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DISTRICT 31 TT SCRAMBLES ,... Spending the N.ighl With the 'Jackrabbits By David Swift ELSINORE, CAL., Aug. 28, 1971 This was the second nigh t scrambles in the last month held by the Jackrabbits here and it's amazing that they would do it a second time. From 6 p.m. to 2 a.m. Sunday morning 240 contestants flied in and out of the tiny pit area, battling dust, noise, pit racers, and dark. Lord knows how many races the 'rabbits cranked off that night, and they did it with co·ordination. There were over two dozen different classes of bikes that must be contested. Some of them were combined; some were run in Matos and others eliminated in heats, a semi, and a main. But, by golly, they did it regardless of the mass confusion generated by the crowds of assorted hangers-on, dipsomaniacs, and bratty kids on minibikes who tend to frequent such even ts of this sort. The sponsoring clubs' Engineer Bill starting technique red.light, ~ W ...J C,) >C,) Jim Connoly said. "I took my Greeves out of the garage after trying to sell it for two months. It sure feels weird to be riding it again:' Jim couldn't beat young Jeff Sexton in the 350-500 Expert motos, bu.t came clC?se a f~ times. Sexton won that class and took second in the Open Expert contest, hIS 501 Malco getting aced by the c1eanest-sounding Triumph/Rickmans around - John Sprague's. lines the inside of the turn bap-bap-bap. green-light-- worked quite well and tonight they weren't putting up with any guff. Two or three of the biggest, brawniest members strutted the line. If a racer fudged just a bit, he would get shoved back into place, forcefully. If he did it again (and not many did after a while), the attendant would grab the cross-brace and shove the violater (Results on . backwards until he hit something bonk. The .night was warm but the track stayed damp. Still, many competitors complained that the turf was not at its best. There were some rough spots unbefitting a TT, including one at the beginning of the first tum. This turn is plenty hairy even without a hole or two. page 24) T. Flynn leads everyone in the 250 Novice Main...everyone except R. Hutchins. who has already zipped by to win. T. McHugh (114x) finished third. Jim Brockman. a 16-year-old who drove up from San Diego. gave Dan Hackie a bad time in-the 250 Expert bash. Nearly beating him in an earlier heat, he left the course on the last lap. I n the Main, however, stayed in front. Elsewhere, Dan and his buddie Charlie Soderstrom raised all sorts of fuss in the 200 Expert motos, giving everyone a delightful show. Hockie won, but not by much . •• i ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Women's Lib Alive at Perris him at the "lne." " ~ 0> w corner, many of the monkeys would get their gludius rnaximus too close to the row of tires that B~ ~i11 gelS serious as he enters the fast uphill back straight. The amiable tad had a good night, wlnoong the 125 Experts. Larry Bird and Jim Connolly, the later on his enamoured Bultaco, held ~e next ~o spolSalthough Bobby Butt gave Hill a bad time in the first moto, nearly pipping ,... Z '- F. Phelps III and his sidekick Keno took second behind R. Huspith and J. Wahl. At this panicular 1 By Elaine Jones _ PERRIS, CAL., Aug. 21, 1971 - The colors. The 250cc AfE race ~aw brothers fair sex invaded Perris Saturday night. and Buddha teammates Toby and Terry Pam Bales and what she did to the boys Stanford duke it up pretty good. Toby in the 125cc Novice I class will not be evidently has given up riding his 100cc forgotten soon, Pam not only won her machine bu t lie sure does know hqw to three heat race but she led them from get a 250cc around in a hurry and did it start to finish. faster than Terry. Skip Gallagher, also a 'Rick Mifner did his thing in the teammate, nailed down the number 100-125cc AlE go and is proving to be three spot making it a clear sweep for one of the best lOOcc riders around. the Buddha clan. Steve Bales and Art Castell had a closer Buddha also donated a tire and a set contest but Art seemed to have trouble of handlebars to a couple of lucky with the back end washing out and riders. Skip Fordyce also gave away settled for third. some of their bright red T-shirts to the Little Randy Monroe rode himself second plac~ fmishers in each class. into a Perris Amateur rating in the Btkers ParadISe gave oil, a socket set and 100cc Novice 1. He's got to be the spark plugs so the goodies are getting youngest to ever get a' transfer. Randy better and better all the time. To all of has been one of the most popular and these fine shops welcome and we hope outstanding riders of the season. Marc you stay around a long time. Jones, another young shoe should be Vince Graves and Ja~k McCafferty the next one to take the big step, ran made it one, two fOT Suzuki in the second and Donald Ray was third. Amateur-Expert moto. Larry Stapleton Buddha Bultaco of Riverside came put the damper on a clean sweep when out in force and have most of the best he got his Triumph up for the third 250cc Amateur-Experts in District 37 spot. wearing their OashinR orange and black (Results on page 24) .........., ...