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IRVI N E, CAL ., March 19 , 1972 - A s
th e Pacific ·A~1A Motocross Series
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The tw OW;" ,, "' S - l ack ev and Wilson.
ja m m ed into h igh gear today at
Sad d leback Park, so d id Brad La ck ey in
both th e 25 0 and 5 00 Pro fessional
clas ses.
The 19 -y ear -ol d CZ p rivateer ro de six
3 0-min ute rno tos in gro ups of two and
garnered four wins and two seconds to
ace th e 25 0cc class in a swe ep and too k
seco n d in th e 5 0 0 behind an
ever-chargi ng jim Wilso n.
Brad never di d see m to lo se h is drive,
alt hou gh. in th e final 30- mi n ute round,
fa tigue did b ecome apparent as Wilson
pull ed o ut a d omin an t lea d and Lackey
began getting hound ed by j imW est , o ne
of tw o
w ho competed in th e recent
Winter-A MA Series in Florida to show
up today . But o nce Lack ey felt th e
pressure, he go t his s cond wind and
push ed o pen a fairly safe lead fo r
seco nd .
T he whiz-kid. " from Pin ol e. Calif'.,
st arted the long afte rnoo n o f racin g b y
winning his first three races, tw o co mi ng
in th e 250 class. In those , Tom Rapp
(Bul) made th e stiffest charge after an
ear ly hassle with Bry ar Holcomb (Aj 5 ).
wh o end ed his chanc es for an o verall
placing wh en his ign itio n case ca me o ff
in th e first mo to . Rap p aga in was th e
charger in th e next round and at o ne
point led Lack ey but Brad regained th e
lead with ab o u t 20 minute s to go and
never lost it.
The bi g 250 battle ca m e in th e init ial
mo to , however, with Morris Malone
(Aj S) , Dave Rodgers (Bul) , Billy Urb an
(CZ) , :>1 ike Run yard (Mo n}, Peter
Lampuu (Mo n) , Gary Chaplin [Mai},
Bruce Baron (Hus) and Ed Col e (Bul) all
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Th e fantast ic batt le for th ird place. Here Morris M alone (701 lead s, in order, Dav e R odgers, Bill y
Urban, Mike Runyard, Peter Lamppu and Gary Ch aplin . Below ...
...R odgers has third place with Ru nyard (43), Ma lone (hidden) and Lamppu (40) right on his tail.
Note AJS rider Sryar H olcomb patiently seated on his mount wait ing to push across.
Before he broke. Bry ar Holcomb had a banle 'w ith T om Rapp for second in M ota I.
Bill U rban holds off Mike R unyard and Peter Lamp pu.
