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orga n ize d a search t eam that located
tw o lo st people an d ha d th em loa ded
in to a helicopter an d o n th eir way to
sick- bay . Th e Coos Co un ty Search and
Rescu e Team advised t his must b e some
ki nd o f record. Lt . Commande r Tom
Gill of the Co os Head Nava l Fa cil ity
called and tha nked th e Searc h and
Resc u e Team personally as it was two o f
hi s men that we re lost. Harvey La tham ,
the State Adminis trator of Em e rge ncy
Service s in S ale m, req u ested a co m p le t e
report fro m Les Miller on the sea rc h .
Go od w ork Terry ! '
We finally go t everything ne cessary to
ho ld our Sand Du n e Scramb les. T h e
fir st race is schedu led fo r April 20th a nd
th e seco nd is fo r May 18t h . We have a
125 , 2 50 an d Open cl ass co m p e t it ion ;
fo r m o re in fo rm ation call Pet e at Big Y
Ya maha.
T he re was a hearing on H B 2764
Wed nesd ay , March 2 6 th in Sa lem . We
we re ab le to test ify a t the hearing, but I
believe th ey have a lready m ade up their
m in d s an d it wi ll now p robab ly go to
the Ho use. If you have n o t yet written a
le tter to your Sta te Represent a tive yo u
better d o so n o w or w e m ay hav e n o
lands to ri d e o n befo re lo n g.
Talki ng about wri t in g le tte rs , h o w
m an y o f y o u h ave wri tte n ou r County
Commissioners abou t the Sp ortsman
P ar k ? Mike R oby has been b u sy
co ntac t ing a ll the va rious sp o rt s cl ubs
asking t he ir m embers t o wr it e. The n ew
- ar ticl e, Stirrups a nd Saddles, h as aske d
a ll horse p eo p le to write. It's go ing t o be
rea l di sappo intin g if a t le ast 95 % o f o ur
m emb e rsh ip d o es n 't write.
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Puyallup Big 10
By' Sue Sykes
PU Y A LLUP, WASH ., MAR: 30
T he final race of the Puy all up
Raceway Park 's Big Te n Se ries
came t o a hap py Easter end ing
Mar ch 30. Moto cross riders fro m
Wa sh i n gto n , Or e gon , a nd Canada
co mpe ted th e last ni ne Sunday s h opin g
to ca rry h o m e th e big 36-inc h Win ner's
T rop hy.
The Min i cl ass w as fas t today o n t his
d ry , well prep ar ed trac k. Jim Anderso n
ro de fo r first ove ra ll in th e A class o n a
Ya maha. Russell Tom (Ya m) had a gre at
secon d m o t o lead b ut fell just before
the fin ish.
An excit ing pace was se t by th e 250
A a nd 250 B combined class. Scored
separa te ly - t he As runn in g for p rize
money an d th e B class raci ng for
trophies - t hey all rode like experts.
Rick Wei dman ca me o ut on to p for
an o th er wi n in th e 25 0 A class an d
Steve Bryant scored best for t he 250 B
class.
In te rm ission time was no t ju st th e
q uie t gra b a sandwich, ru n to th e
portable potty t ime. From the ramp just
i n f r o n t of the Ra inie r Tower.
Wash in gt on 's own Buck Murph y new 76
feet t h rou gh the ai r a n d grab bed S I 00
prize m on ey durin g t h e jump con te st . •
Resu lts in Resu lts Section .
Koski boogies,
Darrow indulges
By Moto Depo
LOCKWOOD, NEV. , MAR. 3 0
Lo ckwood, Nevad a is not
the ma p but o nc e a year
Slayton and Ren o P. I.T.S.
tri als th at draw s some of
even o n
Haw ley
throw a
the top
ride rs o n th e w est c oast. Las t " car Lane
Leavitt w on th is eve n t . He' co u ldn' t
make it this year so he loaned hi s
Bu ltaco to Bob Ty son and Bob finished
third Exp e rt , w ith 19 p oints: Jeff
Koskie (Su z ) travelled all the way from
Los An geles, m ade three beautiful lo ops
an d won t h e Expert class with 16
points. It was expected th a t the re would
be so me fierce co m p e titio n be tween
J eff and Steve Darrow but it never
mat erialized as Steve h ad o ve r in d u lged
the eveni ng he fore a n d ended up with
4 1 poin ts .
Norm Sayl or ( Bld) won th e Am ateu r
c l a s s wi th 4 7 points but t h e real
co m pe tit io n was for se cond pl ace Linn Fu lford (Bul ) and Gary Ow ens
(Bu l) b a t tl in g it out all da y a nd c ndin g
with 62 p o ints ap iece . Lin n ca me ou t on
to p with 14 clean s t o Gary's 10.
Mo st of th e trophies wen t to o u t o f
sta te ri d ers. Last yea r th er e we re o n ly a
han dfu l o f Amate urs a nd Expe rts the
m ajority be ing No vice A and B riders.
T h is y ea r i t was th e opp osite, th e re we re
t hree No vice B ri ders.
I mu st m en ti on th e N ovi ce B w inner .
The co urse was n ot se t u p fo r trail
b ikes, it w as eight a n d on e-h al f m iles
lo ng, the riding betwe e n sec t io ns was as
c ha llen ging as th e se ctions , an d th e re
we re 12 sections ridden t h ree t imes w it h
a five ho ur t im e limi t . K. Dav is (Ya m )
r ode a 360 enduro b ike , I sh o u ld say
p us hed, ca rrie d and p addled his b ike to
th e amaze men t of the ch ec kers a n d
finis hed with 103 p oints.
Ha wley feels that ea c h yea r the riders
are gettin g better and he hopes to
co n tin u e having a su ccess every year a t
Lockwood Ill, VI , V, ad infinitum .
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Easter Classic or
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exemplified the dedication a sportsman
ri de r can have by wi n n ing this even t by
a large m a rgin .
The course was 100 m iles long, five
20·m ile lo op s an d those that d idn 't
prepare thei r bikes or bodies d idn't
m ak e o ne loop . It was ro ugh an d fast.
After t he smoke bomb t he riders we n t
u p o ne side of a m ount ain, d own t he
other side a nd then st ar ted it. gradual
climb u p a sa n dy road wh ich too k its
t oll o f riders who didn 't je t th eir bikes
p ro p e rly. J ohn Bur rows (Pen) seized a
numbe r of times o n this road but st ill
we n t on to w in his class.
The small bores h ad th ei r wo rk cut
o ut fo r them as th e sa nd would sap
m ost of their power, but Way n e Hatch
(Hon) kept it WFO and wo n th at class
handily.
T here we re two overall trophies
awarded as t he Novices left five mi n utes
afte r th e Amate ur-Experts a nd 1 reg ret
that I don ' t have a p ic tu re of th ese
trop h ies with this rep ort , as th ey wer e
h a nd pain ted ce ram ic dolls rid ing a
moto rcycle, much n ic er than the no rmal
woo d and p lastic k ind. Fred also
rece ive d a live East e r b u nny and he
de se rve d it all.
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Speedway Central
special report
Speedway Central has announced
th at t he ir effo rts t o secure a race
t rac k in central Cali fornia have
fin a l ly s uccee de d . L o cati on,
Kin g's County Distric t Fairgro u nds in
H a nford, Ca lifo rn ia . Regul ar we ekly
race format h as been pr ogr ammed for
Friday n igh t. TI, e ope ne r is set for May
27.
T o kick t h in gs o ff th er e will be a
sp e ci al d a y -l on g pr a cti c e sessio n
Sunday , April 2 0, from 9 a.m , to 4 :30
p.m. Riders from all areas ar e in vited .
Th e Hanford race fo rm at will be
so m e wha t unique, it w ill be exclusivel y
fo r Division II a nd III incl u d ing dual
Iicen se h o lde rs (Divisi on I an d II ).
Riders are guara ntee d a t le ast two ri d es
per meetin g.
The location of the track a n d the
Friday ni ght schedule c rea te a cen t ral
Ca l ifo r n i a " C ir cuit," giving lo we r
div isio n riders an o p por tu n ity t o ride
three ni ghts a week. Speedwa y Central
will pro gr am ride rs fro m aU areas.
.:> Rid e rs
a re invited to se nd for
"season" entry forms n o w. ' ''rite to
Sp eedway Central, P.O . Bo x "J", -ll ass
L a k e, CA 9 3604, o r p ho ne
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