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Cycle News 1973 12 04

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Amateur John Sands first overall at DRA ~~~rotlro~ ADELANTO, CAL., NOV. 18 John Sands went from Novice to Amateur to overall, all in one easy lesson, sounds simple enough but somehow things always do when you just say them. Actually John worked his way up to his present competitive state by riding all the way through the Novice program mtT'1l!::I 1418 W. 259th Street. Harbor City. CA 2131530-4656 GRAND OPENING SPECIALS Nov 21-24 l!n~ Tim Lunde 5... KoIM Bllly_ MMtn'IOm Mt Cl...lc EngI"", • in.,tOl" of "Kobe Shih Kit," progressing all the time. He has applied pressure to the Expert boys ~veral times lately and like a bottle of good wine, once you've smelled the cork you're ready for the whole bottle. At the bomb and out front of the fast moving group it was John Fisher on a 250 Yamaha with riders closing in on both sides as they headed towards the small saddle. Ron Dugan on a 400 Husky, Gus Paull also on a 400 Husky, John Sands riding a 500 Yamaha and Jack Orndoff aboard a 400 Husky were all righ t on his tail as they shuffled for positions while picking up the course. Gus Paull had taken the lead by the time they hit the "old fashioned sand wash," old fashioned in the ~n~ that it was one of tho~ big washes that run forever but appeared to be lacking the normal "whoop-

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