ABOVE: Skip Porter leads Jesse Slaton and
Wen Beckwith Into a rocky Anzac turn. They
finished 1~ยท3.
BELOW: Bryar Halcomb crashes his CZ
through the sand In futile pll'sult of 250
Senior winner Billy Clements.
By Ron Szilagyi
PALMDALE, CALIF . May 10, 1970Billy Clements won five out of six motos
Sunday ' for wins In both the 250cc and
500cc Senior class Sunday at the ACA's
motocross at Anzac Speedway. But not
before some good racing between he and
Bryar Holcolm (25Occ) and Carl Cotton
(50Occ). .
In the 250 Sr. go, Clements and Holcomb locked horns right from the beginning. This was Bryar's first ride on
the 250 C Z and off the Une Clements shot
his Husky Into the lead, with Holcomb just on his rear wheel. In the first and
second motos the Husky slowly pulled
away and took the win. The third moto
started off the same, but Bryar crashed
. and lost a lap, He did manage to pass
Billy on the next Iap,
Clements and Carl Cotton (CZ) set the
pace In the 500 Sr. class. They dueled It
out, both taldng and losing the lead.
Clements won, Cotton was second, and
Andre Pillon (Westalke 441 Rickman)
took third.
In the second moto Pillon (who 15 just
coming back after 5 months) shot Into the
lead, closely followed by Clements and
Cotton. Billy zapped PilIon, ta1dng the
lead and the win. Carldroppedbackwhen
he broke his right footrest - but whlcked
it on, standing on one leg. On the third
go, Carl Cotton and Andre Pillon left
Clements sitting on the Une. Billy had
no 1st gear or Idck starter, and was a lap
behind when he finally bump started.
Billy still returned enough points for a
1st overall. Carl Cotton was second and
a tired Andre P1lIon, third.
Sldp Porter (Bultaco), winner of the
l25cc Sportsman class - led for 10
minutes of the 20 minutes first moto In
the 125 Sportsman-Senior combined. But
Senior Bryar Holcomb (Pen.) closed the
gap and sUpped by ta1dng the win 25
seconds ahead of Sldp.
Bryar and Sldp were off again In the
second moto, but Sldp dropped back, and
sportsman Jesse Slaton (Bul) took up an
unsuccessful challenge.
Sldp Porter (Bul) shot Into the lead In
the third go, and rode hard. But from a
dead last Bryar Holcomb (Penton) moved
Into second and then first for the win.
(Results on page 26)
