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250 Ju nior winner Steve Croft (25) has a battle on his hands.
By Sportphoto
HAN FO R D, CA L., Mar ch 5, 19 72 The Kin gs County Motorcy cle Club
today hosted a huge field of scrambles
racers fo r their Sixth Annual Double
Points event. So great was the n umber
DISTRICT 35
Kings County M.C. Hosts Huge Field
of entrants that t he 125cc Novice
needed five heats and tw o divisions,
w hile the 250cc Novice required six
heats and three divisions! The to tal
count of all riders present went to
something over 270! The track, as usual,
was near perfect as was the
organization .
.Iack .Iones picked up his fift h
consecutive win in the 250cc Expert
Main as welJ as his fou rth double win of
the season when combined with the 100
Expert class. .lack's win in the 250 class
tod y was a real lo w-key affair, as he
charged off the line with the lead and
never relinquished it for the duration.
Na one could get close enough to .Iack
to exert any pressure at all and he
cruised home with an easy wire-to-wire
win. Miniscule Kirb y Shropshire ca me
off t he lin e in second only t o h ave Ryan
Gifford get aro und hi m on th e way o ut
of turn one, Kirby in t urn. was p urs ued
by .li m Keen er and Bruce Baesemann.
Baesemann got the drive on Keen er
exiting the right-hander and moved in to
fourth over the jump. All was pretty
much static until the last lap , when
Kenner got a wheel und er Baesemann
driving out of the last tum to just nip
by at the checker.
The 200 Novice Main saw :llatt Davis
in another wire-to-wire effort. Although
the lead wasn't in any doubt, there was
a question about mo st every other
position until t he checker. Tom Parcel
chased Davis off the start. Parcel got
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into turn one of the last lap a mite too
ho t and watched a sure second p lace go
down the tube.
(Results o n page 36)
Jim McC racken was the Open t:xpert winner .
Tom Parcel (74 0) has the bead on the tu rn in 200 N ovice acti on. H e took a fourth .
Bill Johnson IS) r~lied to a third in 100 Expert while Ryan Gifford pulled down a second in the 250
Expert .
