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Cycle News 1974 06 25

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(Ya m) . fourth Ov erall , (bot h ride for Oran ge Co un ty Cy cl e). gave ~I a l y a has sle in eve ry m ot o. This actio n nev er pai d off fo r Ih·em . As far as who Rut to th e firs t turn first in the three rno tos it was e it her Bar o n or G ill m an or bo th of them at the same 1im c. T hei r Y Zs were unbeatab le off th e line . I wonder if the way th ey had the ir swingarrns painted a b right fluorescent orange h ad anything to d o wi th this, In e ach mo to Baron and Gi llm an would he out in fron t p lay ing the old Kamt.' of HI pass you. you pass me hack" while ~bly slowly wo rked up to t he m. Since thcv were so invo lve d wi th each other, by the l im e they rea lized what was ~oinK on it was t o o la te to d o anyt hing: about it. ~I ar k Rodman (lion) came o ut a lso . •\ ft e r a not-so- hot placing in t he O pen Exp e rt (seven th Overall) he ma de a great come bac k in th e 125 Ex p er t fo r th e Overall w in. A I no time di d R odman o r second p lac e n ave Mill er (Pen) ge t close eno ug h to ca ll it a di c e o ut; it was either Rodm an in first or else it was Mill er . excep t for in th e third moto when it tu rned o u t to be Rick Sheren (lion) , third Overall today . T he F ly inl( Machine Fa ct o ry did hav e one oth er ent ry o u t in t h e 250 In ter m e d ia t e cla ss an d th is time the Penton (or 1'1' 1\1 o r whatev er you want to call it) ca me ou t o n l op. The guy 's name was I\lik e Las ke r and he blew off th e rest of h is co mpe tition w ith a 2· 1-2 score . Bill lI a ne y (Kaw) to o k a se cond Overall. H e co uld o n ly manage a fo ur t h 'in the first m o to, and th en crashed a t th e star t ing t urn in the second . It ap peared he wa s go ing to los e i t o ver to John Owen [Mai} , bu t " lady lu c k " m u st have been sh ini ng down o n h im today . Bauer slams Stout in the weeds as he wins for Ramona HS By To m Blattler CO RO. ' A . CA L. , I\IAY 3 1 Led by super- q uic k Honda rider St ev e Bau e r, Ramona High Sch ool cap t ure d, by a nine. po int ma rgin , th e second in a series of high schoo l motocr osses at Corona Raceway this year. Bauer, o ne of th e top 125 r iders in Californ ia's " Inland Empi re, " wo n a ll six of his motos in th e 125 and 25 0 E xp e rt classes. AMC $500 purse Zahrtified " By Stewart B. Sapicoff CARLSBAD, CAL.,J UNE 2 Kenny Zahrt carn e out to the AMC Carlsbad !\IX to pick up some quick cash from their $500 p urse and that's just wh at he did . Ta king a very dist ant Open Expe rt second pla ce for the da y was Bill Shepard (1\lai) 1"01l0\Ved very clos ely by Coas t !\Ioto Cycl e 's star race r, Pet er 1\laly (CZ). 42 :\laly was not con te n t to jus t race the Op en class . li e a lso raced in t he 25 0 Ex pe r t class a nd came o u t with th e f irs t p lace bread a t th e e nd o f the day. ~Ii k e G illma n (Yam) , second place Overall. as well as Bruce [Mr. Elec tr ic lIair) Baro n Ken Zahrt won two classes and a bu nch of money at AMC' s money race at Carlsbad Raceway. In the first m ot o, Stout took th e ea rly lead with Ba uer in hot p u rs uit. St eve and R ick re all y put on a show for the crow d . It was fi nally Bauer slipping by on th e final I'll' t o t ake the win over Stou t a n d Co lt on ' s Jeff Robin son . T he second m alo was almost the sa me as t he fir st . as aga in Bauer h el d o ff Stou t to lak e th e number one . Th e third m ot o sa w S to u t again ta ke th e lea d a t th e s tart . S to u t b egan t o open up a go od m argin o ve r Bauer. an d it looked as th ough Bauer w as going to be h ap p y to take second in th e final mo to. S uddenl y Stev e s tarted charging and quickly closed t he ga p. Then it h appen ed ! The two riders came fly in g d own th e bi g d ownhill and Bauer left t he gas o n a bit longer than Stout , a nd slid underneath in the righ th a n der. When Bau e r slit: under Stout, he sh u t off Ric k a t th e edg e of the b ig berm . and St out h ad nowh er e to go . Stou t flew off th e tra ck. through the weeds and brush o n th e hill . and Bauer w as long gone for th e w in. St o u t was unab le to finish , a n d t o ok a t h ird O vera ll be h ind R obinson . w h o w as ri d ing a 1I0 nd" also. Th e 25 0 Expert class was nu con tes t for Bau er, lie d omin a le d " II three mo tos 10 give R amon a lI ig: h anoth er five points towards its Ov erall point to ta l. Pento n · m ou n tc..-u Dav id Ho p ki n s of Co lton f in ishe d secon d Overa ll wi th third go ing to a Hloom iug to n rider. Greg By ers ( Kaw). Bo th Ramo na and Bloomi ng 1on lIigh Schools will be rct um in u to Co ro na . Raceway .Ju ne 2X for the InJ.lI1d Em p ire High S choo) :\Iol o c ro .;)l, Cha mpio ns hip . Res u lts in th e Results Se ct ion ,

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