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IUY rully CIlIt 01 shape and mlulnl till coors••
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probably our flnest American rider OIl
the Hopetown Circuli bad a bike to put
him UP where be belonged, ~ it UP
witb tbe big boys. Tbey'd bave welcomed
the competition and the crowd, who
cheered Eddie OIl mightily even as be
kept on tigbtlng witb a fla.i rear tire,
would bave blown their minds! Maybe
some mUiiooaire wU1 get a little national
pride nen year and come UP with a super
scooter tor Mulder•
•••'lbe beautitul Montesa display witb
a paddock area tor their racers and crew
ringed in bright "VIVA" banners complete witb American flags as Kim Kimball witbout a doubt made the nnest sbowing of any of tile distributors and also
suffered ODe of the weirdest accidents in
the history of racing. in the 250 class,
Kim was tlylng down the straigblaway
when a deer leaped UP tbe banks of the
ravine and onto the course. Result: one
welnered Montesa, one dead deer and
one Montesa distributor on tbe way to
tile bospital. We're glad to report that
Kim Is not seriously Injured and wU1 be
back in action soon•••
••.sunday's mudhole scenes were almost beart rending. Pity the guys who
could make It with Class C traction.
TIle fla.gmen d1gglng tile riders out of tile
slop became almost unrecognizable and
one bad to be bosed down a couple of
times between events when tIley re-ftlled
the bole witb water! JoIID Rice drowned
out twice there In the first race of the
day and then went out with a broken
cba1n leaYing the 21" class to two otber
BoDdLs riddeD by Rlcbard WUDder and
auper-smootb John Maynard.
_.'!be 500 Novice winDer JIm Bently
011 a Husk7 looIdng so good our notebook
reads "115, great and real cootrol1ed in
the sand," tb1s while all the tull 500's
Th. _leas faces of radDIe (21) MClIIt8_tId De.ay.. K.IIr; (14) Trl.... . . - l I d Jim
Hart . . (52) 1 Says Da.. EkilS II tile prqgll bat It's not Da.., baastiDI up Ill. II_laID ID
... 101-2OOcc class.
A racer's 'YI yin 01 tile IUJ 10 lroot.
Rabert upIaIas a pol" to .......stelI byestaD...
Crowds ptber..t at IVW'I act_ potDI, DftIII dIqI_ty clo. to lb. slllb.rlDl mac:llln...
V....s s!Jlls 1Ina&ll _ of ... -df tams a. . . . . .strated ....
