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M '" " '" c, '" Edwards AFB MX by Winston Beaum ont EDWA R DS AFB , Dec. 3 0, 197 2 Racing go t underway at ten o'clock with th e comb ined 100 and Mini clas ses. R onald Herrick (Yam) and Frankie Keepers (Ric Hod) d iced for the lead for fou r lap s, th en Herrick dropped ou t, giving th e fir st mo t o to Keepers. Mark Lawren ce (Yam) w o rked ' h is w ay up through th e pack to take secon d, th en w on th e n ex t two mo t os fo r the overall . I 00 class win . Paul Beaumon t (Yam) w on all th ree m ini m otes. The track is ideal fo r small bikes (no impossible hills, e tc .}, th e racin g is pure fun , an d th e tro ph ies are big. So , Pop , buy our kid a mini en duro and co me on ou t. Enj o y th e th rills, ch ills and sp ills of bi g time motocross ra cin g vicariou sly, as y ou relax in th e comfo rt and safe ty of th e gra n ds tan ds ( th ey sell beer, if you' re interested). • Bill Twinting (Bul) , Butch Wade (Yam) and Ken Tekut (Yam ) really pushed ea ch other in th e 125 clas s. T win t in g won tw o rnotos, Wade took a thi rd, and T ekut was ahead of both o f th em now and th en. Twinting was timed at 2 :33.8 on th e 1.2 mil e co urse , just b ehind th e day's fast ti me of 2 :32.2 se t by Gary Ben ge (CZ) in the 250 cla ss. By co m parison , th e Open class winner toured th e circuit in 2 :4 1.0 . Although T win ting won the 125 class, Claudia Irwin (Y am ) an d Carl Smith (Pen ) wo n th e cro wd 's attention as th ey vied for firs t girl h on ors. Carol w on (an d beat so me of th e boys as we ll) . Gary Ben ge (CZ) led all three 250 class mo tos from start to finis h . T om Bu rgess (Ya m) followed Ben ge across th e lin e in the first mo to, while Sco tt Harmon (CZ) fin ish ed second in the nex t two for second overall. Winning th e Open class was a special tr eat for R on ald Grabel. He was rid in g h is father's Hu sq varna an d did so we ll. M ,.. '" ri '" c: ...., '" ~ w Z W ...J U >- U Ga ry Benge was the ta st est fly er at t:dwards A ir Force Base. Dad said "It's all yo urs " at th e en d o f th e d ay. T he gift was n ot pl ann ed ; it j us t came o ut th at w ay . Some days yo u d o win. But Ron's was no can dy ride . Previou s O pe n class win n er, Keith Mer t z (Ya m) w as o n h and and t o ok a firs t, secon d and third , to Grab el' s firs t an d two seco n ds . Anoth er fir st and third w en t to J ack Bo on e , ridin g a very fast (an d for sale) Mon tesa. T he day was clear and warm, the kin d that turns people in to lifelong dese rt addicts, and ideal for racin g. The nex t event will be Satu rday, January 2 0. In addition to a well-maintained and watered track for the racers, there are gra ndstands, c o ffee, h o t dogs, b eer, sa ni tation , e t c . ; f o r s pe c tators (ad missio n free). See Cycle News Calen dar. Stu Egli was 125 Expert winner at Carlsbad. CMC Carlsbad _ Saturday Ascot MX - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - by J ohn Bethea/Creative Im ages GARD ENA , CA L. , Jan . 13, 197 3 - If yo u di g m otocr oss the kinda perso n who really gets stoked o n the sus pense of th e fin al ou tc o me in mi xed fin als.. .you o ugh ta to here on Saturdays at Ascot Park. Un be lievable . I'm on e of those types. Pull out the scoring ch ar ts, slip th e slide rule and suc h .. .an d I thought 12 5 Intermediates at Li on s were super. Like the 500 Juniors today . So what if Don Mabbott ran away with the class all three times o n his Mai co ? Tom Al exander (Mai) was second with 55 4 points, F red CIi!' e (CZ) third at 5 38 , Mik e DeH art (CZ) next at 4 8 9 an d Mike King (Yam) s truggling in fifth with 465. If I told y ou sixth and seven th y o u'd di e (3 9 I-to 388 !) So, you th ou gh t th ose o ld races were going to we re n ea t. Let me con tinue... Take, fo r example , th e 125 Ex per ts. C on grats to J erry Fr ec kle to n (Hod) wh o won tw o o f th e three. Grab th at duck bill 'cuz her e co mes the scram b les : Pat Perkins ( Yam) scurries fro m the b ack field and wins the o ther moto to take second OA at 5 69. Wh am, J eff Morris, a p air o f secon ds, tak es th ird (4 9 0 ) and Greg Owen's Pen ton aces o u t Ste ve Gerber for th ird, 45 0 t o 42 7. Need w e say m o re ? Well , we sh all : Ne x t up , the 25 0 Jr. hot dogs. Again, it seems somewhat of a runaw ay as Dav e Foltz (C Z) scra mp ers around the fast tra ck with two seconds and a first... 1000 pts, Se cond falls to Dennis Wrenn (Yam) with 738. Ready for th e cli nch er? David T anis (CZ) was third at 7 22. • Now, I've been to m otocros ses and I've been to motocrosses (T h ere's a difference th er e). But , for th e abso lute ge tting -do wn -to-it exci te men t, A scot is ge t t ing h ard t o beat. If yo u 're lo ok in g for runaways, tip you r du ckbill to th ese tw o : Jason J . Ch urchill (Yam) and David Pessy (O ss) were the only o th ers to sweep a class alo ng with Mab bott. Exce p t fo r Bill Payne, usu all y a sweep er anyway, wh o only had one foe to day . T hat, if you know what I mean. is a shame. by Buzz Ba ty / Crea tive Im ages CARLSBAD, CA L. , J an. 14, 19 73 Yo u know how it is. Dead o f Winter, 85- degrees of beauti ful ocean weather an d some F"Jp er n eat racing go ing o n t o take care of th o se id le m om en t s in b e t ween wi shful dreams. Paradi se. T hat's what they cal l it. Oh , wh at a mell ow day . As you can see by th e n am es none of th e big, big n am es showed u p . I guess they we re ei ther try ing to make mo ney abou t 125 m iles no rth of here or were ho me wa tching th e "so-cal led" S uper Bowl. Any way , J ohn DeS oto wo uld have probabl y felt h omesick if he were here to day . It was so n ice , I d on 't eve n want to d well up on it, less it b e lost: Just check o u t the deservin g n ames on the page , h op e yo u lik e the pic tures and wish yo u co uld have b een h er e. A.M.A. MOTO-X SUNDAY JAN. 21 &FEB. 25 District 35 Entry $3 .00 Entries Close 9:30 First Race 10:00 A.M. Spectators $1.00 MUST HAVE DISTRICT CARD AND A .M .A . CARD UND ER 12 F REE LI NED FROM H A R T P ARK A ND L AK E M ING ABO UT 5 MI. EA ST OF SPR OCK ETS PARK V al Schmidt shows unorthodox form. OF F ICIAL RACING TEAM .H O T for A T S H CZ , MAI CO, HUSKY, S UZ U KI , YA MA HA , BUL T ACO , HON DA, K AW A SAKI, TRIUMPH, HAR LEY, PENT ON. 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