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PRESENTS THE
2nd ANNUAL
Joe M cManus grabbed t he ho leshot in t he first DeAnza 250cc Novice rnoto,
but ended up second overall beh ind Butch Baker.
;John Silva ran away f rom t he 250cc Intermediates at DeAnza.
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once more. In th e th ird rnoto , it was
White's turn to lead. He stayed out
ont for most of the race, but the
rough track took its toll on him also .
Baker moved into the lead on the fifth
4p,. In the final laps , McManus also
p~d White and that's the way they
ended the race.
. T he Open Experts were , as usual ,
very fast . Chuck Pettigrew was the
I!!an to watch on his big Maico. He
¥>Ok both motos with su rprising ease
and came out on top of Tag Turner
(Mai) and David Aleman (Yam).
. , Results in Results Section.
Moore wood,
Eropkin, and
Browntake
acing World MX
By Keith Clemons
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'TRABUCO CYN . , CA, FEB. 19
;rhe Open Pros got the American
Motocross Enterprises (A ME)
Racing World's day started off
~i tli Lance Moorewood leading
me br igade throug h two motos of dirt
and sun . Bearingdown on a DG -tuned
Suzuki , Lance made winning look easy
as he hopped int o th e number one spo t
at th e hole and held t he position
through the flag both tim es around .
Moorewood's been racing for seven
yea rs, five on m in is where he won th e
World Mini Grand Pri x in '72. and
two years on bigger bikes. Presently
he 's in tra in ing for Na t ional
competition .
Overall second and th ird place
takers in the Open Pro race were as
consiste~lt as. Moorewood. Bill Ha gen
drove his Yamaha crazy trying to get
up front but wound up second both
times. Chip Howells' Husky brought
him around in thi rd.
Dave Eropkin took the 250cc Pro
money. In the first race he rounded
the first comer in third , followed by
Lance Moorewood who also ran in this
class. By the third lap they held second
and third behind Mitch Musgrave.
Bob Walker, who sta rted with the
holeshor ,
fell
steadily
bac k .
Moorewood streaked by both Eropkin
and Musgrave to steal the lead and
sta yed there to win . Eropkin's Yamaha
ca me down with a sick carburetor and
wouldn' t run well at top end but it
d idn 't stop him from grinding his wa y
past Mu sgrave. Mea nwhile Rick Bland
was moving up from the back and near
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