Chuck Bower & Bruce McDougal *New - Penton Ad*

[Dale Fisher]

Stumbled across this great vintage picture of Mettco racers #8 Chuck Bower & #2A Bruce McDougal.




1972 Cheney Sachs
1972 Suzuki GT380
1973 Triumph TR5MX
1974 Penton Berkshire
1974 Honda MT125

[firstturn]

Great picture Dale.

Ron Carbaugh

[Lloyd Boland]

Any notation on the location of the race?

[Dale Fisher]

Post refers picture to CMC Motocross Racing - Carlsbad Raceway

For those of you who like to read. Attached is a link to the old SolCal Newpapers.  Great pictures and history here.

http://socalmxnews.com/

Picture archive:

http://www.socalmxnews.com/RiderResults.php?S_bikeNum=&S_WritersPhotoID=&S_RaceOrgID=&S_TrackID=&S_classID=&S_PubID=&S_FirstName=&S_LastName=&VolIssueID=1&Search.x=42&Search.y=6&Search=Search

And here's another.



Ray Lopez is the man and the track is Saddleback. Lopez was the winner of the 125 National held at Arroyo Cycle Park which is now Glen Helen. Here is another shot of Lopez screaming on his Penton in early racing days at OCIR.

1972 Cheney Sachs
1972 Suzuki GT380
1973 Triumph TR5MX
1974 Penton Berkshire
1974 Honda MT125

[Dale Fisher]

Ad from Cycle Illustrated 1973 featuring a Mettco rider Chuck Bower.



1972 Cheney Sachs
1972 Suzuki GT380
1973 Triumph TR5MX
1974 Penton Berkshire
1974 Honda MT125