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HOUSTON, TEXAS, Nov. 15, 1970
Ottakar Toman (CZ) won the Houston
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Chris Hammargren won one Texas moto.
Inter-Am as heat winners Christen
Hammargren (Hus) Arne Kring (Hus)
and Sylvain Geboers (Suz) eliminated
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By Randy Bailey
Ake Jonsson takes first moto checkered from promoter Dave Grove.
PHOENIX, ARIZ., Nov. 15, 1970 The Phoenix Inter-Am race here today
had all the makings of a Cinderella
story, but at the end of the last event it
still hadn't turned into the expected
pumpkin.
One week before the race, promoter
Dave Grove from Bay Mare picked up
the Phoenix race date from Edison Dye
- Inter-Am czar who decided he didn't
like the cactus league. Grove got to
Phoenix and began looking for a course
location. He found it - three days
before the race.
To add to the troubles of the race the American Hot Rod Association was
holding the World Point Championships
in the Valley, on the same date...and
local press acted as if the European
chapter of the Hell's Angles was ready
to storm in to town.
But, with all the chips appearing to
be down, nearly 5,000 spectators turned
out in the breezy, 70-degree weather to
get Arizona's first look at European
motocross stars in action.
In the first 500 International event,
Ake Jonsson jumped to the lead on the
1.1-mile course to the embarrassment of
world-champion Bengt Aberg who
boggled at the nag and was eased back
to fourth place.
Willie Bauer of Germany on a Maico
held second place till lap four, when
Aberg on his Husky slid by to try for
Jonsson's position. Jonsson held off
Aberg and the champion got caught in
traffic. The checker went to Jonsson's
Maico with Aberg about six lengths
back.
On the start of the second moto,
Roger De Coster of Belgium crashed in
