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Terry Poovey takes a victory lap,
winn ing the trophy dash at Devil's
Bowl in Da llas, Texas.
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OVERALL HI POINT: St. v. ven.... (6).
AU GHT: 1. Kris Dem beck (9); 2. Kevin Wall (11);
3. Mont Fairfax (14).
A HEAVY: 1. Bob Ellis (101: 2.Jim Mit ch. 1I (t 2 ); 3.
P. O'Caliahan (12).
A BANTAM : 1. Dave Burnett (9); 2. Todd Stavens
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B HI POINT; St eve Antoniou (17).
B LIGHT; 1. N. Ch. mpagn. (22~ 2. Bob Comall i
(231 3. John Provost.
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Hugh McQuaici (20).
B BANTAM: 1. M ik. Herv (511: 2. M.rk J.nks
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4- STROKE: 1. Dave cie me eee ( 1 9~ 2. Bill john son (241 3. P.t. Rugg.rio (25).
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C SU PER SR: 1. Ton i Moo re s ; 2. Vince Vrendenburg ; 3. Steve Agronic.
C HI POINT: AI Carrillo (311.
C U GHT: 1. Di. ne P. voni (27).
C HEAVY: 1. C. Wright (3BI: 2. Rock Rovero (431 3.
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C BANTAM : 1. Loyd Pe tt e rsen (321 2. M.rk
S.und.rs (40); 3. Brian Som. rs (551
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A SUPER SR: 1. Don Burnett (14); 2. Je rry
Shinnere (23); 3. Jo. Mor.1(431.
S SR: 1. Pete Haviland; 2. Wes Clard; 3. Bob
Sw atik.
B SUPER SR: 1. G.ry Doe r: 2. Bob R. il; 3. Jo.
Curti.
C SR: 1. John C.mpetti (42): 2. Bob Law (4 5): 3.
Craig B. k.r (53 ).
Sweet swift at
was McCo y wi th a big lead , follo wed
bv Pow ers. Prich ard a nd Tarlt o n.
.T ra ce Pol son da sh ed int o th e lead
a t the sta rt of the J u n ior P ro main
event , follo wed hv Mik e Hal e. Hale
fin ished the first lap in th e lead. with
Pol son seco nd . Brian Isa bell th ird
a nd Ro bert Adams fou rt h . O n lap
four Pol son did a dou ble ta nk -slapper
o f the worst kind ; h is bike flipped
end-aver-end , knocking him breat h less a nd ca ll ing o u t the red flag. On
the restart . Hal e was q ui ckes t o ff th e
line. follo wed by Isa bel l. J ames Harr is. Don Fai r a n d Jack S u rber. On lap
three. Hal e and Isa bell were side-bvside with Adams a nd H ar ri s d icing'a
wa ys back. Isa bell got by Hale. but
Hal e took th e lead rig h t back . The
bail ie co nt in ued rig h t to th e ch eckered n ag . with Isab ell wi nni ng o u t in
the en d.
The Trophy Da sh wa s sponsored
by enthusiast ic co n u ibu tio ns from
th e gra ndstand wi th one box for H arlev riders and o ne for Honda riders.
\ Vith the hol esho t it was Poov ey
(H U D Raci n g/ Ha rley Davidson of
No rt h Texa s) followed by Charlie
O rr (Arling to n Honda ) and Sweet
( Ha rley David son o f Nort h Texa s).
O rr 's mo tor quit. leavi ng Poovey to
bailie with Sweet, ;\lcCoy a nd Bill y
Herndo n ( Best Harley Davi dson ).
Poo vey got the nod a t th e nag for the
ca sh. foll ow ed bv Sweet, McCov and
Herndon .
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S weet a nd Poovev were back for th e
P ro -Am EXIX'rt main, but this tim e it
was S weet's turn in th e wi nner 's circle . Sweet got th e hol esh o i. wit h
Poov ey a nd :\IcCoy in close pursuit.
Swee t and Poov ey battled side-bvs ide, wi th McCo y holdi ng so lidly o n
to third wh ile H ern do n a nd Orr
thrashed it out for fourth. Poo vey
broke away a n d began to build a big
lead. but sudde n ly he was forced to
slow for lapped traffic. Poovey drew
the wrong groove and Swe et made h is
move for the lead a nd p ushed it
th ro ugh to th e checkered flag. Poovey carne in second followed by Ph il
Darcy a nd H erndon , with McCoy
stuck back in tra ffic.
Results
ZNGR: 1. Billy Kennedy.
BO: t , Clayton Hull ; 2. Gr.g T. agu e.
125: 1. Clayton Hull; 2. CI.y Carroll ; 3. Gr.g
Teag ue .
250 : 1. Ja mes Harris; 2. Micha el Har ris; 3. Tim
Kay.
OPEN: 1. Brian Isabell ; 2. Mi k. Hal•.
PRO·AM J R: 1. Willi. McCoy; 2. Chuck Prich ard;
Devil's Bowl
3 . Alan Powers.
By Frank A . Harrison
Sweet; 3. Willie McCoy.
PRO EX: 1. Sammy Sw••t; 2. T.rry Poov.y; 3.
Ph il Da rcy.
TROPHY DASH: 1. T. rry Poovey; 2. Sammy
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It was Sammy Sweet over T erry
Poovey in th e Pro Expert fin a l
a t th e AMA Devil's Bow l ProAm H alf Mil e a t Devils Bo wl
Speedway th is warm , Su nday a fternoon. Poovey a nd Sweet each won
th eir hea t races, then Sweet got the
best of P oo vey after the two battled
side-by-side in heavy traffic,
A top fiel d of Amateu rs a nd P ro fessio na ls met on the perfectly prepared
half-mile track th a t developed into a
wi de groove, wi th virt ua lly no dust.
Former Nationa l flagman Ph il Dyson
sta rted th e a fternoon by droppi ng the
nag o n Zin ger class wi nne r Billy
Ken nedy. Next, C layto n H ull gOI
dow n to bus iness, wi n ni ng in bot h
the 80 a n d l 25cc classes. T he 250cc
m a in belo nged to james H arris. as he
bea t Mi chael Weed in and T im Kay to
th e checkered .
In th e P ro -Am fina l. it was J imm y
Tarlton first off th e gri d Io llowed by
Willi e McCoy an d Ala n Pow ers. On
la p two . McCoy po wered to a fu ll turn lead , then stretched h is a dva n tage to the len gt h o f the srra ig h ta wa y. Ch uc k Prich a rd moved up to
thi rd a nd p ressured Powers for th e
n u m ber-t wo spot wi th Tarlton dropping back to fourt h. At the checkers it
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By Carl Wasileski
COCOA, FL, FE B. 23
H onda-m ounted Marcus R icketts took th e H i-Point trophy
a t th e Astronaut T rai l H are
Scram bles, th e fifth ro u nd of
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o u t by La rry Pal mer.
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Masters, Women a nd Min is racing in
it. All classes have thei r own starti ng
li ne and ta ke off o ne m in u te a pa rt
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fro nt of the bike.
In the Super Senior class . loca l
