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C all us f or info o n Sp il l w ay Park Rac ing
By W. H. Spencer
SALINAS, CAL., AUG . 24
The Salinas Elks combine forces
with the Salinas Ramblers M.e.
each year and' put on what has to
be the world's biggest Scrambles.
If you take 475 riders, add ove r 4,000
spectators with an overnight camp out,
be-in party, spiced with morning illness,
lo t s of fog, a few fights, and a 13 and
one-half hour race day, t he sum total is
one of the classic events in Northern
California.
A big portion of the day's activities is
. in the Expert classes where a win can
rocketship an average rider right into
the middle of the Black Plate standings.
The 250 winner wo uld receive 10 points
for the wi n. With Pat Brown coming off
the motocross line and winning in a
great heat event, it loo ked like the old
Sherpa Bultaco would sweep as it did
last year. Pat had a loaded heat wi th
Jo hn Hlebo, Jeff Eide and Duane
Spence b ut handled them all with ease
to line up first on the start line .
In typical fashion the star t was very
ragged and go ing ' into the half-mile
corner a crash between Ray Huff, Mike
Van Lienden, Duane Spence , Brown and
others put Spence's foot through the
ou tside boards, popped Brown 's
shou lder and twisted VanLienden's
knee . It took some tim e to get
everybody sorted o ut but despite lo t s of
bent things, old man Spe nce and old
man Huff, 44 and 45 years respectively,
both made it back to the line, one with
a bro ken hand.
Second start was all Kim J orgenserr's
on t he super fast, super quiet, Jorgy's
Can-Am and that race for th e win was
over. The youngest Jo rgensen couldn't
be caught despite t he brave efforts of
Jeff Eide who got himself disqualified
after a black flag for a falling pipe.
Benny King moved up to take second
. over· Mitch' Davidson ' while old m an
Huff keeps his point count going with a
four th over young Steve Brandt and
Spence made it in sixth.
T he 500 Expert Main was a
tremendous sec -saw battle as Matt
Caro thers led off the 20-man Main with
Jim Foley, Paul Johnson and John
Hlebo close behind. Go ing into t he
infield, no crashes and everybody up ,
exiting t he righ t hander before the jump
Jeff Eide slid down. The spectre of
Laguna Seca returned in a lo t of eyes as
Jeff couldn't get ou t vo f the way and
whamo, Gary l.eopold smacked the
downed bike j ust as Jeff decided to exit
the scene. In a flash of exploding gas
tanks, bike parts an d dust, it looked
bad .
Leopold went over the front of his
Yamaha and suffered a shoulder inj ury
while Eide not only was all right but
had time to fix t he Suzuki with some
Concord Yam ah a parts and wrenching
by Social Securi ty Spence .
The restart saw Carothers and Foley
take the fast line again but within one
lap , the show belonged .to Hlebo and
Johnson. The 'sm o o t h Hlebo and his
very quick Yamaha moved to the front
while Johnson picked his way through
and on lap three passed Hlcbo , This ro le
reversed itself some five times in some
ex ci t in g turns as Hlebo beat out the
former National Amateur Champ by
ab out 15 feet. Carothe rs still clung to a
small lead o ver Foley and Eide.
Whi le that thriller would leave
everyone wringing, the 6 50 Expert was
to come. Buddy Robinson led out the
first of two 15 m an heats with Rick
Otto playing catc h-up and taki ng second
by a few bike lengths but the killer
c a m e as he cro ssed the line. An
all-too-familiar clunk, and Olio was out
for the day with a seized rod .
In the second heat John Tavis came
from deep in the pack to beat o ut Larry
Laine and the crew. The Main was still
to be a thriller as Duane Spence was
looking better for a second straight shot
at the big perpetual trophy .
It wasn't to be though as the green
flew and Robinson took the front and
never yielded. Lee Seidel passed Tavis
t o ward the end when little John 's
th rottles started buzzing at the wrong
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Mitc h Davidson waxed the 125
Experts while Scott Pearson rode his
short track Kawasaki to t he win in the
350 Expert followed closely througho ut
by Ertol Longboya on his trick 350
Honda.
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Sidehackers were in usual form with
some going very fast and some others
slow and squirrely. The wi n went to
Loreto Masella with monkey Bob
Stickle r despite a very co nc erted try
from the Harry Fisher/Gary True
Harley.
Kevin French most likely picked up
enough points to make Junior after
passing everyone, at least once to win
the 250 Novice class. Ryan Seidel
looked like t he winner at the onset but
the . slippery first turn set him wide
while Ken Digges he ld off Mike Gortz
for third. Gortz won the wheelie con test
to become the first guy entered in the
race to win that part of the show in four
years.
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Results in Results Section .
Busby Bombs
Benton-Lane
Big Bore
By Je rry Mathel
BENTON-LANE PARK. ORE., AUG. 23
Short tracking a 750 is a pretty
hairy form of racing but Al\IA
J unior Professional, Allan Busby
(Tri) made it look about as easy as
falling off a Tohatsu, as he swooped the
Open class.
TI,e 400 class saw so me of the
hottest c o n t e n tion as Bultaco mounted
Doug McWi lliams pitted his skill agai nst
the Champion /Honda of Kent Goar.
TI,e crowd never sat down o nce while
these two were on the track .
McWilliams' 360 Astro was obviously
much quicker down the straights, and
Goar 's Honda fou r-stroke without a
doubt had the short way through the
corners. McWilliams held on for a win in
the heat but when the trophy dash came
• around- "'!Te' -ha d - to • settle - fo r second
