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o _ V'l .. '" "' ~ 0> '" e, .... '" Cl . u:, c :J .., ~ w Z W ..J U > U Cody hits Nutter ; Nutter lifts a leg, hits Konl e; Kon le hits wall . tw o riders with third place, but b oth of them making th e l\lain Event. The officials th en ann ounced th at Cullum would be give n fourth an d Bast second. After large boos fro m th e c ro wd , th e an no un cer. Larry H u ffm an , who w as beco m ing as con fu sed as th e fans stated th a t the officials were having a co nference and their de ci sion would b e an nounced later, After the ne xt ra ce , the ann oun cement was made th at both Becke r an d Cullum would transfer to the Main Even t, but would be pen alized an extra ten yard s. Comes al ong the Handicap Events and Cullum is in the Consolation and Bast w as in the l\l ain with no explan ati on to the fans. Even some of th e o fficials th at I was ab le to talk to didn 't really understand wh at h ad h appened. The Handicap Main lineup makes o ne w onder ab o u t the handic appin g o f rid ers. The riders are all going well this yea r, but except for Mike Bast wh o m oved up . be cause of the penalties and Bill Cody who pu t in a fan lastic ride in th e Se mi but would have no t have m ade the Main were it n ot for a spill by Greg H ase ro t and Mike Caruso, the Main event would have consisted of all riders from th e th irty ya rd line or less . I t seems that the to p riders that the p ublic come to see a re being penalized ou t of the Mai ns by excessive yardage. I d o not me an t o sa y th at they h ave any less riding a b ili ty than last y ear, it is j ust that ridin g four a nd five ni ghts a we ek has improved man y o f the less y ar dage rid ers [0 the p oint th at th ey a re a threat eve n fr om an equal d ist an ce. A s an ex a m p le . R ub en Ben ites w h o st arted th e se as on with a 10 y ard handicap, w as moved up to th e zero y ard line an d w as r I abl e to cop th e win in hi s heat , se m i an d go on to w in the l\l ain ev en t as h e stood o ff the ch arges of se cond spo t m an Danny Becker and third p lace Bill C ody , wh o really go t it o n to ove rc o m e his 50 y ard handicap to cap third pl ace. Fourth place w as l\like Bast with fifth go ing to Stu l\lorley an d J ohn Fishburn taking sixth . R on Stewart, who sp onsors Dann y Becker, showed th e Se cond Divi sion ride rs h ow it shou ld he d one w ith a d ouble win by taking hi s h eat an d then the l\l ain Even t trailed b y Jeff Sexton, Steve Gresham, Mik e Me soj ednik , Steve Bonh am a n d Jim Doren. The two Divi sion III race s wer e won by Jim Heath and Greg Comstoc k. The Feature l\latch race between Mike Konle a n d Jim Gre sham fou nd Jim bump ing l\like in th e first corn e r and (Please t urn t o I' g. 36) '\\;11111 ttl file \~e;ll· L Dick Mann looks like a Champion ... and he is a Champion, curren t Grand Nationa l Champion. Cycle Magazine's Rider of the Year and landslide winner in Motorcycle Weekly's Top Rider vote. He was also Grand National Champion in " ~ ~" RACING CASTOR International Cycle House 1267 No rth Wilton Place Los Angeles. Califo rnia 90038 Phone (213) 4 6 7 · 3 0 7 4 " Blen dzall" Corporati on has posted a tota l of $15.700 continge ncy award mon ey for 197 2 A.M.A . Na tio nal win ners th .u w in with " Blend za ll" an d di spl a y t he "Blen dz al!" stic ker. Th e aw ard s to cove r T.T., short track, road race , and moto cr oss nat ion al events. The following 1971 Tra ns A.M.A. wi nn ers received "Blendzall" awa rds tota ling $3 150.00 : Sytvain Geboers , Roger De Coster, Joel Rober t , Ad olph Weil, Werner Sc hutz. 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