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C A 9062 1 • • •• ~ M E ANS MON&RK (.lso P.....t on & M.ico ) (7 14 1 52 1 -2 4 2 0 FO RTY - TWO O'F THEM! _ by Bu zz Bat y /Creative Im ages IRVI:\I F.. CA L.• Feb. 18.1 97 3 - It was a " Who 's Who " of CMC m otoco rss in t oday 's double ro und of 250 Expert ac t ion . If they weren' t racin g in Fl o rid a. then the y musta be en here - all 4 2 o f them. With Experts split in to two qualifyin g hea ts, th e top ten from ea ch headed for th e winner-take-all fin al. It shaped up to be American Motocross-spo nsored Ric h Eiers tedt an d Gav lon Mosier, both on Maicos, winning ' t he first heat an d awaiting th e final. In the second goes , Bry ar Holcomb (Bu l) and Glen Lund [H us) pulled off th e wins. As th e sun began to nestle behind a nea rb y hill, the Expert final go t underwa y a n d immediately Rich Eierstedt p ow ered t o th e p oin t with Husky's Billy Clements behind. Mosi er began bein g bad gered by T erry Cl ark, (B us) but th at ebbed as th e race rea ch ed its late ' m oments. H olcomb . wh o changed the rin gs in his Bul b etween th e firs t an d sec ond transfer he at. h e ard ' ern let go early in th e fin al but still clu ng o n fo r fifth - a very fin e rid e. R andy Myers (Bul) fin ish ed six th an d mo ved in to second pla ce in th e c.\IC Season Po in t St andings, ju st three sh y of cu rren t leader Terry Trach y . The 5 0 0 class got t opped by C Z' er Pet e Mal)', wh o got dumped to eigh th behind J oe J ohnston (Hus ) in th e 250, Maly put on a n excllent ride in winning the first en counter and coasting home fift h in the final. It was o ne of t hose " Who ca n be more consis ten t?" ra ces an d Pe te di d it best . Bill Clemen ts, w ho wo n the second ro und , ben t his shif t lever at the t op of th e sta rt hill in the first ro und and lost two lap s bendin g it b ack into p ositi on. He t ook second over all. Dave Smi th (CZ), wh o rode tw o classes as usu al, ban ged o ut a pair o f fourth s, tha t eq ua led third ove ra ll. T he story was simi lar for fou rt h th rough sixth . Do ug Sherman (CZ) took a so lid second beh in d Maly in ro und o ne but slipped all the w ay back to eleventh in the next. Rex Staten (Mai) cha nged t he rings and piston the night before and rode practice but failed to tighten the bolts en ough after it had warmed up. Results : th e cv l i n de r slid loose and all co m p ression dis appeared. A thi rteenth and second added up to fifth . Then we co me to the 125 Expert. You don 't know h ow cl ose Charlie Bower ca me to not wi nni n g today but that see ms to be the story with Charli e nearl y every week en d ...an d he still wins. T odav, he fai led to win ei the r mo to and still pulled it o u t. T h e ho t racin g con tin ued into the Interm ediate ranks wh ere nobody co uld pull off. an ything near a sweep .. .h ut all ar c; be coming regular win ne rs. though . Jim Domann (Mnk] h eaded R alph Pet erson (Pen) in to th e win ne r's circle A.C .E.lndoor CL O VERDAL E, B.C., Feb . 10. 1973 7 1 ride rs and a near -capacity cro wd ca me o ut and wat ch ed the wildes t and ro ughest racin g ye t at the indoor races. Some of th e action was on th e t rack and so me of it in the gra ndstands. So me of , the spe ctators started deciding amo ngs t themselves w ho w as going to win, an d it finaHy go t to the point whe re it looked like a wild west saloon braw l. It was some time before o rd e r was restored. but the racing carried right on through the whole in cid en t. _ In the 250 Se mi two riders co llided an d a thi rd rider. in a n a ttem p t to mi ss the two, slam me d in to th e crash wall, tearin g o ut a 2 0 foot sec tio n of fen ce . Bernadette Hendrix con tin ue d her after the 125 rounds were co m ple ted, edging hi m b y on e position ea ch race. The two divisio ns of 250s were topped by Mike Yorba (B ul) and Ro n Ban d y (C Z). Pa ul McGill (CZ) took the 500. It is also rather rare when th e Jrs. fa il to produ ce a clean sw eep artist, bi.W today th at was also in effect. Rex Staten i n a h urry . _ Winning wa ys ta kin g both th e Powder Puff Trophy Dash and th e Main. T he Duel con t in ues in the 125 class be twe en Howard Garbe (Yam) and Jon McCaffer y (Suz) . McCa ffery lead for half of the 12 lap main wi th Garbe finally slipping under hi m in a co m er t o go o n to th e win. Th e 250 Main eve nt, which is usually the climax of the evening. seemed like a le t-do wn after a ll t he action in th e gra ndstands. But as usual this class proved wh y p eople keep co ming back . Randy S kiver o n th e ne w Clarke Sim p kins H on da mad e n o mi sta ke s as he powere d o ff th e line to take a lead that was never ch allen ged to win the Main. Skiver also won th e 2 5 0 Tro phy Dasb.