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team of Chuck Bower (Ieftl and Bruce McDougal.
Stellar Lions Lineup
By Buzz
WILMINGTON, CA., Jan. 28, 1972 Tonight's CMC motocross saw not only
a large field but a stellar one to boot:
John DeSoto, Brad Lackey, Rich
Thorwaldson, Tim Hart, Dave Pessey,
Mike Cram, Tom Rapp, Dave Rodgers.
I don't know what got the guys all
pumped tonight, but right from the first
drop of the starting gate it was as if all
260 riders had but one control on their
scoots; the gas, opened to the last click.
Now there is nothing wrong in a rider
going out to do the deed and thinking
"gas it," but, tonight everybody was out
there WFO. About midway through the
second round of mot ds some of the lads
began letting their throttle hands write
checks that their ability couldn't cash.
The ambulance had to roll five times
with injured riders, three with serious
injuries .
It was during the last 125 Expert
mota that Tom Cook got off at the
bottom of the right tum jump at the
end of the back straight. Tom was down
righ t in the groove and despite
Baty
everyone's attempt to slow or stop the
rest of the field (even Brad Lackey was
on the track trying to protect the fallen
Cook), one rider insisted on zapping the
slowed leader Dave Rodgers. It didn't
do him any good as he doesn't show in
the top three. If the sport is ever to
reach the big time, dumb stunts like
that will have to draw some kind of
penalty.
Rogers got in for first overall after
three hard-fought motos.
John DeSoto figurcd to have his
hands full in the 500 Expert class, what
with all the talent that was on hand, but
the first two motos were won by John
going away. The crowd had to wait until
the last mota to see DeSoto off the line
in tenth spot, work his way past
Lackey, Hart, Cooke and Thorwaldson,
with the crowd cheering, and announcer
Bruce Flanders' voice up in high register
"John nailed Peter Lamppu at the last
jump twenty yards from the flag to win
by a bike length."
(Results on page 32)
