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S lDry by Maure en Lee
To round out their line of safety helmets and other r iding accessories, Cragar now introduces lhe Cr agar glove .
Thi s high -quallty imported glove Is designed for both competition and road
riding. Slotted between fi nge r s with air
hole s front an d back, it is cons tructed of
soft, lightweig ht black leather with color ful red cha mois on the back for cleaning
goggles . Elastic (wi th s nap) insures a irtight !it to wrist; the glove is unlined for
weight saving an d sensitivity of fee l.
Manufactured in small, medium, large
and extra large sizes with a list pr ice .
of $8.95, Cragarvs glove is now available
at motorcycle dealers, speed s hops, tire
and auto parts stores .
We know it was the !lrst time in
District 37 and from what we have heard
it could be the fir s t time anywhere that
an AMA- sanctioned comp etition club that
is co mposed of " ladie s only" an d all
riders the mselves have lhrown a point
run .
It was a gast And please forgive the
personal touch to this article bec ause I
happen to be a member of the Powder
Puff Association who pulled this thin g
of! an d on Mother' s Day ye t! With male
membe r clubs cancelling out on s chedule d scrambles r ight and left inc l uding
clubs who have huge memberships and
some who have fa mous nam es in the
District the Po wder Puffers feel lhey
have earned their laurels by throwing
the ir Perris run and contributing something to the sport officially . There were
s ome goofs, but it wasn't a bom b.
Two days before the run all airports
were watched to see that no one s neaked
out of town; husbands didn' t dare say a
word cros s wis e or hysterics would r es ult· lists of what- to-take-to-the-track
wer~ che cked and re-double checked and
!l nal11 the day ca me, and out we all went.
The r e was n't one me mbe r who didn't
show up and do her appointed job 100%•
You males who always throw grea t
scrambles w ll hav e to forgive us for
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being proud; we knew we co uld run a race
but there wasn't one of us who in the
dark of the night who didn ' t wonder
pr iva te ly •••should we?
But could we? We will all admit r ight
here and now that It lthadn't be enfor the
wonderful cooper a tio n we r ec eived from
fa mily mem be r s , friends, the Dir t Diggers and Lig htweigh ts clubs and even just
r iders who offered to !lag It needed we
would have been stretched pretty thin !
Still, all the of!l clal jobs were held down
by •Puffer members, Incl uding the horr ifi c one of starting.
Tiny Doron drew the lightweight con tingent and wlth Competition Committeeman Dick Kouns a t her side, and her
husband J im to assist her s hould anyone
decide she could be a push -over, we
were off to the races. Riders were all
warned that jump tha t li ne once a nd It
was back to the penalty line . Jump that
an d it was a reverse start. Imagi ne the
surprise when lhey found out Tin y and
lhe club meant itl One 250 Novic e was
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All IN A WEEK·END
Asco t Park May 10, 1968
Amateu rMain Even t
1stMark B
relsfllrd BSA
2nd Rick Elisarr3l'3s BSA
3rdJim Ri ce BSA
Orange County lnt'L R
aceway May 12, 1
968
Open Grand Prix C
lass
1stJody Nicholas BSA
Perris Night S
crambles May II, 1968
Open Expe rt Class
1st J im Hunter BSA
2nd Mike Posey BSA
BSA Western
2145 E. Huntington Dr.,
Duarte, Calif. 91010
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heard saying In a disbelieving tone to a
buddy "Did you see what they did to me ?
I had
start fa cing backwardsl" He still
!l nis hed well despite all thi s.
The lightweight events were run off in
gr ea t style, everyone gett ing plenty of
r iding and the 250'.5 running the big
co ur se. Track surface was glorious . It
had r ained the night before and although
it got cold enough to do embarrassing
things to brass monkeys when yo u had to
stand around all day long, the s urfa ce
remaine d in top s hape because it never
got hot.
Then big bi ke practice where lhe
Novic e s ha d to wait until the Ama teur Expe rt briga de were through. " Why
can' t we all practice together?" " be cause you' re a Novice." " But I want to
r ide with the Experts ." "Then make
Amate ur and you will ," e tc . , etc . But
no one got mad. They just wonder ed why
but we re member when the Novices were
always le ft comple te ly until las t and
didn ' t even get practice until af ter the
Open Expert Main l
And then •••the one big goof ••.Amateurs
and Exper ts were listed together on the
heat boards and the Association had to
change all this, a s Ama teurs run with
Ama teu r s , Expe rts with Expe rts, e tc .
Didn' t take long but it made for some
nervous racer s who were all antsy on lhe
line and another ulcer for Ihe already
seared stiff s tarter . Have you ever faced
a bunch of gi mlet- eyed big bore riders
who are all glar ing at you? Ylpe!
We've done our share of bi tching and
complaining and simply just poking fun at
starters In our years of writing a
scrambles column and racing and will
continue to do so. Maybe that's why we
didn 't completely blow our cool but we
darn nea r did on lhat fi rst r ace, the 500
Expert. To anyone who Is familia r with
the boys who r ide that class •••·nuff said!
There were they, men who are friends
and dear a cquaintances and poi nt- happy
to boot, an d lhere were we de te r mi ned
they wer en't going to jump that line.
Would you beli eve three black !lagS?
It' s truel
John Ric e , Tony Denius and Ray Nichols all ended on the back line . John R.
was the first to go ( John , don 't try and
tell us your clutch Is dragging, ha ha l)
Tony was next and then Ray. Arter the
third black !lag there was only one thing
to do to the little boys and that was make
them start with their hand on the ir helmets so they couldn' t get lhe lr Itchy
!Ingers on the clutch lever. Worked tool
, Would you believe we didn 't have any
more trouble for the next !Ive heats? But,
if It hadn 't been for Committeeman Dick
Kouns we would have just about jumped
in the truck and driven a way and let them
have the darn track! He kept saying
" You' r e the boss. Nowmake them believe
It and don't let ' em get away with It." It
looked like all the spectators at Perris
had gathered to watch that start because
they all had an Inkli ng of what would
happen and It did, but they cheer ed us
on, especially after the third black !lag.
To the m we say " Thanks for the backing
we got ove r the fence." Yeah , we got
some other comments too but that's part
of the game and we can give as good as
we ge t, but to the people who supported
the s tand for a fair s tart, two of the boys
who jumped admitt ed ' with grins afterwards that they had planned It that way
and just wanted to see how far we co uld
be pushed. Unfortuna tely lhey cost another r ider a fried clu tch but then there 's
neve r an excuse for a fried clutch on the
starting IIne..,ls Ihere?
The Ope n Class, especi ally the NovIces, wer e all r un off with no troubles
and our best start of lhe day came fr om
lhe 500 Novices who were requested to
"be gen tl emen" a nd a mor e perfect li ne
- off the s tart you never saw In your lifel
Male helpe rs were awarde d " The
Royal Order of lhe La dies Garter " which
they all wor e proudly and by the end of
the day you weren' t " In" It you didn' t
have a garte r . The As sociation is making
arrangements to s ee that all who helped
and didn't receive garters wlll get one,
we just plain ran out. There Is another
award we are considering "Sour Lemon
of lhe Day" to the Expert who threw a
temper tantrum on the li ne when he was
ordered ba ck. Maybe we should Incl ude
a bar of soap to wa s h his mouth out after
all those super nasty words he said. That
was the only real unpleasantness expe r ienced all day and to all the gentl emen,
(bar one) of District 37, we salute you.
Allhough we stepped tnto your world and
worked for lhe sport of motorcycling you
didn 't forget we were ladies, and tha t
takes class. We even got to screeching
ourselves once in a while and know how
it feels wben a race doesn't go wen.
Will we do It next year? Well
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Meanwhlle- where's the Fizrtn?
(Results on page 16)
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