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-~ r-. ~ ~ Q.. V) By Bob Hill ~ Co.) ORANGE, CALIF., Aug. 23, 1970- Hot weather, a hot track, and hot competition was the name of the game at the CMC Motocross at SaddIeback Park today. Today was really a show for the juniors with two dIVisions of 100 juniors four dIvisions of 125, four for the 250 class and one for the 500. A total of 327 riders, includIng the experts, put on a full day of real action. The top man in the first 100 Jr. Division was B. McKee on a Hodaka, N. Payne on h1s Suzuki took the chec~red flag first 10 the second dIVision. G. Gabriola took the win over M. Van Deusen 10 the first 125 Junior Divtsion, J. Rossi edged out N. Hoffman 10 the second run, R . Seymour on a Yamaha handed down defeat to L. Dunn in DiVision Three, and Yamaha mounted C. Lampe held' off R. Maeda to w1n the fourth dIVision. The following four riders took home first place troph1es 10 their 125 divisions _ 10 th1s order: M. Leonard, M. Malone, G. Whitehead, and S. Bagnard. Leonard was riding a Suzuk1,);1alone was mounted on a AJS, Whitehead rode to victory ona Husqvarna, and Bagnard was astride a Bultaco. There was only one diVision in the 500 junior category, and CZ mounted R. Norris was the rider who emerged Victorious. G. Foreman brought borne second place ahead of S. Schmidt, both riders were riding Huskies. The 125 Expert -Intermediate Class was a straight run for Bultacos. J. Garcia crossed the line in first ahead of D. Rodgers. D. DaVis squeezed out a th1rd over M. Rick, leaving the f1fth spot' to S. Porter. All five riders were BARSTOW, CALIF., Aug. 23, 1970- The Bultaco mounted. Barstow M.C. was host to a very lightly D. Rodgers, who f1n1shed second 10 the attended hare scrambles th1s weekend. 125 Expert Class, was on top in the 250 With many of thedesertriders,locluding Class, holding efforts to take the lead most of the low-numbered experts, riding from CZ rider, B. Fisk.D.Smithhustled at the new event, near LA, there were his Ossa around the SaddIeback rough to only about 200 entries. Of these, only 88 finished the rather rough 76 mile race. go home with tb1rd place. R. Dugan and J. Cooke, both on CZ's battled it out for The course was a mixture of really fourth place honors, with Dugan lettIng nice riding and really d1fi1cult, mach1nebreak1ng terra1n. From the start to the h1s bike loose to cross the line just ahead of Cooke. The only lojury 10 this smoke bomb the riders had virg1n terclass was when an unidentified Bultaco rttory--easy open desert. Afterwards rider tore out a section of the fence there were fire roads and washes not coming up the last hill before. hittIng too difficult, but culminating in a 'godthe straight away. awful half-mile wide rock wash. With Mark Blackwell was the winner 10 the wall-to-wall rocks, the riders passed Expert big bike class, topping Carl without a trace -- on the wash that is. Cotton whose presence' was made quite There were plenty of traces on the bikes: obvtous by the banner put upon the judges broken hubs, pulled-out spokes, dented stand-by his fan club. M. Cram screamed rims and cracked frames. For those around the rough SaddIeback course to riders that surVived the wash there was bring up the number three SPOtbettering a nasty uph111 that had most of the riders the efforts made by W. Burrell, fourth, push1ng. It had a loose talcum surface and G. Hughes who finished fifth. with sharp rocks just beneath. Other Experts showed after check1ng Riders who made the top breathed a out the Indian Dunes scene in Valencia sigh of relief and turned all smiles bebut due to their late arrivals and short cause it was just groovy riding from there times allowed' them for practice, they to the finish, wailing down .nice sanddId not run at their best. washes and overdesertroads.Anindica(Results on page 26) tion of the difficulty of the terra1n is _________________ th_e.ti~me that it took the winner tofinish: =?= Co.) ...:l U ;:.., U ~ ..•!I..I!.~e m~o. .~ Desert Turnout Light 2 hours and 45 minutes. The novices required about 4 hours. Overall winner of the event was probably Tom Poteet on a Bultaco. We say probably because,although he was first 10 there was a rumor that he missed a check. We have been unable to check this as of press time. Second" was Gary Griffin, also a lightweight. First trailbike and twelth overall was Jack Morgan who has apparently broken h1s losing streak. 'lIis ch1ef nemisis Terry Clark broke down on the way to the smoke bomb • Second trail bike was the scourge of the Ponderosa, Mitch Mayes •. The club put on an excellent event with interesting trails and very good mark1ng. They also managed to start on time, a welcome relief. The dust was low and the weather hot, but not unbearably so. Even so, the checkers offered each rider that came through a drink of water. This k1nd of thoughtfulness. doesn't go unappreciated, especially by riders who have had a rough time of it in the preceed1ng section. It's a ·shame they had so few entrants. -SAOHS dOlDlnates '1 ~. , ,{.~';t / IDOtOCrOS~' :~.r ~ ...',.,. ~" rom, thee.llto. By Russ Sanford MUFFLERS IN THE DESERT!!! _ On August 3rd, the San Bernardino County ,Board of Supervisors proposed an ordmance which prohibits the operation of a motor vehicle on private land which is fenced, cultivated or posted without the written permi;sion of the owner or occupant. Although this portion of ~he ordinance appears somewhat reasonable, there are two additional sections which are 'out of sight'! ~he fi~st of I these two proposed sectIOns will extend the maximum noise levels established by Sect,ion 23130 of the Vehicle Code to all motor vehicles operated with San Bernardino County. The second section will extend the muffler requirements of Section 27150 of the Vehicle Code to all such motor vehicles. N <> provision has been made in the ordinance to allow for any deviation. Examples of vehicles which will require 'silent mufflers" are: trail-bikes desert bi.k~s,. track bikes! drag' bikes, rmm-blkes, dune buqtes, jeeps, and golf·carts, not to mention construction equipment and self-propelled lawnmowers. This proposed ordinance will be heard in the Supervisor's Chambers San Bernardino County Court Hous~, at 2.:00 P~ on August 25th. Every desert nder m Southern California should ei~er attend this hearing or at'least write a letter voicing their opinion. If you don't complain now then do;"t complain when you are for~ed to hang a muffler on your bike. Write to the Chairman Board of Supervisors, San Bemardi~o County San Bernardino, California. ' MOTOCROSS - 8/13/70 Ascot Park, Gardena, Calif. , 125 EXPERT 1st Tim Hart - SACHS 2gd Bob Messer - SACHSCOMBO<:ROSS MOTO PRIX Moorpark, Calif. - 8/16/70 125 SENIOR 1st Tim Hart - SACHS CMC MOTOCROSS - 8/16/70 Ascot Park, Gardena, Calif. 125 EXPEJRT 1st Holcomb - SACHS 2nd Messer - SACHS 3rd Crippa - SACHS 4th Beauchamp - SACHS 1970 LEGISLATIVE SESSION: The 1970 legislative session will adjourn at 5:00 PM on August 21st. The motorcyclists have been faced with 81 diff.erent pieces of proposed legislation dunng thlS past session. We have faired very well; gaining much more than we have lost. Watch this column for the next few weeks to see where we stand. Address all legislative and land-use questions to MORE, P.O. Box. 26062, Sacramento, 95826. . • ~ .... 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