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By Bob Hill ELSINORE, CAUF. August 9, 1970The Grlpsters really got it together tb1s Sunday evening to put on a really outstanding night of TT Scrambles racing at Elsinore. The Elsinore track, nestled In the foothills behind the northeast end of the lake, was In great shape and S. Rogers made the best of the favorable conditions, showing his heels to the rest of the field In the big bike Expert class event. The smooth, fast Elsinore turn and esses must have been to Rogers' Uking, as he put ground between C. Brunson and himself. Brunson brought up the number two position with C. Wheat In" third. Wheat was on top during one of the three motos, but the smooth style of Robers was a Uttle too much for the Matcoman. Rogers sUpped underneath Wheat on the last lap In the back straightaway. V. Hannon was off Uke.a rille shot at the starter's slgnal'ln the 250Cc Expert go. Hanni's fast starts and ability to really hustle, put him at the top of the division, with three winning rides. Hannon really had his 'machine going through the turns, holding off Danny Hackie, who grabbed two seconds and a third. Hannon and Hackie ran In close quarters for a few laps, but just when Hackie tried to overtake him, Hannon would pull away. C. Gann was giving chase to the two leaders trying to catch UP. The end of the evening's program found Gann In third ahead of L. Taylor and K. WUson. ( Fast curves made for great action at Elsinore. G. Anderson was the hIgb point manln the 250 Amateur class, just ahead of the big bike class champ B. Greenstreet. Greenstreet almost sUd out during the second round as he went just a bit too high and ran Into some loose dirt. D. Lundberg took the checkered !lag In the second moto, but falled to" make a repeat performance aga1n and settled for third overall. J. Sperry !1n1shed uP In fourth, and L. Gino brought uP the rear In fifth place. The 125 Amateurs really put on an exhibition of speed and daring. D. Hart twisted, sUd, and jumped his way Intxi the number one slot In quite an Impressive manner. L. Bird gave chase to Hart and mlgbt have caught him If time had not run out. J. W1111ams held out and went on to take third. Tudor sped under the wire In fourth ahead of S. Hyder. The 'race as a whole tonight was letter perfect, well organized, and just plaln fun for riders and spectators. Not that they don't deserve the credit for putting on a truly fine show of riding, but due to the large number of Novice entries, coverage will have to be limited to the results page. (Results on page 22) They !1n1shed In just that order. L. Taylor, f1n1sh1ng fourth In the 250 Exper class, came back strong In the 125-200 Amateur-Expert run off by pulling away from' his competition and stretching his lead right to the wire three times In a row. Rider number 25x, D. Voll, pushed very hard to close. uP the gap between he and Taylor, but was never quite close enough to be a real serious threat. C. Soderstrom churned uP the track, but at his best could manage but a third, leaving p. Lambert In 'fourth, with fifth place points to J. Lewis. Expert rider B. Sanders walked off With a first In the opening moto ahead of R. Morrison and J. Sexton In the 100 class A second and a third In the two motos that followed, put Sanders at the top of the Ust In point standings, 925 big ones. Morrison out lasted Sexton to take _ _.. home second place for his efforts. ThIs left W. Whisenant and R. Sweaney to battle it out, with Whisenant emerging victorious. The 350-500 Open MaIn for Amateurs rolled out onto the track and was off Into the first turn In quick order. Positions were swaPped from lap to lap, but when all were flagged off the track, B. Greenstreet was uP on top, with T. Horton br1ng1ng It home In the number two spot. Horton rode well, but just could not get the upper hand on Greenstreet. J. Wahl took third place from J. Aventt leaving B. Bartels 1n!1fth. Young rider gives photographer a suspicious ·eye". Traction was fine at EI sinore.