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Cycle News 1981 11 17

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Wright sweeps NDTASTIrr By Seymour Raysewerz OCALA, FL, OCT. 10 While the number of entries in the 205cc Three-Wheeler class was disappointing, the exhibition race they ran wasn't. Billy Patterson, Gary Harvard and Dale Lindroth kept the front wheel in the air on the front stright and their entries sideways thru the tumI to show the fans that Three-Wheelers are made for short tracking. The applause from the fans made it evident they're looking forward to more Three-Wheel racing. The largest clus of the evening was the Cycle Kans. After the action packed main a lot of the "retired" dirt trackers among the spectators left with plans to stuff their old engines into a kart frame, proving that once you've done it sideways no other way feels quite the same. Danny Wight and John Crowder kept up a fierce battle for the number one position with Wights' Yamaha 400 powered kart finally taking the win over Crowder's Kawasaki 250 ~wered entry. David Stone was a OR!lrd ID a 465cc Yamaha entry, with William Smart, Suzuki 500, and Quinn Holu, Yamaha !l6O, rounding out the top five spots. Bruce Dorsey, from Gainesville Speed Center, deserves a lot of thanks for his help with the Kart cllllg, In the Modified Odyssey class Glenn Hubbell led the way with Ronnie White and Barry Mann leading the remainder of the nine staners. The Ocala fana really enjoyed the Odysseys as the action never stops - even when they're upside down. Results CYClE I

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