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·_-------------------------------------------------------, Western hotline' eo IN l-c QJ .c S ~. o Formulated for dilution ratios up to Z 80:1 (A bov e) So . Cal 's Turkey Shoot w inners got to chase their Thanksgiving supper but only the turkeys got to see where they were going. Bruce Ogilvie gassed it just before the finish, passing Mike Edmonson for the win. So. CaI's33rd Turkey Chase By Kathy Hayes O LANCH A , CA, NOV . 1~ f resh fro m Baj a , Bruce 0gilvie (2X), consistent winner in the 250cc Expert class, took first overall at So. Cal's 33rd Annual desert Turkey Chase Sunday, but he did n 't do it without a fight . The b om b run was solid wind.r ip p les, with no hot set·up to give anybody an early lead. As a result , the forty leaders arrived at the bomb in a solid clump. A mile further out , a rid er crashed. a second rider plowed int o him , and then a third . All told 2~ bikes piled up . Nobody was hurt , but it did sp a ce th e riders out a little. By first check , Bob Ru tt en ha d a healthy lea d , with Bruce Olgivie and Mike Edmondson running second and a close third . By th e end of the first loop Rutten had a full m inute lead . Ogil vie and Edmundson were still in second and th ird , with a m inu te on fourth place Brya n W right , Div. I expert. Corrie Timms on a 400 was in fifth , with Bill Salzman following . Sa lzman spoi led his perfect record this year. He will not , for the first time since the Turkey Ch ase moved to O la nch a , be disqua lifie d . Of course, the official results are ye t t be compiled. Tentative congratulations, Billl The course was wide open and fast . especially the second loop (only loop for beginners and trail novices) which gives the advantage to heavyweight bikes. So it was no small feat for Bruce Ogilvie on h is 250 to beat out Edmondson on a 40 0. Bob R u tt en , with an unbeatable lead, broke down a mile from the finis h . This pu t Edmondson in the lead , but about this time he made a mistake that cost him first overall . He turned around , gestu red to Ogilvie that he (Ed m o n d so n) wa s the "cha m p ." Bru ce says , "We'll see about that ," gassed it , and passed Mike just before the finish . Amateur Bill Sh ipley on a 400 KT M took a firs t in class, as did H ea vyweigh t Novice Er ic Ma cC r a ck en . Division I win ners were a mate u r L. R . Watkins and Novice Robin Busse . In Division II classes , expert Ga ry Charters just nosed out Charlie Hamill before reporting to Rescu e ~ for a patch-job on a badl y spl it chin. T his is Charlie's firSt ride on ' a 175. having traded in his number one tra il bik e ex pe rt p late fo r the extra power. Cha rlie's got a speed om eter on th is bike , but he's ta lking a bout taking it off. Says the sandwashes didn't bother him , but the speedometer bo u nci ng between 60 and 65 mph sca red th e wits out of him . . Chuck Bollinger took first Am. Div: II , and Juan Ben avidez won th e no vice Div, II class , his firs t ride sin ce movin g up from a 90cc bike. Joe Lackhart, p ride of th e Rovers and still in high school , too k an early lead in his class , and held it to win firs t trailbike expert. Ram Gu ilbea n too k first amateur trail , and Da n T heel firs t novice t r a ilbi ke . • Seco nd Novice tra ilbike was O ren Beck , Jr. Theel and Beck were riding a pair of Allied Suzukis supplied by Theel's father. • Trudy Bec k ' was first overall women's division on a 250. June Elias chalked up yet a nother win in the 125 Women's Expert eTass. Shiela Hopkins and her sister Cathy took th e- 125 women's amateur and novice resp ectively, coming in a mere four b ikes apart. In the senior heavyweight division , Bruce Lewellyn walked awa y with th expert class . Bruce is in cont ent ion with So . Ca l's Dick Camp for number one plate next year. Bob Perkins was first senior amateur heavyweight. Bob was just elected AMA Dist rict ~ 7 president for 1978, but th at wasn't why he came across the fin ish line grinning fro m ear to ea r Sunda y. Seems that fellow Shamrock Ron Hubbard once bet that Perkins would never bea t hi m in a ny race where ne ither of them brok e down , stopped to hel p a nother rider , etc. , bu t th at if Perk ins ever did beat him H ub ba rd wo u ld se ll h is b ikes, h is mororhorne , th e wh o le kit -n' < ka boodle , and give up racing. Well fo lks , last Su nda y Pe rk in s beat Hubbard - b ut then H ub ba rd came in with a missing footpeg , so the bet 's still on. Grand "fin ale of So . Cal's Turkey r-----------.,I I @,,~~ eU~T~CQ i,.q~ I _.~. . 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