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!!l . " g> e, M .... '" ..... .~ « ~ w Z W ..J U ' )- U The 500 class Pros go o ver the con troversial starting gate . Bill Gro ssi WDn t he 250 Expe rt Saturday on a MDntesa; flew on a DKW Sun day in the 125 PrD moto s. . Sportsmen on Saturday by Patrick Neil PL YMOUTH, CAL., Apr. 7, 19 73 The su n sho wn hot on a lot of hot, h ard riding in the Spo rtsman classes at Ply mo uth, in this fir st part of the "Hangtown tt mo to cro ss weekend. Ap p roxi ma tely 35 0 rid ers showe d up to co mpe te in t his an nual gol d coun try even t. Giving everyone abo ut an hour to get his lin e down in practi ce , the Dirt Diggers No r th M.C. the n held rider s' m eetin g. All the r ules wer e said! T he 125 Am /Ex. clas s saw T om Boyette (Suz), p ass a Penton, to take the fro nt p osit ion after the first lap. Robert Willis (Pe n) was figh ting with . another rid er ove r seco n d pla ce as they came up to a slow rider. T he slow guy went sideways ; the two fast guys and the slow guy made a nea t little pile of bo dies and bikes . Meanwh ile , Boy ette jus t kept on coo kin ~ and won. First , Expert was Charlie Marshall. In th e seco nd ro und, Boyette took the lead from t he start. Behind him was J im T u rner on hi s wired together Bul taco. J im chased Tom fo r several lap s b efo re being ab le to ove rtake th e Suz uki . I t all ended after 2 0 min u tes with J im T urne r ta king th e win an d Tom Boyette taking secon d. That gave T urne r overall first for Experts and Tom Boyet te the firs t overall A ma teur win. Pete Scarlett (Pen) gra bbed th e hole-shot in t he 25 0 Amate ur class bu t ran in to stiff compe tition whe n Tom Boyette , winner o f 125 class, decid ed to try th e. 25 0 class . Pete, held the Suzuki o ff for a bit, but Tom came on with lots of m o tivation to take th e lead . Allen D re fs (Yam) over took Tony Borb a (Mai) and went on to finis h seco n d behin d T om Boyette. In th e second moto, Tom Boy ette took t he lead on th e first lap an d hel d th at spo t to the fini sh . Over all, Tom Boy ette (Suz ) to ok the win. Kim Reeg on a CZ too k secon d wi th two fourth pl ace fin ish es. T im Hart was third. T he 250 Ex pert mo t os saw Billy G r o ssi on h is Ve hkonen Repli ca Mon tesa take comma nd of both races to win the m handily, as he h as been doing of late. Ken Zah rt was able to finish seco nd in the first m o to wit h Dave Bunker a close thi rd . In the second mota , after -ab ou t three laps, it was a . rep eat p rogram with th e first fo ur places ex actly the sa me . ' Billy Grossi definitely h ad the course dialed in , as h e put so me distance on the seco nd p lace riders. D ave Bunker caugh t Zahrt to finish se cond giving him th ird ove rall fo r th e class. Ke n Zahrt took second overall d ue to the first moto being lon ger ; breaking the tie. Taking the Open Amateur lea d right off was Do n Hicks (CZ), b ut n ot witho ut h aving to pass Bry an Poul os (Mai) and Edward Sa ntin (Yam) . However , once in the le ad, Don jus t gave it th e gas and took it to th e finish ou t fron t, Poulos settled for a sec ond, In t hir d was Ric hard VarueI on a Greeves. Fo r the number two ro un d , Varuel gra b bed t he gas an d took the lead at th e firs t co mer, Brea th in g d own h is tailpipe was Don Hicks from Simi Valley . It all ende d .with Hic ks cooling it for second place an d Varuel ta kin g firs t. ' T his gave Hick s first overall an d Rich ard Varue l secon d o verall. T he first mo to of th e Op en Ex pe r t h ad Pa t Richter on a CZ leadin g Dana Bray (Mai) , Mik e Ham el (CZ) , an d Richard Bungay (Mai). This is h ow th ey starred and h ow th ey finis hed , All th ey . did was go fas t for twenty minutes. In the sec ond mo ta , the very same gro up of rider s took exactly th e same positions and re peated th e ' sho w they h ad put on in the first rac e. It 'alm ost looked rigged . (Forge t I said th at !) Everyone was looking forward to watch ing the pro fessionals do th eir th in g on the same c ourse th e next day . This is what you saw if you were a bird flying over the Hangtown M cou rse o n S unday. X OFFICIAL RAC ING TEAM HOT for HATS ·CZ , MAICO, HUSKY , SUZUKI, YAMAHA, BULTACO, HONDA , KAWASAKI, TRIUMPH" HARLEY, PENTON . FACTORY EMBLEMS AND COLORS "A 'CYCLE NEWS ·PRODUCT " SEND $1.25 to HOT HATS to P.O. BOX 663 ·EL TORO, .CA LI FO R NIA f. 92675 . Specify size S, M, L and TEAM. Calif. ~r residents add S %. _ Dealer inqu iries inv ited . MOST CHAMPIONS D.EPEND ON . 'THE MATCHED SET' ~. .... SO CAN YOUI . LPS #1 For Motocross and Endu ro . . . or jus t street rid ing. .. this new performance-rated greaseless protector has to be used to be bel ieved . 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