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o '" Cll en .r; ~ dropped back. lap three and third. Don Malley kept the Charlie Brown Racing Team happy with a win in the 500 Junior over Doug Nilson. One of the old timers of the Salinas Sand Pit, Bob Achterburg hung in for a third. Thorton Smith rode a George E. Hall 350 Honda to ye·t another undisputed win in the Novice class with Santa Cruz Ridge Runner AI Cavanaugh bringing his Bandito in for a second. In the ever popular 250 Expert Main, Dieu was not to be denied. Batistoni took the second with Modesto's Mark Muscio edging out John Gennai's Ossa for third. Gennai and Muscio are a little out of their element riding atainst the likes of motocrossers like Dieu and Batistoni but both will have their day at the flat track scrambles. Palo Alto's Ed Rosman thoroughly devastated the 'B' division of the 250 Novice wi th beau tiful rna tions and terrific speed. Martin Towne was second and was also closing on Rosman, but Rosman had everything under control. (Results on page 26) ::;: '" ~ W Z W ...J U > U SALINAS SUPER ROUGH SCRAMBLES By Bill Spencer SALINAS, CAL., Feb. 21, 1971 ~ With spring like weather pr.evailing over northern California, the Salinas Ramblers. M.C. held yet another super scrambles at their Hwy 101 Sand Pit. Nearly 300 AMA scramblers signed in for a day of exciting rough riding and with a good supply of spectators' liberally laced around the snow fencing, a fantastic day of racing was in progress. Again, Bob. Grossi dominated the day's activities with superior riding ability in the 5.00 Expert Main. A refreshing additioI\ to this class came in the form of Rookie Expert John Dieu. Some 30 Experts signed up to ride two 500cc heats, making the main that much more excitiJ;1g. To spice the main even more, Larry Batistoni was fully recovered from a spill at Carneige last week and Steve Ester was also ready to do battle. After a first lap restart due to a start line fracas that saw Grossi leap into the lead, Dieu was the fastest man to the fust comer. Dieu had ridden many Junior events to victories, probably more then he should, and was definitely ready for a stab at the big boys. Behind John were Batistoni, Foster, Grossi and Greg Hubbs. On a tigh t righ t left hander while Grossi was trying to work around a rider, he literally buried the front wheel in an attempt to get underneath for a pass as the other rider was quite tight in the comer. Any other rider probably would have high sided and said 'Hello, Sky, hello, ground' but Grossi grabbed a whole handful of throttle and proceeded to tear up the track. Grossi led it all from lap two with Dieu battling with Batistoni until Larry By Chris Dare & Marsh Moore FRESNO, CAL., Feb. 21, 1971 - The scene was set for 123 eager racers at Dunlap Cycle Park as three days of rain halted a couple of days before the race. Probably the best race of the day was put on by those ever-so-fast 250 Srs. The super fast Mike Cram on a Maico .led Dennis Law and the high jumping Larry Watkins. As the day wore on, water, that had started out asa stream turned parts of the course in to foot-deep mud that plagued many of the Junior riders as well as some of the Seniors. The mud didn't seem to bother the 250 Jr. first division winner, Jim Franklin, as he skillfully manipulated his bike around the 1.2 mile course, with Bobby Williams hot on his tail. Mike Cram, winner of the 250 Senior competition did well on his small Maico, but in the Open' class he was a little over-anxious after a bad start, and received the black flag for cutting a few comers in his effort for first place. Second place went to hard-riding Dennis Law, while Larry Watkins tooled his Montesa to a 3rd place, which isn't too bad for a fourteen year old rider. The next race at Dunlap will be on March 14, where there will be excellent facilities for overnighters, as well as some mighty fancy competition. You all ought to show up because it's gonna be good! (Results on page 26) b~ja J wins gain! Desert M.C. Hare & Hound-2/28/71 Trailbike Class 1st Randy Milligan-Baja 100 (Ex.) 4th Mike Hayes-Baja 1001 st (Jr.) 5th Jim Summers-Baja 100 (Ex.1 See .the Baja 100 and the entire Harley-Davidson Motorcycle line. HARLEY-DAVIDSON MOTORCYCLE DEALERS' ASSOCIATION of Southern California, Inc. LANCASTER John Dolan's Har-Dav. Sales 44533 Sierra Hwy. EL CAJON Har-Dav. Co. of EI Cajon 621 EI Cajon Blvd. LOMITA Har-Dav. of Lomita, Inc. 2212 Pacific Coast Hwy. FULLERTON Har-Dav. of Fullerton, Inc. 2635 W. Orangethorpe Ave. LONG BEACH Har-Dav. of Long Beach 3654 Long Beach Blvd. GLENDALE . OCEANSIDE Harley-Davidson of Glendale Inc. Har-Dav. of Oceanside 3643 San Fernando Rd. 216 Via Del Monte INGLEWOOD PASADENA Har-Dav. of Inglewood. Inc. Chubbuck's Har-Dav-Pasadena 901 N. La Brea Ave. 1361 E. Walnut St. By Larry Ulrich BEND, ORE., Feb~ 14, 1971 Redmond riders carried home first place trophies in the 125cc class, the 250cc class and in today's running of European Scrambles presented by the Cascade M.C. while irl the Open class, young Rick Oliver of Salem won the beginners class, The event started at noon with the 125's first to ride for a solid hour over rough desert terrain. The beginners were running at the same time as the 125 's, but started one minute later. Randy Limbeck of Redmond led his brother Rick for three laps until his Honda developed a slow lead in the rear tire. Rick then put his Sachs in the lead only to develop a leak in his front tire. Rick went on to the win with brother Randy second. Bill Becker of Salem was third, riding a Harley Davidson Baja. Redmond rider Mike Ahalt took the lead in the 250 race, a spot he held until MOTO(MUD·O)CROSS thBHarll1YDavidsoB . - , - OlltpBrfOrIllBrS BELLFLOWER Paul's Harley-Davidson, Inc. 16211 Lakewood Blvd. Limbeck Bros Overcome SlovvLeaks POMONA Har-Dav. in Pomona 1241 W. Holt Ave. RIVERSI[)'E Skip Fordyce Har-Dav SaltlS 3698 14th St. SAN BERNARDINO Dale's Modern Cycle H-D 225 E. Baseline SAN DIEGO San Diego Har-Dav. Co., Inc. 929 I ndia St. SANTA ANA Harley-Davidson Motors 501 E. Fourth S·t. SANTA MARIA Cycle West Harley-Davidson 2160 S. BroadwaV SO. SAN GABRIEL laidlaw's Har-Dav. Sales B351 E. Garvey Blvd. TAFT Taft Harley-Davidsoo Sales 318 Harrison St. VAN NUYS Russell's Har-Dav. Sales 16113 Sherman Way VENTURA Har-Dav. of Ventura County 77 W. Main St. WHITTIER Whittier Har-Dav. Sales 7930 S. Greenleaf the finish. Eric Burkinshaw. of Portland was second on tl)e first lap only to have his engine load' up in the motoqoss section of the track where Husqvarna mounted Jim Watts of Portland passed him. Burkinshaw later broke a chain forcing him out for the day. Watts went on for second with Duke DeLay (Gre) taking third and Craig Davis of Redmond taking fourth with his 175 Yamaha. The Open class was a runaway for Redmond rider Doug Aiken aboard a Maico. Frank Sunada of Portland took a strong second .riding a CZ. Aiken stopped several times in the 35 miles covered to gas his thirsty Maico and was never challenged for the lead. Bill Lipscomb, Bend AJS dealer took in third place. (Resu,[ts on page 26) UTAH BIKE BILL NEARS PASSAGE SALT LAKE CITY - After a flurry of debate on property tax, Utah's REcreational Vehicle Bili passed the State Senate Feb. 19, with payment of property tax on off-road vehicles still very much a part of the bill. The bill, (SB 134) now goes to the House. 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