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How conclusive was it? Maybe not at
all. The East had won by one point on
tbeir race track at Pepperell and the
West aooibtlated its competition here
Sunday. No one can look at the East/West
series and say that one region is producing better motocross rider than the
other. Too many varying factors come
Into play. The simple logistics of moving
1 team of riders and their mach1nes
rrom one coast to another puts the visitIng team at a disadvantage. Long plane
!ljghts, missed sleep and meals, anxiety
:wer machine preparation and hurried
~ractice all combine to weaken a team's
ilffort. It affected western riders at
Pepperell and the easterners sutfered
lUt here.
The dlfference in the tracks had its
!fleet on the outcome also. Pepperell is
L rough, demancl1ng track but some say
hat that type of rlcl1ng can be learned
IlI1cker although it is harder to ride
here really well.
I
Fast, hard packed Bay Mare -is-a l1tferent story. In the words of Seppo
i.taJdnen, one has to be more of an
'artist" to be able tof1ndtheIastragged
~ of adhesion on the slippery dry
:orners.
Any one who was at Bay Mare Sunday
vW agree that Jim Wilson and his team
nates are all just that kind of artist.
(Results on page 22)
John (7) Rice dices in and out with Ron Jeckels of the East Coast team.
