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o " ~ . 0.. M " ell M .0 '" u. ~ W Z w -' U >- U - PRESENTS- BRAD LACKEY JIMMY WEINERT JOHN DeSOTO PETER L·AMPPU - It was n't every w here th at yo u cou ld go this f ast. AMC MX at Saddleback or " It 's Not Nice to Fool Mother Nature" or " European Style Track Cond itio ns" or "Saddleback in Slo ppy Spri ngt ime " • USE ONLY TORCO T-2 RACING OIL ,RA CING GEAR OIL RACING FORK OIL POWER SLIDE CHAIN SPRAY They are Winners .••• and use ONLY the Best by S c ott Heidbrin k I R V I;>; E , CAL ., Feb . :; , 197 3 - A ft e r fo oling Moth er N a t u re th e p ast co u p le o f we eks wi th perfect sp ring weath er, tod ay lo ok ed like i t m ight just fo ol the o ld lady ag ain , u n til she pu lle d a few tricks out o f h er long- sleeve, an d tu rne d th e ol e liquid su ns h ine o n a ll over e ve ry b o dy ! Toda y was AMe 's 10 0 % troph y day . the refore the turnout was very h eavy, un til th e ra in s s tart ed in about th e en d of th e first roun d of motos. Th e n the pits cl eared fas te r th an if the Po rt o-o f-cans h ad a ll b een kno ck ed over. Ever y bo dy seemed to h ead o ne w ay, OUT! Th e offi ci a ls were re ally sm ili ng, be cause to co llec t yo ur trop hy. yo u h ad to ru n a ll th re e rn o t o s, so wi th race rs bailing o u t righ t an d le ft , th e nu m ber of tr oph ies to be given o u t w as c ut dras tical ly. T he o ffi ci a ls sai d th e y pl anned i t th at way . T he funn ies t thi n g a ll d ay w as si lting a ro u nd w at ch in g th e p e o p le try in g to make it up and o u t of th e p ar k. The en tire surface was as slic k as a sc re w driver covered with ST P . I t lo o ke d as if so me o f th e s e so-ca lle d m or o cro sse rs a re afra id o f wa te r. But m os t of th ose h ard-c o re MX e rs th a t d id flgh t th e w eather re ally h ad a n ea t tim e . . Rand y S ch loe re turned to ra cin g after his w in s at th e Smu ggle r Se ries an d th e A ll-J uni or T rans-A m , to win again t oday b y sweeping a ll th ree o f h is mot os . R andy says h e 's go ing to slow dow n an d n o t r ace as often . He says he 's i t w ea rs him o u t and ge ts a little bo rin g afte r th re e m on th s of going at it every w ee kend. But h e stll h asn ' t lost hi s form. Bill Gl ore led th e DKW-p owered threes o m e ac ross th e line fi rs t thre e fo r three times, beatin g o u t Mar k Brown ' s Pen to n , and Mik e Xewe tls Dec k . Ch uck H ar twe ll h ad so m e trouble m a k in g i t up th e s tart h ill in hi s th ird m o t o , a nd , as a m at te r of fac t , so d id ev eryo ne else. the q uic kes t w a y over was to push, wi th o n ly tw o 2;; ()'s b ein g ab le to p ower o ve r the to p . (So y o u kn ow h o w b ad i t is) ! Bu t Chu ck s till ca m e b ac k to win a ll t h re e m ores, an d take th e overall on h is n ew. Yammic . Arter h is first two races. Ch uck s till lo o ked rel a tivel y clean , b u t af te r th e th ird. The Cre ature of the Blac k Lagoon! Ch ar lie R ichardson went thre e fo r th re e again to d a y , wi th li ll ie to n o co m pe ti ti o n , m a kin g th e m u d d ie d tra ck lo o k jus t as.s moo th , an d d ry as ev er. In th e 2 50 J un ior cl ass , G e o rge V arn er took h is CZ to th e o ve rall win hy tak ing th e ch ec kere d fir s t in a ll h is m o to s. In h is last b ou t , he was th e o n ly J un io r to su rvive ; makin g it a ll th e ea sier t o w in . In th e 175 Be gin ners, Mar k Truma n h ad m ore lu c k than h is d ad t o dav because w h en t h e ra in cam e do~ : Mar k's d ay trid e t o move to h igh e r gro u nd and en ded up in a rai n di tc h up lO hi s Fi re bi rd 's frame . T he tow truck co uld n' t e ve n budge it . A ll th e while, Mark wen t \0 th e win , fo llowed b y Powd er Pu ff 'Crosser S tacy Bell (Y am ) . T hose w ho left m ade life for th o se wh o s tay ed e ve n easi e r. T hose wh o s tayed go t t o lau gh a t th e o the rs t ryin g to le av e . At times it seemed as th o ugh th e re w as m ore action with crossed u p tru cks, traile rs, and vans in the pi ts than th ere was o n th e track . In fa ct, I th in k that there were probably m o re ac cidents an d n e ar-m isse s in th e pits than d u rin g th e ra ces . Buy Toreo from your dealer••• If he doesn't Have It, Asic Him To Get It. MAN UFACTURE R TORCO OI L CO M PANY 12247 Lakeland Road Santa Fe Springs . Califo rnia 90670 REGISTERED [Mfc:I MEM BER L at er he may have looked l ik e t h e Crea ture f r om t he B lack L agoon .