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Sandy Indoor for Corpus Christi weat h er , Arizo na Cy cl e Par k enjoyed o ver 20 0 riders and nearly 2 5 0 0 specta tors. Even with the ab sence of the Cali fo rn ia hot shoes, mo tocross fans were treated to some fine racing. Such as 125 Ex pert Ernie Hendrich's total domi nation to h is class for the second race in a row. Expert Frank Fruciano rode the 125 and 250 classes and got a second in both . He and Tusconian Sam Redmen had the race of the year in the third mo to of the 25 0 Expert bash, dueling wheel to wheel for four laps. On the last By R ita Gunter CORPUS CHRISTI, TEX ., March 5, 1972 - Indoor races were held for the first tim e in Corpus Christi's Coliseum C<: today . The local rid er s were do minant but the promoters hope for better ~ participation from out-of-town riders W next time these races are put on. Z The concret e floor was slick and sand w ...J from the sand bags used to mark the ~ inside of the track made it worse. The U ra ces we re held up a few times while the sand was swept fro m the track. With a few exceptions everyone p layed " foll o w-th e-leader " d uring t he heat races. T he I first 100 heat turned int o a duel b etween R ick Davis (Kaw) and Pat Craig (Yam) . Rich finished first with Pa t a close second. The first 250 h eat had to be restarted after Joe Sa lem (Yam) went down hard in t he first turn. After regain ing his breath, he was able to restart with th e rest of th e rid ers. After two restarts (one caused b y Pa t Cr aig's h and leb ars ge tti ng st uck in t he rear w heel of J ak e Warr en's Hod aka) th e 10 0 cc final was won by Rich ard Morris (Suz) . George " Lizard" Larzelere (Bul) ad d ed a lit t le pizaz to the 20 0 fina l when he wrap ped a sand bag up in his rear w heel and spread sand ' all over the track. This race, aft er a restart and a tr ack cleaning, was won by Rhett Wilder. Bodie Craig wo n th e t rophy dash as well as th e wheelie co n test. li e showed the cro wd a wild, feet-down wheelie lasting for five laps around the track. More races are scheduled for the future in the Coliseum and everyone is looking forward to these excitement-promising events . (R esu lts o n page 56) male co un terparts in a well-d eserved victo ry. In th e 125 class a bit of rid ing b rilliance was shown b y Arlo Englun d . Th is youngs ter p romises to b ec ome o ne of the area 's top riders in time. Arlo wo n h an d ily but was constantly dogged by Tom Aldrich. Probab ly th e fier cest co mpetition was ex hib ited by t h e 250 A rid er s. A no teworthy eve nt to o k pl ace in th e first mo t o as a foo tpeg on Vic Barli ch's Maico b ro k e d uring the fray. Barli ch limped to the p its and emerged on a fr esh bike. Altho ugh no pro t est was filed, several riders seemed so me what disgru ntled over the fact that he was allowed to re mo unt. Su ch antics fail ed t o overc o me Mar k G auss and h is trusty Bultaco. Desp ite a badly aili ng clu tch asse mbly, Mark man aged to accum u late sufficien t poin ts to beat t w o heat win n er Barl ich . V ic came fro m last p lace ou t of the hol e to win th e th ird h eat . L onni e Houtc hens ro de his Su zu ki to victor in the O pe n class ah ead of a we ll rid den 5 00 Beezer mo unted b y Mik e Trapps. The rule r eq uiring sile nc ers o n all bik es was ce rtain ly well accepted b y rid er an d fans alik e. It is a lo ng tim e co m ing, b ut it is h oped th at it 's effec ts w ill b e fe lt elsewhere. As was men tio ned before, th e carefree attitude a nd fr ien d ly p eople reall y ma de the race. lap , Redrn en got by..barely..and therefore topped Frank and the rest of th e fie ld. The Novice and Amateu r classes ave raged arou nd 33 riders, w hich mad e for so me very sp ect act ular starts (with very few crash es) . Whil e the water truck was t o uring the course, I was walkin g th rough th e pits and sa w a very extro dinary thing. A man who lo o ked lik e a character from th e movie " M.A.S.H ." wo rk ing o n h is CZ w ith ~ pair of fo rce ps . N ow it's not every d ay that one sees a man w or ki ng on his CZ w ith a p air of fo rceps, so I sto ppe d to talk. It turns o ut t hat he is Dr. Peat, a surgeo n a t th e V.A. Hosp it al in Tucson. Dr. Pea t campaigns his CZ on weekends as a change of p ace. It shows that motocross doesn 't cause shaky hands. (Results on page 56) AMA CLUBS, OFF ICIALS AND DEAL~RS HONORED DUR ING DAYTONA SPEEDWEEK Camaraderie in Colorado During t his year's Daytona Classics the American Moto rcycle Association hosted an awa rds ceremo ney at Peabody A uditorium to honor the outstanding efforts of many of its members. The Salinas Ramb lers Motorcycle Coub of Salinas , California, won the AMA's most co vet ed club hono r - the 1971 Club of the Year Award. The Ramb lers have been actively involved in improving mo to rcycling 's public im age since 1934. They are mo st no ted for th eir ann ual ce reb ral p alsey b en efit scrambles which in the past 10 years has ne tted more th an 562 ,000 for the fu nd. Mrs . Betty Snyder of Lebanon, Pennyslvania , a h ou sew ife and moth er of t hree, was named a s t h e AMA's Typical Girl Rid er fo r 1971. Bet t y , By Jim Bensberg FLORENCE, COLO ., March 12, 1972 Under the newly acquired sanction o f the A.M .A., moto cro ss got off to a fine start today. It was n't spectacular and didn't have big name riders or even a P.A. system. It was, however, ty pical of the racing so common to Co lora d o . The co m petition was keen as usual , but it still ret ained a high ele ment of good sportsma nship an d camaraderie that is growing increasingly rar e in today's gro wing sport. Ac tion go t underway in th e Min i di visio n with Sco tt Bennet taking top hono rs. Th e J unior cl ass smac ked of Wo men 's Lib as Cindy Moo re aced her Ariz MX: Forceps & Steady Hands By K en t Nicholls PHOENIX, A R IZ ., Mar ch 14, 19 72 -This year, sum me r may be coming early to Ph o en ix, Arizona as Mom Nature provided clear sk ies and gen tle breezes. Even with the unseasonabl y hot \~~\ tlC\lE EN T! THRllLSI M preprese nting th e Lebano n Va lle y Motorcycle Club , h as b een rid in g a moto rcyc le for 13 years a nd wa s chosen as th e top girl from more t han 50 entrants. Everyone 's p eren nial favorite, Dick Mann of Richmo nd, Cal ifo rnia, easily won Top Male Rider honors fo r 19 71. J oan Watso n of Pom p to n Lake s, New Jersey , captured to p h onor s in the M IA'S dealer memb ership contest. Sh e n o t o nly wo n h er class, but she also won to p honors for th e entire country. Fo r t heir u nselfish effo rts fo r th e benefit of professio nal co mpetition , Ray " Ch ub" Kellum of Lawndale, Cali fo rnia , and Duke Pennell of Col umb u s, O hio, were presented with " R efer ee o f t he Year " an d " Starter of the Year " awards, resp ectively. ****** **************.*. • • • • • • • • • • • • « ..... iilJ 4 : ":-:·· ,~ ,r\,~'~ At£RIC AH M. t : ,\.~~ : • 'UlLERTON CAL if. .. « • .. Let' s have an Amer i can World Champi on. Join the America n Motoc ross Team ano re cei ve thi s beautifu l mul ti -color t ea m pa tch f or a $5 (or more con t ri bu t i on to .. Americ an Motocr oss Team. Box: 3276. 'HOll ywOOd , Ca li forn ia . .. .. •• ***** •••• ** * .********. '. ' ~d~iJenr...lV!~lde. In. ) l7o ·4!n Ji m Fishback, Jr. Y A M A HA of FONTANA 9008 Sierra Ave., Fontana, Calif. (7 14) 822·2252 We Try Horder.'.' O range (ounty's Largest SUZUK I Dealer SALES: Over 100 units in st ock. 18 models. 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