N.ROBERTS
Te IIy Clarke wheelles past the smoke bomb out In frord of the dust from all the rest of the laOs.
Photos & Story by Dick Wright
The Roller Coaster section draued riders over rocks and through bottomless sandJust before
the top gur sprint .to the finish. ,
LUCERNE, CAL. Feb. 8, 1970 - Winner
J ,N, Roberts called It, "One of the
roughest races I have ridden for sometime". It seems he was right and the
Novices In all classes didn't fare very
well, as only Experts, a few fast Amateurs were In the top twenty-five to
come over the finish line.
The course was set up as two forty
mile loops In a figure eight. The first
loop took Its toll of riders. There were
a lot of get-offs in the rocky section, but
the second loop was even rougher with
big boulders and some tight, bottomless
sandwashes. The up hills had even some
of the big bikes pushing.
After the banner dropped at 10:00 a.m.,
Roberts had the lead at the smok bomb
on his Tracy's tuned Husky. Howard
Utsey was second on a C-Z. Tom Max-
well was third on a Husky, but he got off
a mile after the smoke. Coming into the
pits after the first loop was Roberts and
Utsey, followed by Phil Bowers on a 250
Yamaha. After a total of two hours of
desert racing Roberts pulled Into the
finish line with a good lead over second
man Phil Bowers on a Yamaha, Utsey
was third. Tom Muto took fourth on a
500 Husky followed by'Steve Kirk #2 on
a Montesa, who Is In the Checkers M.C.
They have been the Number One desert
club for as long as I can remember.
Mike Patrick was the second 250 on a
Yamaha. He took It easy as he shoulder
is still sore from unloading six weeks
ago. Sam Dempsey took first Open class
on a Triumph. Wes Anderson Jr. took
the first 250Cc Amateur honors for the
fourth time in a row on his Yamaha.
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