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l .... San Diego Trials .. Br._ Jobn rocla hi. Colton III • fh.lln lb. Expert cia ... H. baal ••I&flbor Bill Batzlaff by two points. In the sub-14 yr. old class a very and starting out this young will really colorful and very sl;ylish Mutln Belair become top flight competitors in the lost a mere 3 points tor his first-place ensuing years. ' award. Mutln rides a Hodaka and 15 Nearly 150 riders showed for this instantly recognizable in his Joel Robert event and most are readY for the highcap and bright yellow Martini jersey. light event of the year, the Big Bear Scott Montgomery, also riding a Hodaka, Two-Day which has been scheduled tor lost 6 points but still bad a 10 point Memorial Day Weekend, May 31 and margin over Ken He1us. These youngJune 1st. sters show style llke Sammy Miller's Burres Sweeps Graham Opener By David L. Welsh 1111. Grow fl....... bll 11I11. IS plell. her .11 lIlrou&!l on. of lb. 12 ob d ••d OM. Do.I. S....t won lb. wo.. n'. cl.... By Gary B:I.rtoo SAN DIEGO, CAL., May 18, 1969- Master Trials rider John Walters edged Bob Grove for top honors Sunday, May 18 in the Miramar riding area north of San Diego. Both rider s llI'e presidents of their respective clubs; Walters guides the San Diego Trials Riders, sponsors of the event, and Grove is bellwether of the Southern California Trials Association. John and Bob both tallled equal scores of 33 in the seven sections but a check of their respective scores showed 12 cleaned sections for Walters with Bob Most Powerful MAleC w t .. 01 . Best Handling "Iul.sippi * ~er MOtorS2JlS W.OIlQ,BurbMk,Cal Robert M. Law 1~~'P!Jl HIGHEST TRADE"N 239 II. An.llel. Blvd. ""....1 ... P.... (11.1 533-1309 cal. LOMITA HONDA Sal.. • Part. • Ser.1 ce COlI1pl.l. lin. 01 Sp..d Equipmenl CU.toll Painllnl. Frame Worf., Fram. D..ll"ln,& Bulldln, Discount Prices. All SIles --_..I 2073 Pacilic Coasl Hwy. .. 326-3110 or 326·3116 i: i===i ~=i=i=E INTENSIFIED ii i e= ==ii i i l _ i HODAKAS BY CROWEL.L;... Duan. Stone lIIok flftb I. lb..... tar CI.ss oa a Bulgco. 150 .n"I•••bo• • up at Ibl. S.n DI.CO ...nt. cleaning 10 of the very dl.tflcult traps. Ties are broken with the higbestnumber ciphers and this elated the winner. Competition Secretary for the S.C. T.A. Jack Ward took the show pOSitlon only 2 marks further down with 35. All were Bultaco mounted, in fact the first six places were taken by the popular Sherpa T's. S.D.T.R. also made a very good showing in the el(llert class. Neighbors John Brewer and Bill Batzloff who both ride identical Cottons and are fiercely competitive with each other, took the first two pOSitions. Brewer lost 40 marks and Batzloff accounted 42 points for the day. Roy Sheridan used the Montesa loaned to Bob Nichelsen and took the third position. Cloee' to one hundred Amateur riders competed in the Ultra-lightweight and lightweight classes. George Karsten (Bultaco) was tops among the lightweights with 15 points and John Schulz took a brand new Montesa Cota'to second,dropping a mere 16 while Blll Robertsoo was down one more point with 17 for third. The amateur traps were really cha)lenging and the low scores incurred by the amateur riders attest to their abilities. In the Amateur Ultra-lightwetebt class, B11l Earl made a really remarkable showing by equalling Karsten's score with 15 marks. Earl ridesaHodalea and although the sections really favored the more powerful bikes Blll's ahilll;y enabled him to top Hodaka mounted Neal Arnett by a full seven marks. An ecstatic Donnie Stewart won the women's class with a total of 19 marks. Donnie rides ooe at the best looking Hodaleas set ~ for trials as we11 as being one of the best looking HodaII:a riders. COMPETInON READY Ride what the winners ride Equipped with these competition extras Ghlln, shocks - 19~ Fronl Wh.. 1 n-Cro Franl lork - Skid Plaia . E Air Clun.r - Fork Brace Cro••11 Tuned Pip. - Numbar PI.1e Solid Alloy Rur Sproekel Cholc. 01 tlr.. IE A LEADER' GO CIOWELL 10421 Prairie, Inglewood (213) 673-5562 TACOMA, WN. May 16,-Portland's50nny Burres easily bandled the 31 man field at experts entered in the first 1969 race meet at Tacoma'S Graham Speedway. Setting a fast qual1tying time of 19.51, be then guided his Triumph racer to a close victory over former track champions EmU Ahola and Dan Holton. In the expert beat races, Burres tookcommalld again, beating Tacoma'S Sandy Saunders and Ross Roberts of Yakima, WD. Heat two saw surprising first year expert Gregg Morse of Seattle bolt past Ahola in the backstretch right-bander and stretch out for an easy win tollowed by Ahola and last year's amateur point leader Jim Jones. Dan Holton took heat three with come-back rider Dave Clarke and Holton's younger brother Steve trailing. In the main event Burres jumPed into the early lead with Sandy Saunders ehasing. Heat winner Morse, oft to a poor start 'and moving uP fast, broke his gearbox and retired in lap 4 of the 15 lap 'maln. New national number 83 Don Mc Leoad hung on to third spot until Dan Holton slipped by in lap 5. Holton went on to pass tiring Saunders in lap 11 as Burres stretched his lead. Ahola slid by McLeod in the 14th "lap for the fourth place flnlsh. Burres' win earned him a $300 slice at the $1450 total purse. The amateur program was blgbllgbted by a heated duel between H-D mounted John Bromley and Squire Tomas1e's Triumph. Both won their heats easily. The third amateur heat was marred by a tour bike crash in the right-bander during the tirst lap. After a restart three anxious amateurs again pUed uP stopping the heat again. The novice event, 64 riders strong, was dominated by Portland's Chuck Joyoar and Dan Brecht of Seattle. Each woo a beat race, Brecht the fastest, along with first beat winner Jim'KUtoft. Brecht won the dash and took the early lead in the main. Joyner started in the fourth spot and moved uP steadily to take the win away trom Brecht 50 feet trom the tinlsh, with KUtott third. (Results on page 16) Sale. Motocross By Muie Layton . SALEM, OREGON, May 18- Salem Motocross Park staged its grand opening' event Sunday amidst showers of rain. While the rain was welcome to settle the dust, three members of the newly formed club who stayed uP till 4 a.m. watering the track probably did not truly appreciate the showers. Sevenl;y-seven riders signed -up to try this new course just to the southwest of Salem. Most of them seemed tollkewhat they found. The track is rough, and almost a mile around. There are several jumps where the riders get airborne and provide plenl;y of thr1lls for the spectators. The club plans on following lnternational Motocross Rules, running three beats in each class. Each entrant rides ten minutes per heat and the winners are determined by points. Three classes are oftered: 125cc, juniors and seniors25OCc, juniors and seniors-Open, juniors and seniors. The general consensus of opinion among the nearly 850 spectators was that for a cross-country race, this club offers the best"tac1llties available anywhere. Most of the course can be seen from the parking area, with only parts of it being hidden by trees and shrubbery. A promotional race by a local radio station featured the KBZY "good guys", all disc jockeys for the station. Gene Harrison, owner of the station, bad promised his many tans thai he would win this race one way or the other. Seeing John Vaughn clearly in the lead prompted him to cut the course practically in half in order to come across the tinish line tirst. Harrison was disqualif1ed. Second place went to Jim Trett, third to Jerry Whipper, and tourth to Clayton Henry. All were awarded trophies tor their efforts. The 125cc Junior class bad fifteen riders. Ronald Britton, Yamaha, was the blgb point rider in this class and tblrteenyear old Diane Cox, Penton, f1nlsbed in seeood place. Diane was the only girl to sign ~ and managed to do as well, or better, than moet of the fellows in her class. High point rider in the 125cc Senior class was Dennis Glasgow 00 a Yamaha. The 250Cc Junior class went to Larry Rucher, Bultaco. Mike Clark, Malco, woo the 250Cc Senior division and the open class went to Robert Leach on a 360CZ. Races are planned on this course every other Sunday through the 24th ~ August. , (Results on page 16) Foot Pegs for Yamaha cn,"& Fits MMeis - DTIB, ATI 12m x 1.2511I ISO T1Iread Liglllweigbt Low Cost NOW IN STOCK~i3i3;/Wfi!IIt ~,.""""",o SEE YOUR BARNETI DEALt,; 4915 Pacific Blvd., Vernon, California, Phone: 589-5488 ••