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Cool a nd confident La r r y Bergquist, #888x on his red 250cc Bultaco ;Pursang, won the seventy-eight-mile Lost Coyotes M.C. Hare Scrambles last Sunday at California City against thr ee hundred and twenty big bike riders , The start was hel d up for thirty minutes because of the large entry an d the latecomers ( It s ee ms eve r yone likes this area, as there are no roc ks to speak of). At the drop of the banner, the combined Open an d 250Cc r iders took off in the nat s tarting area, a mid deep sand, lots of bus hes, and many trai ls . There a r e a lot of dus t, but it didn' t bother Eddie Mulder who was In the lead at the smoke bomb on his 360 Montesa, with Mike Patrick, 1f7, just a hundred feet behind him . Bergquist was running about twentieth at the bomb . Mulder didn't make It all the way a r ound on the fir st loop, and Mike Patrick, who took over the lead , broke his clutch cab le and had to shift without a clutch. Steve Kirk. #27 on a Tr iumph, - .;: c.. "= Above: Thl rd overall and 2nd Open was Norton-mounted Mike Patrick (7). Sneaking a peek behind him, Steve wound up 1st 500cc Amaleur and 5th on hi s Bul taco. who was last wee k's winner , then pulled into fi r s t place. Bergquis t was moving uP al l this time by pulling off the ma in trail about twenty feet to ge t out of the dus t, an d was jus t plal n making It In the r ough. A mil e fr om the pi ts, Ber gquist put the pass on Kirk and came through the pits in first place. Kirk was second, p atrict< third, an d Fred Reva, #51, was fourth. The first loop made a real enjoyab le r ide, but the second time around, the course got chewed up quite a bit. The deep, sandy trails and sand....a shes had deep r uts in them, and the big dips mad e It up- an d- down in the deep sand. r- Spectacular Full-Bore Finish The third loop was even worse, which made it a matter of who could go the fastest in the rough, and Bergquist didn 't le t anyone down; he got off about ten miles from the finish, but had time to fix his broken throttle and come into the finish for the win. His throttle was still Leaping al ong to fi rst Open Expert fini shi ng spot In the l fir st 250 Expert. Bergqui st' s fi nish was spect acul ar I ndee check was manned by volu nteer Civilian Band radi o peop Expert Righ t Staats overall stuck full -on at the finish line, and he had to come in and lay It down right in the middle of all the spectators. One minute later Steve Kirk, #27, came in to take second place and fi rst Open Expe r t, followed by Mike patrick on the Norton . Ron Fry, #6, pulled In 5th to take first 500 Expe r t on his Husky, and young Steve Staats, #95, placed 6th for first 500 Amateur on his new black-and- white Bultaco Bandido. Staats has be en finishing in the top ten since the start of the year , and is now the top Ama te ur . Two Novices had a good go r ight uP to the fini s h line, with Randy Burak, #796, winning out over Wally Dempsey, #259. GO-GO·GO 1st ANNUAL CHINA BEACH BENEfIT TO-CROSS AV 5, 1968 TD Be Held In The Greater Metropolitan Los Angeles Area Ail Pro ceeds To Be Used To Buil d Orphanage At Chin a Beach. Da Nang, South Viet Nam . ACA Sanctioned Presented By MariH Corp Resel'Ye Officers Assn. and Nayy League Entry Fee $3.00 Post Entry $25.00 Entries Close April 22, 1968 Entries Now Open Limited Entry Jr. and Sr. All Classes O-lOOcc 10H25cc 20l-250 cc 126-l15cc 251-350cc 351-500cc l1S-200cc 501-0pen Mail Entries to: ACA Box 241 Fullerton, California Gates Open 8:00 an - Practice 9:30 am .-' Three Number Plates Required a ·c ass Y5 I