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~ " 0> '" e, ,.. M ~ 0 C- ol: tn s: W Z W ..J U >U . ~ed And some end ~~~~~::-~~:::--:::~ I "chec kered flag . mach in es rea ding like t he Who's Wh o of Utah motorcycling. Bo b Plumb shined this day o n a 175 Puch , b ut present was only p art of th e fle et of 175 Penton s th at will b e turning sta rti ng lin es blue. If the ru mors of other b rands t um ou t to b e tr ue, t here w on ' t he roo m on the startingline. In th e 25 0s, it was lead-swap tim e. Van Larson came out on top, ahead of Ke n Archib ald an d hi s tric k 25 0 with the Swiss cheese co olin g fins . Pet er Crandal l loo ked good wi th a GO-yard win in the fir st hea t. Bu t in th e second, he d um ped it at the snowy start, dumped it in th e firs t t um , dumped it in the third tu m, and the n starte d lap tw o. T he Op en Ex p er t class was a su rp rise, Utah Rough Scrambles After t hese heart y so uls lined up~ (ab ove ). they e ve nt ua lly sta rt ed ' mid st snow, ice a nd mud in what proved to be a very ro ugh scrambles . '.Busljvarna and CZ owners: have we got a Milluni earlluretor eonversion lIit for ~ou~ Valerian's. The original Mikuni carburetor conversion kit for Huskys and CZs. And the only one that really works! The kit that improves efficiency. torque characterist ics and fuel consumption . Stops loading up. Ease s startups. And , give s mo re docibi litv The kit that comes with a compl e te ran ge . of jets good from sea leve l to 8.00 0: The kit yo u can bolt o n in le ss tha n an ho ur. The custo m-de signe d kit tha t looks like . it's "facto ry installed:' _ _. _ Order a whole kit a nd ka boo d le , o r just the parts yo u ne e d. (Including o ur ve ry own ma nifo ld kits.) Ca ll (213 ) 475-4 541 today. Or ma il the cou pon . ~ ----------------------------- . S irs : Would like to orrl llt th e lo llo wil'l g Kit Description - Type ISize Price 1 250 CZ - 32mm . . . • • . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 250 CZ - 34mm -: . . . . . . . . $54.95 59.95 3 360·400 CZ - 34mm ...•.. . ...•••• • ••• 59 .95 4 360400 CZ -0 36m m • ••• . •.• . •• . . . .•• • 72.50 5 250 HuskV - 32mm to replace 32mm 6 1.95 6250 Husky - J 4mm to replace 36mm . . • • . . 65.95 7 250 HuskV - 32mm 10 reptece 36mm . • . . . .. 61.95 B Husky - 32mm to rep lace 32mm . • . .. . • . . • 61 .95 by Terry New farme r HOT S PRIN GS, UTA H. Fe b . 18 . 197 3 - T he poste r said "S now or Shine" . The 14 5 racers wh o could n ' t wait f or sp ring go t both - t he sun was shining , an d th ere was four in ches of snow o n th e track, at the Ogden Cycle Associa tio n rough scrambles. It was the kin d of .race wh ere th e d ud e that ran away with th e first heat was as likely as anybody to watch th e race fro m th e bottom of a puddle, whil e th e cat wh o was ru nning eig hth worms thro ugh the downed bikes, to sudde nly find hi mself in the le ad . I t showed in the resul ts, wh ere the thi nk-with-thro ttIe . ty pes like Craig Snow came in beh ind mo re stable riders like Frank Fokke ma an d Davi d Crandall in th e 100 E xp er t class . . After years of b arely hanging on , th e 200 class promise s to be at least as interesting as any th is year, with th e list o f rid er s turning up o n th e these after a year o f tin y tu rn out s, b ec ause the re lit erally was n't room be hi nd th e rubber b an d , The class was .re -sta r te d I seve ral t imes, each time with a di ff eren t guy in the lead . Den nis Packard cheered th em on by j umping up and down th ro ugh all th e restarts on the kickstarter of his Maico. (D id he want to race , too ?) T he class went to the vetera ns : Frank Myers , Eric G ray (th ree times n umber 8) an d Pres ton Gerber, wh o had re turn ed to the land of the big bikes, The OCA o pe n ed t h e Utah Sp ortsman Riders Association season po in t co n test under a ne w ru le , whe re AMA memb ershi p is req uired on ly a t the discretion of the club. T he OCA didn't. Right now , th at appears to be th e way to go , but may be some day we w ill see it as a bridge we sho uldn't hav e b urned. uoo~~ ~~w VIKlrtG MOTOCROSS "iZ'~ III" 'JUte4t tA.e . 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