Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

DAYT ONA BEACH, FL, MAR . 3 T err y Poovey d isplaced Bubba Shobert in th e main and motor ed away to a clean wi n in th e Expert/Junior short track a t • Mem orial Sta diu m. In stead o f last year 's program of two n ights of IT raci ng and two n ights o f short track fo r the Juniors and Experts , there were fou r ni ghts of short track fro m Wed n esda y th rough Sa turday a t Mem orial Sta di u m . Most of th e riders agreed th at th ey p referred the mix o f TT an d short track to fo u r n ights of oval ra cing. " I lik ed th e TT a n d racing it was fu n," sai d Billy La brie, a thi rd p lace fin ishe r on bo th Thursday a nd Frida y n ight. " I' m just happ y to mak e th e main a t this tra ck." A less th an ca paci ty crowd was on ha nd for th e fi rst of th e fo ur n ig hts of sh o rt trac k ra c ing o n Mem o ri al Stadiu m's packed lim estone su rface. After th e elimination heat s an d a bri ef intermission th e field was ready for th e p rogram o f eig ht h eat s, four semis and th e main even t. T im H oughton won th e first heat . .. the n wat ch ed as the nex t six heat s wer e won by National numbers. T im Mertens, T err y Poovey, Bubba Sho bert, Stev e Morehead , Mickey Fay an d Ted Boody a ll won heats before #17B Fran Brown broke th e stri ng with a win in th e fin al heat. Poovey, with th e fast est h eat an d a record o f su ccess here, wen t un contested to a win in th e first sem i. Mickey Fay held do wn a sa fe seco n d. but th e battl e for th ird was a three rider a ffair with Ri ch Kin g corning o u t o n to p with th e fin al transfer to th e m ain. The first turn in semi n umber two was a co m bat zone with o ne rid er losin g a number p la te a n d Ted Bood y exi ti ng with a broken o ff ex haus t pi pe as everyo ne tried to pack on to , the narr o w groove. Randy Go ss came fro m th ird to ta ke the win whe n he ' passed third p lace finish er Erv in S mi t h a n d runn e r-up T. J. Houghton. . Bubba Shobert was o u t a nd away . in th e third a n d fas test semi whi le Kal- G ard /Full H ouse's Steve H all fou ght a losin g ba ttle for seco nd, with Fra n Brown. ' T he fourth semi win went to th e ma n wi th th e holesho t, David Mu ell er, bu t the bes t per form an ce was put in by th ird p lace fini sh er Ron n ie Jones . J ones was in ninth on th e o pe n ing lap , but passed o ne rid er a fter a not her , un til he was in thi rd p lace a nd the main event . Scott Parker. kn own for his a bi lity o n the cu sh ion tracks, ' tr ied to rid e high and wide o f th e , narr o w groove, but co u ld n't hold o ff J on es, who fi nis he d just beh in d Ti m Mert en's . Fou rt h went to Parker and fifth to Steve Moreh ead , who had ru n third for most of th e race . ' T he field for th e mai n was ten experts and two juniors , a n d w he n th e gree n light fla sh ed th e experien ce showed with Shobert . Poovey a nd Goss sho wing th e fast line to J un ior Dav id Mu ell er. Passing was diff icu lt. bu t Poovey n u dged Shobert ove r an d took th e lead o n th e th ird lap . with Goss h oldin g a close third. A ba tt le for fo urth was brewin g between Fay and J on es whi le Mu ell er d ro pped to six th. As Poovey p u lle d safel y a way , the cro wd 'focu sed o n th e Shobert / Goss battle an d wa s screa ming wh en Goss made hi s m ove in th e last turn s of th e Iina l Iap. The crowd stood in unison and leaned forw ard to see Goss get a well -d eserved seoou d -ah ead of th e '. , .. sf .. . . .. 3 /6 /82 Daytona Beach, FLA , WRANGLER AMA SUPER CROSS DARRELL SHULTZ Honda on DUNLOP 2nd M.rk Bernett Suzuki on DUNLOP 3rd Jim Glbaon Honde on DUNLOP 4th Donnie Hen..n Honde on DUNLOP .:,of the top 10 finishers rode DUNLOP. Congratulations Darrell on your outstanding win. ~DUNZlOP" BuIfaIo. .. ~ I .. I P.O. Box 1109 J . ,. I l t I . ,. J NY 14240 .J I ... _ I . j ~ 29

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