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-' .;, " « ~ w Z W ...J U > U Brussles Reid bringing up the rear in his battle for the Cal-AM MX G.ood Sport Tropl>y. CAL-AM M X - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - By Denton Qoggie SACRAMENTO, CAL., July 9, 1972 A cool swimming pool, plen ty of sQade trees, and a perman en t sprin kling system, helped make the July 9th Cal-Am event one of the best in its history . A bonus for the 100-125 Novice groups is Cal-Am's Hodaka Series. In this series a new Hodaka, donated by Leavitt Power Tool, will be given to the high point rider in five of Cal-Am's summer races. The July 9th race was the second race in this series. At this July 9th race, a special trophy was given to Brussles Reid, a rodeo buff turned dirt-biker. Brussles was fighting for his position in the middle of the pack in his second moto when a youn!( By Bill Spencer ORLAND., CAL., July 4, 1972 - A crackling hot day for this Fourth of July and the half-mile oval, dubbed a . 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He headed straigh t for the swimming pool, removing his sweatshirt and leatliers on the way, jumped into the pool. The Cal-Am directors were not available for comment on tms particular incident. Many Seizures on Hall Mile Short Track Announcing the All - New . lady in a bathing suit caught his eye. The kid is a novice at racing and concentration, and drove his machine _ I : I I ::: __ -J short track, saw more than a fair share of seizures be:fore: practice: was completed. One such motor belonged to current district point leader, Jeff Davidson. The piston was removed, the barrel sanded and bon-ami 'ed and running by the heat race, although it was with some apprehension as the day got hotter. As the day wore on and it got to Main Event time, almost all present were well ~ilted and ready to complete the day's operations as fast as possible. The first Mains were for the few mini-bikers and to see these kids fly around the near half-mile track is something. Mitch Davidson put it all 'together in the 100 Novice Main with his new Kawasaki. The win was a good one and the order of the day was to win and get out of the dust. Looking through the sign-up list showed that riders were coming to this tr!lck from just about everywhere in California to get a chance to ride ,a half-mile track. • Frank Crane handily won the'125 Novke Main on his Ii ttle Yamaha after spending some time working through the pack. Brad Johnson was the local hotshoe that knew the most about the track and easily won the 125 Expert Main over the fast Buhacos of Gary Comphel and Teddy Davidson. The local hotshoe is a standout because of his smoothness at all times and Johnson was just that from practice until the end of the Main. A surprising number of 200cc bikes showed up and Rick Reed, all the way from Central Cal. went home with the big (sic) brass, while Manuel Crummett took home the second place honors to Re,no, Nevada. Little Larry Silva and his famous BSA Cub took the decision in the 250 Novice affair. It's been a while since a Cub has won aMain. \ While Larry Bruckenstein won the 250 Junior Main, the kid with classy style that stood out was Mike Kenyon. Mike had more than his fair share of trouble's and after rebuilding the gear box to ride the Semi, he won it in a flash with outstanding- feet up slides that brought the stands to their feet more' than once, In the Main, Kenyon pulled a third gear start that left I\im bogged on the line and when he finally got away the pack was going into the back corrier, Mike caught the pack and was about to take over fifth spot on the fifth lap ,when the race was checker~d. If it had gone the advertised 10 laps, 'he mi"gh t- just have been knocking on the door for first place. In the 250 Expert Main, the best bet would have to have been Mark Asbill on the Yamaha twin, who really dazzled them in the heat or Ed Rosman, the former MXer turned pro. Not Davidson who had seized and was nursing his' mount. But when the flag went up green, the throttles went WFO and Butch went fast. The Asbill Yamaha had electronic difficulties and Rosman had to work through the pack so Butch wen thorne with an extra six points. That moves his total to 184 which is nearly 70 points in front of Alex Jorgensen who spent the day on the beach. CMC North Carnegiei----By Steve Castillo LIVERMORE, CAL., July 9, 1972 Kim Reeg, Jim Kern, Mik~ Collins, and Buzz Presser are names known to anyone who has followed the CMC North's Carabela Series races. These folir Junior riders now have more in common than racing - they were the big winners at todaY's Grand Finale. After two long months and eight e:xciting races, each class winner received a shiny, new, red Carabela motorcycle: Kim Reeg - 100 class; Jime Kern - 125 class; Mike Collins 250 class; Buzz Presser - Open. When CMC North and the Carabela people joined together to put on this series, they promised many good prizes besides the four cycles; and they came through with 20 prizes for each class (80 in all) ranging from BeU Helmets, Hercules leathers and boots - to gift ce:rtificate:s in various amounts. The racing for the day was good bu t you could teU everyone had his thoughts on the award presentations. It was a good day on the track for four younger members of the LERA Motorcycle Club (to whicli the owners of CMC North belong). Brian Ludwig (Hus) took fourth in the 250 class; Steve Lawrence (Puc) and Mark Avery (DKW) took first and second, respectively' in the 125 class; and Jeff Mullins (Hus) took first in the Open class. ' The dust that had blown throughou t the day decided to increase to a Sah'ara desert-type force dUring the awards presentation, making it almost impossible for spectators - but the enthusiasm didn't seem to be dimmed for those riders who had worked so hard ·;'~for tl'teir awand:s:" t', ..~' ".)1 ••