Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

hom a n Ro n n ie j on es h ad su ffered a co mpo u nd fra ctur e o f hi s low er ri gh t leg in a thi rd semi ge l-off. Fo llow i ng th e e li mi na tio n of "s lo w" rid ers in scr a tch h ea ts, eig h t " reg u lar" hea ls sa w Scott Dra ke, Poovey, ji mm y Fili ce , Shobert , Bood y, Lan ce j o nes, Fra n Brown a n d Eric Ra usch post wi ns . Fo u r sem is were run wi th th e to p th ree finishers in eac h advancing to the mai n even t. Th e [irst semi p roduced n o su rp rises as Poo vey led Boody and Dan Ingra m acros s the lin e. Dra ke, Steve Moreh ead an d Rau sch fin ished 1-2-3 in the seco n d sem i. T he th ir d semi was wo n by Fi li ce wit h La n ce j on es and Keith Day la kin g second a nd th ird. Shobert led T im Merten s, wh o wa s celebra ti ng his birthday, and Bill y H erndon home in the fourth a nd fin al semi. T he sta rt of th e main ' event produced th e usual jam-up o f riders as th e 12 starte rs a ttem p ted to "thread th e needle" going in to turn on e. Filice, Sho bert an d Lance Jones wen I down, but a ll three were soo n on their feet a n d ready for th e res tart . That restart sa w Fil ice pull the hol esh ot and h e led Poovey, Boody, Shobert a nd th e o the rs aro u nd th e black groove until th e fourth lap when he got o ff th e groov e a nd o u t on to wh at vet eran racer St eve Morehead described as " m oo n dust. " Poovey, Boody and Shobert slip p ed p ast Filice a nd th e fin ish in g order of th e top four was set as Filice recovered and rode th e rem aining lap s in fourth, co ntend ing a ll the wa y w ith a n exh a ust pi pe th at was do in g it s best to fall off. Th e series point sta ndi ngs sh u ffled a bit behind leader Boody as Rodney Farr is failed to mak e th e po int paying main and slipped to second behind Sho bert. Th e wi n m oved Poovey into fo urt h in the sta n dings with tw o races to go. Result s Congratulations on a Big Win at Daytona! BATTLE of the TWINS 1st Place - G.P. Class Expert Modified Joey Mills - 1st Place Jay Springsteen Amateur Mod ified Tony G uest - 1st Place Harley-Davidson Racing Team Stock Class Gene Church - 1st Place Formu la II Antonio Jorge Neto 1st Place DAYTONA DIRT TRACK .Series Champion Bubba Shobert . Can Law - 3 rd Place Superbike Dav id Aldana - 3rd Place FINA L: 1. Ter ry Poov ey (Hon ); 2. Ted Bood y (Honl ; 3. Bubba Shobert (Kaw) ; 4. Jim Filic e (Yam); 5. Ti m Me rtens (Hon); 6. Ke it h Day ISuz); 7 . Billy Her nd on (Hon); 8 . Steve Morehead (Kaw) ; 9. Scott Drak e (Ho n): 10. Dan Ingram (Han); 11. Eric Raus ch (Hon); 12. lance J ones (Yam) . W ed nesd ay " 1ca rne to ra ce; 1 love to race," sa id defen din g Daytona Dirt T rac k Series Cha m pion T erry Poovey o n h is win in th e fo urt h ro u n d o f th e series h eld in Daytona 's Mem orial Sta d i u m . H onda factory rider Poovey, makin g his first series a p p earance, wa s not ridi ng hi s T ea m Honda eq ui p ment. H e was a board a bike ow ned bv Al La m b's Dallas H onda , hi s foimer spo nsor, a nd ha d the services o f tu ning wizard Wood y Kyle. " Honda di dn ' t really want m e to ride, but tea m manager Gene Ro mero sq ua red things for me. I feel th e more ridi ng yo u do, th e sharper yo u are." Bubba Sh o bert, riding a Kawasak i, shadowed Poovey th ro u gh out the H lap fi na l with j im m y Filice right o n his rear tire th e entire wa y. Filice was Yama ha mounted . Roundin g o u r the top five were H onda rider Bill y H ern do n a nd rooki e exper t Matt R ozowicz on a H onda. The series points ba ttle, with a $5,000 to p prize to th e winner , tighten ed up. Serie s lead er Ted Boody took a n eighth wh il e R od Farris, seco nd going into this event , pl aced sixth . T he result wa s a o ne point lead for Bood y, 46-45, wi th Sh obert an d Rozow icz tied at 38. 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