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(Abovel Bob Balentine celebrated his birthday by winning the Heavyweight Expert class at the Antelope Ramblers .
european scrambles. It was Balentine's ninth straight 0-37 win. (Above rightl Bruce Ogilvie has been almost as
consistent. and he pulled off another 250cc Expert win over Brad Henson. (Belowlln his first Expert ride, Chuck
Miller did very well. finishing third.
D·37 EuroScrams: nine for
Balentine
By Gary Laudig
CALIFORNIA CITY. CA.jULY 30
KTM's Bob Balentine celebrated his 22nd birthday by winning his ninth AMA D-37 desert
race in a row . the Antelope
Ramblers
M.e.
europea!1
scrambles.
Amateur/Expert races
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The Trailbikes took to the field just as
the cool morning started to melt .
Kevin Hopkins got a super start, but
joe Lockhart got a super poor start.
Lockhart managed to work up to
second overall but no way could h
catch Hopkins. Third went to first:
Amateur Cliff Thomas; Don Urbanek
riding his first Amateur ride bagged
fourth overall. jeff Robbins , Oren
Beck , Dave Wilson and Bob Ishman
rounded out the finishers.
The vintage ones lined up next.
When the dust had settled, the fi rst
Senior to the snow cone tent was Ron
Bebo, followed by Dick Camp and
"Smokebom b" Gaetz. George Zuber
did it to Francis Christensen again in
the 250cc class . number 080x was
third. Ron Milligan grabbed the C
bike win ahead of George McCellan.
john McCown and Harry Cantrall.
Bob Statts was first Open Novice; Bill
Zoller first 250cc Novice. D.L_
Dorman racked up another first C
Amateur, while George Stoffle was th e
