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SHORT TRACK
50 : 1. TreyGlasco (Vam); 2. M isty Fivecoat(Vaml.
60 : 1. Der ick Wh itener (Honl; 2. Jason Adcock
(Vam): 3. Britt Armstrong (Honl .
BOJR: 1. Derick Wh itener (Yam).
BOSR: 1. SCali W illiams (Han): 2. Tim Kay (Kaw);
3. Greg Teague (Yam).
125 : 1. Ed Meyer (Kaw); 2. Jack Surber (Kaw); 3.
Chad McCracken (Vam).
250: 1. Trace Polson (Honl ; 2. Chad McCracken
(Vam); 3. Rocky Fivecoat (Vam).
OPEN PRO: 1. Phil Darcy (Han); 2. Charlie Orr
(Han); 3. Gary Kidd IHon).
TT
Gary Goodfellow (99) leads Daryl Cornwell in the 750cc Production class
at Westwood; Goodfellow held on to take the win.
put th eir energy travelling Iarther to
o th er tracks to sup pan th e racing
th ere. This arbit rary execu tive decisio n h a s not been popular a nd unfortunately by th e time th e membership
h eard a bo ut it it was too lat e to
cha nge.
In an abbrevia ted Formu la T wo
class, we fin d Alan Inglis and it wa s a
bi t of a shock to find th at hi s home
cl u b had nixed his class, but he went
o u t a nd too k first in this event. Fo llo win g h im in wa s the Arrow Motorcycles entry o f Ken Bo tham. T he reg ul a r American rid ers were notably
absent and reportedly upset.
j ohn Wild man and R ick Davison
co n ti n ue d th e ir wi n st rea k w it h
a nother first in th e Sidecar class just
ahead of Dave Wildma n and passenger Harry Rih ela. Rihela was being
used as a scyt he by Wi ldma n as they
took lin es righ t a lo ng th e edge o f th e
track.
Looking like a su re thi ng, Ken
Lal onde a nd Randy Kings to n d iced
for th e lead a hea d of everyone else in
th e 600cc Prod uction final as th e n ext
four riders execu ted th eir ow n co mp lex ma n uevers a shan dista nce back,
just wa iting for a cha nce to pou nce
o n a higher positio n. T ha t cha nce
ca m e o n th e last lap wh en a tac tica l
error dropped Kin gston two seco nds
a n d back to fif th pl a ce. L al onde
maintained h is edge an d was fol lowed in by Steve Crevier , G ary Berge
a n d j ohn Sch warze.
Results
.
F-2 : 1. Alan Ingl is(Vaml; 2. Ken Botham (Vam); 3.
Larry Taylor (Han).
F-l : 1.John Palmer (Vam): 2. Roland Stun-Smith
IKaw); 3. Ken Stobban ISul).
SUPERBIKE: 1. Gary Goodfellow (SUl); 2. Tom
Walther ISul): 3. Bruca Cherwonks (Suz).
600 CAFE: 1. Steve Crevier (Yam); 2. Perris
Turner (Suz); 3. Chad Lloyd (Yam).
750 PROD: 1. Gary Goodfellow (Suz); 2. Daryl
Cornwell (Suz); 3. Steve Crev ier (Yam ).
OPEN PROD: 1. Gary Berge (Kaw): 2. Ken Breier
(Kaw); 3. Keith Hall (Han).
SIDECAR: 1. John Wildman/R ick Davison (Suz);
2. Dave Wildman/Harry Rihels (Bgll; 3. Phil Roney/
Jerry Alley (Ron).
.
60D PROD CONSOLo1. Brent Luebken (SUl): 2.
Dave Pollard (Yam); 3. Jeff Wh ite (SUl).
600 PROD FINAL: 1. Ken Lalonda(Vam); 2. Steve
Crevier (Vam); 3. Gary Berga (Kawl .
Kidd breezes at ·
BoydTT
By M. Orr
BOYD, TX, J UN E 29
After a six-week layoff while
recuperating from injuries incu rred in a tus sle with a th reewheeler, G ary Kidd came back
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to race o n two whee ls at Mike Kidd 's
Boyd Ra ceway. He said it really felt
good to be back ou t th ere and p roved
it w he n h e put o n a hard ride to finish
third in Open shan track co m pe tition before winn in g th e Open TT
main event. With promot er Mike
Kidd a n no u nci ng a .$1000 bonus for
th e season's high p oint Pro rider,
Gary is getting down to serio us racing.
The 80cc class go t th e ra cers roilin g a n d Greg T ea gue won the sh a n
track hea t race a hea d of Scott Williams
a nd Tim Kay. Will iams got th e holeshot in th e m a in event an d led for th e
fir st five laps. Teag ue put th e pressure on a nd Will iams stayed too close
to th e pole, a nd got h is bik e into th e
ro ugh din o n th e in side in turn four
o n lap six. Teague was righ t the re to
ta ke over th e lea d, but on th e ne xt la p
he slid o u t co m ing out of turn th ree
and went down wit h just avera lap to
go. Will iams took th e che ckered flag
firs t foll owed by Kay a nd Derick
Whitener, but nobod y went to th e
Victory Ci rcle. All th e riders di sp layed
their sportsma nship and co nce rn by
circl in g th e tra ck to th e accident a n d
staye d until Teague was a ble to ge t
u p and wa lk from th e tra ck before
returning to th e lin e to clai m their
tro p hies.
j a ck Surber won th e l 25cc shan
track ' heat race foll ow ed by Cha d
McC ra cken, but Ed Meyer got the
ea rly lead in the ma in event. Su rbe r
ran close to Meyer for three la ps an d
th en p assed on th e o u tside goi ng into
tu rn three. Meyer ca me o u t o f turn
four with a narrow lead a nd th is was
repeated in eac h tu rn until th e fin al
lap, wh en Meyer was a ble to hold
o nto th e lead a nd take th e win. After a
ba ck row sta rt, C ha d McCra cken
ca ugh t th e leaders a nd on th e fin al
lap crossed th e lin e a lmos t side -byside with Surber to fi n ish in third
pl a ce.
T he first Open short tra ck h ea t was
won by Ph il Darcy a head o f Andy
West a n d Tim H ampton. Kidd won
the seco n d heat aft er swapping th e
lead three tim es in th e last lap with
Charlie Orr. Karl Klement Fordsp onsored Dar cy led th e main event
wire-to-wire wh ile the battle between
Orr a nd Kidd for seco nd p lace was a
repeat of th e second heat. On lap six,
Orr pulled o u t of turn two a head for
keeps a n d sta rted ga in ing o n Darcy,
who wa s o n ly a hea d by tw o bik e
lengths. Orr ca ugh t Darcy a t th e fin ish line, bu t it wasn 't good eno ugh a s
Darcy too k the wi n by in ch es and
Kidd fi nis hed a close th ird . Dodd
Dyson fini shed in fourth pl a ce a head
of j ames Huddleston .
In TT actio n, Sha ne j olly won th e
250cc heat race follo wed by Eddie
Kaufman a nd Kregg Bentley. Bentley
took the lead o ut o f th e first co rner in
th e mai n even t a hea d of Kaufman
an d j ames H arris, bu t Harris a nd
Meyer went down in th e right-hand
turn with Mik e Moore tak in g o ver
th ird p lace. Kaufman pushed all the
wa y, but co u ld n' t get aro u nd Ben-
OVER 30 : 1. Eddie Kaufman (Han): 2. Karl Kle·
ment (Hon); 3. Harry Rardin (Hon).
50 : 1. TreyG lasco(Vam); 2. Misty Fivecoat (Vam).
60 ; 1. Derick Whitener (Han); 2. Jason Adcock
(Vam); 3. Brill Armstrong (Han).
JR; 1. Derick Whitener (Kaw); 2. Kevin Mc ·
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eoSR: 1. Tim Kay (Kaw).
Glocklin (Yam); 3. Ronnie Pace Jr. (Yam) .
125 : 1. Ed Meyer (Kaw ); 2. Jac k Surber (Kaw): 3.
Philip Hoy (Suz).
250: 1. Kregg Bentl ey (Han); 2. Eddie Kaufman
(Han); 3. Mike Moore (Kaw).
OPEN AM : 1. Kirk Tyer (Vam); 2. Mike Gallagher
(Vam); 3. Kerry Wood (Han).
OPEN PRO: 1. Gary Kidd (Han): 2. Bobby Shaw
(Han); 3. Charlie Orr (Han).
Kaufman leads
Over-40s at Boyd
By M. Orr
BO YD, T X, J U NE 15
Eddie Kaufman, leading rider
in th e AMA Distri ct-41 Over 30
T T class, chalked up a no the r
win at Mike Kidd 's Boyd Racewa y. T he Ov er -30 heat rac e win went
to j a ck Barn ett H onda -sponsored
Kau fm an ov er Karl Klem ent a n d
j am es McQuaid. Klem ent got th e
hol eshot in th e ma in event ahead o f
Ka u fman a nd McQuaid. On lap one ,
Ka ufman took over the lead going into
th e hairpi n turn , b u t Klem ent went
insi de in turn four to finish th e lap in
front . George Ga ldeen pulled up from
sixt h to fourth on lap o ne to pressure
McQuaid and th en was joined by
Terry Ne wman in a th ree-m an battle
for th ird place. Newman passed G al deen insi de th e right-hand turn on
lap th ree, before going aro u n d th e
o u tside o f McQuaid in the righthander o n lap four; but Newman
slipped off th e groove a nd fell wh en
h e tr ied to get by Klem ent in turn
three. Kaufman took th e win followed by Klem ent, ·McQ uaid a nd
G aldeen . .
After trai ling Alan Pow ers a nd
Darin Quinn for half th e fir st h eat
race, An dy West went to th e in sid e in
turn four to tak e ove r th e lead a n d th e
win. Bill H erndon wo n th e seco nd
h eat on Don Kidd 's new Honda while
Hud Welding's Raymond Huddleston beat T ra ce Polson to the flag for
seco nd place. Heat three saw Bill y
Orr win o ver brother Char lie and
Sammy Sweet.
Karl Klement Ford-sponsored Phil
Darcy took th e early lead in th e semi, .
but th e race was red-flagged a t the
end of the first lap wi th three rid ers
down. Mark Russo led into th e first
turn o n th e restart foll owed by Qu inn
a nd Dar cy. Darcy p a ssed Quinn on
th e ins ide o n lap one as j ohn Gladwill mo ved up to ch allenge Quinn
from fou rt h pl ace. Dar cy went outside R usso in turn four to tak e over
th e lead on lap two a nd Gl adwill follo wed hi s lin e to g et a ro und Quinn
a nd take over third pl a ce. On lap
four, G ladwill went o u tside and go t a
good drive o u t of turn two to p ass
Quinn a n d tak e second place. Darcy
took th e win followed by Gl adwill,
Russo a n d Quinn.
H erndon got th e hol esh o t in th e
m a in event foll owed by Sweet , West
a nd Bill y Orr. On lap five, Huddleston went in side Orr in turn two to
ta ke over fourth pl ace an d then pressured West, goi ng in sid e in turn one
o n lap seven 10 tak e over th ird place.
With half a straigh ta way lead, Herndon took th e win follo wed by Sweet
a n d Huddleston .
Results
SHORT TRACK
50 : 1. Trey Glasco (Yam): 2. Phil ip Thompson
(Vam): 3. Bill y Kennedy (Varni.
60 : 1. Todd Way (Kaw); 2. Scan Williams IHon); 3.
Clayton Hull (Yaml.
JR: 1. Derick Whitener (Yam); 2. Brandon
Hancock (Vam).
.
.
SR: 1. Mike Weedin (Yaml; 2. Greg Teague
(Yaml; 3. Scali Williams (Han).
125 : 1. Mike Hale (Kaw); 2. Mike Weedin (Vam);
3. Jack Surber (Han).
250: 1. Trace Polson (Han); 2. Mike Hale(Yam); 3.
Chad McCracken (Vam).
OPEN PRO; 1. Bill Herndon (Han); 2. Sammy
Sweet (H-D); 3 . Raymond Huddlaston IRot).
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OVER 30: 1. Eddie Kaufman (Han); 2. Karl Klement (Han); 3. James McOuaid (Han).
50 : 1. Trey Gtasco (Yam); 2. Philip Thomps on
(Yam); 3. Bill y Kennedy (Yam).
60 : 1. ToddWay( Kaw); 2. DerickWhitener(Hon);
3. Bill Richards (Han).
JR: 1. Derick Whitener (Kaw); 2. Todd Wey
(SUl); 3. Brandon Hancock (Yaml.
SR: 1. Clayton Hull (SUlt, 2. Tim Kay (Kawt 3.
Greg Teague (Han).
125 : 1. Ed Meyer (Kaw); 2. Ja ck Surber (Kaw); 3.
SCali Jo hnson (Yam).
250; 1. Shane Jolly(Hon): 2. Bobby Shaw (Han);
3. Eddie Kaufman (Hon).
OPENAM : 1. Kirk Tyer (Vamt 2. DavidThompson
(Yam); 3. Ben Kaufman (Han).
OPEN PRO: 1. Sammy Sweet (H· D): 2. Charlie Orr"
. (Han); 3. Bill Herndon (Han).
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Bear Trial
By Tim Walker
BIG BEAR, CA, J U NE 8-9
The Southern California T rials
Assoc ia tion 19th Annual Big
Bear Two-day trial marked the
halfway point on the Am eri can
Trials Associa tio n calendar. Of th e
six even ts hel d the re ha s been four
differ ent Expert winner s. Current
ATA pr esid ent Matt Pritch ard is th e
newest addi tion 10 th e list.
Sa tu rday started o u t excelle nt for
Prit ch a rd (Answer / Kal-Gard /Ts ubaki /Hyp er Product s) a s h e led by 15
marks over Da vid Webster. In third
p lace was SWM -mounted Mark Eggar
with 92. Sullering Irom a sore wrist
j ohn Rob ertson (Yam) dropped 98
for fourth.
Sunda y's two loops of I I sections
p roved much eas ier than Saturday's
three loops o f 12. Low point score r
on Sunday was Robertson, who cleaned half o f th e sections to move into
th ird overa ll. Coming up one p oint
short of fir st o vera ll wa s Webster
(Yam ), but dropping 57 points wa s
good en ough to hang onto first overa ll for Pritch ard.
Three points separa ted Bru ce Davis,
Rich Spruell (Mitch Mayes Yamaha )
a n d Bill y Hunter in the Amateur's
a fter Saturday . Mounted on a 1979
Bulraco , Davis increased his margin
by 16 marks to collect his second win
of th e year. After two days both Hunter a nd Spruell had 21 cleans, but
Hunter secu red second with 86 points
to Spruell's 89.
Ex-desert rac er G ary Anderson
ea rn ed a nothe r win in th e Novice
cla ss to move into the Amateur class.
Droppin g 53 marks a nd 35 cleans.
Anderson had clos e com pe ti tio n from
Montesa rider Ed Lowenberg with a
56/34 score. Alle n Anderson a nd hi s
m ean, g reen Ital jet rode a conse rvative two day's to take home thi rd place.
Results
EX: 1. Mall Pri,chard(117/17); 2. David Webster
(113 /16); 3. John Robertson (132 /21),
AM : 1. Bruce Davis (69 /24); 2. Billy Hunter
(B6/22); 3 . Rick Spruell (B9/21).
NOV; 1. Gary An derson (53 /35); 2. Ed Lowenberg (56 /35); 3. Allen Anderson (64/27).
BEG; 1. Tom Engelhardt (22/4B); 2. David Whittie (36/35): 3. Butch Smith (37 /36).
SR A : 1. Art Webster (121 /14); 2. Gary Conrad
(122 /11); 3. J ack Heminway (132/9).
SR N: 1. Ron Stevens (54 /35); 2. Bob Thonon
/25).
(76 /24t 3 . Bob Stouffer
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