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Salt Lake Indoor Short Track By Ray Grass SALT LAKE CITY, UT., Nov. 4,1972 - First impression, as you walk through the double doors of the Fairgrounds Coliseum and gaze upon the speedway track, is "there's just no way!" The high-domed Coliseum, which once housed scream.ing audiences of wrestlin'g fans, has within its bosom a uniquely structured, one-twentieth mile speedway track. Shaped like an elongated spudnut, the chemically treated tr~ck rests perfectly in the midst of the oval-shaped seating. To the first-time spectator, the vision of six cycles and riders tearing around that track must have seemed more like a tale from Ripley's "Believe It Or Not." After three heats of eliminations in the Open Expert competi tion the final six were placed on the track according to their qualifying positions. As the 'green flag dropped and the starter leapt to safety, the six riders were off, bumping and weaving. On the second ·turn Craig Williams hit an advancing rider and was thrown helmet-over-teapot into the path of the pack. The race was stopped and a corps of officials attended to the injured Williams. After a few minutes the veteran rider was up and walking. And, after a few turns to work out the soreness, he was back on his 400 Suzuki and back on the starting line. This time, the first lap was made with only a minimum of hitting and going into the second it was Williams and Randy Sundin, pushing for the lead. Not far behind was Stan Willis. As the final lap approached, Williams made his move on the Leader, but the confident Sundin hugged the circle and snagged the victory. Williams was second and Willis third. In the lesser powered, but by no means lesser race, Scott Jones, riding a Rickman Mon tesa, proved his talen ts by thwarting the charges of Adrian Nebeker and Tom Dickerson to win top honors in the 250 Expert division. To start things out, Steve Burgess opened by snapping up the lead in the early portions of the 200 Expert run. On a couple of turns, Burgess laid the bike down and pumped the thro ttle a little too muCh. There to try to take advantage of the wide turns was Charles Reid (Suz). Bu t, try as Reid would, he couldn't edge past Burgess enough to take tbe lead. Reid had to settle for second. In the final battle of the evening, Burgess used his head anq a quick start off the line to win top monies in the Sweepstakes. In one of the most exciting races of the evening it was Dave Waymen t opening up in the final few laps to clinch honors in the 125 Expert division. Wayment, riding a Suzuki, out-lasted Ken Moore (Yam). As a special attraction for the near-packed crowd, Craig Williams and Tommy Dickerson leapt on a pair of speedway Jawas for a few turns of the track. American Motorcycle Association Sanction Meetings S e t - - - - - Las Vegas MX by R. Miller LAS VEGAS, NEV., Oct. 8, L972 The Mason brothers took top honors in the three Expert classes. Daryl the youngest, was the winner of the "125 Expert class. With the likes of Bobby Davidson in the same class, he had to keep on the pipe and pegs .all the time. He won the first two and got a fourth in the last. Mark, the older brother, came out in the 250 Expert race on a 175 Penton. Either this motocross is very tight or Mark is just too fast for words. The only competition he had was Tom Miller (Bul), who did pass him a couple of times. In the 500 Expert class it Was 'J umping Jack' Johnson all the way except for the last lap of the first moto. Jack lost his chain and had to settle for last in that heat. Mark Mason on his new 450 Husky held off the Maico of Miller to emerge the victor with a first and two seconds over Johnson's fifth and two firsts. Mini bikes were a hlast as usual. Although they use a shorter course, they still have to ride on part of the main course. And to watch' a mini try to go through the bumps and ru ts made by the larger bikes is a treat. Almost all of them crashed once. Only consister1 t _ winner was Tim Nay on a Honda. The 100 and 125 Novice aualifv as the most popular classes. 100 Novice class was won by two riders. Both Pat Moore (Pen) and Gregg Smith (Yam) were tied in points at the end of the day. Gregg gets the gold by way of beating Pat in the last heat. Another tie was established in the 125 Novice Division 1. Both Chris Guittard and Kevin Sarrett wound up with 10 points. Kevin's second over Chris' seventh won it. Steve Brown had to settle for third even though he won two of the three heats, a tenth place ruined his chance for th e gold. Leon Chapman on his Suzie tromped the other 500 Novices. Leon has got to get the most re-improved rider award. He used to race about eight years ago and then hung it up because of business pressures. Obviously business must be going good for Chapman has really been putting it together better each race. Today he won two of three heats to emerge as victor over Doug Ootton. Undoubtedly Doug would' win. if he got bettec starts. If he didn't fall down, if his bike was faster, if he was in better shape, and, finally, if he didn't have lint in his belly button, but ifs don't make t • wins. In an effort to clear dates for sanctioned motorcycle activity before the first of the year, Dave Welsh, American Motorcycle Association Inanager of amateur activity, has set locations for district sanctioning meetings earlier than in previous years. The 34 separate meetings are located according to AMA district boundaries. DISTRICT 38 37 19 23 16 15 17 22 20 30 25 28 27 31 14 26 24 35 36 Hey. DATE. Nov. 15 Nov. 16 Nov, 18 Nov. 18 Nov. 18 Nov. 18 Nov. 19 Noy'. 19 Nov. 19 Nov. 19 Dec. 2 DeC.2 Dec. 3 Dec. 3 Dec. 3 Dec. 9 Dec. 10 Dec. 16 Dec. 17 CITY San Diego, CA Lo's AngeleS, CA Baton Rouge, LA Minneapolis, MN Milwaukee, WI I ndlanapol1s, IN Bloomington, I L Des Moines, IA Dallas, TX Rapid City, SO Albuquerque, NM Portland, OR SEattle, WA Phoenix, AR Lansing, MI Salt Lake City, UT Butte, MT Fresno, CA Concord, CA and will be attended by motorcycle clubs and promotional organizations. During 1972 the American Motorcycle Assocatiori iss,ued sanctions for 9,,000 sepiUate amateur activities including both road and off-road events. Below is a list of the meetings where applications will be taken for 1973 sanctions. PLACE Holiday Inn (Downtown) Poplar Park Holiday Inn (North) Holiday t nn (Airport) YMCA Holiday Inn (Northwest) Illinois House Holiday Inn (South) Holiday Inn (Regal Row) Holiday Inn Holiday Inn (Midtown) Holiday Inn (Coliseum) Holiday Inn (Airport) Holiday Inn (Airport) Plumbers Hall Holiday I nn (Airport) Finlen Hotel HOliday Inn Holiday Inl1 yvon!!------------------- Toronto subway cars carry special warning signs for ice skate and hockey stick toting riders: No slashing, no high sticking, no tripping, no hooking" ...CBC's French language radio outlet in English-speaking Toronto adopts as its slol(an "Frol( TIME 8 p.m. e p.m. 1 p.m. 1 p.m. 1 p.m. 7 p.m. 1 p.m. 1 p,m. 1 p.m. 1 p.m. -l p.m. 7 p.m. 1 p.m. 1 p.m. ~1 a.m. '1 p.m. 2 p.m. 1 p.m. 12 noon ~ Power" ...Blunt warning: Quebec's 1972 vehicle registration application says, "Verify all information shown in )(our renewal form, otherwise you are asking for trouble." . (Wall St. Journal, 4 A'pril 72)