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Story aDd Photos by Dick wrtcht
territory, with a few rocks throwu
ia to keep yoa oa your toes (or
OD yoar head, whichever the case
might be). There was also a very
fast saad wash that yoa made iD
fourth gear if yoa wanted to stay
with the pack, and of coarse
there was pleDty of dust.
J.N. Roberts, 1#13 OD his 360
HlISky, zapped the field last
Slmday, SepL 24 oa the rapid
and roagh Hare Scrambles race
ia the Califomia desert DOrth of
PaJadale. The Coiabiaed OpeD
and 250 Class were to ~ two
laps oa a thirtj-mile course,
which was laid oat iD fast, opeD
StIli a bard • • to but ,. lIIe
ell""
J.N. Roberts won apln SuIldaJ.
The first five miles looked l1ke it could
be anyone's race, with four riders real'Y
going all out to take the lead: Roberts;
Mike Patrick, #4 on a Norton; Howard
Beach, #33 on a TrIumph sponsored by
Mark Alge, a real motorcycle fan and
steve Hurd, #35 on bis Matchless.
With all tbls pressure, something bad
to give. Beach got off and must have dug
UP daisies with bis boney shoulder, just
as Patrick ran into mechanical problems.
J.N. took asolld bold on f1rstplace at this
point, and Hurd set bis sights on Roberts
from the second spot positioo. Larry
Bergquist, 117 on his B.S.A. was holding
down third, and Bob Belt (Greeves) WILS
the front-running 250. 'I1Iis 1I'lUI . . . 1M!'
they came tbrougb the pits at the end
of the first loop,
On the secood and last loop, Roberts
had built UP a good lead over Hurd, who
was moving out well in second. Bergquist
was still planted in third, and James
Martino #8 on a BSA and Ron Fry, #38
on a 360 Husky, were fighting It out for
fourth spot. Warren Siegfried, #49 and
Jeff Foster, 362, both ()pen Amateurs,
were having a real ball trying to decide
wbich of them was going to get the sJxtb
CoatiDued 011 pace 2:i
ROllS OVER BRAND X & y
OMO W'NS 6 'N A ROW
WITH MOIITfSA (115-200 & 25(kc)
GEORG(
Bay Mare TT-SCrambles, Sunday, Sept. 24, 1967
281cc Mlvice, Amateur, .. ElqIeri Class
200cc NOVICE, AMATEUR" EXPERT CLASS
1st Old Man George Omo-175cc IIOD.l2nd 2DOcc Bal.l3rd 2JI0cc Bal.
25lcc Allat_" Expert Class
1st O.M. George Ollo-MoDtesa LaCross/2nd Bal.l3rd Bal.
On his 17Scc Montesa George swept all 3 races in the 200cc class.)
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