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Brelsford kept his points lead.
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movie star Mert Lawwill.
Darr's tuner got his Harley running for their best showing of the season.
Brelsford IB4YI pushed hard enough to make the Main and a third. after all the shuffling.
a good margin, you get the white nag
and bang, your foot peg comes off
knocking your chain loose and you
spend the rest of the last halJ lap
running and pushing as you watch
eleven riders truck on by. Happiness is
having the Director of Competition tell
you they ran one lap too many and you
won after all.
Disappoin tmenL is having the
Competition Director tell you that the
checkered nag you got was just a lap
late and the scorers saw you pass the
second place man on the extra lap and
now, "Sorry, you're in third."
Sound impossible? ot if you're Jim
Rawls and you're out of breath from
pushing or you're Scott Brelsford and
you've just kissed first and second place
money goodbye.
Jim Rawls led the en tire distance
from start to finish although be wasn't
sure and neither was anyone else for a
long five minutes arter the race ended.
Rawls served notice that it was his
race on the frrst lap. He took the
outside groove off the line and outrode
Bill Field (Nor) and Ramon Perez (Tri)
diving from the high side to take the
lead.
Jim Houston (Tri) and Mike Johnson
(Tri) moved in second and third along
the back stretch with Brelsford moving
into fourth ahead of Field on lap four.
Brelsford got off the line slowly bu t
once he got the throttle cracked open,
he ran his own race cutting an easy path
through traffic.
Brelsford moved into third on lap
nine passing Johnson, almost losing it
on the back stretch; then scooting into
tum three with third place for good.
Brelsford rode on Houston's rear wheel
but couldn't find an opening. Fourth
place was a blanket race between
Johnson and Cummings until they came
by the Start/Finish line on lap eleven
side by side with Johnson giving way
going into turn one and putting
Cummings into fourth for the final laps.
Keeping everyone honest and waiting
for a chance that never came were
Triumpb riders Wayne Wood, .S~Ye
~DaJgam'l> 'a'nd> 'lite i' Mizen II Bach I was
riding hard bu t ou t of striking distance
of the leaders.
LONG ISLAND GOLD CUP
EXPERT MAIN
Yam
Chuck Palmgren
H·D
Mert Lawwlll
H·D
Mark Brelsford
H-D
Larry Darr
Trl
Mike Kidd
Yam
Don Castro
Tri
Mark Williams
Tri
Gene Romero
Tri
Terry Dorsch
BSA
Bill Eves
Tri
Larry Palmgren
BSA
Dave Aldana
JUNIOR FINAL
Jim Rawls
James Houston
Scott Brelsford
eert Cummings
Mike Johnson
L. wayne Wood
Steve Dalgarno
Ike Mizen
Gary McGoron
Bill Field
Richard Kish
Ramon Perez
Burrito buttons up
BSA
Trl
H·D
H·D
Trl
Tri
Tri
Tri
Yam
Nor
Tri
Trl
STICKlES PAY OFF TO TUNE
OF $3,420 SO FAR
Those red and white signs that you
see on the sides of racebikes that say
"Cycle News" are worth money to the
riders.
As of July, 1972 $3,420 has been
paid by the publishers of Cycle News to
racers who cross the finish adorned with
the familiar logotype.
National-winning Experts and Juniors
on AMA big bikes get $50 if they
display the Cycle News colors and so
does the overall winner of each of the
17 AMA Professional motocrosses.
Also, the top ten American riders in
the International class motocrosses will
win $10 each, no matter how they
placed, if the CN stickie is shown. In the
National class of motocross, every rider
in the top ten can collect an extra $ 10
from Cycle News if their stickie is on.
New, medium-size stickers (4x4V,')
are available free from any Cycle News
office.
What's more, CN and Pat Manning
Tailors are awarding a wardrobe of
custom-tailored clothes to the AMA
Grand National Champion this year. It
. only goes to prove that.the well-dressed
1€~P'ioo I weaJlSD6yaie New~., ~l
Jim Rawls won the Junlo/'Main li?st and! f'/ri'ally, eVen Olot of' ore6th.
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