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RICH SHINES ON GEORGE'S BIRTHDAY CMC M O T O CR O SS Car lsbad Ra ceway Ca rlsbad, Cali f. CZ Mon Mon F e b .2I,1972 100 J R Jay Felt on Jay Tabas D. Burges s 125 JR . DIV . 1 R. S ch w ab S . D in e T. She pherd 1 2 5 JR . DI V . II V am Kaw Bul w Pen W ~ Z Bul Vam ...J U >- ser> U 500 Exper t win ner Rich Th orwaldson d oes t hat t rick st uff for the p ho t og. Photos by Bu zz Baty CARLSBAD . CA L., Feb . 21, 1972-Rich Tho rwalds on wo n his firs t motocross sin ce he returned fr om the Deser t here at Carlsbad Racewa y as h e wo n b oth legs of CMC's new Expert moto syst em. Thor's o nly th reat come in the seco nd moto when Gary Harris gave h im a hard chase. A nother transplanted d esert star, numb er-o ne trailb ik er Terry Clark , also got a tas te o n the t op as h e swe p t b oth 125 moto s aft er teammate J im Beauch am p d ropped himself in th e first moto and bro ke in the sec o nd. Bill Urban, th e to p CMC rider last year, took home ano th er 250 Ex pert win w ith h is new CZ rid e but Marty T rip es p u t in t h e show o f the clay in the seco n d m o to . Young Marty m an aged to stall his engine as th e pac k rounded the first tum. He ga th ered th ings up and proceeded to p ick off every one of h is opponents, w in ning th e race. Bik e ma ladies in th e first moto kept h im out of the standings, how ever. This was the first time the CMC has held a two-mo te ty pe p rogram and the E xp ert s vo ted un animo usly t o retain it . Fr om now on, all CMC d ay tim e even ts will fea t u re two lo ngies for the Exp erts an d th re e no t-so-longies fo r t he Junio rs an d In t ermedia tes. MINT ON THE TUBE - - -- - - - - - - - - - - The Mint "40 0 " D el Webb De sert Ra lly , richest off-road race in the world, $30,000 MX SERIES IN WEST AMA Co ordin at or of Professional Racing Dave Welsh h as anno unced the establish me nt of a 12-event Western States professional m o tocro ss series intended to qualify American riders for the 17 -race in ternational series to be held in the fall of 19 72 . Li ke the Florida Win ter -AMA Series , the Pacific -AMA Series, the Pacific-AMA Mo t ocro ss Series will be for AMA licensed professional riders. Licenses must be proc ured from the national headquarters prior to the events. The Pacific-AbfA Series will consist of the following dates, locations, and purses: March 5 San Diego. CA March 12 Los A n ge les , CA March 19 Los A n ge les. CA March 26 April 9 April 16 April 23 April 30 May 14 May 21 Livermore, CA salem, O regon Olympia, WA Tac oma, WA Salt Lake C it y. UT Nation al Cham pionship sacramento , C A National Championship Los A n ge les , CA May 28 Last wee k number 38 Gaylon Mosier wo n and we didn't say a thing. Th is week Gay lon lost and got his pictur e in the paperl Ju ne 4 National C h ampi onsh ip san D ie go , C A Boise. I daho will be sh o wn on nat io nal t elevision. Jess W. Hi nkle , Mint Ho tel/C asin o gene ral manager, annou nced in Las Vegas t hat ABC Television will show th e 5 th an nual running of the desert classic on its new champion auto-racing series b etw een Ap ril 2 and May 14 , 19 72 . Inclu de d in the 30-minute ABC-T V p resen tat io n will be portions of both the moto rcy cle and automobile ac tio n o ver the rugged Nevada dese rt terr ain north of this city of glitter and glamo r. The cycle race will be held on S unday, Ma rch 19 whi le the cars begin the ir 400-mile eve nt on March 20 following a most spectacular parade in down town Las Vegas. The gala parade and festivities surrounding the races will also be a part of the telecast. Car lsbad Raceway Esca pe Co u n ty Sad dleb ac k Par k Carnegie Cycle Park Goose H oll o w CYCle Park Straddle/Line Puyallup Raceway Park Manni ng Cycl e Par k $2.0 00 $2,000 $2,00 0 $2,0 00 $2,0 00 $2,0 0 0 $2 ,000 $2,0 0 0 Cal -Expo Fairgrounds $4,00 0 Sa ddlebaCk Park - $4 ,000 Car lsbad Racewa y Owyh ee M/C T otal p u rses $4 ,000 $ 1 ,8 0 0 $ 29 ,8 0 0 ......