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.... Q.l .. ~ co '" Q. .... '" '" rN :;: '" ~ w Z W ..J U >- U Top C an ad ia n . rid er Ron Keys shovved up at Muntz and d id it to t he Ope n E x p er ts , winning both m otos with h is Fred Deeley Yamaha YZ . Ph o t o by Art Cox. MOTOCROSS Profession al 1 25 Ch amp ion sh ip Arroyo C YCle Par k Devo re , Cali f . M ar. 1 a. 1973 Ray Lope z Pe n $1 0 0 0 Chuck Bower Pen 600 Danny Turne r Mnk 45 0 Terry Clark H ·D 300 Bruce McD ougal Pen 22 5 Bill Payne Pen 2 00 Bob Brook s H od 150 J i m Hoover Suz 100 Edd ie c ore Pen 100 B ill Gr ossJ DKW 75 125 J R SUPPOR T CLA SS T i m Hoov e r Ric T i m Da ly Ric George Corchoran Bul Tom Devo r e R ic Steve M c Fa rl a nd R ic K ah levi V ehkonen i M o n) has reason to look happy . He is about t o beat Roger D eC o st e r (Suzl, r ight, i n a 500 Interna t ional meet ing after DeCoster beat h im previously wh en h is prototype's cy lind e r came adrift. - Photo cou rtesy of Motor Cycle News. MOTOCROSS E scOIIpe Count ry TrOllbuco C ~nyo n l C.. IIf. '" Mar. 1a. 1973 O PEN lst DAY Pat Casteel Robert Kady B i ll Dudney OP EN BEG Lynn Mattox Rob K u t z Mike Flower OLD T IMERS EX J.L. Sieb rand y Gene Fox Ed Poo re OLD TIMERS A M Will Ly n ch J i m Merrlken B ob Coffm a n OLD TI M E R S NO V . L er o y Ba llard J o aqu i n M or illo Ja ck Cu nniene ham 2 50 1 st DA V Jerrel Gower D av id B u n ch G reg Harma n 250 B E G M ike Pat c h e n St eve Ly on Keith Fran k lin 250 NOV Robert Lowe Ha l Strau ss Ga ry Schultz 185 1st DAV Ken Johnson Pa ul Hernandez , 18 5 BEG Ma rk Wue lhass 18 5 NOV Kelly Wa cker POWDER PU F F Jude Donah u e Debra Ta y lor 125 1s t DAY Ter ry St errett O sca r Jackson Scott CaD nes s 125 BEG Pau l Strick land Kevin Harlow Bob Robb 125 NOV waymond Wil liams Tim Marrlmon Greg Weston 1 00 1st DAV Kurt Ikeda D ea n B r ad l ey D avid D ic k so n 10 0 BEG B o b Qulnten Chris Provost John Gilbertson 100 NO V Mark F r ee m a n d M ik e Huki ll B i ll Melanson M I N I 1st D AY Russ Case B r i an Chun n Ja ck Fla mmer M INI BEG Pet e H ili eb rec h t Tim Ke n nedy Joy Marrimon M IN I N O '} Dean Hoebel MIN I AM Wa yne Mapes 10 0 AM Tom Burm eist er 100 E X Dave F ry 12 5 AM Je ff Jenn ings 125 EX J eff Bunn Pet er McCorm i ck 250 AM G reg Soko l John Van Brau kel en D oug Beng lman 2 50 EX John Hrynk ie ic z M ike Causey M ike Kenna OPEN NOV Denn is N ewman K en Estep M ike Brown OPEN AM Den nis Cla rk OPEN EX M ike Todd R .A .C .E . MO TOCROSS Co rona Racew ay Coro n a. Calif. M al Ma r . 3 , 1973 Ma i by Da le Te ubn er Su z M IN I .. Robb ie Wood Ma i .Jim B a ll Mal K athy Brodeck Vam 1 00 B E G _ r · K irk F ltzek Bob Re dma n Mai M ark Allee Bul 10 0 JR - Tony Greaves Mai Lance F ela n gl e Oss e m Rand o lph CZ 12 5 BE G - Ga ry Duncan CZ -Larr y MO Ody Bul D on D un ca n B re 125 JR ... G r eg Soren son Suz Scott Cathey Bul D av id W illis Ha n VE R Y V I R I L E VETS ·Shay Huffman Suz D eW ay n e Star k Suz G lenn W ill is Yam 25 0 JR ·Steve Hazan CZ "B ob Decker CZ .. Rob by Mull end er Yam 50 0 JR "' Ed Gamber Yam *Ern ie Rober t s Yam John M ittend o r f 1251NT e Scot t Sp en cer Br ian Olson sue 2 5 0 INT · Sh awn H u ff m an Dave Ca r l so n Bob B la nd 250 SR Yam John H ry n k iew ic z H od Ray Top ha m Bu l -Troph y Pen Hus Y am Yam Yam Yam Yam Vam Yam Yam R ic Hon Vam Hod Yam H on Hon Hon Hon Hon H en Hon Hon R ic Hod DKW Pen CZ CZ Bu l CZ CZ Hon CZ CZ BSA B ul CZ Ma l MOTOCROSS Muntz Cycl e Pu k Moorpark . Calif . Ma r . 18~ 1973 by Art cex 6 0 MINI Jerry Little Ted ' Hunnicutt T ony Loza 8 0MINI D av id Ew ing Ken V lev la David Sar lan PO W D E R PUFF Jeannie Young Sa nd y Gonzales Su z l Hallm a r k 100 B E G D ave Vrgnhar t Ga r y H u b ert B arry V and e rp o ol 125 B EG Ron nie H o rn ad ay M ark Sa x e Mike B oll m an 12 5 N OV M ark Pr o ct o r Joh n Morrison B ill Ca ppel 25 0 BEG Don Sarlan • Pet e Goodwin D . E . Da il Y 250 NOV T im Sar lan B ob R idgeway G eorge H i ll ie r OPEN NOV M ike Da le G len Ew ing Dale Hensche 125 EX D o n Spaethe Von Peterson Cra ig Spurney 250 EX Bob Archer Joe I r wi n Kar l N issinen OPEN EX Ron Keys G ar y N ixon Rod Kershaw I N TER'NA TIONA L M O T OC R O SS L um m e n . Belg i u m M.ar. 1 1 . 1973 500 IN TERNA T I ONA L Kah lev i Vehk onen Mon Roger DeCoster Su z Ya m Jan Van der eece cx Hakan Ander sson Yam H i kkl M ikkola Hus Trans-AM Qua lifier Prep AMC MOTOCROSS North IJId Sou t h Cu lsb ad . C a li f . M u . la, 19 7 3 by Scott H eidb ri n k Hon Hon Hon HOd Vam Vam Hon Vam Kaw Va m DKW Ya m Ya m B ul Yam cz S uz Su z cz Yam Bu l Ma l Vam Yam Pen Pen cz CZ CZ CZ CZ Yam Yam Vam Hon Hon Hon CZ Yam su e Vam Ya m Hod Ric D KW Vam Mon Pen • Pen R ic Suz Bul R ic CZ Yam Suz Gre CZ Ya m DKW Mnk Hon Yam Yam Yam CZ Ma l 100 B EG Gary Beser Doug Wel tner Scott Han ssler MINI Leo na rd Thompson 125 NOV D an B l u ce Gary D o y en Da ve Pet e rs 125 B EG J on H al e Mark B r o w n Jeff Skeen 125 JR Do n Block 12 5 E X J eff Weber 100 N OV R ick Piotr owsk i 250 B E G D I V I Rick Fifie ld J im Ball Gary Harp 250 BEG D IV II Marc Glo ver Ron Stewart Tom W i ll ia ms 2 50 NOV De lan o Ha le Russ W il so n Rand y Bat sen 250 JR Jeff Math ew s B rad L o r d 2 5 0l NT Ri ck K ast ner OPEN BE G T erry Dav is Ea r l N ich o ls Joh n Fry OPEN NO V C h u c k Sh un k OP EN J R Gabe C u t ier r e z J im B e l t i n c k Ron B l ackwood OLD TIMERS John M iley 4 ·1 1· 5 5·2 6·4 2·9 10-3 7-6 12-7 11 - 10 9 -1 4 Y am Yam HOd Hon Pen Pen Yam 5 uz Pen Pen Pen cz Ri c Suz Hus C2 CZ CZ Suz Suz CZ Hus AJ5 CZ Bul Hus CZ Suz Hus Ma l CZ H us cz BAVMARERACETRACK Moorpark , Calif. Feb. 25~ 1973 by A r t t;OX 10 0 B EG Yam Jeff Nei der Kaw W illiam Cy pher Su z M itchell Moore 10 0 NOV Hod Jeff Drummen Suz Foste r Ch ase Pen Cra i g Eg erm a n 12 5 BEG Pen Larry B od e ll DKW George Shafer D KW M i k e Fa ux 125 NO V D KW E verett Ang le DKW D al e Titt le mier Yam Joel She d de n 250 BEG Scott M ac D ougall Bul Greg Butzer CZ Brad Anderson 250 NOV Su z Mike Pedd icord CZ Buddy Romano CZ B ill B le d soe O PE N NOV Ma i Tom A lexander Mai F ran k B re kenr ldge Suz D oug D ew itte 12 5 I N T Bu l S t u art Lilly 25 0 l NT Mon Jeff Z umwalt OPEN INT Don H ick s 125 E X Ric Dave K olbe Ric J i m O'Nea l 250 EX H on Dave Ko lbe Y am R ick Salmon Ya m Randy B erkeley OPEN E X La rry Watk i ns CZ Bob Schwa r tz CZ DROWNED T U R K E V AWARD Randy Berke ley Yam cz cz by P att y S c b a f er PHOENIX, A R I Z. , Mar, 11, 1 9 7 3 Te ri K ezar too k tbird am i d s t 3 0 m ale 125ers, provin g that Ariz on a C y cle Park doesn 't n eed a P owd er Puff class . C ary H ickerson p roved that persistence p ay s, even i f y o u ' re a Hodaka rider i n t he Expert cla ss. Bill Armstrong sb owed tha t Novices c an think like Experts (an d ride like them ). Le e N oblitt w on th e Amateur 250 like a misplaced Expert. Bob Whart on has healed. Ask Chuck Lampe. Chuck Lampe is fast. Ask anybody . Sidehacks are out tasight . Especially twenty of them, bringing t w o-c y lin d e r fo ur-strokes into t he worl d of MX. T h at damn cliff is getting steeper and t he run-out is getting shorter. Riders are discovering th e ir fron t brake, and spring c o n d iti o n i n g is evide n t . MOTOCROSS A r izon a Cycl e Par k M ar. 11, 1973 by Patty Scha f e r Mal 1 25 NOV C h uck Lampe Hu s Pen T im Gamb l e Steve Ka la n Ma i Hod Darryll T uss in g Joey G ar c ia Hus T e ri K e zar OPEN NOV Mai Su z Gary Boy se D av id L uke Yam Bul M att Foster Mark C la r k Ma l 125 AM B r ian Age r sea Pu c Gre Mi k e G ood r i ch Mel Dow n s Hu s CZ Ga r y T u ssi n g Gene Fa kl n Yam C h r is M os le y O PEN A M Yam La rry V arne r H us St eve St r asser Ma i Dal David And er egg K en Hara yda Su z Bar r y N ob l itt 12 5 EX H od Ma i Ja y M an gum G ary H tcnerscn Hus Y am Mike Wh ar t on Cha r l ie Br o w n Y am M ar c Ise n b e r g OPEN EX M ai Ch uck Lam pe Su z B rad Mue ll e r Mai M arty St. Martin 25 0 NO V Suz R o n Cow les V am B ill A r ms tro n g CZ Hu s Harry Cala h an B r i an R o ss Bu l D o ug W r igh t HACK- L TWT . Suz W ekeli / Jackson Yam T i m o t h Y K elly Y am ASh ton /R ldyard Yam G reg ory Prou st K imba l l /Edm ond s 250 AM Monahan /Noo lan Suz L ee Nobl itt Yam H ACKS--HVVWT . Jeff B iliotte Yam Monaghan/Ranson Hon/Wasp ROb Dameron Palfreyman/Gardner Tr ifWasp CZ Glen n Tra inor Hus Haller!Swenson Alfred Macareg Wah l/Dicker 250 EX Mi ller/Knowles Hus Bob Wharton CRC MOTOCROSS Arroyo Cycl e Par k Ma r . 10,1973 by T he Shadow OPEN M ic hae l R Ub y Mi c ha el Muha Ch uc k E n sc oe 250 BE G Gary R lphag en Jake Kui k e n Ga ry Gar t sid e 2 5 0 NO V Kev i n Calla w a y M i k e S tro k e Ed Tr en t 10 0 NOV Kev i n C r aw fo rd Art Sta p let on " R ock et'· R od More he ad 125 NOV Ke lly Ca ll away John QU in t a na Dave D eMar z le 125 BEG U N D ER 16 Je ff M orris Freddy Raun T im G iese k e 125 BEG Kenny Morr is D.L. wove r tta mpt on Scott Fyfe M IN I Tom Ette B i ll E tte Bill E ichh or n 100 B E G Mark Rue las Scott W ilson Kev in D ic k CMA MOTOCRO SS Sea View CYCl e Pa rk Salton Sea, Ca lif . Ma r.11 .197 3 MINI DI V I Raymond Gomez II I Mark Wood s Tom Sh on ey M I N I D IV II M ike Sanf ord Ku rt H off m a n Da le McKi n ney POWDER PU F F Mark et a McDo ugal 100 DIV I M ike Ireson K enn y Tr ask J im Burqe Jr . 1 00 D IV II M ik e Qu in t a n a R i c Em m al 125 D I V I R a n dy Re y n o ld s D o n Myll 125 D IV II A lec Pett er se n R ick T aylor J er ry Reyn OldS 1 75 B u t ch B ak er A lec Pett er se n 250 D IV I T i m Musgrove J im W r ig h t 250 DIV II M i ke wr ig h t Bruce Ca le tti Lyle Shroyer OPEN Jim Makos Marc Jones Jim Track CZ Suz CZ Y am Bul Hu s Ya m CZ Oss Hod Yam Kaw Y am M on Bul Yam Vam Pen Mon Car Car Suz Yam Yam Suz Yam Yam Yam Hon Hon Hon Hon Hon Yam Vam V am V am Yam Hon Bul V am Pen R ic H us Y am Pen Suz Yam Yam Yam Vam Yam Yam Yam One of those w ho f inished well i n B ay ma re motocross. no d o u b t because h i s number plate was re adable. - Mike R o binson Phot o . • -- .,.