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ELSINORE NIG HT SCRAMBLES By Don Walle n MARYSVILLE DOES IT AGAIN SIDEWINDERS SPORTSMAN MUD SCRAMBLES - By Dale McKinnon • AlbS lbe old man In the moon looks on at Elsinore, Bullaco-mounted T. Warren does his stuff on • sweeper. Once again Elsinore , California was a beehive of activity as the firstscrarnbles of the new year took place in clear, crisp weather on January 6. The riders were all stoked up with this winter raeIng and the chance to race every saturday night throughout the winter. The track held up well all night as usual and a total of 35 events were run. 500 Open Expert • A great deal of super competition was seen In the 500 Open Expert class as names like Harper, Foxe, Hatcher, J . Berry and J. Kato really slipped and slid and pressed each other for a real tough show. In the first heat, Foxe on a Triumph rode like cr azy jus t ahead of J . Kato on a BSA , with Hatcher doing the chase job well on a new Triumph. This was his first ride on this new bike at Elsinore. The second heat was taken by Kato as Hatcher moved up to runnerup position In this one with Jim Foxe In third. The last Moto was especially good as everybodY kept trying to gate each other. When the race started it was a toss- up as to who really got the gate job, but as the event developed Kato on the Beezer took the lead and held on as Foxe and Whitey Harper both battled it out with an unidentified rider (#242 ) for second spot. 250 Experts '. It quickly became clear on the first lap of practice that the man to beat in the 250 Expert class was E. Olesen on a Bultaco, although guys like T. Longwtth OIl a Greeves and R. Ring on a Benell1 didn't make It easy for him. Olesen was In great form as usual. Sweeping the whole field clean, winning every event In the 250 Expert class ahead of his most 100 Experts and Novices pers istent competi ti on, R . Ring on a Benell1 an d T . Longw1th on a Greeves. At any angle, this race would have to be seen to be believed! A good group of 100 Experts made for a real fun race with some Interesting side lights . C. Smith, who has been recuperating from a broken leg, returned to run his first race, and came on stronger than ever. Chris was in good form, got a solid third for the moto with "a stock Honda. In front In all the se events was F. Edwards on a Yamaha; J. West rode very hard on a Hodaka for a good runnerup showing. A great field of Novices showed up 35 in all, with many familiar names putting forth gr eat effort. First place went to J West who was chase d all the way by D: Bridestone and J . Gilchrist on a Yamaha for third. Of interest is thateager #1l7mx E. ShInault entered 4 class es , and then there's J . Lamoreaux, competing on a Moto Beta. I wonder if he Is any relation to the great Lammy Lamoreaux of Class A fame or not ? Sweepstakes For a change the s weeps tak es was run backwards after everyone was given two laps of practice. The two small hikes that were given a head start, F. Edwards and J . West, were quickly overcome by E. Olesen and J . Kato who put ona dingdong battle for fi r s t as F. Edwards dropped back to next to last and against all these odds Edwards pushed his way up to third which Is really riding. The trophy presentation took place falrly early on this night with quite a few prize bearers packing up for the ride home. see you at Elsinore next Saturday nightl '. Big bikes I'It off lbe line a t Elsinore's firs t night race 01'68. fIli-r~1W SKIN SHIRTS LEATHER JEANS contour cut sh ort rise - glove luther IRON CROSS BELTS II 2..way stretch 1 piece Riders' Sv;ts Sen d 25. f or Col or Ph oto C. t a lo9 USED PARTS ALL MAKES PARR o f Arizona W. Hollyw oo d. '700 Santa Moniu Blvd . Ope n Friday evening EDDDI , , I j.'- - . . . . .~ I * - - OFF lDDDDJ I - ,- 1l I I .. YAM AHA DEALE R ... SCRA MBLER M OTORCYCLES 1101 W Burbank Blvd. Burbank, Calif. . 849-5907 or 845-8738 Elt. 'H By Diane P. seifert ~ The Feather River M.C. pulled a sneaky on December 17. They had a beautiful course th e .week before , a real fun course. All the riders promised to be back and bring a fr iend. So what happens? The y come back all prepared for a terrific ti me on river bottom lan d. Most of them were sporting knobbies and the works. So the Club decided to have the race on the old track whi ch isn ' t too good for knobbles, and you shoul d hav e heard the gripes. Some eve n went hom e. The one s who stayed had a good Ume like Vic Krill for Ins tance . He took hom~ his four th or fifth trophy , In the 100 Novice Marn , He walked awa y wit h the heat but missed a shift and had to settle for a third. Tom Le gg , after trailing, moved on up to tak e the le a d away fr om Alex Jorgens en, after riding peg to peg for sever a l lap s. Ron Long let It be known to ' one an d all who was goi ng to win the 100A mateur Main. But not until he fought off Mike Cor co r an , J oe Hoery, Dudley Jackl1ne and Jam es Childr ess . Joe riding lik e cr azy had second, then lost it to Dudley. They s wapped several ti mes with Joe droppin g way back an d Childress moving in to take third with Mike fourth. This was Ron' s second stralght win as an Amateur. Dan Toby took off like crazy in the 200 Novice Main and had It made until he slid out . He was being pushed pretty hard by Robert Pindergast who, after a neck and neck battle with Joe Mc Millan, took the event. Mike Ell1s and Mike Rockwell were haVing ring a ding battle for the 200 Amateur /Expert lead when coming over the jump Rockwell didn 't land quite r ight and did a spectacular flip , sliding about 30 fe et on his you know what. That didn 't slow hi m down much as he got by Ell1s to tak e home first pla ce trophy. Kenneth Hatch on his Parilla grabbed a quick lead in the 250 Amateur/Expert and Gene Conant came from back of the pa ck to take second. It wasn't long until Mil es Anderson on his Husky came up to do battle. He finally got by, then nailed Kenneth for the lead. Jorgy Jorgenson, making a late move , came up an d dropped Gene ba ck another notch. That didn't last long as Gene took second back and held It to the end . A real good race as the 250 us ually Is. . Fred Fr ifll o grabged a quick lead with a running start and held It most of the way in the 350-500 go. He was riding an old BSA Gold Star and it s ur e gave the new Victors a bad tim e. Bill Evans r elieved him of first place , then Gregg Baker a ced him out for second at the finish. Gene Conan t took a quick lead in the 650 Ama teur - Exper t and held It to the end. A three-way battle developed between 33d, Tommy Burnett and Skip Hurliman. It seemed none could take the othe r s , so closely did the trio ride a real ring a ding battle for second. The last event of the day was the 500650 Nov.!Am.!Exp. Main . It was pretty much of a three way go, too , with Ray Rice having a slight edge. Dudley Jackline on a Husky took over the lead several laps later . It seemed he didn't quite have It, but he got by and really stretched It out . Ray and Phil Neyrend battled for the second spot. Phil, home on leave from the Marines, rode qulte a race for being absent from the wars so long. (Results on page 16) Rain or shine was the way they billed it _ but the only "shine" was In the sn owflakes mixed In with the rain which gr ee ted the 29 riders who turned out In 30 degree weather for the sportsman mud scrambles at the Sidewinders Moto rcycle Cl ub track, Portland, Oregon, Sunday, December 17th. The chilly weather kept away all but a handiul of spectators but the brave so uls who were there were treated to mud - and then som e. The tower Crew had a real tough time keeping several of the races straight as a couple of turns a r ound the cour s e left the riders - and their Identifying number platescomple tely cover ed with the goo. Many com pe ti to r s were hampered by machines that mi red up and would not run, and by the course, which had several holes 14-15 inche s de ep . It all made for some s low going. Jim Doyle got off the line to a good s ta r t In the running of the first 100cc moto- cross , only to take a nose dive in the mud after pas s ing the finish line on the 4th lap. Lloyd Westby moved up to tak e the lead and hold It for the remaining 2 laps. Then Westby was first off the line in the next two runnings of the moto to take an undisputed 1s t place trophy. Second place gold went to Lem Foster , who came up with two seconds an d a third to claim his prize. In the 175cc class, the bikes were bigger an d the r iders a little faster _ but the mud was getting gooier . Peter Boden took the first moto when front running Bob Miller landed in the mud with less than a lap to go, and he came right back In the second running for an other first. By the third go-around Boden experienced some engine trouble and ended up with a 4th . The rest of the class was so beset by spills and fall downs , however, that he still had enough points to claim 1st pla ce trophy. Jerry Schulz came second , having finished with a 4th , 2nd, and 1st. Gary Wibarri in the second moto, fell down no les~ than 8 Urnes in the 5-lap event thereby spoiling his chan ces for a trOPhY although he had a 2nd place and a 3rd place In the other two runnings. The 250c c fir s t heat saw Tom Wood get off the line with a flying start to capture first place , with Jim Watts hard on his ' heels but unable to catch him. The sec 0 n d heat sawall participating riders fall victim to mud and engine trouble - but the last riders In business were Dick Jagow and Chuck Clark. The A Mai n was a three-man event all the way between Dick Jagow, Tom Wood, and Jim Shepherd with many " pills by the s other riders - and much lapping of slower riders by the three trophy winnerswho finished In that order. The Open Class belonged to Tom Wood- all the way - as he took all three runnings of the moto-cross - this time mounted on a larger machine . In close compe ti tion each .ti me, but unable to catch the flying Wood, was Daryl Mullck who finished up with second place trOPhY: <:: SAVE,. USED HONDA PARTST:~U:U Wilmington D iscount Cycle Center 1 Avalon, Wilmington, Calif. 505 FUN RIDING 800 ac res of pure plea s ure. only I hour from L. A•• Conce ssi ons restrooms. $1. per bike. DIRECTIONS: Hwy 14 to Littl erock turnoff (Pea rbloss om HW 9 miles to 77 th St. 1)' East . T um n gh t l~ mil e to property. F09THILL TRAILS 132-10 Rutgers Ave, Downey. Cali f. 90242 to::l to::l ..J ~ U

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