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• \ \ WOODY WOODS I SANDY SAND, MUDDIER MUD "S'AC'H'S I TRAILBIKES Hercules Dis!. Co . LTDo 11718 Sanla Monic a Blv d. lo s Angel es 3, CallI. 90025 ,.', ",.", , Ie . REMEMBER, YDU ALWAYS READ IT ARST IN CYCLE NEWS. Shorl brealher al lhe noon check. Helpful bystander pulls rider oul 01 mechanized mudbalh. 115-MILE N .ATIONAL ENDURO ANOTHER SUNDAY RIDE FOR BILL BAIRD Sto ry by Jack Hall Pholos by Ben Hall With te mperatures dropping Into the 30' s , some 400 eager enduro r iders assembled their equipment to get going on the 5th annual 175-MUe National Championship Enduro. This year's starting poin t was the Izaac Walton League Cabin near Shelby, Indiana. .... -~ The event, which in the past has been plagued with raln, was unusally dry on May 5. As one ot the r iders commented, " It wasn 't much ot a weight lUting contest this year." However, with the terraln o( northern Indiana, one mows an enduro r ider doesn't do much si lthtseeing. The sponsors o( the eve nt, the Midwesl Enduro Riders Association, !lnd a wonderful variety or goodies (or the enduro-loving r ider to endure . The sand seems sandier, the water seems wetter, the mud seems muddier and the woods seem woodier . However the association did, as always, choose some ha r d r oads as well for the r iders to maintain this year's 24 miles per hour average. Parti cipa nts ca me (r om 17 s ta tes as well as Ontario, Cana da. Illinois was best represented with 148 r iders . All the top names in the enduro world wer e on han d as well as the us ual gro up o( hardy newcomer s . Enduro KJng Bill Baird did it again, bec oming the only High Point Champion since the 175-Mile was started in 1964 in Nor ther n Indiana. Baird gave up only 50 points, winding up with a s core or 950. The high point A Class Champion, Ray Kussmaul ot Lansing, Mich., also ' did a !lne job and turned in a s core ot 942. James Buono of Laingsburg, Mich. was named B Class Cham pion with his s cor e of 899. 93 r iders !lnlshed this eve nt an d one mus t note that in spite of sor e muscles, scr a tched faces and just plain tired blood, a good time was had by all. • • • from $49.9S f U· 8 u ;' d ' u m Kirl Se vererl Mode ' 5 _ Non e over $ J 89 .50' Se nd 7S~ for ' of8.f in formafio n Qnd f re-e De ca l. 130.pag e Co'o'og - S I . ! ~_1€i- ':1:, ',:!I ::.~ CllWlilIII3 Wall AxUlelm;"'t-~-~ Triumph-Suzuki Motors 1049 Wesl 5U1 Stree t Pomona. Calif. ( 714) 629-8642 montesa (Re sults on page 16) ~ BOB GROSSI , young charging racer, cho se Montesa because he really likes th e expert handling and balan ce which . eeps hima winner. MOORE & SO ~S 21431 East C Dr. liff This pair gol up and finished second In buddy erass, MOUNTAIN PASS MEET • story !IY Gene Drew It's amazing what (our determined motorcyclists can do. The Hl11 & Gully M.C. is down to tour mem bers, but Is . spir it is not down. Sunday, May 5 they held their firs t sc rambles meet o( '68 at Mountain Pass , Callt., and it was a howli ng s ucces s. The wind howled, the spectators howled, and Casey Folks, in one o( his (ew track appearance s, howle d. BUT, that's Casey! Wells Wails In the l OOCc Novice class, Gary Wells (ollowed up his last win with three In a ro w this time out. Second was little 10year-old Steve Steeve r, and both were . on new 100cc Bridgestones. IlBn Stad lan der, another ole' r etread, wound up his track career with a Bultaco win In the t ooee Expe r t. INSURANCE THE MOTORCYCLE INSURANCE WR ITER Since 1937 JOHN WMAYNARD . 3447 MOTO R AliE.. L.A. 90034 836·5211 Bi ll Ba ird (Tri umph) makes a habit of Nallona l wins . Monte Montoya, " the tat manwhotalls down a lot, " stayed up to take a close second to BllI Dickie, the loca1 mountain shoe, in a hotly-contested co mbined 200-250cc Novice class. Both rode BuI's. Three-Man Show Only three riders in the 250cc Amateur/ Exper t class signed up, but on the 5/S-mile track with lots of lefts and rights, plus a mountain s ide , they were well matched and it was "nup and tick" all the way. Despite digging a piece of iron out of the track with his big toe, Jay Willey (Monte sa) managed to wtn over Greeves r ider s Steve Rinker and lo cal r eferee Shane Ross . A 360Cc Bultaco ridden by IlBn Harnett and a 360cc Montesa with a muchimproved Rick Miller aboard s corched the terra-slippery with three fast heats. Miller did a (unny In the s econd heat but only hurt his pride and throttle. Following in the 360 Expert class were Jim Lovelady (Honda ) and Red Van Burklrk (CZ) . The 500Cc Novice /Amateur wound up a three-way tie for tlrst, so a 3-iap heat was run to de cide the winner. Bob Mlkul- Mont esa - Hodaka - Kawasaki WESTMINSTER SPORT CYCLE Motorcycles G R Loui s uy . (Jl4) 893-1057 7574 WestminsterAve. Westm inster. Cal. ski stormed off the line and looked li ke a sure thing until the sweeper did him In as he executed a bombing high-sider. Shook up and dazed, he walked back to congratulate (ellow Triumph r ider Tom Webster, the winner. viVA MONTESA MOTORS . INC . Sole U.S . Distributor 3657 Bever ly Boulevard Los Angeles . Clil ifom il 90000I Hatcher Helps Always a crowd-pleaser, Chuck ltatcher (riding his Triumph "The Bounty Hunter") was matched with Novice and Amateur ride r s in the Open go. Handily wtnnlng the !l r s t heat, Hatcher decided to give the other r iders a br eak in the sec ond. As they lined up, someone held Chuck's steed while he took the starter's nag, waved them off, ran bac k, s ta r te d his bike and took ott. He ca ught them on lap two and by lap three was in rront, For the third heat ltatcher started a halt-lap behind, but Gary Smith (Triumph), Mark DuBois (Tr iumph) and Ron Echot! ( Bultaeo) wer e determined not to be caught. 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