First lap of the 4O-lnch Expert Main Event.
ActlDII In the 250cc Expert Main.
SLOPPY,
SANDY SALI AS
SCRAMBLES
SlDry by La rry Stewart
Photos by lI a r ry smi th
First pla ce tr ophy t akers line up at day' s end.
The ultimate that District 35 and 36
winter scrambles riders can ask lor Is
good weather and a race organized by the
salinas Ramblers M.C. on their long,
sandy track. They got both on February
25 when the Ramblers held their third of
lour scbeduled winter scrambles.
A total of 304 riders showed their
appreciation by putting on an extremely
fast show over what is generally considered to be one of the toughest tracks
around. The surlace 01 this big track is
covered with six to twelve inches of wet
sand, and even the best riders sometimes look sloppy in the corners .
As usual, the 40-incb Experts and
Ama te urs provided the most excitement
for the 2,000 spectators on hand.
In the Expert Main, Triumph-mounted
Bruce Anderson (No.2 high point man In
Disirict 36 last year), started out In
tllth place but soon picked his way
through the field for the win. Alan Kenyon (5L) did his best to catcb Anderson,
but never posed a serious challenge.
This was Bruce's s econd win at Salinas
of the year .
Kenneth Price (49P) duplicated Anderson's performance in the 40- inch Ama teur main. He aiso went through the first
corner in tllth and quickly passed every-
one to take the first place trophy . Price
bas one of the best looking and mos t
ferocious Trium phs in captivity, and he
did everyone In down the lo ng Salinas
straightaway.
Dlve Cadwallader (26M) won both the
4D-inch and the 200cc Novice Mains.
Rider s In both classes are wondering
when he wlll make Amateur.
The only mi stake the Ramblers made
all day was their decision to run eig htee
riders in the 250c c Novice Main EvenL
Granted they had a tough problem here
since there were 66 250cc novices entered, but eighteen riders is just too
many for a race on this track.
A rider was injured at the finish line
near the end of this Main, and things got
so cont us ed that It had to be rerun . Jean
Mireault ( 129T) and Bob Bowers (18 5F)
battled for six laps after the restart,
with Bultaco-mounted Mireault finally
taking the win.
The last of the Ramblers' winter
scrambles wll1 be held on lvlarch 24.
(Resul ts on page 20)
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