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SUPER-FINE MOTO-X TRACK DEBUTS AT BAKERSFIELD ~ ... '" .,; C\> ~=======~ BR'DGESTONE Sales-Service Moto-cross racing becomes a reallty in Dist. 35' s Bakersfield area March 31 when the Kern County .Trailblazers open the gates to the brand-new Kern River Moto-Cross course. Site of the event Is truly beautiful as it is In the midst of a huge grass-andflower-covered field adjacent to the historic Kern River. There is unlimited Barney Tillman's SPORT CENTER smooth level parking for cars, and spectators are offered 100$% visibility of the race course. The course itself is probably a little swifter than a genuine across -the-pond type layou t, but is a real blast to r ide as there is something for ever yonepacked sandwashes, loose and deep sandwashes, slick grass-covered turns, a short piece of c urvy TT type r oad so me giant jumps and a couple of neat bank shorts off a leveeI There will be racing on Mar ch 31 for al l classes and three number plates are mandatory. Gates open at 8 a.m.; pr ac tice at 11 a.m , and race a t noon. Admission, $1.50 to watch and ride. SEE YOU THERE . CAMERA CLOSE-UP AT CHINA CAMP 6027 Whittier Blvd. , E. Los Angeles (213) 7~3523 Story and Photos by C. Zaitz K U OIL AS MI Desi gned Exclusively for air cool ed engines, The ONLY 011 specifically made lor 10,000 plus rpm performance. Distributed Nationally by KASUMI O CO IL . 2Slh Aye. San Maleo, Calif. Phone· Area Code (415) 5850'240 or 771-4535 FOR DEALER INFORMATION Riding his Honda along sun-dappled trails th rough trea cher ous muddy s ecti ons, thl s competitor wa s one of 300 to show up for the Marin County M.e. sponsored scram bles. It was a beautiful day for scrambling al China Camp, canr., on March 3. 'The sun was shining and the starting grid, about a mile long and a quarter-mile wide , was about a foot or more deep with mud and sludge and water from the rece nt rains. The rest of the cour se, mor e than five miles all told, was a surefire test to see which bike , not to mention i ts r ider , could withstand the heat combined with mud and grooved trails the longest. More than 300 r iders with their bikes s howed up for the Marin County M.C.' s grueling race. All clas s es combined, less than a hundred finished . Honda, Yamaha, and Triumph seemed a ble to withstand the longest. In the begi nning, It took between 18-2 0 minutes to comple te the fifteen laps. (Tha t is , 18-20 minutes pe r la p!)As the day' s raci ng drew to a close and the r~ders began to show obvious signs of tiring, there was a considerable amount of time lost on each s ucceeding lap . But all's well that ends well, and by the end of the five-hour race, the riders were both satisfied and happy that it was finally over. After catching their breath everyone, I'm sure, looked forward to a long hot shower . . . . Sachs·mounte d, this rider traver ses a porti on of lhe China Ca mp co urs e. 'WOO DLAND CHAMPIONSHIP story and Photo by J . K. Lacey Racing on the Woodland, Washington winter track came to a close March with the Annual Cham pions hip Scram bles, bringing to a close an enjoyable and highly successful winter season . After a week-long rain, the sun came out to shine and make for a beautiful day, helping to draw in thos e 176 hopeful entries, and even though dark clouds did appear no one left early. class, Gary Kapus, Kawasaki . Kapus put it on 'em in the 100 Trophy Dash, warming up for the A Maln, but high-sided while leading the Maln on the first lap Crash Class The 0-100 class boasted the most riders and ran six heats, eight to the hea t with the first man to the A Main the rest Into semis. What a crash-bang bunch! At one time during a semi the race had to be restarted as a mass pileup put every bike out but one, the trailender, who somehow managed to get through. Good rides were turned in by Dean Singer, Honda, Bill Langley, Hedaka, Jim Herschback, and the winter high-point rider in the one hundred Mis WINS RICHMOND SCRAMBLES MARCH 17th 1st 100-200ce AM/EX JOHN DOTSON SPROCKETS rr SCRAMBLES MARCH 1st 100ce NOV. TOM TYPER 17th Di stributed by M/ B S portscycles 311 E. Alexander, Tacoma, Wash" 98421 right, Squire Tomasta, least that's what he said. Bike troubles plagued this chap all day so finally it was put back together in third gear and there they intended it to stay. Stay it did, and Tomasia zapped all of 'em, by a good margin: Bill Cook came roaring back in the 360 class to best Jim Einarsson, also on Kawasaki and J. Robertson. Cook always looked like he was going awfully fast, proved he was by winning this class and might have changed the results in the 250 had he had a better start. Ahola A' Hauling SqU re Tomas la (158w) evereame me cha nical i problems to tak e th e 250cc A Mal n eyent on his Bullaco. and had to be carried off. This left D. Singer, B. Langley, and J . Herschback to fight for the Championship trophies and they finished in that order. Things reversed a bit for the 200 A Maln as Bll1 Langley slipped his Hodaka under 100 winner Dean Singer as they took second and third ' to s teady Walt Pries, Bultaco who grabbed a good lead and never looked back. This event was run minus G. Kapus, also high -point rioer in the 200 class, who was watching from the stretcher per earlier injury. WHY WAS THERE NO AMBULANCE ALL DAY ?? Lang ley won the Trophy Dish but not without a fight from Pries, and Kapus, before he unloaded. Jerry Rober tson from Shelton, Wash. on a Bultaco stood the best chance of clean-sweeping the 250 and 360 classes as he won BOTH trophy dashes , BOTH his heat races, took a second In the 250 A Main and third in the 360 A Main . All this on the same PurSangl A hard charger and a real mover; this boy showed style I Bill Cook, a former A Maln winner on CZ switched today to Kawasaki and cap tured third while the winner and the one who will be remembered was Squire Tomasla, yea, that's t******************i THE TWO-WHEELER ~ '* '* : SUZUKI ~: '* Ready for Inmediate Deli very! '* *'* 867 W. Collon Aye. San Bernardino, c all1.'** (714) 885-3445 ~*****************' Emil Ahola, Washington's National Number 80, quietly destroyed the Open Class, winning his heat and A Main. Manhandling his new Norton P-U, Ahola stormed around the now much-rutted track making it look awfully easy but at the same time r eminding the on-looker that this rider had obviously been out front many times before. His flawless performance brought the checkered flag down half-a-track ahead of second place man Tom Les ie, Tr i umph, who was there only because of one mistake made by third place Bob Fuller, also Triumph mounted. All events were run off with no time wasted f 0 0 11n g around, no shouting, everything controlled. The officials did an ' excellent job and should be com mended. Racing returns to Woodland April 28, this time to their summer track more in the middle of town and the upcoming season will undoubtediy be just as succes sful as the closing one . It was with regret that the day's r aces were run minus one competitor who this past year had established himself as a rider to be reckoned with . Portland's Larry Parker. Larry was high- point man and top money winner at Por tland'S indoor races this past winter and was current high -point rider at Woodland in the 250 and 360 classes . Just three days before the Championship he wanted to win so badly Larry was killed in a road accident. This reporter as well as Cycle News wish to extend our sympathies to Mrs. Parker . Larry will not be quickly forgotten by any of us. (Results on page 16) pO~~ll c.p..llC\'\ ll~S~ and development co. l 6 9 ORANGE A VE •• G OI-E T A , C A l,. I F • • 930 17 P H. 80S-96 "'-e919 THE HOME OF CHAMPIONS! I