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their pl aces. J o h nso n and Kallen were go ing at it . w ith Phil Stumbo (25 0 CZ) joining the battle. Balentine fin ish ed with a su fficie nt lead over Kelly . If Bob wins one of th e tw o remaining "Bo u nty Series" races, he will pocke t t he $500 "reward." Kelly's second netted h im fi st 250 r Exp ert. Brooks' [ me ride went down the drain abo u t h alfway through t he last loop wi th a b roken t ransmission. Dawson's th ird co mpleted the KTM sweep . J o h nso n took fo urt h ; third Open Expert af ter having left Las Vegas about 4:00 a. rn , to driv e t he 250 miles to the race. Kall en was fifth . followed by Stu mbo who took seco n d 250 Expert. Kevin lI asten (4 00 CZ ) retu rn ed to th e desert af ter lay ing off for a year to let a broken leg he al. His return netted h im seventh o vera ll. fifth Open Ex pe rt . Tom Schell (25 0 Su z) was in ne x t. A t ninth. Monty Lee (250 KTM ) took first Amate u r ju st ahead of the o ther Mon te Lee (2 50 Yam ). an Expert who finis he d fo urth in class . Ti m Plant (175 DMG) to ok anot her first in the small-bo r e clas s. -w hile Gus Paull (4 00 Yam) did the same to the Seniors. Ran d y Wilson (Hus) switched to an Open class m ach ine and too k the Novice win . ge tt ing by early leader Do ug Hurt (40 0 Yam ) 'w ho took second. At third and fourth. we re brothers Ti m Phillips (250 KTM) and Tom Phil lip s (2 50 Hus ). Ken t Perkins (Yam) wo n the small-bore cla ss. while Lesli e Klug (25 0 Hon) had a banner day . dominating th e No vice Powder Pu ff class. Otis Cecil (400 Kaw ) took t he Senio r win. Bill Bantau (3 60 Hus ) led all the way to take th e Begin ne r win. with Scott Duncan (Suz) in for seco nd and first 250. R uth Arm Renaux (20 0 Bul ) got o ver the bad lu ck that has been plaguing her and wo n th e Begin ner Powder Puff class with a good lead. Richard Hurt (40 0 Yam ) won the Senior Beginner laurels. The first three Mini class riders were tightly grouped together . with Donnie Morrison lea ding. Kelly Kline, in seco nd, took a nasty sp ill. Alan Dryden, who was righ t behind. sto pp ed and helped Kelly get back o n her b ike a nd m ade sure she Was OK. She was and lat e r passed Ala n . w hose sportsmanship should no t go u nmen tio n ed. • Results in Result s Se ct io n . fORA BALINTIHI BOUNTY IIBIII $500. REWARD 00 This $500.00 reward will be given by KTM & DRA to any rider, riding any make motorcycle, of any displacement, who wins overall 2 out of the 3 Balentine Bounty Series Races. Calendar of Events : September 19, 1976Series Race October 2, 1976Cal City Grand Prix Amateur Expert Race November 21, 1976Series Race The above races will be held at California City. F L AS H: A t..I dc u $ 10 0 .0 0 IU :WAR Il f r o m D ur atuhe. T o the w in ner of the Se ries. if he usc sDura l uh c. ( Must show pro o f o f pu r c has e. de cal o n m otor c ycl e) : . Plus $ 4 0 0.0 0 DR ,\ purse a n d ma n ufa ct ur ers co n tinge ncies. ~ . ' :. ~ - - - . . . .. . . . -. . . . . . . . -. . # . . . . . -. . . . -. . . . . . . . ~ • T ypically beautiful de sert weath er with temper atures in the low 80's gree te d the Capistrano Valley Motorcycle Club for th eir annual Hare Scrambles. The previou s week's rain kept dust to a minimum and provide d terrific traction to those first th ro ugh the course. Soggy dry Lake, normally never soggy and always very dry, turned out to be quite soggy alo ng the edges and anything but dry in t he center. It was Bre nt Wall ingsfo rd (250 Hu s) who was first at t he end o f 3 4 m ile loop num ber o ne b y less than a minute. But • he extended his lead and fin ished t he tw o loo p race three m inutes ah ead o f anyone else. When asked what he thought of the co u rse, Brent said " it was ju st fine" b u t pointed out that the whit e ribbon markers used by t h e CVMC was difficult to see at times in the bright sun. It wa s a relatively ea sy course wi th on ly on e somewhat difficult up hill ab out two m iles past the p ara chute that was u sed at the start rather t han t he t raditional sm oke b o mb. The first three bik es to finish were Huskys and four of the first five were 250 s. A 250 H usky seems to be t he winning ticket in a district race. • Resu Its in Results Sect ion. ~ity Grand Prix Catalina Grand Prix in the 50's Elsinore Gr..d Prix in 1he 60's Californ ia City Grand Prix in 1he 70's I octOber 2 and 3 Trophies - Pins Over $5 ,000 cash & contingencies . Post Entry - No Pe n al ty Send $20.00 entry & 2 SA.S.E. tel ORA, PO Box 2605, California City. 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