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Ne w Fa ce s Pr es s Ba ile y At Ba YD lar e , Eagle. D. on.g~,III.1S good use '" 1M B., lI.e ...... 011 his 250ee Amerle.. three molDs did howeve r as everyth ing By Illlvid Smead went alf without a hitch. Some of the real crowd pleaser s were there, such as Gary ~y, Ron Nelson and John Rice. A local rider, Joe Velllong, made his presenc e known In the 125 Expert class wI1eIl he took second beh1nd ~y three times. The 500 Expert event was a real hash. John Rice, Gary Bailey, Ron Nelsou and Loon1e Peterso n were some of the better known riders. Proving that he should be better known was Amateu r Blackw ell. His C-Z gal'e fits 10 Ba11ey's Greeve sln the flrst two events. Nelson started on a BAY MARE, CAL., Aug. lI, 1969- The montllJy Dlstrtc t 3'7 molDcro ss at BlIy Mare OIl August 3rd was the beSt organlZed 10 dUe. '!be course was designe d with passing In mind. It was w1deev erywhere. Now It's true that 11 got pretty dusl:7 but fale was against the ace crew. '!be water truck acted 11ke Y_ motor- cycle and dldD'l perform eREIlt with some cou:1ng . To make matters worse, two tJack 10 tJack acc1deDts lDoIt both the ambiJJances, shutting down the race for a few minutes . Everyon e that came 1or1de Husky but couldn' t quite get the hang of that long sh1tter action and so he dropped out. Rice kept his Mateo turned on but not always turned In the right directio n. He fell In the flrst two races but came tJack for a seeood (behind Balley) In the last. Peterso n bad some flrst corner tough luck In the flrst race and ended up slld:h. Two lhlrds In the next events netted h1m a lhlrd avera! • Nelsou came out for the second event on a C-Z and the lasteve nt on a Mateo. He just never got with it though. The 500 Novice bout was ruled by the ever lurking Bob S1etfan. He rode just G ra nd O pe ni ng 1tUfl. "1)Q l.t ~"e " 't:J epM tcu t eULi.T~CQ "19 70" Ca mp era MK11 register No purcbase necessary - come in and Drawing Aug. 16th . July 14th - Aug. 16th - Long Bneh Los Angeles & Bneh Cities . o c :;; II l:i" c ~ : c'" .. ... ID lIewport Free.~J ~ R'" I4rII SI 0)" 14t11 & Main, 'Riverside, Calif. MOTORCYCLE CENTER Phone (714) 684-4747 T•• lbe RI_sld e Free• ., to the 14th Str.et oft - lben tam •• st 3 bloclls to Ihe BIG STORE r bard enough 10 stay ahead of Bill Payne. Getting better each race was Husky mounted Raul Esca mlJla who ended Ie:> lhlrd Ol'eralL When the 250s race, you'll find Bruce Baron. More than 1I.keJ.y he'll be In front.. So It was In the flrst two molDs of div1ston one. Charles Esterlin e kepthlm honest in those two race and came tJack to beat h1m In the last.. The second divisioo of 2508 bad 10 contend with the same Dal'e Rodgers that domJnat lld the 125 class. He just knows bow 10 be flrst but In the last race be succumbed 10 the consistent r1d1ng of Raul EscamlJ la whobad trailed h1m through two matos. '!be 250 Experts were given lessons by number 1, Mr. Ba11ey. In' the flrst race Jim West put OIl asbowb utBa11e y's relentle ss riding proved bet1eJ::. Ba1Jey got out ahead of West In the second race but it was really close. The last event found Ba11ey tJack In the heap again and West out In troot. He was riding better than even be knew be could and Bailey could 0D1Y m&lIlIg1! a second. (You've got to ~t off the line). The 125 Juniors were splltinl o two big division s. '!be flrstdtv ision was guided In each molo by Illlve Rodger s on a Bultaco . Anothe r Bultaco p1lo1ed by M. Cook did justice 10 the race. Uootrlc1al1y Rodger s was flrst averall with Cook second although Rodger s fell and took a saUd last on the last lap of the third molo. The battle of the day took place In the second div1ston of 125 Juniors . 1be flrst race saw a youthfu l shoe by the name of Dawson 1eadiIlg from start 10 flnish. Dean York and Bob Fort1er dldD'tle th1m run away with it althoug h they concentrated Primari lY on beating each other. In their second race Fortier and York had another lead swappin g duel but this time abead of Illlwson who f1n1shed third behind York (second ) and Fortter . The lhlrd race was a repeat of the flrst as tar as f1na1 position but nobody In the crowd conside red it a rerun. The 125 Experts bad a lough act 10 follows but they more than manage d. Off the line flrst was John Rice. Close behlnd, on another Sachs, was Joe Ve1l1on. Somewb ere- In the JllIcl< was steelma n ~Y. When Rice blew a sh1tt, VlenOll took over. It sb,yed that way for 5el'era1