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By Bob Davis
ARLINGTON, TEXAS, Jan. 2, 1972 Southern Jawa-CZ czar Clint Cavin of
North L ittle Rock, Ark. ; was out first
thing this morning checking out all of
his r id ers' bikes. Tony Wynn's b ike
sounded a little off the pipe ; Jordan's
125
CZ
looked
super on
t he
straightaways. Ron Osborn brought
alo ng a b ig BSA and a 250 CZ . There
were red CZ jerseys everywhere.
Not to be outdone, Champ ion Cycle
of Houst o n had Ch am p ion Racing Team
m emb er s in go ld jerseys. T hose tea m s
sure loo ked sharp . We are glad to see
such professionalism in moto cros s.
Po or Don Rain ey had t o ca rry th e
H& H banner a lone (w ith a little
su bs ti t utio n no w a nd th en .]
It was beginning t o lo o k like a
H oust on versus Arkan sas m atch until
Wy m an Priddy a nd Ole Fins tad sh ow ed
up , and , of c o urse, Mike Johnson wa s
u nloading his silver 125 Montesa, (What
happened to the Carabela?)
The 125 Senior class looked like a
Penton parade with one guy out of step,
who happened to be Johnson on that
Montesa. Mike had found a line far out
to the left com ing down the front
straigh r, closing the door o n everyone
excep t Finstad. Those two were gassing
it! They were only .0 2 seconds off the
250s.
T w en ty 250 Se niors lined up to see
who was go,ing to get the m o st of the
$335 purse. After two lap s Wyman
Prid dy was th e leader a nd Ma rk
Harringt on wa s righ t in there . By th e
fourth lap th er e was n o No. 161 in sigh t
an d Harringt on was leading. By the fift h
lap Harringt on was n o t in sigh t and
Mik e Crowle y was leading. Pridd y ca me
a round in last pl ace ; it seemed h is chain
h ad co me o ff. Pr iddy worked hi s way
up t o eighth but Crowley w on. Clin t
Cavin was grinning ear to ear.
D on Rainey h ad co me in t o co ntact
wit h several t ire s in a tigh t s-turn
stopp ing th e Husk y , but n o t D on. This
took him out fo r th e rest of th e d ay.
The plot thicken s. Robi Holb ert wa n te d
t o ride b ut h ad no bike a nd th e H usk y
wanted t o race b ut no rid er. T he o ther
250 class racer saw the writing on th e
wa ll - p ro test ! Track promote r Dan
Smith was to ask Robi to please n ot
race and interfere with the other riders
who had paid to p lay . Rob i couldn't
hear.
He
finished
third
behi nd
Harrington in the second mo ta while
Priddy won.
In the final mota Bob Graham looked
tough o n his Husky, more European
than Texan. He finished third behind
Ha rrington who had lost the seat off h is
CZ. Again, Priddy looked super-smooth
and p laced first.
Only 1 1 racers lined up fo r the Open
Seniors a nd again the class was pa y in g
$335, so it seemed that th e odds we re
good. It was Priddy a nd h is CZ fro m
start to finish in all three motos.
(Results o n page 32)
MRAN Family Affair
By Jim McK eon & R obbin Gibbons
LA S VE GAS, NEV., Jan. 3 0 , 19 72 Fif ty -one riders e n t ere d as a Mini,
J u nior or Seni or Trials competi to r.
Windy and co ld as it was th e Rim
Benders gave no m e rcy fo r those t ra p s
we re a challenge. You saw sa nd y hill s,
swam py terrai n and th o se sharp turns ;
no feet on th e ground, don' t cross the
lime and d o n't fa ll down. Each b o o -b o o
cost you a point or three or five.
The Mini Bike trail was the first eve nt
of the day. Eleven-year-old Glen Sallee
came in first. Creig Clair, in second o n
his Yamaha 80. And little freckled faced
Randy Dalton came up from behind to
com e in third place. lie also was on a 60
Yamaha.
Sherry Weston, the only girl Mini
trialer, came in seventh . She is very
proud of her 60 Yamaha Enduro. He r
father Dave Weston is a 23-year vet in
bike racing and her mother Helen is
MRAN's first lady novice rider. This
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