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LIGHTWEIGHTS M.C. LlG THE PERRIS SCE E • By Maureen Le e Trlumph terror T erry Dorsch (7) tore up the Perri s track, wound up second overall In Open Ex· pert class, despite the seat of hi s bike coming loose. Ben Fakkeldy was IIrst, also Trlumph . .. .. . 2 ..l ~ " :::; .8 Here's Dorsch again, determinedly mixing It up with BSA·mounled Mike Posey (6) durlng an Open Expert event. Posey lell In one 01 the motos, but stili took a third on overall poin ts. Gary Geyer on a 360cc Malco won the Perris 500cc Novice class with a trul y Imp", ssl ve perfor· mance. He won all three mot os In a row. besti ng Jac k Brillon (BSA) and aus Wells (T riu mph). When early arrivals saw the condition of the trac k Sunday morning, January 28, after the heavy night' s rain, It looked like "le t' s loa d up an d go home" or " Hell, an other mud s crambles ." But after considerable mai ntenance, inclu dIng ride r s dri ving trucks round and r ound the ci rcuit, it developed into super tra ction, othe rwise known as " yahoo!" lf you have any doubt, check the limes we got the leading r iders in and remember 100 that everyone, even the liddlers used the long course. Kirk McDowell (Honda) r ode his firs t race s ince . winnin g that numbe r one plate an d look apart the 50cc class In an event that was Honda al l the way , with Henry Scoll second and Gar y Caldwell third. Kirk was cloc ked at 1:37 .6. In the 100cc Novice class, Ri chard Sweaney (Kawasaki) took the win with Mark Kruse (Bultaco) In second an d Moto-Beta mounted Bob Saunders third. Sweaney was clocked at 1:31. 01. Chuck Wheat (Hodaka) who really won his 100cc heat got a 1:39 In It but couldn't pull more tha n about sixth place In the Main. It will soo n be " welcome to the Amateur class" for Sweane y! A couple of other lIddler limes are Fred Edwards (Yamaha) winner of the 100 Expert class at 1:28 .3 and powder Puff r ider sandy Turmln (Hodaka) at 1:40.07 pr oving agaJn that the gal scramblers are happy to remain riding amongst themselves. The boys just haul! Sandy had the Powder Puff won but unloaded on the rock turn and Kelly Struble ( Hodaka), the only other girl who could stay close to the flying " Desert Dllsy" look the win by over-all points . Moving up the ladder to the bigger li ghtweights It' s amazing Jus t how fast they get around compared to the big bor es pr oving the point that now Prado Park Is dead horsepower ain't everything/ Ji mmy Stein (Hus ky) winner of the 250 Amateur class was clocked a t 1:25 .02 while Tony Denlus (H-D) who wiped out the 350 class got a 1:25 nat, and Ben Fakkeldy , winner of the Open Expert came up with 1:24.03. Speedwise nowadays It looks like past a cer tai n point " you pays your money and you talces your choice" on the tra cks we have now. 250cc Expert class winner Jim Connolly (Gr eeves) had a bIg thin g going with Ron Moore and Mor r is Wrtght on a pai r of Bul tacos , plus hav ing Ji m Goldsmith (Ossa) to conten d with but Jim and fr iend Greeves came through the wars as did Greeves r Ider Jon L1ndeberg who won the 250 Novic e Main. Connolly's tim e was 1:26.8. Fr ed !'dwards (BSA) look Iii Amat eur class agaJn with a s tyle qulte a blt like J i m Hunter'S In parts of the cour s e, with Fred tur 1:24.02 . a couple of tenths raster Ben Fakkeldy, the Open Expert wi was turning. We have to a dmit that s ome of th racing Sunday was among the big The 21" Amateur-Expert class "if Tony Deni us on hts -Har-ley but Lou (BSA) got the drop on him a coup limes with Dentus run ntng last \ five-entry class. Ducall rider RI Marquis also had all stops pulle nelther Wolf or he could keep fro m finally ge lling them. That really walls as was proved when went out and played with the 500 and could stay up with Ji m Hun Goldie and John RIce's Honda 6 uphill stralght! c The .Ope n Experts were led no Ben Falekeldy In a race that saw T .Dorsch and Mike Posey really sq off against each other. Terry's came adrl!t at a very inopportune ment and then Posey fell off, but llj mix It up In that class! John RIc e (Honda) won the 500 E class, his fir s t win since beCO number one heavy weight although Hunter was also really after that Sometimes you'll see those guys They di dn' t Sunday. and Hunter 100 of his rare falls when he was Ie Into the r ock turn and his front wiped. HIs fastest li me ? 1:22 .09 ! W •Apology Department" . We goofed a couple of limes In last week so want to malee retrlbu We didn't know that Terry Moralr look second In the Open Amateur had changed to a sponsorship t Krause Honda from Bellnower Trl where had had hung his helmet f spell . And to Bill Nobl e, we re know the difference between Award tors and lrv Seaver's in Santa where Bill comes from ; we Just little scrambled once In a while . you were gentle men about It all! Anyway, It was a good day Sunda you have to admlt that the Llghtwe could teach a few clubs so me Ie In how to throw a scrambles. One we really dug as a rider was the sta Dlle StricklIn doesn't fool around m you fr y a clutch or wonder what going to do ne xt . Cheer s , Dlle! (Res ul ts on page 16) John Rice, proudly sporting his new heavyweight number one plate, took his IIrst win 01 season on a Honda In the SOOcc Expert cl ass, but not wlt~out a lI erce light from Jim Hunter