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... - ~ '" ~ w Z W ...J U > U This is the man they came after at Corona. Rex Staten. the CZ rider who has dominated the track so well for so long and so fast. R.A.C.E. Corona - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - By Marilyn Hart CORONA, CAL., Aug. 24, 1972 Staten put to the test by having a Thursday night was quite a night at bounty placed on his head, but he was Corona Raceway. For openet;$, Raceway the subject of a bad scene on the track Director Dale Teubner had rigged up a which should never have occurred and rubber band start and, as always, some also spoiled what might have been a great night of racing. (It was like Little loved it - some didn't, but it did effectively eliminate the false starts. League fathers in action.) It's my However (where there's a will, there's a understanding that since the bounty way), some riders did manage to would be paid "barring mechanical "beat-the-band". problems". (which he obviously \lad) The main event was centered around that Rex needn't have ridden the rest of Mr. Rex Staten. Since he had already the motos, but he chose to do so. In my won 27 of his last 28 motos at the track opinion, I think he is one fair man! (beaten only once by Ken Zahrt) , Meanwhile! Jim Weinert was having a bounty posters were mailed to all Senior fi~ld day sc;~g the H o~ t of spectaton members. Without reducing the $350 ~th his nd~g and taking frrst every guaranteed purse, the price on Rex's ~gl~ mota m the 250 Experts, thus head increased the payoff an additional wmnmg the fint $25 bounty. Gary $25 in both the 250 and 500 Expert Jones had almost. as .much fun with the classes to any rider who could beat 500 Experts wtnJU.Ilg the first two Staten for first overall (barring motos, when Bry",: Holcomb won the mechanical problems). last one. Gary soil took home the The bounty offer drew most of the bounty money for the 500 Exper~. regular riders in addition to some new Corona regul!"" Bob Hoove~ Ii~erally ones, namely (in alphabetical order): walked away ~Ith aU three wms m the Bruce Baron, Rich Eierstedt, Ken 125 IntermedIate class, and even took Ehlers, Jesse Goldberg, Bryar Holcomb, the Experts on the start. Bill Henderson, DeWayoe Jones, Gary The 500 Junior class, as before,.was Jones, Chuck Lunde, Morris Malone, one of the closest races of the mght. Dale May, Denny McFaUand, Tom Floyd Burke, Jr. (Kaw) and Greg Rapp, Joel Shedden, Lynn Stokey, Val Goodwin (Hus) were within inch~s. of Tamietti, Ray Topham and Jim each other the frrst two motos, gtvmg Weinert. ' each one win and going into the third The first moto of the 250 Expert moto tied. Then along came Mark (Rawley, that is), who had been con tent class was disaster for Rex. After a bad start, he developed carburetor trouble in to stick in third and let them hassle it the third lap and was only able to work out. However, big Mark on his CZ took his way back up to eleven th at the a frrst in the third moto and wen thorne checkered. He was stiu having trouble in with second place overall. the first moto of the 500 Experts, but The Minis were again a deligh t to all. did manage a fourth. He took second Those little guys move! Gene Woods on and third in the next two 250 motos, his Honda won aU three motos easily, for a third overaU: and two seconds in with David Oller (Hon) pressing well for the remaining 500's gave him another aU three seconds, and Bill Taylor third overaU. coming in for third overaU on his In all fairness, not only was Rex Yamaha. Eierstedt and Mosier, American Motocross teammates didn't act like it at Corona. They diced all night, both winning. R.A.c.E. Motocross at COrona - - - - - - - By Marilyn Hart Photos by Earl Topham CORONA, CAL., Aug. 31,1972 - The field of riders was a little ligh ter than usual for Thursday night's motocross, undoubtedly due to the fact that several of the bikes were still drip-drying from Sunday's CMC mudbath at Arroyo Park. The results of some of the motos were a bit difficult to keep track of, because even when a rider was way out in front, it didn't necessarily mean that was where he was being scored. In addition to the' rubber band start, Dale Tuehner had added some new rules. Two white chalk lines were on the ground, one equal with the rubben band and the other baCk approximately one yard. If anyone's wheel touched the secon~ chalk line, he was automaticaUy penalized one lap. Even wone was the fact that if any part of his bike touched that rubber band before the snap, he was disqualified for the moto. There was considerable grumbling among the riders, for some of them raced the entire moto not realizing they had already been penalized. The entire set of rules were fully explained at the rider's meeting. However, in the pits after one race had resul ted in the disqualification of a rider, he started to say something about not knowing. anything about it when his father very clearly stated, "That's why they have rider's meetings. Maybe next time you'll pay atten tion!" The most exciting race of the nigh t centered around the 250 Expert Maico team of Richard Eirstedt and Gaylon Mosier from American Motocross. They put on such a great spectacle of racing out there, it was difficult to imagine them as actual teammates. They seemed only inches from each other and.. it was back and forth continuously the first Indian Dunes MX - - - - - - - . ; . . . - - - - - - - - - - - by John Grout VALENCIA, CAL., Sept. 3, 1972 Beneath a sligh tly overcast sky on a coune which was in fantastic condition, 2"79 riden . assembled for today's ACE-promoted. motocross on the Shadow Glen track at Indian Dunes. Bob Hendrix rolled a bulldozer onto the Glen at 6 a.m., and, working til time for the racen to practice, compacted that howler of a leap just beyond the barrier gate, loosened the loam to a depth enjoyed by all' contestants and added water in perfect proportion. OveraU victories among the three divisions of Senion and Experts were scored by John Rice, Bob Stephan and Skip Kreps. Both Rice and Stephan won aU of their five-lap even ts. Kreps, who was sliding a Bultaco against the Open machinery, lost his fint moto to Maico-mounted Russ Benson, with Rob "Weird" Morgan of Whittier (Hus) grabbing a third at the fmal flag. In the last two motos, however, Kreps held the front-running spot on every tum of the course. Stephan's three wins among the' 250cc Experts on his Steve's Bultaco were gained at the expense of Raul Escamilla (CZ) and Red Buchan (CZ) who took a 3rd place overaU on the day's tauy. _ John "The Ironman" Rice, although taking an endo in the final moto, won aU three of his events on a Puch that wouldn't be too far out of it in Open combat. His final win was greatly aided by Russ. Benson who withdrew the conflict, stopping to help John "R" when the rider had gone down. All three of the Old-Timers' divisions were grand-slammed: Vidal Andersen (Mai) (Ex), Art McN amee (Suz) (Am) and Novice rider Jerry Messner (Mai). Dave Gilmore (Pen), who scored 1-3-1 was the day's overall victoragainst a potent grouping of 100cc + 4 J union. Runners-up included Brad Williams (Hod), Tom Davey (Yam), Geoff Howe (Hod) and Eddie Rinnert (Hod). Jedd Strange, sponsored by Dick Allen Yamaha, flew to three long-yaro;iage triumphs against a gigantic field of 125 + 4 Juniors. Greeves rider Rick Varvel was another who was capable of collecting . three straight wins. He defeated a talented crew of 250cc + 4s. Varvel's closest competition came from Larry Hoffman (BuI), Jim Hardesty (Suz) and Bob Boyle (CZ). The Junior +4, Open victory fell to Suzuki-mounted Johnny Fenton, who scored moto finishes of 1-5-1. Among runners-up were Jerry Beaman .(Suz), Mike Hendrix (AJS), Kendall Watson (CZ) and Bob Cullinan (CZ). Beginner winners - those riders with three or less races under their belts were: Andy Jannings (100cc), George McMurray (125), Jeff Alwine (250) an