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EMDE, BAILEY TUNE FOR DA YTONA :!l, '" C. N ,.. Cl ai N .- U Bob Bailey brought out his $2500 bargain and won t he Open GP and second overall. behind Don Emde's smaller Yamaha. By Jon Stevens WILLOW SPRINGS, CAL. , Feb. 13, 1972 - Don Emde an d Mel Dinesen are back together again, and are back to their winning ways. Don swep t the field in the 350 to Open G.P. rac e, on a gorgeous day at Willow Sp rings After an early challe nge b y Steve McLaughlin's monster Ho nda, which just go t to missin g worse and wo rse an d finally got rested in the p its, and another by George Kerker's Ho nda, which managed to end up out of gear in U~T=C= MAIL ORDER Turn One while in second place, Emde had it easy fro m there. Ker ker did manage to motocross to Tum Two but lost nine places, and a cha nce at the leaders, alt hough h e finished fourth overall. Ernde's victory was by more than a half a lap over Bo b Bailey (Tri) and Ron Pierce. Pierce was able to hold off the last-off-the-line Triumph for nearly all of the race, but was j ust out horsepowered. Pierce was not t o be denied in the 250 GP as he led it from wire to wire over Emde. Don made up a lot of time poppy 1750 ~, S. VICTORY PHONE 213 in the last three laps but it wasn't enough to catch the fast Pierce . Third went to Dine sens' n ew rider, Jim Evans, also on a Ya ma ha. In the other big bike race of the day, George Kerker cruised his Ho nda Four to an easy w in o ver Bob Endicott's Honda and the Kawasakis of Dick Kilgroe an d Dennis Pegelow, in the Heavyweight Produc tio n race. A protest in th e 35 0 Pro d uct ion class, won by Mike Woz niak, leaves t he result s read in g t his way: First Dick Fuller, second Barry Roberts and third Mike New desert demonstration rides: Devlin , all on Yamahas. T he firs t race of the day saw Rich Se ifried ride his Maico to an easy win in the 100 to 200 Sr. GP . He was followed by Greg Co ms tock, Chief Galb raith and Coli n Jo nes . Steve Froschauer, a usual contender, broke in practice, and was n't able to race. T h e winner of the 350 to Open J r . GP was David Racine on a 35 0 Ho nda, follow ed b y Dennis Pegelow (Kaw) and Ger h ard Klemm (Nor). (Results on page 32) "EHlON HARUY CHop,.r.s WJ1DCArS Suzuki 4 00 MX; BSA 500 MX ; AJS Storm ers; Montesa Capp ras SUZUKI CITY GLENDALE . CAL. 728 So LaBred, (90 301) (2 13 ) 6 74·143 i 241-3115 BIG BORE 360ee to 410ee or 440ee, 100ee to 133 ee, 125 ec thru 25 0ec to 32 7ce 3 Y, gal Sherpa S-T/PurSang tanks & skid plates Inglewood. D & R CYCLE, Inc. Cattf. DON & VfV'A'" 7 181 WESTMI NSTER AVENUE WESTM INSTER , CALIFORN IA ( 714) 894 -2623 SEE CYCLES ~I WES COAST Blank cy linde r sleeves. a ll sizes (do yo ur own po rting). CUSTOM ENGINE WORK STOCK BULTACO PARTS SPEED EQUIPMENT WRITE' FOR FREE PRICE LIST ".Home of the fastest dirt bike in the USA" Call o r write for detai ls - ma il order 0 .1\. PUMFREY BULTACO 21819 Sherman Way, Canoga Park . Ca 9130 (2 13) 887 ·7696 a "~~. RACING CASTOR NA RRA TED IN PERSO BY RICH GOLDSM IT full length fil m ANOTHER FINE PRODUCT FROM FEB. 23,24, LONG BEACH, Pacific Terrace Center 25 thru 28 DOWNEY, Community Theatre 7 & 9 p.rn, MAR. 1 RIVERSIDE, Riverside Auditorium 2,3 SAN D IEGO, Veterans Build ing all shows 8 p.m. except as noted Tickets at the door or at your cycle shop " Blend za U" Corporatio n has po sted a total of $1 5,700 contingency award money for 19 72 A.M.A. National winners that win with " Blendzall" and display the PRESENTED BY Thermal D r i n k Holder i deal for cam ping or In t he p it s. Keeps cold drinks col d and h o t drinks hotkperfect f it for a b eer or so da can . Pac age of six for $1.50 . GOLDSMITH PRODUCTIONS in co-operation with THE OLYMPIA BREWING COM . -- M Patrick's ike , ..... O. YWHA of COlONA 1101 E. 6th St. - Corona (114) 13~7721 Hodaka Mon tesa Greeves ~~~~ns Malco Y Motorcy cles "~J.A ~ "'~~.... . ...., I'V ~tIe"""t't- Sport Cycle Cu ,' R. Lo ui s (114) 893-1051 721 9 W~tminster Ave., Westminster. Ca. " Blend zall" st icker. The awards to cover T.T .• short track, road race , and m ot ocr oss national even ts. Th e following 19 71 Trans A.M.A. winn ers rece ived "B lendza tl" awa rd s totaling $3150.00 : Sy lvain Geboers, Roger De Coster, Joel Rob ert . Adol ph Wei'. Wern er Schutz. "Blendzall" awards received totali ng $600.00 : Kenny Roberts, Ginger Molloy and Howard Lyngaard. •" Blend zall" distributors and dealers have t he st ickers and the " Blend zaU" products. -i!l~tt· CO'l'O'c, ion 1433-37 First St., Escalon , California 95320 (209) 838-7912