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GARDENA. CA L ., J an . 6 , 19 73
As cot Park's Saturday motocross
pr o gram is shaping up in to a fine
package. !\lan y of th e promotional bugs
are bei ng wo r ked o u t by Chris and J ay
Agajanian and the races are being run
much m o re smo othly from the first day
a month ago.
T he Expert lin eup remains low,
h owever, quite p o ssibly due t o th e
abs ence o f a .gu a ran te ed pu rse ... o n ly
100 p ercent payback o f th e en try.
Despi te th is . th e actua l rid er co un t
co n tin ues to gro w we ekly and is n ow up
to abo ut 12 0 rid er s.
Bob Br ooks , the Suzuki and C ar abel a
'shoe from nearby T orran ce. ha s been
do m in ati n g th e E xpe rt 12 5 and 250
programs durin g th e past few we ek s, bu t
toda y he showed up w i th hi s a rm in a
sling; he br ok e h is co llarb o ne o n N ew
Year's Eve ra cing a t Bay Mare .
Th is left the com b ine d 250/ 500
program up fo r bids a n d Ossa' s D ave
Pessy and Kawasaki's A lvin Blain took
up th e slac k pullin g o u t their respective
class es.
The vacat ed top spot in th e 12 5
Exp ert s w a s q uic kly fille d b y G eorge .
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Collins (Yam ), w h o h ad a few good
battles with In ter me dia te Kelly Owen
(Pe n ) enrou te.
The va ca tion weeks also exposed a
few up-and-com ing hots hots in the
In te rm e d ia te ranks : Jerry Sixberry and
Pa t ~ I ulvihill ,
S ixberr v has been protested ,
ahility-wise: so often in the past that he
p le ad ed with Chris Agajanian to all ow
him to race with th e hig b o ys. Chris said
O K two we e ks ago arid J e rr y won . th e
5 0 0 E xpe r t. Las t we ek he had som e bad
lu ck and did miserably in the first tw o
races wh ich p rompted him to lo ad up
e a rly a n d le ave. lI e didn 't show up
today.
Hu t , Mulvih ill d id and h e st ill shows
grea t p romi se by again banging o u t the
5 0 0 In te rme d iate w in . Last w e e k he
showe d fine form b y holding up th e
Ex perts for a lon g time in several of th e
m o t o s,
Th en again, th at 's ge tt ing t o b e the
re pe titi ve story for Ke lly Owen in the
125 Intermedi at e. Week a ft er w eek he
con tin ues to put o n a fin e show: he t cha
he can't wai t to race for th e buc ks . I t
wo n' t b e lon g...
AM E MX at Carlsbadhy T om Corley
CARLSBAD , C AL ., J an . t , 19 73 Rich ard Gra ft on (CZ) three all o ther
25 0 S en ior race rs in a lo ng day o f
mo tocross . o n a rough Carlsbad
In tern atio nal track.
Rich a rd smo ke d th e 'en tire Se n io r
class and just kep t gassin" it o ut ahead
of everyone wi th no bo d y close enough
to w orry a bou t. \l' ith great s ta rts each
tim e . Graf ton ou t rod e h is o ther
c o mpetito rs wh o w e re m ain ly G reg Lee,
Alle n O rtez, an d Tim Ba tr en schlag. T he
two
~l a i c o
race rs
Ort e z
and
Battenschlag w er e di cing aro und each
other p lacin g secon d an d third .
In th e In te rm edi a tes two Y am ah as
w e re about to give the Seniors a race.
Fra nk S te in er to o k ove r Greg Lee 's first
pl ace sp ot in the In te rm e d iates o n h is
Yam ah a an d Craig A da ms (Yam) p la ced
b ehind Lee fo r a th ird. G reg Lee in th e
third m oto com p le te ly b roke away fr om
th ese tw o a nd flew ahead of everyone ,
h o ld in g p ositi on in fr ont of th e
Interm ediat es an d S eni or s exce pt fo r
G ra f to n .
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Con tort ion arti st .
AMC Team
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IRVI NE, CAL .. J an . 6 , 197 3
Eve ry th ing w as th ere to d ay to provide a
pe rfec t d a y of racing, exce p t th e ride r
turn out. Due to the lac k o f C N for th ree
wee ks, and n o adve rtis ing. ve ry fe w
rid e rs kne w of today's T ea m M o t oc ross..
Th e ne xt race on the A MC A genda is
ne x t S a turd ay' s re gula r race , 'an d on
Su n d ay th e fou rtee n th, is th e second
rou n d o f th e Kawasaki A ll -j u n io r
Trans-A rn, so if you did good in th e la st
one , vo u ha d bette r race thi s o ne , or be
le ft out o f all th e fe stivi t ies . Plus , Friday
the twe lfth is th e big b anquet to give
ou t ai l th e p rize s fro m the gigan ti c
Smuggler S er ie s, th a t ended up j ust
before Chris tmas va ca tio n . The b ig
go in gs on are at the Elks L od ge in Long
Bea c h, an d thi ng s s tart a t 8: 00 P .~1. So
if you think that you j ust m igh t have
won something, you had bet ter show
up!
Twen ty o r m or e tea ms d id show up . ,
and th ese fort y or so riders really go t
their money 's wort h , in the tiring , hike
breaking th re e hour motu (lc t ' s see th e
Europeans try having a th ree h our
mo to!). Thanks t o the low turnout,
everythin g a n d e v e r y b o d y Was
c o m b ine d . m akin g it easier for the
rid ers. but hard fo r the scorers . Bu t o ne
proble m th at w as n ot present today ,
was DUST! T h e trac k staved loose and
ta c ky a ll race lon g, m aking three h o u rs
in th e sa d d le a littl e more bearabl e. One
problem th o u gh . som e of the n on-racers
d id n't know a race w as going on . so
they j ust pu lle d ~m t he track , providin g
a nu isan ce for b oth th e racers an d
scorers, the y are almos t wo rse than p i t :
He's breat hing down his dust.
AME MX at Indian Dunes - - -
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hv Tom Corlev
VA LENC IA , .CA L.. J an ." 6 , 19 73 Setting so m e of the fas tes t lap time s
today w ere th e top two 125 S enior
ra cers. Jim lIale (Pen) and Will H arper
(D K\ \'). Often in A~IE m o t ocross the
125 S eni ors so ju st as fas t as aJo t o f th e
2 50 ra cers and J im H a le proved this
agai n. He led Harpe r by a long way s an d
eas ily sm oked the wh ol e c o m b in ed 12 5
clas ses . Will Ha rp er took off late in first
m o to ac tion, b ut it d idn 't h u r t h is
placing any, an d he discovered little
ch ance o f taki ng the overall wi n wi th
Ji m Hale in th e way .
Har p e r' s only re al racing was done
wi th Tony Dc l.a'I'orre , another o ne of
th ose sm azing Jun ior racers wh o fl ies as
fast as th e S eni ors. DeLaTorre (C Z) was
sq ueezi ng ei the r b ehin d Hale o r b u zz in g
righ t a f te r Harper , wh o seeme d to be an
eq u al match fo r h im on th e Shad o w
Glen track. Mi ke Long w a s the second
12 5 .Juni or.
Ind ian Dun es w ill b e ha vin g two b ig
da ys o f mot o cross racing under th e
. A~( E bann er this we e kend w it h a
S aturday race o n th e In tern a tio na l
tra ck, a n d, for the fir s t tim e , A ~ IE is
go ing to ra ce here on Sunday o n the
Shadow G len track.
A wake like a speedboat , at the Dunes.
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racers . On e of the se suc h smart ies, w as
C~IC E xpert T erry T ra ch y, n e a t Terry,
how ab ou t if w e t ry th at a t a C ~ IC race ?
Wha t w as fun ny w as wh en o ne of the
o ffici als c ame up to one of th e sa id S -As
an d asked for his five d oll ar s, for ridin g
the even t, to w hi ch th e kid lo oked like
he was abou t to c ry , to o bad they
co u ld n ' t sq ueeze th e m on e y ou t o f the
hrat ! ! !
About th e race , a fte r a whil e , the
trac k lo oked lik e one bi g practice
sessio n , but th e \'..ay m o st riders w er e
jamming, you coul d see th a t it was pure,
go o d o le' h ot b oggy in g, It see me d that
every o ther rider w as h aving a due l with
someone else. wh ich w oul d last unt il a
rider change. T h ese really added so m e
nair to th e d ay, ma ki n g th e Keys tone
Kop s look sad . One ti me , Jon 1\liller
c am e in , and in ste ad of ch anging riders ,
he ch an ge d b ikes , thus pena lizi ng h im
on e lap , because the o ffici als to ld h im
tha t h e c o u ld n ' t. Alfredo R od il sh ow ed
up. b ut c h o se not to race. st ated th a t
aft e r ab out two h ours, he cou ld n ' t tell if
it was a race. or wh o was winn ing.
T he who le d a v wa s a fun one, w it h
an ai r o f fu n floatin g around, n o gruff
race faces \ vre r e se en today , j ust sm iles .
The onl y o nes 10 go away ma d, will
probably he the ones wh o find ou t they
ha ve be en disq u ali fie d for somethi n g o r
ano the r, as some pro tes ts were entered.
S o f o r n ext w eek , if you think that
y o u ' re in the m one y for the Smuggler
Se ries, c o m e to th e banq uet , an d fo r
g o o d ole : racin g, you h ave the wee kly
h app e ni n g PL US the A ll Junior
T ra ns -Am . So b e th e re.
