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. .ci "- en w ;: Z W ..J U >U • There was a lot of sliding.... ....a nd fa11 ing in th e Main Event action. STOCKTON OPENS SEASON ON A FAST ONE dry tr ack th at made class C trac tio n th e nam e of th e game . Wh ile all entries d idn't have it, those wi th knobbies on fou nd th at the going was slippery and treach er ous. Bill Budde and Pat He nnen put on the battle in the 250 Expert Main, Both arc hot to continue the last years b attle for h igh point. Budde finished up fourth with Hennen fift h in standings . Budde led off the Main with Hennen close in but unable to get by the fast -fleeing By Bill Spencer a tt endance th at couldn 't figure o u t wh o b e o n e of th e n ew up-and-comers fr o was wh o due to the fact that b oth had 1972. A d oubly bad note was scored 1"0. 5 's o n, Budde was last year 's No.5 when brother Steve came up with a and hasn't h ad th e time t o get o n the broken hand. Father Duane won the No .4 . 650 run but it was a sour note to start In the 650 Expert run it looked lik e the season. Bu dde would make it a doub le win w it h Dave Brant and a bo ut 20 other comi ng from Den nis com p e tit io n friends tr ip p ed do wn fro m the Spence. T he two really put o n a great Reno-Sparks area a nd wou nd u p taking show with passin g and repassing going h o me a lo t of t he b rass. Dave won the o n th ro ugh o u t. On t he fourt h lap 650 Jun ior over Nevada buddy ' Pat Goroley . It is sel do m that th e valley co ming back to t he front straigh t, racers get to see th e other side of the Budde took a wide line th rough the last mountain district riders but the troops tum and Spence wis ely took a low line are always well recognized and b ut not low enough. Budde got app reciated fo r co mi ng suc h a distance. sideways and spilled and Dennis went The famed Mexican racing team right over the top of him and th e faired well in the 650 Novice bash as handlebars b reaking at least o ne leg. It John Hernandez a nd Fernando Snachez was a sad wa y to start the season fo r the Bultaco, young speedster as he was expected to LaD!, CAL., Jan. 30, 1972 - Believe it or not the Stockton ~I.C. ran their first event of the year with tr action being of the smooth vari ety. The last st orm was left at sea two days before the event and when race time came along, the more th a n 25 0 rid e rs were t reated to a fast , F or those that were in II & senice file 0MAICOS I We ~EST PRfP~an buy anywhere. m ot • • •• ORANGETHORP! FUlLE RTO CALI . 1714 1 110 ·4991 N F came in one-two. The large Sanchez fam ily always brings h ome at least one trophy. In the 500 Expert b ash, Pat Hennen cam e out the winner o n a superbly set-up Honda that really gets with the program. Jim Saitone came in second o n his rocketship Maico over Rand y Boot h. This class wi ll once aga in be a popular one for high point battles when the regular season co m me nces in the middle of April. T he Davidson boys did their thing on ce aga in in the 125 Expert bash. Their ver y well set up Pen to ns haven't lost a race in some time and as t hei r experience b'TOWS a n d va ries, these tw o will become some more of the great ra cers th at Northern California produces for the world. (R esu lts 0 11 page 32) DISTRIBUTORS Accessori es, Sh OP T o ol sJ MX . C lothing, EQ Uipmen t. Ma l' Sp ee d Orde r CataloC] So 1.00 PO Box 6 51 7 $00 EI Ca jo n Bl vd . La Me sa . CA 9204 1 7 1 4 / 4 6 5 · 8 3 2 7 HusaVARNA AIR IN -TAKE MANIFOLD Fits all Husk y moto rcy cles. Kydex vacuu m form ed p lastic uni t is lightweight a nd du ra ble . 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