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Ken Zahrt had the distinction (?) of a doub le - the 250 Pro and
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Part Two:
Valley Cycle Park
Getting the gate slammed -hard- in Valley's uphill chicane.
'AMEaster MX
By Barney Drake
SIMI , CAL. , MAR. 30
Part one: West,
Harper & Hale take
home top money
Th e seco nd half o f this AME
$ 1200 weeke nd was held at cha llen ging Valle y Cycle ' Park. With
$600 up fo r grabs, the act io n was
exc it ing.
By Barney Drake
VALEN CIA, CAL, MAR. 28
Open class Exp ert j im West (Mai),
showed up at A~ I E's Frid ay night
race s to take hom e a chunk o f th e
$ 600 purse, as he successfully
maneuv ere d his way to first overall in
that class . Bill Payne (CZ) cap tured th e
win in the second mota, but didn 't have
en oug h points to edge out Wes t. Big
Dave Haugh (Bul) piloted his , way to
third overall.
Will Harper (CZ ) won th e 25 0 Expert
class again, and Don Hansen (Mai ) to ok
up the slack to finish second overall.
J im Hale (Ha n ) domina ted the 12 5
Pros with two wins and firs t overall.
Honda mounte d Mike Pillar slid into
second overall, barely edging out Rob
Rollins (Bul) who took third overall .
Little Bob Kline guided his screami ng
Elsinore to an overall victory in the 125
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Results in Results Section .
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TI,e 500 Pros were the firs t to go at
it . T he first mota develop ed int o tw o
separa te b at tles as Ber kel ey "[Mai)
chased Pay ne (Mai), an d be hi nd th em
Salmo n ( ~ Iai) trailed Oesch (Mai). As
th e m ot a p rogress ed Pa yne and
Berkele y tangled and fell leavin g Payne
with an injured leg, fo rci ng him out of
th e day 's race . Ber keley got up in time
to hold back Salmon who had pas sed
Oe sch .
At . the st art of th e second mota
Berk eley and Salmon soon be gan to pull
away fr om th e pack , but Salmon just
co uld n't pass Berkele y , who collec te d
first pl ace m oney , leaving Salmon with
sec ond ove rall. J eff Wright (CZ) fin ished
third in the second mo ta, fo r a thir d
overall .
With just a handful of riders showin
up for the 125 Pro race , desert ace Tom
Zantner (Ha n ) took both motos with
rel at ive e a s e .
It was Ken Zahrt's (Bul) day as he
charged his way to two wins against
large field of 250 Pros. Tracy Oswel
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