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ELSINO E FRANTIC FRESNO FROLIC NIGHT SCRAMBLES By Don Wallen Pbotos by Manuel Burton & Jay Bonier The manly art of mayhem and racing comblned to give one and all a wild night of action at the second Sunday nigh1 running of Indoor racing In Fresno, Calif. at the selland Arena. Phil Cancilla, Butch Corder and Novice Bill Jamison teamed up 111 apushlng, shoving, wheel-hanger In the December 10 IS-lap 250cc f1nal that was noth1ng short of a Destruction Derby. most of the way. Legs, feet and elbows flew right and lett with Cancilla w1nn1ng the "match" In fifteen rounds and preserved his twoin-a-row wtn streak for the Spanish Montesa brand. Corder and Jamison took turns trying to knock Cancilla down and out but the cagey rider from San Jose kept right on ramming and racing his way to his first Main Event at Fresno. 250 Expert Flyers ~ ~ A really good-sized group of riders l>:I came to Elsinore on Saturday, December -J 9 to see one of the best wtnter sCr&mU >.. U Again the racing was very close as F. Edwards, E. Olesen and Tom Warren really battled It out for class hoIlors. 10 one mota, it looked as If Olesen and Edwards, both on Bultacos, wereequally determined and equally as able to keep ahead of the other guy as they switched the lead several times. F. Edwards saw pay dirt as he won e"'lry heat In this class, not without some trouble as Olesen kept the pressure on. pushing Fred hard all the way. Big Bikes Always In tile thick 01 thlllIS at E1 slnore Is Clutch Carro and his K&N sponsored In the 350 Novice class, J. Curre rode an alling Honda to a win, as he has often done before. Curre got a second In the Open Expert last week In a very hard race for a 350. This proved to be the last race on this engine as Curre says he blew at least a piston In one of the last heals. J. Kato on a BSA made it look /Ta'-," Keith IIasllbum should really be a rider to wall:h when he roes pnIlesslonal In '68. easy In the OPen Expert moto as R. Raven on a Triumph and T. Simpson gave chase all night. Kato also won the Sweepstakes which proved to be the best race of all, as J. Dunn on a 100 and Steve Scott were given the advantage start, 50 yards out. Scott took ott, building a lead no one thought Kato could overcome. Both Dunn and Kato rode hard to stay in front but on the fourth lap, Kato dove under Scott to win the trophy. For Scott's second place, two Iree steak dinners were given by The Wreck, in Elslnore. All In all, the races were better than ever, so get off that couch and we'll see you at Elsinore, Saturday night. (Resulls on page 16) Jamison Jnmps Earlier, Jamison, the only Novice In the 250cc dash, upset three Experts to take the trophy. Ron Kruseman clocked the fastest heat race time hut ran second to the new Suzuki rider who will replace Jimmy Odom on the Les Edwards racing team. Dave Bostrom was third with Cancilla laying In watt for the Main Event and taking fourth. TT Amateur Butch Turner set a new Indoor record by tall1ng ott three times In one event. The off1clals black-flagged the first two !all-downs but finally gave up on Butch the third time around and the race continued without him. BSA. bles ever presented at the Southern california track. The weather was cool and clear with DO wind. Some of the best close-In competition seemed to dominate a lew 01 the races as there were 38 events In all, only marred by one or two crashes. Small Bike Battle About a battle and a ball was put on In the Expert ranks as Tom Warren and Steve Scott really zapped everyone else on two similar Bultaco Lobitos. Scott, who hasn't competed here belore, won the moto In great style and not without some abandon. Warren, however, was also in good lorm and showed Steve the way around at least once during the friendly wheel-to-wheel rivalry that kept everyone awake. Signing up as an Expert and putting on his usual good ride was Ray Vanderpool on that Yamaha again. The Novices were out In force and this class was more or less dominated by A. Anglade, who hasn't ridden Elsinore belore, and J. Dunn, who has. Both Dunn and Anglade made the Sweepstakes but only Scott and Dunn rode the small bikes In the Sweeps. Only a lew 200 Novices signed up but the competition was so tough and close between the lront- running trio, B. Love, B. Ashcraft and B. Wsey, that a threeway tie was awarded lor the very llrst time. Love rides a Triumph Cub with a style that Is really developing lnto a crowd pleaser. t~------ , , , , , t t t t t t , , , Akslud Comes Throngh Hodaka- mounted Expert Cl1ff Aksland was the big winner In the 125cc class as he slid to wins In the heat race, Trophy I».sh and Main Event for his first victories in many an outing. The 125 class riders also had their share of crashes and wheel- bende,s but proved to be far safer and saner than their big hrothers In the 250 division. 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