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On May 7, 1988 at the Ascot Half-Mile National Motorcycle: Race, Ted Boody lost his life.
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Jim Chester (144) squeezes inside of Robbie Taylor in the f irst 250cc
Pro class moto at M uddy Creek. Chester was the overall w inner.
Eddie MlJlder .
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Pontiac Pircbird. do nated by L.A. Trade-Tech College
teacher
Eng l ish
Ge nevieve M eyer .
Yamaha 350· finishing just a hea d 01 the
Yama ha 01 J oh n Lowma n. Murra y a nd
Lowma n had a battle lor lirst going lro m the
start. First Lowman had the lead then Murray
took it back, then Lowman came back. O n
the last lap , Murra y dr afted Lowman headi ng
lor the star t/finis h line a nd pas sed Lowma n
at the line lor the win . When as ked il he had
any tro ub le, Murr ay rep lied, "T he clutch was
slipping a nd [ wa s tryin g to nurse it in th e
beginning . a nd when I was ab le to gel past
John I decided not lO worry abo ut it anymore
an d just go for it.
The Middlew eight Superb ike was another
Roos wi n . ho wever , th is one was no t a
runa way. There was a crash in tu rn o ne a n d
severa l rider s th ought th e race was goi ng to
be red-n agged. The Flagman was changing
lrom the yello w flag to the ambu lance nag
and a coup le 01 riders misread the nag beca use
it was no t-fully extended at tha t po irit, a nd
th ey slo wed dow n . Alt er reali zin g thei r
mis tak e, they motored ba ck up lO racing .
speeds. Roes was going [or first with Brian
Gristic a nd David Murra y righ t behind.. On
the last la p . heading fo r th e last tu rn, Gristic
go t on th e brak es too ha rd a nd went down,
leavin g seco n d p lace open for Da vid Mu rra y.
Right behind h im in third was David Clyde
aboard his Honda CBR6oo.
T he Hea vywe ight Superbike race was al so
won by Roos, a boa rd his Yam a ha FZR4oo.
When asked what it was li ke running a 400
mach in e in th e H eav yweight class, Roos
rep lied , " I had to rid e rea l har d. I knew tha t
in o rder to win th is race I had to ge t a good
start a nd ge t the lead early in the race if
possible,"
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Going onto the ba nking Roos passed Greg
H arrison for seco n d place a n d th en went after
Bruce Neild. Roo s pa ssed Nei ld going back
into th e in field, taking the lead wh ich he was
able to keep until the end lor hi s big win ,
ridin g a 400 in th e H ea vyweigh t race .
Results
vw GP COMB EX: 1. Cam Roes (Yem); 2. Devid Murray
(Yem); 3. Mark Long (Yaml ; 4 . J ohn Low man (Yam); 5.
Thomas Dupont (Yam ).
UW GP COM B NOV: 1. Mark See (Kaw); 2 . Todd
DoHlemy er (Yam); 3. Dail e George (yam); 4 . Tom Stewan
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GTO/ GTU lOOK ENDUR COM B O/A : 1. Greg Harr ison
(SUl); 2. Bri an Gr isti ck lHon); 3. David Clyde (Han); 4 . larry
Goldstein (Hon): 5. Arthur Dial (Han).
GTO l OO ENDUR COMB : 1. Gre g Harr ison (SUl); 2.
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David Clyde (Han ); 3 . Danny Minor (SUl); 4 , Thoma s Dupo nt
(Suzl.
GTU l OOKENDUR COM B: 1. Brian Gri st iclt (Han); 2. larry
Goldst ein (Hon); 3. Anhur Diaz:(Hon); 4 . Bryan Bem isderfer
(SUl).
HIW S/ BIKE COM S EX: 1. Cam Roos (Yam); 2. Br uce
Neild (Han); 3 . Greg Harr ison ISull; 4 . M ichael Gardn er
IHonl.
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HIW S/ BIKE COM B NOV: 1. Mark See (Han): 2. Roger
M inor (SUl ); 3, DannyM inor (Suz);4. Paul Young man (Yaml .
MIW S/BIKE COM B EX: 1. Cam Roos (Yam); 2. David
M urray (Hon); 3. David Clyde (Han); 4. J ohn Lowm an (Han).
MIW S/ BIKE COM B NOV: 1. Mark See (Han); 2. Todd
Hoge (Hon); 3 . larry GoldS1ein (Hon); 4 . Bryan Bem isderf er
ISu,) .
U/ l GP: 1. Bruce Neild (Han); 2. Greg Harriso n (SUl);
3 . M ichael Gardn er (Han).
S/ SPRT: 1. Kyle Jo nes (Suz); 2. Greg Harrison (SUl ).
UW S/BIKE EX: 1. David M urr.ay (Yam); 2 . J ohn
Lowman (Yam); 3. Cliff Bigoney (Yam); 4 . Stephen Hatch
(Yam).
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UW S/BIKE NOV: 1. Mark See (Kawl, 2 Tom Stewart
(Vam); 3. Jeffrey Kolle r (Han); 4 . John Radtke (Yam).
MIW GP EX: 1. Cam Roos (Yam); 2 . David Murray {Hon t
3. David Clyde (Han ); 4 . Joh n lowman (Hon).
MIW GP COMB NOV: 1. Mark See (Hon); 2. Todd Hoge
(Han); 3. M ike Bon n (Hon); 4 . Roger Mi nor (Han).
SITW COMB 0 1A EX: 1. Blaine Paul es (MG) 2. NV
M ichael Tiberis (M G) 3. NV luke M ulry (MG) 4 . NV Raben
Tolley (M G); 5. NV David Fine (M G).
MIW S/ SPRT COMB EX: 1. Cam Roos (Hon); 2. David
Murray (Han ); 3. M ichael Gardner (Han ); 4 . Thomas Dupon1
(Hon).
MIW S/SPRT COMB NOV: 1. Todd Hoge (Hon ); 2 . M ike
Bonn (Hon); 3 . Armur Dial (Hon ); 4 . Roger Mi nor (Han).
HIW S/ SPRT COM B EX: 1. Cern Roes (Hon); 2 . Greg
Harrison (Suz); 3. David Clyde (SUl ); 4 . Kyle Jo nes (SUl ).
HIW S/ SPRT COMB NOV: 1. Todd Hoge (Han); 2. Roger
Min or (S uz); 3. Jay Ban low (Suz); 4 . Anhur Diaz' (SUl ); 5.
Paul Youngman (yam ).
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BLOUNTVILLE, TN, OCT. 16
David Downs and Alan Spa rks emerged with
two class wins each in the 125/250cc G B and
125/ 250cc C classes, respectively, at Muddy
Cr eek MX in ro u nd live 0 1 th e AMA ·
.sanctioned Victory Sports-promoted $50,000
MEGA Se r ies. Mike Brown topped the 125
P ros while Ji m Ches ter edged Steve Ch ildress
for the 250 Pro honors.
WeB ov er 200 ride rs fro m ni ne sta tes were
on hand lorthe event whi ch doub led as a lastcha nce q ualifier fo r Muddy Creek' s u pco m in g
"To p G u n Showdo wn" ser ies fin ale o n
Novem ber 6.
T he Pro class lineup featured th ree ridersMike Brown , Todd Nea l and . Mike' Pad gettwh o ad vanced from B divi sion racing after
the AMA Amateur Nationa l at Lor etta L yn n 's
last August.
Of th ese three riders, M ike Brow n wa s
certainly the stando ut as he ho lesh ot a ll lour
Pr o rnot o sand ca me a way with the 125cc P ro
win a nd third in 250cc action.
Wh il e Kawasaki v'Barrs Co m pet i tio n /
Dunlop-backed Brown mo tored away wit h th e
125cc P ro mot e s wins , Bare Bro th er 's J im
Ches ter nailed down a pair o f seco nd place
fin ishes. T eam Green 's S te ve Ch ildress
overca me mediocre starts to fin ish 3-3 over
Padgett 's 4-4. Kawasaki / Bieffe/Sco tt-backed
Nea l had high hopes lor the day bUI had to
sett le for fift h overa ll in bo th P ro classes.
" I pr acticed hard a ll week but in m y first
moto I crash ed real bad and had to rid e the
rest 01 the day wit h a sore an kle and a major
mi graine headac he." said Nea l.
Brown led the lirst 250cc Pro lrom sta rt to
fin ish , lorcin g Childress to settle lor a second
p lace lini sh. Chester had to play catch- up a lter
an ea rly spi ll but managed a th ird place finish
over Robbie Taylor .
M OlO two sa w Brown grab hi s fourth
holesh ct 01 the da y, bu t Brown bobbled out
01 the lirst turn, giving the lead to Ch ester.
Chester set sa il aboard hi s Barr/Dunlop /
Scot t-ba cked Suzuki a nd h eld o n to ne t. th e
overa lll win ove r C h i ld ress, Bro wn , and
Taylor.
" I wa nt to thank Dunlop rep Lee McCo llum
.for the Frenc h- made tires he brough t for
testin g toda y. I used the tire on my 250 in
th e second mot o a n d it was reall y h ooking
up l" said Ch ester.
Yam aha 01 Dor a vill e, Georg ia 's Todd
Downs did n't get a good start all day bu t still
came o u t the winner in 125 and 250cc B action
with 3· 1 a nd 2-2 scores, respectively, Dow ns'
125cc victory was particularly hard-earned as
his Barr/Maier/Smi th-backed Yam aha was
ru nn ing poorly in th e firs t mote. Downs
pull ed 011 a th ird p lace finish.
Alter a cha nge III hi s bike's jetting, Downs
rock eted [ro m seventh at th e sta rt to firs t at
the n ag in moto two to net io p 125cc B go ld
in a tied score over Kawasak i's J eff Shu ler who
tallied 2·2. Ch ad Lou gh won the first moto
but was sidel ined lor the day a lter a cras h in
the ope ni ng 250cc B moto.
Re s ult s
NON-CUR (PRE· ·S6): 1. Jeff laFluer (Hon); 2. All en
Buch ana (Hon); 3. Chr is Arnold (Sul l; 4. Randall Wo lfe
lYam ); 6. Benson Metca lf (Han).
66 M INI: 1. Brent Lough (Kaw); 2. Matt Harr ison (Kaw);
3 . Robbie Fritts (Kaw); 4 . Thoma s Hamby (Yam); 5 . Zachary
Enzor (Yam).
JR MINI: 1. Patrick Greer (SUl ); 2. Jordon Mo neymak er
(SUl); 3. Jesse Thum ser lSull; 4 . John Yoakum (Yam); 5.
Brent Lough (Sul l.
SR M INI: 1. Jos hu a Stee l (Kaw); 2. David Dick erson (Yam);
3. W ill Mc Entyre IKaw); 4. Bo Shannon (Hon); 5. Patr ick
Gr eer (Su%).
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