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An AmazingD w the ACA ay ith ... N c " ~ -, ~ w 2 w ....J U >- U . Bob Crossman (400) wo n both the 50 0 Production race and the whole Junior GP show in ACA road race act ion; By Mike Slaugh ter CARLSBAD , CAL., June 18, 19 72 _ Lots of excitement at Carlsbad this Sunday, with destruction derb y, the Crossm an Brothers tr aveling sh ow, and teardown lime for the p rotested Bob Endico tt Honda, bu t to n o ava il, as it was all legal. fo r We mi ssed th e h oped Kerker-Endico tt battle wh en Goerge Kerker's bi ke d eveloped tran smission p roblems in p rac tice. But Dennis Pege lo w on a Kawasaki Mach 4 b a ttled End ico tt th en se ttled for second in the Senior Open. Rud y Ramos w as the fir st 500 while Barry Ma yer to ok 35 0. Hard ch arging Ch arl es Do lan was the first 250 d oing b attle wi th b oth Mayer and Ramos. The heavy wei gh t producti on was a repeat for Endicott, Pegelow, and Ramos. The first 35 0 across the line was Kevin Stafford while Fred Walti took a borrowed bike in to second. The Crossman Brother's show co nsisted o f two first s, a third , a b lown engine and a crash . In the J unio r GP they really put it to the troops with John ta k ing first overall on his 500 Suzuki. Br other Bob to o k th ird ove rall b ut first 350 , . beating seve ral o f the b igge r bikes. Sandwiched in between and battling John th e e ntire distance Was the Endicott 750 Honda ridden by James Dunhan . I saw no less than a half dozen spills and the ac tio n w as be ginning to rival a nigh t a t th e figure eights. Dick Kilgroe too k top h on ors b y demol ishing his Mach 4 a t th e end of th e st raigh t wh en his th rottle stuc k o p en. Th e damage he did to th e ste el barrier an d fence would please a Panzer co mma nder. In th e ligh tweigh t production rac e Fre d Wal li ran off with,it, b u t was led fo r seve ral lap s b y Bo b Crossma n . Bob bou nced off in tu rn two, bu t wi th a little h elp from h is frie n ds h e kicked the fro nt end a bit an d con tinued on his way to third beh ind Chu ck S mall's Du cati . First 20 0 was the Bay Area rider, Don Unge r, on a Bridgesto ne . Do n w as a d ouble winner, also ta kin g 100 J u ni or G P. O ne of the larger 125 fie lds see n la tel y was taken b y Bruc e Ko ck sme ier. T he ligh tweight Sen ior GP also h ad a good 125 fiel d with pe ren ni al win ne r S tev e Froschau r taking th e checker ah ead of th e Maico o f R ich ard Seifried. IF ALL SYSTEMS ARE GO, EVEL WILL GO ACROSS THE MIGHTY SNA E. first Successful Canyon Jumper JULY 4th WEEKEND Twin Falls, Idaho SNAKE RIVER CANYON Appearing c~~~AER~~A~ So . Calif. Hascott 27601 Forbes Rd. Laguna N iguel , Ca. 926 77 (714) 831-1621 %DiffBrake • No. Calif . Coast Cycle Accessor ies 1522 W. 5an Carlos 51. San Jose, Ca.95126 (408) 275-113 1 DiffBrake Inc. 102 04 H ighland Rd . Milford, M ich. 48042 (313) 363-1545 1973 o~!~~ MOTORCYCLE RACES $100,000.00 IN PRIZE MONEY, ~RIZES AND CONTINGENCIES.