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Kato, Fishback Fight At Fontana. Schweers And Bird Get Class Wins Jim FI.bb.ck on bl. Y.INIM momenurlly Iud. KlyolNlru K.to In tb. 250 Dlv. II r.c•. Tb. motos et Font.n. . . . . . IIltl. 01 n.rytblnl. Jim I•• 250 Jr. K.to I•• Senior rldlnl. 250 C·Z end C.rl (423) Cotton I•• Junior rldlnl • 405cc Amerlcen Eell•. Pbotos and Story by Terry Pratt FONTANA, CAL. August 23, 1969 - In a wheel to wheel dash to the !lag, K1yomaru Kato and J1m Fishback capped otl the evening of motocross at Fontana with a thr1U1ng battle in the All Corners race'. These two had dogged each other au evening but the last race was closest. Jim pressed Kato hard for ltve laps and the crowd was guessing as they made the final drive'down the short grandstand straJght. At the Une Kato took It by a wheel's breadth. The 125s were given a 100 foot advantage at the start. Jay Carmello held the lead on hls Yamaha until the third lap when he was passed by the two flyers In Cui Cotton, 50Gec wlnn.r wb•• II•• p••t tb. 11.1 at Font.n•. i. leek 01 ..tri•• fcn.d ttl. Open blk.. to rid. wltb the 250' •. the 250 Dlv [ hoDor-&. Dale ReDeglLr was front. Jay tln1shed third ahead of the second and Jerry Burd was third oa Huskies of Dal Renegar and Richard hls Bu!. Richardson. These two had a race of their American Eagle pilot, Carl Cotlon, own going. Richardson was fourth for the provided some bot competition in Dtv D opening laps but Dale was nipping at hls motos. The open bltes ran with the 2505 heels. With one lap to go Dale made hls because of a lack at entries and Carl bid. He passed Richardson and held on copped the ()peo c:Jus glory. until the checkered. Dale's Husky sputTurn out was down ProbablY ...._ tered when It crossed the Une and coastthe Footana bub was held on the ewe at ed to a stop out of gas. Anything to save the first race at the CMC Anniversary weight [ guess. Fishback won hls dlvtsJon of the 2505 Series at Car1sllBd. The 125 cla.u was a Yamalla sweeP on hls Yamaha followed first by Richardas Walt Bird, Jay Carmel10 and .Joe son and then by Don Love on another CarmeUo t1nlshed in order. Husky. Fontana's motocross course baa .... Jim Uves In nearby Etiwanda and says dergone some !mprcmmlents and a.larp of the sandy,Ughtedcourse, "It's a blast. attendance Is expected on September 6th. I Uve close by so I don't have to drive when the Juniors run for a $300 purse. 100 mlles to race." (Results on page 26) Greg Schweers threw hls Bul across Ward Wessels Wins Saddleback Mini Scrambles ORANGE, CAL. Aug. 24, 1969 - Ward Wessells was master of the Minis at Saddleback Sunday. He set'tastest qual! fYlng tlme and won the Trophy Dash in hls class. The motos were cUcked otl one-two-three and Wessells was there for the win in each one. The Mint scrambles was sponsored by the So. Cal. Mint and KartAssn. and Kart races were run on the same program. Boasting more than 70 Mints at this meet, the club has set a new attendance mark. Riders and machlnes are classed by age and horsepower so the youngsters are pitted against racers of thetr own ~ty. Wessells rode in the over 14age group and hl~ )Ike was classed as other seven H.P. A field of Junior Mini rld.rs cbUI .way from the .urllnl lin•. Sund.y'. Mini Scrambl•• by tb. So. Cal. Mini and KMl Assn. brouCh! out 70 Minis .nd rider. to make for filled .tarllnlcrld•. Pboto by R.y Cooper ------------------,---------------- Don Williams and WoodY Schamel l1ntshed one- two in the 500 class on their Montesas with third going to Bultaco mounted Gary Shaler. The open Expert class saw a tie between two Triumph riders, Terry Dorsch and Terry Moriarty. Each won one moto and then tied In the third. Karl Wilson sped to second on a Bultaco and Ron Bonner put another Triumph In the results by coming In fourth. (Results on Jl8.I!:e 26) E.rl Roloff, .bown her. Iud Inc Jimmy R.ymond and Rlcb 5.uny, held bls Iud and finished th. d.y first In tbe 125cc Am.,,£x. cl.... R.ymond on bl. Y.INIM dropped to tblrd .nd 5wuny took second. They Say It Was Cool At Adelanto By Erma Redd1Dg Photos by Manuel Burtoo ADELANTO, CAL., Aue. 24, 1969- First tlme vtsJtor to the Adelanto TT track, Walt Foster, won the 100 Novice class SUDday and vowed to beback.OrmeDwyer's Van-Tech and Chrls Deboer'S Yama1Ia cbased Foster's SuzuId home. San Dlego Yamalla rider Earl Roloff took first in the 125 EJPert class and was followed by the Kawasaki of Rich Sweany. Jimmy Raymond took tblrd on a Yamaha. In the 250 EJPert class, Roo Moore was the wtnner 00 a Yamaha. Jimmy Sec'onct, Raymond rode a Montesa to and Karl WUson was third on a Bultaeo. The 250 Novices dashed around and around and Mike WIlson, Ossa, came in first followed by Earl Rolotl, Yarnaba, and Las veps' Gary Wells on a Bridgestone. Ron Moor. bend. bl. Y.... M around the belld .t the Adelento TT ".ck. ROIl took tile br... In the 250 A•.,,£x. rH•. Maylle he I. Jest . , . ,ylnl to pt to tNt wat.. un fir.t.