Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

was ridi n g th e edge ." Results EXP: 1. Ted Bood y (H·D I; 2 . Terr y Poov e y (H -D ); 3 . Dou g Chandler (Hon); 4 . Pet e Hames IH· O); 5. Ch r is Carr (H - D); 6 . To m M a it land (H-OI: 7. Robert Crabb e (H- D); 8 . Rod ne y Farri s (H- D); 9 . Dan Ingram (H- D); 10 . Tim M er tens (H-D); 1 1. Randy Goss (Hon); 12 . Steve M oreh ead (H-O). J R: 1. Brad Furlong (H·D): 2. Nic kie Font ana (Hon); 3. Raben Lew is Jr. (W -R); 4 . Dom in ic M ich aud (C-A ); 5. Greg Gat ll ff (H -D ); 6 . Keith Gregoire (Ha n); 7 . J eff J enk i ns (W -RI; B. Dan Knecht (C-A) ; 9 . Ben Si uda ra (H-Dt, 10 . Ru sty Rog ers (H-D). NOV : 1. Br ian Bon es te el (W· R); 2. Randy Turbett (Hon ); 3 . Eric Sassa m an (W 4R); 4 . Craig Estell e twR); 5. Raben Damron (W-R );6. Ron Ben ra nd (W -R); 7 . John Resso III (Han); B. Lar ry Benholdt (H· D); 9 . Keith Olsen (H-D); 10 . Troy M alone (C· A ). Short Track Joneshits a triple By Henny Ray Abrams DAYTONA BEACH , FL, MA R. 7-8-9 No o ne co u ld h ave sa id it m ore eloquently: " We figured we'd do well here at th e stad iurn ," Ronni e J on es o f Okl ah oma Ci ty, Okl ah oma bega n, " Bu t we didn 't figure to do th is well. " "Thi s well " was Daytona Memori al Stadi u m shor t track h istory: three win s in th e th ree n ights o f Junior/ Expert ra ci ng o n the h eavil y grooved stadi u m tra ck . " We didn 't have 10 cha nge anythi ng over the co urse o f th e th ree n ights," he co ntin ued, " Ski p Ma re tt and Dennis H a rr is o f GF Ra cin g set the new bike up ri ght from th e sta rt an d I just tr ied to ride th e sa me smooth line." Bu t even though J o nes sco red th e maximum po ints in th e stadi u m , h e didn 't score a n y p oi nts i n th e two half-mil e o peni ng eve nts o f th e $10,500 W iseco-Da ytona Dirt T rack Series a nd th e ser ies winner, for the th ird ti me, wa s Texan T erry Poo vey with 63 points to J o nes' 60. Tied fo r thi rd wi th 53 points were Ted Bood y a nd Pete H a m es, who sa w hi s series tit le cha nces go o u t th e window wh en he fa iled to q u a lify o u t o f hi s sem i o n Saturday, th e fin al ni gh t o f racing. Wednesd ay n ight showcase d th e ta lents of th e fi rst a nd seco nd yea r. pro fessionals and it was o ne o f th e three riders in th e 12-r ider m ain, Bruce J ohnson o f Sal in as, Californi a , th a t su rvived severa l restarts for h is seco n d win of th e week. Follow. in g J ohnson we re Juniors Mark Mannschreck and Rob Lew is. R ecent h istory ha s sh o wn th e shor t track racing a t Memorial St adi um to be h ard- to-pa ss fo llow -the- Iea der fre ight train type racing. T he first rider to th e first co rner is usually th e winner, especia lly in the early eli minat ion a nd scra tch h ea ts. Because of th is, a new crushed li mesto ne su rface wa s laid down over th e packed d irt with much ball yh oo a nd close raci ng and pa ssing wa s prom ised. U n fo rt u nately, it was never deliv ered . "T he problem is th ey' re afraid to wa ter it," stadi u m veteran an d pa st series wi n ne r T ed Boody sai d. " T hey don 't want it to ge t too wet, but th at 's th e on ly way th ey ca n have close ra cin g here. It was n o different thi s yea r th an last." Gardner Racing 's Terry Poovey agreed . Wh en as ked if it was different th an last year he re p lied , " About th e sa me, " a nd sa id o f its sur face cha n ging from ni ght to n ight , " It was OK ." Thursday Poo vev won th e first o f th e scra tch hea ts o ~ T hursd a y, th e o pe n ing Expert/ Junior n ight an d i t turned o u t to be th e fa stest. Ro n n ie J ones, T ed Boody, Ra ndy Goss, Pete H ames, Chris Ca rr, Chris Evan s and Tom Maitland won th e following ' seven hea ts wh ich trimmed th e 48-rider field to 40 for th e 10-m an eight- la p serms. Poovey went back out a nd won th e firs t semi by 40 yar ds a head o f Bood y a nd T im Merten s. Fredd ie Spen cer Raci ng/ Su perT rapp 's Ra ndy G oss won th e second semi from Jones and Oklah om a ns J o nes a nd SCOtl Adams. Pete H a m es, R ich King an d Tom Ma itlan d qual ified for th e ma in fro m th e th ird semi a nd th e fou rth wa s won by Fran Bro wn with Chris Carr an d R odney Farris th e last tw o into th e m a in . Goss go t th e ho lesh ot in th e fin al a nd tried runn in g o n th e far edge of th e gro ove in th e loose limestone wh ile J ones stuc k o n th e po le with H am es, Poovey a n d Boody o n th e gro ove a nd Fran Bro wn , in sixth , o n th e ligh t cu sh io n . . " I co u ld n' t ge t it 10 work on th e bot tom. " G oss sa id o f hi s H onda , " So 1 had to ride u p to p ." G oss a n d J on es were virt ua ll y even until the third lap wh en J ones sfip ped by exi ti ng tu rn four. Poovey was in third , but movin g up , wi th H ames a nd Bood y hold in g th eir sp o ts a nd H ames stre tch ing hi s adva n tage o n Boody. Nothi ng cha n ged until th e eig h th lap a nd then everyth ing cha nged, for Goss a t least. Com ing down fro m th e h igh line o u t o f turn fo ur Goss made co nt ac t wit h Poo vey a nd slid i nto the co ncrete wall. H e qu ick ly remounted. bu t was in last p lace. " I knew he h ad me bea t th ere an d the rear end of h is bik e just ca me arou nd a nd clipped me accidenta ll y," Goss said. P o o vey. co n ce r n ed with G o ss' sa fetv, was rel ieved to h ear that Goss had no hard feelin gs. " I don 't need an y more problem s," he sai d . One of hi s problems was a n undi agnosed en gine p roblem. H is sponso r, Chuck G ardn er" of G ardner Racin g , sa id, " He was losin g half a seco n d a lap and we do n 't kno w wha t it is." Poovey had tried Goss' unort h odox li ne but sai d that " I tried it o nce a nd went backwa rds." J ones' wi n wa s secure a fter G oss fell wi th Poovey a solid second . H a mes to o k third an d Mert en s passed Boody in turn four lat e in th e race for fo urt h . " I kind of felt th e cu sh io n wo ul d go awa y," J on es sai d . " T he times were slo wer ea r lier a n d we gea red h igh er. I wasn 't paying a n y a tten rio n to w ha t wa s happen in g behi nd me. I don 't ever look back . You hear echoes in this pl ace so yo u n ever kn ow what 's goi ng on." G a rd n er , G risw old , a nd Boa rd Racing-sponsored H ames, who moved into second in the point sta ndi ngs wi th h is thi rd here, sai d , " I used the middle line. 1 was try ing a ll ove r during the n ight. I tr ied h igh a nd I tried low an d settled in the m iddle." Friday H ames bega n Frida y n ight with th e first heat wi n w hile Jones took th e secon d and fastest hea t. The fo llo wing six lap eigh t-ri de r hea ts were won by Dan Ingra m . Chris Ca rr, Tom Ma itl and, T erry Poovey, Rodney Farris an d Randy H unt. The I2 l-rider fie ld was do wn to 40 for th e sem is wh ich J ones led o ff with a wi n . Fa rris wa s seco n d a nd Sa m my Sweet third. Poovey bested Delaw a re's Eri c R ausch for the second sem i wi n with fell ow T exan Bill y H erndon th ird . Pete' H ames kept th e heat o n T im Mert en s th e en tire len gt h of the third sem i and th e p ressu re paid o ff with a turn th ree last lap pass on th e ou ts ide of th e Bell evill e H onda rider. Will Davis su rvived an ea rly cha rge by Tom Ma itla nd to fin ish th ird . Ch ris Ca rr won the fin al semi by a fu ll straigh taway with Fra n Bro wn [Con tin ued to page 35) Co vers it all! All that's happening in the world of allterrain vehicles. Every month. All for only $5 a year. ATV News, America's A 11- Terrain Vehicle Newspaper. Subscribe today! AMERICA'S MONTHLY ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLE NEWSPAPER ........................... o ~ YES! Send me one full year (12 issues) of ATV NEWS for only $5.oo! o I want to SAVE MORE! Send me two years (24 issues) of ATV NEWS for only $9.00 $15.00 off the newsstand price! NAM E . 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