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by Bill Spencer Photos by Jim Hayes SANTA ROSA, CAL., Feb. 2, 1973 Santa R os a indoor racing, unlike th e old San J os e rio ts, is th e hottest in doo r activity sin ce bowling faded. Mike Kalamaras and T erry O tton are the latest to visit the winner's circle in eve n ts th at sec new winners jus t about eve ry week. • T he h ottest con tested event was th e 250 E xp ert B m ain with Otton j ust n ipping ou t 'J im Coates in a heads-up b attle fro m st a rt to finish. Coates led all but th e las t lap and a half. Otton go t th e best of h im go ing into th e fir st t um and sh owed th e fie ld the way home. . T h e A division was an easy win for Kalamaras after some false starting and lo ts o f cras h in g. Mike m o ves into secon d p lace in the standings with the win and also second in the n ewly formed white plate standings for the top tw enty Experts. Jerry Kale still maintains his slim lead . De nne Kalama ras appears to have the 200 Expert event wrap ped u p and added t o his lead to nigh t wi th a win over Duane Yarrow. The early leader in points was Dave Faria wh o has lat ely had troubles keeping h is 100cc motor -u p righ t , Sal Versaggi appears t o be an easy winner when things a ren't go ing righ t as h e won the ' 250 Junior main by a bunch . He is suffering th e pangs of unemployment and wants to get married so o n . When he was working and dating, he couldn't ge t of his own way. Pete Finney got a terrific inside pass on Chuck Doxiour to take the lead of th e 250 Novice A division main on the third lap. Three laps later the second pl ace man got in the way before Finney took th e lead back. . Hard-luck Byron Robeck got his stuff to gether fo r the 200 Junior main and came out a winner for a ch an ge . '" '" '" e, M .... en o '" .ci '" u, ~ w Z W ..J U >U Eagerness eounts but may not make you lastest (Above), Terry Otton and J im Coates 148Flturned the last trick indoo rs (Below), Hottest Thing Indoors Since Bowling ANNOUNCING the PRESTON PETTYS all newfront fender designed and engineered specifically for mud. Danny Turner leads with Charlie Marshall in hot pursuit in the 125 Am-Ex class at Oasis. / Oasis MX- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - b y Terry Sloan OASIS RACEWAY, CAL., J an . 28, 1973 - T he Ukiah Valley Motorcycle Club put all their first motocross today and com bi ned the two necessities fo r good ra cing; good riders and a good track. The track is located near C lear Lake an d ma kes use o f the natural terrain , including hills, r ocky cree ks , and a rolling meadow. During practice the froz en ground was cove red with a thin la yer o f mud makin g th e track slip pe ry as O iIcan Harry doing a Bry Icream co m m e rcia l. S o me interdisciplinarians (h ope we get p a id by th e word) we re noted circula tin g w ith both feet fi rm ly planted on th e ground, taking Sammy Miller's ad vice that "a little dab'lI d o ya " to a new extreme. T he su n th awed things out and th e track worked in to a n ice ta cky c o n sis te ncy interrupted b y frequent mudholes, As for the riders, th e 125 Ex / Am. class saw Charlie Marsh all , the top ranked mo tocrosser in District 36, pitted against Danny Turner who holds the' No.2 blue plate . In th e fir st mota, Marshall force d hi s Zundapp to a hard-fou ght w in over Turn er' s Monark. Bu t Marshall was hard pressed to .even keep wi thin striking distance during the tie-breaking second mota until th e Monark 's e xp ans io n ch amber broke. Turner th en retired leaving Marshall un opposed for the win . Both 25 0 E x / Am . motos wer e race -lon g battl es between Nels on , Hart, and Flesh ins riding respectively Husky, CZ, and Bultaco w ith Har t' s seco nd an d fir s t p lace finishes ta kin g th e troph y . Rick S u tto n is m aking a habit of winning in the Novice Open class. He took hi s di vision to day. The Open Ex /Am . class w as, you gu essed it, an oth er Ch arli e Marsh all ben efit. Marshall, who has given up hi s Bul tac o ride for a partial sponsorshi p b y Cooper Motors, w on bo th m oto s easily on his Maico . All in all, it w as a good d ay for Marshalls an d Maico s. Maico s took one 25 0 Novice di visio n, b oth Open Novice divisions, top Open Am at eu r, first and sec o n d in Open Ex pert. Ch ar lie Marshall's you nger brother Mike won the 100 l' ov ice class on a Honda. The . ~ fen der has bu ilt-in mud fla ps th at will no t flop do wn a nd hit the tire like the flimsy rubbe r bolton type. (One ride an d you will re adily figu re this ou t.) 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