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COLD WIND HITS JACKASS ENDURO
By John Shedd
JobD
Stampeding wind constantly
288
pounded the 288 riders who participated in tbe Jackass Enduro
the
Sunday November 6. The schedule
November Tbe scbednle
riders were greeted bright and
aDd
early
eady with the strong cold wind
whicb incre as ed
wore
which increased as tbe day wore
the
on.
Start and finish was at Red Mountain
on highway 395 . Upon signing in, the
395.
signing in ,
riders were given numbers and a Death
ride rs
give n numbers
Dea th
Valley type fryin g pan pin as a memento
frying
of the run ove r the trails that the prostrai ls that
over
pectors used many years ago .
pecto rs us ed
ago.
T he first bikes hi t the desert dust at
The
8 a.m. with a key time of 10:21. Loop
10:2 1.
one was approximately 50 miles running
a pproxi mately
runni ng
to the east of the highway in San Berthe
hig hway
nar dino
nardino County. Thi s loop was the only
This
t he
one for the 100cc class, and most of the
ride rs
it
riders considered it the easier of the
two loops.
Markers Gone With tbe Wind
Witb the
Wind not only belted sand in the
riders faces
toll
riders'' fa ces all day , but took its toll in
day,
lime a nd markers as well. Some of the
and ma rker s
blown
markers were blown down a nd the wind
and
the
covered the lime with sand. As a result,
result ,
some of the riders made a wrong turn in
the last part of the first loop, arri vin g at
arriving
li ne from
the finish line from the wrong direction.
wron g di rection.
Afte r
thei r mistake , they
After finding out their mistake, they
scooted back in the other direction to
ot her
pick UP the trail again and try to make
UP
UP the lost time. T he Hawks immediateUP
time . The Hawks
ly sent out a man to replace the marker,
out man
replac e
marker .
and the rest of the riders made it in the
res t
it in the
right
howeve r,
right way. This however, was neither
the first nor last time that the Hawks
the
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In the middle plclure allow, we lbl. tIIat Is S..-pllakel
picture abave, we think that II Sweepstakes
lon, nile lIIp rllht, a couple III lhe PJI help a fallow complllllDl
ton, while tap right,
of the £uys
a fellow compelltDl
Dlthe arbJ.lruy nwnb••,. systems prevalent In enduro..
of the arbitrary numbering
pr...alO!!lln enduros.
1,.1...
Wlnnor Dick Chile powerln£ out 01 the quicksand on hll NorWinner
Chase poworlna
of
qulckund on his
out. The rest of Ihe.. riders ara unldenUfied becau..
roll
the.. rldorl are unldenllfied because
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had to go out and repair markers and
gO
and
and
repla c e
that
replace the lime thai the wind had eliminated.
Tale s of tbe Trails
Tales
th e
Si nce the fi rst loop was the easiest,
Since the first loop
the expec ted happened. Many riders arexpected happe ned.
rived early. Ti me was recorded upon
rive d
Time
re corde d
passing the finish, an d then the maand the n
chi nes
chines were Parked for a s hort break and
par ked
short brea k
some c how. Riders swapped tales of the
ta les
chow. Rid ers
trails ove r frie d chicken and sandwiches
over fried
a nd warmed themselves with hot coffee
and
while they waited for the 11 o'clock
II
s ta rt on loop two.
start
Ele ven
Eleven o'clock arrived. and prayers
arrived,
for the cold wind to stop went unanwent unanswered, as the riders rode off again into
ride rs
into
the desert for a nothe r grueling 50 miles.
another
This time the loop was on the east side
loop
of IDghway 395 taking them into Kern
Highway
Coun loY. This trek took the riders over
t.Y .
more desert am aiong the ridges of the
along the
of
M
ountai ns
Rand Mountains crossing Goverrunent
Government
P ea k
Peak which has an elevation of 4.755
cold feet. The second loop was the one
loop
the
to separa te the men from the boys. Some
separate
from
boys .
of the trail bike riders felt they hadn't
the trai l
had enou gh s o they joined in with the
bad
so
larger machines for a try at the harder
mach ines
at
ci rcuit.
circuit.
As the tired and weary riders came
ride rs
the
withi n abou t six miles of the finish ,
within about
the finish.
they found the last check at the top of
chec k
th e
a tricky sand bill. T he sand was soft
tric ky
hill. Tbe
and dee p. a nd the hated wind blew it
deep, and
hlew it
wi thout
without mercy. Th e hill took its toll as
The bill too k it s
riders sp illed a nd bogged down their
thei r
rid ers spilled and
machines. While some of the riders were
wer e
hill. thei r slowness
attempting the hill, their s lowness to get
ge t
diffi cul ty rightin g thei r
up and cIilllculty righting their fallen
hike s showed j ust
hikes sh owed just how very tired they
were . Th e sand hill was behind the old
were. The
hi ll
th e
minirg to wn
minllll town of Randsburg. Riders
Rid er s
checked in at this chec k which was the
checke d i n at
check
last. then beaded for the fi nis h at Red
headed
finish at
Mountain. .
Mountai n.
up
As the riders loaded UP their equipth e ride rs
ment
ment and headed for home, a big joh
head ed
job
still lay ahead for the Foothill Hawks.
lay
F oot hill Hawks .
Th e follow UP crew was sent out to look
The
uP
for stranded riders. and the rest of the
riders . a nd
res t ot
club began what is probably the most
proba bly
jo b invo lved i n
headbending job involved in an e nduro,
enduro,
compiling the riders' time. Th e Hawks
rid ers'
The Hawks
ca me
In
came through with the winners in two
days . fastest of a ny cl ub in California.
days,
of any club
Cali fornia.
There is some debate whethe r this
whether
was the twelfth or thirteenth year of the
thi rteenth
the
run. T he Hawks did their usual good
The
thei r
jo b. To my knowledge. there wa s only
job.
my know ledge,
was only
one foul-up , and this was with the restfoul-up,
with
room facilities.
members had
room facilities . Club members bad made
a rrangements with the proprietor of a
arrangemerts
iocal business only a few yards away
local busi nes s
from the
res trooms,
from tbe start to use his restrooms, but
he forgot to leave them unlocked. The
Hawks offer apologies to all and proHa wks ofter
all
mise that next year there will be JohnnyJObMYon-the -spot.
on-the-spot.
(Resu lt s
pa ge
(Results on pace 16)
