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Out Of Gas At The Sandblasters 100- ile Hare' NHOI d Story and Photo by Dick W11ght INYOKERN, CALIFORNIA, Mar. 9- Hard charging Mike Patrlclc, 148x mounted on a 250 Yamaha whicb be tunes himself• .emerged tile overall winner of tile rough lOO-mlle race atter a bar-ta-bar duel wltIl tile smootll-rldlng Gary Conrad, 1163 on a 360 Husky tuned by Tracy's of Burbank. It was a long drive for participants from tile Los Angeles area, so a large group was camped out, re1a.ldng Saturday nlgbt under tile desert stars. The race was set UP as two fltty - mile ~ooPs In a wild figure eigbt. All classes were to start at 10 a.m. wltIl tile big bikes beading out on tile nortll loop and tile trail bikes racing on the soutll looP only. The last rain bad really cbopped UP tile course, ma.Idng rocky ruts In tile twisty downhill trails and burying otherwlsevisible boulders in the narrow sandwashes. There was a resoundiJig roar at tile ~ r1 the bIlnner which could be bMrd for ten minutes as both tile big bikes and the trail bikes (430 total) left tile startiDc ar•• TIle course was almost dust.tree so that tile riders were really PttiDC wltll it" First to tbII sm. bomb was BIll FriaDt, I30z ClD a Buak;y. foUowed by Larry Ber&qulat, ClD a Baltaco. and GlIry COII1'lId. Patrick was beJdDd· at tilts point, bat was ahIe to _ k his wa,y uP as tile race procreBHd. Daft Lew1a.148 bad worllied ~ to fourth spot ClD Ida 360 G r . - and looted promistDg. but, lIDfortaaaleJ;F. be ran out of gas fl'98 m.I1ea tram tile pita, as cI1d some of tile otber riders witll tile small tanks. Patrick bad tile l88d by tile time thIIy circled tIIroaIh tile pita.foUowedc1oAly by COII1'lId. Tbey both got gas QIIickl7 from tbeIr respec:t1ft clubs, and weot llUt mq feet IIPUt witll Bergquist c:buiDg tbem. It was also to be.a IOOd 10 for tile os- CJass gold betwellll Mike Barile 126 ClD a Triumpb tuDed by Barke's MotorC)'de 8pec:talties.. and JIIdt Byers, 14 ClD a Rickman TrtIllDPh, Barke baviDe a ~-S8CODd lIdftDtap out of tfleplts. TIle S8CClIId loop was Ioacer and mach tICII*8I', willi a lot r1 flrst-g~ lIlUIdwubea. Patrick was stW in tile le8d at Cb8ck ODe, and bad put some great d1staDce ' * - himself and Coarad wbeD 'lx come be arriged at Cbeck Two. Gas Hijacker As tile race ~ed tile last cbecIc, wltIl onJ;y ahout ten mUes lett to go, tfle poor guys witll tile small gas tanks who bad DOt arraDged an auxUlary pit stop were begiMlng to run out r1 gas. They were strung out along the trail, ahout 100 of tIlem. One enterprising racer, 1139 Keeter Flanner, we are told, stoPped two different trail bike riders and bijacked their gas by tornIng their bikes upside down and pouring it directly into bis tbtrsty Husky's tank. He flnisbed, thumbing bis nose at those who were stoPped. out of gas• T,.'f1c ..t. a IIttl. bit t11lck at a de... cltell crollln, U p.lIrt of 156 tralllllke. crowd scro... Patrick bad tile l88d as tbeJ apprG8Cbed tile 1IIl1sb UDe, la.IdDi First 0ftral1 ClD his 2'0 Yamaba, Be had gotten a fast gas stop out In tile booadocks, keepIDg blm In trClDt r1 COII1'lId. wbo bad a large tuk ClD Ida Bast,y and toot seCClDlI spot. BerJqalat was tbtrd; and Bnlce DImtord, lax, was fourtll. James MartIDo, '11 on a 500 Buay, toot ftftIl postttcla, and Jack Byers _ tile ()pea Clus ClD Ida RicIcmaD, 1IDIsb!DC ..-tIl YOIIIIC Cbuck C1D'IIlItt, ma, was tile first amateur In 011 a 360 BasIO'. DwTD8 L!8Iberc,HI8mx, was first 3GO Amat8ur ClD a Baltaeo. toDowed clo8e1J by Tom SdlmJd, I'11x, also a 3GO Amat8ur ClD a BaJI¥o, Bob CampheU m toot first ()pea Amateur -au. ClD a Trt1llllpla. SADDLEBACK PARK' II.-cII 23 - Mi ai-Bi ke Meet; SC TA Riding SCbool M.c11 30 -Saddleback SCrambles AJII'i1 &- CMC Moto-Cross Ride'e. YOlrsell a' SADDLf8ACI PARII Deal. . . . .Jrl•• I""'ted YOIIIIC Daft Mesaer, IS99%, bad oaer1 Ida best rides to date. takiDg tbe 250 Nonee spot ClD a Baltaco. Mike Pa1DB, fI2?7. om.... hNDI:J-tIIIrd onral1 ClD a Trt_pb, takiDg First ()pea Nonee. Trail Bikes - Close FiDisb Tbo 156 trail bike riders let out all stops to the smotebomb, wltII f1fteen-· year-old Terry Clark, l6onahotBodaka timed by his dad. takiDg a tbtrty.foot , lead Oller Jack Morpu also on a Bodaka. Bob McLaugblin, 124. was tbtrd to tile bomb on a 8achs. aDd Mark Rader, 1128 on a Crowell "intensified" Bodaka was running fourth. Clark be1d tile lead til to the tbird Check, where be bit a busb, and loaded bis engine up trying to keep bls bike under control. Morgan took over the lead position, but the battle was by no means over. He soon did an endo In the tigbt stuff, but got uP quickly, never letting tbat Number One spot out of bls grasp. Coming Into the pits atter only one bour and forty· seven minutes. Morgan and Clark were wbeel-to-wbeel, with '1. ..,.,....·""""'''.·A·.y''A·A·....·.·.·".·...•• See 'em Ride at Morgan tatiDc tile final win oaI7 ten feet In frout r1 Clark. (Patrick, IDc1deDtally, bad made tIIis loop ClD a "tdc blke" In one boOr and 1ort7-f1ft minutes; eilber tile trail bikes were rtIIIIl1DC fast, tile coanJ8 was very tlcbt. or both.) 1bIrd man In was Mark Rader, takiDg First Amateur cold, folJowed by DeaD GoJdsmttb, ft4 ClD a BarIey·DaYidsoD. Robert Daac:aD. 148 ClD a PBDtoa toot secClDd Amateur and D1DtIl onral1. Miltm Kra_, f224, Onls!Md twelttb onral1 011 a SIu:bs, takiDg First Nonee. Tbere was a lot r1 beDch racIDC after tile race reprdiDc rtIIIIIIDg out r1 gas. There were a lot r1 cIislIppotDted riders Mifco Mi,i.$l'" Dhuihuled by SHOI YOUR COLORS T·S11lrt. . . . . , . , ,......'._rqcle, oil..... Not.. _ I . Quill)' ullrl.1 . . . til 'ut - ,.de ro" .tallt. with the Aragon Circle of Excellence BULl co WE SPECIALIZE 'If OlflY fl. 810ndDII Dill. 223 W. CAMINO REAL. MONROVIA. CAliF. 91016 IULTACO W',;'e "e, 'as' -- 2U 44141342 Mifco MJlaJ: COMPL.TB 'ar'. & Aeees. '....'.r',. Drastically reduced prices on all new 1968 Bultaco Matadors - 2SOcc - 5 speeds. S•• C.lif.r.i. Koni Sbocks RicJcman Bars Banlll Tires Magura Controls Renolds Chain Skid Plates 0 ~ tbose guys stttlDc out tIlere." It po·"d"'e, clubs sboaId a n . ' . e " dbtaDce r1 tile loops III tbeIr . . so tIIIIt proper pit stops cau be arranced, ... notltJ 898l'7one wllere tile oUu7tne pit stelps sbouJd be. We would like to~ re8ders' "ClDS ClD tile desert Joac loops and tile P1ttIIIc problems. F. .I tr. . to write to CJde News witll 70Gr commllllta. (Results ClD IllICll I&) ANOTHER RNE PRODUCT Open ..5 daily, except Tuesdays and Wednesllays Adnissioa $2.50; Juniors Mi'es of Trai's Acres of tIIat could DOt tIDi8II ClD just oae tuk. To QlIote Mille Barile, "1'IdIIp arecba", from tile old da,ys r1 tile bIc tub to tile 1l&'htweiCht btIIes wltll tile small m0tocross tanks. I felt really wrry f« aD Co_pe'itio. riders 'ead".r'ers Trai' riders 'ead••ar'ers Kurt Lohmeyer (Manager) M.tco Bult.co (114) 522-8828 ... ... : C1"