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by John Grout VALENCIA,CAL., Oct. 1, 1972-The victory champagne was uncorked in the RevelI Speed Shop pits after today's ACE motocross program at Indian Dunes Park. Louie Revell had just finished rolIing three bikes during a day of combat on the Shadow Glen course; two of them recorded divisional wins ... Moun ted in the saddle of a Revell-tuned Maico, Lynn Stokey taJlied a grand slam lo gain the overall sweep against a large group of 250 Experts. Yamaha rider Johnny Pfeiffer notched the other Revell credit, scoring a split decision over Kawasaki Grand Prix winner Lloyd Joines. During the first malo for Ille mid·bore Experts, Mike Keena Oawa), who is usually though l of as a top-drawer stretch runner, localed gobs of racing room along the ragged edges of the berms, zipping off lo an immediate and lengthening lead over Slokey, Ken Janson' (CZ), Randy Stubbs (Bul), Randy Nordyke (Cl) and Bob "Tiger" Stephan, who was riding a Bultaco. The sliding gang was lapping the lrack in lhe .high 1:40s. Stokey, however, was not to be denied his day. After localing somelhing resembling an overdrive cog, the yellow, gian t-killing Maico responded to its call to action; the rear wheel exploding with a shower of dirt, rock and other sundry debris ... By the middle of the second lap, Stokey was in front - and gaining! It appeared to be a mere case of agitated throttle. No other running gear in the entire affair was within five or six horsepower of the malicious Maico. Stokey's winning margin in the final . two, seven-lap heats was by an even more awesome advan tage than had been his first moto triumph.Overall runners-up were Stubbs. Keena and Nordyke_ John Pfeiffer's victories in both of the initial motos for 250 Juniors, arrived at the starting line for his third heat with only three gears operative. In spite of the fact that he had already corralled 800 points during his earlier wins, he • was in need of a high:place finish if he were to defeat Lloyd Joines. Val Tamietti (Yam) scorched away from the 'starting barrier on top and sneaking a long-yardage lead. Pfeiffer was racing in 10th position - having one helluva time with his shifting mechanism... By lap four, Pfeiffer had worked his way forward to be among the front-runners_ But then he fell in the esses. Most of the field passed him_ A frenzied charge was obvious. Pfeiffer sJjd in to each and every tum as if he had a grudge against the very ground. Time was his biggest enemy. Pfeiffer's Yamalla Was in the highest gear he could possibly squeeze from the injured box. Launched inlo orbit from the big jump, he regained three of the positions he had lost in the spill. Back through the esses - the crux of his woes - young John bent his cycle in to the arcing turns with precision; four more riders dropped behind him. Pfeiffer had exhibited one of the finest runs ever staged al Indian Dunes. Overall victory was his by the narrowest of malgins: the last rider he had '" N " g ...' N " '" ,.; " o ~ w Z W ...J U >- U John Pfeiffer battle with Experts, was an against Bill Ring, Mark Samuelson, Mark Cavoretto, Russ Benson and Rob Admire. In the three motos th at involved Powder Puffs, the final order of finish was: J mice Kline, Cindy Kearny, Terry Ann Harris, md Valerie Stefen. Beginner winners were: Eric Erpenbeck (100), Mike Lacey (125), Peter Davidson (250) and Scott Smith (Open). Junior winners included: Mike Brown, m 11-year-old who grand slammed the 100 class; Earl Esson, who did the same thing to 125's; and Open victor Kendall Watson, scoring by: a narrow margin over DcWayne Noyd, Randy Schmitz and BiU Campbell. eventual Open overall winner WIN/ A Complefe MXOuflif eA BELL HELMET 01 gOut choice overtaken. e GRAN PRIX MX Leafhe,. Panfl Chris Mogensen, who is sponsored on a new six-speed Monark by Cole Bros. in North Hollywood, grabbed a pair of wins against a large field of 125 Experts, thus gaining the day's overall victory in that particular division. Steve Gerber, also Monark-mounted, md who had won' the final moto for the grouping, was firsl runner-up in front qf Craig Maisach (Bul), Paul Allum (Pen) and Rick Brown IPcnl. Tom Simpson, the Mal' Vista Skyrocket, staging a bitter. all-day eNglon JERSEY eJT Sockl e TOP GEAR 800fl Fill in entry blank below COMPLETELY and bring to The Cycle House. Drawing to be held 'Dec. 9, 1972. Notification by registered mail. No purchase necessary. STOP BY Ii, CHECK OUR LOW PRICES! WSM All-Junior MX at Muntz by.. Mark Milford MOORPARK, CAL., Oct. 1, 1972 WSM returned with AU-Junior racing today, md with it came their usual small turnout doldrums_ The poor attendance was particularly disappointing after last week's heavily attended professional race. The day's racing, complete with three 15 minute matos, took only four md a half hours to comple te. Also, although light crowds are synonymous with Muntz; today's poor condition of the track is not. Ma Nature, it seems, can wreak havoc with even the best lrack preparation and the rather heavy wind and hot sun made the track freeway-hard and Baja-dusty. Among those who did not find the dust a problem, was Steve Smith (Yam) ........------------------.. to"ec a[ound a lot of dirt after he fell on his way to the 250 Junior win. who led the 100 Novices to the overall win, as usual. His only challenger, Mark Costallaude (Ric), was thwarted by missing expmsion chambers md lost chains enough to garner only a lhird at the end of the day. The somewhat empty and unexciting class of 125 Juniors was topped by Steve Hoeller, on a new Monark. Equally lacking in spectator enthusiasm were the 250 Juniors, beaten by Tom Snader (Cl), and Open Juniors, won by Keith Rider (Mai). 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