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A80VE: The herry Creek aspirants charge across the rough Utah desert toward t he even rougher Utah Mountains. BELOW: Tom Scares from Sportsman Cycles in Las Vegas gets lots of attentlon at one of the checks. California's J.N. Roberts won what has become known as the west's toughes By Larry Knop Photos by Don Tucker JERICHO, UTAH, May 17, 1970 - "We' didn't set the course UP so It would kill you, but we dtd It UP so that you will remember you wer e here." - Rider'S Meetlng,-Cherry Creek Hare and Hound, 1970. And the remembrances will notall be pleasant, as there were many problems with the race. The major problem was that riders could not find the course. Over two hundred and fltty riders started the 100 mile race, and It was 6 hours and 45 minutes before the leaders, J .N. Roberts and Max Switzer, crossed the finish line, literallY hand In hand. They were follow- ed by Cotton Guio, Morris Newman, and Adrian Nebeker - and that was It. Only f1ve riders compled all three loops of the coursee Cherry Creek Is traditlonally .a rough race and a finishing list of 15% would be extremely high. ThIs year, however, many riders found themselves beaten not by the course, but rather by their inability to find the check-points. In addition the pits were confusion, and there was a false start to mar the beginning of the race. Despite all the problems, though, there can be no detracting from the glory of those five riders who managed to finish. Almost every possible type of terrain that exists can be found within a few miles of Cherry Creek- sagebrush flats complete with deep washes, mountains with steep rocky uphills and frightening downh111s, fire roads and forests, miles ·· of the softest sand th1s side of the Sahara, and even some water to cross. The course covers It all. To ride Cherry Creek and f1n1sh Is the mark of a rider, par excellence. ,..; ; Sweepstakes wmner, CalI!ornlan J .N. Roberts, (Husky), can exhibit the five foot blgh traveling trophY with pride. For Max Switzer from Nevada and Cotton Guio from Wyoming, also on Huskies, Morris Newman from CalI!ornJa on a CZ, and Adrian Nebeker from Utah on a Honda the trophies will be a bit smaller. but the pride In winning should be no Ie The smaller bikes were at a disa vantage on the course, particularly year, · and none were able to finish three loops. Consequently the sponsore decided to take advantage of -an A rule and call the race for the small classes at the fourth check on the sec loop. So for the shorter dIstance, th were three f1n1shers In the lOOCc c led by Jerry Don Anderson on a H and eight finishers In the 175cc c led by RIchard Potter on a Yam .. Cherry Creek Is sponsored by Salt Lake Motorcycle Club, and year, as In each of the past ten ye the club went all out to make the rae