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David Czerw inski.(Mail powers ahead of Sherman Schneller ICZl at the start of the 250 Expert ciass at Sp illway Park . - Photos by Steve French /Broo ks Institute.
Spillway MX
b y Mike An de rso n
SANTA MARIA . CAL .• Jan. 28.1 9 73 The 25 0 Exp er ts a t Spillw ay Park no t
on ly scare d th e cro wds to death. but
also sh ocked th em selv es in th e process
durin g wha t wo u ld ha ve b een a mo st
grue ling battle. David Cze rwi ns ki (Mai)
zap pe d the Ex pe rt comp eti tion by
virtue of a secon d pl ace fini sh in both
3 0 - mi n u te m ot o s with Ri ck
"Lad iesm an " Lo ng seco n d . after falling
three times in th e fir st mota but
returning to high p ositi on s with start ling
bursts of speed. Sh erman Schneller (CZ)
co uld o n ly man age a fo urth o ver all
fin ish behind Czerwinski. Lon g and
Brett Yage r (Bul). She rm an expe rie nce d
b ad luck in th e first m o ta . coming back
in the second mo to to win , have the
fastest ti me of the day. an d all this done
while ridi ng with one fo ot peg_
Open Ex pe rt rider J oe Cu shawa y
(C Z) had a go od battle with J ohn
Caldwell (CZ) in th e firs t mo ta ; passin g
J ohn 3 0 fee t b ef ore th e flag afte r J ohn
led th e wh ole race. Ne w Expe rt Milian
Gar re tt (Hus) ended up seco n d ove ra ll
b ehind th e rap id Cu shaway after
Caldwell dropped ou t. Ron Bass (Mai)
w on th e second moro hands down with
Garrett second.
Vin ce Clark (Suz) w on the 125
E xpe r t class afte r Larry Greer (Ya m)
dropped o u t wh ile lead in g th e first
mota. Vince won th at one but Lar ry
cam e ba ck to win th e next one. Bill
Keese (Bul ) lo o ked good in his first
Expert ride taking second.
In termediate rid er s had to suffer
through th e 3lJ..minute mo tos with th e
Se niors. Jim Fl ow ers (Puc ) w on th e
125's as did Mik e Martin (Mai) in th e
250 's and "Humble" Harv ey Wynn in
th e Open class.
The Open class clashes .
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While the 125 class searches fo r the right line amidst flying sand.
Billy Grossi drove down from Santa Cruz to win the first mota but crashed hard in the second
round.
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