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CD .§> 0. ,... N en ,; o Z ~ w Z W ..J U >U Corpus Christi Indoor _ by Rita Gunter CORPUS CHRISTI, TEX., Oct. l5', 1972 - The girls led off the program in the Corpus Christi Coliseum. Sonya "Sam" George (Mon) won the first heat, with Mary Mays (BSA) second, and Sam's sister, Donna, placing third on a Bultaco. Sam won the final. Donna was second and Mary came in third. The Mini-bikers put on some flashy racing. Dwyer Cummings won the first heat on a Honda. Derek Hierholzer won the final, with Max Ramirez second. Max was riding- a prototype something or other that sounded like a chain saw gone wild. He did a good job of riding his "whatever" though. The first 100 heat was a goodie between Larry Beall, Jr. (Hon) and Rick Davis riding for C.C. Kawasaki. Larry took the heat with Rick right behind him. Second heat was won by Eugene Cameron (Yam) riding for Cycle Sports Center of Pharr. The hotly contested fmal was'won by Beall. Bill Davis (Bul) won the first heat of the 125 class. George "Lizard" Larzelere (Bul) had no trouble winning the second heat. Dale Keobelin took second. Lizard was number one in the final also with Koebel in second. The man in the 200 division's first heat was Hal Stockton (Bul). Second heat winner was Richard Brown (Bul). Ron Stephens (Bul) came in second. Richard Brown won the final, with Stockton finishing second. The 250 races were fantastic. Rohn l5mael, who rides for Sun Wheels Yamaha, took first in the first heat. Rohn usually rides the dirt tracks and had to change his riding style somewhat to compensate for the slick concrete surface. He. usually hangs his bike into a far out slide, all the way around the track, bu t that wouldn't work for him Who. knows what power lurks in the (opper l-learts of NGK's? Thousands of bike and car enthusiasts know. Buggy, boat and snowmobile people, too. Plus do·it-yourselfers with chain saws, lawn mowers. But how is all that power packaged? Open up an NGK. You see high alumina ceramics. 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NGK, the long life, hi-performance plug. • Ribseliminates flash over. High Alumina Ceramicsgives beller heat dissipation and electrical insulation. More Internal Gasketsinsure a beller seal. Copper Coregives wider heat range. More Spaceprevents fouling and misfiring. Nickel Alloy Tipgives longer life. NGK SPARI; PLUGS • ( .F-I .... t ! J. ) '- • , • (U.S.~.1. 1':'11. !NC., 125111le_.·SI., } to . J" . I I J.I ';1 u.. Angelea, C111_ _ - .", . -_. \ fA£) Sunday. Bobby Hibbs (BuI) took second. The 'second heat was won by Larry Beall, Sr., father of the 100cc winner. The final was sensational to watch. Everyone was jockeying around for better positions, jostlin!\ their neighbor and looking for a hole to open up for them to jump ahead in. Rohn 1smael took a good spill when he and Larry Beall both took a dive for the same hole at the same time. While the altercation between Rohn and Larry was going on Bobby Hibbs took the checkered flag for first place. Larry Beall came in second. Ben "Doc" Harr won the Open heat as well as the final on his big BSA. Doug Brumlow was second in both races. ..... J _. lli • I.JIl(J _ by Lyle Fergus BALDWIN, KANSAS, Oct. 22, 1972 The complete course was a deep soup-like trail winding around Baldwin Motocross Park. Some of the lap times for the smaller bikes you could time with a calendar, and the big classes were not raising a cloud of dust. A t times in some of the motos all of the riders would be off pushing. 1 saw a rider fall off, with a lead of about 20 feet, and get up, start his bike, and get going before he was passed. Although the number plates were covered with mud, the scorekeepers had plenty of time to_ look the bikes over. One of the riders seemed to be in love with the excellent track conditions, he was not satisfied with riding one or two classes, but had to ride all three, and Senior classes at that. And just to prove that he really loved the track, he won all three Senior classes. The first rider in the history of Baldwin Motocross Park to do so. Ray Kohout dominated the 125 Senior f....r st moto from start to end, this moto lasted six laps (record for the day). Randy Shekells was second followed by Wes Patterson. The second moto belonged to Wes and second was Tony Martin (Hus). The third moto, which was cut down to two laps, had Martin taking the checkered flag. The 300 Senior again had Martin leading all laps except the last lap of the last moto, which Jim Huff led. Martin won the first and last moto in the Open Senior leaving the second moto for Pat Hagerty. Pat was a top contender. Tony Martin took first overall in all Senior classes. Dick Young seems to like it out front, so that is where he stayed. Winning all- three motos in the 100 Juniors. The 125 A Juniors' had three different champions, Ron Ely, Jim Bjshop, and Dana Bennett each won one moto. Ron also had a second and a third giving him first overall. B division only had two winners: Ron Russell, winning two motos; and Bill Potter winning the other one. The 300 Juniors only had two winners. A. division hot shoe was Leo Butell, B division Larry Butell. Maybe one reason for the Butell brothers winning all the motos in the 300 Junior is the fact that they rode the same Husky. Open Junior was the sole property of J ames Barrett winning the complete three rno tos.