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S'DE ""DEIS AID SAID IUSTfIS HOST DUAL fUOIO'EAI seIA.,LES By DlcJt WrIcbt RIDGECREST, CAL., Ma;r 25, 1969- H-D mOlDled Wes Auder80ll Jr. was Desert rtders &Dd fans wbo made tile second &Dd Jetf WrICbt, 011 IIDOlber Hotrek to Ridgecrest were treated to an daIaI., placed tbIrd. Six weeks do rest didn't burt J.N. actioo-packed SuDday. HlInc11"lC seemed to'be the wiDDer's test 011 tile two rough, Roberts. He took botb events In tile 500cc class 011 bis potent Husqvaroa. Steve tICbt courses. Jack Morgan, In tile l00cc S1dewInders Ho1J1day took a soI1d second In tile first event, used a long sandwasb to good ad- eYeDt, followed by James MartIno. Marvantage to lake tile win 011 a Hodaka. t1Do worked b1s way to th1rd after a bad start left b1m at tile rear do tile pack. Mike Patr1ck also toot a pair do wins In tile 250cc class 011 b1s Yamaha. Pb1l Bowers and Torn Poteet ran secood to Patrick In tile two races. 10 tile secood 100cc race, a Ron Benbam-tuned Hodaka ridden by Jeff Wrlgbt toot first place bOllors. Jacle Morgan, also Hodaka, finished second. Jeff .rlabt rod. ibis IIenulIlotu..d Hodaka to a IIrst In the sand Blas....s ....nt and a t11lrd In tile olb•• 25Dcc blk•• II . . . . f.1M start at II. combined alllllNur..xperl rac.. TlIe Side WI.der'. Cllllrs. Ie_.d a. deep sandwu~ at til••lat. Photos by C. Clayton and Terry Pratt Guess Ir s not really a coral snake, maybe Ir s a boa constrictor! ~~~~ J.IL R.....ts coUeclad a pair at wins In II. 5OOCC-Open class race. ab_d his potent Huaq...na. Orange oCounty Opener By Jim Vardeman COSTA MESA, CAL., May 21, 1969 - 50 cycles entered the seasoo's opener at Orange Co. Speedway Wednesday Dlgbt. OpenIng Dlgb~ was primarily a practice Dlgbt and DO points or mooey was involVed, but that did DOt stop the act10D from being wUd and lapld. Randy Ellis, last years track cbamploo, made an appearance and ran In all classes, coming out the victor In tile 250cc TT MaIn event. Young Stan Rogers won tile 250\:c Flat track main event on a re-start, after being Involved In a wUd crash witll two otber riders. Rogers first appeared to be seriously burt but a cbeck from tile ambulance crew and be was tack In the action. He took the lead on the re-startand was never seriously contested. All classes, botll TT and Flat Track, were bosted with some of So. CalIf.'s finest youug cooteoders. Tbls season should prove tile best yet. Races will be held every Wed. nlte at 8:00 p.m. (Results on page 17) UNLUCKY SPOKES Anotll. Hu.qvarna rld.r pts abo... tile sanlL Rlws .ach. were able lD ride In two, nln. mil. races "GEE FOt.~, :z 7'"~ )IbV 71IESE. 7"'Wt:J GIl$: ,eE;(LLY RIDE" ..JY1t./) /,f' ,!lOSE 71JRJlS.!" By N.A. Wllllams BRUSH I:RAIRIE, WA. May 18 - Who expected It to rain tbIs bard on a day In May? And tbls 15 summer scrambles? After a few practice laps most of tile big macb1nes dropped out. Smaller macblnes seemed to take tile water better and went on to fln1sh the day's races with just a lew "drop-outs." RESULTS: . l00cc TROPHY DASH: JakMllls(Kaw). A: 1. Jack MIlls (Kaw), 2. Wall Drake (Hod), 3. Dennis Fromm (Kaw). B: 1. Mike Manning (But), 2. Gregg WInd (Brl). 200cc TROPHY DASH: Larry Butterfield (Kaw). A: 1. Larry Butterfield (Kaw) , 2. MIke Hannula (Yam), 3. Ih!Igbt Horton (Yarn). B: 1. Lee Thompson (Kaw) , 2. Neal Hulet (Hon). 250cc TROPHY DASH: Dave Ditter (Yam). A: 1. Dave Ditter (Yam), 2. Bob Ryder (Kaw), 3. Jim Mullins (Hon). B: 1. Gee. McCuicbao (Mon); 2. Cliff Scott (Yarn). C: 1. Ed Sinclair (Yam). 500cc MOTOCROSS: 1. Vern Loy (Trl), 2. Dwight Horton (Trl), 3. Neal Hulet (Hon). OPEN cc MOTOCROSS: 1. Dennis Erdman (Trl) , 2. Blll Mauley (H-D), 3.11urb Moore (BSA).