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AME MX at Indian Dunes
by Tom Co dey
VALENCIA, CAL., Dec. 8, 1972 - The
entries started to pour in for the AME
race Saturday at Indian Dunes on the
International track with some top
Southern California racers on hand
such as Tom Rapp and Ken Zahrt. Both
led it all the way in tbe 250 Seniors and
Zahrt hooked the 125 Seniors as well to
earn a second pay check.
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Bultaco was thumbs up today in
these two classes. always ahead and least
touched by the other racing machines.
Rapp and Zahrt took off on their
Bultacos in the 250 Seniors with little
trouble. Rapp got ahead of Zahrt being
edged out with three seconds with
others like Den'ny McFarland (Hus) and
Bill Wolf (CZ) behind. Bultaco took the
lntennediates with 250 racer Jim Gappa
winning well behind the top Seniors.
Ken Zahrt had it made in the 125
Seniors where the rest weren't quick
enough to keep close. He smoked the
125 Seniors as Rapp did in the 250
Seniors. Gary Huber and Fred Holbit
(Man) couldn't hold the pace of Zahrt
and were pushed back to second and
third.
It was amazing but the only one to
worry Zahrt on the fast International
track was an amazing Junior, Rick
Henrickson, who scored for BuItaco
again. In all motos Henrickson would be
just short of Zahrt's tires while snuffing
out the Juniors and the other Seniors
completely.
Rick would come back with the mud
that was sprayed by Zahrt's knobbies
just to show how close he was to one of
the fastest Seniors around.
Two racers who rode more like
Juniors were Scott Farris ,(Pen) and Bob
Clark on a Monark.
AME MX at Rawhide
by Torn Corley
ELSINORE, CAL., Dec. 9,1972 - On a
cold weather day, the AME 'Crossers
traveled all of the way to Rawhide Park
for a race that had good smoke throwers
in all of the 125,250, and 500 classes.
The last time that this club was at
Rawhide, the class that had a full force
line-up was the 250's but today things
were happening in all classes for some
well·rounded racing.
Throughout the day the weather was
so cold that the AME racers though t
that it was necessary to keep even
warmer so many were starting to build
fires around the track. Later, it began to
snow ligh tJy and everyone had to wear
an extra jacket. Even the spectators
were Walking around with MX gloves
on.
Not for a long time has Bruce
McDougal been ripping up the AME
results but Bruce made a reappearance
that.came on strong as the others played
follow the leader in the 125 Seniors. A
Mettco-tuned Penton kept McDougal
ahead of Scott Miller who was his
closest threat on another Penton. Then,
Mike Pausell came through with a third
on a CZ 125.
Besides McDougal there was another
Senior racer, Frank Rowe, who hasn't
been around for a wbile but came to
Rawhide to race.
Rowe, on his radically put together
Yamaha, was just around the first three
yet had the potential to be the winn~r
and was just unable to get into the
winner's groove after a long break. This
whole class was worth covering because
these were all competitive racers with
competitive bikes.
Jack Hazard as a 125 Intermediate
racer had only one guy to place above
today and that was Eric Jensen from
Super Cycle on a Monark 125. Hazard
(Bul) is usually short of dicing with the
Seniors but whenever someone else
enters into the Intermediate territory he
let's them have it.
John Miller raced a CZ in the 250
Juniors and took the first two motos
cleanly with a second in the third moto.
Miller often races to- win AMC at
Saddleback and did it in the AME just
as easy over 15 other finishers. Steve
Watts (CZ) and Don Smith (Yam) came
in second and third being knocked off
by the A.I'v1C racer Miller.
