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4 Aces u .... u TT Scrambles By Maureen Lee Pt RRIS, Calif. March'16, 1969. After all th heavy rain, the Perris track has cronged a bit, Although the surface held well In spite of all the damage, riders found themselves do1nC a few th1ngs dIIf r ently• Those who dldo't heed Jeff SmUb's advice to "always walk a track prior to rldinC 011 it" found ourselves locking it uP first laP of practice wben l' abruptly found out the "teacup" wasn't there any more and we bad to turn I ft a lot fa.- than before. Wb_l Track OWDer Jerry Burtoa said wearlIy, "I'll be alrlibt if it doon't rain anymore, but thrse times ltJat mountain has sUd 011 the track and the lIIt1e1d bas mewed ovw to the jump and three times I'.,. pubed it back. I'm tlredl" TbIB may eTtIII lmpron t1le SUJ'1llee for the year. The layers at earth baYe certa1DJ;)" been re-arranpd, coariesy at Mother Naturel The oo.tIDC Pour-Aces ran a respectable race but like with everytbInc else there were some bad tbtnes mixed with the ioodo A PDC of people were UIIbappy about DOt be1DC able to park In the 1Df1e1d and two riders told this reporter that If tbat's co1nC to be a rule they woo't ride PeniB anymore. They cODBider the rerular pit ar.. to be UllBl.fe to park In because at "pit racers." We say amen. It wu-BAD, You're ptt1nC ready for a race and darn near get na1led by the little squirrels rllllll1nr around on tra1I bikes and minis, not to mention some of the racers wIIo couldn't wait to pt on the track to ps It. Trucks were kept out of the 1Df1e1d as a aafety measure, but the pits weren't properly policed and neither were the local canines wilen one trotted across the track dur1nC the 500 Expert! We guarantee both dog and riders !laveafew extra crey ba1rsl The iood tbtnes outwelibed the bad. The club bad an excellent system worked out for cootroUJnc practice and l1ntne up beats that 8IIDuld be adopted by other clube. 1'bQ' also bad a c:hap stationed 011 t1le rock and an.r each beat (we all ran the klac CCllll'se) be would stenal the starter the course was clear. TIle starters wen iood too, espectally Tex Meyers, but be's been practicing for twenty years' F"uDniest tbtne was the club referee pttIDJ mad, thro1Jlnlr bls club colors dowo and quitting, but the rest of the club still kept an eye 00 the cbeaters and dlsQUBlJfled some. lit, 2nd, • 3rd plac. winne.. 01 ... 100cc Exp.rt lIIotol Rlch.d Swe.ney (h), Steve Nicholl (2x), • D.nny Hockl. (111), hlllll. IIrst tum In t1&llt lorm.tlon. That I how kHn tile comp.tltlon WII tlwoulhout III. racln,. his 'BuI's but Rick Marquis wasn't far cations for bike shar1nC with Hondo Long the Novice winner and Jay Lewis the i behind and It won't be long before these two are up In the Expert class •• .Sandy Expert...Richard Sweaney aeatn did in the Armstrong and his CZ did 'em In In the 100 Experts with tbat little Kawasaki". 500 Expert••.John Rice tried butcouldo't most of tbat class are equal In rldtne ability but the 'S8k1 Just bas a few more keep up with that fly1nC Cee- Zed and almost lost his secODd place to Matco rider beans dowo the straiiht•..David Aldana Ray Nlchols...5andy, you mlibt remem. and Larry Taylor bad a good one co1nC in ber. was the chap who went swimming in the 250 Expert clan with a win each and the Ascot pood a couple of 1'T's acooo. Aldana taIdni the third one and InelIld1ni Terry Dorsch and Don Dudek foUiht It some wbeel1es dowo the stralgbt for the out for the Open Expert with Terry wInlans...the sound of an "Ay-Jay" was ntne wbat will probably be bls last race heard In the land when Ed Becker woo In a long tlme.ooUncle Sam has sent blm the 500 Novice Main on one_.GIen Brun"Greetings" . son bad a good day with a tilth In the 250 (Results on pace 20) class and a win in the 500 Amateur on The Racing Bit A nice croUP of baeks showed UP, with Blnibam and Wade winning after some hairy actloo. Their spoDBOr, Ventura County Harley-Davidson, can be proud of ·emoo.Ernie Aracoo made an appearance with bls MOIItesa back and bls two youngsters Don and Pam bad a Hodaka back tbat was real groovy••.he asks If anyone Is Interested In creattnc a 100cc baek class? ...the 50's bad twodlsquaJlfl- ,,",Mel Do"t •• 110., IlIlt . . . .der _wiler•• Ionl III. wlf willi Iln.1 position I 01 tuml BlaPaiVWade (13) lst, P.ltul/FI .... 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