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5ageboppers M.C.bostedamoto-cross
at their Enctnttas, Cal1forDta track to the
tune of 131 riders on June 2, 1968.
The new moto-cross track was approxImately ODe mile In length and consisted
of lots of up ht1ls and down ht1ls with a
few jumps and sandy areas thrown In.
General rider consensus had the track
as too flat and bard. With Hodaka pilots
Gary Batley and Jack Morgan at the same
event there seemed to be a great battle
ready to brew.
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Throughout the three l00cc Expert
motns It was Gary Batley In the lead with
Jack Morgan a close second . Moto-cross
Novice Tom Rapp entered In the Expert
100 class and was a great third In all
three motos and at one point In the second motu be almost caught Morgan.
Hodaka mounted Batley, Morgan, and
Rapp walked away from the rest of the
field and fIDIshed In the for-mentioned
order.
Larry Lawson (15L) ???? Husqvarna
mounted, completely annihilated the 250
Expert class by wlnDIng all three motos
only to get off of his 250Cc r i g and onto
his 360cc machlne to take first place
honor s In the 500cc class Expert. The
last muto (5OOcc) saw John Kenyon, also
Husky-mounted, take the lead from Lawson by taklng a beautiful lnslde cut on the
second to last lap only to lose It to Law-
6_"1 360cc lIIO...ted 6arJ Ball.,. "Inc
..to-course tw. and on to ..ooth third In
SOOcc Expert class.
10Gec Now ce pack roundl first lunI after ltart aad beelnl til ....tdl ouL
son by taking a beautiful lnslde turn cut
the second to last lap only to lose It
to Lawson In mldcourse. But Kenyoo
hadn't given up, for as they rounded the
last turn onto the stratghtaway to the flag,
John signaled for Lawson to hold beck a
little to drag to the f1D1sh and suckered
Lawson lnto It and Kenyon went on to take
the drag to the flag by a foot. John copped
second place brass overall. Gary Batley
was having hts problems with his gearbox selector so the best his Greaves
could get him was a well-ridden third.
The 5agehoppers had a welllald out run
although the type of terrain could have
been better. The run was very well organtzed and the trophies were beautiful
as usual for tilts club. NIce run.
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(Results on page 16)
As It was all day. Gary Batley here loadl Jack lIIorelO around the hard packed molo
