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By Buzz Baty
WILMINGTON,CAL.
March
24,
Bewitched? Bothered? Bewildered? No!,
But I'm gratified to be part of, and
witness to, the fantastic success story
that is happening each week as Lions
Drag Strip presents its Friday night
CMC Motocross races.
If one race is routine, the: next is one
of those grab-the·person-next-to·you
things, and the third is apt to be a real
barn burner. Tonight was just as
outlined. The first mo tos in all the
classes we re just good motos. John
DeSoto won his first in the 500 class
aboard his Suzuki, Chuck Bower won
the first 125 Expert mo to with his
Pen to n , and Bob Hershey zapped the
250 Experts with his CZ.
DeSoto wo n h is second mo to as Tim
Hart was beginning to ge t the feel of h is
new Maico, making Joh n wo rk harder
fo r the win . Easterner
Jim Weinert
ma de his presen ce felt , riding Lions for
the first time. It took only t wo moto s
before h e was gett ing calls as a fron t
ru nner.
Ken Zahrt jump ed into an instan t
lead in the second 125 Expert ro und
with Bower riding h is silencer, Ch uck
stayed there fo r two lap s, bu t then los t
h is chain. Zah rt went o n for the win.
Dave Rodgers was havi ng one of
those nights that mu st seem like a
nightmare. It seemed that everyth ing he
tried turned sour. In the final 125 moto
Dave thought he was back in the. groove.
Bower grabbed the lead with Joe
Scotland second, Rodgers third, and
Zahrt in fourth . On the second lap,
Chuck
dropped
it,
letting
Scotland,Rodgers,and Zahrt run 1·2 -3 .
But just before the finsih line on lap
four of the five-Iapper, Rodgers.in
trying to pass Joe, locked handlebars
with him and they both went down.
Zahrt , who was righ t on top of the
falling pair, showed real ability and
quick reflexes as he managed to avoid
the pile-up an d held first place to the
flag
and
got first
OA. Chuck
Morgenston got to the pay window for
the second spot, as J o e Sco t land saved
third.
For the very first tim e, I saw DeSoto
get buried back in the third-moto pack
o n the start. Weinert, H ersh ey and Hart
jum p ed o ut in front as DeS o to started
passing riders. Th is b eing the first time
for Weinert at Lions, 1 guess the
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pressure of having Bob,Tim and John
breathing down his neck was just too
much. In less than a distance of 50 feet
on the third lap, Hershey, then Hart,
then DeSoto all passed him. It looked
like Hershey had everything needed to
win, but zounds, down he went under
hard pressure from Hart. Tim held the
lead to the checker for the win over a
fast closing DeSoto. As usual the
"Looney Lions Fast Cats " started with
a mild purr, but ended with their usual
growl!
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