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By Buzz Baty .
IRVINE, CAL., Feb. 6, 1972 - The
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Happy Birthday t o Jim Beauchamp. H is pals
present ed him w ith fo ur doughn uts w ith 17
matches stuck in them. No wond er he looks
so pleased.
usu al. H e was first unde r th e Checke r,
but only b y scant in ch es as Chuck
Bower an d J eff pressured h im all the
way . It was o n the first lap o f this m oto
th at Tom Rapp t ook an unsch edul ed
detour th at de nied him any chance for
firs t over all. He t ook ninth .
That close fin ish made a little tidbit
of helpfulness , o n the part of Jim
Beauchamp's
H·D
crew,
very
significant. It seems that Jeff was in
need of a drive chain, so the H·D people
provided him wi th one, after the first
moto, they were saying they should
repo the chain (just kidding). As things
turned out, maybe they should have.
The second moto had Tom Rapp
leading Jeff and J im under the flag as it
was Bowers tu m to do a n umber and
have to scramb le for fourth.
It was after this m o to that a b irthda y"
party was h eld in the p its . A paper
p late, h ol d ing fou r chocolate do ughnuts
with 17 wooden matches b lazing, was
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Here's a couple of ones : Jeff Wright (l Fl and Tom Rapp
presen ted to a totally surprised, and
now
I7·year·old Jim, Beauch amp.
Congratulations and mu ch su ccess,Jim!
The last moto saw Jeff WFO fr om
th e drop of the flag; it was obvious that
he was not going to let anyone get close
and he d idn't. Bowers was h old ing
second, Rapp third, with Beauchamp
fourth . Then Lady Lucky go t fickle and
deserted Bea uchamp . His carb fe ll off.
After stuffing the ca rb back on the
intake, J im finished ninth . Wright,
riding with talent, sty le, and consistency
rolled up to the pay window first
overall, Bowers second, and Rapp third.
(IE).
Rapp and Beauch amp we re tied for
third but C:'lC rules st at e the riders with
the best finish in the last moto wins .
Billy Urban disp layed why he is No .
I, riding a scoot th at h e is not ye t wired
in on. Billy t raded first and seconds
with Gaylon Mosier, and as with the
125 Experts , the 250 Expert was up for
grabs in the final moto . It was Gr eg
Smith on h is Maico, who jumped out
front , wi th Mosier second, and Urban
third. They went six laps with Greg
holding off Mosier and Mosier holding
off Urban, but Greg t ired and slowed.
Urban passed Mosier's Maico and then
gassed his CZ by Sm ith as Smith went
wide in the downhill swe eper. Billy
stretched it out and took the flag go ing
aw ay.
Billy Urban , Jeff Wright, and Rich
Thorwaldson, (Rich, winner of the 500
Expert class) enjoyed a fine pay day.
Stu Peters paid out $1 10 to each of
them from a really good $630 purse.
Based on a 100% p urse fro m the Expert
entry fees, one can see that 63 Experts
were on hand, wit h only 37 m ore
needed, those $1000 p urses are just
around the co rn er.
(R esu lt s on page 32)
400 Juniors Take On New Dunes'Grand Prix Course
Like Lemmings. theAll -Junior Day Juniors head for the water crossing on the new Grand Pri x course. Ne xt week. the prof essionals take it on.
ByJ ohn Gro ut
the n ew t h ree- m ile circ uit left th e Old
Photos by Racin g Photos
Res erv at ion sm ilin g and weary from th e
VALENCIA , CAL " Feb , 6, 1972
len gth y round o f comp et it io n .
Another longer dirt co urs e was put in to
Th ey had b een involved in Grand
op erat io n during today's A ll-j u nio r and
Prix moto cro ss racin g and it 's no t too
Old-Tim er p rogram at Indian Dunes
likel y th at any o f th e rid ers felt t hey
Park.
co uld have been able to tum even one
With more th an 400 riders rolling to
more lap o n th e ro cket-fast tr ack.
the starting line to c o n test th e o u tcom e
Rick Salm on (Ya m ) and Gary Hy me s
of motos for 13 different divis ions, ea ch
(C Z), both o f whom accounted for
group was only able to do battle twice
o verall victories in the two div isions of
instead of the customary 3 heats but the •• 250 +4's, put on the day's most
vast majority of the racers wh o tackled
spectacular show for an extra large
gath ering o f spectato rs, wh ile full-boring
the water crossing s and b ac k-chute
j um p s.
Salmon, wh o has always b een among
th e lead ers fo r th e Dunes 12 5cc
ch amp io nsh ips , was ta king h is in t ial rid e
on th e lrger machinery and, as swift as
h e migh t h ave b een befo re, today
proved himsel f to be an abso lu te
weap on. He sc ored a two-T or-tw o gra nd
slammer while belting mud, dirt and
whatever else got in his p ath, at Steve
Kohler (Hus) , Gary Brown (CZl,' Mar k
Hat el ey (C Z) an d Ossa -mounted Mike
Bu ckh ardt,
Hym es, o n th e o t he r hand, lat ch ed
o nto a 2·1 m o to score in whipping Crai~
Brew ster (Bul), J erry Newton [ Kaw )
and Greg Gr issinger o n a Bultaco.
Mik e Marsh , a Husky hustler from
Alh ambra, turned b ack the Open +4
wild o nes in two straight sets , defeating
CZ rider Rand y Meliotta; Jim Mer cer
(Mai) and Pat Young, mounted on still
ano ther Maic o.
