Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

.~ ~ ~ • Ceab'al Pipel this time Thomas had come up to the sixth spot. Semar passed by Wigin· IOn by the sixth lap and was houndingTracy. Richardson was in fifth now and tried to pass Wiginton anywhere and everywhere he could and he got his passing moment as Wiginton flipped his bike . Richardson 's good fortune left him a lap later and one corner before the one Wiginton had his accident at . Richardson went far 10 the outside of a right-hander. and his front end washed out. He picked up the bike . remounted and started it and tried to pull away from the red cloth fencing material on the side of the track. It had a pretty good stranglehold on his Yamaha. and he had 10 be aided before breaking free; he was passed byseveral ridersin the process. c-r 00 0') ~ ~ • .-4 l-4 0. < • John Perrin gunned his Maico to the Open Intermediate win at Austin. Donnie Elmer's progress at Whitney WBlllowed by problems. Semar, Conway capture Texas MX Series opener By Usa Milcich WHITNEY, TX, MAR. 28 The 10th annual Texas MOlOcross Series opened today at the Lake Whitney Cycle Ranch attracting riders from all around the stale including Louisiana. • 50 Participants had a lot 10 look forward to as area dealers and distributors supported the four-track series. Good Times Cycles in Tyler gave away a KDXSO 10 lucky Chad Culver of Cleboume, TX. and will do the same in the remaining three races; all participants were eligible. Iron Horse Distributors will be giving out an assortment of Bel-Ray products 10 the top overall series winners. Galveston Honda will pay for an overall win on a Honda - $25 gift certificate in an Amateur class and $50 cash bonus in an Expert. VP Racing fuels will be giving class winners five gallons of VP Racing fuel. Plus. Conroe Suzuki is giving away something everyone can partake of . whether they win or lose - bUT, available at the Conroe round only. The 125cc Expert class had some hot action when Carroll Richardson powered his Yamaha away from Jerry Surber, Craig Gullaksen, Barry Henry and Mike Mcintyre demanding and holding onto the lead for the entire race. By the third lap, some new faces appeared as Henry disappeared from third with Mcintyre's arrival and Mike Clement close behind. Mcintyre's visit was short-lived as Clement moved to his fourth place spot on lap four while Alley Semar, from New Iberia, LA. was on his heels. Richardson showed a strong lead on Surber after four laps. and there was an equally strong lead between Surber and the new third-place rider, Semar. Meanwhile. Kawasaki-mounted Terry Thomas had powered in to displace Gullaksen for fifth. Surber crossed the finish line for second followed by Semar, Clement. Thomas and Gullaksen. The second moto was quite unlike the first as Mike Mcintyre came out in front of Rdoney Wiginton. brother Tracy Mcintyre and Gullaksen. The Mcintyre mob was running first and second by the second lap. Mike leading Tracy as Tracy would get ever so close to Mike. Wiginton was holding off Gullaksen who had Semar to contend with. Mike Mcintyre had a good lead by the fourth lap as Wiginton was pressuring Tracy Mcintyre for a pass. By With the white flag flying, the Mclrityres were still leading (Mike then Tracy). Thomas had moved up 10 third with Semar in next, and Gullaksen came by for fifth . The order remained the same at the finish. Consistency was not a major factor in this race as shown by the following results: Sernar put together a 3-4 for first. Thomas had a 5·3 for second. Cle ment was 4-6 in third. Richardson 1-9 (fo ur th) . Surber 2-22. Mike Mcintyre 11-1 and Tracy Mcintyre had a 12-2. Thirty-three 250cc Experts lined up. but David Jones took the only Husky out there and sped away in first with Dan Conway. Greg Bonin and Bill Sparks close behind. Jones and Conway were easing away from the others by the second lap while .Mark Rakestraw had elbowed his way past Bonin for third. Conway took over the lead by the third lap as Jones tried desperately to make another move on him. but Conway thwarted his plans and left him 10 settle for second. Rickey Glaser had come up behind Rakestraw by now as David Stutts eased into fifth. Unfortunately. Glaser flipped his bike in a corner and was unable to finish the moro, Stutts and Todd Young had a battle going. yet Stutts wasn 't budging from his fourth ranking. Conway proved he knew how to get a holeshot the second moto with J ones in hot pursuit again. Rakestraw was up for third leading Steve Mulholland and Donnie Elmer. Elmer's progress was halted by bent handlebars and throttle problems. leaving him with a 17th overall for the day . Conway gave his usual flawless performance pulling out all stops as he left his competition - Jones -far behind. Rakestraw crossed the finish line for third, John Kindhan for fourth. Results MINI MINI ; 1. Eric Alstrin (Yam~ 2. Shawn McHenry (Yam); 3 . Clill SChmitt (Yam). MINI JR ; 1. Gary Stavenson (Kaw~ 2. Chip Chandlar lSuz~ 3 . David DoveIl(Suz). MINI OPEN; 1. Chris Wallis; 2. Jo Bob Ebors ; 3. Peter Gunderson (Yam). • 100: 1. Oarin Williams (Yam); 2. Pater Gunderson (Yam~ 3. Mark Cochran (Yam). 125 NOV: 1. Robert Naiheisar (Suz); 2 . Bryan Holley (Kaw) ; 3. Chuck Julien (Kaw) . 125 INT A: 1. Mark Filler (Hon): 2. Gary Bench (Yam); 3. Morris Troyell(Kaw). 1251NTB: 1. Kan Fo.(Kaw~ 2. Rusty Dovell(Suz); . 3. Skipper Beaver. (Suz). 125 EX: 1. Alley Semer (Han); 2. Terry Thomas (Kaw); 3. Mike Clemont(Honl. OVER 30: 1. Troy Raw (Yem); 2. Kenny Butler (Yam~ 3 . Jim Smith (Yam). OVER 30 EX: 1. Jack Siegrist (Yaml; 2. David Hubbard (Hon); 3. Roger Oloon (Yam). OPEN EX: 1. David Stuns (Yaml: 2. Mitch Milson (Hust 3. Jell Shaw (Hus). OPEN INT: 1. Brent Dodoon (ylm): 2. Jebb Webb (Han); 3. Jell Ellis (Han). 250 NOV: 1. Jim Crawlord (KTMI: 2. John Fricke (Yamt 3. Tom Che...,ns (Suz). 250 INT A: 1. Bill Newkirk (Yam~ 2. Jell Knight (Hon); 3. Mlrk lemb (Han). 250 INT B: 1. Sltipper Beevers (Su.); 2. Glry Tucker (C-A~ 3. Bobby Belz (Hon~ 250 EX: 1. Den Con_y (Kaw); 2. David Jones (Hus). 3 . Merk Rekestraw. Beckham bombs Austin MX By Donald Mueller Photo by Pat McClure AUSTIN. TX, MAR . 28 A chilly morning and rain Saturday night kept the turnout for Sunday's racing at a minimum at Austin's MOlOSport Raceway. The surface of the sandy loam track was loose . giving riders unreal traction. The damp track also provided them the luxury of riding close behind someone without a white cane for the dust or castiron leathers for the dirt clods. In the morning half of the newly incorporated split schedule were the Novices, Minis. Over 40 and Odyssey classes, all absorbing the colder weather and helping promote the ideal track conditions for the afternoon riders. The track may have still been slick for the 125cc Novice riders, but they just held their throttles open and shifted. Holeshot in the first moto went to Chet Barger's Yamaha. Barger pursued by James Howle. also on a Yamaha. Carl Kight on a Suzuki. Tracy Terrell on a Yam and Wesley Elrod on a Suzi. . Terrell and Elrod passed Kight. but in their mutual strivings for third. they tried 10 fuse their bikes in the infield berm. The merger failed. and both riders' stocks plummeted. Taking over third in the confusion was Charles McDonald on a Yamaha. Howle had engine problems and dropped out for a DNF. Barger had stretched out a substantiallead by mid-race, and McDonald held onto a strong second. Mike Bell's Suzuki had taken over the third place slot but was threatened by Terrell. who had worked his way up from eighth. Terrell had a chance to pass inside in the last berm but got sideways. letting Bell keep third. Second moto holeshot was grabbed by Tommy Miller on a Yamaha, but he immediately lost the lead 10 Elrod. Barger had warmed up by now and took the lead from Elrod. Bell took over third, followed by McDonald. Terrell. and John Gunter on a Yamaha. Barger pulled away from the pack. but second through sixth stayed in tight formation . McDonald and Terrell traded positions several times, but Terrell finally made a big pass into second on the downhill. Elrod held onto third as McDonald passed Bell for fourth, McDonald couldn't hold it. however. as Bell took the place back right before the checkered flag . John Stacy held the early lead in the combined 125and 250cc Intermediate class on his 250 Suzuki. with Bill Kelly's 125 Yamaha and Ron Binion 's 250 Honda close behind. Kelly. who ca me 10 Texas this year from North Dakota. took the lead before the end of the first lap. Taking fourth by the end of the lap was Bobby Morris, the other I25cc rider. on his Kawasaki. Stacy went down and had to push his bike orr the track for a DNF. Morris passed Binion on the outside before the checkered but relaxed too soon. as Binion recaptured second in the final berm. Taking fourth was Joey Hardin on a Kawasaki, with Dennis Patton and Paul Horton, both on Hondas, filing in behind. The second moto, one of the finest races of the day. saw Michael Alf's

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