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'" M '" '" '" Q. M " '" M' ;;; ::< ~ w Z W ..J (.J > (.J Not every body d id as well as Tom , with a customized gas tank, the Ya maha still won' t fit in those littl e doors wit h yo u. But Janene T urt on (Bul) w as the fastest and seventh overall in the 125 Am ateur. by A lice Rh ea Ph o t os by K.C. Brintnall and Rh ea POMO NA , CAL ., Mar . 4, 19i3 - 1 fe el so rry for an ybod y wh o was try in g to slee p at Ost een 's Park Saturday ni gh t un le ss they had a ca m pe r o r van . 1t started rain ing ab o ut 10:00 an d j ust flooded . A ten t w ould h ave kept th e top of you d ry , but what abo ut th e part of yo u o n th e b ottom? S u n day w as bright, clear and promised t o b e a lovel y d ay if yo u didn 't mind th e sc hmark-sch ma rk o f your shoes stic ki ng in th e mud aro un d the pi ts. Saturday had been beau ti ful , cool an d moderately sun ny for th e Novices. Mi ke Plunke tt, th e promo t er , wen t to a lo t of tr ouble to mak e the even t a success. People hav e c om plain ed th a t th ey don't like the mo t o cro ss co urse at Osteen's bu t Mik e laid o u t a wh ol e new co urse , comp let e w ith a bridge ove r th e road so he co uld use both sides of th e park. He and h is c rew h ad wo rke d for fo ur week ends in th e rain and no w it looked like th is mi gh t be the final down p o ur th at w ould wash away his hopes for a good Ex pert rac e af ter Satu rday 's successf ul Novice go. T he fir st rider t o try th e d own h ill on Sunday got about tw en ty-five fe et before th e bike slid o ut in th e greasy mud and he wen t d o wm on his side. T hey waite d un til nin e o'clock to see if it w ould dry out. 9 :00 A.M . an d th e 125 Amateurs ch arged ac ross the gras sy field th at w as th e wid e start area. Don Sm ith (Yam) had th e lead for a wh ile with Bo b Ellio t (Mo n) an d Paul Sherman (Pen ) pressin g him hard . Aro un d th e fmal tum, Bo b Elli o t still had th e lead he had ta ken fo ur laps b ack with Paul Sherman in for sec o nd and Don Smi th in th ird . Perhap s th e mo st in ter estin g n o te in tha t p ar tic u lar race w as J anene T urton (Bul), ob livious to the mud, hanging on t o seventh for th e en tire go. Some of Meanwhile, Back in the Desert: SRA EuroScrams b y Lou Wh itn ey Ph o to s by Dale Coats CA LlF ORl': IA C IT Y, CA L.. Mar. 4 , 19i 3 - S unshine, clear skies, and b iti ng wind off th e Tehachapi Mo untai ns greeted lo y al SRA fan s to th e first SRA Dual European . Th e riders w ere not d isappoin ted b y the course. Both loops measured about six mile s in length and were as differ en t as ni ght an d day . Loo p one resemb led a gian t mo tocross co urse as it wound and swooped th rough all kin ds of nat ural terrain. Wh o op -de-d oo sand washed led to off-camb er ro llers then up to the hill s with narro w, fu n trail s an d the n zig-zagged back to the pits. T he cro wd-p leaser area fo r th is loop wa s j ust 50 y ard s before the ho me- t um .. Som e of th e rider s did n' t make it pa st thi s sweet little soft spo t . SRA E urop ea n Scra m bles Californ ia City . Calif. Mar . 4. 1913 by Lou Whitney .. R AC E 1 25 0 N OV R a nd all C ar veva te Roger McCo n nsen John A rm st ro ng 0 -200 BEG F . R. O liver J im Se ulke Gary H k ken 250 BEG Je rry Co x Denn is Pug h Gary Snyder O PEN B EG Gene Holt Yam CZ suz Pen OKW 5uz Suz CZ Hus Su z T erry C ox Jess Barnet t 0 · 200 BEG -1 6 Brad Will iam s J im Harrington Bret Ralston 0-200 NOV Ron W il son Bruce Born h ur st Ken Cowles OPEN NOV BOD Wadlow Joe Rose Dave Davidson Suz suz HOd Suz Mnk Mnk Mnk Kaw CZ CZ Yam as a wash c ro ssin g sent unusual numbe rs of scooters in to the air (so me in very weird positions ). Course -tw o was more typic al desert with fas t. ro ug h sec tions of cro ss-co untry: fire ro ad: sandw ashes . The go·fas t types had to work h ar d to sta y ah ead and o n th eir whe els for th e whole leng th . Both co urses were nearl y fre e o f dust as the d ry seas on hasn ' t rea ched th e a rea yet. Winning both even ts in their clas s were Bob Wadlow on his super fast CZ in the O pen Nov ice gro u p. Gene Holt 's Su zuki in O pe n Beginners (N 0 lo nger a beginner, hy the way) and Brad Williams wh o too led his Hod ak a (ne arly a 125 ) into th e lead in bo th heats of the Unde r 16 group. (A lso n o w a Novic e) . Bru ce Bo rn h urst came down from Mt. Wilson to take an impressive first arid secon d in th e 125 Novice gro up on a recently acq uired Mo nark . 250 Novice Randy Carnevale also man aged a first an d secon d in his group . Ra nd y a n d St ev e L yo n ra n switchey-ch angey during th e wh ol e event until Steve's Su zuki man aged to Fke o ut a scant three foot lead at th e checkered. Some fun ! C ou rse One firs i girl' was Sigrid l\IcA llist e r_ We lo st track of th e Course T wo girl after Ch eryl North cras hed du ring fo urth o vera ll in the secon d lo op. Sh e jumped up and got going right away but dropped a few places. A nd some luck y devils d id. R AC E 2 O PE N BE G G en e H o lt S .C . D o ris Ed Co nra d son 0-2 0 0 BEG · 1 6 B r ad Wi lliams Bob Farme r B ret Ra lston 0 -200 NOV Bruce B orn hu rst Ted Hat ch Law re nce Jo nes OPE N N O V Boo W adlow Ron Fa rm er D ave Da viso n 0- 2 00 BEG Ji m Seu lke Mark Jo h nst o n M a rk Han so n 250 NOV St eve Lyo n R anda ll Ca rne va le R. F ish er 250 BEG T om D ouglass R ick M orrow Jeff N an ce suz CZ Yam H od DJW Mnk Mnk Yam Yam CZ H us Yam OKW Yam Hon suz Yam Yam Yam Bu l Suz