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Cycle News 1972 01 25

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" ..,. f~;.. : ,- ._0 ", 1 M Some Juniors at theCMCMotocross,1/16/72 Sadd leback Park , Irvine, Calif. c "o " Q. (Results on page 28.) N .... OJ tti N " ...., " rJ) ;: w Z W ..J U >U . .- ( ....~ . ~ ) : .~ .. ... .' Battenschlag on th e first lap of Robert De Rieux, 500 Intermediate. Dennis Hazlett was top 250 Junior i n Divi sion 11 after some bouts w ith David Bakkedahl and Wilb ert Bergkamp. Photos by David Swift ~ o. '- I Harl ey-Davidson 's 125 racer m inus broken exp ansio n chamber. Ins et , Jim Beauchamp . Harley- D a vid s on S ponsors ( s o n - o'- a - gun l) 125 M XTearn 250 Intermediate Mike Loftus fi ghts for control on the last lap of the final p ressured by MoJ tesa-mou nted F rank Munoz. who took second in the class . \ ........ - . .... _ . ~ is Jim Beauchamp 's win in the CMC's 125 Expert column Sunday wa s most significant; it wa s the first win for the as -vet-unpubfi cized Harley-Davidson Motocross Team. The team will consist of 16-year-old Beauchamp and desert star Terry Clark. Beauchamp fin ished fifth overall in the CMe's 1971 point standings as 12S Expert and will make a full-blown attempt at the CMC Number One plate this year with com plete backing of the Milwaukee factory . Clark, 18, won the Number One plate for H·D in District 37 desert trailbike competition t his yea r an d will rid e various motocross events. Dean Goldsm ith . who won the recent Mex ican 1000 along with Clark on a 100cc Baja. will handle all the t uning chores. The bike is bu ilt in Ita ly by Aeremacch i, who manufacture t he Ba ja and Sprint for H-D. The engine was previewed several months ago in a Cycle News interview with Clark. It is a Golden Wing 125 , an extremely successful road racing mill. Clark is currently running a mo unt with a spec ially-built Cheney frame. The frame Bea uch amp used for his win Sunday is a stock end uro-type model made in Italy. Anot her one has been shipped for Clark to cam paign on soon.

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