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~ •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• : THE GREENHORN GRIND ~ ~ ~ 500 .,LE IATlOIAl CHA.PIOISHIP IIIUIO TO B-I1 By Jolm Sbedd ~ 'Ibe tiDy eommuntt;y ~ Pearblossom.. caIlf. iD lbe soutbern tip ~ AnteJq:>e ~ Valley, was for lbe secood year iD arow U lbe start and fID1sh ~ lbe West's roughest, toogbest, booe-batilerlng enduro. 'Ibe Pasadeoa MoC.'s tweot;y-lbird GreeahorD was a 1aIg, bard grind. But If lbe dttflcult;y of an enduro can be judged by lbe number of tiDisbers, it sbould bave beeo a Uttle easter tbao last year. 'Ibe 1968 event saw only about 20% f1D1sb tbe first daY, but this year well over 20% completed tbe entire 449.1 mile, twodaY event. At 6: 01 a.m. Saturday tbe first of tbe six rider groqps was on tbeir way. From Pearblossom tbe trail followed apowerUoe road and tben turned nortb to Hi Vtsta and tbe first gas stop. After fuelIng tbe sebedule riders headed for blgbWlIY 395 and raopara1lel to it until reaehtug Four Corners. From here they looped east of tbe blgbway, passing by CuddeYback Lake and iDto Red Mountain for luoeb. After 1uoeb tbe course made a loop to tbe •southeast, passing tbe otber side of tbe lake and circUog back to Red Mouota1D agalo. After Red MouotaiD only 51.2 tiring miles stood between tbe rider s and SaturdaY's floish at Ridgecrest. SuDday's course led soutb, back to Red Mouotaio. and tben doubled bade nortb to JDyokern for a ten-m1Dutegas stop. From 1IIJokero tbe riders worked tbelr way soutb passing to tbe east of Red Roek Canyon and stopping for lunch at tbe Wqon Wheel at the lotersectionofHighway 14 and Randsburg Road. 1be afternoon section angled southeast back to Four Corners and then followed much of SaturdaY's first section iD to the finish. Last year's winner Dick Chase didu't compete tbis year due to a leg lnjury be received a few weeks prior. Dave Ekins, tbe 1967 wiDner, and Bob Steffan, who woo iD 1966 were teamed UP U Four rider. of tile sls who IUd. up th. two All .Is .nlrles finished. H~rl.,·D~vld.on tums •• sb_n h.... witb Jack (FUtroll) Krizman forming one Harley-Davidson team, and on the same number was anotber Harley team composed 01 Paul Hunt. Dean Goldsmith and Wes Anderson Jr. All six started together on number 5 and the six went We eo tire grind. Six finishers out of a six man double team is quite a feat iD any IHARLEY-DAVIOSON I Rapido '.....a". Deli_, Sportster Harley-Davidson of Oceanside 216 VI~ 0.1 Mont. Qtunsla., C.llforni~ (714) 757·7510 8R'OOfSTONE Sales-Senke Barney Tillman's SPORT CENTER 6027 WlIilller Blvd., E. Los Angeles (213) 72:3-3523 ~~ NICK NICHOLSON MOTORS \:J~ Cn€:i. !\:;. HCI!yncoc 213 ";"r,4-.5';-:'4 - 20 'feJ·s Exper,er.::e ::573 OllyBULTACO Steve's Bultaco Op.n 6 A1S ~ week Moll. & Fri. 9-9 oth.r s 9""' 7627 Van NUJs Blvd. (213) V~n Nuys, C~I. 180-6300 man's endurol Did we bear someone say Harley wU1 never win the 'Hom? Nearly 500 riders tested tbelr sIdl1s 00 tbis year's 500 mUe National ChampionshiP Enduro, and about anotber thirty tried only tbe second half on Sunday. 'Ibe weather was a Uttle cooler tbao last year but tbe mercury still topped 101 iD the shade at SundaY's luoeh stop. For tbe riders tbe mouotaiDs beb1Dd, but for tbe Pasadena MoC. amouota1D of work Ues ahead iD figuring out tbe scores. Cycle News wU1 publ1sh the outcome as soon as it comes out. are Slalllln~ ~nd I. . chln. p.. par~tlon w•• M.y 18-Deft... Moto..(;ro. .. 1'1 125 cc Bill Urben F lk M R...t V..... BuI-.. F &. M t::m:. Box 2126, L. M. ., Cailifornia 92041 o • Ed.'.~ . . .. Acc",'e W'eel TIl. wholesaJa . _ r~cer. Inrict S11lCks W,n nIt wbeels • •95 J • L Reed Sys. ,,-$22.95 P.O. 80s 2316 F.II"~" Repeat Winners Hare a Ni,.t At Mar,srille By Dale McKinnon MARYSVILLE. CAL., MAY 31. 1969!- Repeat winners took almost all the gold at the Marysville 'IT Saturday night.. Jerry W1llls, Vic Krill, Melvin Byers and RODDie Gonella continued' their domination of these 'IT races. John Sassmah dueled wi th Krill for a while and Charley Fairchild rode pegoio-peg with Byers for a few laps but the favorites went on towin, Carl Crank took the 250 Expert event but had to fight off Stan Stanton and Garry Lozano. Fi ve sidehack.s showed up and the Sparks, Nevada team of Gene Bass and Tennessee Bick· erstaff took a first place after trying for several weeks. Dennis Dickerson won tile 650 Amateur main for the tbiId week in a row on his Triumph. A special sweepstakes event saw an expert. amateur and novice finish one-two-three. Don Simmons. Jerry Pillpot and Charley Fairchild took the 18 lapper. (Results on page 26) Mo C'Yc..L~ IN the key wards on the moon-like 18rr~ln. WHA'T DO YAH Sfl..Y WE GO HILLCLlMB THE ESCfl.LATORS! .

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