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MOTO-CROSS from frant page "1I.tlss." ....s bltcll In Fr..ch, and some of Pall Hunt's frustrat. d competitors were doing Just that. Below: A close-up of the mighty Trlump.....glned II.U.... Red and nicke l maclline was Idea lly set up lor Irvin. eYOllt. al l of whom wer e on 650'5 . F rom what took place at Irvine ' s Sycamore Park on Sunday , it lo oks as if motocross racing could come on in a big way if more meets can be held in that ar ea. Th e entrance to tbe track was well-marked and gay fl a gs lined th e fence that par allel s th e Ri verside Fr eeway , in viting peo ple who wer e out for a Sunday dri ve to come in and see what was going on. Th e pits were placed under bi g trees , providing a ve ry at tract i ve setting. and spectators co uld s it on a hill ove rloo ki ng the start and the first two jumps before watching the rider s vanish into the trees. A lot of people walk ed int o the back co untry to watch t he rac ing in the real rough s ections. Specta tors were obviously ha ving a good time, the bot-dog stand so ld out by t he end of the day , and the so ft-d rink conce ssio n al so did a booming business. The events were run off in su ch good styl e that yo u hardly dar ed turn your back for a second of you 'd mis s so mething. Th e 250 cl as s was broken int o three sections due to the number of riders , and provid ed ju st as e xcit ing action as the bigg er machines, if not more. Le e Stumpenhaus and his Greeves emerged the winner, s howing fans how the rough sho uld be ridd en , but two C-Z riders , P hil Bowers, and Ed Scheodler won th eir classes, with Bowers takin g a hardfought s econd to Stumpenhaus in the sweep stake s. Hard-lu ck man of the class was John Rice who is in the process of shaking down his new White. 10 th e first two heats he was abl e to give Stumpenhaus some anxi ous moments, Mo torl sts on busy Rlvers ld. Ir • • way saw a but each lime, something let go. alker winplec. of th' act ion, like G.or g. W Hodak a was the name of the day for ning his class. Ute little cl ass. Frank M organ and Gene Can nady al so took advantage of the ::t-- " aiti'i\:;'" ml e allowing you to move up one clas s and rode Ute s ame mach ine in Ute 175c c cl as s laking a Ut ird over-all behind Bultac o- mounted Gary Jon e s and Jim Baran' s Honda. Th e 200cc win was tak en hy George Walker on a Bullaco who came down from santa Barbara to ride. but Mike Smith on a litlie Triumph ell b took a well-placed second ove r the re st of the field . (Res ul ts on pa ge 12) Below: Mike Sm ith boUght a slICond-hand Cub and took 2nd wlth It. Phil Bowers took his class with riding Ilk. this. John R. liked the course, but had problems ••• Walt Axlhelm (88) rode b.autlfu lly but Paul Hunt had the edge. 9 -.