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.... N Madman Endicott and H onda Bounce Off with ACA By Mik e Slau gh t er CARLSBAD, CAL ., A pril 16 , 19 72-A smaller-than -av era ge t urno ut showed u p at Carlsbad Sunda y, due in p ar t to numb er o f SoCal rac ers trekk ing to A t la n ta for th e AMA National. The ' r aces we re excinng with th e Junio r riders puttin g o n th e b es t sh ow. On a p ro duction Su zuki , Bo b Crossm an led the Junior GP er s fo r a bit but soon th e GP m achin ery ov ertoo k h im and b attled each other for the lead. Tom Milli ga n p ull ed it out, fo llo wed cl o sely b y Wes Co ol ey and T om Fra n klin. In t h e b ig b ik e race for t he Juniors , Fran k lin t o ok a nother t hird . It was hard to t ell the race was for GP b ikes since the lead ers were a ll o n p ro d uc tio n ma ch in ery . Ahead of Franklin was the stylish win ner Dale McCreary o n a Ya maha R5 and in second J ohn Lass ak . These th ree b eat all th e bigger bikes in th e GP a nd almos t redundantl y too k th e first three spots in th e 350 Pr oducti o n race as w ell, fi nishing in t he sa m e o rder. Lassak gets t he " cornerin g w it h knees o u t farthest " awa rd for lookin g so g ood in t he u ph ill le ft h and er at the p it s. Carl sb ad is th e o nly track I know w h ere pit racing is n ecessary to complete a la p. It's so bumpy out th ere rumor has it we get m o to cross p o in ts. In the h ea vy weigh t Pr o d uct ion race at leas t th e big b ik es beat th e smaller o ne s wi th madman Bo b End icott taking first o n his Ho nd a 7 50. He co uld have wo n the "knees o ut" awa rd but he w as st ick ing o ut m o re a na to my than just h is kn ees . He was foll o wed closely by Dic k Kilgro e's Mach 4. T h e smalle r p ro d uctio n b ikes also put on a good race. Class wi n ners were Pa ul Long in the 50, Pa ul Wide th e 10 0 vic to r , and 125 going to Bruce Ko chmeier. T he 250's d id battle in a most co nvinci ng fashi o n wit h Willie Ha rdin taking th e checker slightly ahead of Bo b Cro ssm a n. A rare st reet Ossa took thi rd pil o ted by Dennis J o nes b ut only after a race-long dice with Rich a rd Siefried. The Open race saw few finishers as early leader Endicott h ad technical difficulties leaving the race to Tom White. To m , on a older 250 Yam ah a , really had to gas it to beat the Mach 4 of Dennis Peglo w 's. Richard Siefried ran away fro m the fiel d in the Senior Lightweight GP . I gave Don Wicks a fight early in the race but h e put a good margin between the two of us b y ' the race 's e nd. Dick Carlso n was the first 100. (Res ults on page 40) . r ~ N .... en N '" .~ « Ul ;: W Z W ...J U >- U surplus sale -1i~1t. ~:..gO~~( ~ '" '" " Q. NEW ~tr 26mm MIKUNI SCRAMBLER MOTORCYCLES clamp mo unt $8.00 each 180 1 W. 8urbank Blvd . Burbank . Cal if . . ') 849·5907 or 8 45 -8738 Ex. 7 Ex pl ore o u r n ew ROUGH RIDER ROOM Levi 's - leathers - boots glo ves - MX pa nts $39 .95 up SUZUKI CITY · 728 S . La Brea In glewo o d, Ca. 9030 1 (21 3) 674·143 1 comes w ith a 230 main jet Ca lif . resid e nts ad d 5% sa les tax REp ENT ERPRISE P.O. Bo x 46 1 Norco, Ca. 91760 • Milligan again, letting everything droop over.