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.... Cll ~ A S ILLE BASH S SH II:. .. e, ClO <0 .... . 0> 3IIIry aIKI PbDtaI by DIJe Ifc:taIIIaI '" ClO MARYSVILLE, calif.. JaDe 30 - Each Bee tbe Fea8Ier Ri'ler M.C. pats 011 ~ ..... to get better aDd better, wItIl tile ~ nee 1acWtIes in tile area as IBr '" as ~ scrambles go. 1bis event was DO ~ tIoD. EwrytIJlDg ran off smootI1ly aDd 011 time. The 0IlI7 penIOIl baviDgany tndlIe was tile starter in trying to keep the boys trom creeping, wbich is almost lmpossfble. UDder the circumstances be did ODe at tile best jobs I've seen in a long time. With JolIn Grant showing for tile 100 Novice beat It looked to be extra-special - and It -.s. He bad to settle for second eYeD thougI1 be made several blds for tile lead. Gary Lozano from Lod1 bad his s1gbts set on first and sl3.yed tbere all tile way. Pat Rooney,alwaysaconteDder, played tag with Bill Strange for third. Pat gave Jolin a bad time for a while as be rode fast and consistently. In the 100 Amateur/EJlpert It -.s Delno Becker off tbe line first but several Japs later Ken Roberts took tile lead. Joe ADen, who Is almost unbeatable at C!I1co, didn't tare too well in this race. '" IzJ ~ ;e IzJ ...::J • U >.. u Lolsa P&SSiDg Glen Patr was sbowtng tile boys around tile course with Mike Wo1tkamp rlgbt 011 /lis taU. He sl3.yed there a few mlmJtes then proceeded to take tile lead. About tile same time Lee Ray 1actson decided to mate his move aDd got by, then Vic Krill made his bid. All at a 51JdlieD Glen was out of It. Jack rrtggs,anal'ftYS-c:ons1stentrider, tooIt an early lead. It was sbort 1lYed, tbougII, as .Joe Henry figured be was a better gulde._wb1ch beprovectwas true as be WOUDd llP with tile win. Most DlltIIbIe at tile f1eld was Dk:lt TurDer at Red muff, third place man 011 a 200 BoDda. He sure gave tile 25O's a run for tbetr mODeJ', despite being a little sby 011 barses. MerrU Be1delman grabbed a slroIIg l.-d in tile 2SO EJlpert with Gary WlllIs aDd George carter rlgbt behind. SeYeral Japs later George got Gary, Gary prompt- 1 Abow: Alrbo. . Triampil rider In action at Marysvlll.. AIIo.e ,Idlt 11ge Ca,I Lelh, took second In t1Ie &SO ~ dus. Below rldlt '58, Willi. Balb&1n WDUlld ap third In 3500&50 dlYlslon. ly took second bIIclt only to lose It comPhilpot couldn't hold his bike on tile line 1Dg -out cil tbe first turn.. With tile jump any longer and reared llP, knocking and George bot on bim be couldn't mate MOIIty down. Gibson was hospitaliZed up tile difference and settled for third. with torn ligaments and a twisted knee; In tile 350 to 650 Noric:e MaIn .Joe sure hope his luck changes before loog BnzIl on a 350 Hooda led start to flnas be bas been banged up quite a bit Ish. Man, wbat a surprlsel He dlm't lately. really !lave compet1tlon, e1tber, as be It was an all-star l1ne-llP In the Open established a good lead aDd rode a steadY Amateur MaIn with BIll Burbank bact to race. WUlle Bettagg1D was in there for tile wars after a layotf, alongwtth Wayne a while on a 650 Triumpb but fell victim Chase, Gll7 Bates, Dennis Dtckersonand to Jolin LaDe, wbo tooIt second. It's sela bost of otbers• .Joe Heary, the star c1 dom one sees a 350 go that good, but the tile llgI1twelghts, was up on big bike for rider bas a lot to do with It also. tile first time. He took alf like crazy and GibSOll GlDUllded bad a good lead, with Chase waiting for a mistake. No mistake but Henry's bike IIClIIty (Hard Luck) G1bson bad his conked out leaving Wayne with the lead. usual bad luck. In tile beat tile starter DLle Rich and Bill Burbank dueled for was trying to keep tile riders honest. second with Dlle getting tbe better of It. Well, be be1d tIIem too ~ as Jerry EzcitiJlg 0peIl E~rt . In tile Open EJlpert MaIn tbere a res1art as SeYera1 riders"eat dowD.Don Stover led tile first ODe at! the line aDd did same In tile restart. Carl Lier wasn't far behind, then Cltff AstIaDdrode wbee1 to wheel with bim for SeYera1 laps. CUff moved up to do battle with stoger but didn't !lave much luck IIIItll SImer went dowD. He could almost getbim butJacted a little do1m tile straIgbt, wb1ch madefor a good battle. 1bis was ODe at tile first at the SUDdIy njgbt races tile Featber River M.C. Is ~ent1Dg with. 'Ibey lUIPl!Ct to bave SeYera1 each month so keep an eye 011 tile Calendar of Events for dates. (Results appeared last week) -s OV CE CLASS • 2nd OVERALL HILLTOPPERS M HARE SCRAMBLES LUCERNE,CALIF. JULY 14, 1968 .C. 5 01 THE lEW JI ClA CY 100 TUIL .,D,IG fOI '-D-I MOTOICYCLE SALES IN AZUSA .IIDGESTOIE JUST LIfE THE OlE YOU CAl GET AT YOUllfAIEST 1st 100 NOVICE 2nd OVERALL IN TRAILBIKE CLASS .IIDGfSTOlf DEALEI fOI THE lAME Of YOUI IIEAIEST DEA LEI so. CAL. McCULLOCH DIST. I.c. (213) 772·2108 110. CAL. COASTMcCULLOCH (405) UII 3-5520