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Ph ot os by Tom Culp an d Art Fri edman CAR LSBAD, C AL. , Fe b. 18 , 19 73 T he d ecent weath e r see me d to ma ke up for the ACA' s lac k of m edic al in su rance, an d today 's road ra ce brought a goo d t urn o u t of riders t o Carlsbad. I t also brought out a bun ch of butterflies, 'li tt le blac k o nes th at lo oked like pieces being thrown off o f the m otorcy cl e in front of y o u as yo u spe d d own the straight. The little c ri tte rs made pretty smears o n y o ur fa ce a nd shie ld , too. Ra n ce Bru ce dodge d the butterflies as h e wen t wobblin g around on his Anza Cycles Kawasaki 900 to victory in th e Open Pr oducti on and Junior GP events. In b oth e ve n ts h e w as fo llo we d, though n ot too close ly, b y G erh ard Klemm wh o ha s forsa kes hi s N orton fo r a H onda 750 . Klemm w as th e on ly rid ers to keep , Ran ce in sigh t. The 5 0 0 Produc tion class was property o f Mark G o slee ( Ka w ) . Tbe o the r tw o cl ass es in th e h ea vywei gh t Junior GP eve n t fell to Dal e ~l cCre ary (Ya m ) wh o n ailed th e 35 0 class down a nd beat th e winner of the 5 0 0 cl ass, C . Campbell wh o w as riding a 4 0 0 Su zuki morocr os ser in a special fr am e . The Suzu ki's speed w asn 't in cr eased a t all by th e lo ss o f it s e xpan sio n cha mb e r. ' ~ Ic Creary wa s also sec o nd in 35 0 Pro d uct io n . The 25 0 Pr o d uc tio n class wa s th e closest of th e day as Ke n Gill at," Larry Ko op , b oth o n S uz uki s, fough t to th e flag. K oo p e ven h ad to stop sh owi n g o ff t o ta ke th e wi n. He h ad th e le ad in it iall y, b ut so me of h is an t ic s wer e a ll th at Gill ne ed ed to get by. Ko o p th en ~ w z l. ~ OMP ETITIO N Moto-X - Desert End uro U~"""'" ~,,,", c,,;, YCLE ROO 16 6 12 Beach Blvd . 111 41 847.2 2 02 ~AVE Ger hard K lemm swi tched t o H o nd a an d came in second twi ce. ~ ,~ u >u SAVE SAV E at ACA CARLSBAD: Butterflies Are Free CYCLE PARTS Fo r Nea rest L ocati on C . Ca mpb ell's bi za rr e Su zu ki lost its ex pa nsio n chamb e r . b ut he sti ll took the 5 00 J u n io r GP class. h ad to play number tw o (We try h ar d er ) fo r se ve ra l lap s until h e regained th e lea d . D ale McCreary ( Ya m ) w o n tw o m o re cl asse s with th e 200 Production an d Juni or wins a nd m a y be le ading th e AC A p oin ts con tes t. Mik e Baede r (Y am) was 125 w inner in both th e Pr o duc tio n and Ju n ior GP eve n ts. T he 10 0 Pr o d u c tion cl a ss w as sp li t between th e bro th ers Rumine r ( Ya m) , D ennis first and Ken seco n d . T he J uni or G P 100 's fo llo wedJ . Vi alo vas , (Y am) . Th e He avywei ght Se n ior e ve n t sa w a su ccessi o n of leaders be fore Mike C la rk e e me rge d vic to rio us o n a n ew wate r co o led Y am ah a 3 5 0 . Whitne y Blak eslee ( Kaw ) fell vic t im to a b ro ken cl ip-on in mid-race b u t h eld o n to win t h e 2 5 0 class on hi s Bigh o rn sin gle .to give An za ano the r vic to ry . J o bn Green b ro u gh t ou t a K aw asaki 75 0 H 2-R to win th e Open class. In t he smalle r S e n io r classes th e An z a Kaw asa kis of Terry S ta n ar t ( 10 0) a nd B o b I r v i n g ( 1 7 5 ) wen t a ro u n d nos e - Lo- ta il be h i n d th e rapid ly d isappea rin g Y amaha 20 0 of Ru d y Rey n o sa. A ll th ree won tbe ir classes", Phon e : (213) 334-5195 BAKER· RACING FRAMES CH ASSIS SEATS ALLOYS TANKS FOR M X' TT ' COW-T RA I Ll N G' RO A D RACI NG M f g . by C & J Pr ec isi on Prod uct s 38 73 S o . Mai n S t . Sa n t a An a , Ca . 92 7 0 7 (714) 5 4 0·73 505 4 7-6 358 ~IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII~ ~ GREEVES - OSSA HODAKA ~ ~ CARABELA - STEEN ~ I NICK N IC~oHoNMOTORS~ . 11573 VANOWEN STREET C'Il ~ NO. HOLl YWOOD, CA . (213) 764-8674 iii: ~ """"""""~ BODY FUELBYENDURA TeO;led an d u se d b y th e foll OWIn g DISl . 31 ' ,der'S: ER IC JEN SEN • B OB M c L A U G H L IN • LA R R V B E R G Q U IS T · LAR RV PF"UTZ EN R U E TE R • E D SC H E I D LE R · WA L T A X TH ELM · L A R R V HE ARN • G EO RG E M AG A L L O N , M .D. S8.50 10 ' 3 m onth s SUDDIV (C a h ' . ' e Sld ents add 5 "'- tax i. 4 0 0 r.u , V I T AM I N E-NATURA L $0 7 .50 l o r J m onnn sUDp ly tceut . r eS' d ent\ ,} (l(l ~ ~ la x l . Send ch e c k", m o ne y o re e r t o : E n d ura V U.1Imm . Dept. A . 6 38 S. G len d or a Ave .• G le nd or .1l , Col. 9 174 0 . Hand Washab le • Rid ing • Racing Stay • Street GLOVES Soft Oth man Dist ribut ing Co. 18227 Lud low St. Northridge . Ca. 9 1324 Dealer Inq uiries Invit ed (213) 363 -6230 Husqvarna Klocker's SALES & SERVICE 6 6 2 4 Atlantic , Bell , Ca . (213) 581-398 3 Dale McCreary and his Yama has cap tured ab out four classes an d probab ly the ACA points lead .