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8 FRESNO ( Continue d fram page 1 ) Dan Thompson. th e even tual sweepstakes w inne r. was th e one to ca tch. Dan is 18 years old and on ly has been rid ing two years. H e is th e perfect all-American Boy. doesn't smoke or dri nk. In fact he lifts wei gh ts to t rai n fo r cycle ra cing. It is ve ry evident that Danny will be heard of fro m now on . "The Pathfind ers will have the California Sta te Hare Scrambles Championship fo r 1967 at Three Rocks. Many riders from ' orthe rn California and from th e • THREE SMILfS OF TRIUMPH AT THREE ROCKS. FIRS THREE GUYS HOME IN ORDER, DAN T THOMPSON, ROBE RT HANSEN, J IM McCRACKEN. coast areas are coming to compete at ou r races. W e would like to see more desert riders try their luc k u p he re in The VaIIe)·.~ ( Results on page 12 ) 1966 NUMBERS Below are the first of th e earned racing numbers for 1966. E ach rid er is shown with his total points earned and class. In ' 1966 DESERT HEAVYWEIGHT EARN ED NUMBERS DISTRICT 37 334 332 1966 330 earned 318 Points No. 312 Exp. Mike Patr ic k 1646 I 307 Exp. 163S 2 Bob Ferr o 30 5 Exp. Larry Berquis t 1342 3 305 Exp , 1223 4 Bob McLauqhlln 305 Exp. j ames C a mar et 1188 5 302 Exp. 1169 6 James M artino 295 Exp. 1162 7 Lon Pet ers on 280 Exp. Barry Hirst 1130 8 280 Exp. Ke n Knuds en 945 9 275 Exp. B111 M or a l e s 904 10 272 Exp . Jim' Brun son 900 II 261 Exp. 890 12 Dick Vlck 255 Exp. Ron N elson 825 13 251 Exp . 815 14 Curt Gib son 249 Exp. Bob S t eff~ n 752 15 240 Am . 67 5 16 Art McKnJqht 240 Exp . Bob I(Jnq 615 17 239 Exp . 610 Gera ld Seg uin 18 235 Exp. Mll Green 605 19 236 Exp. John Stee n 603 20 230 Exp . Don Watkins 596 21 225 Exp. 576 22 8111 81s coe 224 Tom M axwell 544 23 Am. 22 0 Exp. 540 24 BUl Hutton 219 Exp . 525 25 Ree d Price 217 Bob Reddi s h Am . 520 26 215 518 27 Doc Bryce Am . 215 Exp. 515 28 Ja ck 8yers 213 477 29 Glenn Thom a s Am. 205 Dus ty Co pp~ q e Exp . 475 30 202 Howard HIckson Exp. 474 31 200 473 32 Exp . Eddie Day 200 Mike Burke Am . 470 33 197 Exp . 458 34 C . Brew s ter 196 Larry McClain Am . 457 35 196 Exp , Gene Hir s t 455 36 195 Am . 45 2 37 Steve Kirk 195 Exp. G ary Pres to n 445 38 190 Exp , 425 39 Bock Smit h 190 Exp , Ron Fry 42 2 40 186 Ray Bierma n Am . 396 41 185 389 42 Am . Bob Harr is 182 Os ca r Thomp son Am . 388 43 18 1 Am . Tim Ca ma re t 385 44 180 Exp. 384 45 Dick Fletc her 177 Am . Bob Fish 380 46 175 Am. 379 47 Gene Smith 174 Exp . Cliff Coleman 366 48 170 Exp. Don Oakley 355 49 170 Am . 343 50 Fred Reva 169 Exp. Bill Full mer 338 51 168 ALl. N;A CLASSES INCLUOI G THE 100 « CLASS. N ALSO TWO RACU FOR THE "PIIODUCT1ClN" CLASS. ~ _ GINS AT 9:30. ENTRIES AT 11:30. th e coming wee ks we sha ll be p rinting all a vailab le numbers for Desert and Scr am bles riders. Cl.O!I! WILLOW SPRINGS FEB. 13, 1966 NOON 2nd ANNUAL CHALLENGER D1ck Dean Exp , Wa yne M oore 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 Exp. Am . Am. Am. Vito Amodio Al Fox Keef er Fl a nner Dick Rom8S Ben Bok 5~ Arvl e Black atune Dick Ca mp 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 Don Houser Tom Cent er WUl y Tayl or OrvUl e Walk er Jimmy McC o y RJchar d Gilman Steve HUl Froe ll ch Chuck Dillahay J~ ck Earle Freela nd Fred Kenney Harry Gre e nl ee 8111 Hair Terry Jetten Eddi e Muler Terry Davis Fra nk Cha s e Bud Ekins 77 78 79 80 Gene Demp sey Bob Arls o n Don Leech 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 Am . Exp . Am. Am . Exp , Am . Exp. Exp. Am . Am. Exp . Am. Exp. Am. Exp. Exp. Exp. Exp. Am. Nov . Exp . Exp . Exp . Am . Ran dy Davis Phil Turqa sen Exp. 8111 Holland Exp , Dick Tlebe n Exp . Am. Exp. Ron Bandel Walt Axt he lm Rod Morrison Phil Penn1noton Ray Wllbur Tim Smith 80b Dalley Don OqJlvle Ron Rondell Ja ck Ross Nov . Am . Am. Am . Nov . Am. Nov. Bud Har v ey Am . Am. Dick Smlth 1 Nov. Stev e Hurd Dave Lec bey Exp . Am. Phil Bowers Exp , Ted Lapadakls Exi> . Am . Am . Exp . Am . Tony Lar son Nell Fer g us Bud Houseman BUl Sta a ts (Ca nt an pg . 9) $1 000 GO FOR DOUGH o 1 . I<'J~ _ ._?I "'v", Shortly Go Up to $7.50 ; I'" ... . 1 1 po PO. ' : SO SUBSCRIBE NOW : AND SAVE $2.5O! 1 -- 1 • 1 1 -- I 1 1 : Okay, please send CYCLE NEWS every week.. : 3rd class mail subscription 1 1 1 1 • 1 I e nclose $12.50 0 for a one year first class mail subscr iption . Or b ill me 0 I enclose $1 8.50 0 for a one yea r air mail subsc ript ion. Or bill me 0 I encl ose $5 check or mone y orde r for one ye ar (50 weeks) 0 Or bill me 0 (Air mail and first class p rices are for U. S. addresses). 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