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Page 6 October 16, 1973 Four Aces Grand Prix The Open Am/Ex machines thundered off the line for a fast charge to the uphill. A.C. Bakken 19c1 was second to Mitch Mayes when it was over, an hour and forty fin minutes lam. By John Huetter Photos by Dick Wright, Marcia Holley'& Huetter THOUSAND OAKS, CAL., OCT. 6-7 The big<;>try, Ignorance and intolerance of the citizens of Acton, Calif. denied them the pleasure of two days of commercia! income and fine entertainment in the form of 900-odd AMA competition riders and their associated friends, family, pit crews, dogs, kids, ~tc_ After months of planning, the Four Aces M.C. had a day and half notice that they could not run at Acton and had to seek a new site for Larry Roeseler took the 100 Expert win on his Krizman H-D, much to almost nobody's surprise. PHOTOS NEEDED From Superbowl of Motocross B & W Also Color Send Photos & Reasonable Costs to: Media Max, Inc. P.O. Box 4 !.407, Sacramento, Ca. 95841 VAN TOPS $340. INSTALLED Call Frank Heacox For Info (714) 894-9722 WHEELS FOR FUN, INC. U140 Western Ave. Stanton, Ca. 90680 . P.O. BOX 1402 - RIDE. :"MC_~~:, COSTA MESA. CA. 92626 BEST Mike Patrick's 0 YAMAHA of CORONA 1101 E. 6th St. - Corona (714) 735-7721 their traditional "Grand Prix"-style event, one of the four annual club classics in Southern California. They returned- to Muntz Cycle Park and in a few hours laid out a course that was, to say the least, challenging. At least half of the five mile course around the back hills of the large park through the Simi River bottom would have made suitable enduro terrain. Heavily ridden hills and trails in the bike park had the smooth consistency of wrinkled concrete and rocky uphills tore chunks out of rear knobbies. But, for a change of pace, there was more water than most people thought existed in the whole Simi Valley plus handlebar-width sandy trails through willows and cottonwood that made the light that filtered through a dark green color. Hard to pass through there. And don't forget the whoop-de-doos. Nobody who rode them will. Particularly after two days of racing had dug them deep and close together. It got pretty cabby. Even with silty downhills that billowed into clouds of dust, rock-hard u ph ills, knuckle-bustling trees and generally large starting classes, injuries were at a minimum, at least partially due to numerous Cilpable flagmen and run-out areas on most scary parts. Of course, the classes winnowed out a bit during an hour and forty-five minutes of racing as riders discovered their dirt racers Were not amphibious, couldn't really run at 10,000 RPM in first on an uphill and objected to use of their cantrol levers like you were stomping grapes. There were a lot of DN Fs. Despite all the things said about a cabby course, there was passing room, even on the single file downhill-if you had a little hair. Then there was the long fifth gear Start-Finish straight where some of the less professional of the young Experts couldn't resist showing off for the crowd. Wheelies don't really make you go quicker, guys. There Were some scoring problems, as there inevitably seem to be in events of this type, notably on Saturday but most of the class winners were pretty clear-cut. Fast man of the weekend, among many speedsters, unofficially . seemed to be desert racer Mitch Ma'yes, who turned consistent seven-minute laps from the first tour -to the last. He n.lSt.ยทยท keptbui'l.djng his margin. . Other cIass winners are listed below. Complete results take longer to figure. out but the Four Aces seem well-disposed toward the interests of the rider so we'd guess the scoring will get sorted out. We'll print 'em when we get 'em. It was a strangely subdued atmosphere all weekend at Muntz. There was little carousing or even the. mild boisterousness that you might reasonably expect when a dozen or