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Only 70 Show for Point MX
Ph o tos & Story by Jim Brooks
J im Broo ks
Photos S tory
E LS INO RE, CA L ., Nov. 2 1,
ELSINORE, CAL., Nov . -21, 1971
The Stump Jumpers motocross today
Stump J ump ers
d idn 't
fo r t he
didn't have mu ch t o offer for the racers.
much to
But John R. see ms to think it did, even
J oh n
seems t o th in k d id, even
though the AMA event only drew a
th e
o nly
crowd of 70 riders.
rid ers.
Talki ng with John after the race, he
Talking
J ohn
th e
said the re should be more races like
there
mo re
. Elsinore. The switch from the run of th e
Elsino re.
sw itch
the
o f the
mill courses was a nic e onc.. Th e
mill
nice o ne The
combination of the hills,, mud h oles, and
combi nation o f th e h ills mu d holes, an d
TT sweepers an d esse s mad e the c o urse .
IT
and esses made the course.
The MX sections were a real challenge
MX sectio ns
to the Experts,
fast
to th e Experts , and the fas t sections
gave them a place where they could
th ey
th em
o n.
really get it on.
Getting it on is jus t what John R. did,
on just
J ohn
too.. Rice (Puc) came in the first 125
too
(Puc)
th e firs t
moto to really set a pace . At one p o in t
o ne point
mo t o t o reall y se t pace.
he wa s p assed o n ly to regain the lead a
h e was passed only t o
th e
lap later.
The second moto was just the same seco nd
th e sam e
John R. all the way. On the next to the
th e
t he nex t
th e
J ohn
last lap, John let one of th e riders he'd
lap , J ohn
o ne o f the rid ers h e'd
lap p ed pass h im,
lapped p ass him, so th at he would have
that
someone to p lay wit h on the last lap .
play with on th e
lap.
some o ne
In the 250 Expert class, Tony
T o ny
th e
Rodgers, on
th e same
R od ger s, o n a Maico, did the same easy
WN '71
thing. With K. Bow ser ta king a very
Bowser taking
w ide second.
wide second .
The 5 0 0 Novice brought some
T he 500 No vice b ro ught so me
enthusiasm bac k into th e rac e. One the
ent husiasm back in to the race. On e the
third lap G. Luther , on a CZ, b ro ke into
Luther, o n
broke in to
the lead,
J.
on
abou t
th e lea d , with J. Burr, on a Suz., about
10 yards behind him. The b attle wen t on
Tbe battle went o n
beh ind
for about 10 lap s, until Burr finally
laps, un til
fina lly
fo r ab o ut
ge tt ing t ired , made a mi stake and w ent
getting tired, mad e mistake
went
down in a sandy corner. He mad e it u p
d o wn
sa nd y comer.
made
up
in plenty of time to ta ke an eas y
of
to take
easy
second,
second.
The 500 Expert was another goo d
Ex p ert
ano ther good
T he
race. J ohn
again
th eIead
race . John R. agai n was in the lead at
the
on
n ew Mai co,
th e
th e tum on a brand new Maico. By the
third lap Rice had a lap lead,, a minute
th ird
Ri ce
lead
lat er
later he pulled ove r to the side with a
over to th e
sprocke t.
rep airing h e
loose rear sprocket. After repairing it he
an d
had lost a lap and a half. J oh n came
John
bac k to pick up almost a full lap , but
back
full lap, bu t
not quhe enough to ge t first place,
to get
place.
no t q u ite
The second moto seemed to b e all
Th e
mo ta see m ed
be
t o keep
o n the
Rice., He just seemed to ke ep it on th e
Rice
the n ex
th e
entire race. On tbe nex t to the last lap
John b roke a chain, and pushed h is bike
J ohn broke chai n, a nd push ed his b ike
acros s th e finish line to ge t a second
across the fin ish lin e
get
overall for the day., J., Hannan on a CZ
fo r th e d ay J
on
took first.
to o k firs t.
(Results on p age 3 2 )
page 32)
(R esults
13th Anllal Los Algeles Grand Prix
Annual
Angeles
TRIPES
MARTIN TRIPES.-b
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