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by Patrick Neil
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL., Oct. 28,
1972 - Rick. Hocking and Chris Willems
battled it out for the number one spot
in the Marathon Series being put on by
the All American MC at Champion
Speedway today.
Hocking grabbed lbe lead with Chris
Willems jamming it along in second
spot. Willems has been taking most of
lbe winnings at lbe Marathon taces since
that form of racing has been gelling
popular in the north lately. However,
Hocking and his teammate Corry Paz put
it togelber today and ran away wilb the
first place finish in the 250 class. Rick
and Chris were swapping the lead back
and forth for about 30 minutes, when
Willems pulled off the course to check
his sticky throllle. Unfortunately, he
pulled right into about 18 inches of old
oil and steer manure.
It seems that last week's rains had
aJIowed an accumulation of mud,
manure, and old oil from the near-by
Cow Palace, junk yards, and train yards
to form a lake. The lake had dried up
some, leaving a cracked layer of hard
surface above the 18 inches of goo.
When Willems decided to puU off, it
looked safe enough. However, he was up
to the hubs before he could ~top the
forward and downward progress of the
disabled CZ.
This reporter ran to his aid, not
knowing the true depth of the problem,
and sank up to his shins, destroying a
favorite set of boots while trying to play
hero. Everyone always says I'm full of
B.S., and I think that can be taken
literally from now on. So much for the
B.S.
Hocking and Paz went on
to win the 2[.1) class event.
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Not only did he survive. but Doug Raines went on to win his heat. Buck Murphy 13K) pursues. Chuck Cummings photos.
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Raines and Murphy again, leading the pack. Murphy was overall winner.
Chris Willems takes the lead from Rick Hocking
Willems was mired in the monster muck.
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