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Burleson Report, 9-11-05 Those who made it out for the race had about the
best traction Burleson has ever had. Bright, sunny day but a bit humid. The
first moto decade and vintage combined saw Paul Olsen for only a brief moment as
he left the pack in the dust with Joe Busby taking second. After stalling in the
first turn, Gary Moore, me, as usual), got to play catch up again. Flying
through the pack as if I was on a different race course as everyone else I
caught Skip Miller and then ran up on Scott Anderson. With 2 turns to go I was
able to get by Scott by cutting a corner so tight you would think I cut the
track. Uh, maybe I did, maybe I didn't. Vintage bikes had a good race of their
own with Michael Snoddy doing a good job on his clean cr250. I would like to
welcome the new member on the nearly stock dt250 who seemed to have a lot of
fun, but did go on a few off course excursions not having raced in years. GP1
had Bob McNamara running first for most of the race until Cris Barton got by on
a very clean orange Can Am. It's light weight and nimble handling made it easy
for him to ride. Scott Smiley ran close with the pack and the race finished
fairly close with Barton Winning. The 125 race saw Scott Anderson win both motos
with Ken Walden in tow, followed by Skip Miller. Wow! Do those old 125's really
fly around the track. The second Decade race seemed as if would be a late
afternoon dry track as usual. BUT! Just as the starter waved his hand to rev em
up, it started pouring rain. What fun. I was blind most of the race and had to
stay on the course this time. Paul Olsen hung back to have some fun passing
people. Joe Busby led most of the race until Paul caught up. Dave Alard did a
home run slide in the mess and thought he would never stop. I don't know how
anyone ended up that moto, we were all trying just not to fall down. Our boots
and shorts were full of water but man that was fun. Scott Anderson tried a move
similar to Gary's in the first moto for a pass, but it was a little too late.
When the checkers came out, it stopped raining. Everyone seemed to have a great
time and I hope these fun races are what the club can get back to doing. Note:
Cutting the course in vintage racing is better known as creative passing. Gary
Moore.
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