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;SI penhals 5Slo.ps Field ~ In 50 Lapp.r ~ lol By Margie Super smootll Lee StampeDhlUS OIl a 250 Bullaco SberP&, treatedanonrflow1DC Trojan Raceway crowd to an ubibttlOD of spectacular r1diDc in w1DII1Dc tile 250 Midsummer 50 14p Clamp1oosb1p 'lbursday D1Cbt. 'lbe 3t&rt of tile 50 14p Main bad two riders going down in tile pack call1l1nC tile black flac to CO out. On tile restart, Jimm)" RaymODd jumped to a strq lMd oa h1s Montea., wbQe tile I'88t of tile fteJd llattIed for positloDs bebtDd. After a few ~ tile tramc sor:t8d itsell out, wltll Daft RICP r'UIIII1nc lI8COIId OIl a Yamaha, Mike 8anDoD tbird OD a Bullaco, and StuInpenhe\W1'1IIIII1ng fourth and start1DC to m0t'8 "'. Lee cot by 8amIoa and DOW bad RteP in h1s stebtll OIl b1a cbarp to tile lDp. He pr8llMd'tIIe Jr. rtder for IJI&II7lapa 1DI111 b1a patl8DCe an out and be screamed by tile !lOW faWDg Yamaha oa tile bac:'; straIcht. . ADd scream be did, for in 110 time.at all be was oa RaymODd's back and press1DC tile M~ntsm rider re1eDt1euly. By !lOW tbe f&Da were COUIC wl1d wltll two at Trojan'S hottest riders ftcbtlDC it out for tile lMd. Raymond wasn't", to tile battle bowever, obvlousJy tired from many lIlU'l1er races, and Lee squeezed OD by witll Jimmy 1oo1dDg quite reUeved tile pressure was off. He was DOt a lI011d secood. By tb1s time, RteP and Hanroo were LH St_pellba.. _01 In OIIIICIllt..a II-wd JllIlllI)' (He,Yau) R.,.and. Ra,~ led tt. 50 lap.... fOf tile first quarter but .... In to presa..,. trOll St.,enllaus wlto WlIt 011 to let till clleck•• Regular Trojan IICtiOO bad Paul WIlde juSt after tile jumP. It just wasn't out witll mecban1cal troubles, wltll steadY nlght. 'lbe yoWl( charger was r w1nn1ng tile 100cc Main on a Yamaha, witll Irwin MoClII mavinC to tbird OD a Bultaco, shaken uP but was okay. last week's 100cc 50 14p Champ Dale and Bob M1lner fourth oa a Yamaha. Hopldns, rllllll1ng a close second 00 a '!be 125 results were a carboa copy Stumpenhl 1111 COII8taDtIy lenctbllDed b1s last week's race, Paul WIJde tlrst OD Suzutd. Bob SaDders was a d1staDt tbird lMd, t:aJd.DC tile checkered well ahead of 00 a Kawasakl. Yamaha, "Jolt1n'" Jlmmy Raymood sec secood place RaymoDd. ond aboard b1s Yamaha, and a cool DR 'lbe 125 Main started wltll a bard IrwlD Moon, in h1s IIlI1a1 tlne style took tbird, Bob Milner was fourth rlding crash in tile tlrst turn involvtnc Paul R1eis tblrd, ap1n on an AT-1 YamlUlll4 Wl1de and Hank Scott. It took quite a few 'lbe nlght's rllCes were as exc1tIDg a COOd stronc race all tile way, and a ever at the raceway by the freeway bapp)" DIu1Dy Corbett was fUtb, tile first minutes to separate the bikes but botb Next week's program goes back to i men and mllCbines were okay and ready Jr. rider across the ltDe. regular schedule of botll flat track to go apJn. It was rea1l7 a race to remember. 'lbe TT. '!be restart went smoothly and about riders and f&Da w111 talk about tbls one tile tblrd lap, Scott went down bard again for some Ume to come. Fetty Fflstest lit HellfJnfllJill Photos and Story by Terry SAN DIEGO L., Aurust 24, 1969Gene Fetty, with a win in ODe Open Expert Exh1b1Uoo class and a second place beh1nd Jalln Rice in tile Opea ElIP81't Sportllman event, must be tqpd tile man at tile dI;y at tile He110nahW motoCrollllli81d SUDdIIy. '!be meet k1cbdoffa tbree'rllCe sertes at tile ne1l'trllCkwltllan American Eac1e motocross bike offered to tile man wltll tile best performance in tile trtolOC)'. Is tl" racial at HeI.....11I Bill S11ftrt.... lea. . .ets a rleM bander 'S a bid to l'etlJ • tile l'ettJ wHl • to wls tbe 0,.. £1.... £1l1lt1ltlon c ..... SII IlIto tr. .1e wltll cr HlI _ _ lea'i hll..... Gene orn ran • !ri{#~_ , ,ani. Leaplnl aft tIIs top of the hili, Tom W ••t. will tDllch down qaln a'" 111011 I. Dick CDIIO, asothlr Hulk} rider took till win. Jim SUlldqul.t . . . It I later. Tom'. sffort. netted him a Mcond place In till 250 NOYlce Diy, Hu.t, ' _ p b, abbIDlthlrd. Pratt Hellonahlll, 30 miles East of San Diee has a lot of potentlal and seemed popular witll most of the riders tber SUDdIIy. '!be Experts rode tile l10ns sbare tile eventll because they were allowed botb Sportsman and Professlona1 class es. In tile tbird and f1Dal motofor tile Ex!I1b1tioo Expertll Gary Jones til h1s 440 BSA Victor 1nlD tile t1rst ahead of. tile PllCk of. screamI.DC strokes. As if just to prove a point "obsolete" ooe-1U1li four strokes, J held tile lMd for most of tile tlrst Somewhere in tile netebborhood at breatll taIdne down h11l Fett;y squee bts Husky past tile Beezer. B11l7 S11vertborn who was about on tile first pass by tile timing s made a co~ of moves and passed Jones and Gary Harrts to move secood spot. Fetty and SUverthorn fougbt it out f tile rest of tile race juSt as tile)" bad f most of tile day, but Fett;y wouldn't an inch and took the cbeckered. SUvertborn, a local favorite, ratller a bad day. Tw1ce, mecban1 problems stopped bts bid for tile lead separate races. Jalln Rice pUed uP tile points in Open Expert Sportsman races to take win for Malco. Fett;y was secood in diVision• With so many races to run during day tile number of 1aps were sborte~ from ttve to tbree in order to get everl one home in Ume to go to work M~ morntne. Some of the classes wer quickly combined and when tile pub address system generator ran out of. several Open Novices missed their mo whlch was re-run. 'lbe water truck made a few pertunc tory passes but tile dust couldn't ha been cut with a blade OD tile tlrst laps Nobody cOlDP1a1ned and tile riders d~ thrtlugh 11ke they bad radar. '!be spec tators can tell tile Experts from Novtces a quarter of a mUe away just walcbtng whlch ones 11ft off over tile of tile super downh11l on tile back ~ the course. (Results on page 26)