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l eads. Larry Nolen ( Bul taco) took second over all and was the tlrst Amateur. Davt d Aldana (Suzuki) looked like a top conten der more than once but his scooter was the one he r ides in the scrambles . Set up like that and wi th tir es that were Just about usel ess tn several places he made ' more than one excursion of! the course and did a wheelle on the cr est to . end all wheeliesl Tim Hart on a•••now we' r e going to have to cop out and apologize Tim •••we couldn't take time to tlnd you in the pits between r ounds as ther e was no break and every time you went by you wer e ju st a blur •••to !ind out the corr ect name on your machine •.• closest we could come was Guzzan i and you didn't have it on the entry blank either ••.anywa y •••Tim was flat flying as he always does and f or more than a few times l ooked like he could be the day's winner. He got the third. Danny Or tega on a Greeves did it i n the 250 Novice class. He won the first two rounds then got a bad start i n the third and was way back . By the second la p he was up to thir d and held it because wi th two wins all y ou need i s a third to bring home the bacon. Three other ma jo r brands were also i n ther e and hoUy cont ending, Carl Cotton ( Yam ah) Tom Gr ant (Husky) and Tom Harrington(Bultac o) but this time it was the Gr eeves that tri umphed. Extra Notes ~ Danny Ort ega (Greeves) who socked It to 'em In the 250 Novi ce clas s. _ and down she went. Mary MeGee, j ust about the best lady racer going. CO'> .... . "~ ee 0... ~ 2:: ..,; ... :; -.. ~ It's always been our custom to give ~ " pats on the back" where deserved (and c.:: space permits) and we have a couple from ..:l this race••.tirst to " Team Fantas y " ••• U weari ng deep lilac Jumper s these r iders ( stx of ' em) are helped by Fantasy Mut- !ler s tn Buena Park and tw o of the team , Tom Rapp and Danny Or tega won their classes and we would like to see fellow riders in the neighborhood patronize Fantasy when they need mu!!lers becaus e al though not a mo torcycle shop this establishment i s squarely behind our spor t which i s more than you can say fo r some of name shops who don' t care ror racers ••.a pat too for lady racer Mary Mc Gee on a 250 Greeves in the Novice race •••Mary looked absolutel y great and at the ri sk of upsetting other lady r acer s we have always thought that Mary is still the best gal racer around and that in cludes r oad racing too •••we wanted to si ng three choruses of " Rul e Britannia" at our tlrst real l ook at a Cheney Tr iumph •••owned by Shamrock John Di skin this bike would have m ade news but poor John couldn' t keep the chain on it•••il was quite a drag tha t he and Lynn Wineland (Metisse - Triumph) had up the bi g hill f rom the mud hole and onto the ridge, Wineland had a ver y slight advantage but then hi s throttle stuck open and it was prudent to sto p and fix it! •••but if you get a chance to eyeball that Cheney •••do••• it' s really something! And a bi g pat on the back to everyone who r ode that r ace includi ng the poor 250 Novice class••• they didn' t know the mudhole was f11led with water while they wer e in the staging area and when they cam e around it was to !ind the Catalina Channel staring them in the face but most of them survived ••• and a pat again for the Ramblers •••this was a !irst and it was a good one and you can bet it won't be a last. (R esults on page 16) G Desert Daisy Sandra Termln l ooking f or dais i es where there wasn' t any. In troubl e at the eettom of the hi li she l ost the front end lu st moments l ater. • • the Open class, tangled wi th Darnell, but Miner t left befo re the sweep. That Open class was quite a go. John Maynard (Bultaco) who ended second broke his handlebar of! on the l eft side r i ght at the cr ossbar earl y i n the first mo to and STILL tlnished. None of us could believe our eyes at John coming down the htll, through the mud hole and up the steep hi ll wi th one hand on the thro W e and the other clutching the crossbar! Th e 250 Am ateurs and Experts ran together and Husky r i der Russ Darnel~ ran away with the class. Everyone was eager ly waiting for the heavyweight sweep to see what would happen ,when Chuck Minert, who zoome d away f rom ~il~~ SADDLEB ACK MOTO-CROSS OPEN EXPERT CLASS CHUCK MINERT-" ,~ SHOOTING STAR 441 Competition minded street machine BSA Western 2745 E. Huntington Dr. , Duarte , Calif. 91010 Ph. (213) 359-9271