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'" '& Farmer from 'Madera Plows eMe North Turkeys--Un-der- :. ..... '" '" - U Thought you might want to know what the A MA Grand National Champion does in his spare time. havin g a better first moto , D ave Sco tt took second and Gr eg Purrson (Mai) took third. Soon underw ay was t he first 250 Senior race with Joh n Franklin again trying to get in to the lead from an average start. J erry J oh nson (Suz) , also up fro m San L uis Obsip o, o ffe re d so me close racin g wi th Franklin. Fra nklin was just too hot to day as he blasted ahead into first and went on to take the wi n with h is aIways-eonsistent powerfu l riding style. Parry Klassen (CZ) riding out Exceter Cycle passed Johnson to take second place. In the second round of the 250 Seniors, Martin Towne, on a very speedy Charley Brown CZ, jumped into an immediate lead - Parry Klassen was second .and Jerry Johnson third. Johnson really started to get it on and passed Klassen. Meanwhile Franklin had been picking up positions. A battle for second insues - heated as only two great riders like these can make it. Finally Franklin edged Jerry out for second. Franklin then started to work on Towne whoha d been b uilding q uit e a healthy lead for himself but Martin succumbe d to John's constant b adgerin g and d ropped to second . T he checkered flag found Frankli n taking firs t overall foll o wed by T o wne and J ohnso n. The 125 Seniors also provided hot an d h eavy actio n between Mar k Muscio (CZ) an d He nry Halbach (DKW) . The two battled fie rcely with H alb ach coming out the victor. T he second 12 5 Senio r was a carbon co py of the first with Halbach and Muscio agai n providing t h e action and third again going to Mik e Middleto n (Suz}, Halbach p rovid ed a bit of amus eme nt fo r the spectato rs wh en h e took a good j ump sans bike. The track had j u st been watered and He nry mu d-slid 50 feet. (Remember, there's a lot of rocks on that track) . He got up and finis hed the race in first position but was the dirtiest finisher, having mud h ead-to-fo ot. I'll bet h is bod was a mass of bru ises Monday morning! There is no doubt that the CMC North 's Junior Carabela . Series is drawing a lot of attention with many Juniors going great guns for one of the many contingency prizes being offered along with the 125cc Carabela Motocross bike for each Class. To m ak e it even more attractive, Cl\lC has added a $150 bonus along with the usual 10 0% payback to Senior riders. Carnegie Cycle Park and CMC North Owners are working on the idea of a sprinkler set up to hel p co mbat th e d us t d u ring the very dry p an of the year - besides it makes a "slicke r" course for guys like Halbach . Watch Cycle News for up coming rac e dates. (Results on page 36) Evel Schedules SnakeCharDling Spectacular .: .' Joh n Franklin, the farmer from Madera. shows the determination that earned him a 250 and 500 Senior win. Atta bo y . sp o rt , SACRAMENTO, CAL., March 1 7, 1972 - Evel Knievel, of Snake River fame, announced today that h e will begin filming of his new documentary in Sacramento during the first week o f April. T he new movie will wind its way fro m Sacramento to the Snake River in Idalto, wh ere Evel pl ans to jump the Snak e River Canyo n in his fab led Sk y-Cy cle later this y ear . On e o f the maj or stops in th e film ing o f his new sp ectacular will b e at Plymouth, California, where Evel will make one of his most fab ulous appearances, ever. On April 8, SRA Race Director Walt Vaughan will stage an AMA -sanctioned Sportsmen event for all classes at the famous Hangtown Track in Ply mouth. The following day, Evel Knievel and the CMC will stage a $6,000 purse Professional event, which is expected to draw all of th is country's top motocross riders. Sunday's event will be highlighted by tw o jumps to be attempted by Evel Knievel. T he first will be a death-defying jump over his standard barrier : automobiles pa rked sid e-by-sid e. A nd, in what has t o be his most spectacular j u mp to date , Evel will attempt a jum p over a 100 fo ot p it contain ing live, an d d eadl y poisonous rattlesnakes. And if that isn't enough, the pit will also be eq uip ped with two ferociously wild mountain lions! Need we say more? Racing information may be obtained from the Sacramento Racin g Association, 4555 Auburn Blvd., Un it No.3, Sacramento, California 95841, or telephone (916) 481-6560 (24 hour service).