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LODI MOTO-CROSS IN THE MUD Two-f1ft)' IInlas sloe 31I0Il1. willi G.....s-IIIOIInt ed fIDe" selbr (l45w) closest to lbe cam_a, He taok lbl rd In cl ass at Jhe flnal rlac. H•• • eI ca. /I pl? TIle .. 10Dc:c dders • • 1I. ...e oat-tIIa Ilard . 31, A.d IIleIr bikes a.... t - _tllase" ..... It ellller. SfoIY aIId Pbolos by Dale Mc:KilMMJll As usual LodI "Uved uptoitsreputat101l OIl a CZ and Jim 5antoDe (Bultaco) and ol putting OIl one of !be muddiest and Fred Bush to contend with. 'lbeyall rode most Interesting races of tile season so like tIIey were OIl dry dirt-After the first far OIl February 18. You've seen tracks Motos !bey rerouted the course to avoid with some mud boles In !bem but this is the hl1l because DO one could make It up, tile first time that one was all mud bole, It toot good balance to walt out there, let alone ride. 'lbe race was run Mota-Cross, each mota 10 laps, 'lbe first one ~ was the 100 Novice. Not many of the gals 1OllI1ted to ride the mud and tbose who did would bave to ride with the boys. Debble ,. ckll ne was the ou1Y ODe to volunteer. She toot a bact line star! and In several laps was right up i n troot: Sbe woo the first moto and placed h1gb In the other two , taldng bome secood place brass alter Rlcbard Frisk. Debbie sure deserved It as she rode ber beat out an d sbe was down almost as m uch as sbe was UP. After the Novtces set the stage up came the 100 Amateurs, and Experts. Ron L ong on a Bridgestone won all three of bls motos, Ron was so tired be could bardly move. With th e track muddY as It was, all one bad to do was stay up and be was sure to place . Those who tri ed to ride fas t and bard paId I n the end. Most ot the r iders made the first turn without too m uch trouble, the second one was a little slipp erier and then the bill separated the boy s t rom the rest as everyone bad trouble with It. George Newsom won all three ot bis 250 Novtce motos by a good margin. The mud didn't seem to bother bim a bit. . And In the Amateur/Expert motos the lead changed qulte a tew times but it ''liS Cbrls Willems tlrst across eacb SlIppln' and s1ldln' , time. He bad the likes ot Bob Hausteln fl~'~ ~ ~ i we sell the finest in road machines, build winners on dirt, &pavement. 1967 ACA PROD. ROAD RACING CHAMPIONS t 100 CC 175cc Roger Baeder KAWASAKI KAWASAKI frani Smit" Competition 1u ing A Sped Ity 1fIe ~rdU 7k 1fIUuu!fr4 ~ E]uZUKI KAWASAKI 2935 sa. Lui s Rey Reali Dee_ si., Califlnia me 122-41U In the Open Class all bikes 250 and up were combined. COO Spalr trom Pittsburg putootbe mostspectacular show of. the day aboard a 360 CZ. I don't tbInk I've ever seen anyone go as fastas be did. He lapped most of the field. CM took the hl1llike It wasn't there, coming oft tbe rtse liIte a madman - and be paId tor it wben be hit. WIlen be landed be bounced bard several times and bad to pull up tor a tew minutes. He ou1Y got 1025 points out of. 1200 but it was enough to let bim win the Open Expert class. . A lnt of the riders wore l eathers which was a big mistake as they were about a toot tbIck with mud after each lap, because everyone was down a few times In each race, The spectators really enjoyed It. The LodI Club ts sponsoring another mota-cross In several weeks, 'lbeydoo't expect so mucb mud next time; see you there! Up, down, all around now, Bu t pers istence prevail ed. EYO TH E 3S0cc ~ HO DA ~ SeRA ILER?? They are on display NOW at WJr. ,relWU (we accept c1tecks tram your fawrite Uncle) THREE HUGE SOUTHLAND LOCATIONS 15745 Lakewood Blvd. Paramoun t. Ca lif. 22 4 N. Anabeim Bl vd. (213) ME 004313 (714) 535-3647 Anahe i m, Calif. 9536 E. F irestone Blvd. Downey. Calif. (213) 869-0600 . ... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . . .. .. .. . .. . .. . . .. .. .. .. . . . . .. ....