ing Roberts to move into the fr ont spot.
He held it to the !lnish to take the win.
Phil Bowers was second on his Yamaha. Larry P!utz e urete r , #807, took !trst
amateur on a 250c c Bultaco, running
sixth overall. Steve Holladay, #714 on a
Husky was next a cross the li ne, taking
firs t 500cc amateur. Firs t novice gold
went to Rick Stan worth, #812, on a Triumph. He !lnish ed elev enth overall.
Fifth Gear
The Trall Bike co urse was really a
hard grind, with two long !Hth gear
sandwashes, a couple or dusty !Ir e r oads
and a strai ght downhill that was a real
breath- taker.
Wes Anderson Jr. , #4, and Jack Mor gan, #1, wer e wheel-to-wheel at the
smoke bom b but Morgan had tak en com mand by the end o! the !lrst lap and held
it to take the win • .
Anderson was second, followed by
Terry Clark, #395, and Wayne Ragland,
#515, who took !l r st am ate ur . Th e next
man over the line was Frank Morgan,
#6, and in hot pur suit was Jet! Wright,
#76, taking s econd amateur .
(Results on pag e 26)
Hare Scrambles Champ is That's Right - IN. Roberts
Story and Photos by Dick Wr ight
KRAMER CORNERS, Cal., Dec. 15- J .N.
Roberts, #2, takes the Cal1!or nia Hare
Scrambles Champions hip in one hour and
forty minutes, mounted on his Tracy'stuned Husky.
Ever yone did a rain dance Sa turday
night, but with no results; so Sunday
morning 432 riders had to eat dust. The
combined Open and 250cc riders had two
45-mlle loops, the 100cc Class three 18mlle-loops on separate courses.
The big bike course was mostly open ,
•
sandy trails, with a few long and deep
sandwashes on the way back to the pits.
As the race pr ogres sed, there were a lot
or r iders who blew the ir bikes in the
sandwashes, trying to hi t that top speed
in fourth gear and ending up with bl own
rings.
Blll Friant, #24x, had a good lead at
the smoke bomb, followed by Phil Bowers, #139x, and Roberts. Friant was stlll
holding the lead coming through the pits
but dr opped a chain te n mlles out. allow-
Terry Clark, trail bike Amateur-Expert
winner, I s on his feet up a grade. BELOW:
Down, but on hi s way up alter a era sh,
