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Parts & Accessories AMIT WIAP·UP .L.T' •• T.al. MOU.TID .all KID 11.50 Project '71 Nears End Although it didn't count toward world points, the Swiss GP at Winterthur included a number of top line factory entries from the big motQ.cross countries. After a long siege of rain, the green track looked inviting in the sun and drew a crowd of 32,000. Both Barry and I had our problems with 38 riders to contend with. I got sandwiched out in the fIrst corner the first leg and had to push off at the tail end. I rode hard to place 14th after colliding twice with tail runners. Higgins on a borrowed bike (Maico) got a good start and held to it for a fme eighth place. Second leg was my turn for a good 'sixth place start off the line. It looked like I would be able to finish right up there until I wiped out my brake lever on a tire marker and settled into eighth. Meanwhile, Higgins was busy wo~king up through the ranks. He had just reached the top ten when one of the Swedes crashed into him in a corner and sent him down off the track into a deep ravine. It took fo~r people to haul out the bike. The only final result we came up with was my lOth overall. Bauer won for the day followed by Torsten Hallman and Bengt Arne Bonn. The next week we shifted only 40 miles to an international event at Schupfart. This track is an ideal motocross circuit - no rocks, just smooth, sweeping hills. I came through with a third the first moto behind the Swiss national champion Walter Kalberer and Germany's Christoph Specht. The next two motos were more difficult because of bad starts. While working up I slipped out twice and had to repass six riders. Both times I finished eigh tho This gave me a seventh overall. Barry had similar start problems and wound up 14th and ninth the first two motos. The third round just before th e start th e C Z refused to turn over. Other riders rode off, and it was three laps before Barry got rolling. With such bad luck, he still got in there and rode for all he was worth. Kalberer took top position. The tragedy occurred as we were forging our way back to France for the MotoCross des Nations. It is a diffIcult life over here. The road is longer and harder than we are willing to realize. Snowflake lapsed into a coma and died in the back seat of the car before we could get medical assistance. The next day the vet told us it was something she had eaten containing the microbe clostridium septicum, a bacteria -that simply was not on the list for vaccinations in America. AMXT Project 1971 is almost complete. We'll be doing the MotoCross des Nations to wind it up this Sunday, then head back to the States for the Inter-Am series. Plans for Project 1971 are already under way. 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Krei~ out' on one of the new 100cc Pen tons dominated the class for the zillionth time. The 250 Jr. and Open Jrs. were combined. Steve Casagrande, the Maico whiz from Lancaster, jumped into the lead in each moto and that's where he stayed, winning the Open class. Right on the rear wheel of Steve's Maico was the day's dark horse, Oak Creek's Bill Decker. Bill usually assumes the job of flagman, but today he decided to climb aboard his Yamaha and see if the track is really greener on the other side. Decker not only decked all the 250s, but held down second spot in the Open class. Tracy Oswell, last month's double second-place winner finally, has the circuit wired. Oswell dialed his Rickman for high current and really smoked. Nexuaoe: Sept.•26. ., " I rro'(ResUlts-on'page'-14)'" IrQ ~ ~ ~ \ -:-,- " ~ Si mi chrome is I hon..y • :~ ~"'CCle .. s quiek .. a bunny ~ 1( ,/ . Flagman's Day at Oak Creek La Mesa, Calif. 92103 !!: 110 E. 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