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ROUGH SCRAMBLES First turn action with the 250cc Experts . Scon Smith 13X} takes the fast line for a commanding win . Sexton (0) goes wide to avoid the fat e of the falling rider on the inside. M ." C> e, N Yep. Yep. Yep. Yep. Yep. Yep. Yep. Yep. , r- '" .0 ~ IL ;@ w Z w -' U >- U Nope. Yep. {When it comes to filling parts and accessories orders on-the-spot,an average of nine out of ten isn't lIadJ . '(tl',\ ,t . I «~; II ~~Ao~;;:~~~;:~~~;;~~,~: ~ Sales - Se rvice - Acc essories - Par ts - Champion Leathers HU.SOVARNA . JA WA / CZ · SU ZU KI· PEN TON ' MZ , MON TESA ' ZUND A PP· M INI· TRA ILS . ope n monday through satu rday RAWHIDE PARK ELSINORE ®41@ ~~~~~ ~~~a[l V ~[W~ f& ~@~@~~@ ~~ Jerry Hase shows the 175/200cc Novic es his wi nning sty le on th e Ad elanto [u rnp . Both girl s like racing th e gu ys (Melanie made the Main Event) but still feel s th at it was fun to rid e P.P. an d wants it to co ntinue. Fres h fro m th e Ho uston Nationals, Steve Nich ols managed to take second pla ce 250 Expert. Mike Myers had to fight all the way to win it. Steve plans to ride th e points races to keep in shape between N ationals and other events . Charles Soderstrom had an unexpected challenge in the. 175 /200 Expert class from Pu ch -rnounted Bob Hosford. Ridi ng .fo r CB Motors, Bob st aved o ff Frank Bo ldozier fo r second but seemed to lack the gearing necessary to catch Ch arles. Bob failed to d o anything in his ot he r classes. Most sp ectacular crash of th e day, indeed of the year, goes to 250 Novice rider Mike Renner. Mike just purchased his Ossa for his first rac e. He had been hitting th e jump h ard an d managin g to save it , but he hit it one time too man y . He was tr ying to pass th e se cond man and decided to use the upper portion of fourth gear to do it. He hit the jump and did not let off. conservative unofficial By a m easurem en t h e r ocketed 80 feet through the air to land flat in th e soft stuff way o ff th e course. -He endoed several times and came to rest in a cloud of dust. As we rush ed t o hi s aid. h e was o bserve d scram b ling back t o his bike lau ghing aloud. His o nly hurt wa s h is pride an d the damage to th e O ssa was repaired in time for th e final moto , Sc ott Smith em erged as domin ate rider o f t he day . Scott left no d oubt in anyo ne's mind as to who ru les th e 12 5 Exp ert cl ass. He went on to trounce th e 500 Am /Ex. class on his n ew 3 60 Yammie MX . Fact ory supported C Z rider Jim Fishback h ad a go at him but co uld not get clo se en o ugh to do th e job. J im ended up with a second ahe ad o f Ed St effen. Jeff Se xt onpulled a DN F. Kirk Redding did a b ad number at th e jump, . got up and finished th e th ird mo to for a fourth o verall. A fter th e ra ce h e was w orri ed abo ut a broken collar bo ne . John Sprague , o n a super-san e Triumph, saw time to te ach sch ool t o the Open Exp ert . Rick Marquis has sort ed o ut the carb ureto r problems on his Triumph and finished second ah ead of borrowed Triumph-mounted Sexton. The T.T.M.C . reports that th e Rough Scrambles scheduled fo r next Sunday, Feb . 13, will be run on the smooth track. This means that gearing for high speeds will be appropriate. . ' . '. I. (Results'o n pge 32 )' I I ' '1040 I I , 2~ mil es east from Highway 71 - 74 Winte r hours (Weekends & Holidays only) 8 am to dusk $2 per bike $1 per person TRY IT - YOU'L L LIKE JT!! , .. L- HELMETS AND BOOTS REQUIR ED AT ALL TIMES SILENCERS OR MUFFLERS MANDATORY ...J "