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HOUSTON RAINS BRING A SEA Of
represented the East, while the West was
represented by the very able Gary Bailey
and ex-Swede Gunnar Linds trom.
The fir s t 125cc heat ended the threats
of both McGuire (Bul) and Bailey (Sachs).
After fit!! of kicking, both retired with
drowned motors . Both the firs t and second piace finisher s In the small class
r ode steady If not fast races. Second
place finisher Rich Sanders is an enduro
r ider and found the extremely wet field
to his liking.
The hero of the day was a competitor
who ride his stock AT-1 Yamaha to the
final. dr ipping moment. He would stop
and chat with fans and race officials almost every iaP. He was one of three bikes
running at the finish of the third heat.
In the Open class Gunnar Lindstrom
was able to lap every rider at least
twice without even riding hard In the
eight lap heats. While everyone was
falling and wallering In the goop, Lindstrom rode through It all, almost effortlessly.
(Results on page 18)
By DeemsAhlt
A possible confrontation between AMA
Experts .attending the Nationals at the
Astrodome and the East and West coast
motocros sers at a professional event
sponsored by the Houston Motor cycl e
Sports As s ociation proved to be a fizz .
Heavy rains dur ing the early morning
kept both riders -and spectators at a
minimum. The sh ort but demanding
course was that " s ea of mud" that
everybody talks about. Many riders,
upon seeing the track, left their bikes
on the trailer. and joined the thin ranks
of the spectators.
Because of the s mall turnoutof riders,
only 2 classes were run. The four Open
class bikes were combined ' with the
250's. P rize money was paid to the firs t
four places In the large bike field and to
the first three In the small (Q-125cc)
class. .
Several notables appeared fro m both
coasts. "Super Bruce" McGuire, Gordon
Razee, George Cuhna and Tom Canning
MOTOCROSSERS at Houston , T.xas w... forc.d to wad. through a ·Sea of MUd'. Ev.n til. best
rld.rs such as, Gary Ball.y and ·Sup.r' Bruce McGuire w... mudd.d out of the rae• •
A•• rica••DtDcrDSS T.a. Gears Up for IIew S.asD.
The captain of the American Motocros s
Team, Russ Darnell, left for anoth er
season of European motocross compe tition this week. Russ and perhaps some
other American r iders will carry the
stars and stripes Into Inter national competition on courses through out Europe.
This is an adventure that is exciting to
be sure but It Is also expensive. The
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to heip offset the staggering expense of
building up a world-challenging American team.
Read in next week' s CYCLE NEWS
about the American Motocross team,
what it has done, what the plans are and
how you can be a part of It.
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