The Making of a Professional
This article was written by the Lansing newspaper and it ran in the
sports section, the best I can remember, in 1971. Kawasaki of Lansing our our
cycle dealership.
Ted Boody Jr. started riding at 7 years old. Ted raced for the first time at Cadillac Michigan in 1966, he was 8 years old. He won first place in the kids class on a Kawasaki 85cc He was so small his dad had to hold him up. His racing career was quite slow until the mid season of 1970 when he finally convinced his father to take racing more seriously. He and his father ran a few Moto-Cross events and Ted Jr. ran a few short track events. Ted took a real likeing to the fast events, like short track and TT racing.
In 1971, he hit the racing circuits
around the state. Places Like Flints Auto City Speedway, Millburg Speedway
(near Benton Harbor), Stanton TT races, and Jack Pine Lodge. At Millburg
Speedway in 1971, he won high point trophy for the season on the short track
and second place for the TT Scrambles. He had 14 wins and a combination of 20
seconds and thirds.
This year he is riding a Kawasaki Green Streek 100cc. racer and an Ossa 125cc, and for the first time a Kawasaki 250cc. He is ahead for the high point trophy again at Millburg, which is awarded in October for the 100 expert class.
Also this year he has raced 1/2 mile (run on 1/2 mile fairgrounds, like horse
races are run on), at Caro, Vassar, and Marion Michigan. On short track (run on
1/4 mile car race tracks ), at Flint Auto City Speedway, Millburg Speedway and
Clark Speedway. He also made a trip to kentucky over the July 4th weekend and
raced on the short track near Owensboro. He had to run in the open class as
they do not have a class for kids. He won the 100, 125, and rode a 250 for the
first time and won the consoliton race on that. He also has raced TT Scrambles
at Victor Park and Stanton. So far this year he has 29 Trophys, 18 of which are
first plase. There is about a 1/4 season left to race.