Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1960's

.... "" OJ BERGQUIST t:lO co e, BAGS 100 MILE HARE SCRAMBLES C() <0 .... "" ..; "" "OJ .Q B t.> 0 Story an d Photos by Dick Wrigh t CI) :.: :c: LUCERNE VALLEY, Cal. , Sept. 22 - Southern California's top lightweight desert rider , Larry Bergquis t, took another overall win 011 his very fast 250cc Bultaco, in the dusty hundred-mile Hare Scrambles presented by the 100 M.C. r.J r.J -J o o ~ Larry Bergquis t (8881) and his trusty a un aee 250cc Pur5ang have managed to snatch many overall wins this yea r. on a 250 machine. Doc Bryce , #14, pulled In fif th on his reliable Hus ky to gr ab the first 500cc Expert gold. The old deser t fox Ja ck Byers, #3, was next, taking fi rst Open Expert for a good day's work. Fi rst Open Amateur honors went to Bob Ste war t, Tri umph-mounted #56. ARE WE PROUD? Trailbikes The trallblkes were flagg ed off ten minutes after the large bores , and by the ti me they r eached the small, r ocky hill, the y found It still cr owded wi th leftover big bikes . Holding onto the lead was Wes Anderson Jr. #4, followed c losely by Tom Hoyle, #31, both astride Hodakas, They In turn were being chased by Jac k Froelich, #2 on a Bullaeo. Coming Into the pi ts, the lead had changed hands and was now held by Fr a nk Morgan, #1, up fr om four th . Anderson was second, with Bob McLau ghlin, Sachs-mounted #45. runnmz third . 100' S M.C . Hare scr, 9/22 /68 1st PI . Overall (1st 250 Ex. ) Larry Berg qui st ••B ul . PurSang t st P I. 250 Nov. (4 th Overall) G. F itzgerald. ,.• B ul. PurSang 3rd P I. 250 Ex. (7 th Overall) Gary Griffin•. . . Bu l. Pursang Mattawa , Wash. Cross -Country Enduro - 9/22 /68 1 st P I. 250 3rd PI. 250 4th P I. 250 (2nd Overa l l) Norm Kopp •. •• Bul . P urSang B ill Ve rmi lye . , Bul . PurSang Tom Hopper• • • • Bul. PurSang Perris N ite TT Scrambles - 9/21 /68 1st t st 2nd 1st 1st 2nd 3rd 1st Wayne Rayland was running In the firs t len trall blkes unti l he was retired with mechanical woes. Jack Morgan, the pe rpetual number one tral lblke racer, again triumphed ove r a large and eager band of lOOcc r iders on his trusty Hodaka, Two hundred and seven ty-five r ider s showed up for the des er t bash, and all classes were to go three loops of this fast 35-mlle course. The big bores went off first: Ber gquis t made his usual fast start on the outside, an d held It on until he had the l ea d. Just past the s moke bomb, a t a small, sandy hill, Howard Beach, #20, was traveling In second spot, followed by J .N. Roberts, #2, on his Husky . Roberts gained the lead position about half-way around the firs t loop, but was forced to give up the chase to his pursuers when he got two flat tires as a r es ul t of the rocky course. For the other riders In the back of the pack, ther e was always the powdery dust to keep the m from seeing anything . Danny Kline, #'Ix on a 250 Greeves curr ently running fourth in point s tanding s , uuloaded In the dus t s torm , and didn' t eve n know wha t he hi t until everyone had passed and the dus t settled . Into the pits after the first loop Bergquist held the lead , trailed by Steve Kir k, #27, an d Gary Cole , #5x on a 250cc Hus ky. Moving Into fourth was a hot newcomer , G. Fitzger ald . The course was pretty well worked ove r by the second loop, but Ber gquis t was n' t about to let a li ttle thing li ke that s low him down; he just " let It all hang out," and built up a bigger lead. Cole had moved into second, followed by a new contender , Tom-Mute , #71x, mounted on a 250cc Husky . The first man to get the checkered flag on the third and final loop was Ber gquist, on the Fe rgus & Grl!tin-tuned machine, adding another overall win to his ever -growing list of victories . Next man across the line was Cole, and third was Amateur Tom Muto. Fitzgerald, #153mx, did a job to be remembered fi nis hing fourth ove r all and first NOviC~ PI . P I. P I. P I. P I. P I. P I. PI . 100 Nov . 100-200 Am/E x 100-200 Am/Ex 250 Am 250 Ex 250 E x 250 Ex 500 Open Am. S. Mudd . •.. • . Bu l. Kirk McDowell • • Bul. C. Hockie • ••• • Bul . G. McKenzie . • • B ul. K irk McDowell .• Bul . Rich T horwa l dson Bul . Mike Ba al .•. • • Bul. R. Ki l li ngsworth . Su i . L obito Lo bi to L o bi to PurSang PurSang PurSang PurSar]g Ba ndido Prospec tors TT Scr. Perri s 9/22/68 Jack Froeli ch (#2) aboard a l00cc Bu ltaco Is makin g It down a sandy, rocl

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