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. ~ :; ~ w Z W ..J U > U Brad ley led t he f irst mote f or a lo ng t ime unt il P ierre got by . J im Weinert tri ed it in th e second ro und b ut bo th w ere second. lirst lap performance in fron t of Weinert and Karsrna kers, By lap four, J im and Pierre h ad blas ted by th e o th ers and engaged in a scuffle that wo uld eventually p lace them out of sight. Pierr e led until mi dway th ro ugh th e round when J im m y shot h igh on a lar ge be rm in front of the gran dstand an d tu cked in fro n t of the Yamaha o n the ne xt n arro w tu m . At th is p oint , Karsm akers seemed satisf ie d to ma tch th e pace fo rty feet back. Lac ke y m ad e no _ attem pt to overc ome th e tremendo us di st an ce to th e leaders, co llec tin g third. Husqvarna teammates Semics and Grossi h ad a ru n nin g baitIe going for fo urt h as Mike Ha rtwig moved t o six th. In th e last fe w laps, Karsmake rs moved b y th e ch alle nge r and establish ed a c o m fo r t a b l e lead be fore the ch eckered , La ckey ro de easily to thi rd as Semics barely edg ed Bob Grossi o ut o f fourth . . All th e actio n in the fin al round t ook place in the first te n laps. Green team leaders Lackey and Wein ert took th e in iti ati ve at the st ar t as Pierre go t off to a su per slow twelfth. T his ti me, Pierre began his d rive early. By th e en d of lap one he was seve n th behi n d Grossi. As Kar sm ak ers sho t b v Grossi. Bob fell in and fo llo we d the 'Yam ah a up thro ugh the p ack. Whe n th ey got to Tim Hart, in th ird , G rossi so mehow go t by both Yamahas and Wein ert as well . It was not t o last as Pierre opened it u p and swe pt past all of them an d o nce again zeroed in o n the leadi n g Brad Lack ey. It took an other lap to haul in Brad, and the close d ici ng ended . Pierre ex tended his lead to th e lon gest of th e d ay as Lackey , . Grossi. Wein er t, Hartwin an d Ha rt fin ish ed in th at o rder. 250 NOVICE T he Novice even t turne d into a h ighly . unpred ictable th ing as sandtrap s grabbed fro nt wh eels and false starts co st violaters one lap penalty each time. T he starter see me d to use mos t of the allowed tim e af ter the ca rd was turned to release the rubberband and it th rew a lo t of riders w ay off b alan ce. John Dal laire (Mai) wo n b y stayi ng up th e lon gest an d pl acin g fir st an d thi rd in the tw o m o n ey m o t os. DeWayn e Lyon s hustIed his Maico to a secon d in th e first ra ce but c ould only man aged a seven th in the final round to finish third . J oel N icholson took th ird in th e first m oto, He had second an d th e o verall win in th e bag as h e p assed th e white fla g in the last round. Fifty feet later, he w e nt end o ver en d down th e track . Re mounting, J oel was ab le to finish on ly ele ven th, drop pin g his sco re to seventh . J ohn Franklin came back from a twelfth in the firs t moto to win moto tw o fo r fifth o verall . J err y Willia ms, th e series Novice lea de r , was one of th e riders penalize d th e o ne lap N . Juon~~; ] [ Experts . Old T imers 125~ ss.oo e« Class 250cc NO Post Entries. Entry Open March Closes 13,1973 '1 & fj - g 86, 0 00 ~ - []- - Yam Kaw Kaw H us H us Yam Hus CZ Suz Kaw M al CZ Mal CZ Mal Yam Suz Suz M al ~u.\\t~~N'_-"~ ,,?t $2,000 $2,000 $2,000 125cc 250cc 500cc Synday The 8th : M"" $15 Per CI"" Closes Mar. 13, 1973 Post: $3000 Per Class " GUARANTEED • CASH PURSE PLYMOUTH, CALIFORNIA Nation's Largest Club Pronnoted ~otocross CfJ_ --: F t . Pier ce, F la. March 4 . 197 3 O PEN E X Pierr e Kars makers Br ad Lackey Jim Weinert B ob G ro ssi M ike H a rtw ig Ti m H art G a ry Seml cs Mike Runya rd Rich Thorwa ldson J im E lli s 2 S 0 NO V Jo h n D all a ire F rank Stacy D eW ay ne L yo ns R o n Huffman J oh n F ran k lin Bruce D engler Joe l N ic ho lso n D art Farley. F red Little penalty. J erry fin ish ed Dirt Diggers North M/C Sat. Ap r. Race • i= p~ ~-Ib Amateur 7 _r1= = ;; Ent ry For Pro Race A MA Distr ict 36 Rules ---=:;- ~ Classes: W INTER·AMA MOTOCROSS at th e st art and was unab le La o ver com e II r; fgW r~nual eigh teenth bu t still main tained th e series lead . Second placer, Fr ank sta cy (CZ) , finis hed fo urth an d third. Send Entries to: Dirt Diggers North MIC P.O. Box 338 , Orangeva le, Calif. 95662 For Info. Call (916) 334-0890 JBas~9.~!J S ~:~:~, ~~\ON~ A~ S ~~ ~~~:r 7"qRc'(t~ E Husqvarna 1'JrE:!!p ~ H00AKA "SA MOTORCYCLa S " We have the parts" Desert and Moto-X Preparation Complete machine & welding shop 785-4289 8 7 3 0 Sep u lved a. S epUl ve da , Ca. (j ust n o rth of Pa rthe n ia ).