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Local hotli TT scrambles and an increased money purse By Maureen Lee 00 ...... ELSINORE, CAL. , FEB. 2 12 announced that the purse at their next run, March 2 nd will be $300. Now if that's not a much-needed lift to the scr ambles scene , I don't know what is. Perfect weather and a well worked tr ac k ad ded to the enjoyment. Man y lo ad s of clay had been worked in to the surface du rin g t he week with th e shale bei ng han d p ic ked ou t of it and except for one ho le th at o pe ne d up, it was perfect. Business as usu al in t he Mini clas s. This we ek, Todd Brown (Ya m ) an d Ed die Tafoya (Ho n ) m anaged a tie . Bro wn was leading thc first b u t T afoya sneake d u p o n him and go t h im by a sca nt wheel. Seco nd m o to we nt to Pete Ham es (Hon) who ca n nat hau l. He got into a fee t in the air wobble in the first m or o , holding on to his bikc longer than I though t he would before finally losi ng it and getting a short ride in the ambul an ce. Come the third, he was dow n again but led after the re-start. Sh ades of Dave Aldana ! Eddie Beeson (Yam) again won the 250 Ju nior class in spite of a loo se he ader in one moto. Gary Stad de n and Robert Kelbel c ho se off to settle who en d ed with second and thi rd with Dave Johnson always in there. This was another cl ass th at had so me c ras hes. The app ro ach to the le ft hander at th e far cn d of t he co urse put m ore t han o ne ride r on his ear, un fo rtunat ely a co up le, one of wh om was Rick Marq uis in the big bike division, went h o me hu rt . Steve Fo rt u ne ( Bul) ca n do a ne at wheelie as he de mo nstrated in the 250 Exper t go , b ut it was Dan McWh orter's day on a very fas t Mo n tesa. He got a fif t h in th e first m oto beh ind Fortu ne 's first pl ace but rea lly did the job in th e next two with two firsts. In th e second we sa w a bit o f wh at IT raci n g is all a bo u t. Mik e Ti d we ll was leading McWhorter who t ried it by go ing t o the outside o f tum one. No go as Tidwe ll nearly shut t hc door b u t Dan go t hi m anyway on th e upper part of th e tr ack . Fort une d ro p ped it in th at o ne, but a th ird place in th e last ro u nd gave him .1 th ird overall. The o n ly m ains run for the po int races were in th e 250 Novice an d 10 0· I 2 5 Novice classes. In th e 125 race Wayne Rain ey was really pushing o n his Honda to get leader Bo b b y Bu t t who managed one lap to al most part co mpany from his bike on tha t o ne big hole. Rain cy almos t los t it to G ord o n Kidd (Ya m ) who to o k wh at advantage he co uld when Rai ney slid wide on a tum. Arth u r J u n ker (Ya m ) d id it the ha rd way with lo ts of riding in the 25 0. A th ird in the heat tr ansferred hi m to the se mi and he took a first there whi le Greg Zehner (Yam) , who won his heat an d a direct transfer, c ame in seco nd. Ho nda ride r Brad Wootton took the third . Firs t ru n of thc year we got all the Ope n bikes lu mpcd to ge th er bu t this week therc we re e noug h to m a ke so me de cent classes. Still if y o u own a real big bore like a twin . you gotta wa tch o u t for those Buls ! They are qu ick. as Ronnie Aq u ierri p roved with three stra ight moto s in th e Nov ice class . Things were b usy in the Ex pert class. Do n Gri gsb y 's head er ca m c lo ose and he m ad e a co u p le of lap s with everythi ng wav ing in the breeze . \Vo nde r wh at co nd itio n the rin gs wcre af ter that bu t he an d his Yamah a finis hed third overa ll. J im Wright slid into Rex Hailey who fcll off as thcy skidded arou nd tum one, but with go o d sportsmanship Wright rode ba ck to see if Hailey was As promised. Sandak incre ased their purse to $ 200 for the money race fo llowing the District 3 7 point races. 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