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The World Champion Torsten Hallman showlne his championship form.
story and Photos by Maureen Lee
were! Biggest we'V!! ever seen at a
motocross excepting Corriganville.
The last of the Los Angeles
International moW-cross races is
DOW over and Sunday's event at
Forst Ranch was a beaut! As
usual the Eoropeans beat the
Americans, but on this tight circuit the margin was even worse.
In the first 250 moto the visitors
hadlapped mostof the U.S. riders
by the half-way point aud all of
them by the end.
Next came the 100cc event and Gary
Bailey started his march toward being
the biggest winner of the day. By the
time it was all over Bailey had taken the
100cc class, the 250 Sporting and the 500
Sporting. Hodaka-mounted Gary was way
out front In both motos but there was
lots of good riding going on behind him
in a class that fielded more than twentyfive riders at one time. Dennis GUdehaus
(Honda) took the second place and really
had a lead built up In the second moto,
Dan Etheridge (Hodaka) got third and
Lobito rider Garry Schuelke the fourth.
Fifth place man Badger Maynard (MotaBeta) was a sight to see when his number
place came adrift and was flapping all
around the for ks but Bob wasn't about to
slow down and lose his hard fought-forposition! Sandra Termln got away dead
Bailey Blasts 100' s
The day started with Joel Robert winning the first 250 professional class with
tremendous style. His jumps over the
high pitched hll1s of the course had the
crowds cheering ••• and crowds there
"The E_opuns tum their
front w....1 sldewa,s here
but I IMet 1 did s_lhlne
wront"
last but had passed quite a few men by
the time the first lap was over and just
kept on going for the two ten-lap motos
to get a very creditable seventh.
The 250 Sporting came next and Bailey
had to hop off the Hodaka, leap on his
Greeves and skedaddle over to the line;
only to reverse the process after that
heat to ride the l00cc again, with no
chance for a breather! Greeves distributor Nick Nicholson took second overall riding with such grim concentration
he looked positivelY thunderous, while
Lonnie Peterson (Malco) took the third.
In the second moto there was a tremendous pile-up In the first turn, no one hurt
but over two-thirds of the field jammed
uP and couldn't get through, necessitating are-start. Montesa-rlder Larry
Bessey came through first next time and
then dropped it right In front of the
whole herd! Somehow no one clobbered
Larry and when they had all passed he
got going again and !1nished with a fourth
