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What did Tom Rapp mean
when he said, 'You mutha'?
Perhaps SoCal's most publicized motocrosser. One reaso n is that DeSoto wins quite a few races.
Pet er Lampp u..." 1don't wa it more th an one lap to fou l plug."
By Buzz Baty
mu ther", now isn 't that a first name
thing with Ma Earth.
Tim Hart got the checker in the first
two 250 Expert motos, and a third in
the last go to notch first overall. David
Pessy pushed his Ossa under the flag in
the third moto after a race long fight
with Rapp's Bultaco and Hart's Maico ,
Ra pp did stay upright long eno ugh to
finis h third overall and win enough
money to get his leathers cleaned.
The rest of the evening was just the
'usual Friday night shoot-out' that the
CMC stages at the 'beach corral'.
John DeSoto, three for three in the
500's , lo okin ' so good you wo nde r he
he ever loses. Rich T horwaldson getting
faster
every
time
out,
fighting
handlebar, peg, and elbow wi th hard
riding and classy Ti m Hart, with Rich in
second and Tim for third overall.
S teve Brown has been stockpiling so
ma ny trophies of late in the 500
Intermediate class, that the next thing
you kn ow, h e and h is Maico are going t o
b e wearing an Expert classificatio n. T he
way J eff Wec ker has been doing his
number to the 250 Intermediate troops ,
we may find him in with those 250
Experts before to long, too.
(Results on page 32)
WILMINGTON, CAL., Feb. 18,1972 "Look Ma, no wings but I'm flyin," or
something to that effect is what Ken
Zahrt must have been thinking as he
'flew' past Tom Rapp in tonight's last
125 Expert moto,
I am sure that Tom was thinking
something like, "That WFO cat is going
to need gro und control radar to get
back to Lions' turf".
Now, I am not kidding, honest injun,
cross my heart, Boy Scou t 's honor, and
all that good stuff, from the top of the
jump to where Zahrt land ed is between
65 and 75 feet, and he was in good
shape every time h e landed . But, alas
and alack, Ke n and his Bultaco had to
settle for second place in a Bultaco
sweep as Dave R odgers ro de h om e in
first and Ray Lopez locking the door on
the money spots.
Tom Rapp had to be thinking
'gr ound control', o r something with
ground in it, as he got on a first name
b asis with m o th er earth tonigh t. T om
got off o nce in practic e, tw ic e in th e
125 mo t os, and o nce in the 250.
Tom was out front with the wick way
up, when he go t in to a rea l tank slapper
in tum one, down he went for the final
time and I clearly heard him say, "you
