Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

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Taylor was using lines oth~r rid~rs ncv~r found as h~ lit~rally flew around th~ track. In round on~ "Flyin' Bryan" took th~ I~ad on lap on~ and by lap three, h~ began lapping rid~rs. Am~rican Honda's St~v~ Wi~ crui~d in second with a cast/brac~ on his l~ft hand. In third plac~ was hard charging Willi~ Ph~~ (Hus) who had his hands full with Scooter Bates (Yam) in pursuit. Wh~n th~ ch~ck~rs cam~ out, Taylor was still in command as h~ took an ~asy victory, Wi~ coasted across in s~cond with Ph~~ fl~ing thir~, Bates was fourth and Cart~r's Jimmy N~il in fifth. Round two began with Wise taking off th~ kid gloves, grabbing th~ hol~· shot and ~tting th~ pac~ until lap two wh~n Taylor sailed passed Wise on on~ of many jumps on th~ v~ry fast Burl~· son course. Taylor's dominanc~ carried him to th~ final tum wher~ a lapped rid~r lock~d up th~ victory for Taylor. As h~ slow~d Taylor, Wise closed in for th~ kill only 10 ungl~ and go down with th~ slow~r rid~r and a surprised Taylor ~ascd across the finish Iin~. Third in round two was "Daring" Der~k W~dding (Hus) who had his shar~ of probl~ms at Burleson as did fourth plac~ finish~r Mick~y "Supercross" Pizzitola (Kaw). Ov~rall it was Taylor, Wise, Ph~, Pizzitola, Bates, Wedding and N~il. Open Pros ~arched for traction as th~y ~nt it back with W~dding taking a pair of ~asy victories aboard the Euro· pean m~an machin~. Wedding looked to b~ ~njoying him~lf as h~ sped to victory in ~ach action·fill~d round. ~ond with a consist~nt 5·5 effort was Scoot~r Bates (Yarn) who edged out 0 lit S Cycles' "Gauin' Gl~n" Goodi~r (Hon) and his 2·4 tally. Th~ Burleson circuit was new to many of th~ rid~rs and at th~ ~nd of a long day of racing, th~ track condi· tions w~r~ still good. Track operator Chest~r C. and promot~r Tommy Connors d ~ a pat on the back, for a track that nonnally has a maximum turnout of 160 rid~rs to put t~ther an ~ntenaining n~ar·500 rid~r program is outstanding. Results -1eJHusqvarna 1980&1981 MODELS AVAILABLE SEE US FORA DEAL! w....... _ of the ...pet atoek. of .......,...". - for old ........ tool T&OYamaha 24020 N8rbonne Ave. lTo".ICl8IReclcNKIo .... Lomit& CA lI0717 213-634-2311 Maximize performance with one time .Microlon:' engine treatment Pro"... incr_ in S.H.P. PrOtae1a the . - ............. the . . of..., angina. ORDER TODAYl _.CA_ 4-Strokn up to 400cc 8 oz. 2-8Trokn up to 2!iOcc All Others - ,. oz. _ . ,.... par . . . _ft ...,-"" M.FLANAUfI ...............' I t ",caea_ l2UI7U4_ MICRO MIN: 1. Cody MoNIt lVaml; 2. Cloy _ ISull; 3. J.R. t.we (Yaml. . MINI JR: 1. 0., _ 1Suzl; 2. Eddie Croft I~; 3. DoIe'-lVaml. MINI SR A: 1. lVam); 2. ~ -..",., lVom!; 3. .-tf ~ lVom!. MINI SA B: 1. S _ MoNIt lVam); 2. Tommy o.mr . - W..,.."., nc-l; 3. Rualy llcMIIIlSuzl. MINI STOCK: ,. S _ IVaml; 2. S _ ~"IVom!;3. Kit VodllVam). 100 NOV: 1. Ken Fox lVaml; 2. Troy Tolley IVaml; 3. o.mr Ilront e.m-lVom!. OVER 30: 1. DeVoughn Mi_ (Moil; 2. Billy CIid< IHon!; 3. Greg Gr-..IH..I. 125 NOV A: 1. Tro"'II~I; 2. Greg HodgeI lVam); 3. Bobby Geckler ISuzl. 125 NOV B: 1. J_Boidfidtle IVaml; 2. ~k Tony ISuzl; 3. .-tf Bork" (Suzl. 125 STOCK: 1. Chris WoIII IVarnl; 2. J _ Boidfidtle lVaml; 3. Corroll R~ IVarn). 250 NOV: 1. Scan ...... IVaml; 2. Miko Pierce (Hon); 3. Shone -'ISuzl. 250 STOCK: 1. John Kindl10rl IVoml; 2. Gone Goodier (Hon); 3. Ilumop lVaml. OPEN NOV: 1. Dewid . . . . - IHon!; 2. Men Br-.1Suzl; 3..-.lor*ira_. 125 INT A: 1. - . FO'flIk ISuzl; 2. _ FIler ISull; Mon. o.mr 3. Ed _1Suzl. Ric:I._. 125 INT B: t. e.m.I (Yom!; 2. Juiua iKTMl; 3. CIwia w.Io (Yom!. . 125 PIIOS: 1. - . 1SuzI; 2. Alloy _ ~. Jr. ISuzI: 3. e- a.- Tovtor 1SuzI. 250 !NT A: 1. Roger ~iborgor (Voml; 2. Gone Goodier IHanl; 3. Bill_irk (Voml. 250 INT B: 1. John K ~ lVom!; 2. Grog WiliiorTw lVoml; 3. Donny Wilburn ISull. 250 PROS: 1. ~ Toytor lSuz); 2. S _ W . . tHanI; 3. Wih " ' - (Hull. OPEN INT: 1. Kelly Glenn (Moil; 2. Richard HufInwn (Hon!: 3. B_ Binion IHan). OPEN PROS: 1. Derek W-.u tHual; 2. Scoolor _IVom); 3. Glen Goodier IHan). Wedding wastes Tex-AMA Conroe MX By Mike Reilly CONROE, TX, APR. 19 The second race of the four-event Tex-AMA Series was held at Conroe Motocross Park on Eastel Sunday, a day celebrating the greatest of all resurrections. A Saturday night rainfall had soaked into th~ sandy soil of th~ short but chall~nging course, and ~arly Sunday, th~ track was tacky for th~ Amateurs. By the ~nd of th~ day, how~v~r, th~ Ex~rts found th~ track id~al and lap times got short~r as th~ day grew longer. . Bryan Taylor found th~ track much to his liking. "Flyin' Bryan" scorched th~ cou~ on his U.S. Suzuki RM ~tting th~ fastest lap of th~ day in th~ s«ond moto of the 125cc Expert class. Taylor's two minut~ flat record speed highlighted his doubl~ moto victory for th~ day. Taylor was ncv~r seriously chall~nged ~ither race. His main com· petition in the ftrst moto, Alley Semar from Louisiana riding a Honda, got a Iat~ start and finish~d s«ond scveraI s«onds back. MiIr.~ CJ~~nts, a loa! Suzuki rider, battled with Taylor for scverallaps of th~ final molO bd"or~ r~· tiring, handing ov~r th~ third position in th~ moto and ov~rall to Ron Dawson. T~am Husqvama's Der~k W~dding from Marshall, TX was th~ most prolific of the Experts dominating two classes for wins in both th~ 250 and Open Expert contests. Wedding showed up for th~ championship with only his factory 250. Both rid~r and machine wer~ w~1I acquaint~d and, W~dding had littl~ troubl~ winning both motos of the 250cc class. Houston's David McClain rOO~ a T~x·MX Honda 'to runner·up in both motos and was in range to talt~ advantage of any Wed· ding mistalt~. Stcv~ Stacltabl~ was sharp and consist~nt on his Maico for third overall. Stack's problems centered around slow starts and a multitud~ of scrappy Texas youngsters who showed no i-espect for one of the IDOIt SUCCCIIfuJ riders in the history of the Texas sma. Wedding, a record holder himself a.I th~ only man to ever win three series championship' in on~ year, breezed through tbe 2505 but had to play "manufactur~r's ~p" bd"o~ lining up for the Open class rac~. Committed to a Husky, Wedding scrounged th~ pits until be found a suitabl~ rid~. The bik~ was not set up to his preferenc~ and Derdt was beat~n in th~ flTSt rac~ by Stackabl~. During th~ int=isaion all probl~ms w~r~ eliminated and Wedding cam~ out swinging in th~ second round for a convincing win 0Ytt Stacltabl~. Steve's finishes were sufficient for s«ond ov~rall and fonn~r Novice champ GI~n Goodi~r was third ov~rall with two third'plac~ finishes on a Honda ... "I couldn't b~licv~ how I luck~d out," admitted an ecstatic Chris Wells r~f~rring to his good fortun~ in winning th~ U5cc Int~nnediat~ class. W~IIs, riding a T~xas Yamaha, was third in the first moto and lilr.ewile at th~ start of the IICCODd when the two riders in .front of him crashed. It just lID happened that the two riders tn-

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