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CA 2 13994 2800 2 13994 2882 3 btcck s We,;t of tlu- S,Hl Dreqo Fr eewav DEALERS ATTENTION The latest on two wheels-Cycle News Cycle Center H oda k a • Bu l t ac o •* KTM 16 1300 East Edinger Ave. Santa Ana, CA 92705 71 4-835·7821 Bob Ashlock Office Machines Sales & Service New & Used Typewrit ers, Add in g MaCh i nes• Electron ic Pr int ing Calculato rs Call fo r service or sales 213-780-5550 7305 Van Nuys Blvd . IF YOU ARE HAVING DIFFIC UL TY GETTING JIM DAVIS PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT ANYWHERE IN THE U.S., PLEASE ORDER DIRE C T TO: BOX 1002 BURBANK, CALIFORNIA 9 1505 •• ~ ;< OR TELEP HONE (21 3 ) 762.2045, 24 HOURS A DAY. C;? C .. ;< By l a ne Campbell ORANGE, CA L. , NOV . 14 The sa d th in g a bou t Sad dl eba is. th e o n ly tim e it 's fit to rid , they d on 't let you in. At leas . this is th e kin d o f fru strated feeli ng left a fte r less than 60 ride tu rned o u t in t he off-a nd -o n d rizzle. go t to race o n primo tracti on (a rare treat on the park 's norm all y briel< hard a do be) and th en were sh u t down at lu nch b rea k for fear t ha t m ore rain woul d stra nd everyone 's four -wh eelers . The Anaheim Hi Sid ers. of cou rse. bit th e bullet ; for thi s was to have been a ben efit ra ce . pro ceed s to Ru ss San ford a nd M.O .R.E. to cont in ue t he vita l lobb yin g work for m o to rcycl ists in Sacr amento . The club ha d lai d o u t approxi ma tely six mil es of reall y varied co urse, a modifi ed " B ~a de Sadd le back " . T he rnor ocrossers ~ot to sty le o n whoo pdie jum ps, dese rt rats got to boogie on the do wn hills a nd was hes . a nd because of th e m oisture th ere was eve n traction o n th e pa rk roa d sec tion for th e fir e -roader s. T here was a trick off-ca m ber grass turn . a nd a mudhole with surp risingly littl e mu d i n it. ~ Whether it was t he Ra ms game (t hey lost ) o r the premonition t ha t th e park m an agement wo uld panic at th e sig ht of rain . peo pl e stayed hom e in droves. So , after running one fivc rid er ra ce (t he 01" Ti mers. one four stroke a nd o ne Mini ). t he club got off all the other classes co m bined Lee Sch eaffcr ro de a KTM as an O pe n Novice fo r gri ns , so his runaw ay fro m th e com bi ned seco nd race didn ' t co u nt. Offici al overa ll win ner was 250 Exp ert Er ic W at rel ( Yam) , with a 125 Am at eur , Mer! Manley (Hon) seco nd . Bob Mayn ard brou ght hi s mildl y tri cked -out 500 Yamathumper (with lig h ts, even ) to tak e first Open Exp ert a t fo u rt h overa ll beh ind 250 Novice Chris Dowell ( Bul). Ad d ing up t he score. the few who showed u p had a fu n , sa fe. no-dust race ; M .O .R .E. go t very lean (if a ny) pick ings ; a nd Ru ss Sanford didn 't m ak e it ou t to t he race before th e pa rk clos ed the gate . Re s ults - Overall 1. eric Watr el. 250 EX (Yam): 2. M erl Manley, 125 Am (Han); J . Chr;s Dowell. 250 Nov l8ull; 4. Bob Maynard . Op EJt (Yam); 5. Stirling Hopson . 125 Am IKTMI; 6. J im McDonald . Oo Am (Yaml; 7. Craig Campbell. Op Am (Bun; 8. Phil Nyland. 125 Am (Yam); 9 . Ted HoY\. 100 Nov (Yam); 10. Tim Gomez . Op Nov (HusJ; 11. Oavtd S itton , 125 Nov (Yam); 12. Tony Shoemaker. 250 Nov (Yaml; 13. Brad Manners. 125 Am ISuz); 14. Tim Fisher. Op Nov (Yam); 15. Bud Wanbaugh , 125 Nov IHonl. OLD TIMERS 1. Fred Collins: 2. Fred Trayer; 3. W ayne Sonbatts. FOUR STROKE 1. Bob Bell lTrn. M INI 1. Bill (Rufusl Harris IYam).