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Paul Davidson (2 50 Suzl took the class w in and overall .
tart of the lightweig ht Beginner go at Rawhid e CRe Euro Scrams.
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ELSI:'\ORE, C.\L .. Mar, -t, 197:, &
L \;\;CASTER, CAL., Mar. I I , 19 7:, Ha c k -t o -b a c k European S cr am b les
h ighl igh led the C ali fo rnia Racing Cluh
(C Re) program for t he mont h of March ,
w ith the first scram bles tak in g: place at
R awh id e Park, ne ar Els inore, o n
S u nday , March -t, a nd the second eve nt ,
a ppropria tely n am ed th e "Eskimo
S cr am b le s", ta king pl ace at the
Po nde ro sa, 14 m ile s cas t of Lancaste r,
on Sun dav, March I l.
Ge lling th e chec kered nag first was
Le o Kan nn n ( Ya m ), w ho was also the
first 250 Novice hike. In h o t pursuit was
Ste ve Smi th , pilo tinR a Mai co , who l o o k
second overall and se cond 2:)0 Xovic c
ho no rs.
Third plac e o ve ra ll went 10 Casey
Croswhire , mounted on a Yamah a. wh o
also w as the Open Beginner w inner.
Fourth 10 finish th e rac e:" was Ma rlvn
Kin ney ( l lus}, wh o also to ok fir st Open
Xovi ce h onors . .\ fifth place ove ra ll an d
firs t 12S X o vice finish w ent to Hill
Jimmy lson splashes through fo r an eight h overall at R awh ide.
Sanchez ( Pe n).
After San chez . the ne x t class w inner
w as Eddie Froelich (O ss) , who pil oted
th e first 250 Beginne r m ach ine and was
I :, th overall. Fifteen th p la ce. overall w as
cap tu red by Le onar d Jo nes ( Yam) , who
was also the fi rst 2!') () Begin ne r. over 3 5
com pe ti tor . .
Roundin g o ut th e S unday " Fun da y
in th e Sn ow " , wa s Ph il Tignor (Yam),
who Was 21 st o ve rall an d th e firs t 12 5
Begi nn er to ta ke the ' chec ke red n a g. A
fi na l c lass w i nner was Ciss ie
Boden hender (Ya m ) , w h o placed 27 t h
overall and was the first Powder Pu ff
rider.
Cont inuing with i ts e xpe rimen t of
using · c yc le pa rks for Euro pean .
S c rambles. instead of batt lin g it o u t
with BLl>l re d tap e, the CRC u se d
Rawhide Pa rk. ncar Elsinore. for its
Scram hi es o n Mar c h 4 . Th e result was a
light turnout. but a lot o f fun for eve rv
rider presen t.
.
Onr rider com me n te d th e track \...·as
supe r (he actually said someth ing el se ,
but I can 't usc th e \ v rd ], whil e an oth er
-o
co uld only shake his head and say, " My
God, what a m e ss" . It was tloat way all
da y, with o p in io n sharply divided
among the c o mpetito r tu rnout.
Whil e Rawhide d oe sn ' t feat ure the
true desert ter rain tha t is normally
associated with Euro pen S cramble s. th e
Elsi nore c o un try is rugged , roc k-s tre w n.
grassy (d u ring th e ' spring) , with a
p leasan t cree k w inding it s wa y th ro ugh
th e ce n ter of th e p ark . Rid er s h ad a
tast e of j ust a bo ut ev ery th ing , with th e
possible excep tion of sa nd.
T he firs t o f th ree ra ces hit th e trac k
p ro mp tly at l O AM , a n d w a s com p osed
of 100 , 125 , I 75e," Be!:inne rs. First h ike
to hit th e finis h line was a 12 5 Suzuki
piloted h y Brian A n de rso n . S eco nd
place w en I 10.1 o h n Lee rid in g a 1I0nd".
Lee was th e first I 75cc rid er 10 ge t th e
ch ec ke re d nag. Seven th pl a ce overall
w ent to Ti m :\Iarshall . w h o was
mounted on a l Oucc Yam a h a. Last but
not least, Craig Sample ( Yam ), was I I th
overall finish er and the first I 25 c,",
under 16 riders.
The second race of the day was the
250 and Open He gin ne r classes, wit h
Pau I Davidson, mounted o n a 250
Suzuki , finishing first overall. Second
p lace overall and firs t place in the O pen
class w ent to II. L. Dennin g, cl M aico
joc key. A s a no te of in te res t, fo ur p la ces
down the ove ral l fi nis hers ro st er c am e
II. F. Denning ( Ka w), w ho lo o k a six t h
pl ac e overa ll and w as th e second O pen
hi ke .
T he final race hit the trac k a t n o o n,
invo lving all Novice classes and
solo
Int erm ed iate com pe tito r. First 10 get
the ch ec ke re d n ag w a s Larry 'l'w a it .
Moun ted o n a Hu sky , Twa it w as the
firs t Open N ovic e rider. S econd to get
th e nag w as lov ab le Ru sty Carte r (S uz) ,
w ho w a s
the o nly
In te rme d ia te
com petito r. 'I'u rn ln g in a great day in
th e sa dd le w as th ird pl a cer a nd firs t
12 5 cc fin is he r Chris High t ow e r, who
Was ridi ng a OK\\' . Sixth p lace overall
and first 250cc was C y Yo ung (Bu l) ,
and I :, th overall and first 100ec rider
was S cott High to we r ( lI od) . Paul
lI igb to we r (Y a m) , wa s l -lrh o verall and
sec ond 100cc fin ish er.
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