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Then, in h is pair of e nc o un te rs
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Watkins, se lec t ing a new CZ fo r the
d eb acl e , c ream ed a gro u p th a t feat ur ed
S teve Rauch (CZ), O'Neal ( Ric), Bob
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DEVORE. CA L.. Jan . 20, 19 73 Motocross enthusiasts got in p lenty o f
ridin g a t Arro yo Cy cle Park , as the
California Racin g Club p lay ed h o st to
its regular S aturday m o tocr oss car d .
Un fo rtu n a te ly for th e eRC, t h e turn out
w as o n ly light, h ut the fo rtunate ride rs .
were ab le to lo g m ore th an e n ough tim e
in th e sa d dle .
As is always th e case , ride rs fo u n d
th e trac k in o u ts ta n d ing c o n d itio n. wit h
J ohn C u rrie (lion) , getting th ings
underwa y w it h a victo ry in the first
cl ass t o race, th e 10 0 Beginn ers , under
16, J ohn go t pl enty of co m p e ti tio n
from th e lik es o f Kev in Dic k (Ya m) ,
and Nick Civ ell o (li on). In th e 100
Beginners even r, .IDe Aren as (Ya m) , wa s
the winner.
T h e 12 5 Beginn ers cl a ss w a s th e
bi ggest o ne to race S atu rday, an d
com pe ti tio n wa s h ot_ a n d h eavy. T om
C MC M X at S addle b ack
by .I o h n Be th ea /Cr ea tiv e Im ages
IR V IN E, CAL., Feb. 4 . 19 7.3
S un shi n e Patri ots. Aussi e Ke lvin Fra nks ,
'_slop p ed through th e mu ch an d laughe d ,
"Yeah , y ou Am e rican s ce rtain ly shy
away from th e rain ." (T h is re porte r
incl uded).
It 's not the rain so much ; it's th e
S addle h ack slop th a t sen d s even the
m o st tim id sp ectator slid ing . Th e
S add leb ack t u rf is o f fin e san d y lo am ,
b ut off th e t ra ck it is slicker than sn ot,
Today the J u n io rs braved th e w orld
and ap tly ea rned th e glo ry as more th an
50% o f the p re -entered E xp erts never
m ad e it th ro ugh t h e gate . T hose tha t did
w er e topped by Charlie Bower ( 12 5
Pen ) , Rich Eierstedt (25 0 Ma i), an d
Tilson Sh umate (400 S uz) .
T h e Jun io r ranks, though , were
stu ffed full of rid ers and good ra ces .
Th e three d ivisio ns o f 250 Ju n io rs
were clearly dom inated by Dr ew Nelson
(Y am ) w h o swep t D ivisi on II. J am es
Hawki ns (Bu l) and Andy Rhubottom
(Oss) h ead ed th e o th er two cl asses with
a pair 0 f wins.
On lv o n e o th er sw eep o ccurred a ll
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T hough STeve Ra uc h an d Bob
C ullinan each scored 469 points b eh ind
overall winner Wat kin s in the 5 00cc go ,
Rauc h , by virt ue o f a secon d place
finis h in the final h ea t race, w as
declared first ru n ner-u p to CZ Larry.
Terry Clark, who was ta ki n g a ride
on the ex-Bob G rossi H usqvarn a tha t is
rep le te w ith reed vale and o ther
a lterations that assist in frequent trips
to the w inner 's circle , p rov ed th a t h e
d oesn ' t n ecessari ly h ave to be in the
saddle of a Ha rley in o rde r to lo cate th e
front- running p o sit io n.
Cla rk got h is ru nning gear so rted
afte r Mar k A b batoye gra bbed an early
lead ; and · from that p o in t to th e
checkers in both divisional m o tos , it was
com p le te ann ihil ation fo r the re mainder
of the c re w.
Closest ru n n ers-u p to Clark we re ;
Rich ard Franklin (Y am) w ho scored
wi th two se cond p lace finis hes; Ric k
S almon (Ya m) , Gary H uh e r (Ma i), and Tony Ro gers (CZ ).
Senior w in s were co llec ted by J .
Speight ( 125cc) , Mike Keen a (250) . and
Mark Samuel son (O p en ).
O ld Timer victories we nt t o Ji m
Warden (Nov) , D ick Doy le (A m ), and
Pau l Clark (Ex) .
Juni or win ners du ring to d ay ' s
ACE ·san t ion ed
progra m
we r e
Jay Frc e rnan . j l On}; Stan Coffee (125)
w ho won a c u st o m-b u ilt e xp an sion
c h am b er from Precision Cycle in
La wndale; War ren Pierce (25 0);. a nd
Dick Ke lsey (O pe n) .
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DeMarzie (Bu l), cap t u re d the .125
Begi n ners , under 16 c o m p e ti tion .
A fine rac e at O pe n Begin ne rs , with
Dave Turn quist (CZ), taking th e victo ry
fro m D avid Blesser (Suz), secon d p la ce
fin ish er .
.Iack Bo les (Yam), w as a win ner at
175 Beginners.
Best Novice race o f the day cam e in
the 250's, as Rich ard Squire (CZ) , t ook
t he measu re of se cond p lace r Kenneth
T ekut (S uz) .
Se nio rs and In term edia te s we re
combined d ue to th e very ligh t turn o ut ,
w ith Ji m Lat e n dresse (Kaw), a win ner
over t h e small fie ld of b ikes, wh ich even
incl u ded a 125 Ossa p iloted by T im
.H o lm , w hich finis he d secon d.
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Karas (Man) was the eve n t ua l winner
with a secon d p lace go ing to Mark
Civ ello . S cott Breithaupt ( Yam ), was
th e victor a t 12 5 · Begi nne rs, un d er 16.
In th e bigger bikes, Da vid Kampling
(Bu l) aced out J am es R ader (Yam ) to
tak e firs t p la ce in th e 250 Beginners.
.l ack Boles (Ya m ) , cap tured the 175
Beginn er s race.
After the O pe n class, wh e re Ga ry
Ph illips (lI u s), wa s the winner, th e bi g
b o ys h it the track.
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Sh awn Hu ffm an (CZ) , p o st ed the
w in in . th e 25 0 No vice cl ass, slipping
past Rich ard Squire (CZ) , the second
place fin isher. It was one of th e better
. ra ces Sa turd ay. Kev in Willis (H us},
zap p ed th e 125 Novice class.
Fin al winne rs S a tu rday we re La rry
Roessl er (C Z ), 250 S eniors ; Bob Stab ile
(H us) , 2 50 I n te rme d ia tes ; an d Gary
Sto kes (Tam ), Open In te rm edia tes.
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d a y an'd that Was by an ot he r Dru, th is
one D ru Haase (Mn k) in th e 12 5 .1 uni or
II. It won't b e lon g b efore he st arts to
in vad e th e Interm edi a te ranks, wh ich is
be comin g vcry c o m p e ti tive sin c e th e
CMC h as upped th e p o in ts ea rn ed to tal
to 24 before trans ferrin g to E xp e rts.
Bob Fromm e (Ma i) h ad his tr ou b les
in th e 5 0 0 Junior a fte r picking up a fir st
an d second to lead go in g ioto th e final
round. In th a t on e he crash ed hard and
banged up h is an k le, p lacing h im fifth in
th e ra ce. still go od en ough fo r second
o verall. .lames Ber uth (CZ ) carried h o me
th e win.
I t was a crash th a t p rev ented Dav e
Erop kin s th e ove ra ll w in , too, in th e
125 In te rm ed ia te. After acing Bill
Twintin g (Bu l) to tak e rou nd one , D ave
slid ou t wit h a lap to go a n d sta lle d th e
en gin e. H e had been lead in g at the time .
Bill scootered b y , b u t on ly fo r se con d as
Nel son Wh ite hill took th a t moto -win ;
Dave pushed h ome for IOth . In th e
fin al e, Twin tin g pulled off the win an d
the overall w hile Eropkin's Bu l to ok
se co nd .
