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00 se .... 0> FOOTHILL HAWKS M.C. DlST. 37 CHAMPIONSHIP HARE SCRAMBLES By Dick \\,right Photo s by J eff \\'righ t Mike Patrick, #42 lx, on a 250cc Yamaha tnmed the trick and made it two overall wins in a row on April 28. There was a large entry of 302 bi g bike riders ready to go on the rough championship course north of Mojave, Calif. At ten 0 ' clock, the combined Open and 250cc riders were flagged off heading for the smoke bomb about three miles out, on flat openterritory wi th deep sand, but lots of room and no rocks to speak of. Stut of Foothil l Hawks M.C. Dis!. 37 Championship shows rider jockeyin g fo r good position In run for smoke bomb. Stumpjumpers M.C. rider pilots his Hodaka over f1at'out terrain on way to smoke bomb. Olher Sunday rider looks out over course In anticipation. Sach-mounted Don Watkins Jr. was first Novice trallbike and flftII Overall lrallblk.. Russ Darnell whips his Greeves into a t renzy as they negotia te a tu m throu&fl pits. Russ snatched a 7th overall in one long, hard, run. Hockle's Motorc ycles sponsored rider takes whoop-de-doos in good style. lJ.H4J Z7~ :Sf'.E~1J I Z$M:£"1J IN SPEED REED WINS ASCOT W AYNE HOSAKA WINS 250 NOVICE CLASS ON A BULTACO PUR SAN G EQUIPPED WI TH BN SPEED REED AP RIL 6t h ••• MIRMAR NORM MODESE TT WINS 100c c EXPERT CL ASS ON A 90cc HODAKA EQUIPPED WITH BN SPEED REE D AND BN TUNE D EXHAUST APRI L 21 51.•• At the smoke bomb, Larry Bergquis t, #888x, on a red 250cc Bultaco, was leading the pack with Pa lrlck running about tenth at that time . Bergquist held onto the lea d all the way around the first loop which was thirty-two miles of deep sandy lralls, with two sandy, rocky hills, a couple of narrow canyons, and a few up and down whoop-de-do's. Patrick came Into the pits third and got a quick gas check and was able to take the lead coming out of the pits. He held the lead all the way through the s econd and third loops to take the win three hours and five minutes of hard r idin g . Bergquist pulled In second with Steve Kirk, #27, blasting his bi g Triumph through the pack to third overall and fi rst Open Expert. Don Bohannan, #158, and 01d- tim e rider of ten years ago , ca me out of retirement last year and pul led off a good ride to take fourth over all an d second Open Expert. Al Baker, #13, also on a Tr iumph, looked r eal good clearing the long rocky hills In a feet- up style that earned him sixth overall and third Open Exper t. Russ r:nrnell, #727x, took seventh on his 250cc Greeves. George Zuber , #41x, was tenth and took the fir s t 250c c Amateur honors on a Gr eev es. John Balley, #852, was the first big bike Ama te ur on a 500cc Bultaco and took twelfth overall. Earl Penny, #134x Greeves, was the first 250cc Novice In, and took twenty- fifth overall . in the pi ts after the race , Pa trick said: " I picked up this Yam aha a t Crown Cycle 'stock' and It went real good in this r ough s tuff, but 1 go t ti red. Two loops woul d have bee n plenty for me. They s ur e gave us our money's worth."