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~ FO U ACES a.. .C. 181 AN U L OOSE RU DESERT 25O's BEAT 360,500,650,150 ETC! By D ic k Wri g h t Abov" Steve Staa ts, the amateu r who beal the expe rl tak ing 2nd overall an d fir s t In the open class at the Sidewinders desert chase. Below: A few of the boys and girls who await t h t riders meeting. T he 18th annual Moose Run hare sc rambles wa s a bi g success with all th e big names on hand to represent thei r colo rs : Mi k e Pa tri ck . Gary Conrad. Howar d Beach . Larry B er gquis t. Dick Dean and James Marti no. J .N. Ro bert s was back from Euro pe with . the Swedish champio n. Gunnar L inds trom. Th ere we re 593 ri der s signed up. p l us the Swedi sh visitor . who was not ente red. only along for the fun of it. It had rai ned Saturday , but the wea ther was grea t on Sunday mornin g wit h a tempera ture of j ust 75 degrees. The sa nd wa s sti ll moist w hi ch k ept th e dust down per f ectly . Th e start was set back one hour to allow f or l at e come rs . At 11:00 , after one false start , the combined 250cc and open class we re away , headi ng fo r the smoke bomb three miles o ut . J ust afte r the smoke bomb. th ere was a twe nty foot drop o f f into a s and wash wit h a co uple of smaller bumps on the o ther s i de. Th e l eaders at thi s point were two Hu sqv arn as: 'L i ndstrom. the Swedi sh s tar. wi th J .N. .Rob ert s #2 ri ght on hi s tail. Gar y Conra d. #21x on a 250 Greeves. was o nl y thr ee fe et behind Rober ts. T hen th ere wa s a bi g roar and here c ame Joh n Gaetz. #39 o n a bi g Tri umph. He cle are d the entire drop off and landed on. hi s fron t wheel with a cras h . He t rie d to hold o n. but made a co uple of qui ck t urns and e nded up si deways but was able t o get goi ng on th e s econd ki ck . D usty Coppage # 60 and Doy l e Fi eld s # 22 also were ri ght up there. L ar ry B ergqui s t c ame through tenth. H al f way thr ou gh the fi rst lap, B ergqui st wa s abl e to tak e the l e ad in th e rough . up- and-d own hilly sec tio ns . but Lindstro m was ri ght hehind him . L i ndstrom was abl e to pass the red B ul t aco o n the hi gh. n arrow. ho g back tra il . T o quot e B ergq ui st, " T hat guy rod e that rocky trail f aster than any one I hav e eve r seen! He can go real fa s t in the ti ght st uff." B er gqui st wa s abl e to re-pass him i n the rough open desert and come i nto th e pits firs t. Th e Swedi sh ri der L ind strom. Co nrad. Ro bert s and P atr i ck all came i n cl ose to get her . On the sec ond lap. B ergqui st and Lind strom duel ed back and f orth with B er gqui st fi nal l y pulling i nto t he fini sh li ne fir st. winning it i n one hour and fifty min ut es . L i ndst rom pulled i n second but as he was not e nte re d in the rac e. Gary Conr ad offici ally was seco nd on a 250cc Suzu ki . Mike P atri ck . #7 . pulled in thi rd on hi s 7 50c c Nor ton T wi n. and Ste ve Kirk •. # 27 . took fourth with hi s Triumph 650cc . L y nn .F or tner , #506. was the fi rs t A mateur i n on hi s 360 Hu sky . ta kin g fi ft h overall. and Bill Bo gner . #170 on a T riu mph captured ninth overall and agai n took first Open Amat eur . The fir st 250cc Am ate ur i n was Ron B i shop. 11 25x , taki ng fi ft eenth ov er all. and Stev e Staats was second Open Am at eu r. taki ng t went y- fi rst ov erall . Trail Bike Class to Brother Frank T he trail bikes were n agged off fifteen mi nu tes aft er th e bi g bomber s and were ov e r two hundred and thi r ty strong. At the bi g drop- off i nto th e wa sh . th e l eader was J ack F ro eli ch . 11 2 on a Bultaco Lobi to, and ri ght o n hi s rear rubb er . pushin g hard . was Lloyd Taylor . 1123 on a Hod ak a. N ext in line wa s Dean Gol d smith. #39 . a hot amat eu r on a Zund app. Al so i n this fast- moving group were Eri c J ensen. #7 . and Jack Morgan. # 1. bot h o n Hoda k as . The t rail bike s only made one l oop . and at the finish li ne it wa s Frank Mo rgan. fi6 . who had moved up thro ugh th e pack to first positio n . Dean Goldsmi th was 'second, taki ng fi rst A ma t eur . J ack Froelich was thi rd . and J ame s Jackl ett fi nished fourth. Don B omdardi er. 1I80 3 and a Novi ce. had been chargi ng h ard a nd wa s abl e to mov e into fi fth spot to t ake fi rs t Novi ce. Bobby Ewin g rod e w ell i nto si xth and grabbed off second amate ur glory . Don Afflack , 11 542 ( ano ther Novice) had a real good day . taking se venth . ( Re s u lts o n p a ge 16 ) .~ c.. s.~ ~""O~'\ &,e,\~ ~~~~ and development company proUdly announce their appointment as sole United States cistributors for the revolutionary GARDNER CARBURETORI A fantastic new fuel system that ABSOLUTELY provides more available in limited supply to serious racing people write: Chi ef Gal braith, Power Research 269 Orange Ave . , Gol eta, Calif. 93017 Trail bike class winner at Sidewinders hare scrambles, Jack Morgan seldom touches the ground.

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