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to LACKEY CAME OUT AHEAD-- 8> '" 0- N .... a> com forta ble lea d a fte r J ones broke and DeSoto got de-gassed in th e second > ::;; '" T ea m o r J o nes. T hey laste d lon g en ough, even th ough tiring in the th irty moto . g' m inute m o tos. In th e third rou nd, DeSo to an d Lackey came off th e s ta rt like tw in cvclones an d had a fierce wheel to ,~ h eel dice go ing for t he first two laps. Lackey dropped it, th e burly lI aw aii an stayed up right. With Jones ou t and th e lead th ey'd built up, they h ad th e 5 0 0 class to themselves. DeS o to lapped every ride r u p to thi rd p lace Jim Co o ke, wh o p u t o n a con sisten t show t o finish second overa ll 500. J im Wilson and Bob l ler sh ey p layed th e three m oto game well and co nsisten tly to man age th ird and fou rth overa ll even th ough they never lo o ked ~ W Z W ..J U r U , as smoo th o r aggress ive as th e Kaw asa ki Lack ey f inall y gets past Jones, wor k ing his way up from seventh. By J ohn Huetter Photos by Iluetter & K.C , Brintnall ORANCf-, CAL., May 2 1, 1972 - Brad Lac ke y cam e to Saddleback to race mo toc ro ss. In thi s, the second round o f th e Lei sure tech U.S. Cup Motocro ss series, Brad rema ine d moun ted on the 490 Kawasaki to win th e fir st tw o thi rt y -mi nu te mo to s an d ta ke secon d t o Kaw asaki teamma te J o h n DeS oto in th e th ird m o to of th e 5 00 cl ass. DeSoto h ad tak en a second to Lackey in the first mo to after b oth man aged to ge t by early lea de r C ary J ones. T he gas on th e co bby- look ing 490 tank pro toty pe came loose in the seco nd moto, endin g J oh n 's chances fo r top hon or s. The o nly real challe n ge to th e ride rs with the green K on their jerseys was J ones o n a 36 0 Yamaha, but he didn 't ma ke the start o f the th ird mo to after his swingarm broke in the second leg, In th e first mo to , Lackey was run nin g about seventh fo r man y laps, bu t j ust kept i t o n to pass the m all, mo ving up abou t one p osit ion every lap or tw o until he h ad th e lead. Very professional, an d very smooth , Brad ran away with a T he Kawasaki 490 p ro to tvoe. Brad Lackey just kept pouring it on, whenever he needed i t. . For hon ors, as o p p osed to official resul ts. in th e 250 class, I'd have to rate it a toss-up between Jim Pomero y, Pride of th e Northwest, and Brit ish imp ort , Mik e Ru ny ard. Pome ro y wo n the 250 class overall in a masterful displ ay, of consis te ncy and con trol. Ru nvard co u ld not o verco me the bad sta rt of the firs t mo to, b u t o the rwise showe d inspired an d aggressive rid ing . Mike ne ve r seeme d to tire as h e to o k th e lead and ke p t it in moto two an d worke d h is way u p fro m th e middle of the p ack 10 fin ish seco nd to a su pe rfast Tom Rap p in th e third leg. Pomer oy