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~ ~ MOST EXPERTS GONE YET eMe STILL WAILS: By John Shedd CARLSBAD, CAL., April 25, 1971 Bill Urban romped away with both the 125 Expert and 250 Expert classes. He had some 125 competition from Jim Beauchamp in the first leg but Jim was handicapped with a broken-off foot peg. One Jim was out 'of the way, Bill had not diffiuclty leading the last two rounds. Dave Smith held Urban at bay for a couple of laps in the first 250 Expert moto with Urban pushing him hard. Urban held his throttle open just a little longer on the uphill section and slipped under Smith to take over. Urban leaped and bounded to easy wins in the last two motos leaving Smith a solid second. With most of the Experts at Indian Dunes for the AMXT benefit, the 500cc Intermediates gave the local Experts a run for their money. Expert Fred Gualda took the first moto with Brenton Rhoades second and Intermediate Brad Brown third. In the second moto Brown stole the glory from the Experts by taking the overall win. Rich Norgaard was the front runner in the final mo to with Gualda second and Brown a very close third. Norgaard killed his engine in a corner and Gualda and Brown whizzed by. Brown closed the gap on the leading Expert, and for a moment it looked as if he might just pull it off; but Gualda wasn't about to make any mistakes and he took the flag with Brown only a few feet behind. . No one could ask for a better day for racing. There had been a light rain on Saturday night at Carlsbad; overcast skies and the ocean breeze took care of curing the course. Even after 42 motos had been run, the track had not dried out and with 300-plus' bikes churning up the turf, that takes a bit of doing. It was cool all day, even though the sun did peep out a few times, and by the time the last race was over it had grown quite While trying to keep up with the 250 Expert leaders, B. Fisk reached his limit and found himself in an awkward position. chilly. The Junior classes are without a doubt the backbone of the CMC, and within these ranks may lurk the rlIst American riders to beat the Europeans at their own game. One of the most exciting Junior races of the day was the third division of the 250cc class. Robert Spicer took the win in the fIrst moto on his CZ with John Dee a close second. In the second moto, Dee turned the tables on Spicer, putting his Rickman in the lead and winning. Spicer roared into the lead in the fInal race with Dee breathing down his neck. Lap after lap Dee put on the pressure, and lap after lap Spicer held his line. I was convinced it was a very exciting race as I watched the long-haired lass nex t to me chew her nails as he crossed her fingers and prayed Spicer would hold on. As they took the tmal tum on the next to the last lap Dee finally pulled under Spicer to take the lead and win the moto and the class. (Results on page 24) • .aJa Photo by Gary Schmythe GARDENA, CALIF., April 22, 1971 John DeSoto showed up with two well-prepared Maicos instead of his famous flying CZ's. The first time out proved to be a case of the break-in blues in the 250 class but his walloping 501 was spot-on for the Open. DeSoto held off ex-teammate Tim 'Hart for the 250 victory as Dave Pessey garnered the points for a third overall on an Ossa. With the Flying Hawiian out of contention, CMC champ Mike Cram took his tum at Tim Hart and repeated John's feat. Bruce Baron, who has been ligh ting up the scoreboards lately on his Rickman, was third overall. Baron starred in the 125'5, however, as he and Mike Garrett held off the dude who usually has this class wire. Jeff Wright could only put I)js Rickman in third place, a rare occasion at Ascot. (Results on page 24) Wins again! lEW' AMIT MEMIEIS New AMXT members, April 12-15th: Ron Turner, well-known racer from Florida, signed up his entire newly-formed motorcycle club - all 21 members!: RON TURNER, DAVE MONTGOMERY, TERRY L. FORTNEY, JOE TRAVASSOS, JR., SAM CARUSO, TOMMY WEBB, RUSTY CONERLY, ANDY BELL, DONALD E. SMITH, BILL GOODWIN, CHARLES L. JOHNSON, BOB JONES, BILL GOETZ, JERRY D. LYONS, WAYNE A. DAVIS, HARLD & CARLA COLSON, F. P. SMITH, JERRY HASTINGS, CAROL PLATT, ROBERT N. DANIELS, FRED L. COTTEN, all from Jacksonville, Florida. The PRAIRIE PUPS MOTORCYCLE CLUB of Hutchinson, Kansas also made a nice donation. Others: ALBERT ESPINOZA, Reseda, Calif.; MORRIS MORTON, Seattle, Wash.; NEWT WATTS, Oxnard, Calif.; DICK ERB, Aurora, Illinois; PAUL R. ALLEN, Tacoma, Wash.; MIKE POPE, Sacto, Calif.; WILL COWAN, Austin, Texas; B. L. FINK, Granada. Hills, CA.; H. A. MEARA, Springfield, Mass.; BOB EMOND, Wichita, Kansas; DAVID MERRILL, Denver, Colo.; WM. SABfN, Berkeley, CA.; JIM HAYGREEN Roseville, Mn.: BOBBY R. BROWN: Alabaster, Ala.; GUY HOWARD, McDonough, GA.; DALE GUENTHER, La Crosse, Wise.; TOM ASH, Fairport, N.Y.; LEONA WARD, Saugus, CA.; LINDA WARD, Saugus, CA.; BUTCH WINNETT, Gra!,d PraiTi.e, Tex.; JIM WINNETT, Grand Prairie, Tex.; RAY DeWEESE, McComb, Ohio and Nelson Construction Co., Sonoma, Ca. \ I nvaders Hare Scrambles March 21, 1971 1st Trailbike (Expert) Mitch Mayes-Baja 100 (10th overall) 2nd Tom Sawyer -Baja 100 (1st Jr.) (2 in a row) March 14, 1971 .Chapparel's M,e. Enduro 1st A Trailbike Dave Ekins - Baja 100 • MAY 2.1971 • 10,00 am START • $4.25 ENTRY • DIST. 37 POINTS • TWO 4Omi. lOOPS • ~K~&~ov. TRAILS • 'Bitehin' ANISHER PINS • BONUS TROPHIES. • club participation . 1st girl ncwice ·lst.exom~ withil!.lJ==: ..........•.........•..••.••..• (LIMED FROM FOUR CORNERS) the llarleyDavidson ~=:=I oDtpBrforBJBrB