Bultaco after the race, and he summed
the fee li ngs of most of the r iders
with , "They didn't have to have the start
so long. You don' t have to go that fast.
It would have been enough to start them
in the mlddie at the road cr os sing."
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Patti O'Keel. came aut with her, Greevesrid ing date to watch her IIrst desert race and
thought It was -very exel tlng."
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The versatility 01 uses to which motorcycles
can be put never ceases to amaze. For ex-
Jack Margan (Hadan) holds Number One In
trallb/ke class lor the second year In a raw.
Trail Bikes
Ther e were over a hundred and fitly
100cc bikes on the lin e, ready to go five
minutes after the big bikes went oU,
and tor some reason they let two sidecar rigs go oU one minute before the
start, making an obs tac le on the trail
for the taste r lOOcc mac hine s. At the
dr op ot the banner, ;he lOOcc rider s
sh ot aU the lin e a cross the wide-open
starting area. At the road crossing a
gr oup of r iders unloaded, but the leader,
Wes Ander son, Jr., #4 on a Hodaka, was
able to make It clean and was fia t-out
for the balance of the s traightaway. An-
ample, bath the sidehack ri g abave and the
Rlckman-Iramed MeU sse at right are Tri umphs, but their approaches to the campetlt lan scene are 01 necessity vastly dillerent.
derson r an Into mechanical trouble a t the
!irst check, though, and dropped out.
Jack Morgan, #1 on a Hodaka, took
over the lead at this point , and held It to
the !Inish line for the win. Jim JackIett,
#11 took second on his Hodaka and !lrst
amateur. Er ic Jenson, #7, pulled in third
on a Hodaka, and Lloyd Taylor , #23, an
am ateur, placed fourth.
Thanks to the Competition Committeemen for working overtime to Issue the
new District Spor ts Rider cards; Dick
Kouns, Sam Croo ks, Ben Bok, Ken Peterson, Cal Makela and Gary Weber.
