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360 Enlr Is AI Fre By Dale Ivan nl ••**~***.~:* ~¢********~**~ was his last race for qulte awhile and we wish him lots of luck over there. The 250 Expert Main got off to a crashtng start with Allen Kenyon biting the dust in the first turn, taking down several other riders, including expert Dave Bellina, who had tried his first turn move on the outside. Bellina received a shoulder injury from this crash, which put him out of the running. On the restart, Paul Johnson, the nation's top sportsman rider and currently leading the district in points again, charged from the middle of the pack to take over the lead and the win. Special mention should be given to expert John Brown who had to either ride his 100cc Hodaka in the 250 class or not run at all. Brown held off the bigger bikes everywhere but on the straight-a-way, where he was pi tifully blown off. Brown received a standing ovation for his amazing sixth place finish. Scotty Diffenbaugh took another big win on his sponsored 360 Bultaco. Scott beat out riders Dave Hansen, (Maico) and Arnold Castlona (Montesa). As of this race, Scott has been undefeated in the 375 Expert Class. Hot Shoe Chal De Cecco, riding a 40 inch Triumph emerged as a surprise victor in the 650 Expert class, taking a wire to wire win. Rick Otto, favored winner, came through in grand style to take a close second behind De Cecco. otto had charged from a distant fifth to second, exhibiting a tremendous amount of skill. However his bid for first place was cut short by the lack of time. (Results on page 20) FREMONT CALIF" May 25, 1969 - The TT Scrambles season really got into swing with the opening of the Fremont Raceway. The Fremont track, despite its surface condition, is one of the most popular in the San Francisco Bay area, providing easy accessabllity to everyone. Opening day drew a large turn out of riders, with more than 360 entrants. The course was extremely fast and somewhat hazardous due to the dust and the large pot holes. Hopefully, thenexthosting club will spend some money on track preparation in order to improve racing conditions and to drawback a large crowd of the regulars. Main event action got underway with the 100 Novices. Dennis Spence riding a Kawasaki led off the main event ahead of Hodaka mounted,' Pat Brown (second) and Tim Ronssee in third. • The 200 Novice event was a crashbang affair with early leader Ivan Shigemasa going down on lap 3, taking out several other riders. Bultaco mounted Buffalo Willis jumped into the lead, taking advantage of Shigemasa's mistake. Willis went on to win the event easily followed by Marty Webster, Gary Kunsman and Larry Powers. Milan Terkla turned in his best and certainly most dramatic ride of his sportsman career, winning his heat and the 250 Novice main aboard his Bul. Terkla took time out from his military service to come to Frer IOnt to win his first - first place troPb: . Tekla is now bound for service in Viet Nam, Fremont :. SCRAMBUN AROUND ************************** By Maureen Lee We are going to raise a growl this week on a problem that affects every single one of us, and that's the increasing number of pit racers we find at our weekly events. There was a time when a host club would have a club member in the pits taking down numbers or at least waving a flag, we remember the Gripsters M.C, doing an excellent job of this at Elsinore one time and at times the Perris track has been well policed. Lately however, it looks as l! everyone is getting a little lax. A little lax? Item: at Saddleback a nut on a Triumph howling through the pits and crashing into a trash barrel, (all watching applauded and hoped he'd at least broken a leg) at Perris too many minibikes and trailers scooting around not to mention two-digit number racers showing off. At the Shamrocks motocross hearing a rider shift into second or third wasn't uncommon, all when wives, kids, racers getting ready for their heat were coming out from behind trucks, backing down loading ramps, waiklng around to dlfferentvantage points were all in the same area. We won't excuse either grouP of pit racers either. if you think you impress the racers as you wheelie or drag through the pits on your cow-trailer, you ain't, baby. We're only impressed as to how you perform where it counts, on the track. As race-driver Stirling Moss once said, "Any fool can go fast." And as for you racers, big deal. You're not proving anything there either, except that you're bonkers, (translated as nutty in the head)! The solution? It's got to a point now where I know there are some racers who are ready to just knock you right on your ear when you come flying past, by any means possible. Not only that, a list of riding numbers is going to be turned in to the Competition Committee of everyone - -- - I I I I I I ~~aJi/ ~S \ . OfIE P6VOr£r;) ::t I ~P.l~~ I PLEASE CHECK ONE: o Second Class Subscription 0 First Class Subscription o Air Mail Subscription :-'('('Olld ('I ass IlIU; 1 i,; \'OT for\\'aronhle. :-;Plld 1I'; ~'()ur n~\\' addn."':O-:s u:": :-,oon a:-po,;,;ihle. ,;0 ~·ou lIon'l 1111:-:;": I I I I I I . '" .. ... ... ... . u .u ~ .;; z :!:! 0 ~ ~ ~ u = c( - an i :-;~UP. NAME: NEW ADORESS: ...J >E ~ 1l ~ I I I I I I Alloll t\\O w('pk;-; CITY: STATE: ~ we catch acting like a kook and when lIIat starts happening, how'd you not like to ride for a few weeks? And maybe lose 50% of your points to boot? There is not one track around that doesn't have a small warm-up area to get your engine in worldng condition before getting out for practice which is where you can really turn it on if you wish. You just don't honk it on around the trucks and people. We'll point this out too, when did you ever see riders like Chuck Mtnert, Jim Hunter, Bill Riley, John Rice, Monte Darling etc. et al ever pit racing? They just putter around and warm that motor up. So now let's cool it huh? Before someone gets hurt (maybe you) and a track gets closed? We'd like to comment on the starting procedure the Shamrocks used. instead of the hand on the helmet, they had riders put their hand on their number plate, (clutch hand that is) and it worked fine. Those familiar with the more exotice form of scrambling which is motocross will know this can stop qulte a bit of what some circles call "cheating" and others call "the racers' edge." If you have one of the newer highpowered scramblers and have been gritting your teeth about why someone didn't come out with bigger tires to help you keep that power on the ground, Dunlop has. in a recent British publication they show a 460 - 18 called the Sports K8-6, that fits the WM3 rim. The knobby tread pattern is designed to clean out more easily in mud but more important the tread extends more up the wall of the tire to help when you've really got 'er over on 'er ear! Currently now, all you can get is a 400-18 and that's just not enough tire for the newer scooters. So l! you're thinking about new tires, hang on and maybe they'll get them over here in a short while. r MOVING??? ... I V) ror adclrp:..::..: l'hange. ZIP:_ I '~~ J ~ Col :<: Col ...J \,) t;