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RUFF SCRAMBLES REALLY NOT RUFF
Wh at does Dennis B
riggs
and G Scott have in com ont
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By Ed Drechsler
~ ADELANTO, CA L., Fe b . 13, 1972 ~ Loo kin g more lik e a Friday nigh t line
w up at Ascot Park, the Dist ric t 37 Rough
....J
Scr am b les p oint run at 395 Cycl e Park
~ p roved to b e just as exciting. Names like
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Steve N ichols, Tom Horto n, Rick
Hu tchins, Sandy Armstrong, San d y
Win ston and most of the regul ars
sp inkled the various classes.
A 250 Novice, Dennis Briggs, easily
wo n his class on a sana Kawasa ki
established. In the 500 class , Sexton
came fro m dead last , after a tangle in
the first lap with Redding, to come
close enough to Scott to become a very
real th reat.
Local hotshoe and Open Expert
winner Walt Foster also was reported to
have won a trip to the Virgin Islands last
November o n AB C TV's, "The Dating
Game". Walt h as been sh owing the
locals the back of hi s helmet regul arl y.
lie has just decided to take on the
district's riders in h is quest for a
professional license.
Don Eng land of th e 395 Cycle Park
reports t ha t he is d evising a special
tro p hy for th e rid er that jump ed 89 fee t
(in Don's o wn m easur ements ) and saved
it to go o n fo r a win . Oh , the rider 's
na me?
None
othe r
t han
Yamaha-mounted Scott Smith.
(R esu lts on p age 40)
If this wasn't a w inter race day . I would have
sworn that
it was just the day before
Valentine's day .
p ower ed Red Lin e frame. The engine
proved to b e o ne that Gary Scott will
use at Daytona. It seem s that Dennis is
the human dynometer who d o es th e
check-ou t o n all of Gary's dirt engin es
for Gary's tuner an d c o-sp onsor
"W endy" Briggs. The Kaw asaki Deal er 's
Association is the o the r co-sponso r for
Gary. Dennis also cl eaned t he 100
Novices.
T he 250 Expert he ats saw Danny
Hockie se tti ng lap times th ree seconds
faster than Steve Nichols. Danny took
the 250 Main wire-to-wire with Steve
caught in traffic. Kawasaki-mounted
Bob Sanders was ri ght in there with a
third pl ace.
Sc ott Sm ith sp ent an other day
winning the 125 and 500 Expert classes.
His dominance o ver the 125 class is well
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Open Expe rt Joh n Sprague shows us his version of a feet up power slide in the super fast Adelanto sweepe r.
Som e days you just meet nice people .
