Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

II••••dco-COlo...do·.7oa...·.o......llodla D"ol. -Soalb D" Cenlral Pipeline Poovey pummels Outlaw Nat'l. ST By Frank Harrison LAWTON, OK, AUG. 25 DISf'RlBUTED BY••• 201.-968-1.71.7 Billed as the "Oklahoma Outlaw National" by promoter Gary Hancock, the short track at the Lawton Speedway truly lived up to al!BIiJ({JOUY@. • SPECIALnES 770 ROUTE 28 MIDDLESEX, 08846 e N.J. Next week: t- Coverage of theAMA YouthMX National Championship final!' The first semi race saw "old timer" Astrodome winner Darryl Hurst of Houston (Yam) quickest, taking a surprising low shot through the first tum followed by Scott Adams and Danny Cartwright who took the high road. Second lap through saw Hurst take the high road clear over the top and return to follow the pack in the rear as Adams took over first, Jone seco.nd and Hames third. Jones then put the heat on Adams and drafted him for four laps before slipping out of the narrow groove giving Hames the spot. 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No apecIllI tool8nHded • c.u or wrIta for*tillla TEX AIR SHOCKS 808 Edgeblook ~TX77034 17131..,. the billing with no less than five winners of National championships present on a quickly promoteJ event this Sunday night after the Tulsa Half-mile National for the eight-race pr0ltl'am with a $2750 total purse and $1000 to the winner. Practice quickly put a high narrow groove on th~ red clay bowl, but an overwatered rut developed and to cross over it on the setup for the straightaways was tricky; some tried it high and low but high on the berm was the place to be (there were no fences. but it was hell for leathers when going over the top). Ex-pro racerJ.R. Rawls manned the lights, and the four heat races clicked off with Pete Hames (Kaw), Ronnie Jones, (Suz), Terry Poovey (Hon) and Alex Jorgensen (C-A) the respective winnen. The quick trophy dash was almost too quick with good racing all the way. National winners Jorgensen and Pocnoey were first .and second, but California Novice Hames was right on their tails with Jones in fourth. 14OlIl371-1221 Mtv~ Methmol 'Wl Racing 21 . illll8rOll St. gesoline C8n0n. CA 90745 Nitromethllne 1213) 328-3594 Hou": Tues-Fri 1-6 Set ..12 ....... I In the second semi, Jorgensen zapped the field on the stan with a big lead as Poovey held second and Kreg Hunt of Oklahoma City followed, Little Rock's John Kocinski in fourth. On lap five, Poovey had worked over Jorgensen and set sail by lap seven. The finish showed Poovey the winner followed by Jorgensen, Hunt and Kocinski. The main was just as billed "Outlaw National" with two rows of riders lined up and an enthusiastic crowd remembering the days when Lawton's Fred Nix was number one in the nation. Fred's family in the crowd was as enthusiastic as everyone else. The stan saw Jones get the lead as two riders went over the top of tum one causing a restan. The restart waited while Hames' mechanic ran to the pits for a new maste,r link that snapped just as the stan light turned green. Poovey took the second start followed by Adams and Jones into one and two. Jones passed Adams on lap three followed by Jorgensen and Hames. Poovey set sail again, and Hames passed Adams with Jones moving on, too. At the halfway mark, it was Poovey, Jorgensen, Jones and Hames. On lap 15, Hames passed Jones, and the finish was set: Poovey, Jorgensen, Hames, Jones and Adams. ) '-"P'1~~ 11 C"llI(~'i) Texans defend home turf at GNC Good Time Nat'l. MX By Deve Nielsen WHITNEY. TX. AUG. 8-9 This year's GNC Good Time National MX hosted over 450 entries from 15 states at Lake Whitney Cycle Ranch in central Texas. The two-day event saw summer championships decided in 25 cluses, including two nC!W Stock Motorcycle and six new Beginner divisions. The sandy Whitney course had been well manicured and watered, and overcast skies (rare during August in Texas) helped the track retain its moisture, holdinjt dust to a minimum. Texan Bryan Abernathy was outstanding in the minibike ranks, throttling his suppon Yamaha to a convincing win !Jver the 56 Senior Mini finalists. Keith "Tiger" Foytik (Suz. TX) had won the A half of the split first moto and Abernathy the B group, but Foytik was caught mid-pack in the final moto stan, and ended up 11 tho Arizona's Bryan Bruner, after a third in his first race, gated the final just behind Abernathy and Californian Todd Campbell. but Bruner went down on lap two, leaving Abernathy, Campbell and Greg Thomas of Arkansas out front. Abernathy set his scoot on cruise control, taking a I-I first overall and leading a YZ80 train of the top three places. Thomas' 2-5 was good for second ahead of Campbell (4-2), Jason Upshaw (Kaw, 5-5) and Barry Branch (Suz, 2-7). Westerners Todd Campell and Bryan Bruner came on strong in Stock Mini, with Campbell blasting the first moto while the battle for second ended in a DNF for Abernathy. A last-lap tangle cost Tiger Foytik two places, from second to fourth at the finish. Louisiana's Billy Richard took second in the opener, getting by the Foytik/Bruner duo just before the checkers. Abernathy came back for moto two and won it going away, but Campbell's solid second clinched the overall for the young man from Anaheim, ahead of fellow Yamahau,lers Bruner (5-5), Richard (2-6) and Greg Thomas (8-5). Upshaw (Kaw, 9·4) ended fifth over the snake-bit Foytik (4-9). Consistency paid off for Texan Steve Gauthier (Suz) in 125cc Expert as he parlayed a 2-2 score into victory over 21 riders. Oklahoma's Chris Swank gassed his RM to a gate-to-flag win in the first moto ahead of Gauthier, Wendell Simmons (Kaw) and Bubba Wilson (Suz), but moto two was a killer. Gauthier got the holeshot with· Swank right behind, but this time, Jerry Surber, Jr. was breathing fire from a fifth-place stan. Surber (Yam), who thrice bit the dirt in round one to finish fifth, quickly dispatched Simmons and J<1hn Holley to move into third. Then, on lap five, Swank disappeared from second, and two laps later, Surber was breathing on Gauthier at the white flag. The two Houston area riders went into the double jumps axle to axle, and Surber jammed Gauthier out of the next comer to come in first and take as-I second overall. Simmons held a fast, consistent 5-5 for third, followed by Suzuki-powered Greg Bonin (9-5) and Wayne Thompson (7 -9). Simmons' showing in the 250cc Expert class was even better, as he took some top doDa" from the $2,000 purse, but not without a strong~· 1'n Iq " Il l"T (C ~1 y.l [;"l'

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