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.... N ROUGH TRACK, HOT SUN AND '" .., " e ~ W Z W ...J U >- U And you thought yo u'd seen everything . Young Bobby Sanders out of the turn in an Ascot crouch on a scramblest rack out in the desert. California conquersl Scrambles at Corona - By Elaine Jones CORONA, CAL" J une 2, 19 72 - Bill \Valker and Rick Anderson rode th e m selves in to the Amateur-Expert ranks w hich is contin uing .to draw some of the best UI traligh twe igh ts in District 37, Bill picked off Frank Ridlon and S teve Fortune in the First Division and Rick took number two wi th a smooth, safe ride over Jeff Bowles and Richard Kyzer. J im Wright again h it for two as he co ntinues to dominate the 175-200 class an d the 250 Amateur.Expert. Richard Sweaney looked in top form as he won the 100-125 Amateur.Expert go . Terry Stanart , a student of Richard's, _ had enough for third. Terry Was also very impressive in Jhe 175-200 class where he ran second to Jim \yrigh t, Dan Mc\Vhorther kept the fam ily name alive as he came across fo r a har d fo ught win in the 250 Novice go. Even tho ugh D'!Jl had three firsts to his credit each one Was fough t for with Larry Furu, Pryor Campbell, h is first time out on a bigger bike proved o nce more he h as the skill as h e got up for th e third p lace finish . Patric k Willia ms and his 400cc Suzuki showed the boys the way home in the No \ice moto . Ken lIlackert got his BSA into the second slot m ak ing like a sandwich fo r third place Suzuki-moun ted Arth ur Moya. Hanf ord j By Sp ortp h oto HAN FORD, CAL. , June 2, 19 72 _ There sho uld be qu ite a bit of nu m be r p la te pain tin g go ing on this wee k , as several riders picked up wi ns tha t sho uld tran sfer th em . J oe y Bell was fi rst Novice in the 50cc No vice-Junior co mbined, ahead of a co up le of Juniors. Bobby Alb right won th e 125 J un io r in a wire to wire effort, whi ch should be j ust about enough to ma ke that nu m be r plate fade fro m black to wh ite. Both divisions of the 250 Novice saw firs t time win ners that should both be Jun io rs by next week . Bob Hagar was never headed in Division I, although J e ff Higgins Was rig ht on Bob's rea r wheel all the way . G rant Sa lyers took advantage of G reg Hump h ers' error on the second lap to t ake over a lead he he ld to the checkered, in the Divisio n 2 Main . . Ro n Math ews charged righ t in to the lead of the 5 00 Novice an d was never headed , wh ich shoul d alter the color of , his p la tes from red to black. Jack Rothstein ro de to his second win in two races here at Hanfo rd, as he took the lead off the line -an d never looked back. Curtis Lee and Art :'IcCracken battled hammer and tongs for the 250 Junior Main, changing positions at least once each lap . Lee seemed to be ab le to get in to th e firs t turn faster than Art, but Art Was able to put the power to the ground be tter exiting the righ t-hander. A t the finish I\IcC racken got the nod over Lee. By Elaine J o nes PERRIS, CAL"June 10, 1972 - T h ree ride rs went home a trophy richer but also with the notice that next week they will be running with the faster guys: J im Wood , who was elated to see Derek Katanic m o ve up, got th e word that next week it's the 10 0cc Amateur-Expert class and right back to the old hassle , Mike DuBont, who started riding the bigge r ma ch ines, ge ts to do his thing one step up as he really socked it to th e 350 Novice moto class, Ge ne McKinney , in his firs t time Out this year, looked like had had been doing some practicing and had no problems p icking up second. Fred Meissmer was third , Jim Hendry who has been winning not only at Perris but at Corona as well , . was the th ird rider to get the word. Second place Keith Paxton shouldn 't be too fa r behind. Buck Rich Was third. John Sandona took a close one from Carv Tanner in the Amateur Big Bike . moto , S kip Gallagher took the most spec tacular flo p of the evening and 1 still haven 't fig u red o ut j ust what went wrong. Paul Lambert Was third in this one , Mike Posey dug winning so m uc h h e did it back to back , parleying Friday nigh t 's win at Corona into a Satu rday win Over Don Walters at Perris. Vin ce Graves, ex tre me ly outpowered in th is class, ro de to a th ird overall. Three classes of 25 0 Novices we re on hand an d Da vid Rees in th e second Division turned the fas test ti me of th e wi nn e rs, Pryo r Campbell , on a co n verted 2 3 8cc Kawasa ki stree t bi ke, ran away w ith Divisio n three. Danny Mo ntgomery was n umber o ne in th e First Divisio n. Doug Mason tu rn ed th e fastest tim e of the n igh t at 39 flat in the 250 Am-Ex. class. Tim Ho lm Was second an d Bo b G raves third, It's not every n igh t you put it to the likes of Rick Mi lner but tha t's exac tly what MarcJones did . Derek Katanic was third. Rex Hailey turned the fastest time of his career as he won the 125 Am-Ex. class . Mark Reichert and Art Castell were second and thi rd . Eric Engen and S teve Murray wo n the two divisions of 125 Novices and Dave Hampton and Eddie Beeson the second and third Divisions of 100 Novices. TT SCRAMB LES Perris, Calif. Ju ne 10, 1 9 7 2 By Elaine Jones M IN I- BI KE A Car l Kee ling Rand y Bennett D on a ld Keeling M IN I-BIKE B Sta n Kinsey Da vid Jones Pam Benn ett M IN I -CYC LE Ri cky C l ubb Do n SWind le D avid Jo nes MINI -CY C LE Mike Sc u lly S tan K in sey D o nald Snyder 100 N O V I Jim Wood Ron Bell Jack Cover 100 NOV II Dave Ham pton S ob H err ick Rick Y ounger 100 N OV III Ed d te Seeson D onald K eeli ng Ed d ie Shi pley 100 A lE Marc Jo nes Rick Milner Derek Katanic 12 S N OV I Eric En gen Ra n dy Montgomery Mike M urray 12 5 N OV II S teve M urray Mike S arr et t Randy D o y le 125 A l E R ex H all ey Mark R eich ert Art Ca stell 175ยท2 00 Bob L yn ch Jr , Dan M a rt ine lli Ra ndy S m it h 25 0 N O V I Dan ny M o ntg om er y M ik e A lbright J oh n cauo cnto 2 5 0 NOV II D avId Re es Me l S t o ner Ken Pa rk e r 2 5 0 N O V III Pr y o r Ca m pb ell Gl en Ba rr ett Mi ke Be ck 250 A l E D oug M ason Ti m H ol m Bob Gra ves 3 5 0 NOV Mike D US on t G ene McKinney Mark De laney N O V M O TO I Jim H end ry Keith Pa x t o n Fre d Meissner NOV M O TO II Jo n Mu d d Fred Pa x to n Buck Ri ch A M M O TO Joh n San do na Car y Ta n ner Pau l La m b ert E X M O TO Mike Po sey D on Wa lters Vince Gra ves Hen Hen Yam Hen Hen Hen Yam Yam Yam Yam Yam Yam Kaw Yam Kaw Kaw Kaw Yam Yam Yam McC Kaw Kaw Kaw Yam Yam Yam Yam Yam Yam Bu l Y am Ya m Bul Ka w B ul Y am Ya m B ul Ya m Ya m Bul K aw Bul 0" Bul O ss B ul K aw Hen Suz Yam Yam Mal Suz BS A Mai Mai Mai Yam Trl Trl suz