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Texas AII·EYery~hing Photos by Ike Massey WALL, TEX., Oct. 29, 1972 - On Qct. 29th, SMRA held their season finale near San Angelo. The program included Production class road racing, drags, dirt·asphalt and GP roadracing. The 500 Production class roadraces were dominaled by Gene Homot on his Kawasaki. Romot led the production race frnm start to checkers with Honda·mounted Les Reynolds coming in second. The GP Roadraces were full of participants widl many out·of·state entries. Larry BeaU Jr, a multi·talented youngster, took the 125 elass on his Yamaha. He had a going·away lead at the finish. Pedro Garcia of the'S.pratling Racing Team of Mexico City. Mexico scratched widl Randy Reynolds with the. Mexican Yamaha rider coming in second and the Honda·moun tcd Reynolds third. The 250 roadrace was Mike Conc's bag as he to'ok thc pole position on lap one and rung it out for the win. Cone entered the same rig in the 500 and Open classes and finished first and second respectively. Cone did pretty well in the GP Grand Final, too. His 250 led Gene Hornot in d,e 250 ,class, and he scored second in the Opcn class behind Joe Patton (I1on). Season Wrapup John Minanno had a bad break in the Grand FinaL He won his heat race, th.e Open GP, but after going the whole route out front and pulling away in the GP final, his 990cc Triumph Triden t threw a chain on the last lap of the money race. The Big D Cycles-prepared Trumpet coasted half a mile. With the finish line still a quarter mile distan t, and the also·rans streaming by. Minonno pushed his big.bore unit home. Talk about determination! All that was only good for a sixth place however ·as Joe Vallon, Mike Cone and David Broyles topped the Open Grand Final. The dirt·asphalt races saw some u'niq ue matches between the shorttrackers and motocrossers. The 250 class wen·t to. Maico rider Steve Darby. Larry Beall Jr. was second. The Open class was won by Terry Petersen who has been out of the racing scene for several months with a broken leg. Looks like the Suzuki rider is back in the saddle. . The drags w'ere topped by .Jon Minonno in ct No. 1.Jon found himself running against himself in the final round. Minonno entered two machines' in the top time bracket and did well enough on both of them that both made !:he finals. Sincc he was both first and second, he had to win the ET bracket. Remember Cycle News Central is coming! > o Z ~ w Z W ..J (,) > (,) Joe Minonno on his Big D-sponsored Triumph. He used a couple of other sceo.ters to beat himself and win ip the drags. SMRA Short Track ""'l. Big road race winner was Mike Cone on his 250 Yamaha. He even managed a second in the Open class. He just keeps on winnin'. Lake Havasu MX SAN ANGELO, TEX., Oct. 28, 1972The Southwest Motorcycle Racing Association held pnc of the most action-crammed indoor short track events that thc San Angelo Coliscum has ever seen. Three heat races were run in the 250 class in order to accommodate the IJrgc rider turnout. One of lhe 12·rider heats had to be restarted five times due to crashes. That was the rule rather than the exception as some 65 competitors showed up to vie for lhe $400 purse by doing battle on the Coliseum's polished concrete floor. Some of the personalities who showed were top Junior James Rawls. Dallas area shoes Mike Odem, Jim Posey. and Buck Boren as well as Panhandle nashes Terry Petcrsen and Randy Carthell. Mike Odem, on his SlOck.framed DT·2 Yarnalla. led the Main closely pursued by Bultaco rider James Rawls, who carne in second. Buck Boren (Yam) took third. Ben Harr sailed his big·bore BSA through the Open class over Joe Patton (I·Ion}. Larry Beall J r. placed third. The evening was capped by a piggy·back (or doubles) race, which Paul "Hagman" Stevenson and partner Jim Rawls won. The inlpromptu grudge match was a free·for·all with Larry BeaU Junior and Senior, IPetersen and Carthell, and Odem and Boren participating in a general melee that kept the spectators flipped out. .....__ by Steve Holdread LAKE HAVASU CITY, ARIZ., Nov. 5, 1972 - The first motocross 01 the season came off with a splash, as two sadistic water truck drivers chuckled while their truck drained into the mud hole. Area riders did quite well in the soup, considering most of them had never even seen mud before. Eric Tolbert, of Parker, dominated the 100 Novice class with two easy wins and a second. Gary Ham would close the gap while Eric wheelied, etc. Danny Davis, of Mint 400 fame, won the 250 combined class. Alan Weeks. James Huggins, and Ralph Beard, Jr. played "go fast and crash" for the next three positions. Dennis Hamilton had three firsts but Steve DeVoe and John Baldwin weren't far behind with a tie for second in the Open Novice. 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