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Many racers, such as John Rudder (botto m), on the south end of the starting li ne, took advantage of a relativel y bump-free dirt road on t he bo mb run . " I broke th e muffler core," sa id the traditional Bvto- V route for th e Kawasaki rider Parry. "Everyth ing 40-mile run "from Baker to Halloran was fine and I had a good race going, Springs. but it broke just before pit two. The " I got th e lead g oi n g into th e first bike rode like a 125 th e rest of the pit and I rode pretty hard from th ere way - no power at all, and th ere to th e second gas, " said Smith. " I wasn 't anything I co ul d do." had over two minutes on th em (a t While problems slo wed th e co m . H alloran Springs), so I backed off petition.cSmith co ntin ued to sh ine. a b it and just took it eas y." The cha mp kept the pace go ing m ile The rest o f th e pack was ra cing a fter flawl ess mile and was sti ll o ut fla t o u t behind him. Crandall 's ATK in front by a minute and a half when wa s one a nd a half minu tes back as he came o u t o f th e h ill s on th e h e th u n de re d into the H all oran Ca lifornia/ Nevada border and raced Springs pit in second, and Hallgath into p it three at Whiskey Pete 's screa m ed through in th ird, just " Casi no. ahead of Paieme nt. A rapid p it had th e KTM out into H ea d s tu rn ed w hen R o esel er the last section of th e co urse in record strea ked into the pit in fifth. " T h e time, but it left a tra il of oil o n th e start was rea lly bad and I must've been 15th or 20th at th e bomb - way ground b ehind it. " " I put a hole in th e case j ust before back in th e dust," said Roeseler. "I just rode hard a nd d id the best I " \ th e last gas a nd I kn ew I was losin g o il but I tho ught wh at th e heck - " could. I was 12th or so me th ing at it's a KTM," Smith jok ed. " "K TM s the firs t p it and I worked m y wa y u p to fifth a t the second" p it. No are tough bikes - yo u don 't need a ny o il , so I j ust kep t goi ng. I on ly problems ~ j us t traffic a n d d ust." had to go 30 miles a nd I thought Ogi lvie hit pit two in six th overa ll I co u ld ma ke it, and there wasn't wi th Randy Mosel ey rig ht on his ta il , and Pa iem ent had fall en o ff the pace" m uch we co u ld do about it a ny way. " af ter rep ortedly breaking a wheel. Crandall was still in second wh en he headed into the fina l 30 mi les of Cagiva rider J ohn R udder, ATKthe ra ce and Roeseler raced through mou nted Gart h Sweetland and Honda p ilot Alan Roe " u nded o ut ro in thi rd , eight m inutes behind the top 10. Smith. Ogilvie led th e Over 30 racers At th is point Rudd er was maki ng in fourth overa ll with 125cc leader Hallgaih righ t beh ind him , but a hi s b id for the 250cc lead. " I got an excellent start - I was lo ng pit to ch an ge a flat tire dro p ped H allga th back to ni nth before the probab ly seco nd 250 to th e bomb a n d YZI 25 h eaded ou t o n its fi nal leg. th! ngs went pretty well for a wh ile," As th e rest of the pack sta rtedthe said Rudder. Bu t Ru dder' s lu ck ra n o ut just pas t lo ng run down the valle y to pi t three, th e ra ce was all bu t over. Sm it h had pit two. h is KT M in full cry on the final run "I m oved into th e lead co m ing o u t th at para ll e led t he eas t si d e o f of th e second p it but th en I go ra Intersta te 15 an d the n doubled back front flat. I h eld Baker o ff as long down the west side, and th e bik e as I co u ld b u t h e got arou nd m e showed no signs o f qui tting. comin g into the third pit. " Hunnicutt's problem s starte d on e With h is o ne- m in ute lead sti ll intact, the racer from Visa lia , Ca lipit earl ier. Iorna , slid across th e finish line in "When I took off from gas o ne th e a clou d of dus t to take his th ird bike started sputterin g. I didg 't know o verall Bvto- V win with an average wh ether I sh ou ld go o n or no t, so speed of a lmost 50 m iles pe r hour. I went up th e co urse for a while, th en " It feel s grea t," th e KTM / I turned around and went ba ck, " h e HiPoint/ Sco tt /Metzel er/ Arai /F&L/ exp la ined. " I cha nged a spark plug Z " Racin g/Maxima /Sunli n e-backed and found th at th e to p of it h ad ra cer said. " I won"this race in 1983 me lted so that solved th e problem but and 1985 and now I've got it aga in I los t about 15 places. " There was no fixing Vet Expert - it really feels go od , a nd th is win locks up number o ne in th e District racer Ken ny Parry's problem. Y am aha YZ1 2 5-mount ed Eric Ha llgath captured the "1 2 5 cc cl ass w in after f inishing th e 1 35 -pl us m ile race in seventh overall. " (37) for me too, so th e pressure's off for th e rest of th e year. " T he only problem I had wa s th e ho le in th e case rig h t at the en d of the race, a nd a split lip at the "begin n ing of th e ra ce," sa id Sm ith. " Cra ndall pi cked up a roc k wh en he went by m e and it hit m e in th e face a nd spl it my lip open." " Cra ndall was still goi ng strong w he n h e powered in to ta ke seco n d ove ra ll an d the ATK pi lot had a few ba tt le scars o f h is own. " I hit a whoop a n d the bike ju mped ba ck a t m e an d I h it m y ch in , on the crossba r, " said th e 1984 B-toV winner, Cr andal!. " Bu t I ha d a gr ea t ra ce." Crandall th an ked ATK, "Michel in , Dallas Bak er, O 'N eal , H2o Visor an d hi s p ar ents. Back in th ird overa ll ; Roeseler was sh aking his head. " I still h aven't won th is race. I just can 't seem to do it ," sa id Roeseler. "B ut I'll win it one of th ese da ys." O gilvie took th e Vet Expert class honors in fourth overal!. " "When you get old "yo u sure slow down in the dust," said Ogilvie. Ogilvie' s nearest Over 30 cornpe - 7

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