Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1960's

PATRICK PULLS WIN AT DESERT SCRAMBLE S HE~Look Me Over I " Here comes #l 44x Ray Alexander , first 250cc Novice aboard a Bullaco , and having a ball. First Amateur trallblke fin i sher In Desert Challen gers hare scrambles and second overall was Yamaha·mounted #55 Jan Banoringa. By Dick Wri ght Photos by Jeff Wright VICTORVILL E, canr., J une 30 - Mike Patrick , #7 on a Norton an d the Open Class point leader , came from behind to take the seventy-mile Desert Challengers Hare Scrambles in one hour and twenty min utes. The course was laid out like a tria ngle, with a check point at each point or the triangle; it was fast and s uperchoppy. The start was in Le Mans fashion, an d the banner was dropped witho ut an y delay, catc hing some of the r iders nappi ng. At the smoke bomb it was Lynn For tner, #506 on a360Husky, with Larr y Ber gqui st, #888x, close be hind on his 250cc Bultaco. Danny Kline on a new 360cc Greeves , got a good s tart and was fl at making it, preferring the rough boondoc ks - to the dusty main trail. Patrick had to kick his bike five times on the starting li ne an d was r unning twen tieth at the s moke. moved up to second. Ga r y Preston , #12 on a Tr iumph , was third, an d John Coots, #30, was fourth. On the s econd an d las t loop, Patrick remained in the first posi tion to come in for the win; Bowers took second and was first 250, John Coots had moved up to thi r d on the Triumph tuned out of Lamoreaux in Sunland . Gary Preston was fourth, also on a Tri umph, and Monte s a-mounted Tim Smith, #069, was the fir s t 500cc rtder ac ross the nne , Tom Potee t, #45x, was the fi rs t Ama teur in on a 250c c Bultaco, r unning l O th over all, and Ray Alexander , #144x, had a real good day, taking fi r s t 250cc Novice an d 15th overall. Harr y Lawrie, #227x, took second 250cc Ama te ur. Je rry Per kins, #25, jus t back from a twoweeks trip with the r eserves, had a good r ide, tak ing 18th overall on a 360 Husky. Wayne Peterson, #61, followed him in an d took first 500cc Amateur on a BSA s ingle . Gremlins Take Their Toll VI SIT CYCLE NEWS AT THE FAIR Tom Tuns t all, manager of the Holi day Heallh Sp In Cost a Mesa,Jogs past Ml ss Seal Beach, a Susan Nail, who prefers her new Zebra 300 ml ni·blke to Tom's more athl eti c mode of travel . Susan Is In the running f or "Miss Or· ange County Tomorrow,' Queen of the Orange County Fair and Exposit ion. The Holiday Health Spa wi ll demonst rate Its fitness program at the Fair, T uesday, july 16, through Sunday, July 21. Selectio n of Mis s Orange Count y Tomorrow wi II be made on openin g day. Visit the Cyc le News booth while you're there. After the sm oke bom b, Fortne r fouled a plug an d droppe d back; Bergquist then took over the lead, but he had to drop out with mechanical problems at the first check . All thi s time Pa trick had been picking up places and now moved into fi rst spo t. The course ran across the dry lake into powdered sand with big choppy dips in it, then over a co uple of short hills, a fe w rocks, and into the pits . Pa trick still had the lead coming into the pi ts on the first loop, an d Phil Bower s , #139x on a 250c c Ya maha, ha d Trail Bike s A large entry of tr a il bikes lined up fifteen mt nutes after the big bi kes , to go one loop of the origi nal co urse. It was yet another win for the lOO champ, cc Jack Morgan, #1 on a Hodaka, Jan Banor i nga, #55, gave him a good go, placing s ec ond an d taking first Ama te ur . Fr an k Morgan, #6, was thir d, a nd Terry Clark, #395, an up-and-coming Novi ce, took four th . Following were Roge r Pe te r s , #909, an d James Summe r s, #578, both Novic es . (Results on pag e 20) WINNERS GO WITH BELL TORSTEN HALLMAN Worlds Mo'o-Cross 250cc Champion INTERNATIONAL MOTO-CROSS JULY 4, 1968 250 Senior Class 1s, TORSTEN HAllMAN SaddleIJaclr Parlr, Calif. 500 Senior Class Is' TORS TEN HA LLMA N - actuallv- ...... SEE Y U LHELMET DEALER ORBEL ! I don" laIk - (m~~o~I==) teas _. -.IIeJr'.-...nbr.

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