CMC CARLSBAD! Del11anmer Gets SHOT,Takes second!
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by Buzz Baty/Creative Images
CARLSBAD, CAL., Nov. 12, 1972
Jon Derhammer managed to take
second 250 Expert today despite beIng
shot in the back.. .literally.
Derhammer was hit in the back by a.
22-caliber air rifle pellet fired by some
unknown idiot. The pellet hit a rib that
deflected it away from any vital organs.
Jon's in satisfactory conditiolL.
Had the idiot been 'caught, he
probably wouldn't be OK. Many
enraged riders and spectators were'
rather short on understanding or the
matter and it could have turned into
something very serious. As it was, a sick
mind still remains loose, but Jon's OK
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now.
Gaylon Mosier won both motos in
front of Jon to rap up yet another
overall win this year - this coming in
the 250 class. Gaylon is steadily making
his CMC season poin ts lead more and
more stable as the year heads into the
final month and a half.
David Boydstun must have liked
Kelvin Franks' hot 500 machine which
he rode to victory last week at
Saddleback. He rode it again today and
streaked home to a pair of wins again to
take the 500s in the absence of the hot
Rex' Staten. Recent transfer Terry
Trachy (CZ) grabbed second. Trachy
made a very impressive showing in the
recent Hi Performance series and
because of it, transferred.
The winner of that series, David
Lasch, was disq ualified by CMC officials
and a re-tabulation of the series points
gives the win to Don Bridges. It was
brought to th.e CMC's attention th:'t
Lasch was not only an AMA Expert 10
Arizona, bu t was one of the best in the
Gaylon Mosier was 250 Expert winner.
Despite getting shot by some trigger happy gun freak. Jon Derhammer pulled out a second.
state, reports the AMA's Dave Welsh.
Lasch was given written notice as to the
disqualification and was asked to
provide a reasonable explanation.
Nothing was received so the rejection
was upheld.
Matt Roth (Pen) managed to squeek
through for the win in the topsy-turvey
125 class. Marty Smith (Mnk) took the
second overall but it was Tim Lunde
who did much of the challenl/:inl/:. Tim
experienced his share of problems,
though, and wound up finishing out of
the top three as Mark Tyer had his
Penton in third.
Three Juniors and one Intermediate
dominated their classes and division'
today by sweeping all three motos: Jeff
Powell, (Pen-125 Jr. 2), Joe Elliott
(CZ-250 Jr. 1), Gary Ogden (CZ-500
Jr.) and Neil Davis (Suz-500 Int.).
