Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Pete Hames carried the checkered flag after the Junior f inal. Terry Poovey got the f ro nt wheel up for the crowd after taking the main event w in at t he Volusia Half M ile. The Novice main was won by Charlie Bowles. Harlel-Davidson Dirt Track Series On ly the top three in th e four sem is would transfer 10 the m ain . H ames ro o k th e first se m i with Greg Wagenk n ec h t a n d Mall Ro zow icz following . David Muell er led SCOll Podergois a nd Gary Conk ling into the m ain from th e seco n d se m i. J err Joiner m ade a la te cha rge 10 win th e third semi ahead o f earlv leader Dan Moon ey a n d rhird place T im Pa lon e. Th e fourth fin al , a n d fa stest se m i, was taken by Davi s with Eri c Rausch a nd Samm y Sw eet ge ll ing into th e p ro gra m. Muell er led o rr rhe lin e for the Iirst o f th e ten laps in rh e fin al with H am es. J oin er. a n d Davi s bun ched togeth er nearby. Hames look o ver o n th e secon d lap with Mueller h olding h is o wn in from o f Davi s whil e Er ic Rausch m oved i n to fourth. The race tu rn ed into a si n g le-rile parad e with lillie pl ace-ch angin g. which wa s [irn with H a m es wh o co mi n ued o n h is wa y 10 w inner 's ci rcle. " T h is is o ne o f m y first races on th is S torz Perfo rman ce bik e a n d it was runnin g great. " H ames sa id . Announcer Rox y Rockwood prodded h is fe ll o w Californian in to finding OUI what th e sen io r hi gh st ude n t wa s doin g in sc hoo l. " I hav en 't done m y hom ew ork ye: a n d I have tom orrow night orr, so I'm looking forward 10 m essing a ro u nd ." Poovey powers to Volusia HM win By Henny Ray Abrams BARB ER VIL LE. FL, FEB. 28 Texan T erry Poovey, las t year's WIn ner of the H -D Dirt T rack Seri es, took over the lead in this year's series with a wi n in the DaytonaBusch H alf-Mile at Vol usia County Speedway. Poovey made his m ov e just past th e halfwav point and rele. ' gate? -r;lm M er~ens to s~co n d. Florida s own BIlly Labrie rode _ 28 • a co nserva ti ve ra ce for third. Pete H am es ca me all th e wa y fro m Sim i Vall ey . Californ ia, 10 lake th e Juni or m ain o n hi s St orz Perform a nce/ Bill 's Pipes/Corona Ra cewa y bik e. Willi am Mueller a n d " Wild Will " Davi s rook secon d and th ird, respectivel y. Charli e Bowl es, Mark H a n ley a n d ~anny Angel m a~ e up th e winner 's CIrcle. for th e NOVI ce class. NOVice Of th e four No vice heats run , Mark H anl ey' s proved the fast est. And Iast est was H anley in th e m ain as he j u m ped 10 th e from with An gel a n d Bowles in pursuit. Bowles ma de hi s wa y a rourid Hanley o n th e rutted cl a y track <;>n Ih~ seven th .lap, w ith A~lgel holding hi s o wn aga rns t Tony Pitcock . The o rder was SCIa nd Bowles pulled ou t so me br eathing room on h is wa y 10 th e win . " We. bl ew rh is up last ni ght a nd just rebuilt it t his m ornin g wh en Mr. H ill ey (fa the r o f Expert Mik e H illey) o pe ned up h is shop. Ir' s a good thin g we did because now I have m y Jun ior tran sfer points. " Bowles said , " I' d like 10 thank Wo ody Kyle who bui lt th e bike." Junior A Iarge J urn"or turn out ca use d offi. ci a ls 10 run Juni or h eat s and se mis , Du e 10 threat ening wea th er , th e heat s wer e run first o n th e p rogram , Dan Mo on ey look th e fir st h eat with o the r he at s won by Pet e H ames, Mall Roz o w icz, Da vid Mu ell er, Dal e G ingrich , Delbert Beck a n d Eri c Ra usch . Expert After Sco tt Drake topped q ua lifying a n d look home th e $ 100 prize from C ycle Goodi es of South Day tona. th e 45 ex perts were put in four heats 10 try 10 m ak e th e m ain . The first heal didn 't m ak e it to th e st art line without in cident. Lan ce J ones highsid ed in th e rutted fourth • -tu r n-a nd crack ed hi s s ho u lde r bl ade wh il e tearin g th e from en d o rr h is bik e. " I was g ass in' it feelupin th e third a n d fo u r t h t u rn a nd ca u g h t a wheel a n d h igh -sided ," he sa id. " It was a stu p id ac ciden t. b u t 1 realized th at 1 ca n't )'!;O fo r ir a ll rhe tim e o n every tra ck . It wasn' t a rotallv wasted d a v beca use 1 p ick ed u p a n ew sponsor, T al la dega :'I OI or Speedway." W h en the race go t underwa y, Bill y Labrie was OUI from with Iast qu a lifier Dra ke a nd St eve H all also transler in g 10 the m a in . Labrie 's heal was th e fa stest a nd he p icked up a 100 bonu s from Robison 's H arl ev-Davidso n o f Da ytona . ' Bubba S ho bert short lv led the seco n d heat , but was qu ickl y di spl a ced by T erry Poovey. Poov ey, wh o got seco n d th e previous night at the Ta m pa S hor t T rac k, sta yed in from whil e Ronni e Jon es moved into th e . final tran sfer. Cyclear Fa irings/ H o r to n Med ical / KK Motorcycl e S u p p ly sponsored St eve Morehead ran away with th e third heat while Mickey Cole and rookie Rodney Farris tried , in vain, 10 catch up. Willie Crabbe led fe llow n -videru Taylor Whitl', hr ief lv in the fin al he,;t , hut Tim Men~'1l' and Dav e H ebb gOI by and into th e feature. In addition 10 th e main eve n t there were IWO lesser feature events. giving all the ex pens a ch a n ce 10 pi ck up so me purse money. The rhird feature wa s won by Charlie Roberts with Mike Minn is and Rand y Spence filling OUI the w inn er 's c ircle. The second feature bel onged 10 T odd Gi esi ck, SCOll Adams, a n d Robbi e Crabbe in third. Mertens, Poov ey, Moreh ead , a n d Labri e led th e Experts onto th e track in th e main even t. Labri e ovenoak Moreh ead a n d m ad e it a right trio up from , but th at wa s the en d o f his pas sing. " L'rn stil l recovering from my in juries la st year and I was happy 10 st ay in third ," Labrie said. "I don't ha ve th e spo n so rsh ip 1 ha d la st year so I don 't think I' ll ma ke th e Wes t Coast Nationals. " Labrie is sponsored by Fle tcher 's H-D . J USI p ast the halfwa y point Poovey made hi s m ove on Mertens and held o n for th e win. "Poov ey got m e o n th e outside, whi ch is unusual for him . It was a grea t m ove; a clean pass. H e usuall y tries to Slic k vou o n th e insi de . H e 's a grea t rider. " Merten s sa id. Mertens' spo ns o rs in cl ude Bell evill e Honda / KR W/ Ba n O 'Bri en and Patri ck R a em g. " T h i s w a s m y k ind o f ra ce ," P oov ey said. "I co u ld h ave passed him ea rl ier, but I was wailing for th e ri g h t tim e," th e Sh o ei H elmet s/Widm an 's H -D sponsored T ex an sa id. " I want ed to win o ne a n d thi s o ne's as g ood as a ny . I'm just taking th ese o ne race a t a time a n d nOI reall y lookin g a t winnin g th e series . I've been g el ' lin )'!; help down here [rom Ca stro ] a lso, and th e bike bel ongs 10 Ken Pa rk er. " Labr ie held third with Moreh ead fourth, Bubba Shober t fifth and Willie C ra bbe six th . • Poovey triumphs • ag~,n By Hen ov, Ray ,A br ams '•

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