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PONDEROSA HARE
B)' J a ck Ro s s
Novice r ider Layman Gattis led from
s tart to !In1sh over' 56 Ope n Class
Amateur and Novic e hare s cr a mble s
riders on May 5 at Ponderosa, c anr,
The Husky-mounted ace fr om Trona was
never mor e than a few bike lengths
ahead of Ama te ur Tom Br ooks, who was
nursing an ailing machine . Tom • ' uto
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All-Star Lineup
The Expe r t hea ts looked Ilke a Nationai. ln the fir s t one, BobShol ly led for
four la ps aboard a Triumph until he was
overtaken by George Longabaugh (Harley), and Na tionai Numbe r One Gary
Nixon, Triumph-mounted. The remai nder of the race these three swapp ed
places every tap, On the la s t two laps
Larry Paimgr en, also Triumph , mad e
safety awareness will do much to improve the accident record and pubIlc
Imag e of the moto r cycle . A ma jor' perce nt of accidents happe n to !Irs t-time
r iders who ha ve no plac e to learn to
ride exce pt the s treet.
Students who have alr eady comp leted
one of the previous cour ses said af te rward they fe lt they had acquir ed consider able knowledge of the motorcycle
an d of sate patterns of ope r a ti ons which
would be a basis for fur ther practice .
Some of the m already owned and r ode
cycles and took the course for Improvement. Other s wer e cyc le enthusiasts,
man y of whom bought their own during
or immedia tely foll owing the course .
The course. is open to anyone who has
a driver' s lice nse and to high sch oolers
who have comple ted the driver training
program . It is a course in basic techniques of moto rcycle riding . Machines
which have been loane d by the manufacturer s espec1ally for the program include
60 to 160cc class mac hines and some
250' s , 500' s and 650' s ,
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Start of Expert Mal n wi th Nixon (1) on the
pole, Eddi e Varnes (26) next and Don Twigg
(31) on the outside.
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1s t PI. 250 Ex. LARRY BERGQillST (2nd overall ) - P urSang
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125-1 75cc Ama te ur-E xp ert Moto
Ist PI . Lloyd Quintard
2nd P I. Jim Doron
3rd PI. Dave Massingham
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200cc Ama te u r- E xpe rt Moto
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Alex Annstro ng
Devon Sowell
Gary Griffin
Dan Jon es
Bill Griffin
No vi ce-Main
Ist PI . Randy Ellis
2nd PI. Steve Rispin
3rd PI. Dan P uetz
4th PI. Ron Rodriguez
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100cc Ama te ur-Exp ert Ma in
Ist PI. Dan Stadlander
- Lobito
250cc No vice Main
1st P I. Bill Dicki e
2nd P I. Monte Montoya
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360cc Ama teu r- E xpert Ma i n
1st PI. Dan Harnett
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Lean It to the len - tum the wheel til the right and_.what???? Actually. members of motorcycle
safety class are directed by Instructor Jack Burgan In simulated traffic maneuver. (Cycle News
columnl st Barbara Dahms leads the way.)
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