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vint. Har1ey-Davidson motorcycles. They clrme down from Seattle, W~ specifically to perform at the Jamboree, and the audience enjoyed every minute of that performance. One of the team's specialties is their "5-Up" with one man sitting on the driver's shoulders, and another man sitting on that man'l shoulders. At the end of their performance, the eo.acks and the McLagien'. got together on the same infield to combine and do' a few atunts together. The crowd was thrilled to see how well these two famous stunt teams perfonned together. This was the first time the two teams had worked together, and it was done without any practice. Over $5,000 wonh of trophies were presented throughout the weekend, and everyone I talked with felt they got their money's wonh out of their ticket. We all look forward to the next Jamboree. The SCMA sure knows how to put on one heck of a motorcycling weekend. Poclergois nail. It atTulareTT By Cora Jon•• TULARE, CA, JUNE 6 After a hard fought heat race with Rod Sullivan in the 500cc Expert race at the Tulare Fairgrounds IT, winner Scott Podergois pulled SCMA conducts u.s. rttotorcycle Jamboree By R. Fisher Photos by Gary Phelpsl Star-Fr.. Press VENTURA, CA, MAY %5-%5 The fifth U.S. Motorcycle Jamboree, sponsored by the South~m California Motorcycling Associa· tion, was held at the Ventura County Fairgrounds on Memorial Day weekend. Entries lItaned arriving on. Friday evening and kept on arriving all through Saturday and Sunday until 5400 motorcycle enthusiuu wen aiped in. There a1Io wen four foreign countries repl'eRDted: Holland, Germany, England and Canada. Panicipanta had pancake breakfuu on Saturday and Sunday, then plenty of activities to entertain than during the Jamboree. There were contmuOUlIy run moton:yle ID09ies during the day; banda in the afternoon; CODtelltl for draIed dubl, couples and individuaJa; field eveDtI; Dpitality rooms let up by various ~lIIlUch as the Har1ey-DavidIOU Owners ~tion and the Motorcycle Safety Foundation; two ezhibition haJ1J with everything from Harley dealen displays to your favorite decal ironed onto a T-shirt; and demoDltJ'atiODI by leVeral motorcycle product companies, IUch as spark plup and tirea. After the lun lItaned setting, all were invited to go to the grandstand arena section where the That's IftCFfltlibk crew were filming the Victor McLaglen Motor Corpa motorcycle lItunt team for showing on television lotDetime thie fall. The McLagiena put on an ezhibition of about l!6 lItUDta induding an attempt to put n men on ODe motorcycJe. eying , 58 Deep ruts in the perfonnance area caused the trick to come to an abrupt atop after the %5rd man had boarded and the n-man stunt fell in a beap. No one was hun, however. The team commander said it has been done several times in practice, and it will be done again at a future perfonnance. The show ended with a double frrewall crash done by Commander Harry Fisher. After this perfonnance, "The Wheelie King" Doug DomokOl put on an exhibition of hie famous wheelies that left everyone -astounded. His reputation of Wheelie King is cenainly. well-founded. Mter the show, the Jamboree Committee had a dance planned witli a terrific live band. Late that night the fairgrounds quieted down to a good night's sleep. The following day, there were more field events, belt -dressed judging, best motorcycle judging, exhibition haJ1J were open, motorcycle films shown, product demoDlltTations, band in the afternoon, then another Jamboree treat - the Seattle eo.acks. At dusk, Dou, Domokoa put on another wheelie demoDlltTation induding riding the back wheel of hie Kawuaki up a ramp onto the trunk of a car, onto the top, down onto the hood, aCIUI onto the trunk of another car and up over the top of it, down onto the hood and fmally the ground without even once touching his front wheel on either car. I If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't have believed it! Of course, the first attempt of the evening was up over the hood of the car, but after the frame hit the windshield and broke it, much to Doug's surprise, he decided to try it from the other angle. Mter thie fantalltic exhibition by the world's greatest wheelie expen, the audience was treated to a show by the eo.acks. This was a very exciting perfonnance by a team with over 90 years total experience in lItunt riding among ita members and who rode to the line for the main event with determination, but determination alone is not enough when riding against high quality riders such as Rod Sullivan, Don Howard, Steve Monger, Tony Urias and Steve Hill. It was Hill who read the staner and got the ho1eshot which put him a good bike length in front of the pack going into the fiTllt tum. But as they came out of the first tum, it was Yamahamounted Scott Podergois taking the high groove and never letting off the gas into the number two position. Meanwhile back in th~ pack, Sullivan was taking care of bUSIness, working his way up through the pack while Podergois was building himself a comfortable lead. Halfway through lap three, Sullivan broke loose from the pack and was in hot pursuit of Podgerois, but Podergois had built too much of a lead for Sullivan to overcome. In other action, Chuck Thompson, in the %5Occ Junior class, jumped out front and lItayed there until they reached the front straightaway when Alan Urias OYetpOWeled Chuck to slide into first. However, it was DOt an easy win for Urias as Thompson was right there waiting for the mistake that never came. After an OUtltanding heat race, ll! hard charging %5Occ Expens pulled to the line for the main event. As the staner dropped the green flag, it was anybody's race going into the first tum, but Rod Sullivan took the high groove to ,fly around the pack and come out on top with Rob Warren in second and Rob Ely following close behind for third. Sullivan stretched hie lead on each lap. As Sullivan crwaed the stan/finish line to take the white flag, one could tell he was having mechanical problems and began to lose ground. Going through the last lap, Rob. Warren rapidly closed the gap followed closely by Donnie Howard (who passed Rob Ely in the second right·hander on the last lap). As Sullivan rounded the sweeper, the pack was gaining ground quickly and at the finish, all hope for a win by Sullivan had vanished as Warren edged Sullivan out taking the win, with Sullivan and Howard finishing in a near photo fmish which favored Sullivan. Rick Newby, after a six·year layoff, came back to ride in the 500cc Junior class. It was Newby who got off the line first and was out front going into the first tum followed by Jim Stafford and Gary JODes. Newby was never seriously chal1enged as he lengthened hie lead on each lap. The real race was for second place between Stafford and Jones, but Stafford hung on and came in for second. In the Open Novice/Junior combined class it was hard to tell who would corne out on top as the pack charged into the first tum, but as they came out, Steve "Supennan" Martin was leading, only to be passed on the back straight by Jim Lynch with Chuck Evans in hot pursuit. On the last lap, Evans made a hard charge to take the lead going into the first tum only to have the door closed by Lynch. Evans again found a little more throttle as he rounded the sweeper coming onto the front straight· away but couldn't quite pull it off at the finish. The next race in District 55 will be a half mile at Tulare on June %0. Results PEE ME: 1. . - . Ho-.v (voml; 2. _ (Vern!. 80 NOV: 1. . - . e - (Vern!; 2. Todd _ (voml; 3- o..id_IYern!. 80 EX: 1. CNig _ (voml; 2. ..... A. . (Voml; 3o.-_(Vern!. 100 EX: 1. CNig _ (Vern!; 2. 0-. SnoII (voml; 3...... A. . (V..... 125 NOVIJR: 1. Dannie -1SuzI: 2. _ _ ISuzI: 3- _ _ (Vern!. 125 EX: 1. ~ UncI ISuzI: 3_ _ (V..... UncI (Voml; 2. _ -"1SuzI: 3-.- _ 250 NOV: 1. _ ~ (voml; 2. M.rv o.viI (V....; 3, o..id Oaft (Vern!. 250 JR: 1. AIon Urioo (voml; 2. Chudt '""'"-' CBuIl; 3.11abby _ (V . 250 EX: 1. _ W (Voml; 2. -.ey ~ (V....; 3. Dannie_(V . 500 NOV: 1. Tony _lHanI; 2..Jam._ CBuIl; 3. S - DofanI (V..... 5OOJR: 1. Ridl NMb¥ ITnl; 2. Bob SWbd (VomI; 3. o.nny _ (voml. 500 EX: 1. _ Podgoroio (Voml; 2. RDclne¥ ~ (Vern!: 3. Dannie _ (Vern!. OPEN NOVIJR: 1. Jim Lynch ITriJ; 2. Chudt E.... (VomI; 3. Scon "-IITn1OPEN EX: 1. Doug ~ IH-DI; 2. st-ll8opold (VomI; 3. "-y e-ITril. ODY 55: ,. John Sollznwn: 2. .Jam. CIort<; 3. _Box. ODY PI': ,. _ _ CIort<; 2. Geagio _ ; 3. c.Io e-. Yamamoto take. Huetter flat track wins By Judy Roe HUETTER,ID,JUNE4 In racing action this week at Huetter Speedway's flat track, Ron Yamamoto of Spokane walked away with the 500 and Open Expen wins, while second place went to Arnie Wick. Arnie is now well known for hie unavoidable motOClUl stunt in the Junior semi at the Boise TT which inttiated debatable protests from other riders in that semi. Tony Cruickshank took third in the 500 and Open Expert, as well as first in the %5Occ Expen class for the second week in a row. Brian Sawyer came back from a bad stan in the first week's action to place second in %5Occ Expen. In the 1%5cc Expert class, Kevin Snyder placed first with Rickey Bell placing second. Snyder was also hot in the %5Occ Amateur class when a trial ride on a new bike produced a first place trophy. Tracey Collins was second with Rickey Bell third. The ~teur classes have drawn a large crowd this year. In the 500cc Amateur class, Bill Capellen was the overall winner, Pat Montandon held