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'!be weekend of OCtober 14 lUId 15 _
traveled to Edgewood MaryllUld for tbe
b;l Nortb-South ChamptOl1Shlp Scrambles.
'I1I1s race, presented by !be Eastern
b;l M.C., is comparable to ca1Uornia's
yearlY Hoperille. '!bere ~e about 5300
>.. spectators lUId 400 riders, ud tbe races
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_re run ott 011 scbeduJe wltb 110 problem at all. On SllturclaJ', wilen tbey ru
!be ellmlnaHOII '-ts, r bad a cbuce to
ride around tbe track UId tbe SlIrTOUDd1IIc area. '!be course was In great
sbape lUId tllere ~e plenty of woods
ud rldlng area for tbose 111Io W8IIlled
to play.
EarlY SW1dIIy mol'D1ng tbe excltemeot
UId tension could be felt as _ pulled
Into !be pit area. On band were tbe best
scrambles riders from thirteen different states UId Cuada.
'!be lIgntw&Jgbts started tbe &bow for
tbe North-South Cbamp1CJDSblp. It was a
IwIdlcap start, wltb l00cc lUId under
taking ott first lUId so 011 down tbe llne
to tbe last row at Z50's, for 25 klDc
bard 1lIps. Fourteen-year-o!d Denny
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Varnes stretcbed out the lead 011 bis
90cc Brldgestooe for about 6 or 7 laps,
tbeD dropped out wltb eaelne trouble.
ADen Munroe 011 a lZ5cc Bultaco toot
lus ~les IllII brine_
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Tom Warren ud Paul WUde got Into
battle rlgbt ott. then Tom pulled a
and It was obvious tbat Wilde was ba
problems wltb his bike and was dr
Into third place wilen Bob Watson(MotoBeta) passed him.
Lee Stumpenbaus again took the
pby Dasb ud tbe 250 Main wltb T
Warren second, but wbat a scrap
going on for tbat third and fourth p
spot. A pair of 'Tacos ridden by
Verdoorn and Danny Jones really wen
at It wi th Jones pulling up on the stralgb
and then Verdoorn almost crUDCbingbim
as tbey dived for tbe turns. 1b1s
011 rlgbt up to !be very last la,p and eomIng up for tbe cbeckered, Jones finally
got the sIlgbtest edge out of !be far t
and made It to tbe flag first by a sbade!
Pbew,
(Results on page 16)
