But a" the ladies were smoked by fast,
smooth Lorie Watson (Han).
AI Baker used a green 250 Husky to win the Expert bash on Saturday.
n the last lap.
behind
on
the
b rakeless
f a ct o ry-sponsored OSSA SD R but
Kookie didn ' t nee d any br ak es. He just
leaned in 'to th e turns an d backed off on
th e throttle a little to set up for the
straigh ts. They finis he d.
The san o Wasp sidehack tearn of
Bell/Ridy ard didn 't do th at we ll in
Belgian interna tion al motocross bu t th e
exp eri en ce taugh t th em so mething. Like
what it takes to win in serious sidecar
rac ing, so they did.
Fina l and co m ple te co ntradiction of
t he day was Lo rie Watson. No w , it 's
pr etty much ta ke n for granted that
m ost Powde r Puffs are goi ng to be
young , teen or po st -teen to mboy ty pes.
How then do you accoun t for a lady
who has children old en ough to race
comp letely ru nni ng away with that
class? Lorie was ab out 20th Overall,
run ning with the Old Timers, on the
first lap and finished abo ut fourth
Overall after starting five minutes
behind the men . Lorie, female p rotege
of Mr. MotoXR R uss Darnell, was so far
in front th at most spe ctators didn't
believe it was a female on the 125
Honda. (Bu t you we ren' t tak ing the
tight inside lines like Russ sai d , Lorie,
Maybe you didn 't need to .)
A personal opinion is that minibikes
shouldn't be include d in a 0-3 7 Gran d
Prix but they were an d Bobby Jones
was first at the flag on a (What else ?)
Ho nda th ump erin o .
The for t unate or un fort un a te
Saturday streaker watered out in the
Santa Clar ita river, as man y of the racer s
wo uld do and were doing, to be quickly
surrounded by about fou r girls wh o
wondered if t hey could hel p hi m. To do
what?
The
Sund ay
streak ers ,
mote-mounted all five o f them , b lasted
past the pits flashing skin and, as they
hit the deep whoop-de-doc s in the sa nd
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A.C. sets it down nice 'n' easy leading all the 500 Experts - except Brooks.
Motorcycle racing is neat!
Kookie hangs off taking Turn One on the Indian Dunes MX course.
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.
Some of the class iest streaks eve r
were run off in front of the pits.
But the whoop-de-docs are murde r
in streakin g un ifo rms .
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