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Liz.-d Meets Wolfman
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By Rita Gunter
Photos by Tommy Gunter
VICTORIA, TEX., June 4. 1972 - It
rained seven inches the night before the
last race at Iron Man. causing the lake to
rise and inundate the track. A few mud
holes and water crossings are expected
in motocrossing but three feet is just a
little too much water.
Dwayne Machicek built up a good,
stout lead in the first heat of the 100
Junior class. It was fortunate for him
that he had, because his bike qwt with
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By Janet West
NACOGDOCHES. TEX., June 4, 1972
- Bryan Fox dommated the Open class
Sunday at Nacogdoches, Texas far
ahead of ever:yone in the first moto.. In
the second mota, Ross Hightower, who
had fiI}ished last in Mota No. I,
somehow got around Bryan to take a
flfst with Fox in second this time.
Mota No.3 was the same. Both ride
for the City Plumbing Racing team, and
I suppose this was concerted team
effort.
B.A.S.E. MX
Don Rainey (Hus) waged a great
battle against the CZ boys. He was
running second to Fox in the Open class
and second also to Frazer in the 250
Experts. After his knee injury,' Ra;ney
slowed down some, but is now making
quite a comeback.
The Nacogdoches boys cleaned up in
the 125 Expert. Ronnk Dement took a
first place overall, having quite a figh t
with David Faulkner. Both ride Hondas,
and are hard competitors. In third was
Penton-mounted Ferris Fain.
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By Jeff Coker
PHOENIX, ARIZ .• June 7, 1972 - For
the first time in too long a time
Arizonans got to experience the thrill of
half-mile racing tonigh t. The scene was
Manzanita and the action was hot and
heavy. Brian LaPlante Showed all the
locals what a little practice in the
half-mile can do for you as he
completely dominated the Open Expert
class. What the local riders need more
than anything else is experience on the
fast oval, and now they have a chance to
get it as Manzy will be staging half-mile
at least once a month.
After drying the track out... from
recent rains, the rid~rs went out to get
their first taste of oval racing and by
and large the majority thought it was
great. Brian LaPlante took an early lead
on his Triumph and showed the fans
how to really get it on. Rick Kraft could
almost keep Brian in sight through the
running of both heat and Main of the
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Open Expert class.
In the 250 Expert class Rick and
Tommy Halford battled it out with
Tommy narrowly taking the win in the
heat. In the Ma;n, it was a war of
attrition as Rick had to drop out with a
sick engine leaving Tommy with a
commanding lead.
The 125 Amateur-Expert short track
event was a real thriUer as Bob Scott
and
Ed
Blose
fough t i t
ou t
wheel-to-wheel. Ed won the heat and
Bob won the Ma;n.
The 250 Amateur races had Alan
Cranson come from fourth in the heat
to first in the- Ma;n.
On
the whole, everyone really
enjoyed the half-mile, especially the
fans. With a 'little more time on the
track the local riders will have the
necessary experience to consti tu te a
bigger challenge when they visit the
West Coast tracks. Un til then we will
remain upodunk" Arizona.
another quarter lap to go. He is pushing
his bike towards the finish line and
everyone keeps .looking for the second
place man to come blasting by him. Way
down the track comes Ricky Pilgrim. in
second place. pushing his bike too.
Jake Warren. Bruce Miller and Randy
Kacir played follow-the-Ieader all the
way in the first 100 Senior heat. They
went into the flfst tum in that order
and remained so until the checkered flag
feU.
Walter Rasmussen led the flfst 125
Junior heat from start to finish. Robert
Vaughn, running behind Greg Hinricks
lap after lap, finally zapped around him
to finish in second place while Ted
Nicholson took third.
The first 125 Senior heat was won by
George :'Lizard" Larzelere, followed by
Robert Bosart and Cecil Jones.
Ma;co-mounted Murray Trager was
beaten by David "Wolfman" Bosart in
the first 250 Senior heat. First place
man in the 250 Junior heat was Stuart
Wilner, with Cliff Home a close second.
The first beat of the Open Junior
class saw Gilbert Swa;n in first, followed
by Larry Wilder. Brent Schaefer (after
spectacular spiU in the mud) took third.
David Bosart took the first Senior
beat with no sweat. Stuart Wilner and
George Larzelere. dueled it out for
second place, with Stu taking it, leaving
third to "Lizard".
One lap of the second 100 Junior
race had been run when a big rain
shower came along. The slippery mud
added some in terest for the spectators,
with the riders crossing up where they
weren't supposed to and going stra;gh t
in the turns and all kinds of funny stuff.
- The track started getting drier and
tacky by the time the second 125
Senior heat started. These riders didn't
seem to notice the mud at all! George
"Lizard" Larzelere jumped ou t in front
and stayed in that position throughout
the heat, with Bruce Miller and Mike
Macsplunkin right behind.
The last· heat of the Open Senior
proved to be very exciting with David
U\Volfman" Bosart and George "Lizard"
Lanelere battling wheel to wheel. David
was ahead in every lap excep t the most
importan t one_ The checkered flag came
down with "Lizard" a wheel-length in
front.
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