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TEN YEARS o AGO 00 (7) It was Maico rime in Los Angeles as the Inter-Am motocross series hit !lOuthern California. The fint race was held under the lights at Ascot Park, and Maico's Willi Bauer was the winner. American Jim West (AJS) gave the crowd a thrill when he led much of the third moto and finally wound up third in the race and fourth overall behind Bauer, Ake JonlIOn (Mai) and top American Rich Thorwalcbon (Ric). The second Inter-Am race of the weekend was at Baymare Cycle Park, and Jonsson took the win with a 1-1-2 tally. Arne Kring (Hus) and Sylvain Gehoera (Suz) finished 2-3, with West garnering top American honon at ninth overall. Joel Robert (Suz) won both mote» of the Trans-AMA race in Franklin, GA, again showing the BSA team the way to the checkered flag. BSA's John BanD was second overall in front of Olle Petenon (Suz), Dave Nicholl (BSA) and Jeff Smith (BSA). CZmounted Jimmy Weine" was top American at sixth overall. Other top American fmishen were Sonny DeFeo (CZ/8th), Bryan Kenny (Hus/9th), Dick Burle80n (HusIlOth) and Dave Aldana (BSA/I1th). Following a successful attempt by motorcyclist Roland Ernst to bave a motorcycle ban on New jersey's Atlantic City Expressway overturned. the American Motorcycle Association announced that it would go to court to seek similar action on a motorcycle ban on New Jersey's Garden State Parkway. In tbe continuing speedway AngloAmerican match race series, tbe foreign riders stretched tbeir lead as New Zealand's Ivan Mauger and Australia's Jim Airey led Americans Steve Bast and Larry Shaw, stretching their points lead to 24-12. Airey also won every race he entered the regular portion of the Costa Mesa program. Rough salt and then snow drew a curtain over speed record attempts at Bonneville. Don Vesco's double· engined 'liner made warm·up runs at 230 mph before Vesco decided to wrap it up for the year. In a professional half mile race at Lubbock, TX, W.T. 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