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- '" 1 o ~ '" o N u o ~ w Brelsford Wins Final . AI Chris Beck Arena Z W ...J U >- U Phil Ray (40) holds slim lead ahead of Sonny Knutson. Willow Creek TT's 'End By James W. Shipley WILLOW CREEK, CALIF., Oct. 3, 1970 - The season's last TT in Willow Creek was presented by the Trinity Trailsters Saturday night. Due to the extra large number of bikes the races which usually get over around 11 :00 p.m. lasted till 1:00 a.m. There were many riders from Redding present, a few from Oregon and Bob Bellino and Phil Ray up from the Bay area. The 250cc Novice class saw 29 bikes entered after three semi-mains. There were still a dozen bikes lined up for the start of the main event which had to be restarted four times because each start found riders going into the fence. At the fourth start two complete sections of the fence were knocked out. Tim Thrash went on to win but not before he had run over his brother Stan's head during Ol1e of the starts that was black.flagged. Stan, who was uninjured, finished fourth. Dave Jackson was seriously injured during the event and as a result of his mishap was operated on Sunday morning for the removal of his knee cap. The 650cc Novice event saw Jim Morrison mounted on his brother's Triumph, captured his first two trophie.s of the year. He won the trophy dash with three hot Triumphs right on his heds till the last lap, when the knobby John Flemming was running in the rear )Vashed out on him. Trying to avoid Flemming, both the other bikes went head on into the wall. The main also found Morrison out in front but he finished second after being passed by Denny Edwards. The 650cc Amateur.Expert found plenty of action. In the heats Bellino won over Phil Ray then did it again in the trophy dash. During the main it looked as though Bellino had another win till Phil Ray got around him in the last lap. Young Brack Zollo took home his first, first·place trophy in the 100cc Novice consolation race. David Cherry was back for his fourth win in the 500cc class, and Whitey Marx just walked away with fIrSt in the 250cc Expert event. There was only one high point trophy given and it was awarded to Amateur Jay Stradley who just completed his second year of TT racing. Other top contenders for the high point troppy were Pat Richter who needed one more first which he got. But, since Stradley only needed a second which he also got, it went .to him. Harvey Crews, who was also in the running, lost out when he was unable to race since his bike is broken down. Though this race concluded TT racing in this area for the season the action will continue with the start of the mud run. (Results on page 22) 'llEKEleA6lE' from U.S.A. West C,)Jst Distributors ORANGEVALE DISTRIBUTORS NYLON ANn-FRICTION CABLES .Il. 9198 Greenback LaDe Oraacevale, Califomia 95662 RACERS HEADQUARTERS FOR THE NEW FLEXERCABLE .EPlACE 'OUt OLD fASIIOIID CAlliS rll 1f101 Alrl-f.,CrlOl UllrS ".EST (Dill.,. Writ. For Info. and Prlc••) PIIoae: 916-988-4715 By James Brammer SANTA ROSA, CALIF., Oct. 3, 1970 Scott Brelsford won the fmal sportsman short track race of the season at the Chris Beck Arena. Brelsford, ran over in a crash in his qualifying heat, qualified in the •semi·final for a second row start in the 250cc Expert Final He won the final over the top sportsman riders in the district. Allen Kenyon, black plate number 3, was running second in the main on the last comer when he feU. Mike O'Brain came across for second and Ron Davis in third. Fourth spot went to black plate number I, Jim Foley, who hadreceived a handicapped start, penalized for starting early. The only other black plate in the .field, Bill Budde (8) didn't made it to the final. He had been penalized to a handicapped start and reversed direction for starting early in his qualifying ~eat. No man won the expert main a second time in the year. Brelsford became the seventh winner in. the seventh sportsman short track races held here this year. Tom Fleming, recently advanced to the Amateur class, became the point champion by winning the 125cc Amateur Final. Up to the final night he had earned all his points in the 125cc Nov ice c lass on a 125 cc Harley-Davidson. Werner Meesenburg gained enough points in the fmal race fo finish second by winning the lOOcc Novice Final on a Yamaha. Danny Elrod, though he may not knew it yet, won a Honda "70" Mini Bike, given away in a drawing by the Petaluma Motor Cycle Center. Danny Elrod . lives on Ripley Street in Santa Rosa. ·The North Bay Motorcycle Club was unable to contact him by phone Saturday night to teU him he had won the drawing. (Results on page 22) IBike Thief Survives Crash I By Arlene Mullin SAN LUffl OBISPO. CALIF., Oct. 6, 1970 - Michael Scott Ware, 20, survived a crash that sent him catapulting through the air. In fact, he only required a hospital checkup before going to the county jail with police officers who had been chasing him at the time of the accident at I: 10 a.m. Several hours earlier, the motorcycle on which Ware was riding had been reported stolen. However, officers were attracted by its lack of a muffler, resulting in an unnecessa.ry amount of noise. The police siren failed to halt Ware, who raced through at least seven red traffic ligh ts, increasing speed up to 90 miles per hour, according to officers. Ware sped over downtown streets, which were rather deserted at that hour of the morning, and onto countryside roads outside town. Eventually, he failed to negotiate a sharp curve on Santa Barbara Road and rammed into a barbed wire fence. Ware is charged with reckless driving and auto theft. Uri Gottfeld, 21, owner of the cycle, is a California Polytechnic College student. ·'I~';;~~'~;~;." ':E:~:~'~~~' 'I' * C~~'y I GORDY WILLIAMS Authorized el HUSQVARNA Coleman's. 1545 E. 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