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By Ron Szilagyi
HUNTINGTON BEACH, canr., Feb. 15,
1970 - The Motocross course was in
good shape with a few mud hole.. to make
the riding interest1ng. The 500cc Sr .
Class was the feature race of the day.
Carl Cotton, Jack Mahan and Mike Chamberla1n were hy far the best racers on
the tleld.
In the tlrst moto of the 500cc class
Carl Cotton (Amer . Eagle) worked his
way from slxth place to second behind the
outstanding rider Jack Mahan (HuskY).
In the second 500 Moto Mike Chamberla1n
(Matco) took an early lead, only to be
overtaken by Carl, Cotton. The dynamic
duo then proceeded to lap the tle1d . Mike
rega1ned the lead in the closing laps but
sUpped on a muddy turn taking Carl
Cotton with him. The motorcycles were
untangled and Mike was ott for the win ,
leaving Carl in the mud with a bike that
wouldn't start. The f1na1 race of the
500cc found Carl Cotton's American
Eagle in first place. Mike Chamberla1n's
Matco in second and Jack Mahan's Husky
In third. The tlna1 awards were given
In the same order.
In the 250cc Sr. race Dick Allen took
all three Motos forthetlrst placetrophy.
Points were spread thin in the 250cc
Jr . Class with Jack Hawk (Kawasaki)
taking a first, Mike Keene (Ossa) second
and B1ll Rugt1ve ( Ya maha) third.
Lloyd Quintard (Yamaha) received a
tlrst place trophy in the 125 Sr. class.
In the 125 Jr. Class John Sheeler took
the first place trophy. Bill Nowak
(Hodaka) took the class trophy for the
100cc Motocross.
(Results on page 19)
Mik Chamberlain has the edge oYer Carl Calla n here but Carl picked up the win with his
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American Eagle .
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