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New Mexico-Colol'ado-WyolDing-MoDlaDa-Nol'lh Dakola-Soulh Dakola-Nebl'aska-Kansas-OklaholDa-Texas- New Mexico-Colol'ado-WYOlDin .~nlral ยท Pipeline ....... (Above) John Bersch (501 ) leads the 125cc Expert class at the South Texas Series' opening round. (Right) M ike Boston flies hi s KX250 on the way to the 250cc Expert w in at Race Place II , He had a long trek to Kansa s, (Bottom) The Over 30 class gets off the line at Motosports MX. (Below) Two 250cc Novice riders battle for South Texas Series points. rnot o , Terry was in third p lace on the .Iast lap. He an d hi s Yamaha rock eted of f o f th e last jump and down th e backstretch in pursu it of second pl ace. As h e sta rte d to pass Ga be Ma gn ess (Mai), in seco nd pl ace, he looped h is bi ke. Goupi l was sha ken but u nhurt. A soberi ng in tro d uction to th e Amateur class . In th e 125cc Amateur class , ho leshot specia list Kerry T homas grabbed th e early lead. Thro ug h th e first two la ps Thomas co ntinued to bui ld h is lead. Mea n wh ile, Wh isper in Smi th (Yam ) was work in g h is way through the pack from a fifth -pl ace sta rt. By the w h ite-flag lap , Smith was righ t o n Thomas' rea r wh eel. Do wn th e backs tretch, he powered by T homas and into the lea d. The stage was set for the second moto , T he ga te dropped a nd th is tim e T h omas ended up in th e back of th e pack ! No t to be deterred, Thomas sta rte d to move to th e fro n t. " Wh ispe rin" had a midp ack sta rt , a nd h e started a move to the front , but th e first-m ot e leaders were p lagued by m ista kes a nd wo un d up at the bac k of the pa ck. Co nsis tent finis hes by Mark O 'Hagen nett ed h im first overall. T h e 250cc Ama teur class seemed to be a repeat of the ea rlier ac tio n. T homas j umped to th e ea rly lead , o n ly to be passed again . This tim e by Tracy Smi th (Kaw). In th e seco nd moto Thomas rep eat ed in seco nd p lace for a well-deserv ed first overa ll. Results PEE WEE JR: 1. Robbie Reynard (Yam): 2. Craig Morren (Yam): 3. Blake Shellon (Yam). PEE W EE SR: 1. Branden (Yam): 2. Chris ucey Shelton (Yam ); 3. Jarrod Hurly (Yam ). MIN I MIN I: 1. Edd ie Cu m min s (Kaw) ; 2. St eve Petr ee (Yam) ; 3 . Br ian M ooney (Yam). MINI INT: 1. Chris McNutt (Yam); 2. Brent Shum ale (Han): 3. Hot Rod Palmer (Kaw l. . MINI JR: 1. HO Rod Palmer (Kaw l; 2. Bruce O'Ha I gen (Yam): 3. Lance Slagg s (Kaw ). M INI SA: 1. Tom my Newman (Kaw ); 2 . Jason Ow ens (Kaw) ; 3. Chris McNutt (Yam). 10 5 : 1. Tommy Newman (Kaw); 2. Ken ny But ler Daft, Newman win Oklahoma night MX opener By John Malsam OKLAHOMA CITY, OK , MAY 7 Nighttime motocross returned to Motorcycle Raceways in Ok- lahoma City. The track look ed n earl y th e same - only th e 42 jumps had changed! The three feet added to th e fo ur major j umps d id n 't slow Den n is Daft and T ommy New- m an. Bo th riders clearly domin at ed the ir respective clas ses. Daft won th e 125 a nd 250cc Expert classes. Newman had h is hands fu ll in the Min i Sen io r class, bu t he d id win th e brand new 105cc cla ss wi th ease . T he dual wins d id cos t h im seven spokes in hi s front whee l. Fligh t p lans were the order of th e da y for th e Ex pert classes and the ra cing in all classes was more spectacular because of the redesigned jumps. Some ride rs had trouble with the track; for example, Terry Goupil; in h is first Open Amateur event, h ad the ge t-o ff o f the n ight. In the seco n d Jr . (Kaw): 3. Jason Owens (Kawl. BEG: 1. Brad W il son (Yam): 2. Ron Darty (Hon}; 3. John Hoove r (S uz). 125 NOV: 1. Mark Rich ard s (Hon}; 2. John Copus (Kawl; 3. Lut her Vanborg (Suz). 125 AM : 1. Mark O' Hagen (Yaml; 2. Rich Sheh an (Suz); 3. Ste ve Dennis (Kaw ). 125 EX: 1. Den nis Daft (Yam ); 2. Chr is Swank (Honl: 3. Greg Brown (Yam). 250 NOV: 1. Mark Richards IHon): 2. Kim Cook (Han): 3. Kenny Butler ISuzl. 25 0 A M : 1. Kerr y Th omas (Suz); 2. Jeff Hen ke (Han); 3. Tracy Smith IKaw l. 250 EX: 1. Dennis Daft (Yam); 2. Ch ri s Swank (Honl: 3. Scott Cook (Han). OPENNOV: 1. Steve M ill er (Yaml: 2. Todd Wilson (Yam); 3 . Brian Bowles (Mai). OPEN AM : 1. Tracy Smit h (Kawl: 2. Gabe Magness (M ai); 3. M ik e Reddi n (M ai ). OPEN EX: 1. Ra ndy Kirsc hbaum (Yam ); 2 . Poote r Hopk ins (Kawl; 3 . Ji m Thomas (Yam). OVE R 30 : 1. Danny M cNu n IS uz); 2. Charl ie Peters IMai); 3 . Kenny But.ler (S .U l)., Stovall, Galbenski win at Ross Downs By Bob Bagwell COLLEYVILLE, TX, MAY 13 H ard- rid ing. broad sliding short trac ker Shon Stovall showed 'e m the way it 's done o n thi s ni gh t of fast- paced racing a t Ross Downs' weekly short 'track an d TT scrambles. Stovall . came fro m back in th e p ack of all Pro fession al ride rs to wi n th e 750cc main even t. Cha rlie O rr a nd Ode ll Davis bot h pressured on the la st two laps, but to no avai l. Th en , from o u t of nowh ere, ca me th e Du va ll bro th ers to blast by Da vis on eac h side for an a lm os t ph ot o fini sh for thi rd . Stova ll staye d inches a hea d of Orr, with Dewayne Du vall tak ing third . Dav is went back' to the pits. saying, " Where di d th ose guys come from?" Dewayne and Greg Du vall are rea lly flying th is season and they wi ll soon be the ones to beat anyw here. O h yes, they are sti ll in h igh school. H ot sh oe G reg T eague a nd Sco tty Williams co nti n ued th eir winn ing ways in the 60 and 80cc fin al s. Th ese lilli e fellers really go . J ohn G ladwe ll and Eldo n Hutgr en p u t on a su perb show in 250cc Ama teur. T hey pass ed back and fonh wi th Hutgr en fall in g before th e fin al lap. Alan Pow ers was h ot after them , a lo ng with Rocky Fivecoat . They fin ished in th at or de r. The TT got goi ng with th e 50 and 60cc min icycles. O ld raci n g Pro R uss Cannon (five years old) p osted wins a long with Tim Clem ents and Jason Praror. They were taking th e jumps in style. Ala n Power s won th e 80cc main wit h Mitch Lo wer an d Sco tt Scham bach er close o n hi s rear wh eel. Th e l 25cc main wa s a good one with Kevin Swirer, Mark McN eil and Ray T o ney a ll bau ling it o u t and finishi ng in tha t or der. C ha rl ie Galbens ki, th e motocro ss star , easily defeated Bria n Fleck and Dewayne Duva ll in the 250cc Amateu r fina l. The O pen ma in saw Terry Neu ma n defea t th e husban d a nd wife tea m of Tom and Velvet Scham bacher for th e first -pl ace troph y.