Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Bro wn was do wn , Rhoten wa s burnin' grou nd. The Co lony's Darren Rho ten , th e pride o f Team Mean Gr een made th e asse m bled Kawa saki di gn itaries beam with joy as he score d h is seco nd successive uncontested win to secure a ll the cas h avai la ble for th e ultimat e winner o f thi s, th e most fiercely co ntested clash for cas h . Kirk Spence r, wh o collected m on ey in all three Expert classes (the onl y o ne to do so) made a co n certed effort to ca tch Rhot en in th e early sta ges, but by rnid-rn oto h e realized Rhot en 'was home free and was content to stay on two wh eels and cruise into seco nd. David McCl ain ca me from ba ck in the bunch and was third a t th e fin al e. A sheared woodruff key on h is Kaw asaki KX500's flywheel relegated Rhoten to 19th po sition on Saturday in the Open Expert jostling . H e watched helpl essly as Spencer motored by to take th e eventu a l first wh en th e bla ck and white bandana was waved. Rh ot en 's r-unawa y fir st place o n Sunday was mean in gl ess as it yielded hi m on ly a n overa ll eigh th in the fi na l tabulation. Ni ck Cordova was r ea ll y disappoin ted. "Damn ! I just kne w I was go n na ' win tod ay," a di sgr u nt led Cordova said at th e end of the mot o . Wi th a firs t place under his .belt from the day befo re, Cordova was justified in feeling co n fide nt. A fir st lap m eetin g with so me mo u nte d muggers left Cordova so me wha t dazed an d hi s H onda m inus its 'rear fender , a nd h e was forced to p la y catch u p th e entire h eat, even tually ~wor k i n g h is way up to fifth wh ich 'ga ve h im a narrow seco nd pla ce finJ sh , ba rely nudging Dennis H awthorne on th e only Husqv arna wi th in 100 mil es. J In su m ma tio n , it wa s a n im pressive di splay of motorcycle raci ng talent co m bined with su perlative or.gan iza tio n . Ever yon e co nce rned with th is opera tion sho u ld be proud of , what wa s acco m p lish ed. Liz Surber a nd her cre w o f scorers did a job that , was nothing short of remark able co n-. siderin g th e numbers in volv ed. Prepara tions ar e alread y underway to make . nex t year's meet in g even better . • THE 1983 MIWR HIGH UFE Dallas, Texas Cotton Bowl Stadium' ONE NIGHT ONLY "1 I Wu rster (Kaw); 5. Steve Petree (Yam). MINI MINI sR : 1. Cody Marek (Kawl; 2. Junior :.Jackson (Kaw); 3 . Gary Stevenson (Kaw); 4 . Steve • Hogg (Honl: 5. Shane Britt (Yam I. MINIBIKE JR: 1. Kyle Law;s (Kaw): 2. Junior " j ackson (Kaw) : 3 . Chris Gullaksan (Kawl: 4. Gary - Stevenson (Kawl: 5 . Cody Marek (Kawl· MINIBIKE sa : t. Billy Whitley (Kaw) ; 2. Scott Brown (Kaw); 3. Kit Vick (Kaw) ; 4. Will iam Surratt (Kaw); 5 . Eddie vrealand (Kawl. MINI sTK (7·11): 1. Kyle Lewis (Kaw) ; 2. Cody Marek (Klw); 3 . Gary Stevenson (Ka w ); 4 . Junior Jackson (Kaw) ; 5. Jaff Emig (Yam). MINI sTK (12 · 15): 1. Billy Whitley (Kawl; 2. wuliam Surran (Kaw); 3 . Scott Brown (Kaw); 4 . Scott Chesser (Yam) ; 5 . Bryan Bruner (Kaw). 100: 1. 'Whisperin '" Smith (yam); 2. Monty Bland (Yam); 3 . Ray Dawson (y am); 4 . Dave Sk inner (Yam): 5 . Billy Boi Richard (Yam). MINIBIKE 105: 1. W ill iam Su rratt (Kaw ); 2. Bill y Whitley (Kaw); 3 . Bryan Bru-ner(Kew); 4 . Kyle l ewis (Kaw ); 5 . Kit V ick (Kaw). 125 STK : 1. Kurt Henricksen (Yam); , 2 . Rust y neven (Suz); 3. Don Hudson (Yam) ; 4. Doug Harring· ton (Kaw); 5. Oallet Maddux (Kaw l, 250 STK: 1. Skipper Beavers (sUl); 2. Glenn North (Kawl; 3 . Steve Denn is (Kawl; 4 . John Pollard (sUl): 5 . Stuart Collon (s ul i. • 125 NOV : 1. Ty Carter (Kaw) ; 2. Oave Skinner (Yam); 3 . Dallett Maddux (Kaw); 4 , Rocky Carter r (Kaw ); 5. Terry HoHma n (Kaw ). 250 NOV: t . Oallett Maddux (Kawl; 2. Kent Spencer (Yam); 3. Ty Caner (Kaw) ; 4 . Mitch Hulsey ; (Ho n); 5 . Ron Odom (KTM) . 12 5 INT: 1. Doug Harrington (Kaw); 2 . Kurt Hen ri cksen (Yam ); 3. "wtnspertn" Sm ith (Yam) ; 4 . Ray Dawson (Yam); 5 . Rusty noveu (SU I) . 250 INT: 1. Richie Hul n (Yam ); 2. Sk ipp er Beave rs (Yam); 3. Rob ert Felix (Ho n); 4 . Rodn ey W alalce (Yam); 5. Oavid Gall (s ul i. OPEN INT: 1. BHI Howe (Kaw ): 2. Marty Layla nd (Hon); 3 . Kim Bl ev in s (Yam); 4 . Je ff Kn ig ht (Han); 5. Tracy Smit h (Kaw) . OVER 30 ; 1. Tom Jo hns on (sU l ); 2. Oann y McN utt (Su z); 3 : Rog er Bail ey (Han) ; 4 . Troy Rapp (Yam ); 5 . Bill Den ton (M an ). 125 EX: 1 . Tim Butler (Hon): 2 . Tim A sto n (Kaw); 3 . Bryan Ab ernathy (Yam ); 4 . Ca rroll Richardson (Kaw ); 5. Greg Fouts (Yaml . 250 EX: 1. Darren Rhoten (Kaw); 2. Kirk Spencer (Yam) ; 3 . Dav id McC la in (Han) ; 4 . Dennis Daft (Yam); 5. " Scooter" Stafford (Yam l. OPEN EX: 1. Kirk Spencer (Yam l; 2 . Nick Crodova (Hon~; 3 . Dennis Hawthorne (Hust 4 . " Scooter" _ ~!affor~.(X~ ml; .5;.G regg st!'!,I~ ~n (Kawl. . . • • 1i 'f l ~ .. . ( :J _ • I , , ) .. Wrangler Earty Entry 4:30 P.M. GatesOpen 6:00 P.M. Racing Starts 8:00 P.M. .tUI1 \ Results TEENY MINI : 1. Colin Edwards (Kawl: 2. 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