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When Jerry and Grace pick the date we 'll let you know. One of Ascot's greatest Half-Milers is giving some thought to trying it but we'll le t you guess who it is. Also , the Dirt Diggers are co nsid e ring a dinosaur rac e there. If it doesn't have a valve, it can' t run. Now that sh ould be very ed uca t ional for the jelly bean brigade who've never heard a Goldie or a IT T riu m p h in full fIigh t unless th e y 'v e visited Asco t. Scrambles m ay be pic kin g up ! BAYARD BULTACO '.)' mfj0 SALES SERV ICE 0 ~ Welding Porting Accessories ~. Streaks Sin ce st reaking is now th e craze, I'd lik e t o p o in t o ut t ha t not only d id th e Bri t ish inve n t scr am bles , they als o invented streaking . No, not just Lady Go d iva who ce rtai n ly did her p ar t, bu t yea rs before her a ncient Britons used t o str eak the Roman legions. Legend has it th e y painted themselves blue but th ere isn 't any tr ut h to that. It was just that co ld in Britain . t352 Centinela, W. Los Angeles Corner of Santa Monica Blvd. & Centinela Open 9 to 6 Tues-Sat 9 to 9 on Thursday Maureen Lee anta Monica Frwy. It's get ting t o be fun th ese days seeing what one of my editors has to add to my column in the way of personal comments. Last time, whi ch ever one it was (Th ere are several , all nice guys; o ne even kee ps a Saint Bern ard under his desk.) tho ught I was a bi t off in WHITTIER HONDA Motorcycle Trailers Bell Helmets Full Bore Products t4324 E. Whitt, er Blvd. 1213 169B.0065 Complete stock of parts and accessories for street and di rt. oss~ ' . Q ua lit y pipes & accessories that go fas t . Santa Ana, CA EELS MITH NGINEERING Good~ear is Carroll Shelby 213-82 1-3436 Hodaka Montesa c arae era "~J _.. Motorcycles tJI ... ~... . ... ~ #IV ~(,ft.~eJ't ~~~~ Spo rt Cycle Ma le c GUY R . LOUIS (714) 8 93·7057 7219 Westm inster Ave., Westm inster , Ca . 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Daytona My psy chic powers in trying to pi ck possibl e winner s didn 't q ui te fai l m e. I go t vibrati ons abou t Ni xo n, DuH amel an d S mar t. Smart got th e p ol e po sit ion, G a r y turned in one hell o f a p erf orm an ce b ef o r e hi s get-o ff, wh atever ca used it , while DuH am el didn't fai r so w ell. It 's a pity Kaw asaki co uld n' t have p ro vid ed a better m ount. There ' s nothin g m ore o bsole te than a yea r-old ro ad race r! As fo r Ago's ride , I'll qu o te one o f his co untry men, Julius C. " Veni , Vedi , Ven ci," an d d id h e eve r . List en ing to th e race on radi o it was di sapp oin ting t o everyone that they co uld n ' t hear Ago in an in t erview aft erw ard s. I th in k t hin gs were handled poorly as people behaved bad ly in the m o b scene that fo llowed his vict ory . Quite a co n trast t o what ha p pened a t Ontari o w hen Unser wo n. O nce again the n ews m ed ia di d us dirt. T ha t weekend Daytona had a tr em endous cr owd , equal t o , if not bigger th a n O ntario a nd al l we go t on the news or in the d aily papers were th e usu al trivia ab o u t th o se peo p le who knock little whi te balls aro und a nd the O nta r io 5 0 0 . M o t or c ycles wer e mentio ned in th at al l too freq ue nt fra me o f referen ce . an ac c iden t, w he n pre vio us n a t i o nal cha m pio n J o e Leonard m ad e th e wall. No w he re did I read or hear (m ay be I m issed so methi n g so mew here) any th ing a bo u t Da ytona o r the fact th at tw o Wo rld Ch amp ion s wer e o n hand : Agost ini and Ro ger DeC os t er , wh o won th e 50 0 class m otocros s. My lo cal fish and c h ip s wr appe r just w on an award fo r sp?r ts rep orting, 100 , but I ho nestly bel ieve th at th e ed itors in th at d epartment would be o u t of a job if they ever had to co ver a story or co uld n ' t find some t hing to c u t o u t an d pas te up fro m th e L. A . Tim es or th e wire serv ices . The media A t o ne time, I thought th e lack of covera ge was du e to t he fact th at m ot o r c y cl e r a c er s wer e sports' ste pchil dren and tha t m o t or cycl in g wasn 't an " in " spo rt. ICs n ow boom ing an d o ur Kenny R oberts is now way up in the bi g leagu es. Well , w e d idn't get cove ra ge j ust be cause racing is a gr ea t spo rt a nd we still d o n ' t get it now th at a race r ca n m ake a good livin g at it. St ill, I wonder if Da y t ona wo uld have received co ver age if an American had wo n, o r if I'm j ust having evil t houghts. Sample he adli ne , "American Racer Blasts Eu rope's Best." And on CBS T V, Gil S tr atto n , "Tod ay at D ayt on a Bea c h A merican Cyrus Washi ngto n R oo sevelt f ro m Lo wer Punkin, Iowa beat the best foreign motorcycle ra cers the wo rld ha s to o ff e r , i n cl u di n g t h e W orl d Champion .. ." etc. I t 's a fa ct th a t so me ne ws reporters d on't like giving fo re igne rs cred i t . H opeful ly, we'll soon see Kenny Ro b er t s o r Mert Lawwill in co m m ercials on th e tube ; go od o nes, that is, lik e Brut and no t lik e skier Jea n Cl aude KilIy wh o go t st uck wi th ballpo int p en s! . Scrambles District 3 7 sc ra m bles have b een go in g down the drain now that mot ocross has taken. over, or in so me instances wh at is merel y called moto cross. But som e o f the troops have refused to give up th e figh t, Come Mother 's Day, th e Powder Puff Association will be throwin g their >Z o ::; ~ 0:( W III W L > 0:( ....JO an n ual "IT scrambles at e ve ry o ne 's favo ri te trac k : Perris. Not o nly th at, th e lo ng co u rse wi ll be u sed . How does th at gra b you ? T he PP A , th e first w om en 's cl ub to throw a race, ha s ye t to t hrow a b ad on e and th eir trophies are a lways tops. T he S ide hack Asso ciati on have c ho se n the d at e fo r cl u b particip ati on, so th ey'll be th ere with bell s on o r sh ould I say , tenn ies? The O ld T imers' Associat ion is also planning a big turn ou t. This should be a gus 'cause some of th e oldsters only rid e m o t o cr oss and a re wondering wha t th ey 'll be up agai n st in a TT scrambles. Diane Connolly has t old 'em th at when th e nag drops, just dial it on and leave it th ere. I'll quote J eff Smi t h , "When in d oubt, full out!" It won't be long be for e th er e'll be m ore exc item e n t the re, th e an n ua l Old T im ers ' ni gh t. I d on't think an y of us will fo rget th e first one which w as held to help t he t rack rebuild af te r a fire. N o w it's bec oming a regular eve n t. CMC Scrambles By Rex Backman CHICO, CAL., MAR. 10 In th e 75cc Mini class Doug Geist (Hon) took the win. Geist led from start to finish with his only c h allenge b eing Wade Wilson (Ind). Geist was able to hold on for the win as Wad e fell trying to p as s . Th e lOOcc Mini class bel on ged to John Sudburry (Ya m ). Sudburry won with a huge lead, leading th e race th e entire len gth. I t was Sudburry's fifth st raigh t win a t th e scr ambles, t aking second place was Tom Odekirk (Ya m). Brad Sander s {Hod ) took th e 100 No vice w in . Sander s t ook th e le ad on the firs t turn and never looked back. In second pl ac e was Lan ce Lollar (Yam ) third was Bob Cerv antes a lso o n a Yam ah a. Honda rider Larry Newman too k th e overa ll win in the 125 No vice class. Newman h ad to hold o ff a d etermined J o n Zimmerman on a Elsi no re. T h ird pl ace belonged t o Mike Gr an ger on a Suzu k i. The 250 · Novice class was won by Maurice Merrill (H on ). Merr ill lea d the en ti re race never reall y ch all en ged by a ny o ne, second pl ace was Gary Elliot (Hon) a nd slipping in for third was Gary Castill o (Hon) . The Open No vice class belonged t o Maico rid er Les Lollar who rode a gr eat race . Les m ounted on his sp eedy Maico took th e win with a co m an d ing lead over sec o nd place rider Don Fischer also on a Maico. I The 25 0 Junior class w as won by Del Becker ridi n g a borrowed 250 Penton. On th e unfamiliar bike Becker lead from star t to finish bu t he had to hold off Buhaco rider J on Woo a nd H onda rid e r Cr ai g Cain. A t the fin ish line Becker was followed b y Wo o and t he n Cain. The 125 Expert/J unior class was won by J e ff Geist (Ho n). After a slow start, wh ich saw Geist go in to t he tu m in b ack o f t he pack , he d ecided tha t the only place t o be was ou t front. J eff gassed it t o th e fron t and by th e second t um he was in the lead , tha t's wh ere he sta yed fo r th e remainder o f th e ra ce. In a close second pl ac e was J im H u bbard on his YZ. In th ird place and first Junior was Del Becke r (Ho n ). The 25 0 Exp ert class was m or e of a end u rance ra ce than anything else . When the wh it e flag dropped th e re were ten bikes running. With the drop o f th e checkered nag th ere were only tw o. Greg Ferguson ( Bu l) took th e lead on th e first lap and held on un t il the sec ond lap when Penton rider Greg McKinney got by with Fe rguson chasin g him and Dan Peterson chasing Ferguson. The three riders pulled awa y fro m the rest of the pack (or what was left of it) the n Ferguson dropped out when his Bul began to give him t ro u ble . McKinney went on fo r the win followed by Da n Peterson. G reg Ferguson fared a little better in the Open Expert/J un io r race. Ferguson and hi s Bultaco grabbed the lead on the fir st lap and held on fo r the win. Jim Heinrich was second place fini sher and first Junior rider on a Bultaco, In third place was Mike O'Brian on a Yamaha who was second Exp er t. Greg Rodgers was second Junior rider in fourth place o n a Maico. •