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1 In the last moto Stan and Terry battled nip and tuc k f or the fi nal ci r cuits, wi th Ter r y comi ng out on top . In the meanUm e Stanto n and Mike Robinson wer e havi ng thei r own little go. ·Ander son had trouble I n the last two mo tos so first place went to Terry, and Stan Stanton of Nevada City took home top brass In the A mateurs . LODI: ANUDDER MUDDER _ _ Story by Dal e Mc K i nno n Photos by E d wa rd Johnson Several weeks ago the Lodi M oC held a mud run, and I mean a MUDDER o The setting was the same on March 17 except the mud wasn' t as deep; the course bad been changed to ellmlnate the water . The sun came out , drying things out considerably, and It turned Into a very fas t track . There weren't many Amateurs and Exper ts In the 100 class so they ran them with the Novices, Novices riding fo r their own brass . In all three mo tos Ron Lon g got off the llne like gang busters . He woul d hol d It f or several laps then Jim Childr ess would over tak e him and go on for the wi n...except In the last one when Ron wouldn 't let hi m by. IAWASjf, Headquarters BEACH CInES CYCLES 525 Il. EI eaIWI ... 1t . 1 . s.. CI_nl•• ealllDrllI. ffi4)41Hl41 0 Tom Madlem was the only Novice to make 1200 points by winning all three mo tes, He took a lon g l ead and held It all the way. Mar k Musl co gave hi m a pretty r ough Um e of It for sever al laps in the last one and had to settle for second over all . Mike Strobel took top honors i n the 250 Novice motos by Cloyse Hol land second, in three very close battles. Not too many big boys showed up but the ones who did put on a good show . Mike Siebert was the big gun I n the Open Am at eur -Exper t motos , He took all three rather handi ly. Dale (Flying T i ger) Grey and Paul McKenzie put on the best show of the day. Fir st one woul d have the l ead and the other one wi th hi s front wheel I n hi s back pocket, Ihen one would go down. The next lap sam e Ihlng except the other way r ound. They kept thi s up all th r ee races with the Ti ger overall second, and he ear ned It. Th e mo st In t er esUng races of the day was In the Open Novice. In those Blll Evans was Invari ably late to the line. The flag woul d dr op Just as he got there; that way he got a good r unni ng start . He and the starter seeme d to have It plan ned as It was per fec tly executed every time. He onl y got a third the fi r st time but managed to pull off a wi n the last two. Som etimes a guy might be la te fo r one, but you wouldn' t think all three. But everyone seem ed to enj oy the GrantVan Tech G rant MOTO RCYCLE CONVERSION KITS Induslri~,. 3680 Bn erly Blvd .• los A.ngeles TOP TRADE IN or~ NEW races . (R esults on page 16) Bultaeo-mounted ri ders #64 Cloyse Holland and #156 Charles Ivle ran 2-3 beh ind Michae l Strobe l. al sa Bullaeo In 250 Novl ea cl ass. Mounted on a BSA Gold Star. #31 Mike SI.. bert ro.ed to victory In lIIe Lodl Open Ama· leur/ExpertlYent, wlnnln c a1ll11r.. motos In &Ood shape. Dale Gray. al so BSA, wound up SleoneL The 250 A mat eur /Exper t was by far the most exciting race of the day . Each moto started of f with Stan Anderson holding a fan tastic ' lead, no one within miles of him . Jerry sage and Stan Stanton made the show , however. They r ode at br eakneck speeds, swapping second place and riding peg-te-peg the whole race. Second place was always In doubt . TICKETS ON SALE at ail three stores. Mason Moto rs 3360 E . Colora do Pasadena ••••••••••••••••••••••• : S~ ea, SrAaM~ : E d K retz & Sons 417 E . 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