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Cycle News 1968 08 15

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Am k Cd . - t m fIDe 1ItISelMdlllcbame S&eft ........ lMMI DI1e BIrlL A wbo1e , gaIIC d Z50 1'Iclftc. Are hIWY to 888 Raody _ _ ~ as :be 'as tile terror d this class at GIl! ncuIar sat1Il'daT nIgbt . .e-ts. NIGHT SCRAMBLES S11JMP ,.JUMPERS no E 0 ,AT &or:Y by .3(lhn "»I,ylor Photo :by :Manuel:Sur.ton ELSINORE, .cal., .:Jl4y 13 - ~ , tUmP a Jumpers threw a ;POints :race ;atElsinore Raceway .saturdaymgbland.noboqrcame; :DObody but the peOple. They eame in 'p air s, groups, herds, ;and :f1na.1lY droves until the pits had become a .sea of £aI'S and ,bikes ,sptlling over into the surroundinghtlls. The final count was .almost a ,~ \WllS 'CWOO 'by ithe 'WaWJlg Booda of ::lteve :Nichols 'lMitI1 Dick.caner seooa1e of the riderS were simply mower lbe1r beads trying 110 Ileep up with more experienced racers. Whatever the reasoo. this Main furnished tbree of the four injured of the eftning. 1be race hacI 110 be black-flagged just after the start wben two or three bikes wentdown. After a short wait for the ambulance, it was restarted only to be stopped again on lap four after a mass catastrophe just after the jump which sent two more riders in for repairs . 'Ibe race was called with " cigar and all" Jay Wablthe winner, C.W. MclDtosb second, and Rich Bird third. 500 Novice booors went to L .A Y .D. afticer Dennis Burkman r iding a BSA Victor. In the first mollO be had such a lead built UP that after a crash in the sweeper be stil1 bad time to remount and finish a close second. The c om pe tition bad no such luck in the second and 'tbird moIIlls with ODe at. "LA.'s f!DelIt" "" wlDrd:Dg by . mile. a e.t Tom f!IImpson WOII the Open lIIoriee ,event on an old noo-Ullit Triumph tbIt Q., oat b

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