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--------------~--·--'--------7 MEXICAN 1000 i~". Storm' Forces Alternate Route for Mexican 1000 N \ \ Roate Change M \ I ., I \ I , \ " A recent tropical storm which deluged the Gulf,side of Baja California has forced National off-Road Racing Association officials to alter the early stages of the Mexican 1000. Because of poor road conditions along the east coast, NORRA President Ed Pearlman announced that the Mexican 1000 course would move inland much sooner, cross to the west coast and hook up at Camalu. . A state of emergency exists in the Mexicali and San Felipe areas because of the damage by torrential rains t\vo weeks ago. Federal Highway Five, leading into San Felipe, ·is considered loo hazardous and parts of the road around lhe Bay of Gonzaga to Punta Final has been washed into the sea. The .rougher course would have slowed me cars and thereby benefited the motorcycles. Pearlman said he wishes to thank Governor Milton Castellanos and Nico Saad A., Director of Tourism, for their assistance in aumorizing the alternate , , , , I , , \ I \/ILLE DE m[l.\o~P ~-_._------- , I , I I .~ ----/ , M\\(E!s SI<1RM'<::.tio ili~ ~e r~e C~ go on u ~~~d. ~ o Competi tors now will travel along U) Highway Five for approximately 70 s: miles, according Lo P.earlm an, then tum ~ west and head for Valle Trinidad, Mike's U.J Sky'Ranch and San Telmo de Arriba· before reaching Gamalu on the West >Coast. Valle Trinidad will become check U point one and Camalu check point two. From Camalu the course will cont~nue much as it has in the past five years. Pearlman, who was accompanied on his trip· to the Mexican Capitol by Mickey Thompson, said Bud Ekins, one of the Mexican 1000 originators, was instrumental in determining an alternate course. The new r..oute to La Paz now measures approximately 912 miles - 80 miles longer than last year. "The Governor advises, however, that drivers and riders should take extreme caution in pre~running the event, especially the fiist stretch on the road to San Felipe," Pearlman said. A late bulletin from NORRA headquarters indicates that Checkpoint One will be at Kilometer 145 while Checkpoint Two remains at Camalu, on the west coast of Baja. The route was previously scheduled to continued south from San Felipe and follow the east coast of Baja down to Baja San Luis Gonzaga before turning inland toward' EI Arco. Spectators should note that the start of the Mexican' 1000 is still in Mexicali, with the first bike going off at 8:01 A.M. on November 1, 1972. Former Route ---------Change . A.R.E.A. Grand Prix Toutt so _ by Cheryl Darnell ADELANTO, CAL., Oct. 15, 1972 - At the end of t\vo hard riding hours, there were almo"t 75% finishers for our Desert Grand Prix at 395 Cycle Park. Everyone seemed to have a good time with many of the riders back from our September 1 7, Grand Prix. Kevin Brooks 11, and his brother Kraig nine, were back to pick up their trophies from our previous. race, bu t before they left they both trophied again, coming in first and second in their class, both riding Yamahas. I ca,' see why they are so good, they have a good teacher. Their father, David Brooks, with a bad fall in the first loop, made up for lost time and finished second in his class on a 250 Bultaco. Steve McNulty on a 250 Yamal"la Can"le in first overall, and second overall · was Rick Sieman on a 250 Maico. Doing almost as well as before was Gerald Cunningham, third overall and first in his class on a 400 Suzuki. Gerald placed first overall in our September 17, Grand Prix. · George Tripes Becomes National Sales Rep for HRL 's Motorcycle Products George Tripes, long time associated with ·both automobile and motorcycle racing, has recently been named by HRL Lubrican ts as that firm's National Sales Representative for the Motorcycle Products Division, after having spent II years with the Downey, California firm. The resident of Santee, California was, up to the time of his promotion, HRL's District Manager in parts of Arizona and California's San Diego County. After many years as one of the leading "fI tomotive racing lubrican ts, HRL is now building an impressive list of accomplishments in the motorcycle racing fraternity, necessitating the · creation of the new division in the firm. The name of Tripes is well known in motorcycle racing cir~les. George's 16 year old son, Marty, recently made world wide headlines within the sport's racing publications when he beat many of the world's finest motocross riders in the Superbowl of Motocross held in the Los Angeles Coliseum early this summer. Before that, George was long associated both with t!"le El Cajon Stock Car Racing Association (of which he was the president for two years) and the £1 Cajon Speedway, where he introduced cycle racing in t!"le mid 60s. His own racing career began after serving in the Air Force during World War H, and ended a few years after he and his wife, Maria, moved to SoutherIJ California wit!"l their two sons and one daughter in 1959. He joined HRL in 1961. . For complete information about rlRL's fine line of motorcycle racing products, write HRL, Dept. CN, 7340 Florence Ave., Downey, Qalifornia 90240, Q!,•.ph<5ne"2,l'3j927:478T.· , 'rrt HERCULES DISTRIBUTING, LTD. 9827 MASON AVENUE, CHATSWORTH, CALIFORNIA 91311 • ,. 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