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MOTORCYCLE CAMS -+- TRIUMPH TITANIUM RETAINERS i ao.l102 .OUIS rEllOIJlAIICE rlODUaS BOX 484 VAN NUYS, CAUF. 91401 H SQ AR A U V N OCEANSI DE CYCLERY 216 VIA DEL MONTE OCEANSIDE, CALIFORNIA (714) 722-0836 PENTON - BRJDGESTONE SPECTATOR LI ABI LI TY AND PARTI· OPANT IN SURANCE "FOR TRACK OWNERS, PROMOTERS AND CLUBS BU NESS PACKAG ES - MO-rORCYCLE SI & AUTOMO BILE - LIFE & ACCIDENT. s. HARRIS-PINSKY OF MI CHAEL H1,h-f1yln,J oe7 Pelz wan the combined 120cc Nov./Am./Exp. event, SuzukI-mounted. RI7 McAllister (TrI umph) look 3rd In the Open Novice. Story and Photos by Jay York FRESNO, Cal., Aug. 24 - Every race looked li ke another open Exper t contest on the "new" Kearney Bowl Scrambles track. A longer s traighta way and wider turns on the r ewor ked course allowed gr eater speeds, highe r jumps and more spectator thrills while Increasing r ider safety. Bul the Open Expert class was sWl a . crowd-pleaser as over 400 horses were s tamped ed around the track, somewhat controlled by eight r iders. BSA jockey Carroll Jackson grabbed the lead at the drop of the !lag, but Butch Turner (Triumph) had other Ideas as he came trom the middle of the field. Pushing Jackson hard for a lap, he finally took the lead and pull ed awa y on the third laP. The fourth lap became an all out battle for second place between Ron Pierce, 1968 IndlanapoUs Amateur road race Flrsl pllce 250cc Expert Tim Thomu (Bul. champion, and J a c k son until Pierce llco) ,all bId sllrllnd clme Irom behind to dirtied his pink Triumph on the third turn. do the deed. Flower-powered MIke Middleton's Triumph just couldn't be stopped in the . country r ider Bill OUver managed to get by with a first on his new Maico X4A Qpen Amateur event as Middleton sought in the 500 Novice sprint. and got those last points to push him The 350 Amateur/Expert main was into the Expert class. By next week he pretty boring for Amateur Robbie Collins " will have already ridden two races with the "big boys ." He coolly let some of (Honda). The Experts just wouldn't go his competition Uterally drop out before fast enough to suit Collins, who yawned as he passed Expert Jack Monger's beating Mike Thompson to the checkered !lag by a good margin. screaming second place Bultaco. The 250 Expert dash was a hardCUt! Gentry led fellow Triumph r iders fought win for Tim Thomas who got otl Don Werner and Ray McAllister home in Open Novice competition. The evenly to a bad start and did combat for 3-1/2 laPs before f1na11y squeezing by fell ow spaced riders merely closed and widened the gaps between them on the turns and Bultaco rider Freeman Coulter. stra1ghtaways. Judging tram the ease with which Harley •rider Ken Wise took the 250 The 500 Amateur event was a tight race between Gary Gibbs aboard a TriAmateur Main , It looks as U he has umph and Larry Coday astr1de a BSA learned his lessons well and Is ready to graduate to Expert. with the lead shuttl1ng back and forth between the two for several laPs until Kawasald. ace Doug Murrell stole the Coday blew his cool and a sh1tt, letting show in grabbing the 250 Novice trophy. the tans sit down again. SecODd place Billy Woods (Bultaeo) and Although scrambllng Isn't his specialtile rest of the field followed at least ty, third-ranked (in the district) cross . 50 yards behind • .._w.__..............•.....__. ARE YOU READY FOR ENSENADA ? ............................. , In combined 200 Novice/Amateur action, Amateur Earl Lloyd moved up from second place last week on his Bultaco. And Novice Doyle Cook this week stayed on top of his Triumph, beating out last week's winner , Stan Giesbrecht (Trl). Old-timer Joey Petz (Suz.) won the 120 Novice/Amateur/Expert free-tor all with a wide lead in one of his first races alter nearly six years In "retirernent ;" Buck Horton (Yam .) and Duane Tweedy (Kaw.) were the trophy winners for their respective Amateur and Novice classes. The 100 Amateur/Expert Main was a repeat of last wee k with Expert Gregg Groulett tly1ng his Moto Beta across the Une ahead of Amateur Gary Maulden's Moto Beta. I bear Groule!! will r ide a bicycle next week to give the other guys a chance. Hodaka-mounted Rich Hill rode home with the 100 Novice trophy with an envious Ken Shelton (Hod.) close behind. Third place Mike Crain (MB) seems to be a man to watch . Riding a smooth, paced race, Crain consistently racks uP the points , U not the trophies , usually placing second or thi rd . BENDER ~ ASSOCIATES, INC. 5225 WI LSH IRE IlOUlEVARD. Suit e 717 L.A., CIIII. '0035 (213) ' 37.2011 BRO KER INQUI RIES INVITE D. 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