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STACKABlE WINS FOR YAMAHA AND BSA
By Paul Hanson
Photos by Richard Creed
LOCKHART, TEX., Jan. 23, 1972 - In
~ a swelter of 88 degrees, the 11 th
u,
monthly Lockhart
motocross was
reminiscent of last summer's T ex as
~ racing scene; the o n ly thing missing was
~ .so me shade beneath the leafless J anuary
w trees. The sun b arbequed the spectators
d and riders alike, and as the afternoon
t; wore on the bike drivers began to cast
longing gazes toward the shower house.
Owner
Hulon
Robinson,
and
promoter-rider Bobby Judd, who never
seem to be satisfied with last month's
co urse, laid out a lulu, with a
sand-filled, roller-coaster, downhill tum
into a 3D-foot ravine at the end of the
ba ckstretch, and a new trick jump at the
opposite end of the course that had a
gaggle of photogs happ ily clicking away.
Jim my Flint, 17·y ear-old Kasso n
Team rider from Austin, was o n the
pipe in the 25D Novice class with a pair
of first p lace ru ns , bu t was o ut-do ne by
Gene Hoo ke r's steady consistency.
~teve Stackable W'lS doing his usual
top-drawer rid ing in th e 125 Expert
class with a chal lenge coming fro m San
Antonio's CMC Racing Team rider Kent
Howerton, who got a super su dden start
in the first mota, and opened up a
sustained lead fo r the fu ll five miles to
the checkers. Stackable, on his Yamaha,
was coming up fast at the finish, but
had to settle for second after getting
hung up in the herd in the opening
portion of the heat.
The second mota was a reversal of
the first as Steve took point, and Kent
wound up riding drag. In playing
catch -up, Howerton dropped his scooter
a co up le of times, which dropped his
point standings. Howerton co uld n' t get
past Jerry Friedrich and wile y Gene
Fish er , who ultimately to ok second and
third respectively.
The third . heat was a bit of racing
drama as Howerton hung with Stackable
for four laps but didn't co me around o n
the final circ u it. Another endo for Kent
perhaps...and a first pl ace purse for
Steve.
Stackab le also ran Motosports o f
Austin's 5DD BSA in the Open Expert
class. The big thumper seemed to be at
ho me
at
Southwest
MX
Park's
tractor-pull hi lls and turns. The urbane
chuffing of the Beezer was a welcome
contrast to the usua l two-stroke
scr eaming. And th e 'good 01' boys'
wh o re me mber the days of four stroke
dominance were beside themselves .
In heat o ne it was th e BSA all the
way . but not so in heat two . Jumpin'
Jack Hicks was never far behind in the
first heat and re minded everyone of that
b y pushing his big bore CZ across the
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