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CORONA MX N .... Cl Oh Yes, How Those Mice Do Gt to Play e ,I Bv Buzz Ba tv COROi\'A, cA.. April ' 2 2 . 1972 What's th at saying? "While the cats away, the m ice wil l play," Well. while the cats were away (read Experts. hotsh oe variety). the Corona c ontingent of regulars didn't play, they ra ced. John Hry n k ie w icz a n d Kenny Cook battled it out on their Bultacos wi th Pe n to~·moun ted, Danny L ap o rt e in the Cl > '" ::E ~ w Z W ...J U >- U 12 5 Expert class. They traded w ins, seconds, and thirds amongst themselves to the extent that at the en d of the day, l lry n kiewicz and Lap ort e w ere tired, with Cook just a few points o ff the pace. llrynkiewicz was declared the winner on the basis of best fin ish las t moto. Starter and scorer, Dale Teubner has been experimenting with different types .. Steve Mc Fa rland on tha t li ttl e Lee Jougland gets th e right beat go ing whil e h e leads St eve R ieh le !8 3 Kl , Ron Rie k e ( 13 l and Mi ke L antry! 1571. or Rickm an Zu nd app. of scoring. try ing to find a sys tem th at would please everyone . hut as a famo us man with a beard once said: "vou ca n please all of the people some of the time and some of the people a ll of the ti me, but you can 't please all of the people all of the time" , I believe that Dale Teubner has settled on the sc oring system used by the Cl\IC, wh ich seems to work out the Fairest and p leases the mo st people, democratic society and all that , VOlt know . Speak ing of the C1\IC, 1 haw it from that ve rv famous and we ll know n " Reliable Sour cc" , (now isn't that a h e ll of a name to ~o around with all your life , almost as had as Clu teh C argo or Bat Guano). ,\ ny w ay 1\11, Source tells me th at the management of Coron a Raceway and the management of C1\IC have hammered ou t an agreemen t and the C1\IC w ill stage its first even t at b e au tifu l Corona Racewav , Su n d av , 1\lay 21 st. Now here's the t~sty part ;'f Mr, Source's srorv . This, first event of the C MC 's a t C o ; o n a Raceway will be for a guaran teed $500 plu s purse. With this information, I w o uldn' t mi ss too ma n y S a tu rd ay s at C o ro n a getting to know th e track . Richard Eirstedt, in com petition w ith Ti m H art last week, won the first 250 Expert moto. But as you recall, lI a rt unloaded hard in the second 500 Expert mo to and so didn 't ride the remaining: two, white Eirstedt swe pt and wo n the 250 Expert class. lie liked th a t so well tha t he did th e sa me th ing to d ay , taki ng h is Maic o to the first ove rall spot a head of th e CZ's of Ch uck Lundy and S te ve Copeland, A n o te for t he Junior ride rs a t Corona Racewav: Ka wasa k i Motors Corporation has 'd o n a te d a really nea t alu m inum loading ramp and six tire rep air and inflater kits to be given away nex t Sa turday . These goodies we re d on a ted through the good offices of Kawasaki's , vcry young, ve ry talen ted , (b ut very balding), West Coast Pa rts Ma nager Tom Th urman. ( Results on page 44) Hard-tofind parts, eas~-to-get . . . at Va erian's. l Ifl.illl\,\ (1)111 ~:'~,~,~,~"~~,,~~~.~:"~td. Los Angeles . Californi a 9 00 6 ~ - Tel eph on e : f2 13 f ",5 -" ,>,11 . . Sa les - Se rvice - Accessori es - Pa rts - Rivetr s Champr on L ~ a lt\ ':J5 HUSOVA RNA . JAWA IC Z ' SU ZU KI' PENT ON' MZ . ',1ONTESA . Z1Jt Dtd A ' J open monday thr ough sa turday • 1 ' ,I :1