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Scramblers Hold Wipe-out By Max Dawson GRAN D J UNCTI O N, CO LO ., Feb. 13 , 19 72 - In today's motocross, held by the Desert Scramblers Motorcycle Club in the desert hills north of Grand Junction, 50 riders competed before a large crowd in excellent weather. Once again, the 250 B class produced two spectacular crashes in the three heats. Search and Rescue Council (SARC) MX personnel in attendance transported o ne injured rider to S t. Mary's Hospital, where he was treated for lacerations and lat er released. Three classes had only one or two finishers, as the fast pace and crowded fie ld wiped out about half the field. Competitors and spectators from several West Colorado towns were at the event, with Aspen riders picking up a first, second and third in three of the classes . HARLEY-DAVI DSON NAMES NEW VICE PRESIDENT Harley-Davidson Motor Co ., In c. recentl y an no u nced the ap pointmen t of Ra lph H. War kentin t o th e position of Vice President/Engineering. Warken ti n, 41, was nam ed to fill the vacan cy left b y th e lat e William J. Harley wh o p assed away las t su m mer. War kentin c o mes t o Harley-D avidson from White Motor Corporation o f Cleveland, Ohio where he was Vic e President/Engineering. Prior to that h e served in vario us en gineering capacities for six years with the Fo rd Motor Company, Dearborn, Mich igan. A co llege graduate, Warkentin h olds a Masters of Sci ence in Engineering from the University of Michigan and a Bachelors o f . Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering fr om Queens Un iversity, Kin gston, Ontario. Six class motos were run with three heats h eld for each class. (Results on page 40) LVMCC HOLDS AMOTOCROSSI By Jim & Robbins came In lirst to boot. His Honda took LAS VEGAS, NEV. , Feb . 20 , 1972 Every other Sunday you can hear the the checkered in the 125 Am/Ex. and in cheering spectators from the b leachers, the 500 Expert, Jack and his CZ had the hum of the anxious riders from the quite a fight to come in ahead of Tim pits, and from the track the roar of the Allen (Mai) and Rick Miller (CZ) . Las Vegas Motocross Club cycl es. Numerous cycle shops gave out There are so many exciting riders to prizes to the winners. The trophies were write about like young Chuck also given out from the last race. Christiansen. His first week out he was Today was also the opening of the third, next time fifth, and this week his In t ern at io nal Speed Drome next to the Yamaha wheeled into first in the 100 L.V.:\I.C.C. track. There were two Novice class. motorcycleschecking out their times and Super fast 19-year-old Jack Johnson do they go fast! dug up the track in two classes and (Results on page 40) .... M . :§, Q. N .... '" ,.: ::E ~ :Ii w ;j >- U Eastside: fine racing, pits and elsewhere By Ken t N ich olls T UCS O N, A R IZ. , Feb. 13, 19 7 2 Tucson is no te d fo r it s good cl im at e an d co nge n ial atmosp here. It's also no ted for a fin e IT track. Eastside Cycl e Par k doesn't hav e a speck of dust b ecause th e track is oi led. T he racin g was to sta rt at noon, bu t b ecause of the amb ulance being lat e, things finally got underway aro u nd 12:40 . During the delay, spectators were en t ertained by th e pit rac ers and their fantastic di splay o f nerve and near mis ses. Many of the loc al racers went to Mexico to race. These sam e lo cal racers missed a super-surfaced race track. Some tracks break d own as the day p ro gress es. Not Eastside; the su rtace wen t fro m good to better (although oi l can b e a little messy). Wit h all t he lo cal b o ys in Mexico, o nly 3 0 p eople ra ced, Even with the small t u rno ut, the racing was fir st rat e. The b est race o f t he d ay was th e 25 0cc Combined class in which Mike Masse y (Yam ) and Glen Sc huler (Ya m ) h ad a fantastic duel for clas s domin at ion. After t he th ird m o t o, Massey came out as t he vic to r. Bob Scott, who has b een racing for less t han a year , too k his Yamah as and won b oth the 100 A m/Ex. and 125 Ama teur classes in a clean sweep. Betw een th e end of t h e second mo t os and t he start of the third , th er e was a b uddy mi n i-b ike race. This was co mp rised of two b ig d udes o n o ne small mini-bike, Both have t o rid e ar ound once togeth er . T h en one j ump s o ff, the o th er rides aro un d o nce, th ey th en tr ad e places, the other guy goes it once. Th e survivin g mi ni won. Who se, I d on't know. The day, th e tr ack, and th e racing were all of th e fin est qualit y. When the pi t racing problem is done awa y with, Eastside will b e n earl y fa ultl ess. (R esults on p age 4 0 ) If IT'S GOOD lNOUGH fOR JOll, BUGS, J.N., SYlVAIN AND OlCOSIlR ... . maybe you should try it! -TECH RACING FORK OIL LOB 1-TECH PROD UCTS . I n c. •