Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

By Buzz Baty CARLSBAD, CAL., J an . 3 0 , 1972 Three hundred and eigh ty riders put their name o n th e lin e t od ay then went out and had themsel ves a b all under b righ t blue ski es a nd a warming su n. Some idea of th e size of th is field ca n be seen by lo o king at th e 2 50 Junior entries- One hundred and th irty of th em rod e in four div isi ons, a tot al of fifty-four motos w er e flagged off toda y starting at 8 a.m. with the 500 Experts an d ending at 5 p .rn. w ith the last 100 Junior race. Douglas Bishop (217) finds himself in an awkward position. Stan Moore (2991. Darrel Gillen (3901and Brad Wootto n (87Al pass by. The really ding-dong figh t of the day developed in t he 125 Expert class with Jim · Beauchamp (11-0) fighting tooth and toenail with th e new team of Met te o ride rs , Chuck Bower and Bru ce Mc Dougal. Beaucham p wo n the first mota w it hou t eve r havin g even o ne second of b rea th ing ro om over l\l cDouga l an d Bower. T he se cond m oto saw Bower pres sin g J im so ha rd that th e slic k yo ungster o n th e factory II-D fell o n the second lap but remo unted to regain th e lead from Chuck with Bru ce closing o n both o f them. No w it was Ch uck wh o fell , letting Bruce in to second pl ace on th e third lap, o n th e last lap, wit h McD ougal p ressi n g h ard, Bea uc hamp fell for the second time and a t th e chec ker it w as McD o ugal, Bow er and Beauchamp. The last mota saw the th ree lead ers o n the line - McD ougal o ne firs t , o ne Grace and sty le. Bill Booth of San Diego, flies off the jump. Lindstrom Wins Jacksonvill e's Winter-AMA J ACKS ONVI LLE, FLA. , J an . 29 , 1972 Fac tory 11usk y rider Gunna r Lindstrom wo n the 25 0 class t oda y d uring the second round o f th e Florida Winter-AMA se ries . T he 25 0's we re run with two q uali fy ing h eats an d a fina l due to t h e large field of en tries an d the narr o w tight -and-ro ugh J ack sonville t rack . Lindstrom won the second qualifying h ea t and t h e fin al whil e Jim Weinert (Mai). winner of th e first quali fy in g h eat, was eliminated d uring a pil e up in the first co mer as the fina l go t underway. Tore J on sson [Mai] won the Open class o verall w it h out winn ing any of th e th ree heat s and Xlark Blackw ell p laced second as rain turn ed the course in to a sea of ax le d eep mud second - Beau ch am p one first, one third - Bow e r o n e se cond , o ne th ird. T hese th ree put on a re al fight wit h Bea uc h am p h olding o n for th e wi n an d firs t o verall - McD ougal second ove ra ll an d Bo we r third to cap th e end o f a fin e day . (R esu lts o n p age 32 ) PR OVI S I ON RES U L T S 2 50 Gunnar Linds t ro m Wy m a n Pridd y Da ve Longcor John Bor der s OPEN T ore Jon sson Mark B lac k w ell Bob Grossi Bi ll C leme n ts Hus cz CZ B ul Ma l Hus Hus Hu s CMC's No.1 plater, Billy Urban. .... "

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