Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

P ete H ames ca me all th e wa y from Simi Vall ey, California, 10 take the Jun ior m a in o n h is Sto rz Perform a nce/ Bi ll 's P ipes/Corona Racewa y bi ke. W ill iam Mu ell er a nd " Wi ld W ill " Da vis took second a nd third, respect ivel y. Charlie Bo wl es, Mark H artlev a nd Dann y An gel m ad e up the winner 's circle for the No vice class. Novice O f the fo u r Novice hea ts run , Mark H a rtl ey' s proved th e fastest. And fastes t was H a rtl ey in the m ain as he jumped to the front wit h An gel a nd Bowles in pursu it. Bo wl es m ade his wa y aro und H artl ey o n th e rutted clay track o n the seve nt h la p , w it h Angel h ol d in g h is o w n agains t T on y P itcoc k. T he o rd er was set , a n d Bowles pulled o ut so me br eathing room on h is way 10 th e wi n . " We blew th is u p last night a nd just rebuilt i t thi s morni ng when Mr. H ill ey (fa the r o f Expert Mik e Hilley) opened u p h is shop. It 's a good th ing wedid beca u se now I hav e my Jun ior tra n sfer p oints," Bo wl es said. : T d like 10 than k Woody Kyle who bu i lt the bike ." Billy Labrie (1 0 ) leads w inner Lance Jones (2 3 ) and Terry Poovey (1 8) , Smile I Referee Ephrem. tuner Kyle and winner Jones comply. nil' J ones, Po o vey, Lance Jones a n d G oss o u t o f tu rn o ne i n th e m a in . La br ie p ress u re d Fa y a nd used the o utside la ne 10 take th e lead. Fa y said la ter, " We were geare d 100 lo w. It ca me off th e li ne go od , th ough ." Po o vey m o ved ins ide Fay with La nce J on es so o n m aki ng it interest ing as th ey wer e a ll with in a bike len gth o f o ne a n o the r. J on es a nd Po ov ey swa p ped pl aces, eac h ge lli ng a lo ng side Labrie, but Labri e hel d th e lea d. On th e white flag lap , Labrie rai sed his hand, dropped down th e a pron a nd left i t 10 Po o vey and J ones, with J ones taking th e win . J o nes said, " I di dn ' t get good starts tonight , bu t th e work on th e bike paid o ff. We d id n 't si t around on ou r but ts a ll winter , Wo od y (Kyle) has it sing ing a nd Denn is H ams a n d Skip Eak in w ill m aintai n th e bikes. P oo vey sa id , " T he ra ce wa s fu n a n d I'll be happy to tak e seco nd pla ce a t eve ry race." • R esults NOV: t . Ma rk Hartle y (Hon); 2. J am e s Ol iver (Ho n); 3. Dan Angel (Kaw ); 4 . Anthony Grady (Hon); 5 : David Cabellero (Yam); 6 . Roben Lewis (Yam); 7. Da vid Belt en court (Hon ); 8 . Tim Si ll m an (Hon); 9 . M ike Murray (Ho n); 10 . Dav id Mooney (Yaml. JR /EX P: 1. lance Jones IKa wl ; 2. Te rry Poovey (Ha n); 3 . M ickey Fay (Hon); 4 . Bubba Shobert (Kaw); 5. Fran Brown (C· A I; 6 . Randy Goss (H-D); 7. Scan Parker (H-O); 8 . Scon Adams (Hon); 9. Ronn ie Jo nes (Kaw) ; 10 . T.J . Houg hton (Su z). Harle~.DavidsonDirt Round two Traek Series: powers to Volusia RM win Poove~ J ones' W KR /Sure-Fire/Diamond Bill / Mill ard Ka wasa ki rolled in th e first J u n io n/Expert se m i with Labri e, R on n ie J o nes, Randy Goss and Tim Mer ten s sq ua b bl in g ov er seco nd. Labri e found some b rea thi ng space and left Goss and J o nes in a duel for third; Coss' H a rley o wn ing th e co rn ers a nd Jon es' Ka wasak i th e stra ights. Po ov ey's WK R tuned, T ed Po ov ey bu ilt H onda a nd Mi cke y Fa y' s G en e Romer o wren ch ed H onda co m pa red not es a t close ran ge in th e second se mi. Po ov ey had th e edge, lea vin g Fa v to d ea l with Fran Brown a nd Buhba Shobert. Fa y's factory H onda hooked u p o n . 1- . By Henny Ray Abrams BARBER VILLE, F L , FE B. 28 Texan Terry Poovey, last year's winner of the H -D Dirt T rack Series, took over the lead in this year's series with a win in th e DaytonaBusch H alf-Mile at Vol usia County Speedwa y. Poovey made his move j us t past the halfway point a n d rel e. , p Florida 's own Bill y L abrie ro de a co nserva tive race for third. Junior A large Ju nior turn o ut ca used offi cials to run Jun ior h eat s a nd se mis. Du e 10 th reaten ing wea ther, th e heats we re run first o n th e p rogram . Da n Moon ey took th e fir st heat wi th other hea ts won by Pete H ames, Mall R ozo wi cz, Da vid Mueller , Dal e G ingrich. Delbert Beck and Eric Rausch. Only th e top three in th e four sem is would transfer to the main. Hames took the fir st se m i with Greg Wagenknecht and Mall Rozowicz following, David Mueller led SCOtt Podergois and Gary Conkling into the main from the seco n d sem i, Jeff Joiner made a la te charge 10 win the third se m i a head o f earl y leader Dan Mooney a n d third p lace Tim Palone. The fourth final , a nd fast est sem i, was taken by Da vis with Eric Rausch and Sa mm y Sw eet -g etting into th e p rogram. Mueller led off th e I ine for the first of th e 10 la p s in the fi nal w i th H a m es, J o iner a nd Davis bunched to gether nearby, H ames took o ver on the seco n d lap wi th Mu e ll er holding h is ow n in front of Da vis w h il e Eric Rausch m o ved into fo u rt h . The race turned into a single-fi le para de w i th li ttl e place-changi ng , w h ich was fine wi th H a m es w ho contin ued o n h is wa y to winner's circle, "This is o ne of m y first ra ces o n this St o rz P er for m a nce bike, a nd it was runn ing grea t," H a m es sai d. A n nouncer Ro xy Rockw ood p rodded hi s fellow Ca lifo rn ia n in to fi nding o u t w hat th e senio r h ig h st ude n t was doing in schoo l. " I ha ven ' t d one my homew ork yet, a nd I ha ve to morrow n ight o ff, so I' m look in g fo rward to m essing arou nd ." Expert After Sco t! Dra ke to p ped q ua lifyi ng a nd took home the SIOO p rize from C ycle G oodies o f South Daytona, th e 45 Experts were put in four heats 10 try 10 m a ke the m ain . Th e first heal d idn 't make i t to th e s ta rt lin e wi th o ut inci d en t. La nce J ones h ig hsided in th e rutt ed fou rt h turn a nd cracked hi s sho u lde r blade while teari ng the front end o ff hi s bi ke. " I was g ass in it fee t up in th e th ird a n d fo u n h turn a nd ca ug h t a w heel a n d highsided," h e said. " It wa s a st upid acci de nt , but I realized th at I ca n 't go fo r it a ll th e time o n every

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