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~ by Mike Anders on Ph otos by Steve French /Brook s Institute C1. SANT A MAR IA, CAL ., Dec. 10 , 197 2 M A so lid week o f b itter co ld was ~ bro ken by a d ay of suns hi ne an d good ": racin g at Spillway Park Su nday, as i per fect track co ndi tions made for fas te r racing an d mor e exci te me nt. c ..., T he 25 0 Ex pert class was a com p le te '" Lo m poc Valley Sportscycle sp o nsored ' Ul ;: mon op ol y . San Luis O bis po's J oh n w Ca ldwell , rid ing o ut o f Lompoc, took Z W th e Expert victory on his CZ by virtue ..J of a 2·3 · 1 score; b ut it wasn't th a t easv . U >- J ohn G rossini (CZ) j umped to the Ie~d U of the first 250 Ex pe rt mo t a and hel d it till the flag . Sherman Sch neller (CZ) began to gain groun d wh en Grossin i started to fat igue, o nly t o have his th ro ttl e cable b reak o n the last lap . 1\ t this poi n t, Cal dwe ll moved in t o second an d Dave Czerwi nski (Mai) . co m ing up from a terri b le sta rt , to th ird. In the second confli ct y o ung Cze rwinski jumped to th e lead an d he ld it till the n ag. Sc hne ller w as never really a threat to him after the first fou r lap s; he held on for secon d behind Cze rwins ki. Cald well wh o had to mov e up from th e same kind of st ar t as Czerwinski had the first m o to , came in third . With victory in his eyes, Czerwins ki hu rst in the lead o f the fin al mota and ba t tle d fo r a cou p le of laps with Bob (" the ' T oad " ) Schwartz wh o lat er dr opped back. Cze rw ins ki held first for three lap s befo re Ca ld we ll made his bid and passed h im. Caldwell held it t ill th e checkered an d Czerwi nski's Maico broke right b efo re th e fla g 'to give Schneller sec o nd an d J oe Cushaway (Bul) third. The final tally - Ca ldwell, Cz erwinki , Sc hneller. Vin ce Clark (Suz) just co uldn ' t ca tc h Jack Keese (BuI) in th e 125 Ex pe r ts' battle. In fac t, he co uld n' t quite ca tc h J ack 's In termediat e brothe r Bill Keese ' (Bul), wh o to ok sec o n ds b ehind brother J ack in th e first and last motos. J ack Kee se won all three rno tos to tak e th e ove rall win wi th Vince Cl ark sec o nd and J oe Cu sh aw ay (Pu c) th ird . Bill Keese never h ad ' any problems winnin g th e Intermediat e troph y either. The Open Ex pe rts was a usu al Ron Bass (Mai). Chuck Czerwinski (1\Iai) b attle, In th e fir st mota Czerwinski had a fl at from sta rt to fin ish and w as ne ver re all y in co nten tio n. Lagun a Maico' s Ron Bass just smoked 'em and Greg Higgin's (Bul) d id a fine j ob o f ho ld in g second. J eff Little (CZ) wh o was leading on th e fir st lap had the mi sfortune to have h is thro ttl e stick on a wide op en straight away an d hit a ju mp th at way. Needless to say, he cra sh ed and was t ak en to the hosp ital, bu t is d o in g fine ~ g' n ow , Bass cr ashe d in th e sec o nd mot a leaving th e win to Chuck Czerw inski an d co ns isten t second Higgins. Chuck and Hig gin s b oth crashed the las t mota - so Bass just ran aw ay with second goi ng to Mik e Knopf (Hus). an Intermediate rid er . Knopf had bad luck in the first moto so Mik e Anderson (CZ) won th e Open Interm ediat e trophy ah ead of good friend Harv ey Wynn (S uz) and R ay Marsh al (Suz). Junior class winners in cluded Mar k J ohnso n (Bul) in th e 125 Junior cl ass. Sco tt Victor (Hus) 250 J un ior, and Brad Lack ey 's friend Herb Waite (Ma i) wh o d id a fine j ob of holding off Chris J ohnson ( Yam ) and Roy J on es (H us) in the OpenIuni or go. T im Marquez (3) cuts in for a bett er line in the 250 class. High ligh tin g the next race will be Channel 5's " frig h t n ight" sta r, Seym or, who will p ay a visit to Spillway Park and chec k out th e locals. A Yama ha rider in a mom ent of haste in the 125 Junior class . Doug Weiss 1461 leads writer Mike Anderson lSI and Jeff Utt le sent him to th e hospital. (1) who later did an endo which