SportSRll1
By Terry Pratt
Photos by Acl100 Photo Terry Pratt aDd
Tom Culp
ORANGE, CAL. Dec. 14, 1969 - Attrition was tile rm.me of tile game for tile
500cc Sportsman riders at !be Saddleback Inter-Am. Several e~les looked
llke sure wlDners 10 !he early motos but
it's !he overall performance that counts
and Carl Cotton proved wIlata dlfference
cons1stency aDd preparation make.
Carl's American Eagle 405 came out on
!he top of !he heap at !he end of !be day
although be finished no higher than fU!h
in any one race. He finished fU!h 10 the
last two motos but was evenfar!her down
in !be first beat.
After a whale of a race with Bruce
Baron, Patrick John DeBenedettl put b1s
Malco across for a win !he first moto•
. Bob Steffan Jr. was Ih1rd and Bob looked
like he was on his· way to an overall win
after he won !he next moto ahead of Ed
Egyed on a simUar Malco and Bruce
Torbett riding a Husky,
Bruce took his turn 10 the tblrd malo
after he inherited the lead from Steffans
who dropped out on .the second lap. Ed
Egyed was secondandM1keChamberlaln
made the results 10 tblrd place. M1ke had
taken a fifth in !he first moto and his
total score put him secon
