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.. '" '" Q. .... '" '" w > '" ::E en . ;: w Z W ..J U >U A bove : W es Ander son , Jr. t o o k f irst o ve ra ll at S unday ' s Pond erosa H ar e Sc rambles. We s n orma lly rid es D l st . 3 7 p o i n t eve nts w h ere h e w o n th e No. 2 plate. R igh t : Th e b an n er drops and t hey 're off in a clou d of dust. A n o t h er mad dash st art at the .. - .,.... ...... ", " Pond erosa. Roloff Roars at S8 By T om Blat tl ar SOUT H BA Y S PEED\I'A Y, A pril 3 0 , 19 72 - Earl R ol o ff of Spring V alley , rid in g for Imp eri al Bea ch Yamah a, ra n to victories in th e 12 5 Sp orting Rider TT an d the 2 50c c p rofe ssion al 1'1' , an d w as le adin g in a no the r b efo re tak ing a spec tacu la r sp ill to spo tlig h t th e C ali fo rn ia Motor Racin g E n te rp rises' double points program h el d at the very fast South Bay Speedway . R o lo ff. only 15 y ea rs o ld. wo n the 12 5 Sporting Rid er orr with one first and two seconds in the th ree m o to s to take the to p spot in pain ts. Sal Peluso , riding a Don Vesco Yamaha, took second in th e pain ts wi th two fir sts and an eigh th, in w hich S al's e ngi ne we nt so u r. Bob G re gor, aboard a Yamaha, finished in th e number three p o sit ion in th e eve nt. Earl then c ame back in the 25 0 professional 1'1' to gr ab th e victory for h is th ird ca ree r w in as a pro . R ol off ran se c ond beh ind J ohn App le fro m th e sta rt - b efor e p a s sin g App le, Bultac o -m ounted, in th e straig h t an d in t o the first turn on lap numbe r fo ur, and we n t o n fo r a well -deserved victory . Ca p tu riog th e t hi rd spot w a s Mar k Barbani, o n a Yamah a. In the m o st exciting race of th e d ay , th e 250 flat tra ck, App le t o o k the le ad ea rly wi th R o lo ff an d Ba rbani secon d an d th ird, re sp ec tivel y . Apple conti nued to le ad for th e first two lap s b efo re R ol off sq u ee ke d b y in th e stra ight a nd be gan to pull awa y fr om the field. Bu t Apple an d Barb ani we re still ri ght b eh ind Earl on th e sixth lap , th en Barban i z ip ped p ast Ap pl e t o take ove r sec ond. Ba rb an i th en began pre ssin g R ol o ff fo r the to p spot , but Earl held Mar c o ff. Then Rolo ff p u lled aw ay goi ng into lap n u mbe r n in e and in to the first tum . Barbani a ga in c lo sed the gap . a nd Marc hi t Earl's re ar wheel . sp inn in g Ro lo ff around flyin g off his b.ke. The race w a s then h alted a fte r n in e laps because of th e p os sibility o f furth er inj uries to the o th er riders. The win we n t to Barbani w ith A pple se c on d . Scott Mar sh all, rid in g a K & R Motorcy cle s Ka wasaki. n aile d down th e third spo t. Ward Ri n g. a b oard a S outh Bay 1\1 0 t 0 r c ycles T rium ph , c o llec ted victories in the Open Class TT a nd h alf-mi le n at track eve nts t o ex te nd his le ad in th e CI\IRE Open c la ss p oint race. R ing ca p tu red two fir st pl a ces a n d a fou rt h in th e three moto s in th e O p en TT . T om Worfolk , S uz u k i-mo u nted , p laced se con d wi th a firs t , a se cond . an d a fo u rth. R ich Rible y . ridi n g a N o r ton , fin ishe d in th ird pl ace. Rin g and \l' orfolk b attled b ack an d fo rth in the Open cla ss h al f-mil e n at trac k with Ward fin all y p ulling awa y a t th e chec ke re d flag . J an Mit ch ell, aboard a Y am ah a, ca m e in third. Th e C alif ornia I\lotor Ra ci n g Ente rp rises wi ll b e m o ving to eve nm g race s "beginnin g M ay 14 th. T he p its wi ll op e n a t 3 p. m . Prac tic e gets un de rw ay al 4 :30 p .m. The first race begins at 6 p.m , ( Results on page 44) "rmON W ' LDCA lS ....-: ~ .. " ,,' ~ ,;". 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