Texas Scooter Times

Yep, that's right!!! My old friend Robert "Hutch" Hutchison who I was partners with at
Eastex Dragway closed on the famous old dragstrip yesterday afternoon purchasing
it from the widow of the former track owner just before it went on the courthouse
steps for back taxes.
...Hutch had already assumed day to day operations of the run down racetrack 3
weeks ago and according to knowledgable local racers, "has already done more with
it than was done in the last few years."
...Last week Mike Elrod & I put in a new p.a. system while Hutch had a concrete
grinder come in and mill the track for 400'. He then sprayed a liquid sealer on the
track and ran a Friday Nite Street Race and a Saturday Test & Tune. All the
buildings have been repainted and the grounds are undergoing a SEVERE Cleaning.
...Expectations amongst the local Central Texas drag racing community are running
wild as Hutch a 2 time NHRA National Champion revitalizes both the grounds and the
operations of the newly renamed racetrack - Little River Dragway !!!!
...Quote me as saying that the track will be PRIMED & TIMED by Labor Day
Weekend - Get READY....

...Back in the late 70's during some of the early Temple Party
Drags we did wheelstand contests as well as burn-out
contests. Later when way too many "amateurs" got to trying
their luck at wheelstands we had to quit for some of those
fools own safety. This was a shot of Robert Byers on a rigid
frame panhead with his winning "wheelie" in 1979. Robert was
one of the best hot rod Harley riders in Austin at the time...