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c .... .. "" Clay G One-Handed Sprint Win rabs OJ Cl... Winners go with Bell Like BRYAN WADE .... ... 0> OJ WINNER: .Q E: OJ Hopelown Grand P ri x - Nov. 9, 1968 250cc Ex. Class '"' OJ Q '. EL - HELMETS .. Available at Dealers Everywhere Story and Ph otos by G. Robert Schwa rz COLTON, ore ., Nov. 22 - The s un god s miled on the Lobo M., C. when they held their first Hare and Hound o! the season . Weather and woods conditions were per!ec t. The run was a two-stage a!!aJr , givi ng the r ider the opti on o! a !ast race agalnst sh oulder to s houlde r competition and live chec ks over the 3D-mil e course or the J ac kie Ma lt, 159Q, 250cc dlrl track ace lets off 10 push as B5A Vlclor manMlke Loltrldle lrles 10 gel by. The n._ customary gam e o! hide and seek with hidden checks . Twelve o! the 49 entries chose to ride the cour s e ! ull bore. The hotshoes were given a one- minute head start over the r e maining bare and hounders. " EUROPE'S LEADING MOTO CROSS RIDE S R AND WORLD C A H MPIO CHALLENGING NS AMERICA'S BEST AT SADDLEBACK P ARK DEC EMBE R8TH, 1968. S PONSOR D BY C E YCLE WORLD InTeR -am JOEL ROBE T R InTeRn8TlonaLMOTO-CROSS SCHOOL ameRICAn mOTO C O S RS S Rles Joe' Roben wfll conduel bls ....d .......cross ScllD Dn D' Frlay, aD" 1, nsls' ed by Ro pr aeCD"er Cln s limited . 10 lUOstudents; 'ee SI5. Schedule of Events Friday , ••Lolt, ldge finds all kinds of surpris es lurkIng In those muddy waters. Richard Cla y, the only Harley-Davldson Sportster r ider peeked the !lrst hill like gangbusters, even taking the short c ut up through trees, chuck hollis and forest litter. Needless to say, the pack that tried to follow got well hung up tha t first hill. It looked about as fouled up as a Chinese fire drill. The highlight came when Ric hard Clay arrived back In ca mp minus one ha ndle bar, ye t the firs t o! the hot shoes. His Sportster bad crashed about2 0 miles out . The r ight handle bar broke of! at the top o! the forks . Oh woe! How to fini s h a sprint run througb br ush, mud holes and debr is with only ONE handl e bar while tweeking a throttle that's si tting In your Iap, We don' t know how, but Clay did It and em erged the winner . DEC.12 Joel RDIIert M011t-CrDSS 5cbool Saturday See pa ge 11 .. .. ( .r • 125cc Jr., 125cc sr., 25l1cc Jr. 2SOcc INTERNATIONAL Sunday 5lI0cc Jr., Open Jr. 500cc INTERNATIONAL SEE: TORSTEN HALLMAN, R G R DE COSTER OE , LAN U JOEL ROBERT, DAVE BICKERS, A CLO GH, VlASTiMIL VALEK, JEF TEUWISSEN, TORUEF HANSEN, CHRISTER HAMMARGREN, BRYAN WADE, KAREL KONECNY, PIERRE KARSMAKER Saddleback Park, Orange County, California. The Finest Mota CrassCourse In The West. • ~ l 63S W.VAU£Y Bl.VD ALHAMBRA. CALIFORNIA 9 1803 CanI. 92667; phon. 7141 ~2 Orange County's Motor P1anraund. Take Chapman Avenue East Oft Newport Freeway To Santiago Canyon Road. Turn Right To Entrance."Approximate · )lh M ·nes:· · · · - - , . , . . . . , - - - - - - - - - - - ' Box 2455. Oo"ange. .....