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No time to tarry Viewfinders Griffitts wins hail & high-water Scottish 8th A nnual AMA District 37 Grand Prix May 31st & June Ist- Indian Dunes . ..... .. Cash purse to Experts 0.. < By Dick Vasquez 500 - 250 - 125 Classes - $ 100 1st, $50 2nd , $25 3rd Entries open April 10th t hru May 19th . Starting numbers assigned by postmark. Contingency prizes, pins, & decals. Two hour races . . . . 6 mi le course . . . . 1 hour sidehacks. Saturday: 0-250. Sunday: 500-0pen, PP, Oldtimers, Sidehacks. Use V iewfinders entry or Dist. 37 blank. $11.00 Entry, $25.00 Post Entry, (no refunds). Include two legal size S.A.S.E. BARONA, CAL., APR. 6 A Scottish Tri als, by tradition, is tough and the one put o n by t he San Diego T rials Riders at Barona this date w as no exception! With a 15 mile loop ridden three times with 10 sections per loop, and dr iving rain, hail and co ld we at her to spice it up , there were on ly 3 1 Viewfinders Grand Prix 250, PP,Oldtimers, Sidehacks _ . . 0-175cc 3048 Mineral Well Rd. Simi, CA 93063 106 9th St . Balboa, CA 9266 1 805-526-2716 714-673-5875 500-0pen 1415 Diana Ave. Anaheim, CA 92805 714-635-8139 .--------------------------,; I Motorcycle race entry I I VIEWFINDERS MOTORCYCLE CLUB , INC . (A NON-l'ROFIT CORPORATION) I Name Ag e Ph o ne I~~ I I I I am a bon a fide m ember o f the Clu b . A .M.A. Number Expl r es, Make Motor I Eng in e Number I will en ter i n tne I I I I I I I I I D l st rlc t R iding No. Class. _ , u . rn . C Expert Amat eu r I I I _ Novice R id ing or Sid ecar Par tner _ ASSUM PTI ON OF T H E RISK AND WAIVER OF PER SONA L INJURY C LAIM Under t he rules and san ction of the Amer ican M otor cycl e Associa tio n . 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Signature r equi r ed 0 V es D at e _ Se nd p r oof o f r ider c l assification If y o u do not h old a va li d D ist r ic t 37 card . 1_------------------------_1 1"'" r," r," r, !~~THE~f.'MAHA • ~~ ~ 'nO Ti;" T"CC' 't'~ " 't"C 0 "t"C" Ti;" T"CC' T't;.(,)T, r Vented MX Jersey - Save 30% L regular price (') Yamaha Moly $13.95 $9.78 Malcolm Smith $13 .95 $9.78 Bill Walters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $10.95 . : $7.68 30% Savings on Yamaha, Honda. Suzuki, & other Team Jerseys. Limited to stock on hand. 24020 Narbon ne Ave ., Lom ita, CA. 90717. Ph?ne (213) 534·23 11 r I; (J t ~O t sale price rec L f.C.' 1"1: c.' "t, c.' rao 1"<:0 r-" o r-lC) "r <: 0 r-" o r- l () f' (.,,) r. 0 'l" r. 0 "(, Who did how ? Read Results. AMA Pilot progra~ every Tuesday night ~~~. 1/2 mile April 22 ~h~?da~~~e 3 classes: Minicycles-12Scc-2S0/360cc 16 Open to all riders - licensed & unlicensed - except Pro Experts Advancement points for AMA Novices & Juniors. call for info: Daytime 213-321-1610 213-323·9710 Nighttime 213-532·6363 213·676·8124 finishers o ut of over 100 rid er s entered. In spite oflhe we at her, most of t he riders enjoyed t he meet. Those earn ing finisher p ins can be justly proud of them. Mike Griffit ts (Man) wo n this toughie fo r his second ATA win of the year. Bernie Schreib er (Bul), literally fly in g in his third lo op, finish ed seco nd . Bob Nickelsen (Ha n), was one of t he few riders to finish within the fo ur an d one- h alf hour ti me limit, at third Exp ert. Mark Eggar (Han) had to be o ne of the most disa ppointed rid ers - he dropped fe we r points than any Expert but was disq ualified (as well as man y others) for not finishing within the five and on e-half hour cu toff. (F o ur and one-half hour tim e limit plus one ho ur grace.] The ha p piest rider a fter the m eet was Mike Meade (Bul) wh o too k first Am at eu r. Mike, an other Bob Grov e pro t e ge, co ntin ues to improve an d imp ress . Bob Burman (Bul) finis hed second followed by Debbie Evans on a new Yamaha TY 175. Debbie, who is only five fee t t hree inches (and pretty) , j ust swi tc hed from a bigger 25 0cc Ossa hoping she co uld do better on th e smal ler Yamah a. Certainly app ears like she did! Of t he 56 Novic es that start ed, 10 fini sh ed. The winner was Glen Coah r an (Man) fo llo wed by Marv Hitchler (Suz ) an d J erry Armstrong (Bu l). SDT R Presi dent Dic k Widick, who was in charge of the section lay ou t , used t he same loo p Vic Conaway laid out A dab in t ime may save it -Novice Trap Four. Visiting Englishman Dennis Butterworth (who used to ride MX with the Lampkins) dug the " English" weather, found going helmetless in the hail a bit painful. two yea rs ago . The l o op go t progressively worse as th e day wore on d ue t o t h e co n sta nt rai n whi ch ultimately took its toll as more and mo re rid ers dropped out. A four-wh eel drive club, Los Bati do res of San Diego , assist ed throughout _the da y h au ling bro ke n b ikes in and helping tow out cam pers and RTV s until lat e in th e evening. Th e th ird loop was especially de solate d u e to the absence of rid ers and so me what spooky since most of the tr ail was co mp letely cove re d over with hail. A portion of th e third loop wo uld have mad e a good sec ti o n. On e dropped in to a gull y , wh ich was over 15 00 fee t lo ng , wi th 20 foo t wall s o n each sid e and only thr ee to five feet wide. This section c a n t a in e d enough roc ks, staircases . switchbacks, etc. to keep even t he best rider on his to es. A very t ired Ed Mills kep t hearing a motorcycle behind hi m in th is section but wh en he turned around. he was alo ne . Mysterious rider ? A visi ting rider fro m Eng lan d. Dennis Butterw orth , felt r ight at home in th e rain but fou nd it a little painfu l rid ing in th e hail without a hel met. • Resul ts in Results Section.