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Cycle News1972 06 06

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CR By Christopher Ostlind E LS I!'\O RE, CALIF., May 2 1, 19 i2 Rawh ide Par k un derwent extensive b ulldo zer wo rk last week and the res u lt w as a very fast track withou t th e'" usual bike an d body b reaking h ab its fo r which it was known. The Open N ovi ces really rip p ed the pl ace up as Stewart Dowd [Mai ] , Bobby Morse (BSA), an d John Van De llen (Mai ) traded o ff moto w in s while making good use of the b erms an d fast st raigh IS. Morse ca me o ff th e line smokin g an d le ft everyone in the dust in th e fi rs t m oto. D owd came in se c ond and V an Dell en was third in th at o n e. In th e en d it was Van Dell en winning i t w ith D owd secon d aga in . T hose two w ere h avin g the ir o w n personal battle and pro ba b ly thought the y we re the on ly o ne s o n th e track. AME Saddleback - - -- Ioto nu 'f s/low dow n it h D ow anll Defle p acing each o the r t o a he alth y lead over th e res t o f the pa ck. D owd was eviden tly so stoied over th e p ro sp ect of a first ove rall that h e rea lly started doi ng the boogie and sq u eak ed ou t the overall victo ry over Van De llen . Emergin g .th e winner in the 250 Novices was Mike C underson on a Yamaha as he to o k tw o se conds a n d a fir st over Bob Bernier ( Yam) and l\larty Gresham (Y am) to fill o u t th e top three. The CRC . R awhide Park an d Mother N ature all com b ine d to m ak e this a h ighl y enjo yable d ay for every one e xcep t th e guys wh o didn 't win . Rawhide Park h as reall y gone through some ch anges. sa fety -wise as well as co u rse impro vements. I think it w ould be worth yo ur while to go o u t there, get so m e su n and ride y our fanny off. (R esults o n p age 40) - - - - -- By Rich H offman ORANGE, CALI F ., l\la y 28, 19i2 AM E ride rs retu rned to S addleback Par k today an d in 100 degree weather ran th ei r fu ll program , incl ud in g three 20 m in u te motos for e ac h d ivision. David ll o yd stu n (Y am ) w as overall ' winne r today in the 250 Senio r Division. Al th o u gh Ray Top man won the first mota he seemed to tire in the last two, to give lloy dstun the wi n . J ohn Miley (CZ) put it to the 500 Ju n iors for the seco n d week in a r o w, with CZ rid ers Nick Pavo ne and Jerry FoI ste d finish ing se co nd and thi rd - - - - -- - -- respec tivel y . Greg ' Lee (CZ) co ntinued h is do min at ion of the 250 Jun io rs today and it would seem th a t he may be heade d for the In ter me d ia te Divisio n if he contin ues riding as he h as the p ast few we e ks . Bill Jones of the AME annou nced today th at th ey wi ll hold a CZ series shortly with a new CZ go ing to th e w in ner. T h e se ries will be ru n a t Saddlcback a n d Ca rlsbad , Fo r furth er d e tai l co n tac t Bill o r J ack Kell of th e Al\IE . (R esu lts o n page 4 0) MOTOCROSS .\ USMR C EI Toro - - -- - - By Pa t Gross EL TORO, CALIF. , May ~6, 19;2 " Do u b le y o ur pleasure, d ouble y our fu n" could h ave b een Bruce Baron's motto as he sn atched a twin w in a t EI Toro this Friday . Th e Husky -sp onsored .d y n am o took both 125 an d 250 Expe rt cl asses in clean sweeps over .Y am ah a riders Dave Car lson an d Mark Tver, However, Carlson 's own sweep of ' th e lO ll Ex per t guaranteed h is re tensio n o f th e first pl ace point spot Baron forfe ite d in an ill-fated jun ke t to S acrament o's Cal -Expo. Re lia b le sources rec o mme n d Br u ce strap a p ill o w to the injured p o rti on of h is anato my : after a ll, number two h as to try h arder , ri gh t ? Ga ry Cochell (AJ S) dropped out of th e 250 Expert cl ass after th e firs t m oto , but went on t o take th e 5 0 0 cl ass b y storm . lIis ' o the rw ise perfec t score w as bl oc ked by Steve Brown's w in in the third m oto, which netted Bro wn a second ov er all . A sw arm o f su rp rised Junio rs fo u n d themselves in sta nt Intennedia te s following a m ass tr an sfer. A number o f these transfers p roved tb e ir readiness for the move by givin g the Experts a rough time in th e comb ined In t / E xp classes. Notable am ong th e n ew In termedi ates and winning their respe ctive cl as ses are Jack Hazard ( Bu l) in th e 100 an d 12 5, Brad Salate ( R ic) a close se cond in th e 125, Ron Bandy (C Z) in th e 250 , and Ray Badham (H us) for the 5 00 class. Bandy in p articular is lo cking elbows and knocking k nees with th e Experts. His h air trigger sta rts fr om the rubber band p ut him in close con ten ti o n with Tyer, Carlson , and Baron himself. It won't be long a t the ra t e these Intermediates are go ing b e fore a no the r tran sfer takes p lace; EI T oro m ay b e th e site o f some hard-fought d uels. The h ot-sh oe H ondas ripped off anothe r one-two-three . for the Schoolboy class. This time it was Brad Dutoit swe e pi ng in for a firs t , Ma rk Shader w it h a close se cond, and Mik e Donnelly bringin g up third. Another Bandy , H onda-m ounted Mark , showe d the Division I 100 Juniors h ow to sw ee p a cl ass, as Richee Collins d em on st rated lik ewise for Divisi on II. The 125 Junior D ivision I class was a field day for Yamahas wi th Mark Rodman fir st over th e lin e, and Billy Bobp an d John V an Broo kl yn fo llo w ing cl o se behind. John Adams (Bul) gr abbed Division H honors, wh ile Doug Benjamin (CZ ) and R on Nicol ( Bu l) stampeded the 25 0 Jun ior I and H respectively .Vern Maxwell on his Bulta co rounded out another ex citing ni gh t o f racing w ith his easy sweep of the 500 J unior class. 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