1973 TRANS AMA MOTOCROSS
P82
Feature
to be rifle barrels. A cacophony
of aggressive voices demanded
we get out and put our hands
up, which we did as quickly as
possible. Frisked and searched,
the police soon decided we were
not felons, arsonists or masters
of crime after all, and delivered
a lecture that we were lucky not
to be charged with loitering,
trespassing and speaking with
a funny accent. They also said
we could not remain where we
were, so after they holstered
their weapons and departed, we
drove around for a while before
taking up residence somewhere
less visible. The owner of the
shop, which was called Honda of
Piqua, was a great guy and gave
me the parts I needed to rebuild
the gearbox, which was just
about all of it.
Ohio was another track that I
liked, set inside the road-racing
circuit over undulating country-
side. A placing just inside the
top 20 looked like a possibility
until a single 8mm nut fell off.
Unfortunately, this was the nut
Series winner Adolf Weil grabs the holeshot at
Road Atlanta ahead of Gary Semics (44).
