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.... -" THE l VIEWFINDERS TRY A ~ - NEW THING 0; Q; Story and Photos by Maureen Lee ~ PERRIS, Cal., Aue. 25 - The snivelers .::: slaYed boone but all lIIe 240 ealries who 5l' did .ow up at Penis bad a IaJI IacludiD e _ who smeve1ed all week but found they couldn't slaY home SUnday. U) The Viewfinders tried out the Europsn ~ mass start for just a regular Sunday 'M' Z scrambles and threw a total of U races. ~ TIddlers went 10 laps and bigger bores ..::I 15 and what bad been the biggest fear ~ crashes In the first turn - didn't happen CJ but once and that was In the 500-0pen Expert class! All us Novices got away clean! The cbap who did unload In that class sho uld apply fo r a Screen Actors Guild card for his performance of "Ob my leg" until the ambulance moved out, the race was stopped and be sprinted for his scooter to line up f or a second try. You must forgive the results for this race; bave you ever LOOKED at wbat a mass start I S- lap score sheet looks like? But the Viewfinders weren't about to let us go borne without some results and things got pretty hllarlous around the big table In the club bouse trying to figure something out. The 250 Novice class almost got listed as" Denver says belpl" or "Two mucb dust, couldn't see 'eml" But when the club gets down to working them out In comfortable surroundings everyone will end up In their proper position, so don't anyone fret. U) AIl At Once Anyway, running everyone together was a success and something tbatsome of the other clubs might look Into now It bas been proven that tt can work. The last race was over at four o'clock. We asked a whole bunch of people bow they liked It and didn't receive one real complaint, but the length of the races really separated those In good condition from those who weren'tl In the SOD-Openclass It was Ben Fakkeldy (Trlumpb) and Mike Posey (BSA) who really put onasbowfor the first few laps but after a bit they started to slow and John Rice (Honda), Combined SOcc and Powd.r Puff cluses lake on willi #161 Jay Lewis, #3161 G..,. who was running back a bit, started movthe 250 Expert as be really Ing as did Cbuck Mlnert (BSA), and once class with GarY Scott (Y Jobn got Into the lead It was adios to the showing great speed and rest of the troops wb11e Mlnert started (Trlumpb) third proving the new picking them ott one by one until be Is competitive against the current overended up second over-all. all domination of the two-strokes•••Tony Track conditions got pretty Interesting Denlus (H- D) demolishing the 350 class but once again we beard no grtpes alwith Richard Wunder (Honda) second and third over-all going to Novice C. W. Mc though we sure as beck couldn't talk to every rider. Sand bullt up In a couple of Intosb on a Honda ••.how fast the MaJco's turns but somebow It was just fun to ride go; Jim McClurg really wInn1ng the 500It and know that It you did lousy tbat Open Amateur class with K1rkMcI:Owell (Bultaco) taking second and Bob Ward particular lap you still bad a whole bunch more to go to make It up (but our tongue (TriumPh) the thlrd••.suzuJds winning was banging out at the end). both the 1000c Amateur class with Dale Hopkins riding and the 10DecExperh1th Post-Race Ponderings David Aldanaaboard••.how rapid the little 50' s are and bow good the riders In that Notes on the day's racing bave to Inclass are, too (bave you ever been lapped clude•• •Fred Edwards' (Yamaba) win In twice by a 50 In a 10- lap race?), and Steve Nicholls ending up over-all winner along with a fourth over-all In the 100 class In spite of an Injured band that would keep a lot of guys off their bikes for a week or so••Jt was a good day despite the "beat and a try at running scrambles to give everyone equal track time and we think It worked. But we bave one comment. The guys In the SOD-Open class want to know. Where was Jim Hunter? (Results page 20) on Ossa-mounted On. Aldana wound up fourth In Ih. 2S0cc Experl tussl. al Parris. CURRENT NATIONAL POINT LEADER CAL RAYBORN - Harley-Davidson RESULTS J5 Mi'e Naliona' C.a.piolsltip AuguSl 25, 1968:' Is' fRED NIX· HARLEY-DAVIDSON: , 2n" BART MARKEL - HARLEY-DAVIDSON 3r" CAL RA YBORN . HARLEY.DAVIDSON 4'" ROGER REIMAN . HARLE"r~DAV;DSON V'EWflNDERS TT SCRA.iiES'" A.gusl25, J968 350" A_lb. Class Is' TONY DENIUS - HARLEY·DAVIDSON SO. CALIFORNIA HARLEY -DAVIDS DE R 0N ALE :S Flyln' Freddl. Edwards yowls alone on his Yamaha at the Viewfinders IT Scrambles On. of 240 .nlrles competine In Ih. day's activltl.s, newly-wed Edwards really cranked It on ~ win Ih. hotiy-conlested 2S0cc Experl conteSl, beatlne out f.llowYamaha rld.rGary Scott and Gall' J .... s,