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:z:: tests, riders Jumping class, and being cord1nc to rulel of the Dlatrlct 37 Competltlon Committee. The Committee met Thurlday, Novem· ber 21st, and declared bls enelne - with 5-porttnc and reed vales:'" lepl. Much later In the day, protests flared ~n as a number of lmall bikes cleaned house In the heavywelillt divielon. All rldere not listed In the results were diequalitled. 50·100cc entries ran their procram clear thr OUCh before the 125-250cc rldere cot onto the track. The tlret two 50cc Am " Ex motos went to Yamaha ace Steve Nichols, but when Steve overdid a "wheeUe-to-the-flret-turn" effort, Honda-mounted Gary Cald well came tbrough for the overall win. ' I think h,'l1 p t th, TT Jump record, don' l you7' Turning Amateur didn't slow youne Troy McKee In. the least as he defeated Hopetown winner and fellow Hodaka rid· er, Danny Hoclde In the 100cc amateur event. The expert 100ccbash waenothlne short of a free·for-all with 10 much talent that Ascot TT recordhold r, Dave Aldana, had to settle for flttb. Steve Nichols did a beautiful job In taking one Of bls first 100Cc expert wins agelnst the district's beet. Fred Edwards warmed up for ble ' 250cc win by runnlne second, and new expert Richard Sweeney ehowed well by taking third ahead of low number contender Gary Scott. There were eo many200ccentries that the Sportemen saw fit to run them se· parately. RId1nc partaen Gary Griffin and Cijft Brunaon rode their Bultacoe to a 1-2 tInIsh In the Novice event. In lbe Am " Ex rac.. Triumph Cub rider Andy Skeel was a re al jet, taIc1ne the win over sandy Armetrong (Bul) and Danny HockIe (Ossa). 250cc Amateur VinceGraves waereal. ly "gettln' It on" unW ble Bultaco ate Its clutch, malnlhatt and all l Then, K&N Yamaha pilot Loyal Penn took the win ahead of Sandy Armltrone (Bul) and Willie Hoclde (Osla). As mentioned before, number one man, Freddie Edwarde made It tbree clul wins for the K&N- Yamaha combination by wll1I1InC the 250cc Expert. Alcoter Stan Racere smoked ble wayto eecondon a Bultaco wblle Klyde McGoFut (Bul) dracced not only bls feet but everytb!nC elee that would reach the eround (e.e. ble tongue), to run third • ~ toJ Dannenberg's Winning Bike Protested, Ruled OK. PERRIS, Cal., Nov. 17 _ Despite pro- ~ short of help, the Sportemen M/C put on U a good full day of racine. Aided by many :... of the regular scrambles riders, the U Sportsmen, comprleed mainly of the Hamm famUy, cot a late start due tofCC. However, the laree turnout of ridere cot many laps of practice and racing. Jack Dannenbere flat walled In the 50cc Novice clue and was promptly protested. Jack, maldne bls firet Icramblel ride after being converted from a desert rider, was measured and found leeal. ae- Alda.na. Fifth ....... The b1c blkel ran on lbe lone cour.. and llrhtweleht tbreat Jim COIIII&11y took bll firet ble bike ride In many a moon. Jim cranked onble twin-exhaust Greevee to win the 350· 500cc Am " Ex evenUol. lowed by euper-eecond·eetter Sandy Armetrone (Bul). Even wllb a rlc1d front end ButchRotz swept the Open Experts on bls Triumph. Terry Dorsch took second, allO on a Triumph. Mike Posey fixed a broken coU wire that held blm back In the tlrlt moto and broke up the Triumph strine by flnlsblne tblrd on bls BSA. As tar as the ultra-close heavyweleht point race Ie concerned, Terry Dorsch made the moet ground this week. WbIle John Rice switched blkee and was disqualitled, Ben Fakkeldy ran fifth In ble event. Don't forget the District 37Champion. ship TT Scramblee at Perris to be put on by the Llehtwetcht M/C December 15. la.d.u'. Agaill a' P.rris, P,.laff', S'apill' Lt." By Kirk McDowell PERRIS, Cal., Nov. 16 - The Distr ict 37 llehtwetcht pointe champlonlhlp II already decided but the llrhtweleht point duel at the Perris Nightracee couldn't be closer. VInce GravII and Richard Sweeney were only two pointe apart before tonight's racee. Gravee, the 250 Bultaco ace, once apln had to ride with the open clue. Triumph-mounted Butch Landcuth took the open win for the eecond week In' a row, thll Ume with a clean eweep of all tbree motol. Graves was jUit as consls· tent runnlne second. Tony Denlus found a mort cut that helPed blm eet enough pointe for third, but trac k ottIclaie took a dim view of lhe Harley rider'S or tclna11ty and credited Loyal Penn (Yam) with the third place flnleh. Kawasakl.pllot Richard Sweeney had more than bll hands full In the 100cc exper t cla.. with lhe OCeanside MaraUder, Chuck Claydon, and Dll trict 37'e number two man steve Nichols. Claydon'e Van Tech·Suzukl pulled ott the trick of the niill t be&ttnc Yamahamounted Nichola, noemaUfeatcalelderIng that Nlcho1e blew Dlat. 37' I best In lhe weede lhe next day. Newcomer to the expert competitore ehowed us lIlat any make macblne can win. Of the four novice motoe the belt two were the C and D races. Jim Howerton always rides the fire out d. bls Honda. Hie efforts were rewarded saturday when he won lbe novice C motecrosa, Howerton was more consletent than second place Toby Stanford (B.S.) and third place flnleher WbItaey Blakes. lee (Yam). 100cc novice D mote saw Tom Heard (Hod) and Peter Haas (Suz) running 1.2. They switched positions In the third moto and Ron Bell (Hod) swept In to take third away from Honda rider Mickey Jonee. 125.2oocc bikes were out In force. Class point leader, Loyal Penn, devel· oped bike trouble early, and hard chare· Ing Andy Skeel rode smooth and fast to take the clus win on a Triumph Cub. Skeel was followed byanolber Cubridden by James "Henry" Hawkins and Yamaha 125 rider Bruce Kissalk. Rick Talbot, Chet Burt, and Jerry Ayers ewapped positions all nliht lone before tInIshlng In the above order to make It Harley, Bult&co, Husky In lbe 250 novice B event. Doug Mason ie making a habit of win· nine a 250 novice event and this week was no exception. The Yamaha rider was followed by a Bultaco wllb Bob Green· • street UP. Georee G1l1eeple rode bls new Yamaha to third In lhIs event and lhe 350 novice race as well. The 350 novice was a real battle wllb a ditferent winner In each mote. Gene Lay led fellow Honda·rlder Bob Rood eo1nc Into the lut moto. Rudd dugdeep Into bls bee d. tricks and pulled out a win In the ~ last moto, dropping Lay to second. 500-Open Amateur was a Bultaco sweep In the tI r s t mote. Sandy Arm- -\ strone, Klyde McGotast,andRon K111Inceworlb r ode 200, 250, and 350 Bultacos for the I, 2, 3 finish. By the end of lbe procram, h owe ver, Triu mph-m ounted Perry Armetrone had earned third. Now lIlat the Aecot seuon hu ended, how about l ome of you Clus C r ldere 'erahblne an old deeert lled and joining lhe fun sa turday n1c The Perrll Ntcht ht. racel are non·AMA events, and In Callfornla even Clus C Elqlerts can ride thle type of event. Practice ltarts ju-t after 7 p.m., racing at 8 p.m. (Rel ulta on ~ 16) WINS INTERNA IONAL MOTO-CROSS SANTA CRUZ, CALIF NOV 23, 1968 250 # T R A IO AL IN E N T N I I 1st BENGl ALBERG HUSOVARNA SWEDEN PlPper.lI, Mall. 10/20/68 6DOcc Clan 1st BENGT ALBERG Sw.d....HUSQVARNA . 2nd CH RISTER AMMORGEN. 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