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sec re t to winning th e Chap arral s eve n t is
in fine tuning y o u r body . Before last
year's eve n t John polished off half a
bottle of brandy o n th e starti ng lin e,
and fin ished sec o n d overall. This y ear he
only drank a quarter o f a bottle and
finished first. The implicat ions of this
scien tific disc overy are st aggering, to say
the most. J ohn lost two points.
Punk Wilson. so n of the Earl of
Prospecter, also lost two poin ts but was
beat at the tiebreaker. Mike Hanno n lost
three for third spot and first A
Heavyweight. (Bo th Townsend and
Wilson ride in the 25 0 clas s. ]
The h ottest contest of the day was
the tea m co n test between the Bulta co
team. no w moun ted on the brand new
Frontera " models and the Mo n tesa
team on their super 25 0s. wh ich are als o
brand new. The Bultaco team is th e
H ann on -S t effan - Ek in s
f am il i a r
co m binatio n. but th e Montesa te am is a
n ew one , Steve Bell . Ro y Sheridan and
(Are yo u ready for this?! ) Dave Evans
who no longer wishes to be associate d
- with four-l etter motorcycles . Each team
scored 14 points, but Bultaco won wi th
a co mbine d tiebreake r score of 14
secon ds.
Here ar e the first ten p laces. Sorry
but th e sco ring by class has not been
com ple ted so there are no reliable B
scores or 125 sco res as yet. Pun k Wilson
has been protested by an AMA offi cial
for finishi ng th e event wi thou t a silencer
an d may be disqualifi ed, but a de cision
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has not be en reached as ye t.
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