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Page 15 September 11, 1973 Robel'ls 'start to finish REPLACEMENT SEAT COV!R Made of bleb crllde •••callyde (01" 111. .111111III d.,abilll)' ••d atitelted lOCe1bt!'f b)' nper sll'l)llC .)'\oa thread. EUil)' l.stalled I. abo1Il 15 1II10.1es Ia)' -.lIlC a 1 S" d.... eOI'd. tltt!leby ellalulinC the use of metal proaC•. SIUII to fit laOSI models of lIlOtoreydes :life 110'11' .y.lInle In 1t1ac:1t 0tI1)'. KIDNEY BD.T Datped to 1110. liMI I1d. to Itt! coafortaW. willie 1M w bel.e ...ported. nl. Is !Ioae lIy ulac perfOl"DIed . . . . . Ia)"de wlUl • foa. nIItk backlq; ..d U• • wltll 8llO. Il)'_ fUric• .Ao euntlal (01 ev-.y .atoreycU ... Av.lI- ......e I• • •1.. slus of 30 to ... Roberts won the Combined, but didn't finiSh the Expert. Th~ abov~ r~l~ase was th~ r~sult of a rain short~n~d Novice event that left the race short of the required 60 percent of laps run yet was f1ag~d as a race (checkered flag) instead of a halt (red flag). To say that this made some of the riders moody would be an und~rstatement. The result of the ensuing debate b~tween the riders and officials left the overall fmal ou tcome up in the air pending discussioD; a process that took nearly a full day to complete and set many riders on the way home with, a bad taste over the original decision (it's a race) and the interim one (there was no race). The major poin t was that some riders had slowed considerably when the rain came, losing a place or two (in one case even twelve spots), figuring on' another red flag halt to the action and a restart. However, th'e promoter's decision, relayed to AMA Regio,\!a1 Referee Charlie Watson, was "flag the race and payoff on finishing positions". The track was extremely dan~rous when wet but an underlying factor had to be the National motocross eliminations heats which could run rain or shine; it was also the case if of too many even ts crammed into too little a time. The nearly total unsatisfaction of the riders with the results led referee Watson to the decision of a calling the ev~nt a non·race; a decision which equally infuriated the riders but put everyone into the same boat. You can't quarrel if there wasn't really a race. The Novice event had shaped up to be a good one as Hank Scott secured the pole position for the first time this year, . bumping Jay Levingston from his accustomed spot. Wes Cooley, Gary Blackman, Rich Clutts, Les Johnson, and Bill Peters were all running strong with no one having a real edg~ ov~r the other. The start of the race was held up by the rain that cut the Junior event and there were threat~ning clouds as the flag fell. Hank Scott led the first lap with Jay Levingston bumping him on lap two for the lead. Gary Blackman, Les Johnson, and Bill P~krs were all close with Wes Cooley moving from the back of the pack to sixth by lap two. • Results NOVICE ROAD RACE, 1. Gary Blackman (Yam), 8 laps. 2. Jay Levingston. (Yam), 8 laps. 3. Richilrd Clutts (Yam)1.~ laps. 4. Wes COOley (Yam) 8 laps. 5. william Peters (Vam), a laps. 6. Tommy Hall (Vam). a laps. 7. John Gleason (Yam), 8 laps. 8. Ed Eaton (Vam), laps. 9 Tommy Bright (vaml' laps. 10. Randy Cle.k (Yam). 8 laps. 1 . Chuck Killen (Yam). 8 laps. 12. Henry OIVnge,\ Jr. (Vam) laps. 13. Ron Stefanko (Vam • laps. i4. Richard Chambers (Vam). a laps. 15. Kurt Lentz ivam), laps. 16. Hank Scott (Yam). 8 laps. 7. Wendell Tisdale (Yam). 8 a a a a a laps. 18. Delton Teuscher (Yam). S. laps. 19. Gerald Sprayberry ('11m), a laps. 20. William Harding, Jr. (Vam). a laps. Average sPeed, 96.704 MPH. Time, 19,51.26 AIRCRAFT QUAUTY nmOWNS "FOR PEOPLE WHO NEED RESTRAINT" ".1f. ••• _i .. )'0.. 0. )' .... _to.c)'d •• .... t .. ANCR ...·t ptofen;o..ol t; ...._ ... 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