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(Me Ascot By Buzz Baty GA R DENA , CAL ., 1>l ay 3 , 19 72 - It just had t o b e a shor t entry, at leas t as far as the Ex perts were co nce rned . It was, but a co u p le o f guys named Bo b Messer and Dave Pessy stayed in to wn to p ick up so me travelin' money . T he exodus began ea rly in the wee k, and b y Wednesd ay night, th e bu lk o f the CMC h otsh oes were on th e way to T win Falls, Idah o an d Evel' s extravaganza . Messer had his Ossa all set up , tu ned and ready to go, so he borrowed a CZ to ride in the 500 Intermedia te/ Expert d ivisio n. Bo b ro de his loan er to two firs ts an d a second, picking up th e d oll ars for th e first overall spo t. Al an Blain won th e last 500 Expert mo to, pu tting h im in th e second place mon ey spo t; his Kawasak i wo rking right to h elp p:1Y fo r its self. J . Wa tso n o n a Mai co got in for third . Pessey put three good motos toge ther and had no trouble in taking first overall in th e 25 0 Ex pe rt d ivisio n. His Ossa did n't m iss a bea t, bu t .the battle fo r second spot we n t d own to the wire . > :;; '" ~ UJ Z UJ ...J U >- U " (M( Lions Fran t ic start b y t he 100 J u n io rs, incl ud ing Glenn, Spen cer, Hard est y an d Worce ster. By Buzz Ba ty WILMI N GT O N. CAL ., May 5, 19 72 - David Pessy is on e sharp calcu la tor. Dave ro de Lion s to n igh t and p icked up two -third s of th e to tal purse , winnin g b o th th e 25 0 and 50 0 Expert di vision s with h is pair o f O ssas. Excep t for th e las t mo to of th e 5 0 0, when he man aged to fa ll, it has to be one of th e easiest paydays that Pessy has ye t to see. T he n the young man really used h is head. He n o t only p icked up enough m on ey for round t rip airfare to Twin Falls, b u t also, had so me left over for the go od tim e ac tio n. Not o nly th a t, h e co n ne d somebody into h au lin g hi s m otor cy cles up to Twin Falls an d bac k , saving him self a lo ng dr ive , and flyi ng u p wou ld arrive fre sh and rested for the wee ken d act ion at the )5nake R iver. The best racin g of the n igh t was in the 125 Expert d ivision an d th e 5 0 0 In term edi a te division , Gary Bevans, who lo o ks to be getting better and better with eac h p assing week. really had his work cu t o u t for h im when the third m oto for th e 125 Ex pe rts rolled aro un d . G ary h ad a fi rst an d a DN F in the first tw o m otos. The DN F cam e abo ut whe n he crash ed his Yam ah a an d wen t b ac k to the pits fo r a little regrou ping. Bevans had to have th e last m o to win in o rde r t o n otch firs t overall and Gary got the j ob done. Chris Mogensen (B ul) an d Cr aig Hum ber (DKW) reserv ed spots at the pay window fo r second and third res pectively. There's a nas ty rumo r go ing aro un d down here at Cycle News tha t so me body , wro te a le tt er ta ki ng me to task for my com men ts on G ary Nix on. Se em s t hat I had n ' t p aid s trict enough a ttention to his Ju nior an d that th ey w anted it kn ow n he had won 16 straight m o tos instead of ni ne . Gary is good an d ge tt ing better . T he firs t 500 In term ed iat e mot o was wo n by Dan McK en na aboard his 400 Suzuki. Nixon an d his CZ had to settle fo r fo urth behind Paul Mahn ke on a Hu sk y, and Gle n Kin g and h is Suz uki. Nixon ca me back t o win th e next two m o tos for firs t ove rall, wit h McKe nn a second and Mahn ke third : (Resu lts o n page 44) Eastern go-fast Dave Pessy on t he factory Oss. ...... • 'l 'T . .. ~L' # I '" WEST CYCLES Draco 's Motorc yc les 126 7 No nn W lion PI,1('e Los Ance'es C.ll.lnrnlcl 900J8 Newhall 1629 S . Sta nda rd Ave. , Sa nta An a 7 14 543·9688 Pnone 213 ':6;' J07 .: usqval"n ..",J!b.. 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