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," r~ '" ~ PALM SPRINGS AT DUNES 0. N r- a> MN c~ ~ Vl ;: w Z W ..J U >- U Jack Orndoff (H v. Am .1 com ing through the hom e check. away fro m th e co u rse a nd h ead ed it o ff th e o ther d irection. Take no te Sierra Club. Clarence Kieffer an d Kenn y Summers o f th e Du ste rs ~I.C . wer e reall y je wel s a t ge tting th e results fo r me. There were six tee n races here tod ay and we starte d so rt ing ou t th e results at 5:3 0 pm wh en everybo dy else was h ome takin g a showe r a nd h avin g a cold beer. Need 1 say th e resu lt s are ve ry unofficial? No body have given any resu lt s to anybody at th e Red Do ts sign -up , so so me p le asan t fellow with a Bri t ish acce nt we nt t hrough them fo r m e. T h anks. C on fu sion n o twith st anding, most of the riders h ad good thin gs to say abou t b o th co u rses . The tr ail go t p retty che we d up durin g the d ay, expo sin g m ore roc ks on the h ills, bu t ·b o th we re fun co urses. Som e riders even wen t so far as to say th at co u rse 2 , (y ello w ribbon ) was a real riders' co urse, alt ho ug h it was very tigh t in the sandw ash es an d gu llies w it h n o p lace to pass excep t co m ing in to th e h om e check or go ing to the b omb. Si x teen races in o ne day is to o muc h. Racin g star te d a t 8 : 00 in t he m orn ing an d continued until 5:00 in th e a fte rnoon. T he wo rst part of it was that every body ra n out of ice and beer be for e the d ay was ove r. ( R esu lt s o n page 3 6 ) First turn acti on at th e old reservation . By Joh n Grout VALENCIA, CALIF ., May 14, 19 72 On a d ay k issed with Palm Sprin gs re sort season- ty p e we a th er, n earl y 3 0 0 rid ers answe red t he 9 am cal l to b attle during todav 's ability-loaded motocross p ro gram , co nd uc ted on th e challe n ging Sh ad ow Gle n co urse a t Indian Dunes Park. Yo ung Mik e Brown. wh o is no w b ein g to u te d as th e t op rmru racer in Califo rn ia - and, fo r all purp oses, yo u mi gh t as w ell say the US - wallo pe d a n ove rflowing fie ld of papoos e sky rocke ts, little squirts in the dirt, in three st raigh t ti m es at bat. Tom Ho yl e, who was am ong th e hi gh -p o in t riders in the 19i I O ld T im e rs' Can-Am cr ew, grabbed h is t hree wins a t th e ex pense of 25 o ther " d iggin din osaurs". Randy Nord yke of Ven tura. who has al ways . been ra te d amo ng the top ec he lon o f moto cro ss comba tan ts, at th e O ld Reservation (1- h ope St an fo rd Un iversity will ki nd ly forgi ve ou r brashness) cam e from beh ind in o ne . heat , an d roll ed all of th e way in fron t d u rin g h is o th er tw o m oto s ; sol id ly trou n cin g a swift, sliding 250 Sen ior entourage. Stokey scored a 125 Lyn n Se n io r/Expert victory ove r anothe r Pe nton race r. Dan ny La Porte. Bo b S tephan, who rides o ut of Steve's Bu l taco in V an Nuys, kept h is wi n stre ak intac t amo ngst 250 Jun ior s, while c rea ting m o re d isturban ce th an a leaky oil cooler at th e Indy "500". Mark Casper (B ul), J im David ( Yam ), Mike Bruno (Ya m) and J am es Kimura we nt afte r one a no the r, (Yam) knob by-to-kno bby, in the 100 J unior co n tes t. Casp er gai ne d a n arrow, overall first p lace. The 125 Divisi o n A race cou ld h ave gon e to either Ri c k A rm strong (Pen) or Ka wasaki m ounted Ed Siegwart when th e y got to th e th ird an d final ro und. A rms tron g, wh o won the las t h eat fo r the group, was th e d ay ' s overall winner. In 250 Division A Jun ior action which h ad a bla ck flag waved in th e final m o to wh en poin ts lead er Dana Littlej o hn (CZ) an d Bill H in es (H us) coll ided on th e fro n t chu te , eve n tuall ove rall win ne r was Gary McD o nal d , sea ted o n a Mai co . Eric Crippa, agai n air ing th e new Ya maha fro m T om Kel sey ' s T i ta n iu m Racing Prod ucts - th e bike is called a Ya rna-Hallman - won a p air of mo tos fo r Open Senio r/ E xp er ts, an d gene ra lly pl ayed the gam e o f h ot tir e trac ks along an empty tr ail for the remainder o f the assem b lage . Bob Cullin an , wh o was as tride th e sam e CZ with wh ich Pro rid er Larry Watkin s was lea di ng last wee k' s $25 .000 fiercy in Idah o, before encou n te rin g engine problems an d oth er mechan ica l p roblems, rolled the m ach in e ry t o a 2-1· 1 record wh ile stopping o ther Open Jun iors. This co ming Sun day 's motocross warfare at In d ian Du nes Par k will featu re a cas h purse for Senior/Experts and tr ophies for J u ni o rs, O ld T im e rs and P owde r Pu ffs. First race at 9 :00 am. r.:""",......---------- Y ou could get going faster than you really wante d on th e downhill going int o the home stretch. When you got out of shape, the fans Jo ved it . 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