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A.C.E. MX Series Draws Top NaDles
r
Bob . Hershey
keeps
his
Mid-Valley
CZ
perh~ctly level while taking a Dunes jump.
By John Grout
Photos by Racing Photos
VALENCIA, CAL., Nov. 7, 1971
Today's third round of the Indian
Dunes-A.C.E. Motocross Championships
was
conducted
on
the
new
European-type Shadow Glen course and
from the very first moto of the
morning, it was quite obvious that the
day's results would be based upon raw
talent more than brute horsepower. It
would appear that California finally has
a true motocross course, rather than a
full-throttle speedway.
And what better way to get the ball
rolling? German rider Werner Schutz
brought his Maicos to the park with the
idea in mind of contesting the issue.
While racing in two Senior motos,
each of 20-minute duratio,:" he scooted
through the shadows and hId from a full
field of Open machinery in tumin!! back
Bob Hershey (CZ), Bob Fisk (CZ), Bill
Payne (Mai) and Jim Wilson (CZ). It was
the German r;ider's type of track, and he
sailed through the frotH se~tion of th.e
course at such a rapId chp that hIS
helmet appeared over the tops of the
gently rolling mounds of earth as a blur.
Both Hershey and Fis~ were able to
hold brief leads over the German ace
(Fisk in the first moto, and Hershey in
the second) but Werner, by grabbing
short bursts of power on the tight and.
twisty track, was able to zonk the early
lap leaders in each instance. And he did
it with ~uch authority that it makes one
stop and wonder what else the Maico
bunch may have that's still under
wraps?
Yet, as good as his wins were in the
Open class, Schutz did get bopped out
of day's overall victory against the
250cc bikes; he fell while trying to put a
lap on a slower rider, and both racers
slid in a tangle into the new fencing
directly behind the area where one
normally should expect to receive the
checkered flag.
The day's overall win in the 250
Senior events did go to the point leader
in the championship standings, Bryar
Holcomb, who rattled a super-swift AJS
into victory lane ahead of Schutz,
Wilson, Dick Eirstedt (Bul) and Randy
Rodriguez (CZ):
The 125 Senior win was finally
captured by Bultaco rider Eddie Cole
after a first mO.to accident had sent the
divisional leader for the championship
crown, Larry Watkins, to the hospital
with a badly-wrenched knee. Finishing
second on the day's overall was Bill
Payne (Pen).
Jo ;or .Show Returns to Dunes
VALENCIA, CAL., Nov. 6, 1971 Saturday racing for Junior-ranked racers
not 0 Iy returned to Indian Dunes Park,
it returned with the roar of 300 rapid
raiders on. the fantastic, new Shadow
Glen rr otocross course.
Thr ugh slightly shorter and much
tighte, than the international circuit,
the
,dow Glen track, designed by
John 1atkins of the ACE cre.w and
passes through some beautiful and
shade- ned land, pr 'uced no less than
four g nd slam win rs: Mark Hovater,
Brad
lair, Tom A "ander and Guy
Jaege'
Hm ter, who doc his CZ racing for
Eltek roducts of Lanoga Park, really
pource the coal to 'lis machinery, and
,ponsible fo the afternoon's
was
fastes lp times on I ~l" new track, even
though he did have to stage of
come-from-behind effort in his third
moto to nail the front runner Jim
Cunningham (CZ).
"It's the greatest fun track I've ever
been on," commented young Mark after
the final race of the day. "That one
back-chute jump feels like it puts you
80 feet into the air."
Finishing behind Hovater in the 250
A Division were John CaldweU (CZ) and
Cunningh am.
.
Brad Blair (BuI) was responsible for
three straigh t victories over the 125
Juniors in the plus-four grouping;
although both Mark Shook (DKW) and
Bil1 Tilstra, who wa'S astride a Yamaha
with gear box troubles, were able to give
the overall winner a super run before
the final results were entered.
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a-Bul'aeo Purs"aq with 250 Exper'
La~rr Pfu'zenreu'er ridingll
The Checkers M.C. 21st Annual Check Chase
was a tough, 145-mile Hare &. Hound: Some
of the roughest country that the Southern
California desert has to offer was challenged
by all of the top competition riders that fight
to win over sand and rocks and water hazards.
"Pfutz" took on all· comers, including the
terrain, and won 1st Overall with a good lead,
in spite of a spill in one of the worst spots in
the tough course.
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