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None Better for Motocross Road or Racing John Genna i by Bill Spen cer SAN FRANCISCO, CA L., Dec. 23 , 197 2 - A merican Indoor cham p io ns hi p poin t leader J oh n Gennai notch ed a vic to ry at th e Cow Palace tonight and dr ew a 'st an d ing o va tio n fo r his effo rts by d ownin g th e man t o beat at any race , Ken Roberts. R oberts' domi nation of th is ind oor yearly ac tivity /en de d when th e troop s ca me off th e Ea stern cir cuit las t week with St eve Hernandez beting out Bob Sca lly and Ge nnai making a co me fro m be hind effort to finish third. For tonight's 15 lap main Ge nnai had settled himself with a w in in the qualifying h eat and regular heat and th en a second b ehind th e fast paced Roberts in th e semi. T h a t semi was th e faster with Pat McC aul winning the o the r and th ereby putting John on th e middle o f th e front row. Ridin g the Mt. View Aut o Stere o Bultaco off the lin e with an almos t unbelieveable st ar t , he be at both Roberts and McCaul into the fi rst co rn er and with ' n o crashes, the 15 . Iap per was all his. R oberts stayed in firm co n tro l o f second while slipping o ff the pace b y ab o u t o ne-fo urth of a sec o nd in th e total time . Rick Hocking held the third spot over Al Kenyon with Dave Lewis h olding o ff Steve Hernandez for fifth . In the troph y dash, it was Roberts once again with another astounding wh eel stand o ver the finish line. In the ten lap co nsolat io n , Gary Lozano survived th e bashing and crash ing with fellow J unior rider Steve Foster bringing up second. Lin ing up the 15 lap main brough t out so me special in terest in the pro gram The-best thing that ever happened to a chain. Mf d by, " Blendza ll" Corpo rat ion 1433-37 First St . Escalon, Calif. 95320 as th e best o f the indoor rid ers were , gen er all y, well represented. Th e bi g problem still lies in the lack of roo m to pass a rider who may b e j us t a bit slowe r. This th en provides fo r th e acti on as to be successful in this sport, o ne must kn ock p eople d own. Gennai h ad opened up a sma ll lead ab o u t lap 12 with Roberts sizing up th e field as they began to pass through th e p ack . Coming o ut of the first co rner on the white flag lap, Roberts closed it up and a t the last t um, it was so close that ei the r Roberts tri ed to n ab the lea der, o r Genn ai got n ervou s and almos t d rop pe d th e bike. At any ra te , Gennai had to gra b a who le h andful of thro ttle and do so me fan cy s tepp ing t o maintain co ntrol. In the p rocess he s ta rted fo r the in field, but d id manage to ge t th ings un der con trol and take th e checke re d fir st . Th e best part o f th e show had been saved for last and th e standing ovatio n that the specta to rs ga ve th e riders was ind icativ e o f th eir distin ct pleasure in the ni gh t o f racin g. ~awasaki MACH III EXPANSION CHAMBERS c 50 $ 9'9 FOR STREET W EElSMITH - E NGINEERING 3 63 S Going, going, gone. W . McFAorEN SAN TA A N A , C A L I F . 9 2704 ( 7 14 ) 8 3 9 - 0 150 '" '" '" Q. M I"- m < J;; " '" -, til i: w z W ..J U >o