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Inter-Am and Wei' wind up as 22,000 see his Sadd'ebaci Sweep By Maureen Lee Photos by Bill Pettigrew, Gene L ee, J ohn Shedd, Tom Culp and Wayne F lemington ABOVE: Ron Nelson and John DeSoto , both on Montesa, lead Roeer DeCoster on CZ. BELOW: The American Eae'e in Its first race, ridden by Dave Aldana. ----- BELOW: Mike Haney on T ri umph romplne to first In the Open class. SADDLEBACK, csi., Dec. 8 - The Fatherland reigned supreme in the 500 international Sunday as Germany's Adolph WeU on a German mount (Malco) outran the oPposition in all three motos before 22,000 fans. England' s Bryan Wade on a Greeves ended up second overall, despite a wrenched back from Saturday. The C-Z European team falred badly and their DNF rate on Sunday was high. VlastimU Valek was the only team me mber to make i t, taking third overall. The other C- Z to finish was Tim Hart, seve nth over all and fourth American. Dave Bicker s looked good in the fi rst r ound but his engine developed a " clinking s ound" somewhere and he s kipped the s econd. In the third he got with it. With Bryan Wade leading and Wen in t he middle the three of the m pulled away from the r es t. But finally Bicker s went out fo r good . Joel Robert was fast but just wasn't his us ual self. He adm i tt ed , "It's not the machine, it's me. It's not my day." He too ended up on the DNF Ust on this last day of the Inter-Am series that was hard on both men and machinery. Ronnie Nelson became first American and fourth overall on hls Montesa. He was also the overall SOOcc Am er ican winner for the series, jo1n1ng teammate John DeSoto who took the 250cc American class , making It a clean s weep for Team Viva. again he 's probably the greatest allaround American rider this country has ever had •••Keith Mashburn on the 125cc Yamaha Saturday . ..in a few years Keith may just be a candidate for Mann's crown and we wish he could r ide more maio-cross. Anyway . It's over now 'W next year and we' ll be back to our regular clubstyle events. But this year we didn't get walked all over. We're learning. (Results on page 16) • • • from $49.95 cu-Build'um KitJ Se.era' Mod.'. - None oyer $' 8 9 .501 S.. nd 2~'or 'afes' infor. mo';on and free Decol. ' 30.page Catalog _ s, ~ !Ii _ l lfh'f,li3 alhambra 55, callfornl a 91803 imichrome Shines Su ddenly . Simic hrome i s a hon e,. Cl ean s quick n ( .. Odds 'N' Ends Roeer DeCoster, CZ, tr ies t o oulpower Steve Hurd, Malco Hurd was elehth, DeCoster DNF. T he Bul t aco ensemble. The ir boy, Marcel Wlerz, worked his way to the checkered fla & In the 125cc Senior event on Sat urday. Girl racer Mary McGee after her treme ndous drive in the Ensenada - La Paz r oute got it the hard way Sunda y. Mary's Hus ky had fouled, she was well over to the s ide on a wid e secti on of the track when a chap came along and sideswiped her, catc hing her arm under the elbow••• end for Mary , one br oken wr ist.••The flag team of 21 young Marines from EI Taro headed by Sergeant Jim Counts helped insure th e safety of the r iders by having en ough coverage on the farthest turns of the circuit, and enjoyed themselves although flaggi ng Is one of the mos t thankles s jobs in ~e wor ld •••We wonde r a t times If s ome of the Ju nior r ider s aren't just too " J uni or " for mo ta- cross and haven't been seasoned enough elsewhere •••ex-Harley-Davidson r ider from the scrambles races Blll McCoy (Bultaco) In his fi r s t moto-cross r ide he ld down a ninth In the third r ound•••out of the ones who did finis h the International r ounds, s ix out of nine were Am ericans and not one on a ma chin e that wasn' t per fection •••the sound of Chuck Minert's BSA was Uke a page fr om the past, going UP the hill thumping away above the yowl of the two-strokes jus t as fas tas most of ' em ••• Dick Mann had a good chance to be 500 American champion for the ser ies but decided, wis ely, to pack It In and no t r ide Sunday after his bad crash at the top of the hill while taking the checkered !lag along side John DeSoto, but pr oving J bunn )' OMPETITIO NT ube sse CHEMICAlS Can $2.95 104 Washington Ave. , Iowa Fa th Iowa Safurday W I wai Is ei A d o.1f Well and his super- powered Malco also too k the overall win the 250cc International. Adolph's Malco proved that horsepower can mean a lot. He couldn't be held back even after a bad start in the second moto as he easUy weeded his way into the firs t pos i ti on In three laps. Russ Darnell put on quite a s how for an American in the s ec ond 250 Inter nati onal. He held second and four th for several laps and for four laps managed to hold off world champion Joel Robert. Darnell leaves for Europe on January 15 to r ide In the Inte r na ti onal circu it for three years. The all-new Amer ican Eagle made a good showing in the Junior divis ion r idden by David Aldana. Spec tator Inte r e s t was high since they were getting a first look at it in action. OVerall Junior winner was Barry Bromfield on a Husqvarna, On the second r ound there was a bad crash at the bottom of the downhill. 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