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,,'s 'R m a, oml's Nigh' A' Trojan By Eddie Smith SOUTH GATE, CALIF . Mar. 20,1970Larberter's bike landed on top of hlm, Friday night was Jim Raymond night at and he was rushed to the hospital with a Trojan Speedway, as the Kawasaki and/or possible broken right hlP. Montesa rider took first place In four Building uP a good lead over R.W.Rlng, trophy dashes and came out on top In Larry Shaw scored a victory on h1s three ma1n events. Bultaco, In the 250cc flat track Main. Raymond rode a Kawasaki to victory Shaw jumped lnto the lead at the start and In the 100 TT and 100 flat track dashes, kept h1s bike out In front the rest of the and later jumped on h1s Montesa, In for a way. Shaw also won the 250 flat track wln In the 125 TT dash. H1s closest race Trophy Dash. of the evening came durlng the 125 flat John Corbett, who flipped h1s bike last track dash. Robert Bruce, riding a Yaweek going down the back straight, tried maha, was side by side with Raymond for it aga1n th1s week. He flipped and rolled the first two laps. He f1nallypulled away, his Yamaha on the first turn of the 100 however, and built uP a lead for the flat track Main. Corbett was not Injured, checkers. Paul Wilde, ridlng a Yamaha, won the To wlnd thlngs uP, Raymond won the 100 TT Main Event, and f1n1shed thirdln 125 TT Main Event on a Montesa. the 100 flat track Main Event. , Tommy Horton brought is Yamaha to Trojan Speedway 15 lnterested In runvictory In the 250 TT Main Event just ning the flat track races on Wednesday ahead of John Vandergust, also on a • nights if they can get enough bikes and Yamaha. Additionally Horton won the riders. The TT bikes will run on Friday 250 TT Trophy Dash. nights, but the raceway would run longer On the last lap of the 250 TT Main races. Any lnterested riders should conEvent Jim Larberter flipped his bike. tact Rene at Trojan Speedway• . ~ Sammie Miller watch aut! Harsha Tops Amateurs At SeTA Trials By Bonnie Barton Photos by Gary Barton LITTLEROCK, CALIF. March 22, 1970Twenty one sections of varing degrees of d1t!iculty greeted over 180 riders, who journeyed to the h1gh desert community of Littlerock Sunday for another SCTA Trials. Competlng In the' morning were the over one hundred Arnateurrfders, competing on eight sections and four loops, around a relatively short two mUe course. Sections were compr15ed of rocks, 'sand, tight turns and some fun filled rides uP and down the gullles that abound In this foothill locale. Surprise victory of the day was young Doug Harsha, who topped all, lncludlng the 250's on hls m1n1-trlaler, 125cc Sprite. Nearly 50 women and kids competed In the morning, on 5 sections located Inside the camping area. Of the 8 women competlng Connie Becker (Hodaka) took top honors, with a loss of 10 marks. Second and third went to Lorna Buop (Yamaha) and Non Ruby (Lobito). A three way tie between Dave Carlson (Hodaka), Chr15 Butler (Hodaka), and Brian Myerscough (Honda-M1n1) was broken In a special ride off, when Carlson fived. However, Myerscough and Butler tied once aga1n and it was decided to give both youngsters identical 1st place trophlas, In the afternoon the Expert/Masters took to the course for their own 8 sections, 4 lap contest. Top honors went to Bultaco mounted Kevin Walker with a loss of 41 marks. This was Kevin 's 1st victory In Master class competition. SCTA number one rider Bob Nickelsen (Bultaco) followed Kevin by 3 marks to place second, and John Walters (Bultaco), uP from San Diego, dropped 1 mark more than Nichelsen to wrap uP 3rd place honors. Richard Bledsoe (Bultaco), hottest rider In the Expert class these days, was pressured to his victory by excellent ridlng on the part of 1st time Expert Fernando Belair (Montesa). Bledsoe lost 58 marks and Belair dropped 3 more, for a 61 point final tally. 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