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MINt-TRAilS open monday through saturday birth by fire By John D. Ulrich TUSTIN, CAL., SEPT. 21 .The . Orange Bowl of Motocross Friday night races got off to an impressive start tonight in spite of all sorts of omens of failure cast in its path by CMC president Stu Peters. According to mformed sources, Peters swore to do everything in his power to prevent the running of the first Orange Bowl race after he pulled all CMC sanctions for OCIR in the most fiery promoter dispute seen this year in Southern California racing. The conflict started when OCIR, in the face of declining attendance at CMC Thursday night motocrosses, decided to try a Friday nigh t race to bring up income and stave off financial troubles. Peters objected, pulled all CMC OCIR sanctions without telling OCIR managemen t, and started throwing blocks in front of the Friday night show. After that fiery birth, it appears that OCIR has forged their program into a solid success. The new track is a spectator's dream, and its entire length could be seen from the packed stands·. The rider's list remained much the same as when ·CMC was running the show, and the fans loved it. However, the Orange Bowl program is not heaven on earth. The riders in the program are not covered by any sort of medical insurance. Race organizers feel that if a rider is hurt badly enough to be benefitted by medical insurance that he will surely sue the race track. Any cider so injured who has a lawyer clever enough to get around tr",ck liability releases probably could get some money out of the track's $I million liability coverage. That a rider could muster the resources for such a legal fight after an expensive injury is unlikely at best. Greg Bartock (Hon) took the lead in the 125 Novice/Junior/Lntermediate combined first moto, and never gave it back. Doing well in the second moto, and taking first overall in the third after a nasty crash-caused blackflag and restart was good enough to give him the 125 Intermediate overall spot. Norman Bigelow (Hon) challenged Bartock in the first moto and Mark Harrington (Suz) tried it in the third, but Bartock hung in there. Bruce McDougal (Yam) fought a terrific battle in all three motos on his way to taking first overall 250 Expert, and if OCIR had fleen able to provide a complete rider's number identification Monday moming like they promised, I could have told you who he was battling with. Covering a motocross without an adequate rider number identification sheet for writing it all up later is like trying to read the recipe in a pot of boiling alphabet soup. Roger Roberts (Hon) annihilated 250 Beginner class. Another rid~r in tlie second 250 Beginner moto annihilated the course flags when a strand got tangled up on his bike. For awhile it looked like every pennant marking the course would be ripped down by the thrashing beginner, but be managed to become; untangled an·d· continue on his way. It was not the last time the course flags were like seaweed on a body surfer's'ankle that night. th~ ~~I~I••• I·t~ ·~~TI~~~ 233 71h Ave .. City of Industry."'Calif. 91746 4423 1 ~ Rowland Avcnue El Monie Cd'" 91731 (2131 44~-679J - The second Open Expert moto was blighted by the heaviest crash all night. Suddenly a bike was tuJ'!'lbling end over end as if it were a papr; toy taugljr in a high wind, effortlessly twisted, rolled, and turned. It was a startling reminder of the forces of nature that moto man rides the edge of in his quest for fun, and yet cannot control when unleashed by the smallest quirk of fate. The incident permeated the evening, with racers blasting past inches from the ambulance attendant working on the injured rider in the middle of the track. All that mattered in the world was winning, and life was just an incidental on the path to winning. Jim West (Hus), Bill Rubly (B&S), and Ken Zahrt (BuI) were first to third overall respectively. Greg Doolin (Bul) was first overall 250 Junior, with Harrison Titus (Hon) first 250 Novice and Tony Read (Mai) fast 250 Intermediate. Kurt Sofka, Jr. (Yam) continued his many week winning streak in the Mini Novice class. That kid is always in the results section. • Payne's a bUp on Russian radar By John Grout VALENCIA, CAL., SEPT. 21 I f fellow thought of med icine motocross Expert riders had Bill Payne as bad before tonight's encounter on the International track at Indian Dunes Park, they had better really take a long, hard look at him now - he's even badd'er than they migh t have though t. Not that he really needed it; but a contestant eradicator was thrust into Payne's hands for this evening's AME-sanctioned program. And Frank Cooper was so delighted with results of unleashing his "secret" weapon, that be treated a large crew to s teak and lobster dinners following the last race. Payne, astride a sparkling new prototype Cooper machine, a motorcycle that was making a debut before a large crowd of sepctators, flat stomped the 250 Expert competition all the way through the earth·s crust and into Outer Mongolia during three straigh t sets for the midbore gang. Ln the group were a number of riders considered to be among the finest in the United States. Yet, to be brutally fair how can one be expected to catch a UFO that becomes invisible to one after the first couple of laps. What I mean to tell you is that new Cooper machine was pitching a rooster tail higher than the length of the flak that trails Halley's comet. The Russians could have seen blips on their radar network. Though all three of the division's heat races started off as back-and-forther~ between Payne and Tracy Oswell, who was doing his riding for Tom Sawyer's Honda shop, Payne had the rocketing Cooper MX into substantial leads at the end of each encounter, running off at will from pursuit. . Runners-up to winner Payne for the overall victory were Tracy Oswell (Hon), Ernie Hendricks (Mai), and Randy Stubbs (Yam). Randy Schmitz, aboard a CZ, won all three motos for Open Experts. Scoring overall victories for Intermediates were Floyd Widener (Hon), 125cc division, and Chris Bartlett (Hus), who was racing 250. Jim Hale (1-1-2) on a rapid Penton for Kendick's, was overall winner against another of those outstanding fields of 125 Experts. Following a first-moto accident involving Penton -rider Joe Root, Hale con tinued on during three bitter and hotly contested heats, gaining a narrow victory over, among others, a sul'prising Pug Ferreira (Hon) , Dan "Haystack" Whitlock (Hon), and Gary Huber (Pen). Top Junior - with little doubt - was John Lewis in the Open division, taking a spin on the bike formerly piloted by Dave "Luke" Messer. And it goes to show you what talent, plus a swift bike, can bring. Lewis, victorious in all three of his motos, splintered the hopes of George Hiller (Mai), Fred Miller (Hus), and Russ Mortensen (Mai). Still other Junior division wins went to: Bob Kline (100), Craig Egerman (125) and Andy Sebok (250), a narrow vic!or over Lonnie Orr and Wayne King. And you migh t keep an eye on this young Orr - he's on the march righ t now! Minicycle and Powder Puff wins went to Greg Johnston (Hon) and Kelly Bartlett (Yarn) for her grand slam. Beginner victories were taken home by John O'Mara (100), Don Faulkner (125), Tony Verb""k (25) and Danny Ferreira (Open). •