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Robert E. Lee of Forth Worth, Texas,
has captured his f'1rst Santa Fe
Speedway season's championship and
thus established himself as the nation's
premier short track rider.
With the point season officially over
on Wednesday night, September 5,
1972, Lee has accumulated 224 points,
more than 50 points in front of his
closest pursuer, Mich""l Johnson of
FUn t, Michigan.
Included in Lee's winnings were five
Mains, nine Semis, eigh t heats and six
Trophy Dashes. Ironically, Lee's only
disappointment in 1972 was losing out
to Mike Gerald in the National
Short-Track championship at Santa Fe
on August 18. Lee had won that race in
1971.
Awards were won by Lee for top
Expert; Johnson for top Junior; Ray
Chapple for top Novice; and William
. Wildt for most improved rider. Many
other ational numb'ers ranked in the
Top 20.
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1972
SANTA
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MOTO RCYCLE
PO'INT
(FINAL)
1. Robert E. Lee
...and dogs in the pits.
ADR MX ...- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ,
by Mike Murphy
Photos by Steve Wiesenhofer
PHOENIX, AZ., Sept. 17, 1972
Today was the beginning of lhe third
season of motocross at Arj,zona Desen
Raceways and if the first day is any sign
of things to come, it'll be the best
season yet.
ADR has grown from a dusty, narrow
tTail to a rock-strewn path to a
f u 11.f1edge-real.live-honest-to-Herkimer
motocross
course.
As an
added
attraction, a rainstorm was added to the
day's events as a novel (for Arizona)
way to water the track.
Of a1J the racers I asked, not one
didn't like the track and all said lhat
lhey would be back ...all 200 of them.
That's a pretty fair turnout for a track
that never had J 00 riders.
The biggies of the. day were the 125
and 250 Expert classes headed by
Californians Tom Rapp and Dave
Rodgers astride their flashy red Buls. Of
the three molOS at five laps each, Dave
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Rodgers led for 14. Scott McAfee led
lhe first lap of moto three with Rodgers
soon to pass. McAfee and his DKW
finished second overall behind Rodgers.
The first 250 Expert moto was a
giveaway to Mr. Rapp who led from the
first tum to the checkered. But the
second molO was no copy; off to a bad
start, Rapp was eleventh in the first tum
and turning it on. At the end of the first
lap, he had moved up to fifth. From
then on, it was a game of .catch-up to
Maico-mounted Bob Wharton. But
Wharton saw the checkered before Rapp
which gave both riders a first and
second into the third moto.
What's this? A local boy about to do
in one of the country's top riders? At
lhe start of the third moto, everybody
watched Rapp take the hole and hold it
all lhe way. Wharton didn't let off and
he was never more lhan 50 yards behind
Rapp. You could imagine Wharton
saying to himself, U\\'ait 'til next time.
Just wait."
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SPEEDWAY
STANDINGS
The big three of lhe 125 Novice class
were Jim Strickland (0 KW), Carl Lasch
(Yam)
and Mike Richter (Hon).
Rich ter's four-stroker didn't bave the
power of the ring-dings as he grabbed
three thirds. Lasch finished with 1-2-2
and Strickland with 2-1-1 for top gold.
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Mike Gerald
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Charlie Chapple
Michael Kldd
Charlie Seale
Gary Horton
Paul Pressgrove
Dale Furst
Keith Ulick.i
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Clifford Keener
Gordon Dusenberry
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Darryl Hurst
DaoJid Aldana
Carl LeBlanc
R~Y Chapple
Ralph Duncan
Big Spring Optimists' MX - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - by David Freeman
BlG SPRING, TEX., Sept. 3, 1972 The fall motocross series opened in the
midst of hot and heavy competition at
the Big Spring Motocross Park.
At the day's end, Big Spring riders
dominatcd the seats in the victory circle
with five first.place honors, six seconds,
and one third.
Brian Ferrell started the day pff right
for lhe local riders by placing first in the
Junior Mini·bike competition. Rag Puga
and mini-ace Tim Sevanson captured
second and lhird places. Another ace,
Craig Hodnett then matched Ferrell's
accomplishment capturing fIrst place
honors in the Senior-Mini class with
Trent Fraley in a smooth second.
An old banle resumed as lhree young
progressive 125 Senior riders picked up
where they left off in the summer series.
Jay Henry, Kelly Guinn, and Mark Day
left many spectators standing in awe.
. Henry made the scene on a new
Swedish-built Monark and literally flew
around the rough Big Spring track with
Guinn's Penton glued to his rear fender.
The three heats resembled a drag race
as spectators wondered if both riders
had stuck throttles. Nobody could wan~
to go that fast on purpose.
Steve Darby, Lance Read and Mike
George battled for first, second, and
third 125 Junior. Looks like we may
have some more challengers ready to
join the Henry .. Guinn, Day, and
Burchell battle for the top honors in the
1 25 Senior class.
First place in the 256 Junior class was
captured by Bob Ward who has recently
returned to the racing scene after
recovering from a street bike acciden t
last spring.
However, Ward's-victory was far from
cherry-picking. He only had to beat
about thirty olher 250 competitors,
including a very fast Charles Puga and
Maico-mounted Steve Darby.
The Open Junior class saw many new
faces (a few old ugly ones), numerous
crashes, thrown chains and bunch of
dirt flying as everyone juggled for
positions. The seldom-seen boondocker,
Jack
Henry,
on
a
seldom-seen
motorcycle, a 450 Husky, spent
practically the entire afternoon in front
of pack. Meanwhile, back in the pack,
Maico-mounted
Lee
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and
Maico-moun ted David Freeman battled
for second place. Unfortunately for
yours truly, the square-finned Maico
was just too much for my radial. But
stay tuned next mOllth to see if Billy
Barkfeather Watts can maintain his
dominance
over
Dynamite
Dave
Freeman and who knows what will
become of Husky Cat Jack Henry.
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