SHAMROCKS 8th ANNUAL ENDURO.. MOJAVE
HOSPITAL BENEFIT
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Femal e Rams ILC. members KaJ Constabl e, lIary Green, and Coleen Jac klell made 1IIei r Il rst
Enduro In fi ve and one-half hours.
S to ry by Di ck Wright
Pbotos by J eer Wri gbt
Dick Chase, #30A on a Norton
T win, took the overall Sweepstakes win for the 120-mile desert
enduro with a los s of only two
poin ts. His riding partner, Bud
Houseman , #30 c also on " Norton
a
Twin , took fi rs t A Heavyweight
with a loss of four points, and was
tied with D. Evans on a 250cc
Bultaeo, who also lost only four
points and took first B Lightweight.
The a r ea chos en by the "Shamrocks
M.C. for their April 7 run was 20 miles
nor th .of Mojave, Cali!. in Red Rock
Canyon , just left of Dove Springs Road .
l t was a great place for camping, an d
there were a number of families that set
up camp beside the high cliffs on the
nor th end of the large pit an d s tarting
area.
There was a com bined Heavyweight
and Lig htweight entry of 271 scheduled to
go two loops for 127 miles. The Trail
BIke c lass had 116 entries and were to
go the first loop of fifty miles .
The te r ritory was very scenic, with
every type of desert riding imaginable.
To quote the winne r, Dick Chase, "I
r eally enjoyed all the hlils and sandwashes , and my bike ran good . Eve rything went just r ight."
Anothe r r ide r who enjoyed the r un was
Eddie Cr owell , who rode the enti re two
loops on his Hodaka and was ea r ly at the
firs t two chec ks, so he "jus t turned It
on and rode for fun," and was an hour
early a t the finish.
At 10;30 there was thr ee gir ls on the
Trail BIke starting lin e fr om the Ra ms
M.C ., new r iders out on their first runs, "
but they were all smiles an d ready to go,
not knowing what was In store for them .
We hav e to hand It to Kay Cons table,
Mary Green, an d Coleen Jackl e tt ; It took
them fi ve-and-a-half hours , but they
were determined to finish , an d all three
or them did. They were lu cky to have
good equipment, properly set up, which
Some of the sandJ turn s can be tri cky. especia lly If JOu have been ridi ng fo r a while and are
tired. A " feet up8 styl e I s best.
helps a lot. To quote Mary Green, "Now
we know what the guys a re talking about
when they are bench racing."
Cha se P repared
After the long day of riding and many
hours of figuring the times and check
points, Chase was determined the win ner . He didn't just "luck In, " as he had
his ro ute all set up on a ti me tape,
which calculated the number of minu tes
he had to travel a ce rtain distance . He
also had a speedomete r and clock mounted in rubber on the handl ebars. Other
wins by Chase include the 1966 Greenhorn and the 1966 Jackas s Enduros .
Houseman an d Evans were tied with
points los t, but were in diff eren t classes . The four th man In was P. Eichman,
#3lA on a Bultac o, .taking first A Lightweight , an d J ohn Steen was fif th In, grabbing se cond A Heavywe ight on a Rickman .
L . Tayl or placed sixth and third A
Heavyweight on a Triumph; R. Eaton was
twenty-third and Clrst B Heavy weight on
a Matc hless; George Gr een on a Husky
took second B- Lightweight on his first
enduro and can't wait for the Greenhorn
in J une. R. Coli va on a Triumph was
twenty-seventh and took second B Heavyweight . The Team Trophy went to the
Or ange County M.C. team of R. Ahlefeld, W. Elliott, and C. J il es.
In the trail bike clas s , D. Woods,
#122c on a Yamaha, was the Sweeps tak es
winner. Norm Fische r , #13Ga was the
first B rider on a Hodaka and second
man in, an d G. Hinshaw, #140c on a
Sumbi chi was the A rider, with Fr ank
Hea cox and Ra lph Adams taking second
and third A rtders, all Hodaka - mounted.
The oldest rider out was Lloyd Larson , age 68, an old desert hound on a
Triumph, who pla ce d twenty -fifth over all. The younges t r ide r was ll-year-old
Larry Roe s eler, who finished twentyfourth in the trail bike class on a sachs.
Not a bad r ide for both Larson an d
Roese1er, whlch shows tha t enduros can
be a blast for al l ag es , and safe because
it is not a tes t of speed .
How To Survive
Ridi ng around the co urse a half- hour
the las t r ider left the s ta rting ll ne,
I ~me to r ealize that there were a lot
or new r iders out for the fi rst or second
ti me Who . didn't know some of the basic
rules or stirVival necessary for taking of!
in the de se' t to go twenty mUes away
from ilie pitS. The followi ng is a brief
11s t _of-1 ems which a rider sh ould have
In case of tr ouble,
1. A g~.";Qpe , so tha t he can be pull ed
in if he breaks down, (and a good friend
with a bike to come out and ge t him) . It
is not the cl ub' s obllgation to com e out
and pult ~
a:rll!ke in; the dean-up crew is
to find 0 t where you are and what you
need to get' out ; and move on around the
course. They a re to find the rider who
may be huTt and ge t hi m out right awa y,
and let th ' ptt c rews go out tor reparrs ;
2. A canteen of water .
3. Matches , In ca s e a r ider gets s tuck
and it ge ts cold.
4. Basic s ma ll tools, as he may be able
to fix the trouble and ge t back to the pits.
A r ider should a lways chec k his own
bike over befo re going out - there have
been a lot of flat tires because r im locks
weren' t used•
The Sham r oc ks M.C. was able to turn
over a $400.00 check to the Mojave Hospital Fund , which the hos pital people
were happy to rece ive . The Tropby Pres entati on will be held at the Sunland
Park in Sunland at 8;30 p .rn , on r.Ay 22,
1968. Coffee and do ugh n ut s will be
served, and all the r iders who left the ir
gas cans at the gas check can pick them
up at that time .
(Res ults on page. 20)
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Above: Two female enduro riders stop lor rest
.,d • little makeup. Top Left The creat
weather .,d beautiful countl)' 51 de brought out
many campers. The Red Rock C3I1JOft walls
protecte d call1p8rsI""" wi nd. Left ThI s ridp
cave ID311J rII the riders problems about 1IIree
miles out fr om startlnc area.
