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CallI. 92642 _ (714 ) 534·6390 • mistakenide titie at Elsin n s ore By John Tay lor Photos by Manuel Burton ELSINORE, cal., Aug . 31 - There are a number 01 s treet riders wandering the trackless wilderness 01 Southern Califor nia freeways who wlll long remembe r the ir r ecepti on at ElsInore Ra ce way Saturday night. It seems that a rather large pack of Hell's Angels types had decided to fester In the village 01 Elsinore for the weekend an d rumor s s pread that they were planning to bes tow thei r pungent presence on the nearby scrambles. When a somewhat apprehensive attendant saw a string of bik e headli ghts slowly a pproa chin g, the wor d went out 'a nd Invasion jitter s caused a group of l egitimate, innocent asphalt arabs to be met a t the ga te by a phalanx of Ir a te riders and pltmen ben t on enforcing th e unwe lcom e ma t. Afte r Iden tities were established and apo logfe sextended, the r iders wer e wel comed and en joyed an evening of great r ac ing. We hope the citizens 01 Elsinore will not allow the one -percenters to je opardize plans for an other Gr ips ters Gran P r'Ix, The competiti on In the 100 classes ge ts a li ttle more fi er ce each week a s r iders hone s kills to a fi ne edge and tuners try for that last eighth - hor sepower . T. McKee man aged to cop fi rst place gold In the firs t 100 Novice lI'.ain ah ead 01 D. White , whlIe the second 100 Novice Main was a Yamaha affair with • the ir Iittle stngles r unni ng 1-2 r i dden by R. , Powell an d S, Willoughby respecti ve ly. The 200 Novi ce trophy es caped the cl utc he s 01 the Bultaco Brigade for a chan ge and went home with Honda hero G. Acker . B, Mors e took s econd on another Honda. Yam aha again seized 250 Novice honors with the new DT- 1 s ingle as K, Staffor d r ode to a well e arned win with a ] ong lead over second place L . Bachkey. D. Ri ch r oll ed to enough moto poin ts on his Ducat! thumper to annex 350 Novi ce gold. E . Walker and G, Nord had a couple 01 good things going in the 500 Novice Motos . Walker managed to ge t the good jump off the Hne with Nord trying for five laps to find a n openin g. R , Vanderpool came an d saw and did the deed in four s eparate events . He won the 100 Expe rt Maln , too k s ec ond in the 250 Expe r t Main, thi rd tn the 500 Expert event, an d the n topped oIf the even ing bY winning the Sweepstakes trophy. D. Le nar's Victor proved to have the power edge over Vanderpool'S 350 Ya maha as he won each of his motos with a train l ength lead, an d J, Wes t took the hotly contes ted 2 50 Expert Main. J , Spr ague garnered Ope n Expe r t honors on moto points after first race win ner T . Simpson unloaded super hard In the back hairpin and relnjured a s hould er. T . La Fortuna managed a second after his Trtumph started to r un a bit r a tty. Vanderpool won the Sweeps when all the bi g bikes got s tuck In a pack from whi ch no one could break away to chase the fiylng 100' s , In fact, all the li ghtweights were still ahead 01 the heavy 'welghts at the checkered flag . With rain last week an d the Hell's Angels this , nex t wee k Is anyone ' s gue ss. Something Is bound to happen. (R es ul ts on page 20) Recent rai ny ni£ht outi ng at Els inore resul ted I n mud-sp lat tered sliders li ke this one. T hree abreast over the Jump, Jusl to show the beginners how I t's done. GREAT WESTERN CANADIAN MOTO-CROSS CHAMPIONSHIP WINNER learney 80wl Scra.bles Aug. 24'. 100 A./Ex Class Ist Gregg G rouleff M 8 / 2nd Gary M aulden M /8 SEPT. 1st 100cc Jr.-Sr. Class 1st ,G Johnson M/B rant 3rd AI Pendercrast M/B 4th Hank V Breugel M/B an 7th John Branch M /B Wins Season Championship Graham, Washe ~; ~ ~I(. ~!\ lst 8i11 L angley M/8 3rd Mar' Niccoli M/8 Wins Season Championship Enumelaw, Wash. lst 8i11 Langley M/8 2nd-Mar' Niccoli M/8 4t. 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