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125'5 THRILL H.BEACH TT By Gary Schmythe took the number one place, while Tom , . Francisco (Ossa) took second. Jim HUNTINGTON BEACH, CALIF., Nov. Russell, Steve Lunde (Bul), and Fred 22, 1970 -,The, 125 Expert class was_ Timberlake (Kaw) all tied for third. me reai tffiiiier in this ~4i" tcmy 01 ih ~ ~an Mi;1iii~ (1' ~~ did hii L~='; Huntington Beach IT season. The guys were going so hard you couldn't really tell whether it was the last day of the old season or the first day of a new one. Bobby Butt on a Yamaha was first into the tum but sitting right on his tail was Dennis Briggs on a Kawasaki. Somewhat farther behind was Robby Burg on a Yamaha. Butt set a fierce pace but Briggs was able to hold on until the next to last lap when Butt made the wheel at the start of the second one. In this race, Billy Payne and "John-R" got way out front and fooled around until Payne took the win. The tmal results: Payne, Cram, Rice. (All res.ults are unofficial.) By Dave Swift IRVINE, CALIF., Nov. 22, 1970 More than 300 riders appeared to compete in the AMA sanctioned European Motocross at Saddleback. Several riders and bikes couldn't complete the two 25,minute motos; a new 370 Suzuki was pretty well bent in the last race of the day. John Rice, the new No.1 for AMA, Cl> ..! -' . 0 .... Cl> ,; 0 ~ n, the Open Novice for yet another win while Jim Russell (BSA) was able to hold off Dick Wallace (BSA) for second place with Dick taking third. The Open Expert found all that hairy stuff lined up and ready to go, and go they did. Vince Zine (Tri) , was going like the hammers of hell and Bob Leford was breath.ing all that blue smoke in second place. A well-deserved third went to Jimmy Raymond (H-D), making his first ride after that nasty crash earlier this year. (Results on page 20) SADDLEBACI hoped-for mistake: He missed a shift going over the jump. Butt only lost a couple seconds, but, that was enough. Briggs jumped into the lead and held it for the remainder of the race. Butt recovered enough to hold second and Burg finished where he started, in third. Chris Morland (Kaw) , Keith Crecelius (Kaw) , and Jay Dalton (Kaw) were having a real dog fight out of it in the 100 Novice class. But with two laps to go Morland streaked ahead of Crecelius for the win. Dalton settled for third. It was the day of the Yamahas in the 125 Novice class. Dave Tudor, Mike Murphy, and Gary Kaufeld all on Yamahas, traded the lead on every lap. Finally Tudor went a~ead on the yellow flag, and held on for the win, with Murphy taking second and third going to Kaufeld. The Buls locked horns in the 250 Novice corrida and Doug Perrault got to the checkered fIrSt. Keith Crecelius (Bul) took second and back in the number three S\?ot was hard charging Mikc Perez (Yam). The 250 Expert proved to be an Ossa-go-round. Carol Heighland (Ossa) was the top 125 Expert and took third on his 400 Maico. Expert Glenn Lund powered his 250 C-Z for a win. Mike Cram easily took the first 500 Expert moto but. crashed and bent ·a By Dave Brown APPLE VALLEY, CALIF., Nov. 15, 1970 - An all time high entry showed up for the regular motocross races at the 'Point'. Promoter Bob Dresslar separated the 253 riders into 19 different divisions and ran off 51 races between 10 a.m. and 4:30. The track was excellent and everyone seemed to enjoy the day except two riders ,practicing starts who managed a head-on collision at about 20 m.p.h. Fortunately, no terribly serious injuries resulted. A decision by the County Board of Supervisors to keep the track open was made public on Nov. 9th and we won by 5 to O. Thus the racing will continue on the first and third Sunday of each month. With the o.k. to continue, Dresslar is hoping to have the track enlarged and running through the rocks 1?y next rac.e day, Dec. 6. Bob has also initiated a new intermed'iate class to run with the Seniors, but to, be scored separately. This will move up the faster Juniors and allow some new trophy winners in the Junior classes. John Burr managed to pick up the win in the 100 intermediate class on his Honda. . The 100 Senior win went to R. Rakasits on his Van Tech, and the 125 Senior belonged to Rickman-mounted Ray Lopez on his first visit to the 'Point'. In Division IV of the 250 Junior class, Eric Raits brought his Ossa in for an impressive win. Eric has been coming out forrsome time and he was very happy about his frrst win. The 250 Intermediate class went to fast-moving Mike .FaUlkner on his Husky. Mike has only been riding motocross for about 6 months and he led the combined Senior/Intermediate in one moto for 3 laps. Jim Fishback on his CZ pick.ed up the 250 Senior win with some excellent riding. The 500 Senior go saw Bud Feldkamp pick up another win on his Husky. 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