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CD .... CD <'; .Q. « \@ \\! w d > U Beginner And Novice Scrambles Pulls 460 Riders By John Bollinger ADELANTO, CAL., Mar. 14 - The growth of the Sportsman Racing Association's Bemnner and Novice o· Scrambles has been nothing short of tremendous. Entry has gone from 80 riders for their first event to a whopping 460 this Sunday, March 14. First race of the day for 100-125 Beginners under 16 also had the first disqualification. Rider No. 168 came through with such a lead that officials did some checking. When it was discovered that he was, in fact, a District 37 Novice with 205 points and three transfer rides, he was black-flagged on the spot. John Jenkins won first 125 in the race with Mike Mallory taking first 100. Madaline Almeida struck a blow for women's lib by finishing in front of some of the men to win first Powder Puffer. The 175cc and 500cc Novices ran next with Larry Westlake pushing his 400 Husky into a good lead only to do a super endo, leaving the win to Tom Sympson who also rode a Husky. The 250 Novice race saw another rider disqualified for pulling a naughty type no-no. He either got tired or wanted to share the fun so he whipped into the pits and turned the bike over to his buddy for the last few laps. Troy Hollis rode the whole race to win fU'St place trophy followed by Jerry Hill and GEorge Stoffel. Young Nick Haggard comes through home check pursued by Bob Ovenessian. Tom Bragdon flogged his Yamaha 90 through the pack to take a hard-earned win in the 100-125 Novice event. In fact, he was going so fast the flagman missed him at the finish and he rode an extra lap. Sam Weston bested sixty-odd other 250 Beginners as well as the increasing dust to win first place with Bill Gray taking second. Phil Taylor was first under-16 in this event as well as in the next race. Jim Harris was first over 40. Just before the last race of the day for 500·0pen Beginners one section of the course was rerouted for safety sake. Phil Elery made the most of the change to win. Even though the course broke up, most racers this writer talked to felt that the superb organization (each of the seven races started exactly on time) and the really nice finisher T-shirt more than made up for any problems. (Results on page 22) ASCOT TRIPLEHEADER A big tripleheader of motorcycle racing has been programmed to pen the 1971 racing season at Ascot Park on April 1-2-3, coordinator Don Basile reports. The trio of events will include the flat·track opener on Friday evening, April 2, and a 100-lap Pacific Coast steeplechase championship on Saturday night, April 3. The popular mo tocross action will debut on Thurs., April 1, with more than 250 riders entered. The Friday and Saturday cards, being sanctioned by the AMA, are expected to lure Gene Romero, the reigning U.S. motorcycle champion. Romero finished second in the Indianapolis of cycle racing, the Daytona 200-mile Nationals, last weekend. Dick Mann, the veteran who captured the Daytona meet, also is a likely starter. The 100-lapper, a March nationally-televised feature for years, waS set back to be the season steeplechase opener. MADERANS MOP UP CMC MOTO-X By Marsh Moore & Chris Dare FRESNO, CALIF., Mar. 21, 1971 The Fresno Motorcycle Club presented another one of its "desert" motocrosses today at their clubhouse park with clouds of dust which rose...soon after practice, and continued to plague riders until the end of the races. A fabulous race was put on by the 125 Srs. as Gerry Smalley rode his Yarnaha to a great victory over Robert Rogers on a Rickman. Two other Madera boys battled it out for frrst place in the 250 Jrs. Jim Co-correspondent Marsh Moore got 3rd in 125 Jr. Div. lion his DKW IneeSachsl. Photo by Chris Dare. Franklin and Jim Tomajian exchanged places throughout the day with Jim winning the class. A great battle was put on by Tim Colvert oria Husky and Wayne Sumner on a new Suzuki 400. Tim led all three races for an Open Sr. class win. All in all the race went smooth and fast. The next race in the Fresno area will be a C.M.C. race on April 4 at Dunlap Cycle Park. Penton - Hodaka - BSA~IIlr7'"_ Yamaha - Norton Husqvarna D.iL.I. i 6I1tl'IOt81' WANTED By HRLubricants. Mfg. of M/C Clutch Lube, 2·cycle Colloidal Graphite Oil. Molly-Graphite chain lube, Gear Lube. Assembly Lube. and Break-in Concentrate. Contact R. Sheldrick. 7340 Florence Ave.• Downey, Cal. (213) 927-4781. Bay Mre Motocross March 21, 1971 250 Senior Class 1st Steve Scott - PurSang ElsinoreTT March 13, 1971 250 Expert Class 1st John Sprague - PurSang Porterville TT March 14, 1971 250 Expert Class 1st Tracy Bright - PurSang HUSQVARNA Oi,lributed by Med-International 4190 Palm Ave" La Mesa, Calif. 92103 II II The ONLY 250cc machine to win overall ill Dist. 37 Desert competition in 1970...We still hold that distinction with 8 events run so far in 1971 . . .Winning 3 Overall. : : It Are you It It Mo'ocrosser Enou,' It Oa~ Cree~ laac' ~