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,. Two TTs atOnce, Rice and Jones in Big Bore Tie .... SALES-SERVICE PARTS. lM- . " , "" ~ co e, BSIW 00 10 0> .... ~ Story and Ph otos by Maureen Lee " PERRIS. Cal., Nov . 24 - The Perris Vall ey M.C. tri ed another type of mass start today - two races going on at the same time . Everybody used the long course, races were either three or four' laps and we all got (or most of us did) three chances . Sound Imposslble7 I t worked and worked well. Riders lined up and as each wave took off. safely rounded the first turn and started up the hill, the next gr oup was flagged off behind them. The spookiest was the 250 Novice when ther e were three groups of riders In different sections of the track at one time. In the big bores, such as the 500 and Open classes, the Amateurs took off first and the Experts after them.Groupsofcheckers took care of the scoring for just their own little wave of riders. There was one time when It didn't work. A group of l00cc novices that had taken off ahead of the Powder Puff class was lined up waiting to cross the track into the pits after their race. One young Startl nc the l00cc ElqIert cl ash, Gary Scot t' s Hodaka stands up on rl cht next door to Fred Edwards. man refused to Wait and pulled out right across the track as Marsha Mcintosh came around the rock turn. Splatl Luckily, she only got bumps and bruises but the crash totally destroyed the front end of her beautiful little Yamahaand he really got his l umps . It·s a good thing It wasn' t a 40-lncher that nailed him . The last race was run on whole cour se, lights being turned on I n the last laps . Wi thout using this system and with the early darkness . Perris Valley wouldn't have stood a chance of getting everybody In . DId It mess up the scoring? Nope. The results were ready by 8: 30 that night! The Racin g Bit Some of the starts were wild as the guys got too much traction and slewed sldeways •••the Open Novices had two restarts as they just couldn't get around that first turn with everyone still aboard their bikes•••the Powder Puffs put on a good show with track rivals Eulene Long and Sandra Termln of the Desert Daisys • l l ..... " Amateur Gene Lee (Greeves) Is about to be IlqIped by Expert s John Ri ce and Gary Jones who ti ed for first In the SOO Expert class, sharl nc the track with the Amateurs. 4f******************.i. ~ fighting It out for the w1n.,..Sandy grabbed off the l ead In all three motos but Eulene would walt until the last lap on the rock turn when Sandy would go wide and just : THE TWO-WHEELER A * bJ : SUZUKI ~:~ * * ** ReadJ for IlIIIIetiiate Delivery! * (714) 885-3445 867 W. Colton Ave. San Bernardino. callf i ~***************** Most Powerfull MAleC West of Missis sippi • Best HandlIng Cooper Motors2815 w. Olive. Burbank,Cal T his was a candidate for a fi ve minute Interview. But when we check ed out his number plate and cryln c towel his onl y comment was ·woof." pull under her , until the last moto when Sandy got wise_oothe 200 Novice saw Andy Skeel on a Triumph and Loyal Penn on a Bul dragging out of the rock turn with the little cub holding the edge to the checkered, whee-Dannle Hockleagain demoralIzlng the 175 class on his Ossa_.alead of half a lap was not uncommon...the crash In the Expert 100 when one chap dropped It right In front of third place man Rlchard Sweaney (Kawasaki) and Sweaney managed to miss him but went completely over the bike, got his feet off the pegs and Into an "Impossible" situation but straightened out and hung onto that third ...best race of the day has to be the last moto of the 500 Expert when John Rice (Honda) Gary Jones (BSA) and Jim Connolly (Greeves) got Into one of the best battles we've seen ..·,don·t you know, Jim, that "everybody" says Greeves aren't fast enough?•••the Open Experts with that number one plate still In contention...Jlm Goldsmith out again on that beautlfullyprepared Roy al E n fie 1d from Shell Motors going faste r all the time until something went plunk In the clutch during the third mo to.. .and the hassle that s tar ted early on over r eed valves and ftvepor ting that was settled only for a day ... the old rule book where such practices look Illegal ( 5-porting definitely I s) Is supposedly still In for c e until we get the new ones, but there'll be a definite ruling soon...starting In January Class "C" traction only wi ll be allowed at Per ris, a great Idea . 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