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Gregg Surprises With Woodland Match-Victory WOODLAND, Wash., Jan. 19 - M1Ice Gregg and his 238 Kawasaki surprised almost everyone by taking a special challenge race here. He was riding against T.L. Haglan and his Norton, and Bob Leach on a specially-prepared 421 Honda. Haglan was seco"nd. The day also saw the fastest race ever on the fast Woodland track. Sonny Burres pulled this off In the 250 A Main. The track Is located about five miles llP the Lewis River road from Woodland. It's made from river silt and sand; even when soaked It's fast. The big guns turned out with the 130 riders who showed llP: class Criders Jimmy Smith, Ike Reed, Tom Woods and BIll Cook, besides Burres and Baglan. When they took the checkered In the 250 Dash Burres and his Bultaco got there first, Gregg riding In behind him. In the fast 250 A Main, Burres, Smith and Gregg battled It out with never more than two cycle lengths between them. Smith and Gregg were too close for a comfortable decision, but the flagman flna1Iy gave second to Smith. Burres took the 360cc Dash and A MaIn, Gregg being forced Into the B MaIn. He look It easily. Burres grabbed the Open LIghtweight Dash on a Triumph. The 100cc and 200cc A mains and dashes were In the pocket of Garry Kapus on a 100 and 175 Kawasak1s. C5 ~k. Th. B....1I1 sno-blk. Is a conversion 01 the _II-known Dynamo Scrambler. Th. Iront skJ "nit d.taches In a I.w mlnu'ts so that th. cycl. can be used all tllru til. year. II can also be swunl up and carrl.d In lront 01 the cycl., when the rider comes to areas cleared 01 snow. Thlskl assembly sells separately lor $29.95 and th. compl.te unit lor $349.00. Th. rider Is lorm.r B.n.1II italian raclnl Champion Eraldo F.rraccl. Riding With The Lightweights By Floyd Lewis Compellllonl Ride your gutS out; get a break; win a race. It's a great thrill to win, no matter If you ride scrllIDbles, desert or moto-cross. Perhaps even more thrilling Is the fight for that number one plate, one of many point systems set up by District 37 In conjuncllon with the AMA. But there's one more point race in District 37 - the competition for heavyweight and lightweight club standings. Let me ask you: What club ended uP second In heavyweight desert point standIngs? ThIrd place lightweight scrambles club? What club, If any, does a Gary Scott, Freddie Edwards, Steve Nichols or a Jim Conolly belong to? Who knows, and who cares? Right? Wrong. I believe every member of every club cares. At the next race you attend, walk up to someone who Is a member of a District 37 club and ask him what place his club ended llP In 1968. At least nine of ten IImesyouw1llget the answer and a little conversation about his club. What Is so good about belonging to a club? When you are a member of a club you are the nerve of District 37. You " BATTERY ELIMINATOR R.place your motorcycl. battery with a vibration r.slstant .I.elronlc unlL Free brochur•• CONDUCTOR SYSTEMS, INC. P.O. Box 1154 Pomona, Cal i f. 91769 ~;; ::0) BILL ~ KRAUSE'S III/TII/U 1 II f. /1",,1. -'"ro' HONDA/~/YAMAHA 1~1 S.lA IREA at Century • BMW ,....ood • • • "'-SOl5 GREEVES Sp.clallzed Triumph - Honda R.palrs • Custom Raclnl 0 Enllnes Machine Work 0 M.lisse Kits Cyl. Borlnl 0 H.ad Portinl MIKE BURKE Motorcycle Specialties .11-G4Ol LARGEST PARTS & ACCESSORIES DEPT. IN THE SOUTHLAND • MOTO·BETA ,ALL NEW 1969 Motorcycle Racks for all MI C' s • 10 lit all cars & trucks ,,~~.I 15178 Raym.r SL Van Nuys, Cal. 91406 T.lephon. (213) 780-4719 DESERT SET UP SCRAMBLES •. up Installed Northwest Manulact..lnl Co. SIIadrone & Rosecrans Hawthorn., Calli. 213 679-8833 help change and add rules through your club for District 37 competition. But probably the best benefit you would gain by belonging to a club Is pride. I feel I belong to the greatest club In the country, and I know all of my fellow members are as proud as I IlID to belong to the Lightweights M.C. IMeet The Riderl By Clara Gutierrez Photo by Bill McKee Expert rider #8J Is Jim Rodaer of Sacramento, California. Jim Is single; he Is 20 years old, 6 foot tall, weighs 160 POunds, a graduate of La Serrla High School in Carmichael, California. Jim works for his dad as a carpenter. LIGHTWEIGHTS M.C., DISTRICT 37 LIGHTWEIGHT ~RAM8LES CHAMPIONS 1967-1968 Let's break this down and take a look at It. First "Lightweights M.C." the DIlIDe of a club. In February 1966, after two other DIlIDes were returned to us by the AMA It was voted llP and passed that this newly formed club be called the Lightweights M.C. The reason this was chosen at this lime was that out of twenty-five chartermembers only two rode bikes over 25Occ. However, we have never had the outlook that we are strictly a small bike club. I'm sure that all the Buzzards M.C. are not buzzards. "Scrambles Champions 1967-1968". In 1966, after eight months as a District 37 club the Lightweights M.e. f1n1sbed a close second to O.C.M.C. The following year the Lightweights became the DIstrict L1ghtweightChampions. But In 1967, as the Lightweights grew and expanded, we also were able to compile a few points In the desert club point standings. In 1968 not only were our club desert points substantially Increased, but our club also picked llP some rough motocross victories while at the same time keeping our crown as number one lightweight club. ThIs year the Lightweights M.C. Is again expanding 10 the areas of heavy_1ght and desert riders. Big bike riders, desert riders, or any t;ype rider for that matter, come to a Lightweight M.C. meeting and see what we have to offer as a club. Speeders- Gire Upl If you're ever In England, don't try to elude the motorcycle police. They're now rtding Triumph Metisse road racers which w1ll soon be fitted with the new Rlclanan/Weslake 700cc 8-valve' cooversion, according to Motor Cycle News, a Brillsh weekly. CZ ¥ Jawa Triumph . . Suzuki ... Maico at Walt Axthe/m Triumph-Suzuki Motors, 1049 W. 5th St., Pomona, Calif. (714) 629.18642. -- ---- ------- iNTENsiFiiD = == ii : E5ii iiiE HODAKAS BY C RO W E Li;iiL~ At Sacramento N~tlonal Rac.way, Dec. 7, way out In front. Jim's dad, Sherman Rodaer, Is also a motorcycle racer, #8K In the amateur class. When this father and son team used to race against each other at the old 3-Star-Raceway they were one of the main attractions of the race. JIm's favorIte racetrack was the old 3-Star-Raceway, which Is no longer a racetrack; his secood choice Is the Sacramento Nallonal Raceway. I wonder If the reason for this choice could be that Jim woo a high point trophy In his class this year? Jim has been racing for about three years and has collected about 100 trophies. Jim rides for Ralph Gutierrez, on a fast 250cc Bultaco. Jim clalms that the secret Is to speak Spanlsb to your Taco; It'll do anything you want. But If you forget to speak In Spanish It woo't understand a thing you're saying. Jim'S hobbies are motorcycles, cars, and girl watching. He plans to start his professional career soon; all his papers are filled out and ready to be sent to OhIo. He can hardly walt for the half mile professional season to start. Indoor doesn't turn him on like flat track racing does, he says. HIs favorite professional racer Is 122, I:8n Haaby. ThIs coming season In Sportsman rac- Jim w1ll be wor/dng for a black pla1le number, those Issued to the top twenty expert riders In District 36. Ing COMPETITION READY Ride what the wi nners ri'de Equi pped with these competition extras Glrllnc shocks - 19· Front Wheel n-Cro Fronllork - Skid Plate alE Air Clean.r - Fork Brac. Crow.1I Tun.d Pip. - Number Plall Solid Alloy Rear Sprock.t Chol c. 01 tires IE A LEADER' Shelton Trailblazers January 19, 1969 100cc Class 1st BOB SCHNEIDER - MIB XCI00 MB SPORTCYCLES·311 E. ALEXANDER AVE., TACOMA. WASHINGTON 98421 GO CROWELL 10421 Prairie, Inglewood (213) 613-5562