Steve W ise d id most of h is passing at Houston in th is tight le ft handler, Here he le a d s Bubba Rush and Scott Adams (4 4 G).
Steve Wise:
MX methods on
TT turf
"The results at' Houston (TT)
speak for themselves. They
showed what a motocrosser
can do."
By Tom Mueller
Photos by Da le Brown and Karel Kramer
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Man y of th ose w ho att ended th e H o ust on TT Nat io nal o n Februa ry i are still
sh aking th eir heads and rehash in g w hat happen ed that afternoon . Stelle W ise, a
first time W in st on Pro Se ries rid er, p ut h is Na tiona l lit X nu mbn aside for th e
da y and en ter ed th e eve n t under a new AlitA rule w hich allows pro Expert
ranked riders to participate in fo rms of cycle racing o t he r than th e one th ey are
ranked in.
It wa s mostly a jo ke at first . Wh o w a.' th is g uy on a motocross bike, man y
qu ipped , th is g uy who w ears lit X ge ar and doesn 't bel ieve in a stee l s hort When
W ise w ent out to qualify most of th e ch uc k les sto p pe d. H e cam e to the race sick,
skipped practice, and then qualified J./th. H e d idn 't tran sjer to th e fi n al in h is
heat, but came back to ace his se mi. In th e final Wi se showed w hat he w a.' made
of, and used the motocross tact ics of pa ssing in the air and squaring co rne rs on
the ins id e to work to second before h is rear brake rod broke. He finished an
euentual third.
Op inions are m ixed co ncern i ng W iu 's performan ce. Som e .
