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Perris Riders Honored By Elain e J o ne s T he in vita t io ns w ent o ut an d th e win ners came to enjoy their night of h o nor afte r a h ard fo ugh t season. It was truly th eir n igh t with a b u ffe t an d d rin ks fo r th em and th eir guests . T he actual award s got off wi th a fe w surprises in t hat Mrs . Hail ey , Ed dy G raham, Manuel Burton, Jim my Johnson an d y o u rs tru ly received beauti fu l t ro p h ies fo r o ur efforts in makin g th e Perris races a success. Sp ea k in g fo r my self a nd the others it was an unexpec ted s urprise . b ut it p ro ves th at we've been saying fo r so long, the Burto ns are great people. Th e Big, Big wi n ners this year we re : Ultra1ightweigh t Steve Bales ; Ligh tweight Doug Maso n : an d Heavyweight -- Vince G raves. T eam races this yea r are already in t he works and if y o u b eco m e a m emb er of th e t ea m yo u will h ave to ru n seve n eve nts, so make sure y o u can before you sign u p. Clodt Half and Half at Ponderosa Hare Scrambles By Wes Anderson Sr. LA NC AS TER, CAL .. April 1 & 2, 197 2 - T he Ponderosa H ar e Scrambles were ru n under warm sk ies th is w eek end. On Saturda y Tom Clodt re tu rned fro m a long ab se nce to show the troop s that h e is still the m an to beat as h e w o n o n h is ' b ig Hu sk y. J erry Van Dell on was second Open on a H usk y. T h ird was th at BSA thumper with Ph il Elm y h an gin g on. T he 125 class was again w on b y • second overall Monte- Lee o n his Pop Lee-t u ned Yamaha. Seco nd was Jimmy Sau nd ers also a Yamah a. Bultaco was th ir d with Doug F ranco as the pil o t. Th e t rail class was wo n b y Le e Cald w ell (Bul}. Second was the butcher boy Gary Win gat e as a b ridesmaid again on his IIodaka, third wa s R ic kman mounted Herrick ~l cP clers . Sunday wa s j u st about a rep eat of Saturday' s races, sam e stars b ut d iffer en t su p porting cas t. Tom Cl od t led all th e way but fell at th e ho me check. He looke d embarrassed as h e go t started and to o k o ff. Mark Wri ght was seco nd O pcn on a H usky a nd Mik e Po we rs reco vered fro m a bad start to take third Op en . Mo nte Lee aga in was seco nd overall a nd first 125 . J immy Saund ers was second 125 a nd seventh ove ra ll. Both Lee a nd Saunders are sp onsored b y Yamah a o f Fo n tan a. T h ird was Bob Ramage. Bob is the son of " chief" Ramage, one o f the o ld time Dirt Di ggers. Sandy R ob ertson led th e tr ail class wire La wire o n his Hod aka. Lee Caldwell was sec ond o n a Bultac o and popular Mark Wid ick was th ird o n his Yam aha. Ri ck Velasco went th e last two laps on his Harley with a rear fla t a nd st ill trophied. T h e two McH al helmets were w on by Lee Caldwell and Jimmy Saunders fo r being hi gh p oint two d ay riders. Rick Bu ckendorf was a re al crowd pleaser as h e rid es with an authenic looking monke y mask. Maybe it is no t a mask. Only his mother knows for sure. Dick ''The Crasher" Ray done it again and spent the weekend in a sling. Dick is very serious abou t hiring a fu ll time doctor. Watch this column for the further misadventures of th e Cras h er. Sunday morning about 25 kids had an Easter Egg Hunt. This author was disappointed as he had his Easter Bas ket and wan ted to join the h unt, but was not allo wed to. (Results o n page 40) SAN JOSE NATI ONAL DUCAT S AVA IL ABLE Constru cti on of the m ile d ir t race facility at the Sant a Clara Co un ty Fa irgrounds is u nder way in San Jose. Preparat ions fo r th e AMA Nati onal on S unday , May 2 1, should b e comp lete by the ru n ni ng of th e first half-mi le on April 16 a nd spectators for that show will be ab le to see what the mile looks like. Those handling tickets in the Bay Ar ea i n cl u d e Dud Perk ins Harley-Davidson in San Francis co, G eo . E. Hall Motorcycles in Gil ro y ; Sam Aren a H -D in San J ose ; Bob Chaves Motorcycl es in San Jose ; R. Can cill a Kaw asak i in San J o se; Pop K en y on's Hond a Peninsula in Sunny vale ; So n n y Ken yo n Cycles in Mt. View a nd E.T. Cyclcs in Mt. View ; A & A Mo to rs and Selby Mo tors in Redwo od Cit y. Tickets are S8 rese rved Box and S 7 R eserved grandstand a nd all gran d stan d seats are reserved so get yo ur tickets while they are fresh. 'J AMCHoldsMX What are you going to do? on Preparation Day . . _ - By Rich Ho ffm an IR VIN E, CAL., A ~01 8 , I 9 7 ~ Saturd ay mo rnings ~le usuall y th e nrnes yo u plan o n ge tting yo ur bi ke race-rc.l y fo r S unday, but n o t a t d Sad d leback Park where tw ice monthl y t he American Motocross Club presents an all Beginners, Novices and Junio rs show. Today, Jeff S zu eber (Hus) wo n al l three 5 00 N0\1ce motos a nd d id it so co nvincin gly th at in the fut ure, J eff will rac e the Juniors. With hi m out" of t he wa y, G . Taylor (S u z) m a y be able t o win, but todav h e settled for second. The largest class was the 100 Beg inners wh ere tw o divisions were staged. Win ner o f Div. I was S. SPSIDg (Bul}-with D:-l\Ii1rra y (S ilz)' seco nd. M. Ai ns lie (Ya m) was D iv, II ch amp t ak in g all t h ree m o to s awa y from 1\1. Ab rahams . Eve n th e m in ic ycl es h ave a chance t o ea rn so me go ld at A MC even ts . In this Division, J . Gardne r pow ere d his l'Ie bik e to a first o vera ll wi th D. Murray again sec on d. T he b est part of any AMC d ay is the troph y presentat io n. T he Al\IC lik es lots of tro p hies an d toda y they had ' em a nd gave 'em away along w it h a kiss fro m t h e tro p hy girl. Ah h h, victory laurals. (Result s on page 3 9) CycleWorld packages the worlds largest motorcycle show for 1972 L.A.Sports Arena April 13, 14,15,1 6 See corn oe tition . cu sto mized . c lassics, choppers an d antique bikes plus a ll the sign ificant 1972 mod els at the Ninth Annua l Cycle World Internat ional Motorc ycle S how. i:Xrl 8 T HOURS APRIL 13, 7 00 p~ - 11 00 pm APRil 1':, 700 pm - 11:00 pm APRIL ~5 1.00 pm - mid;, g~ : APRil 16 1 00 pm - 10 00 pm • a ~ Ul ~ W Z W ....J U > U