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"~ " Scrambles Opens At Fontana Strip by Leonard Sipe FONTANA, Cal., Feb. 2 - The first of four Saturday night rough scrambles was presented on a dirt course at the old Fontana dragstrlp near San Bernardino. Tbe European-type events are promoted by Sturg Taggart, automobile racing entrepreneur, .who will also be running dunebuggies on Sundays. Race organizers Stu Peters and Kelvin Franks, officers of the recently formed Calitornia Motor-Sport Club, grouped the riders into four div1s1nns - 125,250, 500, and Open - and raced them three times each in moto-cross fashion. Tbe Junior class received trophies. In the future, Seniors will be earning cash.. Tbe 5/8-mile course was loose and loamy, with 15 to 30 feet of passing room. It wound back and forth under a series of lights and featured half a dozen jumps. Because the calendar date for this race was picked months ago in lhe midst of worlt1ng out a myriad of other details, the promoters realized too late that their event would be running the same weekend as the Elsinore Grand Prix. Just 35 miles away, thousands of riders and in- Lined Up At Fontana Dahms Testifies At Torrance At the request of local cyclists flghtiog a proposed ordinance to limit their riding on vacant property within the city, BILrban. Dahms, representiog the United Motorcycle Enthusiasts of Calitornia, tesW1ed before the Torrance City CouncUin opposition to the measure. Pointiog out that this was a statewide problem because other municipallties would copy the Torrance ordinaDce, she objected to the use of personal and subjective op1n1ons ther than a measurlIb1e criteria for noise and disturbance created by motorcycles and other vehicles. "Tbe wording of this ordinance is so vague as to make fair and equal enforcement 1JnPossible," she said. "Altbougb standardiZed means of measuring vehicle noise are still UDder develQPment by the California B.lghway Pa.trol and The S0ciety of A ulomot1ve Engineers there are statutes currently in effect concerning mnfOers and noise. "A. street-legal mufOer makes no more noise In a vacant lot than on the street, is no more disturbing at the side of a house than in the troot. This should be the requirement until better standards are adopted:, rather than the opinion of an 'lndivldual that his peace and Qniet was disturbed by a motor vehicle. One person may be disturbed by someone rUlllling down the street while another may not mind the sound of a jet plane O1'erhead. "ThIs law will put the burden of proof upon the cyclist to prove he was not a disturbance, rather than upon the co.mplalnant to prove that he was, which is not consistent with the American Idea of justice." Similar ordinances are under consideration In other municiPalities. THf TWO-rtHffLfl SUZUKI ft..,.. Hiate ~ Deliv.,~ Ii] .. Colt,. Av.. San Il...anliao. Call (714) aaS-3445 terested spectators were getting all the racing they wanted. Only 34 riders entered and most of those were Junior lightweights. In the first 125 moto, W. Bird on a Penton took the lead and was followed by Wayne Whisenant on an 80 Yamaha (fitted with a 100cc engine) and F. Cox, riding a Sachs. In fourth was the oo1y Senior, G. Schuelke, a member of the Checkers Mlc, on another Sachs. Whisenant tool< over in the second roUDd with Bird pushing hard In second place, Cox In third. Bird spilled but got back on right away and worked his way uP to second agaln at the flnlsh. In the final 125 moto, Bird took the lead but eventually retired with mechan1cal trouble, leaving WhIsenant and Cox to fight it out. This time it was Cox' turn to win. In the 250 di1'lslon, the two Seniors Terry Nichols on a Malco and Jim Bently on a Husky - displayed the style and color of professional mota-cross riders and gave the crowd their money's worth. At the end of the first roUnd It was Bently first, Nichols In third. F1n1sh1ng second was the evening's overall Junior winner, D. Storm on a Yamaha 250 Enduro. In the next race,it was Bently, Nichols, and Storm charging hard and fast In front. Then Bently dropped it. A few laps later, it was Nichols wbo spllled. Storm took the checlcered wi th Bently second after working his way back uP through the paclc. An Ossa rider, G. Spellman, was third. Halfway through the third 250 moto, Bently (who works as a postman) had to drop out with a sick engine, leaving Storm and Nichols to work things outtor themselves. G. Luther got Into the tremendous duel uP front, led a few laps, wound uP third behind winner Storm and runnerup Nichols. Only four riders lined uP for the first soc/Open moto - two Juniors and two Seniors, with one an Opendi1'lslonentry. It was a runaway for Senior D. McClean on a C-Z. The bespectacled C-Z rider, who looks like a Sunday School teacher who got lost while on his way to a Saturday night Christian Endeavor meetiog, had the race all to himself. Way back in second was W. Seigtred who had his hands full negotiating the twists and turns on his 650 desert macbine. In their second race, Selgfred took an immediate lead and for several laps 'successfully fended of! McClean's attempts to pass. Fiually McClean got by, and was on his way to another over-win when his bike stalled on the last lap. It loaded uP, and just wouldn't start. This one was Seigtred's. Tbe final race for big bikes was a repeat of the first moto. McClean got out in tront so fast and so far that It was hopeless for the others. (Results on page 16) c.. '" 11Ie California Hllhway Patrol, a long time USIr of police molllrcycles, has beefed up Its force with an order for two hundred and twenty· three 1969 Harley·Davldson Special Pollee Solos. Shown Is William Brunner, Pollee Sales Manager, checking the specifications on the first of the f1.t to be produced. Pollee modlls vary widely from departmlllt to department, and Harley·Davldson has to come up with exactiy the rllht equipment for each law enforcement agency. In the backuound Is the first of 90 Pollee Sportsters to be shipped to the Sailon, S"uth Vietnam Pollee Department. .... 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