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• It had raiDed for aI.ost all week, ud tile Hi Vista area was as wet as it is ever goiBg to be. fte aI.ost ideal CO.ditiODS brought out a lot of desert riders to by to add _re points to dleir credit before the eDd of the year. get tUllow DUDer for Den year. e) This was a dual eveat iB coopeo.Qoa willa Ute Sillllers M.C. The Simi Valley M.C. bad the opeII class eveats OD tlaeir coDrse iD the monaiDg with the Novices goi.g of( first OD the 5 llile course. Tbey would IUD for au boar. rGoUa -sa.cu,. says Boll .1_ tills at all'" HlI." Bill Hammer got off to a good start and led the race in fast style untU he got a flat tire which slowed him down, and then, Gary Schuelke on a Triumph, who was running a close 2nd, pulled into 1st spot and turned it up to pick up a good win over a fast group of novices. Mark Alge on a Triumph looked good coming in for 2nd spot. Gail Ferrel on a TriumPh pulled in for 1st 500 and 3rd overall. The amateurs lined UP next, facing passed U1e man In front of him and wiUl Ekins ont, Patrick pulled Into 2nd overaU and 1st 500, wlUl Tom Maxwell on a Norton nipping al Palrick's rear koobby laking 300 overall. Next up were the lightweights which bad run in the morning across the highway on the Sinners M.C. course. The trail hikes, aU 50 of them, were ready to go at 12:45. Jack Morgan on a Hodaka, (who is the numher 1 desert trail hike rider) took the win, as he has been #l4.. "' don't ~~~~~ ~~~W J1ilrr~ H.e Frank (89) lIoraan Is sandwlcbed betw"n two otber trail bikes rld.So Tblrd place Is almost In his arasp. TRAIL AND SPORTS MOTORCYCLE CARRIER SOLD THROUGH ALL BETTER MOTORCYCLE SHOPS THE ONLY J CARRIEa THAT WILL RAISE & HOLD YOUR 81KE TO MOST CARS, AND CAMPE S. fOR INfORMATION WRITE OR CALL rALBOT PRODUCTS P.O. BOI 2706 CULVER C'TY - PHONE 398 - 3112 SALESMAN WANTED CONTACT 398-4678 Howard Beach showed hlah speed form by actively winning lhe open amaleur evenl. the flat open area which headed for the saddle back in the hill ahout one mile out. There were a numher of leaders in this event, but Howard Beach on a Triumph could not be denied and came in for the win with Bud Harvey on a Tri umph trying to close the gap and taking 2nd. Tbe race everyone was waiting for came up nexl. All U1e top expert deserl riders lined "" al 11 :30 and "ailed for U1e drop of U1e banner. Dick Vick on a TrilJlJlpb go I off to a fast tarl, ",iU, Bud Ekins on a Triumph Metisse righl bebind hiUl. Ekins stayed on Vlck's rear tire for four laps, which made a real duel for firsI place, as boUl of U1ese smooUl pro's were really moving out. Theo Ekins ran into some mechanical trouble and dropped out.. Mike Patrick #1 00 a C.A. wbo bad been running fourlh, now was lurning up U1e wick and doing almost every time he finishes, with Big Frank Wheeler on a Hodaka 2nd and Frank Margin 3rd, also on a Hodaka. A large group of 250 novices were next on the line with Chuck Koesis on a Yamaha moving up into 1st place and holding it until the finish line, with Ron Burch taking 2nd and Ron Bishop third. Tbe sidecar rolled up next and tbere wa quite a group of them, about 12 in all and some of those rigS really looked sharp. They ",ere going to go two laps. On the 1st lap #2, a Triumpb witb Jerry Pearson, pilot and Gary Ileber as passenger, were leading it and looking as lhough Ihey ",ere really e'\ioying II, bul their win was nol in tbe bag yel as a Bultaco rig witb Jim La Blanc as pilot (Continued on page 22) •