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N .... en .& « ~ w Z W ...J U >- U RIVERSIDE DUMPS CYCLE PARK By ElaineJones Co unty supervisors R ive rs ide an ea rlier Plan n in g overtu rn ed Co mmissio n denial and issued the Cit y of Riverside a p ermit t o build a new, 400 acre city dump in the Badlands, west of Beaumont and n orth of Gilman Hot Sp rings. Ordinarily, th e co un ty h as no autho rity over a city's use o f its land . However, in th is case, the sup ervisors w ere ab le to d ecide o n th e land use and add a requirem ent t hat the area not be used as a motorc y cle trail park , because of t he land's current ownership and b ecause of state law. The state h ealth and safety code requires issuance o f a public use permit b efo re a du mp can be developed. The BLM req uired th e city to get co unty app ro val fo r th e dump as a cond ition of sale . Cit y manager Dan Stone t old th e superviso rs the ci ty also plans to develop th e dump eventually as a recreation area, and by saying too mu ch , he managed to get th e prohibition of motorcy cles. The city had give n so me consid eration to using th e dump as a fu ture mo t o rcy cle trail park. Sin ce restricting th e use of mo t o rcycl es on private lands in ear ly 1970, th e supervisors h ave received sev eral applicatio ns for m o t orcy cle park US WINS TDUNES permits but de nied them all, a fter r eceiving protests from n earby residents. In April , th e su pervisor s w ill co nd uct a p ublic h earing o n a propos al for the co un ty 's own m otorcycle .p ar k , iron ica lly at th e co unty's Badlands dump site immediately no rth of the .ar ea wh ere Riv erside was barred fro m p ermitting th em . TT AT ASCOT FRIDAY Opening week o f J .C. Agajanian 's " new" Ascot will be climaxed b y the A merica n Motorcycl e Association's n a t trac k eli te o n th e half-mile di rt su rface 18 3 0 0 Vermont, Friday nigh t (A pril 7 ), at 8:3 0 pm. Dave Aldan a o f San ta A na and T o m Ro ckwood o n his ho me town Gar den a t ra ck will upho ld the ho no r of So uthern Cali fo rnia against the likes of G en e Rome ro of San Luis Obispo, J im Rice of Palo Alto , Don Castro o f Holl ist er , and Mark Brelsford of San Bruno . The competition among the nation 's best on the new racing surface is a Ifi-lap main event, foll owing a lO-lapper for .Juniors, and an eight-Iapper for NOVIces. A nother event on th e first week's program is th e CMC Motocross, Wednesday, Apr. 5 a t 7:3 0 pm, Ah, lhe beginning of the latest bep -cat dance cra ze, the " Funky Novice." By John Gro ut Ph otos by Ra cing Photos . .. PRIVAT EERS CAN WIN, TOO You hear it all the t ime - there's IJO way to beat the factory teams . . . BULL ! Two youngst ers pai red up fo r the grueling Min t 400 and took home all t he golde n marbles in the ir class - t he smallest - w it h a tenth place overall out of a hundred-plus entries. T heir bike : the dependable 125cc PENTO N Six Days, maki ng . the d istan ce in 8 hrs ., 28 m in. . . Why gamble? Hit the big jackpot the first t ime with a rece-resdy Pent on. See your local dea ler fo r the best hand you 've ever been dealt . . . H PENTONWEST ~E 9604 OATES DR IVE - SACRAMENTO , CA.~~ S VALENCIA , CAL , April 2, 19 72 - A t e am - of Canadian t a l e n ted moto cro ssers , ch allenging t o regain the Can-Am gold cup wh ich they lost t o the U.S. racers in 1971 , were defeat ed in three straigh t 20 -minute h eats b y a potent and well-b alanced crew of American 'cross riders during t o day's bounc e-and-bound b attle h ere at Indian Dunes. Though Tom K ra t zer an d T erry Hyde, both o f Bri tish Col u mb ia , were able t o score quite well for th e Canadian s, neith er th ey n or any of the ' other rid ers in vo lved with the Can -Am rac es co u ld hand le a young N ewhall Ca. whirlwind named Frank Giardina. StilI ranked as a J un io r am ong the mo t o cross clan, Giardin a slid h is Bultaco to an asto undi ng grand slam vict ory str eak over all riders from both countries. A nd wh en th e final nag Came o u t, the 17' year -o ld -h igh flyer had led t he A mericans to a 13 1-1 74 wi n; th us setting th e st age for 1972's d eciding Can-Am ro u nd to b e held in September at Aldergrove, B.C. Other rid ers co ntnbuting t o the U.S. cause w er e: Ray Soffa, Ch ris Mo gens en , "J ol tin " J o e Granate lli , who leap ed in t o co m b at to fill a vacan cy le ft b y K enn y Zahrt, Jim Hale , Mik e Marsh and th e Mar Vist a rocket, Tom Simps o n. Former Du nes track record ho lder, R ex Stat en fro m Fontana, zip ped his CZ 's to scorchi ng swift victories in both th e 250 and 500 Expert b at tl es, defeatin g large, who's who-t y p e fields of riders . Runners -up in cluded Dick Franklin , Larry Greer, Mike Welch from Tri-City , Wash. , Mik e Marsh, Tracy Osw ell and Dennis Law. Steve Merkel, who was mounted on a sno rter of a Bultaco, fo ught his way fro m behind th e p ack to co llect a I -I score over t h e 125 Experts. During eac h mo t o fo r the divis ion, Merkel was fo rced to o ut-sc o o t race-wise competitors lik e Ch arles Molt , Chris Mogensen, Craig Humber, Do n Emler and Ron Acevedo. Junior class winners, each carting home one o f th e gian t A .C .E . trophies, we re Keith Ludwig and Nick Hale ( 10 0cc) Jimmy Bauer and Bob Mo rriso n ( 125cc) , Gary Doane and Craig Bra dley (25 0 cc) and William S tanley , who wh ipped th e Open machinery . Trudy Stubbs o f No. H o lly wo od was top "Puffer," defea ti ng Noren e Hendrix, Juana Madrid and Rebecc a Soloman. All -class mo tocrossing will again be feat ured t his Sunday at Indian Dunes, lo cated just 10 min ut es no rth of Magic Mo untain. First race at nine a. m,