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AMC MX at Saddleback Park
b y Scott Heidbrink
IRVIN E, CAL., J an . 13 , 197 3 - T he re
w ere o n ly five dif feren t classes today , so
racing w as o ver j ust af ter n o on , wh ich is
a big joy , and th ere was quite alot of
p lace changing the en tire day.
T op 10 0 Beginner was Vinson King
on a tiny Suzie, followed tightly by the
Yammies of Brit Catcott and Bill
K uj aw a.
Th e N ovic e an d Begin n e rs we re
c om b ine d in th e 125 clas s, b u t were
scor ed se p a ratel y, mu ch to the
beginners lik in g. J im Wrigh t pu t it to
everybody in the begin n ers o n hi s
Yam ah a, but n ot wi th ou t a figh t fro m
Craig Ric e (Pen) an d Mike M olletta
(Bul). One of the fe w 125 Hu skys that
come out to th e Al\l C races d ecided to
try his luck , with Mark Downs aboa rd ..
and promptly w on th e class.
H uskvs also had a death hold o n the
first two places in the 250 Beginners,
wi th Clin t Strosch ein ridng the one to
th e win, a nd J e ff Mcle lla n pil o tin g the
o the r to second ove rall. From the land
of the flyi n g taco s, Spain , cam e th e
Bultaco of Gl enn Tanaka. (Tacos in
Spain - no way ... Ed )
Rick Kastner took hi s Bu l to th e
Intermediat e win, while Brad , Catcott
took his Ch ey -Zed to the overall in the
Junio rs end of the deal. Yamaha won
th e Beginners, piloted by Chuck
Richardson , with a Swedish Hoosky in
second, with J oel Grant han gin g on to
the bars to take se cond. From the lan d
of the hammer and cycle cam e th e CZ
of Jo hn Cornett in third.
Jim Beltinck to ok his RT-3 :\IX to
the win th e Open Junio rs but o ld Jim
had to do some pretty h ot manuvering
to pull it off, having to hold off the CZ
of Dave Oro zco to d o so .
John Domoslai brought ou t his CZ to
put it to Louis Haehnlen o n his Suzie
fourhundred.
Boston, Mass.
Charleston, S.C .
Raleigh, N.C .
Norfolk, Va.
Wash., D.C.
Baltimore, Md.
Phi ladelphia, Pa .
Albany , New'York
Atlanta , Ga.
Birm ingham, Ala .
New Orleans, La.
St. Lou is, Mo.
Indianapolis, Ind.
Detroit, Mich.
So . Bend., Ind.
He re th ey come! AMCers on t he mo ve.
a'nd Bob Stephen wh ile Elliott eas ily
s mo ke d s e c ond and thi rd pl ace
Intermediates Paul A llen ' an d Bob
Hunter.
One class that was filled with entries
was the 100 Junior class. This class wa s
very u n p red ic tabl e to day with bikes
flaming out and different leaders several
ti mes. By the third moto there were
on ly five 100 J uni ors left. The overall
winners were Geogg Howe (Hod),
Charles Groves (Hod) and R acer Ray
Strunk (H -D) .
, by Tom Co rley
VALENCIA , CA L., Jan. 14 , 197 3 - For
th e first time th e AME ran o ff their
S u nday racing program at Indian Dunes
o n th e Shadow Gl en track where the
turnout was one of the biggest the y 've
had at this park.
T he 12 5 clas s was very strong with
many Intermediates, some real fast
Seniors, and so me quick Juniors. Rohert
Elli o tt, a Pe nton ra cer wh o travels most
e very where the AME goes fo r the past
few mon ths proved to b e th e fastest
In termediate, winning his class and
st ay ed in front of all Seniors excep t for
Russell McAfee (Bul) who j us t hung
ahead of Elli ott b y a ways . In the last
m oto Elli ott whipped out ahead and led
McAfee an d th e re st of h is Miller-tuned
Penton. Second and third Sen io r racers
behind McAfee were T ed Drummond
Chicago, III.
Milwau kee , Wis .
Minneapol is , Minn .
Kansas City, Mo .
Oklahoma City, Okla .
Tulsa, Okla .
Ft. Worth-Dallas, Tex.
Houston, Te xas
San Anto nio , Tex.
Albuquerque , N.M .
Phoenix , A riz .
Seattle, Wash .
Portland , Ore.
Salem, O re. '
San Francisco , Cal.
San Diego, Cal.
Cleveland , Ohio
Co lumbus, Oh io
Cincinnati, Oh io
G rand Rapid , Mich.
Jackson , Miss.
Rochester, N.V.
Buffalo, N.V .
Springfield, Mass.
Hartford , Conn.
N.V • City , N .V .
Richmond , Va .
Savannah , Ga .
Charlotte , N .C.
Providence , R.I.
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