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TRI-STATE CLASSIC COMING 11 THE FINISH LINE By BOXY BOCKWooD I A trophy, lIId a kiss from lovely llaur..n Jesske will be the reward at April 24 Bakersfie ld Sprockets Scrambles. IIlss Jesske Is holdlne thi s years £rand trophy (for you?) Spectators can win 4 new bikes .as door prizes. On Apr i I 24, the Bakersfield Sp roc ke t s Motorcycles Club, will hold their 3rd Annual Tri-State Class ic SCramble s a t Sprockets Par k in Ba kers fi eld . The ra ce . he I d annually, is a ben efit and all proceeds this year will go to th e Southern Sierra Council of Boy Scouts of America . The reci pients in the past were : 1964 , the March of Dimes an d the Muscu lar Dy s trophy Association in 1965. Bi gger and better than ev er before , this yea r' s race will brin g to gether riders from allover California. Arizona , and Nevada. As at all races he ld on th e Ba ke rs fi eld track , Dis t . 36A rule s will be foll owed, and al l trophi es will be presented at the ra c e . 4 BIKES FREE Addin g to the spectators ' e xcitemen t , fou r motorcy c le s will be gi ven away du rin g the days drawings . T he bik e s have been donate d by Motor- cycle Ce nt er (Honda 50 ClOD) , T e x Thorp H-D (M50 H-D Sports cy c le ), Bak ersfi eld Motorcycle (Kaw asaki 80 J- 1 TR). and Mel Dine s en Motorcycles (Ya maha US). other pri ze s to be given away ar e a Cycle News first class su bscription. 2 B u t t s he lmets , a to rque wren ch . cy cle cover, ' Rocky Cycle jacket. and oil from Val voline an d STP . Th i s year only ma il e nt ries will be accepted , an d all rider s must have their entry blanks and entry fe e in before Apr! I 18, this is because there will be absolutely no post e nt ry. The Sproc ke ts have be en runnin g an entry bl an k fo r the la s t few weeks in their . Cycle Ne ws ad or any AMA entry blank will do . T he fe e is $ 1.25 . For the conve ni ence of rid ers and spectators from out of town , th e Brunda ge Lane turn off from the Bak ersfie ld fre ew ay will be limed and s ign s will a lso be posted along the rou te to Sproc kets P ar k. FOR THE PRICE OF THIS SOOcc TWIN Th e a ction and th e tempo cont inues to pick up now th a t the s eason is und erw ay at As cot and four full ra ces have been run a t L on g Beach . Th e surprisin g co mpar ison about the two e vents finds diffe re nt rid e rs doing the winn in g a t th e t wo tracks. A guy c an be a he ro one ni ght and j us t another guy th e next when the se two fine s ho ws run back to back within a 24 ho ur span. Tann er is on anoth e r of thos e win ki cks a nd th is could be the best e ve r as he has nev er looked be tt er at As cot or on an y half mil e. . Th e re s t of the e xpe rts s ay th ey are ridin g hard er than ever befor e. but s till have to catch Sammy. Haaby is hotter than a fire c racke r at expects to leav e in two weeks for overthis time. running within the top two se as . He now call s New J ers ey home. plac es in half mile , TT and short tra ck; A few people within the realm are uno. The Haaby-Gary Bray combination is happy about the riders still wanting to really s tarting to click and it looks like race the outdat ed BSA s in gles at Ascot a banner year . ins tead of the new twins. The amateur and novice class appear Now comes another headache. Haaby to be the variety classes this year and broke out -a BSA 2S0cc s ingle for the should find the bes t racin g ever in tbese Long Beach indoor races and darn near two divi sions . At least six riders in each won the whole shootin g match. This may clas s should win main e vents In '66. be fine on the s urface but the machine The indoor short track events are was brand new- in 1937!! really bringin g s ome of the old timers It s eems as though Gary Bray was out of hi bernation. On hand last Saturday di gglng around in his bas ement and found night were su ch notables as Stu Morley, a new pil e of old parts and cycles and Dick M oore . Roger Reinl and Grant Brown. way down at the bottom was this reli c Stu gave it uP a couple of year s ago that has not been ridden in years . on the half mile and say s he will stick to The Bray touch soon had the anci ent indoor racin g only , don't bet on it. Reinl popper banging away. Gary says that if has being going in and coming out of reit ever blows up he will have to contact tirement ever s ince he first started racthe antique cycl e club for spare parts. If in g back in '58. none are to be found then he may bring Old fence buster Moore has moved out this 1918 Super " X" . back from his ado be in the desert and it A reader called to tell me that he was took indoor raci ng to bring him bac k. All checking the engine number on Haaby' s three riders have three di git numbers machine and swears that it is the same plan ted on them. one he rode int o the English channel at Everybody was always wonderin g if the battle of Dunkirk when the Britis h Don Hawley would really s tay away from army had to retreat in a hurry. the action. He didn' t race last Saturday Here's a rumor that holds a lot of night. but he wanted to. Don appii ed for truth . In the stands at Long Beach was his new Hcense but due to a mixup. or a man that lives in Hawaii and has come misunderstanding about his number, he to terms with Troj an Ente rprises with redid not get his lic ens e in time. Maybe gards to puttin g on indoor rac es in the on April 30th. . Islands in the near future. Word is t ha t Out for the firs t time as an expert was ten riders from here will make the trip last year' s high point amate ur in the every time they rac e!! nati on, Chuck Palmgr en. Chuck now carSan Francis co and Phoenix are also ried nati onal #38, the number made fain Hne for indoor racin g next winter. mous by Ed Kretz Sr. Break out the Super " X" . Gary. Chuck is s tati oned at Ft . Ord but YOU CAN BUY THIS SOOcc TWIN AND THESE ACCESSORIES . - 26 Horsepower • Opposed Twin 40 Horsepower lIarusho Opposed Tw in Open all day saturday. For free demonstration, contact Mr. Leone U.S. Marusho Company I 8588 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, Calif. (213) 811-0311