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CORONA, CAL. , Ap ril 29, I 9 72 - A
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tra ck . Mar ty Tripes a nd com p an y
checked in today, includ ing Mik e
Tripes. and Wayne Boye r.
Mart y an d Mike didn 't fa re too well,
b ut Boy er pic ked u p a thi rd in the 5 00
Ex pert class with h is CZ beh in d T im
Hart an d hi s Maico , and fir st p lace
wi n ner, G ary G riffing aboard hi s Maico,
I say th a t Ma rty didn 't fare t o o well .
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call th e livin g truth . Marty t o ok fourth
ove ra ll in th e 250 Exp ert class, beh ind
Ti m Hart, Rich ard Ei rs te d t an d T im
Lunde . I'm so used t o seeing Marty,
wh en he is o n the bubble, za p a lo aded
Ex pert field, I fo rget th at even so meo ne
as talen ted as Marty has t o learn the
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Bru ce Baron's string of ha rd lu ck
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his Yamaha (25 0) pac ke d it in , so Bru ce
lo ad ed up and sp lit .
There w as a d ifferen t w inner in ea c h
m o to o f the 125 E xp ert s. Ken Z ah r t
pi cked up first overall, ah ead o f Ken
Co ok an d J im O ' Ne al. Ken Zah rt wasn't
as sure in h is ri d ing as 1 have see n him.
Says his ncw Bultaco does n 't feel righ t.
T im Hart un lo aded again to day . He
had a go od lead in th e fir st 5 0 0 Expert
m oto, but just as h e gasse d it co mi n g
on to the fro n t st raig h t , th e rear en d slid
o u t and whipped in to a big truck tire
u sed as a cou rse mark er. D own wen t
Hart sliding o n h is left elb o w, shoul de r
and helmet, all o f th em re ceiving vari o us
degrees of scratches, bru ises, an d
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Mc Farl and Chief of Po lice , who has
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By Jim Zerby
FLORENCE, COLO .• May 7, 1972 Nearly 90 rid ers turned ou t Sunday a t
Frem ont R aceway. Floren ce. Co lo .• for
the Paul Montgomery b en efi t m oto cr o ss
here and nearly $300 was raised. Paul
su ff e re d serio us injurie s h er e some six
wee ks ago , an d the good sportsman ship
o f bike riders all over cam e to Iigh t here
Sunday .
T he races were su perb with al l classes
in close con te n tio n . It st arted ou t with
the 125 E xpe rt class an d the firs t th ree
finishe rs ca me ac ro ss the lin e side by
sid e , with A rlo En glund e me rging th e
win n er .
Befo re th e fin al race co u ld sta rt . a
hail an d rain st orm se t in a nd th e t ra c k
turned into a de ep mud h ole. T hen a
mud ra ce w as put o n an d Ji m Sco tt of
Pueblo , Co lo ra d o ca me o u t the m udd y
victor.
(R esu lts o n p age 36)