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1st ANNUAL SCMA CAMP WISHON RUN
stor y and Photo by Rob Robbins
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The Southern California Motor cycling
As sociation's firs t r un to Camp Wishon,
now a part ot r oad r iding history, will be
r em embered by those who att ended as
one ot the mos t enjoyabl e r uns ot the
year . The sc enery and weather were
nothing short of bea utiful. Rumor s said
It would be very hot, but at an altitude ot
4300 fee t, It turned out to be just co mfortable. After climbing thos e hill s, and
rounding all those curves, It see med like
It should have been 43,000 feet. That Is
really bike country.
As with some ot their other runs, the
Association gave an award for the neatest campsite, only It was kept a secret
until presentation time. Tbe camp was
plenty large for the 180 sign-ins, and
there were lots ot stately pines for shade.
when news came In of some late arrivals
For those who arrived Friday evening,
tied up In Springville. Poker hands,
or early Saturday morning, breakfast at , horseshoes, and bingo gave all entrants
the camp was very good and even reaplenty 'of chances to pick up an award or
sonable. Following breakfast; many ot us
trophy. The children, with a shorter
look to the beautiful mountain roads for
distance to pitch the horseshoes. did a
a ride. The camp is 12 miles east ot
much better job than the adults. One
Springville. California and those are
youngster came out with three ringers
some swinging miles.
out ot four tries. wh1ll! first place In the
The sign-in, scheduled to close at o adult,class bad only one. Looks like a
5:00 p.m. Saturday, was held open laler~~• •sr..
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SACRAMENTO.,Cal.; AtC~2':' WiU naDi ',In'Grailt 1( Moto:-Beta) was second In the
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ot tbelOca1 r iders movtng up lJi' ~ n t 1 :l 00cc 'class .
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some 'new names ' entered the Winners ' • J"
Wins 'F i rs t Time Out
ranks during weekly short track races at
Sacramento Na ti 0 n a I Raceway Pat
Joe Boll (Bultaco) was the first place
winner In the 200cc Amateur class,
Rooney and John Grant, both l~ r lders advan ced from Novi ce to Amateur
making his initial Ama te ur r ide a vicS~dlngs during the past week. Rooney
torious one. . Mike Ellis, ot ,~orth Hlghbad a strlJig ot five straight Malil Even t
lands (Yamaha), kept up his wmn!ng ways
wins prior to receiving his new card
In the 200cc Exper t class and was first
from'AMA DIstrict 36 Commissioner Len "lfi OVer all ln the comb ine d 100-200 Ama te ur
Allen. By moving up- one week earlier
xpert combined event. Ellis is the over than Rooney Grant enabled Pat to take
all high point ,winner at Sac r am en to Naover the lO' cc Novice point lead and <'1, ti onal1 wlth 4,850 points. High high point
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receive the Jer el Sportcycle Monthly
standing was noted with an award from
, -the Pat ~ Mike Cycle Exchange.
High Point Trophy.
.1 Terry ' Henry, ot Sacramento (Moto
Other r iders moving up incl uded Steve
Beta) made his way back to the winner's
Norberg ot North Highlands and Joe Boll
ci rcle after a long absence, to r ec eive
ot El Dorado Hills. Both Norberg and
the trophy In the lOOCc Novice class.
Boll moved fr om Novi.c~ to ~mateur and
One ot the largest turnouts of 250cc
both are currently rlCling lD the 200cc
Experts had to follow Mike Cor cor an
( Bulta co) of Nor th Highlands, across the
clas s .
Point Lead, Then
finish line and lbIs win puts Corcoran
back at the head of the point list for the
Joe Henry ot Sacramento tur ned Expert , 250 Expert class.
two weeks ago and mad e his fi r s t race in
,Appr oximately 20 additional rider s
that cla s s a winner. Henry look the Ex~were on hand for the even!ng's program.
pert 250 race Friday night, July 26, thus
News of the large-size trophies must
taki ng over the poi nt lead In the Expert
'have spread quite a ways . Friday'S pro, clas s .~ However , Joe broke his leg while
ngram was conducted by the Fort Sutter
participating In a scramble s race a t
.M, C. Alter nate events are handled by the
Sacramento Trackers M .C~ The TrackLincoln" Calif.,on July 28 and will notbe
.ahle to derendhrs polnUead.
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ers are also looking for,ward to the ir
One ot the ' most ' sedSatioilal' ;"Qf the
second s crambles race to be heldSaturr ide rs at Sacramento Nat' l Raceway bas
day night Aug. 17 at Sacramento Nal:'l
to be hometown boy Milan! Vickers.
Raceway .
(Results on page 20)
Mounte d on a Kawasaki sponsored by the
Vickers Honda Shop and tuned by Carl
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Cranke, Milan bas compiled a record ot
eight straight MaIn Event wins. In Friday night's action, Vickers broke his
shift lever just before his heat race. By
putting the bike Into lbIrd gear and circling about 30 yards behind the s tart
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line, he was able to start the heat. Even
with this handicap he s ti ll manag ed to
place second. Tuner Crankewent towork
and had the bike ready for the MaIn.
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Handicap No Handicap
Due to his many wins. Vickers s tarts
the MaIn Events from the30-yardhandlcap line. Getting off to an excellent start
he was able to catch and pass two riders
in the first turn. Working his way through
the pack, Vicker s was In a position to
cballenge leader Larry Beaty, or Martinez, by lap 5. A bobble coming outot the
west turn caused Vickers to drop hac k
to lbIrd behind J ohn Gr een, ot Carmi cha el. Vickers caught Gr een on the
back s tretch to r e trieve second place and
his momem tum took him all or the way
around Beaty and Into first on the last
lap. The race had to be considered one
ot the real exciters ot the evening, as
Vickers' many fan s were worried about
the large handicap at the start.
Two ot the brand new Amateurs also
scored wins In their class. Pat Rooney
on his loocc Bridgestone bad to run with
the 200cc bikes and gave a good account
of him self In his first Amateur go,
Rooney, In taking the 100cc first place
trophy for his 6th straight Main, actually
outran many ot the larger bikes. John
;. Winners go with Bell
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SAMMY MI LLER
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WINNER: British Trials Championship - 9 years
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INNER: Scottish Six Day Trials - 5 times
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INNER: European Trials Championship
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