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:: ~ '" 11. M .... Cl M ~ w Z W -oJ o >o Tommy Brooks appeared on a. you guessed it, Duckwa ' . Photos by Steve Fre nch . AME Spillway Motocross by Mike An de rson SANTA MARlA, CAL., Mar. 7,1973 Ride rs John Lit tle, V ince Clark an d Gr eg Higgins all set th e pa ce for some hard core racin g a t A .M.E.'s second mon ey mo tocr oss at Spill w ay Park today. T he " m ost improved" J o hn Li ttl e rode h is Suzu ki to a grand slam 3-moto w in ove r Ped ro Nunez (Y am ) to ta ke th e 125 Junior trophy. Also w in n ing all three moto 's were Vin ce Clark (Suz) wh o edge d o u tJ ed Drummund (Ric) for th e 125 Exp er t cash , and Greg Higgin s (Bul) in th e Open Exper t h attie . T he 2 5 0 Experts h ad a lo aded field o f fast-cats including Parry Klassen, Rick Long, J ohn Gr ossini , Bre t Y ager and S tanley Clay. Rick Long (Yam). rid ing out of Yamah a o f San Luis Obisb o , was j ust b arely edged out of first pla ce , after a crash in th e th ird moto by Parry Kl assen (CZ). Long, who seems to be th e fas te st thing on tw o wh eels lately, h as been cam p aigning one of th e new Yamaha's and California OS Every Sunday OMPETlTlON Moto~X - Desert YClE Enduro All classes ESCAPE COUNTRY ~ RODU~tington 1661 2 Beac h Blvd . Beach , Calif. -(7 14) 847·2202 (714) 586 -7964 a'I~1 sho uld be hearing more abo u t him . in th e n ear future . Higgin 's win was 'rela t ive ly easy in th e Open Experts , with half th e goo d riders dropping out in th e middle o f th e race. Joe Cushaw ay (CZ) had th e mi sfortuen of b reaking his unbreakable titaniu m handlebars in a trem endous cras h in th e second moto, putting him out fo r the d ay . Sh erman Sch n eller (CZ) sh ow ed a flash o f brilliance in the second Open E xp ert moto. Schneller, who 's CZ 25 0 b roke in pra ctice d ecid ed to sneak in the secon d Open moto on his new 400 wh ich w asn' t even broken in ye t. 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