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Rex Beauchamp (3 1) and J im Rice ran like t h is t he f irst 14 la ps. then sw ap ped p lace s and f ini shed.
Rice, Beauchamp turn first CMC Mile National
into Harley benefits
By Mike Kin sella & Ed Doody
STOCKTON, CAL.• JU NE 30
So m e of the nation 's top riders
appeared today at the Sto ckton
Mile which was held at the fair. .
grounds under CMC sanctrornng.
When it was allover, J im R ice
an d Rex Beaucham p had turned it
in to a Harl ev- Davidson one-two
J
win , with R ic k Ho cking (Yam)
ta king third in the Ex pert Main,
Ex pert . Rex Beauchamp (H-D) was
to p speedste r in the Qualifiers wi th a
42.74. Junio r Alex Jorgenson (Tri). a
lo cal S tockton rid er pulled a 44.29 to
lead his class. J o rgen so n stayed ho t all
day an d ended up taki ng the Junior
Main , m uc h to t he delight of the local
en thusias ts .
T he first heat bro ug ht t he Novices
on to the track to show their st uff. Their
sma ller engi nes so u nded puny after t he
roar of th e big 750s in the Expert an d
Am ateur classes but tb ey sho wed no less
determ inat ion in the nat o ut fights t o
.the fini sh. Mar t y Lew is (Ya m) an d
Chuck Miller (lIon) d iced all aro und th e
tr ac k du ring the fourt h heat an d ca me
d own the h om e stre tc h almost
side- by-side . thro ttl es fu ll open to the
line where l\la n y t ook the chec ke red
n aR by inc hes.
T he Junio rs gave some exciting. fast
paced rides in t he ir heats and th en ca me
the Experts. T hese guys warm the ir
engines and it sounds like the roar of
lions at fee ding ti me. They look like
figh ter pilots as they rip down the
stra igh ta way t hro ugh the su per heated
June af te rnoon all hunch ed down
hugging th e gas tank. one hand on the
thro ttle and the other tucked in. As
they come into the turn they leap up.
crack the hand leb ars violently to th e
left and drift th rough with plumes of
dust spitting from under the back
Deep breathing exercise s we re in o rder
during int e rm ission.
w heel. Rick Hocking (Yam) powered
ou t fro m the start to take a decisive lead
in his heat with Jim Rice (II-D) in
second. Ho ck ing goes full speed aro und
the ou tside on the turn s when al most
everyone else see ms 10 take the m iddle.
Experts Rex Beauc hamp (11.0) and
John Gennai (H .D) take one and two in
the second heat and had the spectato rs
standing in their seats to see the
outcome of thei r close race. The Novice,
Junior and Expert semi -main events
fo llowed after a short intermission
caused ' by a power failure . The public
address system went out and the
announcer, Russ Sanford, rushed down
to a mobile system so that the race
could RO on. After the electrical
problems were ironed out a water truck
broke down on the course causing
further de lay. The officials han d led it all
a nd soon the Main events were
underway. led off by the Novices.
The Novices did eight laps. Bert
T u rne r (Yam) had some close
compe ti tion bu t took the checkered
flag . I n t he J unior Main, A lex
Jorgenson's consisten t riding took th e
nag and the trop hy . Jim Rice (H-D) ,
and Beauchamp go t past Hocking off
the line in the Main to come out o ne
and two. When it was all over Rice took
the checkered. nag around the course in
the victory lap.
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Res ults
Nov Main: 1. Bert Turner (Yam): 2 .
Robert Murray (Vam): 3. Steve Eklund
(Yam): 4. Dan McWhorter (Yam): 5. Rick
~eed (Yam) .
Jr Ma in: 1. Alex Jorgensen (Tri) ; 2 . Charles
SOderstrom (Yam); 3. Art carter (Yam); 4 .
Jeff Co leman (Tri); 5. James Keener (Trl) .
Ex Main : L J im Rice (H-D) ; 2. Rex
Beaucham p (H·D); 3 . Rick Hocking (Yam); 4.
Danny Heckle (Yam); 5 . Jim Rawls (HoD) .
Nov ice s really got int o this Mile t h ing. Marty Lewis (11 ) barely pulls it o ut.
