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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
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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 .
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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
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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.
