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Cycle News 1972 07 18

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- N ... " ... '" co N Individual Standings , > .., :; rank '" ~ w Z W ...J 1 U 2 3 > U HotShoe Reports 1972 WORLD MOTOCROSS GP & date I rider 4/9 I 1 I Palm S'lZuki CZ 4 IKibirin 5 6 I Anderson ;K3vinov t - IS IS 4 8 12 10 - 12 8 2 - - 5/14 5/21 Czechoslovakia r--.... "- -. ~ugo- 6/4 West slavia Total 6/11 G~rmany 6/18 Polanc Russia Points IS 102 IS IS IS 6 12 - 5 12 53 - 8 - 3 - 10 47 41 - 6 4 - 4 10 12 8 38 - IS - 12 6 - 33 I- -250cc- 4/9 4/16 5/7 5/14 Spain France Holland Czechoslovakia )'ugoslnvia place ~'" camp.1n , Hollanu Standings date I F'rance Yamaha C2 ~lanu£.:,cturers I I -.. . . . . . Spain - Suzuki i1usqv3rnn Robert 5/7 12 ''''~ machIne 4/16 8 15 "--~lace (~cbo{'rs rank -250cc- 5/Zl • Total 6/4 6/11 6/18 \Vest Germany Poland Russia Points 1 Suzuki IS 15 IS 12 IS IS IS IS 117 2 CZ 12 3 12 10 10 10 6 5 10 12 84 lIusqvarna 10 8 IS 3 12 4 4 4 10 12 8 38 4 I Yamaha 55 ,. • I es NGK's are preferred go-power In all kinds of two-wheelers from 50cc mini'S to 750cc supers. Good riders know their set-up is no better than their plug. And that it they've only got one, ird better fire on time, every time. They also know what bad plugs can do to a day of great sport The same kind of sure-fire performance and protection works in any, internal combustion engine. Two or four cycle, one, two or twelve cylinders- it's all the same to NGK's tough "Heart of Copper". This copper core dissipates heat quicker th.an old-time iron cores. Cdols the es electrode tiP and insulator tip. Prevents plugdamaging hot spots that could cause preignition. And to cut fouling, there's a longer, heat-holding ins.ulator nose. All the NGK features - high alumina ceramics, extra internal gaskets and nickel alloy tip-add up to a wider heat range. So NGK's run hot and cold. Easy and hard. Idling or on the pipe. They just run clean and efficient for more miles than you're used to. You know how they work in your bike. Try a set in your car, your buggy or outboard. NGK's don't cost more. They just do more. NGK, the long life, hi-performance plug. Dear AMXT followers, Our Sunday meeting (European for race) gave us a much needed uplift for the s!,ason. Bryan made the winner's circle with a third overall in a French international near Chartres. His sidekicks in the circle were Andy Lee with the first place cup and Dave Nicoll in between the two. For the first afternoon moto, the sun carne out in full glory. The spectators were thronged along the track as Andy Lee reached the end of the straigh t mead of the pack. Nicoll had gotten himself into a muddle and had to settle for a rear view of the field around the first comer. H didn't take long for the French Montesa ace, Jean-Claude Novack, to challenge Lee. An exciting battle followed. Several of the tigh t comers were grassy and took a concen trated effort to stay in the groove. Lee proved the better man, and gradually Novack dropped in to a comfortable second place. Bryan Kenney was never more than two bike lengths behind these two, sporting the American flag. In the meantime, Nicoll was slowly picking off his competitors until he worked up to fourth place. And that's the way the positions stacked up with the first four, Lee, Novack, Kenney, and Nicoll, considerably outdistancing the rest of the field. The second mo to Novack pleased the crowd by snatching the hole shot. This bit of French chauvinism was short lived though when Nicoll squeezed by on the fifth lap. This round Lee could manage no better than third with our sole American settling for fourth. Steeg Petersson, Olle's brother, pulled out of the race in this moto. The night before he had raced in Belgium until 1:00 in the morning, and his endurance by this afternoon was nil. His Kawasaki looked super hairy. At the start of the third moto, the two do-or-die four strokers, Lee and Nicoll, jumped out in front. Bryan was righ t on their exhaust trail. A bit of bad luck for the French flag-wavers Novack came off pretty bad in the first turn as he was doing some dare devil acrobatics to get mead. By the time the Montesa started up again, Lee had almost lapped him. With a bent rear shock, Novack still managed to finish 10th. Counting on an easy third, Bryan was having no worries until he started to round the corner at the end of the straight and sTid out on the slippery dry grass. Meanwhile, the Belgian, Corbeels, a Czech and several other riders took the corner and were a good distance mead before Bryan got moving. With the minutes ticking away, he overtook all but the Belgian moving back up six positions before the checkered flag called a halt. Overalls for the day went to Lee, Nicoll and Kenney. On schedule for next week is an international near LeMans. Then off to England and Germany for three weeks of GP's. We hear that Mark's Husky stopped him with a broken frame in the Czech GP. Wish we could have been there, too. Hope we all have nothing but good luck the rest of the season. Be watching for the report. Ciao, Hot Shoe, June 28 MX AT CORONA - - - - - NGK s1<~ RK PLUGS (U.S.A.). INC.. 12S11 Butrice St.. los Angeles, California 90066 By Buzz Baty CORONA, CAL., July 6, 1972 - Rider en try here a t Corona seems to be suffering from the same too big a previous weekend that affected Ascot last night, although there was a bigger turnout of Expert riders: Bryar Holcomb, Rex Staten, Chuck Lunde, Ray Lopez, Ken Zmrt, and Dave Rodgers. Ray 1.opez, who was on the pipe last night, maintained his competitive edge, doing in Ken Zmrt and Dave Rodgers, thereby making it an all Bultaco sweep in the 125 Expert class. _ Rex Staten, who entered in Saturday nigh t's Yamaha Superb owl of motocross in the Los Angeles Coliseum, seemed to have everything in tune tonight, taking first overall in the 250 Expert class. His CZ took the measure of Bill Henderson (Yam), Bryan Breker's Bultaco, and Chuck Lunde's CZ. Speaking of Bill Henderson, Bill has been an Expert here at Corona for five weeks, and has yet to fmish ou t of the money.

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