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ee " '" '" Q. M .... Q) .... N ~ ::; '" ~ W Z ' W ..J <.J ><.J '. Jim rol ey 1'111 . Dennis Huff ( l Ov) and D uan e Bowling all t ried to get D ale Mathers in the 500 Exp ert go in 0 -36 sc ram bles , but co uldn 't. Nei l MacDa nnald (H en) is current ly tearin g up th e Northern Californ ia scr am b les tracks - riding motocross b ikes. Here he is winning t he 25 0 E xpert class . , La Grange Scrambles a,lll ·1 . 111. NORTH b y Bill Spencer LaGRANGE, CAL. , Mar. It , 197 3 Neil Ma cDannald co n tinued h is domination of th e North ern California scrambles scene with a double win at today's p oint run in th e quiet little town of LaGran ge, in the foothills of the Central Sierras. • MacDannalds' Honda El sinore was so me thing o f a rarity in th ese p arts just a few weeks back but th er e were four o f th e 250 tw o-strokes racin g today. The Import Cycl e e n try was th e quick est o f the day in th e 25 0 E xp e rt and Neil is in firm co m m a nd o f the race for points. The man th at co uld do th e c hangi ng is th e y o u nge r br other of the No. I rider for this ye ar, Ted Davidson . With a co m ple m e n t of new m otors including a new 35 0 Astro , the middle Davidson bo y is the la test in hot 'sh o es. The other party to con te nd with in this class is the son of ancien t age hero. Ray Huff: Dennis. He won the first point run at th e Salinas sand pit and t ook third in both the 25 0 and Open Exper t runs to keep a tie for second in the high p oint run with Davidson. In the Open ' b attle , the surprise winner was Da le Mathers and it w asn't the win that was so surprising as the fa ct th at he led it from wire to wire and with a tough hoe to row for th e distan ce . . T aking over th e hunt after D uane Bowling stuck in the mud at that point , was J im Fole y , the fo rmer National scrambles ch am p , and b y the end of the race, Jim had closed th e gap greatly. 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