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NEW li WANT TO DO WHEELlES? FIRST INSTALL A BARNETT CLUTCH ... ~ C~:: -:t·. . . -rT?-- AVAILABLE NOW, BT & E VILlIERS & DUCATI CLUTCH PLATES ~i~ RIDERS SEE YOUR DEALER. WE DO NOT SELL RETAIL ~'o., .. 4915 PACIFIC BLVD. , VERNON , CALIFORNIA, PHONE: 589-5488 - Competition Riden Always Welcome n COURSE Courtesy San Diego Oilers By B. G. Gooding - ----.. T~~P9 -- _. eUL-"'~CQ GREEVES The San Diego "Oilers" Club raised the cur t a i n on th eir new scrambles t rack Sunday, Ap ril 17, locat ed at I mperial B each , a few miles by freeway from downtown San Di ego . The t rack i s t he ol d Masterlinks M.C. l ocation, the Mast erlinks being dissolved some t im e ago, but reorganized and rech art ered as a competition club t o be kn own as the San Di ego " Oilers ", form erly of Huntington B each. Don Math ews , a top expe rt , built and works hard at this true rider's course , fea t uring se ven t urns , two straightaways , one j ump and bi g swee pers . Working with Don i s Al Finan and his c rew of devot ed, hard wor king Oilers. A s adv ertised, the track was well wat ered. The wat er tru ck can only be d es c rib e d as " bos s " - an ei ghtee n wheel er semi that is ca pable .of produ cing floods. A s the riding programs to be billed here this summer becom e history. th e partici pants will be grate f ul that th e t rack is l ocat ed adjacent to th e beach whe re the cool oc ean br eez es keep engi nes as well as riders and spectators comfortable. Cool weat her did not sl ow down th e show as the crowds lit erally t hron ged to t he Boy 's Cl ub benefit sc rambles. Spectators fou ght f or choice viewi ng locations. ON WITH THE RACES The 100cc Novi ce wailers ended with Clyd e Fost er winning on hi s Hodak a, By ron K renek sec ond on board a Yamaha and Bill B owman. Honda mount ed. was third place t rophy winner. Chu ck B ak er. 100cc E xpert , with hi s works Zundapp co uld not be beat en . B ultaco in tne 200cc class with John K eny on at th e cont rol s seems to be a comb i nation that 's hard to beat . L a C r 0 s s Mont esa with Rick V esco i n the 250cc novi ce event lo ok ed to hav e all the pow er and ability unt il th e last l ap when Mr. Mont esa squirt ed Mr. V esco into t he mud. T he 500cc Novice saw " Red " Clemo and his flying Match l ess l ead all th e way until j ust before the ch eckered flag when hi s chain came unglued . " F eet s" Mi nert plus BSA Vi ctor wailed i n th e 500cc E xpert Class with Jo hnny A pple and hi s TR-5 pushing hard all th e way. Desert ace Don McCa rley t ook th e 250cc eve nt with his Gr eeves , just nosing out Bill Silverth orn on a Mont esa. T he Open Expert put Travi s P etton in th e winner's ci rc le . Last ac t, the L ady ' s P owder Puff . was a compl et e run-away for Ca rol Gooding on a Yamah a 80cc . A lthough the girls rod e on bigger bik es , 200cc . 125cc and 90cc . Carol' s reliable 80cc Yama ha sa w little compet iti on after th e starting flag. Sandy Ramsey on her Hodak a , show ed great i mprovement and strong dete rmi nation t o t ake th e second place honor s. ( Resul t s on page 22 ) HIDDEN DESTINATION RU HONDA We Service All Makes 794 Los AnCJ4t1es St. Simi. California 526-9955 ~ . ~~" RACING CASTOR for 2 or 4 Cyde Racing Champions' Choice at Daytona. 1965 DON1 BE FOOlED BY WILD ClAIMS OF JUST AS GOOD. THERE ARE NONE! ADDZlP A DDITIVES * 1433-37 First St, * Esco'on. Ca'if. By Jack Byrd . What a change! I awoke on Sunday morning to find it a wond erful day for a road run! A real contrast t o th e weath er on all the pr evious runs ! The day was bri ght and warm as I rolled int o San F ernando . Harley-Davidson , to sig n up for the Hidden Destination Run sponso red by the Valleymen M.C . Some 250 enthusi astic cyc list s were out i n full st rengt h and never found th eir way to th e valley Harl ey did better . A lso th e P arade th rough s hop fo r th e beginnin g of a full and th e City of Oj ai was a good way to eventf ul day . The rout e was both i mpre ss th e t own ' s residents of th e sce nic and a c hange of pac e, i n that good side of cyc ling. . we di d no fre eway trav eling. The The Field Events were hilarious ; hi dden destination turned out to be som e of th e event s were: P assenger. th e l ov ely little town of Ojai , in t he hills c l os e t o Ventura. at Camp Weeni e B i t e. Sol o Slow Rac e. Sol o Comfort. Dar t Throw, Solo Ball Kick and Solo The Va lleymen M.C .. a c ornparaSpar k P lug chang e. Our hat s are doffed t o th e Valleyti ve l y new c l ub. put on a full day of event s , i nc l uding Field Events, B ik e men , for a ve ry well planned and a very different " F un Run and Day." and Uniform judging. Dan ce a nd Trophy drawing. Some of th e ol d t i mer cl ubs coul d do well to take a few hints fro m t his One of th e highlights of th e day was the t hrilling exhi bi tion put on energet i c new group . by t he A ce of Clubs drill t eam. They \