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> Younc Gena Smllh Triumphed 10 lsI Opln Expert. 1500 VEGAS WAY ~ . ':'" ~~~t~~ ;:...'":.~ / ; , , ' ':~~;:'c.: :~;::~~~;:.:: ., '(~ . ... '-.,;- ,.~ . ~t:)f -r . .....,,~A.,. ' , .;.. ~~~;~ . . ."iii· w •• . . ~'th • •Iy 15~ rl~s ontered'(and' I~S ~~o ";::'~'t 1;;:0";'j'~~'~: tho A~n';'l Barltow-t..Vops run ":I;~d O~~'tho ;';~a;:J tho BII llear classic. 3rd Photos fly C. Claytoo and Mike Perlman BARSTOW, CAL. - LAS VEGAS, NEV. Nov. 29 - J. (for Jackalope) N. Roberts led tile charge of tile high rollers from CalUorn1a to Las Vegas the bard way - over the Mojave Desert and across the Sierra Nevada mountains - wlnn1Dg the San Gabr1el Valley M.C.'s 3rd annual Barstow-To-Vegas Hare '0' Hound for the second year In a row. TralJ conditions were fast and dusty. J.N. took tile lead 15 miles from the start heavy tussle with Larry Berrquist (Bul) and stretched It mlnute by mlnute thereafter. J.N. was two mlnutes ahead of Bergqulst at c:beck two, followed by Jack Ross and young Gene Smith OIl hls Trlumph. Jlm Dorman flew lnto c:beck 2 In 5th place. F1ylng a10Dg the freeway raclnc to beat tile sagebrushl The 8ILrBtow- Vegas Is the cross-country motorcycles to the gas UDlque amoag desert races In that you checks, motortsts could see It was a can travel Hwy. 15 and wUch most of the loslng game. We paced tile leaders In tile race, cu1ded by the plumes of dustratsed early stretches with the Cycle Newa van by the competitors. 'Ibe course crosses flat out. They were dolnc /lOmpb through Ullder the freeway at several spots and It was here that bundreds of cars and tourlnc blkes parked to watch the actlon. 125'S) Arrlvlng at a dry lake gas cbeckbarely Ball bearing kits fir. rear wlleel ahead of the lead blkes, wblcb bad been atter a (1.'sSACHS PRICE: $lU6 COMPLETE! McLauchlin !Iotors, 2422 E. Huntlnlton Dr. Duarte, Cal. 91010 PII: (213)359-4541 COIIPftl'1'lON CYCLES Hours - 9:30-7:00 Mon.. Wed•• Thurs•• Sot. Tues.-Fri. till 9:00. Pb. (213) 347-1203. 21217 Sherman WIl:J (ICroSS from Bo b's Dri ve-in). Am.... Eagle' Gr."s USED PARTS ALL MAKES 40% TO 60% OFF ':. YAMAHA DEALER" SCRAMBLER MOTORCYCLES JaOI W. Burb..,k Blvd. Bu'bonk. Calil. 8.'·~'07 0' 8.~-873' Ell.· 7 slowed by tile moonllke mountaln terraln, we followed J.N.'s plume of dust as hls Husqvarna burtled blm down the mountatnslde and across the flatout dirt lake without stopplng. He looked fresh and In command, hls gold and maroon Vlewflnders M.C. jumper (J.N. Is a mme stuntman now) hardly even dusty. The race bad started at 9:30 a.m. In a place called "Soda Lake" near Barstow, but the riders called It "Dust City." Now It was two mlnutes past aoon and J.N. bad raced 110 miles of the 150 mile chase. SecODd man lnto tile dry lake check at 9 mlnutes past noon was Gene Smith, hls Triumph thUllderlnc a feroclous SOIIi. Number 3 man In was SteYe Kirk, hls Montesa sendlng out a mellow howl at 12:12 p.m. But wbere was Bergqulst? Bob Ferro arrived tralJlng hls plume 01 dUSt, then Bruce Dunford stopPed to take on gas, and bere came Bergqulst, sbowtng by a shrug that be bad bad It. Nezt, on to the f1nlsb on the outskirts 01 Las Vegas. There's DO speed llm1t on the biChway once you leave CalUorn1a at Mounta1D Pass, yet the wlnDer stlU beat us In by 5 mlnutes. At the f1nlsb l1De It was the same gypsy encampment, only smaller, that bad covered Soda Lake. J.N. said of the course, "It was fast. You bad to pay close attention all the way." He shook hls bead, remember1ng. "Whewl" be sighed. "~~'6"~EPENDA81L1TY _-e-r1cal PlletI&nP1IJ by DENNIS GREENE Spectallzmc In AdverUslnc '" ComIDercIal PIIotoll STUDIO PIIOI. 423·4707 "'I •. lOIlG IIICH 1IV1. lOIG IUCH CAlIF. 'OIOS ·U a plIoto is WOl1b a 1080 words, aDd :rou caa't lbiJ* or wbllt to 11&1. let plio........, Ii&' Dealds Greelle tID lie tII1kiac IDr oa'- PAYS Off Sacramenlo EI D do Racewa, - IS&!! •• Of lbe sea.n's If) 7 HIIII PIlat Wianers litre Using "~/I_J.AII" Racing O~ cast•. NEfD fURTHER 'ROOf ? Performance Does It - Not Wild Claims. IIfd. By Ask Va Deal. For lbe Besl - "~~"I Addzlp Additives 1433-37 Flrsl Strnt Escalon. Calif. 95320 (209) 131-7912 . .mea First 1111.. wu rlddl. hard ~ JO-I·"" n Dun. Ho flallllad 47th _all (and they 'a.hod whan Ito rolled to . tho starllnl Uno). Gene Smith, stormlng In red-eYed and dust-choked 110 accept hls flnlsblng pln from S.G.V.M.C. referee Larry Haley, was the desert crowd favorite. He took first place In the Open Expert category with hls second overall win. The tbird man In was Steve Kirk, rldlog a Montesa, DOtcblng a 2Dd 500 Expert win bebind J,N. There was a long wait for the first tralJ bike but before It arrived, a mlnlblke (!) stormed lnto the flnlsh. Several mlnls bad started at the ClmaRoadbalfway polnt and made It 75 mUes to the flnlsb. Word was that Terry Clark on a VanTech Kawasald 100 and lS-year-old Jeff Wrigbt on a Steen 55 Hodaka were f1gIttlog It out for t:ral1blke supremacy. Fitl;ysixth macblne In, (countlng the mWblke) was Clark, who Is sponsored by Roehr Bros., the Van-Techdlstributors. Wrigbt placed 89th overall for the second tral1 bike win. (Results on page 17) Send For CUSTOM MADE Skid Shoe KEN MAELY the shoeman Route 2, Box 758, Corona, Calif. I . til. _illite lIIevr _ , $29.95 Pili C.O.D •• PoIta.. ~ nclq or ...tfor ,.,ed fit