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supe r sid eways exi ting T urn Two. Te d b uc kled dow n to b usine ss and when Dat an got by Pearson, T ed d y we n t wit h hi m. Datan's co nsistency has moved him in to third spot in the District stand ings. While the District Board of Directors allowed the Class " C" Ex perts bac k in to the swing o f t hings. they were o f li ttle co nsequence in the Mai n with only two ma king the program. The controversy o n allowing pros in the Amateur ranks sits on allowing any pr o to ride in w hat is supposed to be Amateur activities, The controversy rages on: for now the answer is to let them ride. .... Scram bles May 25 D uane Cru mley (Yam) was very consiste n t to nigh t and came up with a win in th e Trophy Dash an d the 125 A Main . Gary Da vis (Ho n) won th e B Main then transfe rred to th e A t o tak e sec o nd. Ch ar les An drews (Hon) w as third. Once Gary Davis was leading the 250 A Main he just m ad e h im sel f at home right dow n to the checkere d flag . He was followed by Lester Huey (Suz) and Rick Oliver (Bu l). Lester Huey won the Trophy Dash. Delbert Spinney ( Bul) had to battle Jack Heeter (CZ) for the Open Trophy Das h win. Sp in n ey got by Heeter on the last lap. In the Open A Main action Spinney poured the coals to his Bul to get ahead of Heeter and Bill Oliver (Bul). Gary Da vis was th e big winner tonigh t. If he could find tw o m o re bi kes he co uld rid e every class. Del Sp inn ey was nex t in the mo ney wi th a third to Duane Crum ley . e Disappearing for two weeks didn 't do Pat Brown any harm. He ro de an enduro one week and the Virgina City Grand Prix another, came back still in first place and went out and won the 250 Expert Main. Pat and his co nve rted Sherpa Bultaco are n't doing anything for the sales of new bikes but are m ak ing quite a nam e in the: business of racing, With six races co m pleted. Brow n has w o n four o utright, leads the Fremont p oin t tall y and has m oved in t o t he to p te n in Distri ct 36 Blac k Pla te poin ts. All th at with racing just a fun past im e for th e 18 year-old high school sen ior. Danney Hogue to ok th e 650 Expert Main on his firs t o u t ing. no easy task at all. He beat o ut Dennis Spence afte r father, Duane Spence. ha d to pull off with a dan glin g muffler. Hogue also took home t hird 25 0 Ex pe rt trophy. Mark Smith came o ut for his second straight Fremont scrambles and won the combined 350/500 Expert Main on his Champion-fr amed Honda, followed ever so closely by Rick Hocking on Ernie Vick's similar mount. The pump single's only competition came from Steve Eklund who gave it hi. best shot. bu t just c o u l d n ' t ge t around the super-prepared Schwenna machines. Some controversy surrounds t he 175 Novice class w here acc usi ng fingers are being thrown about o n t he subject of who is legal and wh o isn't. A protest was filed and cards have been p ulled . e Results in the R esults Secti o n . Fremont nights $1000 Quarter Mile season opener By Shirley Campbell COTfAG E GROVE, ORE., MAY 24 By W. H. Spencer Riversid e Sp eedway held their first race of the season to nigh t wit h a purse o f $1000 for the winners. Excitement was in the air as ride rs turned their thro ttl es on hoping to take some of the green stuff home with them. In th e 100 A Main Steve Copley (Yam) was firs t off the line with Duane Crumley (Yam) close behind. Crumley m ade his m ove on the second lap and was in the lead th e rest of the race . Copley took second with a th ir d to Chet Davis (Yam). Trophy Dash winner was Steve Copley. Vietor: Delbert Spin ney (Bull, Open class w inner. Spoils: "Princess Debbi," sing ing, " Carree me back t o or' Virllin ne e •.." i i School's I i ~ out ~~ I ~ ~ ~ e ! i ~ = i i 5 RIede ! i I carefully· I I I ~ E ! 00 Marathon madness By W. H. Spencer .Can no one exorcise Len Arnold (259) f rom the Open Nov ice lead, or is he rea lly the Dev il on a Honda? Hals tead came out of semi-retirem ent t o take third. Mike Preston mad e a rar e app ear ance here and won a slightly dis puted 125 Junior Main wi th Ken Bentley second an d Jack Gr enig th ird. Len Arnold has possessed th e Open No vice class and wo n -ye t ano ther o n board his 350 Honda single. The y o ungsters thin k he is th e devil because o f his goatee, but th e fo rmer Expert is j us t having as much fun as he can before his kids become of age where th ey want t o ride . Dick Gracia brought o ut his Sonny Ken yon Bul ta co and won the 250 Exper t run o ver Dan Mills (Hon). Graci a is o ut to defend his No.3 Black Plate in as man y scrambles as he can. which is good co nsidering he is an acc o m plishe d motocr osser. • Re sul ts in the R esul ts Section . illlllllltllllllilllllllllllllllllllllllllll l llllllllllllllll Mlllll lll llll llll U11 1111111111111II11"' i i Short track F RE MO NT, CAL., MAY 24 Gary Orlando tasted hi s first 360 Expert short trac k victo ry tonigh t and it was a sweet one . With traction at its best , it was tough eno ugh to make the 12 man Main and some really good rid ers were eliminated in the heats. For the 10 lap Main, Orlando too k the fro n t spot an d was never headed for the distance with Scott Pearson and Ted Davidson swapping spots through the turns and st raights for second . They we re so wrapped up in each other and their moves that they missed Manuel Datan who got by Davidson first when the Kawasaki got FRE MO NT, CAL.• MAY 27 J ohn Silva and J ack Jensen teamed to take the win s in both the 250 and Open classes topped by two clo se hou rs of raci ng in each class, Ron True led the first fo ur laps of the Op en wi th Gary Van d erpool do ing his usual super job in second aboard his trusty Husky. Jensen (Bul) got by Vanderpool on the third lap. then we nt on to ta ke th e lead two laps later with the Trask Trials Silver Medal winner tenaciously hanging o nto second while the m o t oc ro sser kept up the torrid pace. A ll the while , Mike Peavler. Scott Pearson , John Hlebo and Dave Bellina we re less than a few yards back keeping everybody honest. Man uel Datan (14 p ) and Joh n Proto (8 3) are the t op two in Fremont Short T rack po in ts . 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