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4 Off to an interestin g start was the Modesto area scrambles seaso n as th e Stanislaus M.C. Clu b playe d hos t to 175 rid er s on a new . nat ural te rrain racin g c o urse 10 miles west of Modesto . Sand traps. j um ps and mud hazards add ed to t he thrills and s everal racers unfortuna te e n ou gh to miss the no rth turn found their ma chine s s unk to the handlebars in mud . Number one sp ort s rid er in Dis tr ict 36. Ray Huff. won th e 40" expert main with one of his typic al thr illing rid es abo ard a 350cc BSA. Ray works for J ewett Motors in Modesto and tun es his own equipment . He has bee n ridin g for 8 ye ars now. F or the last t wo ye ars he 's bee n a co nsistent placer in the to p thr ee. Ray Is 35 and the fath er of four children. AKES DEBUT hole as Jack a nding fer Ri erslde the first tun" the new 5 motorbikl sold by Montgom 'ry Ward. Ow ed and tun d by Dan Wigington of Modesto, the ultra lightweight flDlshed 2nd 10 e heat rae an led the ield 10 the malo until it burled Itsel! and argentr too deep 10 mud to contiaue , enn, who was high point man in his class at Lodi Bowl last season has this to say of his first ride on the Riverside: "It's the fastest bike of its kind I've seen." His competition thought so too! KEEP AN EYE ON THIS GUY 8event ee n-year-old amateur J i m Odom from F remont is a rider to watch. If he keeps golng lik e he goes now. he j ust might put Montesa 10 the winner' s ci rcle at the Dayt ona s ports man scrambl e s. Thi s is his goal. and his father Is 100% 10 back of him. Starting third In his he at he was first out of the first turn and won by 100 yards. Mai n event was a repe at performance. Third off the Iine , firs t out of tum one . and never ch allenged afte r that. Photos and report by John Ramos RockJln's Roger Smith powered his Hodalla to first amoog the nineties and Debbie Jackline of Fair Oak s won the ladles race. Appa rently the Air F orce lik ed the s how. becaus e one of thei r enormous 4pod j et bombers made pa s s es at 500 ft. altitude to wat ch the rac es . Don Hoffman of Stockton was a pleas ure to wat ch . and s o was his so und-alike Don Hi ckma n. both Bult aco riders . winning th eir 200 n ov I c e and 125cc mai ns respe ctivel y. Th e 250cc Exp ert cl as s was s moothly won by J erry Griffi th of Oakdal e. Second by some di stance was Jim Mone ghan of Stockton . follo wed by Don May of E s c alon. ridin g a doubl e McCull och Van T ech. A surprise of the da y was:iOOcc Novic e Bob Noble . who rode his first scramble s and won it. Bob says he does quite a bit of cowtrailing and that's where he learned to ride . Res ults on pa ge 12 MODESTO SCRAMBLES'