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to M " ro '" e, N ..... '" So Racy It Should Be X -Rated By Buzz Baty IRVINE , CAL., J u ne 18, 1972 - Sp orts fans, th at Lad y Luck is just about as c " fickle as they co me. Friday nigh t at ::J .., Lions, she to ok wing and flew away Ul from Bryar Ho lcomb an d Ch arli e + w Bower, but ca me right b ack to nes t le o n Z th eir sh oulders today . W ...J There wasn't an ybody in th e 125 U >- E xp ert d ivision to da y that co u ld t ouch U Charlie Bower. Nor w as there anyone in the 500 E xp ert class tha t could touch Bryar Holcomb, althoug h Wayne Boy er did m ake a run at Holc omb and h is fly ing Suzuk i in th e cl osin g lap s of th e last m o t o . As in all CMC eve n ts, th e Exp ert s in all classes run a minimum o f tw en ty minutes in each o f the ir two mo to s. In th e 125 Expert class, Charlie Bower jumped into the lead fro m the starting gat e , and ht ere w as n o c atch ing him. His Met teo -sp onsored Pent o n didn't mi ss a be at and Ch arlie didn't make an y mi stakes, in creasing his lead with every lap , much to the ch agri n of Pen to n-mou nted Ma tthew Roth and oft-times 125 Expert winner, Bu ltaeo-mounted Ken Zah rt , wh o had to settle for seco nd and thi rd respectively . Whatever problems with the new 400 Su zu ki of Brvar Holcomb that ca used him to lo se the chai n twice Friday ni gh t at Lions were solved to d ay . Holcomb , d id n ' t h ave a chance to ride easy on ei the r one of his long m o to s, Mar k An de rson pressu red h im hard in th e first m o to , in fac t ta kin g the lead a coup le of tim es, bu t Ho lcomb persisted for the w in. T he second rou nd saw Bryar p ush th e bi g Suzuki o ut to a trem en d ous lea d in the firs t co uple of laps, o n ly to have Wayn e Boyer co me fro m de ep in the pack t o catch him in th e last tw o laps. Boy e r go t a wh eel of h is CZ u nde r Holcomb tw o or three times, b u t could n' t m a ke it stick . Boyer had to settle fo r third o vera ll, behind Rick Brown on the new N ic k Nich ol son -sp onsored Greeves. G ayl on Mosier to ok h is M ~ co to first overal l in th e 2 5 0 Expert cla ss, but o n ly b y tw en ty -fiv e poin ts. Ga ylon won the first moto wi thout to o mu ch pressure fro m th e rest of the fie ld , Ron DeS o to ge tt in g in for sec ond o n his CZ . In th e first mo t o, J on Derhammer tw ice h ad hi s gas lin e co me adrift. 1 th ink J on dumped more fu el o n the track than his CZ burned in the fir st moto. ..... N Larry McC arty go t o ne o f th o se on his Bultaco and made it sti ck de sp ite tw enty fo ur minutes of fu riou s ca tch-up by DeS oto an d Mosi er. Each lap, as Ron an d Gay lon moved up through the field , McC ar ty ' s lead go t smalle r and smaller. As th ey ca me into the ch ec ke r , it was McC ar ty , De So t o, and Mo sier, each a bi ke len gth in fr ont of th e o ther . With a firs t and a third , Gay lon had 625 p oints t o R on DeSoto's 6 0 0 p oints for two seconds. Larry McC art y with h is fir st place finish in the last m oto to ok third o verall. "Tve -gc t -it -won-ri gh t- now," starts -. -. .. ;.~ .. .:- . .- .. -. .' pick the same CMC 125 Expert win ner Chuck Bower shows how to make a Penton move like a w inner. CMC Ascot - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - By Greg Owen GARDENA , CAL., June 14, 1972 Bru ce Baron un lo aded a ve rv tr ick lo oking 125 H usky tonight. He th en pro ceeded to zap a t alented 12 5 Exp ert field whic h sported su ch p eop le as Mi ke Garr et o n a p ro to ty pe M o n arch, T erry Clar k on h is famo us Harlev Golden Win g and, last h u t n o t least , 'J e ff " Mr. Ascot" Wrigh t. Th at ' s right sp orts fans, Jeff Wrigh t and h is potent Puch h ave been beate n . J eff fini shed seco nd behind Baron in f ro nt of J ohn Volkman (Bul) . T he two bi g b o re classes saw a red hot Bill Payne take a couple of be autifully prep ared Maico s to a d ouble win. His main co mpetitio n in the 25 0 Expert class ca me from Dave Pessy wh o w on one m o ta and fin ished se co nd overal l. Bob Me sser wh o fin ish ed thi rd overall h ad h is han d s full all n igh t t ryi ng to keep Ti m Hart behin d him. Hart d id a wh ole lot be tt er in th e Open Class putting a fir st , a seco nd and a fifth together to finish rig ht beh ind Pay ne and in front of Gary G riffin g ( ~Iai ). Lions- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - By Bu zz Bat y WIL MINGTON, CA L ., J u ne 16 , 19 72 Lu ck visited a few of th e boy s to n igh t , and for th ree of the riders , she was no lad y . Sh e ab so lu tely deserted Bry ar and his brand n ew Suzuki 400. In the first tw o 5 0 0 Expert mo tos, Bry ar bombed th e bi g Suzuki out of the startin g ga te an d into th e lead. It lo o ked fo r su re as if he had a lo ck on the 500 E xp ert to ni gh t. In b oth m o tos a t the sa me spot on the course ( the righ l hand co mer ju st after th e j u m p), th e chain adj uster cla m p c ame adri ft letting the c hain co m e off the sp roc ket an d th at w as all for Ho lcomh . Chuck Bo we r made his retu rn to rac ing after a six week lay o ff d ue to a broken an kle tha t he suffere d up in Utah . Chuck fe ll in the firs t m oto attemp ting to tak e over first fro m Dave Rodgers . Charlie won the second m o t o in the 125 Ex pe rt: was leadin g the third mo to, and wen t down again . Even th ough Ch arl ie won a moto, he di d n't show in the top th ree , whic h was a Bu lt aco sweep of D ave Rodgers, Ray lopez and Ke n Zahrt. Ri ck Br own , riding the new Greeves sponso re d b y Nick Nich ol son , ac ed o u t David Pessy 's Ossa b y tw o p oints to win . th e 500 E xp er t class. Lad y L uck d idn't comple tely desert David l'c ssy, th o ugh. as he wo n th e 250 E xp e rt class ahead of CZ m ounted J eff Wec ker and R on DcS oto .