The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 66, No. 32, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 10, 1979 Page: 7 of 12
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The Rice Thresher, April 11, 1979, Page 7
Jones cruises to second
straight victory
Greg Holloway
Two beautiful victories in the
1979 Beer-Bike race by Jones
and Will Rice overcame weeks
of concern over the state of the
track and a one-day rain delay
to mark this year's race as one
of the fastest in the contest's
history.
Jones started the race off
slowly due to a starting error.
Dr. Hackerman's firing pistol
did not fire on the first try, but,
when it did, several of the teams
were not ready. Baker's
chugger was ready, however;
the Baker rider started off
quickly and then stretched the
lead over Jones. Baker held its
lead until the fourth rider,
when Jones' Wendy Young
broke into the lead with a 1:08
lap.
The average bike time for
Jones was approximately 1:10,
although some were consider-
ably faster. Jones bike captain
Margaret Schauerte raced to a
1:00 clocking believed to be a
record for a woman biker.
The trademark of the Jones
team this year, as it was in their
victory last year, was the timing
of the beer team coupled with
the push of the bikers. Sally
Allen captained the beer team
and was assisted by timing
expert Patsy Vichareli. The
pushers were Dr. Tom Hill and
Keith Shanley. An average
chug time, as well as their
variance from this average, was
calculated for each beer team
member. Each chugger was
allowed close to four seconds
for their beer, depending on
their consistency at meeting
their average.
Margaret Schauerte com-
mented that this year's victory
was especially satisfying since
the Jones team had lost several
good riders from last year's
team. Freshmen filled the gaps,
however, and could be even
better on next year's squad,
which loses almost no one to
graduation.
Will Rice used Bruce
Atkinson's lead-off 2:09.3 to
break into a narrow lead over
an enthusiastic and brightly-
clad Team Wiess. Wiess stayed
reasonably close for the next
few riders, but eventually faded
into a fourth place finish
behind the easy winners from
WRC.
Lovett was riding one of its
smoothest (no penalties) and
fastest races in many years until
a mishap occurred with the
seventh rider. With Lovett
solidly in third and challenging
hard for second with Sid
Richardson, Dan Norman
touched wheels with the Sid
racer and hit the track. Dan
fought back to his feet and
finished the race, but the spill
cost the team about 40 seconds.
Norman was en route to a 2:17
clocking, according to his one-
lap split.
A charging Baker team
finished in third place behind
Sid Rich.
Women's
1. Jones
2. Hanszen
3. Baker
4. Brown
5. Will Rice
Men's
1. Will Rice
2. Baker
3. Sid Richardson
4. Wiess
5. Hanszen
6. Lovett
7. GSA
■photo by Buster Qrown
Dan Norman of Lovett, a split-second before the accident
—photo by Sarah Hill
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Heard, Michelle Leigh. The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 66, No. 32, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 10, 1979, newspaper, April 10, 1979; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth245404/m1/7/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.