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HOT RACING AT SUNNY VALLEY SPEEDWAY Siory by V i n: in i a Co pelan d It had be en ralning f or a week and all place. Dan dropped a chain on the fourth the other tracks in the area were rained lap and Bob Snooks ( Ka wa.saki) moved out, but Saturday It started to clear so into third. Soon after, Duane had bike the word went out that Sunny Valley trouble and Snooks moved into second, Speedway , 14 miles north of Grants Pass, f ollowed by Ed Nielson, r iding a Greeves . Or egon would r un i ts TT scrambles rain That's the way they finished - Wes In or shtne Sunday , May 26. fir st, followed by Bob and Ed. Fortunately It turned out to be shine; Kids Klash In fact, the track actually got dusly and si nc e th e water truck broke down between Next came the Beginners class ; this th e heats and MaIns, the MaIns were real Is for kids through the age of 15 and dusty, Th er e were 63 riders who decided they are limited to 100cc machines . Peter the y wanted to race even If it did rain Simmonson, r iding a Moto-Bela, walked and th ey were rari ng to go at 1:00 p.m, off with the Trophy Dash. Th en In the "A" Main Pete was again out I n front Russell Romp S with a l ong l ead followed by Rick Ziegler Sixteen-year-ol d Dave Ru s s e l l of ( Yamaha) and Doug Krols (Honda). Grants Pas s was the big winner of the The Open Class proved to be the best day . He started his streak by taIdng first races of the day. They were both f as t place In the 100 class Trophy Dash riding and close. In the Trophy Dash Bob a Kawa.saki sponsored by Wally's KawaVaughn, r i ding a Triumph sponsored by saki Sales. He also grabbed first place Fr ed Ford Cycle, came of f the ltne first in the 100 " A " main followed closely f ollowed cl osely by Gary Clarke ( Triby Ralph Detloff on a Honda, and right umph) , John Ridgway ( Triumph) and behind Ralph was Danny Atkin, also OIl a F ritz Espy, riding a Bullaeo sponsored Honda. The 200 Trophy Dash again saw by Pollock's Marina. Befor e the firs t lap Davey Rus sell out in front and he stayed was completed Fritz went by Gary and th ere to take hom e that trophy. Now you'd John and was hard after Bob. F ritz made th i nk tha t he'd be satisfied with all those his bid several times but couldn't quite trophies but not Davey - he had to sho w get around Bob. As th e flag dropped Bob everyon e he could take one m ore. c rossed th e line fi r st wi th his front tir e In th e 200 " AU mai n Davey shot i nto just abo ut 4 I nches ahead of Fritz' s . the l ead with John Soy (Bullaco) and Dale Hall Jr. (also Bullaco) r ight on his tail. Birthday Boy They played f ollow the l eacler for two The " A" main again saw Bob get off l ap s, then John decided it was time to the ltne first, this time followed by Ken move up. This he did until he ove r shot a WIl11ngham (BSA) and Gene Schnei der corner , He came back in the race in fifth (Honda) . In the second lap Fritz cam e place and started out after the leaders f r om behind to take thir d away from again. By the end of the fourth lap he had worked his way back up to second and Gene . Then Gene fell down and Gary Clarke took over fourth. I n the f ifth lap once mor e went after Davey . He r ode F ritz caught and went by Ken, leaving hard but Russell had too m uch of a lead W1l1ingham in third . He was now out to on him and Soy crossed the ltne in second place followed by Hall. Good riding catch Bob and around th ey went, neck and nec k. Again Fritz made his bid but Davey, it's a good thing you didn' t enter couldn't cut It; Bob cr ossed the lIne the other two classes or f OU would have first, about a wheel-length ahead of probably taken them, too. F ritz. Ken developed bi ke troubl e I n the The 250 Class saw the same rider take last lap but managed to f inish third j ust both th e Trophy Dash and "A" main. ahead of Gary C l a rke . It was Bob Wes Word mo unted on a Bullaeo came Vaughn' s birthday and I can't think of a off the line fir st with Duane F rancisco, better way to cel ebrate It than by winr iding a Kawa.saki from his own shop ning everything in his class. Congratu"Out Front , " right behtnd him in the lations Bob, you d i d some beautiful Dash . Duane pushed hard all three laps riding. Fritz, you did some 'm i ghty fine but couldn't get around Wes so Word riding y ourseU and ma ybe next time It took him fo r the trophy. Then Wes came will be your turn to take all the first off th e line f i r s t in the 250 " A " Main places . with F ranci sco right behtnd him again and Danny Ginther (Bultaco) in third ( Results Next Week) ORANGE COUNTY SWEEP TO ELLIS Story by A I Ma r k Friday night, June 9, again saw the A CA- san ctioned short track races at Orange County Speedway. I n spite of numer ous difficulties, ev eryone enjoye d a ful l evening of racing. The main th orn I n the night' s events was the l ocal radio station announcing that Or ange County Ra ceway ( the drag and r oad racing track down the road about 2 miles) would not be running. L ots of peop l e mi s understood and thought the speedway was shut down, Includi ng riders as well as spectators. Something will have to be done to better identify th e two tracks . Then, too, It rained Friday mor ning and l ooked like It would continue, so all things considered, the pr ogram was a good one. ACA road racer Dan Osbor ne cut his teeth for the first time on the speedway NEW! CAR MOUNTED CARRIER WRITE: GarNoCo Box 243, Novato,.Calif. aboard a JAP racer, highlighting th e action by giving the crowd an exciting eXhibition. The 100cc Main Event was plagued with mechan ical troubles. For exa mpl e Mike Lane's Hodaka blew up r ight on th~ starting line. Chuck Saxton (Honda) came througb for th e win ahea d of Yamahamounted Charlie Ander son. The 250Cc heat, Trophy Dash and Main Event turned out to be a clean sweep f or Randy Ellis on the very potent Honda that Shorly Seabourne rode last year at the Long Beach indoor track. F or winning the Trophy Dash, Ellis got to kiss w!lat I personally thought was one of the cutest trophy gir l s to come along I n a long time. She was young, sweet, innocent and on and on - and I'm keeping her name and address a secret f or myseU . (Results on page 20) RONNIE RALL FLIES ON A BENELLI FOR DEALER IN FORMATION IN SELECTED AREAS Write: Jesse C. Levine National sales Manager COSMOPOLITAN MOTORS, INC. Dept A•• 5521 Wayne Ave•• Philadelphia, Pa. 19144 D E S E R ELDER WINS 3 OUT Of 4 AT BRUSH PRAIRIE T L E Slory and Pholo by N .A. Williams Bli Elder had a hardflgbt 00 his hands at the L ucky Spokes M.C. scramblesbe1d I n Brush Prairie, Wash. on May26.R1dIng his 250cc Harilly-Davidson, Bill woo the 250cc Trophy Dash and A Main. Then he moved out against the bigger machines to take the Trophy Dash in the 500cc class . El der went into the 500cc A Main ridIng hard, but challenged strongly by Ken Hart on a 250Cc Yamaha. Bli led the f ield up to the last two laps; then bad luck overtook him and he dropped out of the race with a broken chain. On the next lap Hart was s idelined with engine trouble. ThIs left the third place man Jerry Kouvo, to win the 500cc A Main Event. Kuovo also moved up one class to r ide his Honda in the Open Class. He took second place in that one, behind Triumphmounted Doyle McNett, who had earlier won the Open Class Trophy Dash. ( Res ults appeared last week) A D E R H·D Sprint mounled Bill Elder went li ke a bolllb at Brush Prairie . Wash. scrambles. r ·a.T;sl~\\O\ ., at&t-\\ & develollJlent Co. U.S. Distributor GARDNER CARBURETOR 269 OlCllge A~. Goleta. 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