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By Babs Chase
Photos by John Ramos
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LODl, Calif. - Over 1500 spectators and
400 r iders were on hand for the recent
Lodi Cycle Bowl Benefit Scrambles and what a show It wasl Sports announcer
Kent Pierce, augmented by the cameras
of KCRA-TV, cover ed the eventfor television pr es entation, from the mass ive
r ider parade through 15 classes of exciting events.
Fig hting for huge trophies (some 4-1/2
fee t tallt), all divisions provided an
ac tio n- plus program that was spiced
with numerous r es tarts - five of them in
the 650cc Novice heat race alone - and a
total of 89 over-eager r iders fell off
dur ing the day's ac tivi ties l Miraculously,
no injuries res ulted .
Despite the hassles with pr eliminary
events, the Mains ran off sm oothly. Most
Impr es sive Novice was Dennis Huff, son
of Expert Ray Huff; and a fine up-andcoming competitor In his own r ight . Bob
Grossi led the 500 Expert from start to
finish, with the eld er Huff waiting for a
mis take that never came.
In the 650Cc Expert division, John
Fraszer eme rged victorious, but not
without a tough tussle with Terry Sage,
who' s really r iding lik e a long-time pro
these days.
Below: Contrast In corner ing styles - one
tracking It, one sliding It.
Wheel1e contes t and other diversions
added to the overall fun-type day, and
lovely Miss Lodi was there, awarding
trophies to the lucky top finishers .
Naturally, an event of this magnitude
needs plenty of help to run, and members from the Hayward M.C., Stockton
Scramblers, Polka Dots, Modesto M.C.
Plenty 01 close competition took.place In all classes at Lodl Benelll race. Here, In the 6S0cc
Expert go, winner #421 John Frauer (Tr iumph) leads the way, second place #18 Terry Sage
(Tri umph) prepares to take evasive action as #lSe slides out.
Above: W
inners look home gorgeous trophies.
Flrs t250 Expert was #SPaulJohnson (Suzu kI),
#l 8 Terry Sage (Bulla co) took 2nd, #4O c
wound up 3rd.
Above: Second place 2S0cc Novice IInlsher
#S4m, Bullaco-mounted Bob Perry.
Below: A grand Iota I 01 89 riders out 01 400
entries hit the dirt during the day's Irantlc
activities. Shown are three 01 them, but no
one was hurt.
and Port Stockton M.C. all pitched in to
help the Lod1 club put on the highlysuccessful show.
(Results on page 16)
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