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s ·, By J ohn Grout Ph o t os b y Racin g Ph otos VA LE NC IA , CAL., March 19, 1972 Bill Payne, while servin g not ice th at h e's til full y recovered from his recent injury, :;: r o ar e d t hr o u g h 8 0 m in utes o f OJ Z professio nal moto cro ss co mbat to OJ collect a p er fect sco re and the day 's ..J o overall wins in two divisio ns at Indian >o Dunes Park. It wa s b illed as an "all class" event , and t h ere was litt le do ub t that it was th at as Payne unleash ed a p air o f the classiest Maicos ever to wh istl e aro und a r a c e track. T h e annihilatio n was co mplete ... Th e Maico Maul er swep t th e program fo r b oth the 25 0 an d Open pros, while defeating some fa irly so lid racing ma te rial. A m o ng th e Op ens, he wa s faci ng Bob Her sh ey , Jim Ho o ver, Mike B ro w n, Dick Fran kl i n, M ik e Ch amberl ain and T om Simpson . Whil e a mo ngst t he 25 0 ranks, h e wa s wh i pp in g, a mong ot hers . Greg Ro b ertso n, Fra nk lin, Bill Tilstra and Steve Thompso n. T h ough b o th He rshey and Brown , ridi ng in t he Open con tes t, w er e ab le to get wi t hi n striking dista nce o f Payne during t he first and second m oto s, th eir CZ'sj ust didn't seem to have t he zip . Young Kenny Zah rt (Bu l) "creamed " the troops in the 125 Pro brigade. He scored straigh t victories over Larry Watkins (DKW), Kenny Cook (Bul} , Don Emler (Zun), and Penton racer Charlie Mort. The big brass for Old-Timers went to R.I\". Pierce (Ex) , Harold Scdoris (Am ) and Warren Fo ntcneau [Nov}. Mike Marsh, the only rider other than Payne to notch a grand slam , turned back a potent field of Open Seniors. ' Beh ind Marsh, were Walter !Iastings (Hus) and Paul Escamilla (CZ) . Senior action for the 125 '5 saw Shane :>IcDonald (Bul) and Danny LaPorte (Pen) tied fo r t he day 's overall '. . >. \. 4- :: , ~ .. .'""!"~ '~.~ : ~ - 1~ "' ... ~ ~ . ~~ - , -t '~...#'-"~ ~ - " ,.. There are several nice jum ps at Indian Dun es. win at six points each. Shane, however, was the final victor by virtue of beating Danny in the final event. After grabbing a 1-3·1 heat recor d , Frank Giardin a a nd his Bultaco we re judged winners over th e 250cc Sen iors, Se cond and th ird went to Tracy Oswell (CZ) and Pat Yo ung (Mai) . Wild and sliding ac tio n amo ng th e var io us Junior divisions , fina lly fe ll t o Lance Hornak ( IOOcc). Frank Kalman ( 125cc) , Keevan Acevedo ( 125cc), Rick Varvel (250 cc), Steve Boyum (25 0cc) and Ron Lahn on t he Op en mach inery . Th is Sunday's A.C .E. program a t Ind ian Dunes Park , agai n o n the Shado w Glen circuit . will bring Seniors, Ju niors. O ld·Ti mcrs, Powder-Puf fs , an d minibikes an d mini-cycles to th e starting gat e at 9 :3 0 a.rn . ._ . ,.. :.. .- t. , . / .. •. . " , " ~_ . "'- - '. :;:--. ,. I --... - ":. "