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Sh irts INQUIRIES : Please send rne., INVITE D I CALL: Name l (412) 836 -13021 I ..........L Ad dress Pa ul Smit h is abo ut to lo se con t ro l. by Tom my & Ri t a G u nter CO R PUS CH R ISTI, TE XA S, Dec. 10, 19 7 2 - T h e girls star te d th e p rogram o ff w i th a bang. It seems th a t on th e second lap o f th e first h e a t Do nn a G eo rge's p lug c a me au t of o ne of h er forks an d sh e u n kn owin gly trailed o il all ove r th e track. \\' ell , oi l an d m o torc y cl e s and girl s d on 't mi x too we ll an d p retty so on th e girls were pu tt in g o n a mo re exci ting sh ow than th e y inte nded . S o ny a " S am " George (Bu l) w o n th is cla ss, fo llow ed by l\Iary May s o n a BSA an d D on n a Ge o rge on ano ther Bu ltae o . T he trac k w as cl ean ed o ff p re tty w e ll and th en it was th e m in i b ike rs turn . Derek H ier h ol zer wo n th e h eat an d the final o n his Ho n d a. S eco nd p lace rid er was Sh awn En glish, foll owed b y Dwy e r Cumm ings, b oth o n Hondas . T he re w e re en ough riders in the 100 cla ss to h ave three h e a ts. Larry Be all, J r. (lio n) w on the firs t h e a t. Ri c k Davi s (Kaw ), w as secon d a n d David "C ric ke t " Craig (S uz) w o n th e th ird . A fter moving up through a se m i, "Crick et " wo n th e 10 0 cl ass Final. L ar ry Beal l , J r. w as secon d a nd Bo bby Mo rgan a lso Honda m o un ted . took third. Three h eats o f 12 5 5 were n ece ssary. Robb y Duma s ( Bu l) to o k th e firs t one, Billy Bryan (Bu l) t o o k th e sec o nd an d Bo bby Mo rgan (S uz) to ok th e th ird o ne . Ge o rg e " Liza rd" Larzel ere m ade it th rough th e se mis a n d into th e Finals , w hich he w on . T his is Grizz ly Bear Liza rd's four th rac e in th e coliseum a nd h is fo urth c o n secu tive w in . " Li za rd" rides Bul tac o . Derrell N orman ( Bu l) from Tem p le, T ex as, w as second . J am es Young. ridin g a Suzuki for th e C orpus Christi Q u ick S ilver Racing T earn , p la ced thi rd , A II t he rac es o f th e 2 00 cla ss w ere thrilling to w a tch. Th e th ree h e a ts w ere good , the se mis w e re b etter an d th e Final was J an tastic. Terry Sch roller (B u l) w o n th e fir st h eat . T im o th y _ Cit y' _ _ _ St at e Zip _ ~ MOTOCROSS, '73 Start t he new racing Season right - with a Mid-Valley prepared CZ 250 or 400 I I , 2 13 -532 ·73 74 i WHITTIER HONDA DSS~ (~ ) Motorcycle Trailers WHITTIER H ONDA Com plet e sto ck 14324 E . Wh itt ier Blvd. of parts and (2 13 ) 698~065 aeces sorles 7 2 4 1 Qrange thorpe Buena P ar k , CA 9062 1 . ~ . '. MEA NS BURAK BYE-PRODUCTS a 15170 RaYmer St. Van Nuys, Ca. 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C oming o u t of th e la st tu m o n the las t lap th e Griz zly Bear roare d b y T e rry and took the chec ke re d o ag.' (1 d o n ' t se e h ow R obe r t co uld h ave lo st a n yw ay th e she er e n th u siasm o f th e e n tire G rizz ly Be ar te am sh ould h ave car ried him across the fini sh lin e. ) Fo u r h e at s an d tw o se m is were n ece ssa ry in the 250 cl ass b ecause o f th e la rge n u mb er of riders signed up . T imo thy Bu ck le s w on th e Fin al on h is ' Bu lt aco . Nu m b er t\'..' O man wa s Bod ie C raig fro m C orpu s, Ch rist i also o n a Bu lt aco. Su zu ki ride r, R ich ard Mo rr is, w as third. Larry Beall , Sr. w as th e " b ig man " in th e Open cl ass. lI e w on bo th th e he at and th e Final on hi s H on d a. D oug Bruml ow (rid ing the on ly n on-silver Suzuki o n th e Q u ick Silve r Ra cin g T e am ) t o o k se c ond fo llowed b y a fe llow Q u ick S ilver rider , J ame s K o zl ow sk i. w ho p laced thi rd . T h e re ' v re fan tastic races, enjoyed ·e b y sp ec ta to rs and riders a like . The re were no "run-away" races ei the r. Every win n er h ad to w o rk h ard for the numb er one spot . jo ckeying fo r p ositio n . m a ybe ' c ro wd in g h e re an d th ere a n d j umping in to a n o p en ing whe n the guy in fro nt m ade a mi sta ke and w o und u p sliding o n h is c ases ac ro ss th e slic k fl o or. T he re we re lo ts o f sp ills and slid es b u t n o injurie s. Every body is lo o kin g forward to some m ore of th e same ty p e rac es - an d th e so oner th e b e tter . Rhett Wilder 17Vl gets wide-eyed as Ray By rd (37N) gets - a r 0 u n d J Da nn y Fo rke get to wat ch. to. ;:"'(,""t ... ~~ ~l . j •• " ' - •• -01 ' I ... · ...; .... , t ~ ~ . '"IF""'" ....... ~, ~{ ......., Richard Morr is 11671and