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C.llf. . . . .7 .. 145-1731 Ed..7 S R MBLlN' AROUND CA PERRIS VALLEY ac Story and Photos by Maureen Lee We would like to hazard a guess that anyon e who was at Perris Sunday , Fe br uary 25 has rarely been through a longer day or one that turned out to be more miserable. The first race didn 't start until 9'30 a .m, and the heavyweights were lined up for their first one ot the day at 4 0' clock! So while we're on the awful things that happened tor the day we'll continue. Yeah, we were among the lightweight riders who would cheertully have hung the lightweight starter trom the yardarm ••.a coupl e ot times he was more than lucky he didn't get his Roman sandals run over •••the club didn't have tech Inspection 3l\d we spotted in just one race tbree kick- stands on machines on the line and another time one with road equipment on It•••there was a "kiddie" bike out In 250cc practice ( lOOcc or under is a " kiddie" bike) and some 250' s snuck out i n the 100-175 practice plus the starter let some out •••dus t was a very bad problem espe cially atter it got dark and the short track was n't watered trom then on cr eating problems with dazzle tbrough dust, goggl es or face shlelds •••there were no lights on th e back down hill, light being provided by a pickup truck parked in the Infield. The saddest thing to report now is that Dlvld Kllnkenborg died ot his injuries received atter a tall in the 500Cc Novice event, and I know that all ot us who ride or attend scrambles extend our most sympathetic thoughts towards his tamily at this time. None ot us are competing i n a sport as sate as tennis or tiddiy- winks but we are all saddened when one of us does go trom our scene. Now. To get to the good things ot the day . We are not Int endi ng to write a story blasting the Perris Valley M.C. or the tr ack owner trom here to bell. There are always things on the other side ot the story. Well aware that their cl ub is undermanned, Perris Valley asked tor and was promised help t r om the Hawthorne Gophers, anoth er club having membership difficulties. Ten Gophers said th ey would show; only tbree did, so the r e was Perris Valley with a huge turn -out of 332 riders and about seven people to tbrow it. The Gophers who did show worked hard; one who was riding stood his turn In -between races with a red !lag and we' ll say again that very of ten the loudest comp laints came trom riders who won' t belong to a cl ub but who can't get It tbrough their thick heads that with out clubs the y wouldn't have the A.M .A . point sy st em goi ng tor them . So when they bitch we figure that unless the y are willing to stand on a corner and work or set up heat boards, they don't have much r oom to yell! And In spite ot all these troubles, the Perris Valley M.C . came tbrough with the results in tim e t or our deadline. ~ Spectacular s1 dehack crash occurred when I he I hrott le came off. No Injuri es resulle d, al lh ough thalliitie si gn I n Ihe foreground reads 'Alt ontl on-Mo lorcyc les Keep OuL.' l ong ...the 500cc Novices wi th Gary Geyer On to the racing si de ot th e day ... we' U on a brand new 360 Malco doi ng ' em in com m ent •••blke swappi ng took place ( it despite the hard et forts ot St ev e Chamusually does but this tim e It was m or e bers on an El Bandlto••.ask Gary why he noticeable) and one hot- shot was obchecked out the clutch.. .thought it was served using a heavyweight number that slipping but came to tind out he was really belongs to som eone who has probspinning his wheels In fourth gear ... ably torgotten more about racing than tho se 360 two-strokes are th e sound ot the youngster has yet l earned although the tuture ...The Open Expert class who this one is destined tor the top •••Fred lined up at 7: 15 p .m, for their last moto Edwards won bo th the 100cc Expert class with BSA r i der Mike Posey taking a and the 250 aboard Yamahas while his hard-ridden win•••Ben Fakkeldy had a Yamaha team-mate Keith M ashbur n had !lrst and a second come the third moto a bad day ••.tlrst his ride didn't materialwith Posey the same way so T erry I ze as expected then I n practic e a Novice Dorsc h won the third wi th F akkeldy did a goofY thing by pulling off the track dropping back to tou rth until Chuck at the wrong place and Kei th, who had M c i ntosh, who was flat hauling, had his already set up his next turn and was rear · brake r od shear , m aking fo r an co mmitted hit th e other r ider wi th consider able t or ce, flew ove r the handlebars Inter esting exit tr om th e course at and kno cke d hl m sel! silly for a tew sp eed! •••pat on the bac k for T er r y Dorsch minute s - not to mention the r em odeling and tellow Sham rock Gene Smith; th ey to his 'Taco' s t r ont fo rks ...the racing ot spen t hours on Saturday night hunting up the Ni cho ls family wi th young Steve taking and down the flood con trol channe ls on a second and a third In the 50 and 100c c th eir competition bikes (no lights) belpclass (he most otten wins) and his dad I ng the pollee look tor some lost boys ••• Rayon a new 500cc Triumph taking the the Sidehack Association (the Indestruc500Cc Expert class (second time out as tibles) having one spectacular wh!!n a Expert) bea ting Ji m Hunter and John tbrottle on a Harley came off In the Ri ce ( who had the bad l uck to drop a chap 's hand prompting a comm ent on chaln while leading his !lrst moto) , John the loud speaker regarding tha t perhaps Ka to , T ony Denius and John Heyneman, they went a 11ttle too fast around th e all on Bee zers, in making it a T riumph course to r satety••.next time one ot the win tor thaf class in l or d knows how Expert 250 winner Fred Edwards, shown here In practice on his K&N Yamaha, al so look the lOOcc e..nl on a sma ll er machine of the same make. ~ 1 63S W.VAllEY BtVD ALHAMBRA. CALIFORNIA 91803 fUN RIDING 800 acr es of pur e pleasu re.only 1 hour f rom L .A ., Concessions , restrooms . $1. per bike. DIRECTIONS: Hwv J.I to L i t tl erock turnoff (P earbl ossom Hw y ) . 9 miles to 77th St. East . T urn ri ght '2 mile to property . FOOTHILL TRAILS 132-10 Rut ge rs Ave, ()O " ney, Ca li r. 902012 W l li ams Molors' sponsored Harley.Dayldson sldehack of Dean Hummer and Rulon Gulbranson i laler crashed In the pile up ptct ured aboye. All wenl well unti l the throllie parted company from Ihe handlehar and then Ihe riders parted com pany from the machine. MOTORCYCLES ONLY SALVAGE We buy JUnk.. " Sell File US" Parts Also tons of H.D. Obsolete Stuff. 45's-KII!,ckll-DlsII PH Complet e Servi ce Frame & Fork Straightening. We Service what they selL Bob Ross 126 West 4th Sl, San Pedro, California TE 2-6124 ...... ~ ." ...'.. ....... ... .. ._.. .. r; ::~ L . frequent cr ashes ot solo machines occur r ed a ' Hacke r got In his club's comments with " T his track I sn't sate for sol o r i der s" or words to that effect, by taking ov er the mi ke tor a few moments. The poo r Open Novices had tbree guys pile up right off the line but they got ' em going again with Bob Tondro taking the lead atter his tall but tlnally Jon Wells and Don Dudek got him \vith Bobbie still hangi ng i n there tor a third in a large !leld. So the day tlnally dragged on and ended and we' ll adm it It was one ot those that makes yo u want to take up another sport and for thos e who wer e unhappy with the track surt ace . Owner Gerry Bur to n i nfo r ms us tha t since the last race there it has been dug up around the short course to a depth of 6 Inches and then re-graded so he's trying to keep up Improving the Perri s scene. He's also l ost the services of Sun City A mbulance who were a r eal neat gr oup so there are headaches on all sides . Me, atter yester day right now I've got a cas e ot " th e blahs." (Result s on page 20) KRAUSE'S LARGEST PARTS & ACCESSORIES DEPT. HONDA/~/YAMAHA INTHE SOUTHLAND ~ 1/11/111<1 II II 111'/,1. '10'" .. ...._-------_..... 1157S. LA I REA a t Ccn htr y : • "'lJk:wood • ~71~ • 671.50]5 : .