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M co '" ~ .... '" '" (JJ 3: w z w ...J U >- U zap , za p, zap th e 5 00 Junio rs and, to By Buzz Baty th e b est of our ab ility to recall, won WILMINGTON, CAL., April 2 1,1 97 2 nine Junior m otos . Whereu p o n Stu Jim West tri ed o n th e Li ons Fast Cats Peters an d Kel Fran ks de cided h e bette r tonigh t an d was found a bit wanting, ride as an Intermedia te. When he sign ed but in all honesty h e made the b est in t onight as a Junior, Kel sc ratc he d ou t sh ow in g o f an y of the name Exper ts "Junio r" on h is e n try bl an k an d w ro te h ave ridden this su pe rfas t th at in "Intermediate" . Gary had a few d emanding co u rse for the fir st time . cho ice w ords abou t Kel's de cisio n , h ut Giv e him a few more race s a nd it m ay accep te d th e bump u p in class and wen t be "Katie bar th e d o or " . out an d d id h is th ing. Hi s thi ng was one, Last wee k Bo b Hersh ey to o k the. sk ins of th e Lions Fast Ca ts and tu rn ed . . . tw o, three, ju st lik e it w as no sweat as he wo n the 5 0 0 In te rm edia te going them in to k itties . Bo b too k th eir skins away. At t his rate , tw o m ore weeks and this wee k and hung ' em up to dry , again he 'll be riding Ex pert. T hat's when th e winnin g th e 250 a nd 500 E xp ert events. new Mr N ixon will really lea rn wha t fas t T im Hart came loaded fo r b ear wi th wh at was reported to be a reall y tric k is. 250 Maico . L ight flywh eels, sup er .wh ooper-d o oper.p orting that gave FOR h im a power band from 8,0 0 0 to 8, 0 0 1. Hart w as runnin g a rear spro c ket on a HODAIlA-BILITY Class A speedway m achine, seventy see your local HODAKA d ea le r teeth or so . Distributed b y Ti ger Distr ibuting In th e first m ota it lo oked lik e this tric k Mai co co up led with H art's 653 W. Br oadwa y, Glendale , Ca. 9120 4 unques ti oned ability had it wired, winning with only sligh t pressure fro m Bob Herhsey an d his CZ . It might have been a cl o se r race, but it to ok three an d a hal f laps for Bob to get around th e hard-riding Ossa-mounted David Pess y. Dealer for Al l Sa n Gabriel Valle y. .~ The second 250 mo ta '.;lW th e and Pasadena A reas . " positions o f Hershey and Hart rever sed , Hersh ey pushed hi s CZ to the fron t; Hart b eing forced to work hard to get STREET · M OTO CROSS by Pessy. It was a t the half w ay point o f SPEEDWAY M A CH I N E S th e five lapper when Hart got by David Ellperienced witlt World's Bes l and sta rted a drive o n Hershey Two SIrob Since J949 approachin g the big jump and for ju st BARUM TIRES · CASTRO R CING O S l A il an ins t an t, it looked as if T im w as going to d o th e number o n Bob as he hit the 330-6171 bott om o f th e jump just tw o length s beh ind Hershey . Tim was WFO and yo u 1340 N. Ha cienda Blvd., La Puente cou ld he ar th e scream o f the Mai co when he m issed a shift and pulled off the co u rse. T h at t rick Maico engine was ou t to lu nch. T he engine h ad lit er ally Ed Shaver's di sintegrated - broken pi stons, big end of the rod , m ain bearing , crank, the whole bal l of wax gone - gone - gone. Hersh ey we n t o n to win this m o ta and the next wi th David Pessy second Newhall overall and Ku rt Markham third on another CZ . Pain, oh pain, oh pain . Not th e Maturr:yr;Jcs p hysical kind of pain, b ut the pain o f losin g with victory b u t a third place All models i n stock away . Hart had a lo c k on the 500 Desert & MX E xpert class with his new radial-finned Mai co , but h is own co m p e t itive spirit, set-up available m o re or less, did him in . Going into th e (805) 255- 1335 las t round, Tim had two firsts to Hersh ey ' s tw o seconds. He rsh ey ga.t a be au ty o f a start and Tim got a bummer. At the end of the first lap , Y..q Tim was runni ng in sixth place and I/i..qlt, need ed third or b etter to ta ke ' first overall. But in h is anxiety , Tim p ressed 0l:..ql. too h ard an d en ded up drop ping it twice , fin ish ing fou rth behind Bill Rub! y and Jim West. Final score : Bob SCRA MBL ER He rsh ey had two secon d s and a first for MOTORCYCLES 1000 p o ints, Tim Hart had tw o fir st s 18 0 1 W. 8 urb a nk 8 lvd . and a fourth for 9 6 9 poin ts, a 3 I-point Bu rb an k , Ca lif. differ en ce. Whatever else H art did o r d id 849·5907 o r 845-8738 Ex. 7 no t d o in tr ying t o win th e 5 0 0 class, he had tha t huge Li on s Looney Bin o n its fee t roo ting for h im all the way . J oe Sc otland, who h as been push in g NOW AVA ILABLE fo r a first ove ra ll fo r tw o or three weeks, b u t always being de nied b y Ch uck Bower, ra ng old Budd h a' s go ng to ni gh t, w inning all th ree 125 Exp er t mo tos, Eve n th ough Bower and h is Penton were AWO L , it was st ill a Penton victory, Joe b eing Pento n m ounted a n d Lynn Sto key, Pen to n , Help support the getting seco nd overall, w ith 15-year ·o ld Larry Watkins getting th e third sp o t. Am erican Motocross Team G ary N ixon. N ow th a t' s a name th at Send check or money or to: any body who has ever rid d en a m otorcy cle or b een in ter ested in ra cing will immed iatel y reco gn ize. T he Gary Nix on tha t we're go in g to ta lk abou t is a brand new Gary Nix on . H is num ber pla te re ads ZON a nd h e is mou n ted o n a CZ . G ary showe d up at Li ons a few wee ks b ack and promptly proce eded t o For t he first ti me a t Lio ns, J im Wes t did a lrigh t for h im self. surplus sale -FRELAN INC. 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