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Cycle News 1970 03 03

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GROVE GRABS SADDl"EBACK TRIALS The Master Bob Grove takes It up and over the Impossible 3 foot log trap. Bob went on to win. ORAN GE, CAL , Feb. 22, 1970 - Sunclay was one of those sp ring fever clays at Saddleback Park. The birds and the butterflies wer e there as well as the riders and fa milies fr om the Southern California Trials Association. The Masters ma de four loops around a tratl that had sections thatvariedfrom r ocky hills with boulders the size' of melons to sand wash affairs with wheel tripping gravel. Bob Grove turned in another of his consistent performances and won the Master ' s class ahead of Bob Nichelsen, Jack Ward and Derek Edgar. All but . . Derek Edear gives some faci al contortions. You've heard of Body English, thi s I s Scottish tongue. Edgar wer e Bullaco mounted . Der ek, who is he r e in Califor nia avoiding the cold winter of his native Scotland r ode a Montesa Coda. He had seen the Coda for the fi rst ti me that clay and hadn 'thad time to prepare the bike to his lik ing. Afte r a crippling first lap with lots of points gained Derek settled down to clean several problem s ec tions on the clos ing laps. Richard Bledsloe celebrated his new Expert clas sifica ti on by winning that class his first time out. Richard Nans was s ec ond Exper t . Both were on Bultacos, (Results on page 19) COMPARE on t~a this space next week. . Your exclusive - local' Montesa dealer'will ~ c ~' be listed here for your -convenlen. e. • Montesa Motor s, Inc . / 3657 Beverly B o u l e v a r d • ~ . ~ .;: ~ ; ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ .;: ~ ; ~ ~ ~ ~

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