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A truck aDd camper e1t;y lIP!'IIIIC llP
mcbt at EI Mtrace. cal. cmtI' lJul
The OCcu1011 was not ODe but
two Dlstrtct 37 Desert _ts. Botb were
EurcJs-n scrambles spoosored by the
Prospectors M.C. aDd the B"ebmast.ers
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The courses were laid out baclt to baclt
aDd bad to be called out of s1gbt. In fact,
wIleD lJul w1Dd and dust came llP in tile
aflerllOOll, tile course. tile riders and
even lJul mountains were out of stgbt.
Most riders rode both courses aDd
tbree fellows won tbe1r class on both
sides of tile pits. Wayne Garrett tooItbts
Yamalla to tile 250 win in both races
and Ken Warner did tile same on aSachs
in tile 100 Novice. Terry Clark cba1ked
llP two more 1dDs for bts Kawa VanTech in tile Expert traUb1ke races.
The Busbmaster's course bad a rocky
bt11 witll a windy trail down it. Some of
tile chargers on the first tried to go
straight down instead of zig-zagging
with the trail but rocks the size of beacb
bl1ls put an end to that. The tratf1c
backed up and soon there were as many
riders as rocks on the slope.
PbU Bowvll got that all flgured out
aDd knocbd aIf the win in the 250 Am.!
Ex. race. The Buphm·. . .'sOpen Nov1c:e
10 was woo by laymaDGatt1sOllaBusq.
RJch Tbor1lllldsclD aced out fellow Bultaco rtc:Ier Larry Bergquist in the nobolds-barred Open, E~ match.
Across the road 011 tbe Prospector's
stde JIm Mart1no got past Bergquist wilen
Larry dropped it in a SlUIdwash on the
flrst lap. Whltey went 011 to win ahead
of Doyle Fields rld1ng a big 1nch Triumph.
Whltey said that tile back side of tile
course bad lots of bumps aDd places to
really get sky1ng. Be said tIIere were
some soft holes to fall into and that he
dld some "super handstands".
Ken Westen and Dennis Grissom oatled down first and second in the Open
Novice thing. Both were rldlng Maicos
but Dennls bad to work up trom eighth
place after the first lap.
Three Yamaha riders, Al Baker, M1ke
Patrick and Phll Bowers fllled up tile
first tbree places in the 250 Expert.
Frustratlon award for the day goes to
Dave Messer wIlo led hls 250 Novice
race up to the last quarter ml1e or so
when he ran out of gas and had to push to
the flag.
(Results on page 37)
Rich Thorwlldson, Open Eapert winner on the Bulhmnter Side, tllks It over Ifter I lonl dlY In
the Iiddle.
DUSTY DUAl:.
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