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DESERT STAR CLARK WINS SA Y MARE CASH l N By Art Cox MOORPARK, CAL., Feb . 6, 197 2 - A regular d ay of m otocross produced plenty of a ction toda y at Bay Mar e Race Track. Junior riders competed for trophies, while the Seniors raced fo r cash. All classes were able t o ride th ree 15 ·minute m o ro s. Seniors were run up the large Expert hill d uring their events. T erry . Clark, the number o ne T railbike Des ert rider sh owed t h e 125cc Experts that long duration desert riding p ay s o ff in moto cross. After o n ly fair st arts, Clark, riding just short of fantastic on his Harle y- Davidson, m oved up t o first spot during tw o of the three Senio r motos. Clark acco m p lished this during the las t few minutes of each moto. After the leaders began to slow, h e shot out to take first o verall with a I , 2, 1. Ken Zarht (Bul) a nd Brad Blair ( Bu l) grabbed sec ond a nd third spot cas h . It wa s Bultaco day duri n g th e l25 cc Novice events. First three ov erall winners were on new Pursangs . Sup er Joe R oot (B ul}, as he did last weekend, gave anoth er th re e fin e fast rides fo r first overall with a I, 2, 1. Se cond was Ron A cevedo (Bul) with Dennis Hail e (Bul) third. J ohn Maron y (C Z) ea sily won a ll three of his motos to take home firs t 250 Senior cas h. St eve Ol iver and Charles Mott ( Bu l) also wo n a fe w greenback s, co min g in second a nd third overall. CZ had a fiel d d ay d uri ng th e 25 0c c Novice race s wit h the first four overall places go ing t o J oh n Holm es, J erry Hard y, David Eng lish a nd Mik e Rickey. You've go t t o see him rid e t o believe it ; fres h o u t of th e woods , rid ing h is third moto cr o ss race, Gary Lunsford (Hus) pri o r to t o d ay's ra ce won every moto that h e h as compet ed in at Bay Mare. T oday , d uring the Open N ovic e series of m o t o s, Lu ns fo rd moved his ta lly up to eigh t straigh t wins with th ree fir st s for the large trop hy. Ed ison Dye sho uld p ut scouts o ut to watch how well h e h an dl es h is H usk y . Speak in g of H usk ies, Glen Lund on a n ew 5-s peed m o d el cap tured firs t Open S enior cash wi n ning $4 0 and t wo di nners at th e Vik ings Rest aura n t in Oxnard . (Courtesy of Robert Spence, o wner.) Mik e Brown (C Z) , almost too k th e fo od o u t of h is m outh b y staying on his rear fend er lo r two m otos , Bro wn won second Se ni or cash, wi th Tom Simson winnin g third money . Next week end at Bay Mare, th er e will b e an oth er " A II Junior Da y" with all classes co m pe t in g for 5 0% tr ophies. If you have never raced m oto cross, there will b e a d ivision fo r rid ers with und er five races ex pe rience as we ll as one for th e more profficient Novices. ( Re su lts o n p age 3 2) .... C) ii u, ~ w Z W ..J U >U DUNES N EW GP COURSE Many of the nation's t op professional rac ers are expected to co m p et e on th e Intern atio nal Grand Pr ix co u rse a t Indian Dunes Park in Valencia , Cal. , on Feb. 13. \\'hile sailing into ac tio n o n a new. 2-m ile obs t acl e co urse whi ch is es pec ia lly designed to acco mm o da t e high sp eeds, rider s in the p ro ra nks w ill be co m peting for a sh are o f th e cash purse in 12 5 , 25 0 an d 5 0 0c c machi ne ry divisio ns . Each clas s will co ntes t th e o u tco me o f two 2 0-min ute mo t os, A lso sched u led fo r th e d a y 's hi gh -fl ying ac tio n , will b e sp ecial even ts fo r riders classed as Ju niors, Ol d-Timers a nd Po wder-Puffs. S u nday 's first ra ce at Indian Dunes b egins at 9 :30 a .m. motocross L ~ , How do y ou like that? Walt hires the tro phy girl and then steals a smooch . Old Ti.Iners Run At Ba):'" Mu.r-e By Art Cox MOORPARK, CAL., J an. 3 0 , 1972 Bultaco tam er Joe R o ot sp onsored by Wo odland Hills Sportcvcle, on a very fast new 125 Pursang, hung o n t o th e saddle with tw o wild but go od rides to cap ture first o verall with a w in in eac h of his tw o motos at Bay Mare Par k today. Ro ot rid es with th e proficient Novices . George Om o Ill , t h e so n o f Omo from Om o and Son Cy cle Sales in Ventura to ok second ov er all b rass on a Montesa w ith Lenny Liston ( Ric) taking third. Three lIuskies dominated the less th an five race experience Open class with Gary Lunsfo rd (lI us) rep eating last week's perfo rmance taking first in b oth o f his moto s for a large o vera ll tr ophy. Ri ch Lawson (lIus) and Wayn e Brown (CZ) t ied for second. A bike racing club with memb er ship lim ited to racing ent husiasts o ver 40 , th e "Old tim ers" came en masse. Jim Burgess (S uz ) was fir st o ver the st art hill in b oth motos but managed to let a few o f his "buddies" by in each m oto before th e c h ec kered flag. Burgess 5 , 3 tied with Nick McLerd 3, 5 for second o verall. First place also produced a ti e between T om H oyle (Bul) 1,2 a nd J ohn Si ebrant (G re) 1,2. Ba y "'Iare rider s' " Sportsm a n Committee" has re commended (wit h management's ap p ro val) to help riders classed as an "Amateur" ge t a bett er break for their day's riding efforts. In the past when a r egula r day of motocross is held , there are two groups, Novices a nd E xperts. Novices rid e for tr ophies an d Exp er t s co m pete fo r cas h (usually p aid t o th e first t h ree places) . Amateurs st ill have to ride with the Experts . As an Amateu r rider com peti ng against some o f t he top Experts it usually is quit e h ard to ta ke h ome o ne o f th e top th re e (money) places . So what h appens : T he Amateu r rides for fun with not m u ch cha nce o f acquiring something for his effo rts ! In the fu ture at Bay Mare when an Amateur sign s up , he will designate " cash" or "trophy " o n th e e n try blank. If he sele cts cash , h e t a kes h is c ha nces and will b e scored wi th Ex perts a nd paid accordingly . If h e goes for a troph y he will still rid e with the E xp er ts but will be scored separa t ely for a tro p h y. (R esu lt s o n page 32) SICKLE FLICKS The Santa Barb ar a Motorcy cle Club is sp onsoring a n evenin g o f motorcycle racing m ovies Friday, Fe b u ra ry 1 1 at 7:30 p.m. at San Marcos High School Auditorium, Turnpike Road and Hollister Avenue, in Goleta. More than two hours o f action-pack ed colo r sound movie entertainment will featu re every p op ular aspect o f dirt racing to ro ad ra cin g at Day tona (a nd lots o f m oto cr oss ). Advance ti ck ets are availa b le at m an y motorcy cle sh ops in Santa Barbara an d Goleta. Tickets will be o n sale at San Marcos High Auditorium Box Office at 6:00 p.m. the night of the show. Admission is S 1.50. '

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