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Box 1206 C3 Bend, Oregon 97701 SALES -PARTS,SERVICE The Entire ~th Bay Area I.· •• . f Serving ~ontt~la DUCA" i MOTO-GUZZI MAleO MONARK D~ ~ -~--! b y Marilyn Har t Pho tos by Ea rl Top ham CO RONA , CAL., Feb . 2, 3, 19 73 With the track still bei ng ru n in re ve rse, "S upe r Jet" Staten an d hi s Maic o too k another th ree-for-th ree win , b ut this tim e wi th o u t h is usu al grou nd clearance as Ray Lopez, Ken Zahrt , Bryan Bre ker, And Ti m L unde -all made him work a litt le harder. Lopez (w ho W35 super fast on hi s Mai co ] finished rig ht behin d Res at a ll th ree ch ec kered 's wi th Lunde th ird overall, but it w as Zahrt wh o scared ' everyone . Kenn y (Who 's enjoying th e full sponsorshi p of Bay Area Bul taco of West L.A.) was out to n igh t fo r bo th the 250 an d 500 E xpert classes. Ken had tw o nice firsts in th e 250 Ex perts, an d in the 5 00 Ex perts had a third be hin d Staten an d Lopez the first m o t o an d th e h ole-sh o t in the second un til Re x new b y on th e third lap . Ken we n t ove r th e bars o n th e d o wnhill try ing to ca tch up , was kn o c ked u nconscio us . pi cked up on t he b y Ma ril y lI art Ph otos b y Ea rl T opham CO RO NA , CA L., Jan . 26 , 19 73 - With a full ho use on hand and the track run in reve rse , S upe r Jet Staten rode of f an d Icf t th e 500 Ex perts aga in . On ce Re x gets ai rbo rne, he won 't even le t the p ac k near enoug h to sme ll ex ha ust fu mes off that n ew Ame rican Mo to cross Maic o. I ask ed R ex la ter, "Don't you ever get lo nel y w ay o u t t here by yo ur lo nesome ?" and, with tha t hi g grin of h is, he said "Naw - I 'M HAVIl'l' FUX! !" Meanwh ile, back in the p ack , Bryan Bre ke r (CZ), Rick Bean (Yam), Ge ne Martin (Ma i}, and Darrell S u therland (Mai) we re b at tling for posi tions. Bre ker took the second overall wi th Ric k Bean finish ing th ird. Bryan the n we n t on to dice it o ut wit h th e 250 Experts o n one of his fastest rides in some time . He a nd two very co mpe titive fellas ( Randy Mye rs and h is super-q uick Bul tu ned b y Competition Products and Ray T opha m on his trick Compe tit io n Cycle C Z) all ran awa y from the pac k an d w ound u p slapping gas tanks. M oto o ne h ad Mye rs wi th th e lead , fo llowed by Top h am , then Bre kc r fro m sta rt t o finish . Moto two lo o ked like a rep eat until th e en d of the last lap wh en Randy t o ok the hi gh road - R ay t o o k th e lo w, an d as th ey cro ssed , Top ham h ad th e lead, ll re ker was a ro und and Myers tooks th e chec ke red for third. Breker to o k th e hol e spot on mo to th ree with Myer s and Top ham o ut afte r hi m un til the n ext to _ stre tcher, an d was go ing fo r " The Ride " un til th ey got to Ken 's van an d he insis ted h e was goi ng t o rid e the last 25 0 Ex pe rt race. He was o u t of contentio n fo r the 500 Ex perts. but altho ugh he go t o n the lin e a little p un ch y , Ken n y ro d e it o u t to a smooth victory ove r Ray Top h am (CZ) an d Morris Malone (H o n ) fo r th e 25 0 Expert pa y ro ll. After the first lap . Ken W35 back to h is super sty le. The 125 Ex perts had their us ual go-aro u nd with Bru ce McDougal pulling first ove ra ll ah ead of Ma rk Tyer (both o n Pen to ns) an d Bob Maxwe ll fin ishing thi rd on h is Bul. Li ttl e J ohnny Gl ess (Hon) of Oran ge picked up back-to-back wins this wee kend as he WOn th e Min i class , bo th Friday ni gh t and Satu rday m orn in g. Speakin g of Saturdays, for th e firs t ti m e th e "Very Virile Ve ts" we re o ut havin g a blas t wi th Glenn Willis (S u z) ta king first overall bra ss, DeWayn e Stark (S uz) seco nd, an d J o!' Bilo tta (Ya m) third. _ last lap wh en Bry an d eveloped bike t ro u ble an d Ra nd y an d Ray wen t o n ,; with Ray trying the sa me tric k as las t m o t o , but Randy sh u t th e ga te and went on for th e win. Had Bryan h eld th e lead on th at fin al m oto, it would have b een a three way tie fo r fi rst, but th at 's racing, and Mye rs took th e we ll d eserved win , T o ph am, second, an d Bre ke r thi rd overal l. Mo unted on Pen to n ' s C hu ck Bower and Mark Tyer , alo ng wi th T im Lunde on his Bul had their o wn wi re-t o-wire duel in the 125 Expert, and Bowe r took the win with th ree firsts , ove r Lunde an d Tyer. Charles Currie (Bul) showed no mercy over the fie ld of 125 Juniors, Division II, as he d id everythi ng bu t lap them, includi ng brothe r J o h n (Pen ) who finished se co nd and Pat Kell e y third overal l. T heir little b rother, Ra y C urri e ( Ho n), also took second l\lini beh ind Bra d Du t oit (Hon ) and ah ea d of Lindle y Kistl er (In d) . T he b ro t hers Cu rrie ma y hav e to build an d extra roo m for all th e brass th ey keep ta k ing home .