Texas Scooter Times

...Randy Hamilton took Low E.T. of the Meet at April 10th’s Spring Swap & Drag. Little River Dragway was in excellent shape and Randys’ beautiful Turbo Import Top Bike laid down a 4.67 e.t. on what he later confided was more than just a "good day" at the track for him.
...Turns out, it was his 40th Anniversary at Little River Dragway that day. His first pass on a motorcycle ever was 40 years ago in early April 1971. His easy manner as he manuvered his dragster down the 1/8th mile on a beautiful Sunday Afternoon showed that that there’d been a lot of passes since then. His smiling crew in the pits show’d that there’s been some good times doin’ it too.
...Jocko Mitchel and his Crew Chief Phillip Crouch made a couple of good shots at the money themselves. Smooth ridin’ Jocko laid down a 5.10 with what looked and sounded like a soft tune. Phillip said that they’d just finished buttoning it up at 11pm the night before and it was a fresh motor. The bike responded to Phillip’s clutch artistry and at about 200 foot out, the motor grunted as the clutch came in and he got a good top end charge. His 2nd pass was a near copy but slightly quicker 5.08. Not enough to handle Hamilton’s red dragster though.
...Craig Caulk show’d up at Little River ready to ride his fuel bike for the first time. The long time racer of both 4 wheeled and 2 wheeled drag vehicles wisely bought a known Top Gas dragster a while back to practice on and now was ready to step up. The bike sounded strong in the pits and when lit at the water box everything was coming together with everybody expecting a decent pass. Stanley, Little River Dragway’s Starter for the past 35 years watching the pipe side of the bike saw a pushrod spit out on the ground and quickly gave Craig the signal to kill the motor. As the motor started hammering as a nitromethane powered motor will do just before it EXPLODES, the team safely turned it off and went back to the pits to "reload"..
...The Top Bikes that came out for a few early season "laps" thrilled the crowd and fired up a lot of "pit talk" about the upcoming Cen-Tex "All Motorcycle" Championships where the Nitro Harleys and Import Dragsters will run HEADS UP Sunday May 22nd in a 16 Bike Run-What-You-Brung field for $1500.
...The Cen-Tex "All Motorcycle" Championships will also feature Street Bike E.T. Bracket Racing & Pro E.T. Bracket Racing, 2 Classes of Index Racing and all of Texas Scooter Times’ American Motorcycle Sportsman Heads-Up Trophy Racing on Sunday the 22nd.
...Gates open 5pm Saturday Nite May 21st with tech & the track being open from 6pm until 11pm for Top Bike Time Trials that WILL count as Qualifying Passes and for Open Drags for any bike entered. Sunday’s Top 16 Eleminations First Round is scheduled for 3pm after 2 earlier Qualifyin’ Passes !!!
...Can Central Texas local Randy Hamilton handle all the competition??? Jocko & Phillip went back to Dallas with good tuning notes & Craig Caulk made a pass later in the day April 10th, - It’s Gonna Be A Good Race DON’T MISS IT.....