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$1000 MX at Muntz Cycle Park
by Mark Milford
Photos b y Ar t Cox an d Milfo rd
MOO R PARK , CA L. , Mar. 25, 1973
Mun tz Cycle Park host ed the thi rd in a
series of four $1000 p urse motocross
events that will cu lminate in an
invita tion -o nly $3000 race on Easter.
True to the old saying "Where da
money is, so is da hotshoes! n, none of
the three Expert d ivisio ns was
dominated by anyone rider and the
ou tcomes were up in the air un til the
final checkered of the day.
The 125 _Expert class, looking much
like a continuation of last week's
Arroyo 125 Championship spectacular,
was led in the first moto by Billy Payne
on a Don Emler Penton. However, by
the third lap, Payne, Ray Lopez (Pen),
and Bruce McDougal (Pen) were all
circulating within 15 yards of one
another, making any little " slip count.
Pay ne, who seemed to slip mo re than
th e others, soon dropp ed d o wn to th ird .
Lo pez, o nce p resen ted with a clear
track, proceeded to build a huge lead
over McDouga l, wh o, in tum , did th e
sam to Payne. Whether Billy had slowed
down or the o ther- two sped up was
un certain , b u t by th e fifteenth lap of
this thirty-min ute m o to , o ne of the few
no n-Penton riders in the class, Tom
Zahnter (Ric) m o ved up and also got
by.
From that point to the finish, Payne
and Zahn ter were involved , in a
toe-curling, all-or-nothin ' dice that kept
the crowd's attention off pit-tootsies
and hot dogs . Payne eventually edged
Zahnter out securing third and a shot at
the big bucks. .
T he second mo to looked to be
grabbed by Lopez as he took the lead
fro m the first comer, but on the fifth
lap, his engine developed a high-Rl'M
misfire and Payne and McDoul(al moved
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in for the kill. However, Payne lost his
expansion chamber se veral mi nu tes
later , and McDougal, desp ite so me
har ro wing tries, could n o t see m to ge t
past. Payne soon dropped o ut, and after
so me twe nty minutes of " I bet h e' ll get
him this lap" action, Lopez held on for
the win and the overall. McDougal was
second at the pay window and Zahnter
collected thi rd.
Although the lead changed hands a
number of times in the 250 Expert
class, at the finish it was Greg
Robertson (CZ) who led by a huge
margin and who, it appeared, would
. steal the show in the second go.
However, a massive pileup at the start of
the second moto, caused a turnabout
as Ren Rose (Bul) Jim Dawson (Yam)
and .Ch uck Lunde (Hus) shot out in
front. But Robertson, in an impressive
show of skill comanderred the first spot
halfway thru and took the overal win.
Bill Payne , J im O'Neal, Mike Todd
and R ay Lo pez , a ll Maic o-mounted ,
looked like th e German army co ming
ove r th e start hill d ur in g 5 00 Expe rt
Mo to one.
At the checkered, it was Payne ,
Tod d, Lopez, Joe Root (Bul) and Gary
Nixon (CZ).
In m o to two, Payne took off first
followed by Jerry Beaman (CZ), Lo pez ,
Todd, and Tom Claire (CZ).
It was a Pay ne and Tod d race. With
Todd pouring on the coals trying for the
first spot. Payne won it but not without
strong competition from todd. Claire,
Russ Darnell (Hus) and Lopez were
next. .
A few of the "go fast" Novices were
Evertt Angle (DKW) and Mark Proctor
(Mn k) ; Bob Ridgeway (CZ) and David
Smith (Yam) , 250 class; an d Mike Dale
(Suz) who completely out-classed the
Open Novices with two runaway wins.
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