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Mike T ripes hand led t he 125 Intermediate class.
by Buzz Baty
BISHOP , CAL ., May 27 - With the
High 'Sierras still holding a mantle of
snow on the ir pe aks, providing a
pic turesq ue backdrop , more than 300 of
the CMC 's be st, in clu ding more than
100 Expertsr , wai le d away a t th e
mo to cross co urse trying to get their
share of th e over o ne thousand dollar
purse.
Names are names. Certain name s win .
regardless o f where the y r ace, Big John
DeSoto , Gayl on Mosier, curr en t CMC
No. I , Tim Lunde, and Tripes. Easy
now, . it wasn 't Marty , it was little
brother Mike aboard a Monark ge t tin g
his first overall victory as a 125
Interm ediate. Mik e d id it in a field of
twenty-ei ght riders, getting two wins
an d a fifth place fin ish fo r a firs t overall. :
Maybe bi g brother Mar ty should start
looking o ver hi s shoulde r.
T h e 5 00 Expe rts h ad to run
qualifying motos to ge t into the final.
When th e qualifying was all done , 18
Experts lin ed up to have a go fo r th e
ove rall . .win . T he poin ts gained in
qualifying rounds did n ' t mean a thin g.
In th e final it wa s th e first man to th e
checke r , and it was the Fly in' H awaiian
b ack o n a CZ , Big J ohn DeS oto first ,
ah ead o f the -young Ken Zahrt 'on hi s
Bult a co , . Wayne Boyer , . also CZ
m oun ted, getting in for third.
The 25 0 Expe rt Division was handle d
in exactly the sam e manner with
q ualifying m o to s to get in to the final . A
n o te of interest here, G ary Jones was
entered in three classes on three
Hon das, and the bes t he co uld d o was a
third p lace fin ish in the 125 Expert
class. It .was th e co nsi dered opinio n of
mo st o f the peopl e that 1 talked to , th at
Ga ry jus t simp ly bit o ff more th an he
co uld che w in try ing ' to run all th ree
clas ses. He failed ro: qualify for the. 1\00
Exp ert fin al, an d co uld only man age a
fo urtee n th pl ace finish in th e 25 0
Expert final .
The 250 Expert final was wo n by
Gaylo n Mos ier o n a Maico, Rand y
My ers second, h is Bultaco separating the
Maicos of Mosier an d thi rd place
fmis he rTo m Croft.
Tim Lunde didn' t w in a mo to all
day , b ut stead y rid in g, th e kind th at
gives you three secon d place finishes,
adde d up to sufficien t poin Is to provide
him wi th th e No.1 spot in th e p ayline ,
ah ead o f Marty Smith , wh o d id win two
motos, but earned only one point in his
first round, ' th en ca me Gary Jones,
making it a DKW , Monark, Honda
fin ish.
John DeSoto won the Open class.
Gary Jones had an early lead :
