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Cycle News 1972 04 11

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~ '" ,. 8- " e, N r- ~ Ci o CMC' Easter Show Sees Resurrection of Mark Dobbs By Bu zz Baty IRVINE, CAL., Ap ril 2, 1972 - Friar Franks comp leted his sign-up portion of the Sunday CMC Motocross t h is morning, gave the all-done nod to Pope Pet ers , (St u), who with a silen t blessing pulled th e trigger on the starting gat e, and Easter, motocross style, was underway. This pleasanr Sunday provided a very welcome sight, Mark D obbs, back after a lo ng layoff caused b y an acciden t la te las t year, th at co st him 30% of his liver. Welcome b ac k , Mark ! You lo ok ed reall y great, get ti ng that third overall with the 125 Experts. On th e subject of th e 125 Experts, Ken Zahrt kept h is hot hands go ing b y winning all three of his motos. Third Friday night at Lions in th e 125 Exp ert , firs t 125 Expert and first 2 50 Expert at' Corona Sat urday , and th en today's win has provided the youn g man with something like $235 . Mike Cram and Dave Smith dueled all day long, each on a brand new radial-firm ed Maico. However, it was Greg Smith on an older Maico who won with Dave second and Mike third. Gaylon Mosier got his share of the CMC Easter goodies, winning the 250 Expert eve n t on his Maico over J on Derhammer's CZ an d Greg Smith 's Mark D ob bs-Is back in the saddle again after an accide nt at El To ro late last year. •1.,1.1.1 to . . . Maico , Just t hre e weeks ago Rick Ruckman won the Anniversary Series and was moved from Junior to Intermediate. Since then, he has six wins in a row, I would gues s th at after next week 's Carlsbad Races Mr. Ru ckman will be ridin g with the Bowers - R od g e r s- Z ah r t -BevansMclfougal-Baron-Rapp bri gade. (Results on page 56) ,, . ' . ~ ... ~. ..

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