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By Maureeo Lee
Ron Nelson got himself back 1Dto raca bang on 8uDl:t8y, oct. 1, by
w1nD1JIc the 250 clus at Forst Ranch
aboard a bike we've seen too Uttle of
lately, a Montes&'
ROIID1e looked tremendous inpract1ce,
espec1a1ly cOmlng lIP tbrougb the saudwash, but wben you looked around at wbo
else was I'1IIIII1Dg aga1DBt him in tbat
1JIg with
. . . . 361 R.. FIJ on • Husk, le.ds lIIe SOOcc ella out of Forst's tlrst t.- .1Id oa til ,.,... lilia,s .....do
clus, and cODsldered the fact tbat this
The new section of the course used
was his tlrst Ume out in a year IIIId a
only for the 100 clus seemed to meet
bait after tbat IlRd1y broken lee._it
looked Uke ROIl IIlI8dIld all the luck in
the world.
'Ibere was the formidable Walt AJtthelm aboard a brIIIId-newSuZukl, a truly
beautifUl 11 t tl e moto-cross machine
wb1cb turned about to be really fast IIIId
flniabed the daT wttb DO troubles at all;
Ra,y McCarty 011~a~ Coarad
011 GreeYeS, all
faces __e
in place 011 the l1De and it did indeed
look Uke ROIl'S work for the daT was
going to be hard.
Add tills excitement in the 250 e1Rss
to the tact tbat the event drew 50% more
riders tbaD last Ume, so tbat tbere
were two dlvtstons in botb the 100 and
250 class, the spectators got more tban
their money's worth!
with all the riders' approval. Now they
neeouate that bAC up-blU,
but the rest of the course is still true
mota-cross. Scrambles rider BaTtrard
Mendellba11 (Yamaha) was go1Dg great
but coulcD't keep his front end intact
and be t1Dal1y bad to go s1~ than we
know be can!
Tbe 35&-()pen class ran together wttb
John Maynard on his Honda w1JmiDg
three straight over-all. For a wb11e it
looked as if Lon Peterson (Ric:kmanTriumph) would wID the ()pen Class but
be got into trouble in the second moto
and ended lIP third. A pat for the most
enthustasUc rider for the day goea to
Lon. He rode Ponderosa in the early
morning, tak1JIg a second, then with his
tamUy, rushed over to Forst and rode
the Rickman, plus a Matco to 6th overall In the 250 class! Ab, youth! JolIn
Bedford (Triumpb) of the Rams took the
Open Class and be gets a pat for lookIng the most pooped rider at the end of
his last 'motor Going down the bill for the
checkered flag on the last round be
looked flat done In!
Bliley 8&p 108 ClUB
R. . .at_ delillded hi s trI.. ds IIId fillS by rllumlnl til r.cln.. _pie." _ _ed from the
sccldlllt ..Ieb lldellned blm Isst , ..r. He won lbe h.rd-foupt 250ee cllSs on .1I0•• u.
A WEEK IN THE LIfE Of HODAU RIDER
GARY BAILEY
HodRka really wiped the slate clean in
the 100 class. It was Gary Batley's day
and even the drive back from running at
Ensenada the day before didn't slow him
down and in the final 4th moto, be really
bad a lead! Roger Twedell won his first
mota, conked out on the UDe in the second, but came back to wID the third and
take 4th over-all in this very botly contested class. Checker Ed stnmd was
really waiUng but in one earlier mota
Jeff creager was rigbt on his tall.
Strand ended up second over-all.
don't have to
Nelson Does It
And so back to tbat exctUng 250
class. Due to the number of riders, tbere
were two dlvtstons with the real shoes
all nmnlng In the first section (Uke Ex(Continued on page 21)
Thursday, Sept. 29th
Trojan Speedway
1st PLACE
l00cc Senior Main
& Trophy Dash
Saturday, Sept. 30
Ensenada, Mexico
EI Scrambles Grande
3rd PLACE
l00cc Amateur Expert
Sunday, Oct. 1
ACA Moto Cross,
Castaic, Calif.
1st PLACE
100cc Class
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