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Cycle News 1973 05 15

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r-. " '" ~ M .... m '" > '" ::< '" ;:: w Z W ..J U >- U Brian Brecker had no problems on his first Bultaco ride . 100 Experts Cord is Brooks IDKW) and Larry Roesoler (H-D) swapped it ou t . T riumph. Leon Prescott and Larry Ranh o n a 450 Honda were a dist an t seco nd, with Scott Walker and A .C. Bakken on a 500 Yamaha not too far behin d. The SOOAm/ Ex class was th e first real surprise of th e weekend . Brian Brecker used to a CZ, bu t just rece ntly gave it up for a Bultaco. Th is was his first ride o n the used Bul, and th e com bination sure wo rks. Brian broke away from a sta r studde d pack o n the first lap and no o ne ever saw him again, exc ept to be passed. He claimed that th e Bul wasn' t very fast. The stock " pickle' o n th e end of 'the ex pansion chambe r woul d te nd t o mak e o ne a believer. Mit ch Mayes (Hus) seemed a bit lackadaisical abo ut the whole thing in the first hou r, bu t really got it on in th e seco nd . On th e twelfth lap he moved into seco nd an d slowly began to pick up time o n Breck er. He still trailed by 30 seco nds at ยท th e finis h . Jack Kneb el move d up fro m a slow sta rt to take third o n h is CZ. Bill Salt zman (H us) got the fo urt h spo t., and T roy Hollis (CZ) d ropped two spo ts o n th e last lap to be fift h , A.C. Bakk en (Hus) having just been a monkey on a hack , look ed a little tir ed and dropped ba ck t o sixth . Both days of racing went smoo thly and amazingly th ere was only one inj ury treated by th e mea t wagon. The course was tight, almost rnot ocrossy, which met with app roval from so me and exhau stio n fro m ot he rs. At wor st , the co urse was fun for th e first hour and 'e xh a u s t i ng for the seco nd. One criticism : It' sure was a drag t ryi ng to find som e place to cam p Saturday night. Way out front of the linle Experts was Tom Brooks IDKW). , 1 .So y ou w ant to be a road racer? A ctually . he was the only one w e could .cat ch do ing t his. Mitch Ma yes was undisputed top flie r on this dow nhill . He was also second 500 Expert .

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