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o . -: Baron tops EI Toro - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - a> t Co nt u, Jrum page j Paulsell (lI o d) co m in g in third. The new lv tr an sferred Intermediates contin ue d their win n ing w ay s. Stanley Jacklin (K aw ) and Jeff Cl ark took the IOU: Tim Carmack an d Mi k e S tem o n thei r Yarn ahas got con tro l o f th e 125; and Ron Han so n's an d Do n Stene rson's CZs domin ated the 2 5 U. The girls a re b ack for b ra ss with the return o f the Powder Pu ff class to EI Toro. S and y Term in (Ya m ) o f Desert Daisy rek n own , turned in a se cond behind Johanna' s OKW, with Judy Lov ell ( D KW) a close third . T h e girls also rode with th e gu ys in their respective classes. Though it ca n ' t be said that the y st ormed, neither can it be said th at th ey b ombed, In c ase y ou're wondering what happened to th e combined 5 00 Intermediate /Expert cl ass, so a re we! This week's entries were transferred to next Fr iday d ue to the poor turnou t. Next week (we h-ope ) the b ig bikes w ill roar as th e action returns to EI Toro Speedway. e, N I"- Ol . l"- N c .., :J ~ w Z w -' U >- U By Pat G ro ss Roberts (lIod). S COll Hegel ( Bul) and EL TORO , CAL., J une 9 , 19 72 - Wh a t S COll Wol ford (S uz) took the 12 5 can b e sa id abou t th e 21 -ve a r-ol d Ju n ior Div isions 1 an d II, Wo lford with a mo tocrosser, Bruce Baron ? Th at h e's very n eat sw eep. Dave Hall on a 1\laico ver satile ? Th a t h e has U S ~ I RC naile d came o u t on top of the 250 Junio rs , a d own tighter than a tur tle's a- (A nd fea t Dan S n ow ( uz) equalled in th e that 's w a terp ro o f! ) Friday night 's 5 00. performance p ro ved th ese . The In termediates rivalled the Baron laid claim to E I Toro's thron e E xpe rts in th e com b in ed cl asses , with a triple-pronged crown consist in g so m etim es d o in g neck-and- nec k ies even o f wins in 12 5, 25 0, an d 500 Exp e r t - th ough th e classes ar e sc o red separatel y . classes . Steve Brown (1\Iai) pulled a St anle y J ac klin ( Kaw) swep t a sp arse well-earned secon d in th e 500, b ut 100 fie ld as R on Bandv di d likewise o n his C Z in th e 25 0 . . Baron's cl o ses t con tender was Dave Carlson (Y am ) . Carlson could o nly get T h e surprise of th e evening cam e second in 125 an d 250 , but man aged an wh en newly -tr an sferred Junioe Billy easy coup in th e 100 class. Bo bp to ok o ver firs t in the Ho nda, with Brad Dutoit o u t in h otly-contest ed 125 Intermediate . Tim fron t, swept Sch oolboy Division I, while Carm ack's fo urth pl ace fini sh in the fir st Yamaha and Kirk Hazard did the sa me m o to got h im o ff to a b ad st art , and , for Division II . The 100 Junior Div ision though he pressured his Y amaha to two 1 was taken well in hand b y Rich ee subsequent wins, Carmack co u ld do no better than se cond overall. Collins (Yam), a n d Division II by Ni ck AME at Saddleback - - - - - - - - - - - By Pe te r Boone SADD LE BACK PA R K , CAL., J u ne II, 19 72 - With b right su n, balmy breezes , supe rb o rga nizational effort fro m th e new A .M.E . and a well prepared t ra ck by the crew at Saddleback s unbat hing, girl watching and m o tocrossing were the orders for S unday. Rick Roberts led all three 100 Junior rno tos but me chanical tro ubles placed h im down in the standings on the first and third m otos. lIis win in th e second m o to gave h im third fo r the day beh ind th e good riding of Brad Lyn ch ( Kaw) an d Nick Roberts (H o n). Without delay, the 125 In t-S r, classes were flagged off. Bru ce Baron (lIus) flew to a win the first go around. Frank Rowe (Yam ) won the sec o n d , setting up a sh owdown for th e third race. But, Jeff Vidic (Pen), h aving recentl y recovered fro m a concussion su ffe red this spring. real ly hung it o ut, an d only in the closing laps was Baron a b le to ca tc h h im . Baron took se cond overall, and Rowe f irst overall by virtue of hi s co nsistent riding. Vidic took a well deserved fourth place overal l. H eartb re a k of the d ay w o u ld go to Y'Y" ~ ,..~ ~~ ~ ~ "-:sing HARLEY TEAM BAJA 500 125cc w-inners poppy , ~uper rings _ Kcevan Acevedor (Bu l), 125 J r, who was really putting it to ge th er un til the last rno to w hen hi s for ks let go, giving h im a h ard sp ill an d a close look at th e ground . Dan Radlauer (DKW) wo n ove ra ll honors in the 12 5 Junior bracket. With a la rge con tin gency o f Senior and In te rm ed ia te 250 riders the bucks we re im p re ssive . Over 3 0 riders sh ot o u t of th e fi rst tum an d when th e dust h ad settled for the d ay Greg Robertson (CZ) walked away with 70. S addleba c k track co nd itio ns rem a ined ex cell en t fo r more than hal f of th e day and o ver 40 25U Juniors took ad van tage o f this. Greg Lee (CZ) won all three motos proving again hi s a b ili ties t o outrank the Juni or cl as s. With a I , 2, 3 finish fo r each of th e 500 Sen ior lea d e rs A .~I. E , o rgan ize r Bill J on es had to go t o the wat ch to determine th e mon ey winner. John Fackler (C Z) wh o w o n his m ot o in 19 minutes 21 seconds ee ked out the victory . J im Wilson (C Z ) took second for the second t ime today. J im is looking in very fine st yle an d seems to be back into raci n g 100%. SRA MX - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - TORSHN HALLMAN.::\~ ~~. RACING INC:::< Y~\' MAVRICK U.S. Oist. for Trelleb org Motocross tires Tors te n' Ha llm a n special d esig n lea th ers & rac ing eq u ip me nt. 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The p ark wa s ne arl y deserted b y n o on e x cep t for the regular we ekend p la y-ride rs w h o seem impe rvious to heat as they sq uirrel around the parking a reas showin g frie n ds that "Yes Virginia, 1 re ally can wheelie " as fenders bounce off th eir punkin go u rd heads. Whe n the gate. opened a t (groan) 5:3 0 , there were many who plowed in an d got re ad y for a day in the infamous Rawhide dust. Bu t George J ohnson had succeeded in licking th e powdery stu ff and the racing was free o f ch o ke. The tru ck o n ly had to ma ke one round during the events. Track co n d it ion s were mu ch improved over some of the ea rly events SRA held and a ll seemed sati sfied th at the park was indeed a reaso n abl e pl ace to race on an o the rwise dreary S u nday . T h e day's eve nts we n t off wi th o u t a hitch and resu lts were posted with in four mi n utes of each final mo to . The first race w as delayed until 7:20, b u t S RA officials promised th a t o n th e second S unday of ea ch mo nth the 7:00 st arting time wo uld be strictly adhered to . Ou tstanding p erfo rm a n ces of the day were highligh ted by 17 year old Marl in Harris who brought hi s 400 Husky in for al most easy w ins in the 500 Novice bash, Mark Barrell w ho sto le the 12 5 Beginner class, Dave ~ I o rs e in the 175 moto and Patti Ho who did it to all the girls on her Husky. The day's most fun ra ce w as the 250 Ju niors with a three w ay tie going in to the fin al. Von Peters on took the nod with Tom Maw an d ~Iike Johnson right be h ind to finish the day in that order. T he lead ch anged three ti mes in the final w ith less than a bike space be tween the three at the final . gun, 10 year old Kevin Bailey riding a 70 H o n d a did it to the 75cc class in a wire to wire win. 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