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Cycle News 1972 06 20

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.'" en .. .. • ."1 e, N .... '" ~ '" :> .., t: til ;:: w Z W ..J o >o A bik ie pr ep a res to swoo p a VW. Gene Cannae:ty was seco nd across th e line and thi rd on correct ed ti me. - time) had so me thing like a flashl ight taped to th e front. T hird b ike in Friday mo rn in g was the p rivately en tered 8-speed Hu sk y of Dick Vick an d Niles Ussery , with the highest combine d ages of any riding team , an d Vick 's b est ride in years of Baja competi tion. T he head ligh t came off on the second leg, which slowed Niles up j u st a tad. Oh , yeah, first overall this year, o n corrected ti me. was some so rt of four-w heeled go-fast m ach ine ca lled a Sandrnaster with ex-biker Bob Ferro at the wheel. He cut seven mi nutes off hi s winning time from last year, which gives him an unofficial I I h ours, 12 min u tes for the sol o run. First two four-wheeled vehicles that we saw cross th e finish (n o t winners o n c orre cted ti me) we re pick-up trucks , a Chevy and a Ford . Never knew pick-ups were used fo r anything besides carr y ing bikes to a race , and then to find o ut they race 'ern•.. ....... -------., _---------- 0 ME~ICALI I .BAJA 500 <-............... - M alcol m t alk s to Silv ert h orn before th e sta rt. Sil vert h orn won . M alcolm broke h is leg. .- Thi s co mment was attached to the rear of Gen e Cann ad y' s Yama ha . ~~ OFF ICIA L COURSE ::ENSENA DA uo-..J\", -- - - -- -- - - - -- - - --- - -- -- -- -- - - -- - ----- -=---------.------------=---:-- ~- - -=- - ----- ----- T h is week 's eN Mexican Pi t Toot sie o f t h e Week was found in the w ilds of Baja . ------- - -- --- -- -- ----- ----------------- - - - - - - -- --- ----------------- --- - -- - -- -------------- ----------------- - -- ------ ---- -- ----- ------- ----------- --- ------------------ - --- ---------- -- -- -- ------- - --- --- -- ----------- - ---- -------- -- -- -- - --- -::- - ----------- ----- -- - _-_-_-_-_ -:-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-...: RANCHO CHAPA LA :_------ -------------:-_---:-_---:-_-:-_-----.:..------:-~ ------- ---- - ------- -- - ---- ----,

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