , smoked
t he Pros to the first turn with on e of his
pa tented hol eshots and was never even
c ha llenged. Jerry Farmer a nd Clov is
Cisne ros gra bbed th e place and show
posi tions. Cisneros relegated Farmer
to th ird by rocketing off the ba ckstraight
ju m p high eno ugh 10 get a n atltitude
noseb leed .
Rick Blackwell, back from the Supe r.
cross wars , b roke from the pack j ust in
time to get handed t hird place as
Farmer stopped for a soil sample. T he
com bina tion 0, a new track a nd new
bike were ta king Blackwell some time
to get used 10 . As he m oved into third
place , he seem ed lU find his rhythm ,
putting serious p , ,,ssu re on Cisneros.
T ime ran ou t for Blackwell as
Cisneros held on 10 his well-ea rn ed
seco nd a nd Da vis ran awav to a secu re
.
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Wln .
Th ree Hon d as di vebo rn'red the first
turn in rnot o two . Da vis -,egan wha t
look ed to be a repeat perform ance followed by Billy Harrison and Ronnie
T ay lor. Davis a nd Harrison quickly
built sa fe cushions, b ut Taylor was
feeling pressure from Blackwell who
was now looking very good on his
Kasson -sponsored Yamaha .
Blackwell was entertaining no ideas
of a repea t perform a nce and passed
Tay lor a nd Harrison fairly quickly,
but Davis already had a seemingly in surmountable lead. Blackwell began to
showcase his national talents as he
literall y tore up the track. singlehanded -
ly moving one berm out about three
feet in five laps!
W ith three turns left Davis' lead had
shrunk from severa l hundred yards 10
five. Da vis was making no mistakes
and Blackwell had no time to wa it for
one. Bla ckwell made his move on a
jump about three turns from the finish ,
flying past Davis in mid-air, Ba rs
tangled and tires scru bbed as they
landed side by side standing Davis '
Hond a on its front wheel while Blackwell and his Yamaha went careening
to the outs ide of the track. Both riders
saved it , Davis grabbed the inside and
the lead. Blackwell had to really scra m ble and went into the final tu rn without
shutting off, jamming Davis and using
his Honda for a be rm . Both bi kes
seemed to stumble for a second but
Blackwell clutched first and grabbed
the win by inches!
Everyone at the tra ck was on their
feet for this a nd saw some of th e finest
raci ng of the yea r.
Over 30 rider Darius Gramely and
his Kawa sak i 175 Enduro added some
sp ice to the second Open Intermediate
moto as he had a knock -down , d ragout (li te ra lly) dice with moto winner
J oaquin Effinge r. Gra mely's berz erk o
techniques ha d him waving his head ligh t all over the sky. Gramely finally
passed Effin ger but knocked him dow n
in the process. He prom p tly spun a
doug hnu t a nd hel ped Effinger pick up
his bike and let him go first all with out
thi rd place coming close enough to
worry th em!
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Resu lts
MIN I MI NI; 1. Tom my Allen ISUl ); 2. eric Culver
ISuzl.
MI NI J R: t . Edd ie Vreeland (Yam): 2. OiMd Cane
1 uz); 3. Blake Garland (Yaml
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M IN I SR: 1. Sh ane Sin on (VarnI; 2. Bill y Kirby (Yaml;
3. T.J . Firmer (Yam ),
100 NOV: 1. How ard Edner (Yam); 2. Debb ie
McCallister (Yam); 3 . Robert Haley {Yaml.
, 25 NOV : 1. Carl Beers (Ho nl; 2. Scott Hack ett (Hon);
3. Dav id Morrison (Ho n).
250 NOV: 1. Kevin M aultsby lKaw ); 2. Paul Bach
(Han); 3. Mark Miller Iva ml .
125 INT: 1. John Hamm (Han); 2. Mark Newma n
(Hen); 3. Ronni e Prado (Yam ).
250 INT: 1. Chuc k Lott in IHon); 2. Mark Thornt on
(Hen); 3. Wylie Evans {Henl .
OPEN iNT: t . Paul Zabor IKawl; 2. Bill Eff ing er (Yaml;
3. David Herta (Suzl .
OVER 30: 1. Darius Gramelv IKaw l; 2. Greg Labbe
tHus); 3. Danny At kins IYam ).
EX: 1. Keifh Davis IHan l: 2. Rick Blackwell lYam t; 3.
Bill y Harriso n (Hanl .
