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When the intense day of racing had
ended, Kyle Landrum, Dan Conway
and Tim Wagner were on top of the
action-filled Expert classes.
Open Expert Tim "Throttle Jockey"
Wagner (Yam) took his big bore YZ to
consecutive moto victories after early
leader Steve Mulholland (Yam) suf·
fered tranny troubles that resulted in a
slowing second in round one and a
seventh in round two. Wagner really
had the gas on with Delbert McDonald
(Suz) taking second place honors
ahead of Houstonian Kenny Pavlica
(Mai) who came back for third in
round two.
Pete Perry (Suz) proved he's no
push-over as he gassed his self-sponsored
RM to top bonors in the Over ~ class.
Perry pushed himself and his bike to
the limit as he came from behind to
win. O.B. Shelburne (Yam) put to·
gether a pair of quick and consistent
rides for second with third place
honors going to "East Texas Flash"
Mike Franks (Kaw). Fourth in the
over-the-hill gang was Tony Schenz
(Mai) with a 3-5 effort as early lead
Robbie Holbert (Kaw) "soil sampled"
his way to fifth on the well-prepared
course at Lake Whitney.
Event number eight was quick to
follow and the word quick describes
how the 125cc Experts moved dirt at
Whitney. Leading the charge to the
first turn in each moto was Chuck
"The Hulk" Dawson (Yam). In his first
year as an Expert, Dawson is quickly
proving he is one of the many rising
stars in north Texas motocross. Young
Dawson finished the fine day of racing
third in the fast lane of the overall
column behind Kyle Landrum (Hon)
and "Flyin' Bryan" Taylor (Hon) who
sha red moto victories.
Round one ended with Landrum
laking his "red rocket" to victory after
slipping by Dawson, who ended up
third behind Randy "Fluid Form"
Sullivan (Hon). whose Expert experience paid off in round one, with
Taylor coming back for a brilliant
fourth after a Texas turf test .
(n round two, Taylor was breathing
fire as he dusted his competitions' plow
after overcoming another Dawson
holeshot. Round two ended quickly
with Taylor holding off overall winner
Landrum. Mike Clement (Yam) who
charged back for third, Dawson, Terry
Thomas (Yam) and Sullivan. Overall
it was Landrum, Taylor, Dawson,
Clement, Sullivan and Thomas.
One of the most exciting classses of
the day was the 125cc Intermediate
which at the day's end had "Movin'
On" Mike Brown (Suz) at the head of
the class. Brown moved to the head of
the class early as "Killer" Carroll Richardson (Yam) knifed his way through
the field. In a battle that climaxed on
the final lap, Brown held on fOT a well
deserved win with Richardson a proud
second as early threats Greg BakeT
(Hon) and Jim Vaughn (Kaw) finished
in third and fourth in the second moto
as well as the overall column.
"Dynamite" Dan Conway (Hon)
blitzed the field of 250cc Experts as he
piloted his "red rocket" to victory in
each round. Conway was flying low as
he made winning in the Expen ranks
look easy with Ricky Glaser (Yam)
pursuing for second overall. Steve
Mulholland (Yam) was third, after
some tough luck in Open Expen competition. Mulholland came back in
fine form ahead of Micky Pizzitola
(Hon) who was the victim of a close
encounter that held him to a sixth in
round two and fourth overall.
Results
TEENV -MINI: ,. Crispy Vreeland IVam); 2. Steve
Petree IVam); J. Dennis RichardIIVam).
MINI JR: 1. Eddie Vreel.nd (Vam); 2. Scon ThoIT1llS
IVam); J. Blake Garland {Vaml.
MINI SR: 1. 8