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Wells Takes Pair At Arizona Scrambles Leaders Unchanged In Texas Motocross Championship ~ By Matt Glover PRESCOTT"ARIZ . April19,1970-Gary Wells, the 14 year old wonder, powered a pair of Yamahas into the winner'S circle today, taking both the l25cc Expert Class and the 250cc Expert' go at the Mile High M.C.'s first scrambles of the season. A record 91 entries and nearly 500 spectators were on hand to watch young Wells win all six of his heats at this newly Improved track. , The 100cc Novice, Divlsionl,hadeight bikes, six of which were Kawasakts, but the SUZuki of Tom Mille r, an d the Cimattl of Bob Hicks (both of Phoenix), lett the Kaws hack on the r oost. Tom won the first and third heats and finished fourth in the second heat. Bob took a second and first but was too far back at the start of the last heat to wor k his way up through the tleld. Division II !lad 5 Hodakas, with Bruce M11ler of Prescott, charging off the line each time and winning all heats. Glen Thomason (Hod) of Sedona, was a front runner, too, taking two seconds and a third. Leo Cornwall (Yam) from Wlckleup, had to work for his three firsts In the l25cc Novice, Division I, coming from as far back as fUth spot in the second heat. Larry Barrington (Yam) of Phoenix, made good starts and rode consistently for two seconds and a third place. Mike Ellsworth (Yam ) showed everybody the way in the second go-round, unW he dumped it in the last laP. Division II was a benetit for Dave Campbell (Yam) of Prescott, except in the last heat, when he got a poor start and had to' full bore to catch Don Bothrick (H-D) of Yuma on the last Iap, Ed Parsons (Yam) took second and third in the firs t two heats, but in the final stanza he was tail-end-Charley the whole dislance. So, Bill Nichols (A-E) and Don Bothrlck bested him with second, third and fourth place f1n1shes to tie for second place honors. l25cc Amateur and Expe rt ran together. in a small field of four machines . Diminutive Gary Wells (Yam ), age '14, formerly of Las Vegas and now from Phoenix, won all heats . He and Tom Webster (Bul) of Kingman, d1ced hard and fast, swapping places in the corners much to the delight of the crowd. Tom went deeper into the turns but-Gary pulled him in the straights. The 250cc Novices fielded 28 bikes, split into two groups. In the first d1vislon Lee Casteel ' (yam) and Jetf Kllnder (Yam) , both of Prescott, each had afirst and s econd place f1n1sh. But Lee also had grabbed a nother second to overshadow JeU 's fourthl Division II had the actionl Fttteen bikesl Steph Hale (Yam ) of Prescott, won the tlrst heat going away. However, he jumped the bank at . the start of the second heat, stopped and started again after all the others were long gone . He proceeded to charge through the tleld, challe nging the winner Ron Werner (H-D) of Yuma at the wire. Steph won the third heat, passing Robe rt Morg:in (A- E) on the last lap • . , 250cc Amateur and Expert ran together , Gary Wells had his power-to- . weight ratio working, with feet-on-thepegs riding, to win all of his heats again. Dennis Himes (CZ) challenged at times. In the last heat Paul Niemi (Bul) led the whole race up to the final laP, as once again Gary and Dennis swapped back and forth in fourth and fifth spots for four laPs. Then Gary blew off P aul,Nlemiand " Stevedor e" Hale in the last laP for the checker. Open Novice and Expert ran together in the last two heats. This was purely a case of Expert Br ian Ross (Hus) feeling out the pack for the first three laps of the first heat. From then on he owned the track. Dennis Himes (CZ) won second place hardware with two seconds and a third. In the second frame he was headed by Novice Randy Block (H-D) of Kingman, who won the biggest trophy In his class. , (Results on page 19) Motorcycles Banned At P"oe~iI Course By Randy Ba1ley . PHOENIX, ARIZ. - The city council voted last week (4-22) to ban motorcycl es from the newly established Arlzona Moto Cross Assocla ti on course 10cated in the northeast s ection of the city. Effective May I, sald the council ruling, all motorized vehicles will be banned from Dreamy Draw track location. The move was prompted after several horseowner clubs protested to the council that the bikes were destroying the terrain. Charles Christiansen, parks director, said that the popularity of the area was a ma jor factor in closing the area. " On have Sundays , well over 2,000 persons some been in this confined area, Including several hundred motorcycles," he added. According to Ted Isenhart, AMCA r;:::===ltawasaki'==iI Headquarters BEACH CITIES CYCLES 525 N. EI Camino R. al 5an CI. m. nt. , Ca lifornia ' (114) 492-6141 SUZUKI-SACHS-BULTACO Southland Cycle center 8141 Gard.n Grove Blvd. rln ,~ 1 Blk . East of Beach . Garden Grov., Cal. (114) 893-5091 ~U I.:T·=CCl DUNSTALL Special Equipment send SUO for catalog . Barney Tillm an's SPOil CIllnl 6021 Whinier Blvd. E. Los Angeles, Cal. (213) 123-3523 ' president, the ruling to ban riders from the area was "unfair" . Isenhart continued that the city's ban hurt the "wee kend r ider who doesn' t race but enjoys the us e of the ar ea." " The decision will detinitely hurt motocrossing in Arizona," he added. •'Although I'm negotiating with the cIty for another site, it will probably be a non-spectator course when we get it." "The city has overlooked one factor in relocating the course - safety," claimed Eisenhart. "The Dreamy Draw location was close to (four mUes) a hospital in case there was an injury at the course ••• all the city's alternate locations are several mlles from any med1cal help.' ; Bi lly Boyd held off hard charelne Bil l Kasson and his CZ (don't bell••• ev.rythlne you r.ad on sweatshirts). ' By John Blanton AUSTIN, TExAS, Aprll 19, 1970 - David Dismukes of Austin r etained his lead in the 250cc class of the current Texas Motocross Championship after taking third place in the fUth event of the series, held at Austin today. The two other class leaders, Mike Johnson (Penton) and Wyman Priddy (Malco) strengthened their leads with wins in the l 25cc class and the 500cc class respectively. Dismukes' CZ f1n1shed third, fUth and third in the three heats behind sur prise winner Billy Boyd ( Bulta co) and Mark Moore(Malco). Junior divisions were run in the two ' smaller class es , and l25cc winner was George Majewski (Yamaha), and 250cc winner was Doc Harr (Bultaco). This was the second win for Majewski, and race promoter George Parks Informed him good-naturedly a t the trophy presentation that he was being promoted to the Senior dtvtston, Tough luck, Georgel Mike Johnson's Penton was borrowed, but the style was his own, as he bUtzed the competition three In a row in the l25cc Sr. class, beating out Perry Lorenz (American Eagle) and Tom Eller (Ya- r------------------------------.. Out of the ten entries in the 250cc Sr . class there were only three f1n1shersBoyd, Moore and Dismukes as previously stated, so the third heat of that class was run concurrently with the 500cc heat. Wyman Priddy'S 500cc class win was not with out d1ftlculty . In the first heat he experienced trouble with his Malco and le t Ramon Dasch (CZ) into first place. With a subsequent third and a sixth to Priddy'S two subsequent wins, Dasch finished second overall, ahe ad of Don Osborne (Malco). 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