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straDee "MacDetic Tree" oil the course ::: Gettlnl IIlp at Ba)' Mare. By Jerry Greer pbotos by Dennis Greene Donna Lucas 1000 OAKS, CAL., July 27, 1969- Bay Mare, the or1g1nal base camp of the Lost Legion, bas everything gol.Dg tor it except clear directions on how to get there. But once you do, you couldn't speodyour time in a better place. Motocross was the drID and two-strokes provided the cadence. And before we go any further, lets get one thI.Dg straJgbt! You guys make me sick, a1-nys jawing about twostrokes and how suPertor they are. Right? Went Let me ask you just this! What POWers the water truck? Yeah Manl And you ain't NEVER goin'to see a twostroke water truck. No torque, see. And you GOT to have a water truck. RIght? I teel better now. Attendance was just right without elbow crowds, and a steadY sea breeze blew trom the water hole, heretn alter reterred to as the "gravity cavity". Three 10 lap motos provided the entertainment for each class with some classes belng run jointly for lack of pbyslca1 TIll. ~11h, spe.~. steep U turn took III toll In ings in a sl.Dgle bound. He later volced a preference for taIl hllls. Who he? Mike Runyard thats wbo! Took a Sachs and turned the day's fastest lap! Won all three motos on that 125. The word Senior must mean somethl.Dg. Jell Creager on a Yamaha was just plain doing some tremendous European wow-em rlding tor second place each time. Long wbeel1es across rough stutr, using English in both directions on the same wbeel1e II Jeff's done his tan club homework, and it's what draws the non-avid fans. Keep ituP Jeff. SQPer Mike did a couPle 01 'em too just to keep the troops awake! People dig It. The 100 sportsman may not have been the toughest but it sure as heck was the most closely fought. It also pointed up a MOTOCROSS China Camp Motocross - 7/20169 Open Novice Class 1st Bill Obi en - EI Bandido International Motocross - 7/13169 250 Sportsm Class 1st Ron Stockman - PurSang ACA Motocross - 7/13169 350cc Sportsman CI ass 1st Jerry Blalock - EI Bandido CMC Night Motocross - 7/12169 125cc Junior Class 1st Mike Prichard - Sherpa S Crescent Citv Motocross - 716169 125 - 200 Class 1st Jack Tesch - Sherpa S numbers. The 250 Sportsman opened the way to some heads- uP racing for the rest of the day. Mike Bast won the tirst round on a Yamaha but not without Chuck Esterline on his mlghty Bul looking for the hole all the way around. BID Harris hung his hopes on a Ma!co and f1n1shed in the money. In fact, Mr. Hartis took home enough in each moto to garner 1st overall. The lh1rd 250 Sp. moto recelved the Beautiful People AwaJ;d. Dan Schatfer piled off a ravine in slow motion and dlsappeared. No Dan was to be seen. SUence. A moment later one glove, looking l1ke a Nlke Missile, shot stra1ght uP, then another. Hi Dan. The water truck then "cleaned" a section and disappared In Its own rainbow around the corner. Their water truck's neater than a Honda generator. The 125 Sportsman was cut loose and surprlse! You've just been water trucked. Good old mud! Bryar Holcomb was just llat rattling doors on his Penton though, and J1m Dawson stayed right beh1nd h1m on his Yamaha for every lap but the one that counted. R1.Ightttl Na1led Holcomb at the f1II1sh I1ne. The only lap they count, too. Wouldn't you just know! So old Holcomb did what he knew best in the next moto and strapped it to Dawson, but just hBrely. Bets were goI.Dg at the old gravity cavity that Holcomb would be the first to bathe in its gentle waters. Riding kind 01 bard, he was. Dawson and Yamaha performed a trick in the th1rd moto, though. He called it turnI.Dg laps 5 seconds faster than before. Holcomb ran second, aDd it's only right. D comes before H in the alphabet. Two bard chargers. The Combined 125 Senior, 175 and 200 sportsman 0(leDed the telephone booth for the Bay Mare SQPerman to f1Y out 01, and he did everything but leap tall build- - .' GRAND PRIX Simi Valley Grand Prix-7/19 & 20169 125 Am;Ex. CI ass 1st Am. Bob Vacca - Sherpa S 125 Novice Class 1st Dave Rodgers - Sherpa S HILL CLIMB Eastside M.C·. Hill Climp - 7113169 250 Expert Class 1st AI Ponti - PurSang 250 Amateur CI ass 1st Manuel Ponti - PurSang 200 Novice Class • 1st Larry Si Iva - Sherpa S 2nd Keith Rossler - Sherpa S 3rd Joe Ponti - Sherpa S 4th Robert Si Iva - Sherpa S FLAT TRACK Sacramento FI at Track - 7/12169 200 Am;Ex/CI ass 1st John Dotson - Sherpa S TT SCRAMBLES Y S1reeI P.Sag ••r 2liDcc EI Tigre S1reeI Scr..-rer Famous Bultaco Handling Hi-Power Options Available "Isle 01 Man" Winning Design .ak.· • 27.6 HP + 225 Ibl. • 5 Sp••d p.bol· TolallJ ..closed re. . . . . . SIIock alI_bIDI re. lIub • Ser_bler b•• + bl·plp.· Twin l.adlnlllIM front HI''''I'_ allO)' rims • CllrolH 'end•• + Clltnlll paint • Tlr•• fit 'or a .treet .u.ul. DESERT Deadmans Point Hare Scrambles -"716169 Open Class 1st Neil Fergus - EI Bandido 250 Class 1st Tom Poteet - PurSang 2nd Gary Griffin - PurSang Bultaco Services 2765 Scott Blvd. Santa Clara, Cal. Doll bier was .IDlled out as lumlnl In at tn• •tsmldlnl rI.... D' III. d.,. _ wb1c:h would at raDdom em..... waves and coUect a bike tram the track. thereby h1nder1ng the racers progress. Pure science. Don Emler on aSuzuld was first to notice It, hut 1t dtdn't deter him for some 01 the most fantastic riding at Bay Mare aDd Sk1p Porter on a Hodaka was, hreathing down his h8Ck or r1gbt ahead' 01 h1m all and I do mean all 01 the t1me. Porter broke a foot peg aDd we alllalow wbat that does to the insides - turkey dressing. Those two were right with Mike RlIIIY&J'd for being good. SQPer Mike came out agio for the 250 Senior, 500 Sportsman and OpeD, aDd knocked them all off with h1s 250 Amer.1can Eagle. Beaut1tul. Carl Cotton OIl another, but larger, Eagle was orbiting right h8Ck there in seCODd. Mike RlIIIY&J'd knocked off Husk;y's, MateO's, Triumllb. and you name It's. In the next mota, he fell on the water truck droppings at the entrance to the track and got up way h8Ck in the pack wbere you and I run. Yau know the feeling. But he's dUferllllUrom us, see. He won tbe-----thI.Dg anyway. He's cooL outstanding performers for the day? Well, RlIIIY&J'd on h1s Sachs wblch, 10cldentally, won the Hooligan "rUD-whatya-brung" too, would have to be my man, with Don Emler, SlQp Porter, what the heck I've already told you wbo they arel The water truck was pretty slick too; 11 was the ollly bike that could make the uPhill left-bander in reverse with 2000 gallons 01 water. Its 4 stroke powered•. (Results on page 20) TRIALS Trailblazers Trials - 6/29/09 1st Overall Sammy Mi II er - Sherpa T Weston, Oregon Tri al s - 7/4169 1st Overall Leon Wi Ibanks - Sherpa T 250 Class 1st Jack Williams - Sherpa T 2nd Leroy West - Sherpa T 3rd Ray Rumbolz - Sherpa T Sidewinders TT Championship - 7/20169 Novi ce Trophy Dash 1st Bi II Uh I - PurSang Novice Main Event 1st Gary Fisher - PurSang 2nd Allen Kenyon - PurSang 3rd Bill Uhl - PurSang 4th Tod Sloan - PurSang 5th Ed Herrmann - PurSang Sidewinders TT - 711.7169 Novice Main Event 1st Bill U'hl - PurSang 3rd Allen Kenyon - PurSang Elsinore TT - 7/19169 250 Expert Class 1st R. Vanderpool - PurSang 2nd V. Hannon - PurSang Special Expert Event 1st R. Vanderpool - PurSang Sweepstakes 1st R. Vanderpool - PurSang Orange County n - 719-69 125 Main 1st Bob FraJenberger - Sherpa S 250 TO & Main 1st Ray Vanderpool - PurSang t Q" ~ lo::I :l!: lo::I .,J ~ U