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VIews 01 tile 51..........1 la• . . . , f1ads #320 St_ S1rlckllD, _ I atIIar.. ...111111 lor tile trapflr COld. Photos & Story By John Shedd Sunday, October 23, the SUiJJers M. C. pu t on their fourth race of the year, a TT scrambles held under conditions other than ideal. Six of their members ~WI S State Championship Hare Scrambles OVERALL ls' Bob Bel' - 250cc Greeves JACK BALDWIN MlC Santa Monica RDBT. M. LAW MlC Anaheim HOCKIES MlC Torrance MASON MOTORS Pasadena STEVE HURD MlC Montabello MISSION HILLS WC Sepulveda K & N MOTORCYCLES Riverside SHEU MOTORS Lynwood BILL KRAUSE Inllewood LAMOREAUX MlC Sun land TEMPLE CITY HONOA Tampla City TRACY'S MlC BurbMIk NICHOLSON MOTORS N. Hollywood worked on the Bay Mare uack all day Saturday to get it in shape for racing. Then the wind, flying sand and dust made conditions almost unbear;1ble for riders and spectators alike. Several of the 100 small bikes dropped out ~ cause of the sand blasting wind. First small bore machines that decided to do battle with the wind and dust were the 50cc amateurs. In this class, Jay Lewis aboard a Yamaha led the way home with four Hondas in mad pursuiL Next up was the l00cc amateur. This time it was Ken Greene on a 90cc Bridgestone Who gave the Honda boys a rough row to hoe as he blasted passed the checkered flag with four Hondas giving chase. Due to the lack of entries to fill all classes, some had to be combined, and the first of these up was 125, 175, and 200cc expert. Jim Pecorilla riding a 175cc Bultaco led the way for Lee Stumpenhaus and Fran Nestor. With the action getting faster as the bikes got larger. the track became dustier than ever. 250cc classes coming up, the water truck sprinkled the track again to hold down the dust, but it did precious little good. By the time Larry Shoemaker brought his Greeves in for the win in the 250cc novice class, and Warren Culp and Don Northern were through battling it out on a pair of 250 Hondas in the amateur class with Culp busting the dust home first. no one could tell that the uack had ever known a drop of water. Wind picked up the dust 1Jlld blew it around 2Jld around and had everyone turning their heads to keep it out of their eyes. By the end of the day, the water truck had probably made more laps than some of the riders. Winding it up for the small bikes was John Riggen riding his 200cc Bultaco to a win in the small bike sweepstakes with Ken Greene doing a good job of wheeling his 90cc Bridgestone in for second place among larger bikes. The 350cc amateur class was first up after the small bike sweepstakes with Alex Chizauowssk (?) and Richard lVuwder (??) both mounted on Hondas, swaPping the lead before AIex managed to hold onto it and lead the way to the finish line with four more of Soicbiro's finest close behind. The water truck was out again lfefore the 500cc and larger classes h:id a go at the uack. This time a mountain had cast its shadow on the first tum to keep it from drying and it was very slippery. The first bike into tum one was the first bike down in the mud, but many more were to follow as the turn stayed that way for quite some time. Clell Aiel, Dick Alexander and Chuck Berry made quite a race of the 500cc amateur class. The lead swapped back and fourth. tut Aiel wheeled in his BSA for the win alter a hard fought battle. Larry She ll'aker mounted on a Triumph captured first place in the 650cc novice class and then came back to win the last race of the day which was the sweepstakes [or the big machines. The Sinners did a fine job of handling the race. There was certainly nothing they could do about the dust and wind, and I am sure that many riders are looking forward to the Siuners' next race. (Results on page 16) MOTOICYCU SALES-SIIVICI o. Sepulveda Blvd., south of NordhoH St. "In the heart 01 the ValleyH PARTS • ACCESSORIES URGE SElECTION 01 USED MOTOllCYCUS UMnI