Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

b....It.·S.n...·OItl.bo• •·T.x. lap rema in in g. A firs t mo to spi ll kept Horton ou t o f th e money today, bu t his spirited struggle with Bro wn certainly gained some attention. " T h at' s the best I've ever seen Kevin ride . He sure had me looking for new lines. I wasn ' t real certain I was going to be a ble to get by. It was close," Brown said a fter th e race . Steady riding by J ack Beckh am allowed him to take the runner-up cash over H o uston's Willie P hee. Tom Curry provided the fans some cheap thri lls wit h a magn ificent endo off the big jump, which p ut hi m into the crowd and into the arms of a co mely young spectator. Curry decided th at he was more comforta ble in the young lady 's embrace and retired for the da y. In trophy ac tio n, J erry H anson, . fat her of Minibi ke star Derek H anson, wo n the 250cc Beginner class th e hard way by goi ng fro m dead last to first in th e seco nd moto to capture first overal l. Tom Williams was relegated to seco nd. and J ay C ubber ly took third in a crowded class . Ronn ie Pr ado was the onl y member o f the Pra do clan to ta ke a to p p lac ing: he finished seco nd to Pete Sullivan in the 125cc Int ermedia te affair a hea d of Tim Weatherington. Bro ther Don n ie did not fare as well in the 250cc Novice class as he unloaded heavil y in the first rnoto a nd separated hi s shoulder. Prado 's pain was " Moo ka' s" gain as fleet San Antonio rider " Mooka" Lynch scored two first p lace finishes a head of Jeff . Miller and a revitalized Ra lph Rust. Rust also won the O ver 30 Interm ediate cla sh in a stro ng display of determined riding. Smokey Joe overcame a spectacular first heat crash to wi n the second round of the Ove r 30 Ex pert class, b u t Ga lveston Ho nda's steady Da vid Hubbard captured top hon or s a head of 19competitors in one of th e largest aggregations of the day . Hu bbard 's Ho nda tea mmate a nd fellow Ga lvestonian J ay H eichelh eim was in su perb form today as he hel d o ff th e u ntoward advances o f G reg Setsema a nd a hos t o f oth er O pen Interm ed ia tes to take a well earned first place. Casey Lofti n emerged from seclusio n to show the way in the 250cc Int ermediates. Consisten cy was th e key for Loftin as he cruised in behind Cody Li pps in the first rn oto and was in the same position on the rear fender of bro ther Chuck in moto two. Chr is Blackm un did it the hard way in the 125cc Novice class as he took a vintage H onda to the winner's circle after havi ng to come fro m the back of the pack in both circu its. Blackmun proved tha t a four-yearold bike, with lots of experience marks on the bod y, is still capable of win ni ng with a skillful rider aboard. • f JlrYl- Jt..[, J'~ ~ (j)b7ffrRTJ7(EJ'~¥~IEE TOURS 0'< -<7=l=ffJOtJGH+ F.l(ZqNJA\{$-SCENIC ft;. 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