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Silverthorn atter him and Bailey 011 that
well-worn Greeves GrlffOll protot;ype In
third. Coming up the hill to tile tower,
the two front runners ran into wbat's
known polltely as "SRddleback Snot"
where _ter is sprayed 011 the adobe
surface and rllDders it like bear crease.
Kring fell down and a few feet beb1nd
bim, down went Silverthorn. Butaltbougb
BaUey sUd a bit the Greaves I1uDc 011 and
Into the 1elId be went.
Petterson
pushed him a bit but Gary kept going to
take the win with Kring worldDC back up
to .tIl1rd. That lett them both with a first
and third. Who would win? The fastest
time would tell. It -.s a cllff-baDger
until the tropbtes were given out!
ItelI .,,_, 10 bls first rllII IInC. tetwlliol IrHl Earop. a .alll . , netched 2nd ,lac. on
3. 1Ia1ee. 8. look I _lIIar .d ,aster II De. racial OY. . . .L
'Ibe 500 Internat100al went to Arne
Kring with a welcome me taking secood
and first American: Roo Nelson, bome
from Europe and looking great 011 a Maico
turoed In a great ride and sbowed that be
bad Indeed learned sometlllng new In the
European wars. Jim Wilson (Greeves)
got the third ahead of Fran Slgmans
(Husky). Ex-world CbampiOll Torsten
Hallman didn't have a good day. On a
blue-framed Husky withacenter-mounted gas tank on it, he collided with Nelson
on the start of the first round and broke
off bis brake Pedal. "I went shoosh off
the course," he said. Next round be spun
out and the engine blubbered, losing him
so much time he decided there was no
point In continuing.
There were so many 250 Novices they
were run in two groups each riding 25
minute motos. Practice starting llIJ the
hill two riders became involved in a
tragic accident as OIIe was blasting up
and OIIe was coming down andatthebUnd
spot they collided head 011. B<'th were
badly Injured and taken to the haspltal.
NeecUess to say, these practice starts
were disCOlltlnue
