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I POTAT OIL DISCOVI Y. It's a ra re day w hen any body can win two Pro MX classes back to back. Bryar Holcomb (Bull d id it in the 250 and 500 rounds at Carlsbad. CMC Carlsbad RandY M y e rs ( B u l) . 3 . Nelson W h iteh i ll (H us) . 500 PROS : 1. B r y ar Holcomb ( Bu l) . 2. Billy Clements (Hus). 3. A l b er t May (Mal) . By John Bet hea CMC Irwindale CARLSBAD, CAL., FEB . 24 Bryar Holcomb, riding both the 250 and 500 classes today at Carlsbad Raceway, bit off as much as he could chew and pulled off a very well-ridden double against all the other top pros. T he best race had to have been the final 500 in which he and Billy Clements (Hus) got locked into a duel similar to the one Rex Staten and Mike Hartwig had here two weeks ago. Bryar held the lead but for the entire twelve laps Billy hounded him, several times pulling alo ngside and nearly passing. Billy won t he firs t round, with Bryar second , co m pleting overall honors. Bryar held on all the way for the win with Clements second a nd Albert May (Mai) taking th ird with a pair of 'em. Ove r in the 250 it was a bit easier for Holcomb as he won both rounds. Richard Grafton, on t hat privately sponsored YZ. charged in with a second but was o ut of it in the final w he n he an d Rich ar d Kastner (Bul) ta ng led on the straightaway h eading for tu rn t h ree early in the race. A ho le was ripped in the bottom of Kastne r's tank. Gas spewed out a n d ca ught fire, but was quickly ex tinguished. N either rider fi nished the moto , nor were they hurt. This gave Ran d y Myers (Bul), third in the fi rst race, the solid go-ahead for second overall as he occupied that position also in the final m o t o. Fo r aw h ile he began to close on Holcomb but saw he wasn't gonoa make it so slowed slightly to insure his runnerup position ahead of Nelson Whitehill (Hu s) , third overall with a p air of fifths. Marty Smith was back and raising havoc in the 125 Pros again , winning both rounds in runaway style. In his best finish ever as a pro, Dave Eropkin (Hon) cam e home second on points with a fourth and second while third overall Chuck Bower (Hon ) had a second and seventh. What cost him was a chain coming off in the second round. Mike Tripes (Hon) secured fourth over Ted Weeks (Ho n) . • Results 100 JRS: 1. Doug Boyd (Vam). 2 . Corkl Moore (Ya m) . 3. Randy Bo n n (Hon) . 125 JRS D IV I: 1. Jeff Tomlin (Hon). 2. Tom Settle (Hon). 3 . John Smith (HOn) . 125 J RS DI V 11 : 1. D en n is Beat (Hon) . 2 . Michael A p p le (H u s) . 3. D av id Gordon (Hon). 25 0 J RS D IV I: I. Bob Br o wn rcz) . 2. Robert McBroo m (CZ ) . 3 . Larry Lutz (Hon ). 250 J RS OI V II : 1. D a n a S la ter (Vam) . 2 . Mark Win dso r (CZ) . 3. R ob er t Cooper (Mal). 500 J R S : 1. Frank Scnlo pp l (Mal ) . 2. Bi ll Man dersh ie d (SUZ) . 3 . Tom Sharkey { H us }. 125 INT: 1. Scott Montgomery ( Han). 2 . John Smoot (Han). 3 . Joe Pla n t e (Han). 250 I N T : 1. Jim R u t h (Mai). 2 . Ro b Raymer (C Z ) . 3 . Dave RidOlecomb (CZ) . 5 00 'NT: 1. Dave Charette (Mai). 2 . M ike Tague (CZ). 3 . Gary Martin i (Hus) . 125 EX : 1. Mike B e ll (Han) . 2 . Jeff Skeen (Han) . 3 . Albe rt Cancino (Han) . 250 EX: 1. D a le A n d er so n (Bul). 2. Charles lott (Han). 3 . John Wil der (CZ). H ACKS : 1. John Monahan/ Brian R am sd e n (Han WasPI . 2. Ge ne A Ck er m a n / C av e B i gl ey ( Nor Wasp) . 3. Don Huntly/Steve Rltenle (Vaml . 125 P ROS: 1. Marty Smith (Ho n). 2. D av e Ero pkln ( HOn) . 3 . Chuck B o w e r (H On). 250 P ROS: 1. Bryar H olco m b ( Bul ) . 2. I .......... ........ . . . ..... . .... .......... .. • • . ' • •• • • • •••• ••• • ~ . • By John Bethea IRWINDALE, CAL., FEB. 22 On the final night of the 1973 Irw indale season, Dave Pessy won the 250 Pro class for the fourth week straight, a track record. Tonight, in only the fourth pro meeting of the year at Irwindale, Jeff Vidic brought his Maico home to his fourth in a row, tying the standard. The first two rnoto victories were done fairly easily in the runaway style. when Val Tamietti (Hon) grabbed the lead in the th ird, Jeff wasn't too concerned in second place as he had the overall sewed up. Jim West (Hus} stuck right along with Vidic for the duration, several times p ulling up along side in hopes of passing , b ut was held off. Twice second to Vidic earlier, Bryar Holcomb (Bul) fo un d h im self in fo ur t h place and even though he rode a good, har d race, just could n o t fi nd an opportunity to sq ueeze by. He still managed secon d o verall. It wasn't to be Holcomb's night. T h ings really ca me undone when he and Chuck Lunde tangled in the King of the Hill feature just before half-time, T hat was the first ti me he went down. In the second 500 Pro he took another hard header on the res urfaced track and didn't eve n show up to race the third. West had a fairly easy time of things in the 500 once Holcomb crash ed out of the pi cture ; he swept the class with Luke Messer (1\1a i) taking second a nd Dan Barnes (C Z) third. Luke. who is still trying to get b ack in to shape after his spill last fall, appeared rather con te n t with his second. Joe Johnston (:'Iai) put on a show for the crowd . After a second and a third, Joe had the machine seize in the final round. A ngrily he pushed the bike over and started to walk away, then decided that wasn't enough. He went back and kicked it several times, then jumped on it. Finally, he pushed across the line for a fourth overall. • so KBIS AADlo 74 Th e Motorcycle Station Results Mini: 1. Jo e Tucci ( H On ) ; 2. Bill Fan cher (Han) : 3. Scot t Maso n (Han) . 100 Jr: 1. Jeff Wiedeman (Hod ); 2 . Mark Riker (Had); 3 . F r an k rnman (Hod) . 125 Jr : 1. B o b Mari n o (Hon); 2 . J err y Fannings (Ho n); 3 . Jeff Jopling (HOn). 25 0 Jr : 1. Ji m Ru t h (Mai) ; 2. Ramon Brune r (Hon); 3 . Larry Lutz (Honh 500 Jr : 1. Tim J o h n so n (Yam) ; 2 . Ed Mi ller (Hus); 3 . D u an e Dier rczi . 125 I nt : 1. Gary Denton \Yam)i 2 . Mike Thill (Han); 3 . Tag Turner (Bu ) . 250 lnt: 1. Jeff Sloan (Yam) ; 2. Mike Huhn (Hon); 3 . Tim Wyant (CZ) . ~OO Int : 1. Gary Lunsford (TNT): 2 . RiCk Carr tsosa (Mai); 3 . Greg Schweers (BSA) . 125 Ex : 1 . M ike Bell (Han); 2. Kelly Owen (Pen); 3 . Albert Cancino ( H a n ) . 2!>0 Ex : 1. Sc ott D oornbos (Han): 2. Frank Fitzgeral d (Hus). 125 Pro : 1. C h u c k Lunde (Han): 2 . Cliff Lett (HOn) : 3 . Bryan D od ge (Hon) . 250 Pro: 1. Jeff V idic (Ma l): 2 . Sryar Holcomb (BUl); 3 . J im West (Hus) . 500 Pro : 1. Jim West (Husn 2 . Luke Messer (M,ai) ; 3 . D an Barnes (CZ). t Sweet Duck Suzuki 'M1~ Desert and MX SPeciali.sts 1010 E. Arrow Hwy. Cuvina, Ca. 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