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9 SPROCKETS SCRAMBLES Photos by Dennis Gree ne • • ---J !t_~ • Harlan Hink ley (8) took over from A l vin Griffith In big bore go. The Sproc ket s jumped out of gear Sunday . The combi nati on of unkind weath er and Moth er' s Day celebrations held down th e usually fine at tendance at Sprock ets P ark i n B ak ersfi el d, with about 95% of the trophies going to Sprock ets M.C. members . Despi t e the cut in number of rid ers (some of th e regulars may have feared susp ension of t hei r Class C . professional licenses if th ey compet ed) , a good day' s racing ens ued. J ohn Scantlin was es peci ally imp res sive; he rode t he rear wheel of his Harley int o the first turn and cont i nued on to wi n the Amat eur c l ass . Joe Ros eberry , on t he R .E. Cook tu ned B enelli, had horsepow er on th e rest of t he herd, gran d-s l ammi ng the 250 co mbi ned A mat eur-Expert c l ass . SPROCKETS '1 .1' . SCRAMBLES Bakersfield. May 8 . 1966 50cc 1. Rand y Matth ew s 2. J eff J ohnson 3. Da ve Spray berry LA PAZ .. • • • • • from page 1 mil es . When we got off. it broke his case , a nd it finally caus ed the pri mary c hain to freeze up. CN: Sure would have been a dra g to go through all that an d be eight minu te s la te . MULDER: That's why I pu s hed Bud . Didn't want to take any chances . Ju s t put my foot up an d a way we went. CN: Do you happe n to kno w ho w lon g th e same trip woul d ta ke in a car. or a truc k? MUL DE R: Well . Mexicans with t ruc kloads of t urtl es cover the same distanc e in 10 days , but the four-wheel reco rd is 4~ days by J eep . CN: W hat portion was the roughest? MULDER: About 300 miles of movin g roc ks on top of rock s . CN: Wo w. Sounds li ke th e bikes really did well to make it. MULDER: Yea h. they really did. CN: Any othe r me ch a ni cal proble~s ? MUL DE R: Dave ha d three Oat tires . I di dn't ha ve to work on my bik e at all. CN: Did you e xpect it to be a s rough a s it wa s ? MUL DE R: Me and Bud had no i dea It woul d be s o rou gh. It was roug he r than any hare a nd hound I' ve e ve r rode. for th e whol e 1000 mil es . You co ul dn't e ve n have a ci garette witho ut s topping . Had to ha ve both hand s on th e ha ndlehars all th e ti me. CN: When di d yo u get hack? , MUL DE R: T hursday at 5:00 p.m . by aupla ne. T he bi kes a re still the re . T hey' ll Oy them ho me th is week. CN: How did yo u fe el when It was all over? MUL DE R: f'm s t ill recuperating from that dumb trip. M fi ngers are still numb y from the knuc kles up. CN: Must no t have felt much like ridin g the T .T. Saturda y ni ght, huh? MULDER: Not at all.' ell CN: W , do you think you' d ,e ve r li ke to try a record run like that a gai n? MULD E R: Me and Bud a re. CN: You are? Really? MUL DE R: T he only rea son we ' re going to is I' m pos itive we could make It III 30 hou rs . If we hadn 't had trou ble, we could ha ve broke it by fi ve or six hou rs ea sy th is ti me . ell CN : W , than ks a lot for all t~ e information, Eddie . Sec you F ri day n ight , MUL DER: Okay . Late r on . T ight action In combi ned 350 and 500cc Amateur race. Ray Anderson (25) won, Ron Spll1man (331) was second. Bri Ymg Yam 90cc NOVICE 1. Avery Hens le y 2. Ri cha rd Newb y . 3. Larry Melto n John Scantl in (50) poured It on to wi n Sprocket s Open Amateur event. Hod IIod Kaw 90cc AMATEUR-EXP ERT 1. F ran k Ros e be rry Hod 2. Bo b Tim ber la ke Bul 3 . John Stockton Bul 250cc NOVICE 1. Don Hughe s 2. Ken Elliott 3 . Ike Eigen brod Bul , Due Bul · 250 AMATEUR-EXPERT 1. Joe Roseberry Ben 2. Midge Griffith Due 3. Wayne Schm idt Jaw 350-50 0 NOVICE 1. Ji mmie Ahl 2. Tony Madruga 3. Gary Jac kson 500 & 35 0 AMATEUR 1. Ray Anderson 2. Ron Spillman 3. Mars ha ll Nicho ls Tri AJS BSA Tri Hon BSA OP E N NOVICE 1. Mick e y Cox 2. Don Bonk os ky 3. Don Ca meron Tri T ri Tri OPE N AMATEUR 1. J oh n Scantlin 2. Ron P ierc e 3 . Ski p Saylor II-D Enf Tri OPEN EX PERT 1. Ha rla n IIi nkley 2. Tom Hughes 3. Al Griffith Tri Tri Nor WILBER CEDER SUCCUMBS W ilbur J. Ceder, Chai rman of the Board of Johnson Motors, Western States Tri umph Di stri butors, succumbed to a heart condition at hi s home Wednesday morning, May 11th. The enti re motorcycle industry i s saddened by news of his passi ng. Midge Gri ffith (34) was overtaken by Joe Roseberry (106) f or 250cc Amateur-Exper t Honors. ; ~~::iI!R:::" 4J'_ .... -~~~ ~~ EirII T-<