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.... N . 1l, e, .... ell '" ~ W Z W ..J U >U On Y.llU know what AJS stands for? Photo by Bob Thompson. Are · Women Wierd? Escape Country MX by Ken t Nic holls TRABUCO CANYO N , CAL ., Jan. 14 , 1973 :.. It used to be th a t p eople thought w omen were we ird if they rode m o torcy cles. Bu t times h ave changed and n o w n o t only ar e th ey ridin g' bu t they 'r e racin g them (Really?) As lady rac er s b e c am e m o r e nu mero us, mo tocro ss prom o ters b egan putting a Powder Puff clas s on their programs. At first these were mainly just a sp ec ta to r attraction. But, again , times have ch anged and the female riders. are holding their o wn as real com pe titive racers. Such was the case in Escape Country's Powder Puff class today and its winner J oAnn Miley (CZ). Th e P.P ; clas s was co mb in ed with the 175's and in th e sec o nd rnoto, JoAnn not o nly won h er cla ss, but b eat th e 175 's on her 125 as well. Mrs. Miley also won th e first and th ird motos in her clas s. Second lady o f the day was Gayle Dune on her 12 5 Penton. L arry McC arty (BuI) and Bill Henderson (CZ) are good friends off a motocross course. But when they rid e their 25 0s in th e Expert class, they 're the fierce st of co mp eti ti o rs, and today was no ex ception. They rode all three of their motes nary an eight gauge sp oke th ickn ess ap ar t . T he lead ch an ged hands many tim es, but a t the en d it w as McCarty who had won. Bill Henderson was just behind in second. 100 Novice Greg Weston again piloted his Yamaha to an overall win today. Bu t it was not as eas y as last week with Greg " o nly" winning two motos and getting a third in one. Second in that class was John J ugen Hei m ea on a tri ck-Hoking Yamaha 90. The Old T imers Assoc. again invad ed Escape Country and th ese " old " men go fas t. In their Novice ra ce, a three-way duel shaped up b etween Larry Escamilla (CZ) , LeRoy Ballard and Bul rider J oaquin Morillo . Ballard was a bullet o ff the line, grabbing th e early lead every mota. But b efore each moto en ded , Escamilla managed to grab first garnering h im a first overall. Ball ard was second and J oaquin Morillo cranked out a th ird . T hen cam e th e Amate urs and Exper ts an d th ey go really fas t. The Am a teu r clas s win ne r was C Z pil o t Manny A. Dauber. The to p m an in the old timer Expert clas s was R . W. Pierce on a 400 Maic o. It seems that Escape Co un try has fin ally overcome th at nas ty b ligh t : the pi t racer. T he y have d on e th is . with threats an d all around general screaming o f Mike C apalite , (Wh o , aside fr o m bein g a b it vocal , is re ally a nic e p er son an d throws good races.) an d a very, o n th e b all Park Pa tr ol. This does a lot to make goi ng to races more fun an d wh ole lot safe r. " No, I thou ght YOU were steering...! " .~••••••~•••••••••••••••" . 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