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13 Zillion ·Crossers Can't Be Wrong!, "o g e, '" r- '" '" ~ w Z W ...J o >o -- .- R ich T h orwa ldson did all the 500 E x per ts in t he eye. N ot bad, especially wh en you consi der that he wa s r iding a seco nd hand b ik e. CMC Sadd leback MX- - - - - - - - - - - - ....:..- - - - by Bu zz Ba ty /Creative Im ages l RVI 1\'E , CAL. , J an . i , 19; 3 - Wh at wou ld you d o if y ou o wne d J oel R o b ert ' s s u pe r -du per, I i 5-p ound , ' flat -h au ler of a Suzuki ? Win ? Well . that's exac tly wh at Rich Th orwa ldson d id t oday to th e 250 tr oops he re a t Sad d le back , an d be di d it co nvincingly agai nst a well stoc ked field. T he n 10 ma ke ma il ers finer. he d id the same thin g in the 500 agai ns t a lik ewise fin e fie ld. " O h , tha t wi n fee ls good ," R ich sm i l ed b e twee n gu lps fro m the G a t orade . "B u t , wh ew , I su re am tired." El sewh ere in th e pits we re tw o o the r ve ry tired ge n tl e me n: R e x S tat en an d J im Weinert. Both we re reall y tuck ered out a fte r a race-long d uel that en de d o n the fin al lap in a flash y bi t of actio n. Wein er t . wh o had tak en sec o nd ah ead o f Rex in th e firs t m ota , wicked his shiny new 45 0 Kaw asak i enough to zip by Rex in th e seco nd ro und to tak e out af te r T h orwaldson. Bu t Rex. who won th e Su pp o rt race a t th e Trans-AvlA final e right here a t Saddl eb ack, took ou t af te r the wor ks Kaw rider. O n the final lap he c augh t and re passed Weinert . pu lling out second in th e mota and overall based on the best final mota finish . Ric h Eiersted (Mai) seldo m S" W Th orwa ldso n in the 250 ro un d b u t he di d feel the p ressure of Bob Haag' s Hu sk y . Rich held for second OA . Ttie 125 E xp ert class con tin ues to be owne d by ~l art y S mith an d his ~l on ar k. He nat mo ved to day and za ppe d the m all. A re turnee to th e m oto cro ss wa rs is Bru ce ~lc D ou gal (Pen ) and he managed a second to Martv , In thi rd was the orange and black dad Bru ce Baron on a Honda. J o n Derh amm er go t banged up pre tty ba d in the first 25 0 mo ta. li e w en t down h ard and w ound up with a bro ke n arm in two p laces . By the tim e yo u rea d th is it'll be all pi n ne d up and plas te red nic ely , But, i t wil l be awh ile before J o n ge ts back to th e trac ks in a racing so r t of shape . With th e n ew seaso n co mes th e new C ~ I C sched ule . It is b asica lly like last year 's excep t th a t In di an Dune s ta ke s ov e r th e spo t for A r royo o n the fou r th S undav o f eac h mo n th. Firs t and third rem ain s a t Sadd leba ck an d the second sta ys at Carlsbad...\v ic h IS n e x t ·h wee k ... so see yo u there . Mar t y Sm ith , 125 E xp er t winner. sl ides b y Br ad L ack ey . --;A.N Z E N .. REC-PAC Now you CAN tak e , it with Comfy you ! Light Get th is Strong qu ality BIG accessory Rigid designed for off - road Weat her proof SPEC IA L IN T RO D UCT O R Y PRICE A no t -so-srv llsb Jim Weinert could on ly get th ird on th e f act o ry K aw . Seaview M X - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - SALTON S EA, CAL _, Dec. 3, 1972 The amazin g and ver satile J ohn Ro gers did his thing for the third time in a row thi s Sunday . Every week Rogers rides a different brand scooter, this week he sm o ked th e Experts o n a BSA R ickman Westlake . J im Francis w as second Expert, on a 4 50 Hu sky . On the other end of the displace men t scale , II-year o ld Mark Williams wo n h is third strai gh t race o n a Honda SL7 0 Mini . Beginner J oe McManus was a cl ose second , also on a SL iO , A t th e end of the day when all mo ros were completed, a Sweepstakes race w as held and the prize was a four foot trophy . The 100 b ikes were handic apped half a lap , the 125 an d 175, quarter lap the 250s, an eigh th lap , Th e big bikes and Experts were o n the sta rti ng line. The race started w ith .each rid er looking a t eigh t laps. By lap three Mark J on es' 125 Yam took th e lead and kep t it until the en d o f lap five when (y o u guessed it) J ohn Ro ger s th umped vp a s t J on es an d held a slight lead until the checkered flag, Th e o utco me was Rogers, firs t (5 0 0 R ic) ; J on es , second ( 125 Yam) ; Lyle Shrov er, th ird (25 0 Yam ): John Rogers' only p ro ble m of th e 'day cam e when h e t ried to put h is sweepstakes trophy in h is Datsun pickup. $2 JL 95 ~. . c.lP~ , F ~k ~~ ~ .' ~U! C a lif . Res id ent s ad d 5% T a x ·'J.. ' :' . Orde r from: CYCLE NEWS PRODUCTS 2499 Cerritos Ave., Long Beach, Ca. 90806 ;::p::~:;:-r:::;::s~-J Se nd me o ne my fr ee fitt ed ice chest . I enclose $ 2 4.9 5 in check o r mo ney o rde r. - l Add ress City , State & Zip ~ FREE fitte~ I~E CHEST. .- -_ if you o rder NOW! Colors : Orange pac , wh it e to p, black ny lon webb ing , ch rome ha rd ware . Name ~ - _ , - .. =---:'. So str ong you can sit on it!