OCR Text |
Show l&E&ks, FvMita ike fmi SHaMps ,0 .1 . '-A - 1 v .- - Tuesday's 1973 Town Championship Race proved three things: Stein can be beat (though it's not easy;) you can take racing laying on your back (Rico proved that;) and at least one 10-year old girl racer would rather race than be kissed. Hard-charging Rico Molitor skied out of a field of Park City's best "pro skiers Tuesday to take the Pro Men's category in the Park City Resort 1973 Town Championship. Blasting through the Pay Day-length giant slalom course in 1:20.8, the Resort ski instructor ended up with what appeared appear-ed to be a sprained arm after hurtling over the finish line flat on his back. In addition to the Town Championship tropny he garnered, garner-ed, Rico was also one of four hot skiers to end up with an '1 Beat Stein" pin which the skiing titan presents to all who make good on bettering him in selected races. Usually a pole's throw ahead of the pack in just about any race, the Olympic gold medal winner ended up in fifth place as a result of a course that became harder, hence faster as the afternoon passed. Grabbing second place honors in the contest was another Swiss ski dynamo named Jakob Walker who seemingly came out of nowhere and ended up with a 1:21.4. That time was just a second faster than that of third place finisher Bill Dezell who surprised everybody, including himself, in getting together to-gether a swift, tight run that, even at third, was 1.3 seconds ahead of Stein's time. Capturing fourth, and the last of the Stein pins, was modest Rick Anderson, one of Park City's premier kamikaze racers. Cindy Harkins ran away with the Women's Procategory with a 1:34.7, besting second place finisher Lilian Greve's time by 3.4 seconds. Ten-year old blonde skiing bombshell Roxanne Toly sped to a solid third in the event just ten seconds sec-onds off the pace. Diminutive Roxanne earned the loudest applause later at the trophy presentation session as she walk- ed up to the stage bearing a highly determined look and received re-ceived her prize and akissfromSteinwith equal determination. determina-tion. (Continued on Page Ten) Rico Molitor blitzed the field to take top honors in the "Pro" Men's class at last Tuesday's Park City 1973 Town Championship. The hard-charging Swiss skier lead three other racers in a most unusual turn of events; they all managed faster scores than Stein. park cftu scene C- '- v. v; ' "' ) S ' , ! ' ' ' - i ' is '- ;I i f : its Stein pins the last of four "I Beat Stein" pins on "Pro" Men's class skiers who grabbed faster times than him in Tuesday's Town Championship. They are Jakob Walker, Bill Dezell, Rick Anderson and Rico Molitor. Resort cross country instructor Inger 1 ragethon shows good downhill form in the "pro" Women's class. The top three finishers in the "Pro" Women's category: Cindy Harkins (left), first; Lilan Greve (center), second; and Park City junior racer Roxanne Toly (right), third. n n , : S I -4 3 iff i f . - zt n I i i,s h ? s ; -"3 '' 0 u - A I Same Gate: Three Top Skiers I " Town Champs (Continued from Page Seven) - In other class action, Eileen Acos grabbed the All Others" Women's category title with a 1:55.3. She was followed follow-ed at second by fleet-footed Donna Van Buren at 2:03.6 and Rusty Nail charmer Pam Reducha, who managed a 2:04.7. Fred Marshall put on a let-it-all-hang-out rur in the Men's 30 and under class to slip away with high ho.iors at 1:25.1. He beat bespeckledSteve Zaagman's second place time by a full two seconds. Curley Dave Bodner skiied in for third place honors with a 1:28.0. In "Over-the-Hill Gang" action, Jan Peterson bombed through for the win with a 1:34.7 in the Men's 31 and over class. The mellow-man of Park City's ski trade outdistanced second place finisher councilman Bob Hays' time by an incredible 13.5 seconds. Jack Johnson grabbed third with a 1:54.2, just ahead of fourth and fifth place finishers, Ken Montpelier and 'Battlin' " Bill Bertagnole. DQ of the Day went to John Jenkins who decided to "Biz Bag" it midway through the course after trying several gates on one ski following the loss of the other. Special mention for interesting action also goes to Jay Berge for in amazing and rarely performed "Pole Dance". After falling and sliding into a gate feet first, the intrepid racer stood up, straddling the gate, and proceeded to get hung up on it while jumping around to free himself. Surely, such valiant struggles at such high personal risk deserve snecial mention. Stein Ericksen Momentarily out of his usually usual-ly tight racer form, Jan Peterson Peter-son takes a gate on his way to his first place finisli in the Men's 31 and older category. , , H . i. , ; i ' ; ' .-- ' 1 1 j I -V . . V 'ft 7i- I (itf Si Adolph Imboden v-- w -... v -.. .... 4 y Jon Jenkins decided to call it quits after trying a few gates minus his right ski which came off on a hard turn. He took the DQ philisopliically: "I suppose you're bound to lose a ski during a race once in a while," he said witli a shrug of his shoulders. Kurt Bischofburger |