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~ " '" ~ N ..... m cD . > ::;; ~ w Z W ..J U >U Small Turnout for First AMe Points Event By Art Fri edman CARLSBAD, CAL., May 6 , 1972 - A very sm all number o f rider s. turned o ut for th e AMC m o t ocross here tod ay but th ose wh o came rode a 2 0 minute last m o to ., got a h ea dstar t on A:VIC poin ts, an d go t h ome early. This w as th e fir st AMC p oin ts even t , but a mix -up in th e mail kept their publici ty from reaching everyone. O riginally this was to be a cas h-to-Ju niors eve nt b ut many peop le co mp lained abou t the loss o f ama teu r status to kids who are a th le tes in sch ool so the Al\IC is reconsidering. Sin ce there were so few riders the tra ck was n't b roken in at th e end of practice , and there were big mudh ole s where the wa ter tru ck had d one it s thing for th e ea rly mo tos . T he lo ng co u rse was used with th e bi g hill. There were on ly four 100s but they mi xed it u p pretty well. In th e firs t mo to the leader sta lled and en ded up third. The last place man en de d up second and th e second pl ace man to o k over third . One fa ther co m men ted th at d ads existed t o fix bi kes. Sure , said so meone , if God had mean t fathers to ride He w o uld have given them b ike s. Th e 125 wa s o ne of the m o re hotly co n tes te d classes . even after the third 250 class w inn er, A Kastner. A Nov ice? St ar ting li ne o f th e 500 class and fr on t fend er inspecti on. m oto , Poor lo ser of the w ee k goes to There are words never found in any dict ionary. Words that are born to fulfi l the need to describe revolutionary exper iences . immeasurable by yesterday' s standards. Rideability is such a word and the Norton Commando such an expe rience . Wh at do we really mean by Commando rideab il ity? Ask a skilled Norton rider and he win speak of elect rify ing accelerat ion . big po w er right from the start, a t urbine smo oth ride and ultra po w erf ul d isc braking . All great feat ures. but no t uniqu e among superbikes . It is the rest of what he says that gi ves the Commando t hat cert ain char isma and put s it in a class apart. That slim feel betw een the legs. tha t low weig ht, that racebred ste and road -hol ding possessed only by th e Norto In sho rt. rideability gives hi . to their . the father who w anted his son moved up in the standings o ne place because the guy wh o had beaten h im h ad lost a n um b er plate . li e bent th e scorers' ears half an hour before he gave up . The 250 class was a run-and-hide affa ir for R . Kastner, th e onlv Novi ce. In th e last malo h e stopped f;'r a co ke th en fe ll and st ill won with time to sp ar e. T . Scruggs was first beginn er. =" ea test so undi ng bi ke ou t there was one o f th e st ill-ra re MCB ' s. It w as ni ce and quie t. Its rid er, B. H olland. kep t referring t o it as a Singer (sewing mach in e) . Every one wh o ca me h ad a go o d time. T hey did n't have to wait for a long time between mote s, go t h ome ea rly, and did n't have a lot of bikes in the pits ma kin g noise an d kicking up dust. (Res ults on page 4 4 ) HOT STU FF! T he fir st Lake Tahoe Superstar Motocros s a t Tahoe V ista, Ca l., J un e 17-1 8. J une 16 - J oh n DeSoto MX Sch o ol. June 17 A:\IA Sanctioned Sp ortsmen event - 4 foot tro phies. June 18 AMA N at ion al Champio nsh ip Professional Race. $ 500 0 purs e. Entry for all three events is by mail only, dead lin e J une I , 1972. Bru ce Yo un g, of D.D.N.M .C . fame will an nou nce the even t. The following riders are already signed to com p e te : Pre tty Pe tt y , Gary Chap lin, Jim Wilson, J ohn DeSoto, Gary J on es , :\Iart y Tripes, T om Rapp, J im Wein ert, De\\'a yne J ones, Tim Hart, Brad La ckey, Rich Th orwaldson, Carl Cranke and Bill Urb an. Does she ride Sportsman or Expert? M arjean N ott - one of the Bikin i clad T rophy Girl s for th e Lake T aho e Superstar Motocross. M arjean own s M arjean's Schoo l of Dance in Reno and appears to be in bett er "shape" than the average motocross er.

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