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By Bill Spen cer
LOD! , CA L ., April 1, 1972 - J eff
Davidson is leavin g no thing fo r granted
a nd h ard ly any o ther p o ints for t he
other Experts to gather in the early
mo nths of to p twnety poin t gathering .
Some bodies were left sit ti ng on the
line at the start of the 6 50 Expert run .
It took so me two or th ree laps to decide
w hether to restart the race or not and
when the flag was flown it was done in
an inappropriate way so that t he first
fou r guys kept on the gas . Finally,
everyone stopped and a restart was
Leo nard Acos ta
insti tu ted although no t all the riders
were in favor of it. Wit h the outcome
changing after th e fall of th e second
flag, the words got a little heavy.
The restart lo st one of its racers
almost im mediately when Bill Budde
broke h is Triumph. All the while Bub
Smith had been leading most of the race
except that at the finish. It was Alex
Jorgensen that actually took the
checkered and he didn't fare too well in
the last ru n. It's all very confusing and
will have to be settled by the
Comp etit io n Co mmittee at so me future
date.
. In the 250 E xp ert sign up line, the
total came to 56 rid ers. T he guy they
had to beat is Bu tch Davidson (Oss)
who is so far ahead of second sp o t that
h e co uld stop for a few weeks.
In the first of two Mai ns , Davidson
h ad no t rouble taking the lead once h e
go t J erry Ka le out of his hair and won
th e eve nt by a wide m argin . The third
spot wen t to short track ace Gary
Lozano.
In th e seco nd Mai n , Dennis R ob in so n
p layed je t airp la ne off t he start line and
the rest o f th e troops cou ldn' t get close.
John H lebo w as a w inner last w eek and
gave it h is all b u t co uld n 't quit e catch
th e fleeing Bul t aco.
Mandel Crummet, Greg G reener an d
Debbie J ackline mad e th e 125 Expert
run a h o t number wi th su p er passing
a nd rid in g th at kep t t he 1300 assorted
fan s jum ping. It seems th at when yo u
inject a little femin ity in to th e raci ng
th e crowd likes it eve n mo re. Crumme tt
got th e win o n t he las t go -ro u nd with
D ebbie holding o nto th ird.
Le onard Aco sta got himsel f a
Swanson Os sa and is now teari ng th e
I SO Novice class ap art. This you ngs ter
was h aving b ike prob lems wh en h e firs t
st arted but that see ms to be over n o w
and h is winning wa ys ar e a p parent.
(R esu lts on p age 3 9)
Weatherman Pulls Through
By Larry Ulrich
BEND, ORE., April 2, 1972 - Today
marked the opening of a new motocross
track in Central Oregon. This track is
one of three CMC (C aliforn ia Motosport
Club) tracks in the state of Oregon.
The weatherman really cooperated
for this event. He came across with rain
on Sa turday, and a hot sunny d ay for
S und ay . I saw quite a few sunburned
bodies ru n ning arou nd by lat e Sunday
afternoon. The rain Saturday and
watering efforts ' a f the track owners
held the dust down. The track has a
buried sp rin k ler sy st em, but co uld not
be used because o f lack of water. Wells
in Central Oregon are ra re, an d rural
peopl e d ep end o n th e irrigatio n canals
to supply water needs. The irr igation
sea so n was one w eek away, so no water.
Next race, A p ril 2 3 win see a
co m p le tely sp rinklered track.
Due to a small t urnout fo r this first
ra ce, so me classes were run together,
b ut scored separately. This resulted in
some: p retty interesting racing. One such
race was the 250 Intermediate and the
Open Junio r. Ventura, Cali fo rnia CZ
rider, Steve Allen had a horsepower
edge over 250 Maico rider Rick
Limbeck and managed to beat Limbeck
to the first corner in all three motos. In
the first and third mota , Li mbeck had
to be content with following Allen
around, as h is 250 just could not stir up
enough beans to pass the 400. The
second mota was a different story
however, as Allen overshot the first
co rn er and Limbeck got the lead and
steadily pulled away from Allen.
Most riders enjoyed the new' track,
which is a spectators delight. T he track
is p lai nly visible from any location and
the eigh t jumps and four holes make for
plenty of action. Overnight camping are
am o ng future plans for Deschutes Cycle
Park, bu t in the me antime camping is
availab le at T umalo State Par k o r
Kampgrounds of A merica near the
t ra ck.
I ro de the tra ck, and found it to be
fun a nd very p hysically d ema nding.
Next tim e, I hope to see m ore riders
show up, as m o re ri de rs m ean mo re fun .
O ut o f 10 first place trophies
awarded , six went to Red mond Oregon
riders. T hese Redmo nd riders are p retty
proud of themselves, and asked me to
issue a challenge to Willamette Valley
riders to come over and try to beat
them. Also any vacationing California
riders are invited to give these boys a
try.
(Results on page 39)
...Yet another Davidson
By Bill Spencer
OAKDALE, CAL. , April 2, 1972 fro m Reno trip Over the mountain and
Butch Davidson's Easter basket d id n't
stay over night to race with the valley
have any eggs in it today but wi th all
boys. They always seem to go h ome
th e points he h as been collecting on the
with their fair share o f the b rass.
scrambles tracks in the area he doesn't
In t he 125 Novice run Dan Van
need a nything else .
Nieuwenhuysen came up the winner,
Today's event, run on Jerry Griffith's
and I still don't think that's spelle d
short track plant drew 176 riders, not
right. He has been racing for a few
bad for Easter egg time. In the 250
months and just last mon th got a trophy
battle , the competition came fro m Steve
but the spelling was way off. It ma y
Pestoni and Dave Masse.
take some time to get it right , especially
Ray Huff did a spectacular race wi n
if he turns out to be one of the fas t guys
in his heat but is suffering with new
like Pfutenreuttttter.
bike troubles that he doesn't lik e. He
A new Davidson was added to the
beat Mark Asbill, who is suffering with a
roster of trophy winners when t he little
bad leg after last nigh t 's sp ill. Asbill an d
brother of Butch and Ted, Mitch, rode
Huff didn't fare wen in the Main.
his second race and trophied in th e 100
Jim Cro well eas ily outpaced the 200
Novice class . Mother a nd Pop, Lo retta
Novice field and was way out in front at
and Ted, will never get out fro m u nder
the checkered over Bill Lamber from
this. Three racers could be hazardo us to
Reno. It seems that when a couple of
the pocketbook.
races are run close together. the boys
(R.esu lts on page 39)
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