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GET~S up a short hill. From here on it was hilly. The last hill was a ste.ep, sandy, rocky thing. It pitched the riders into a short sandwash from which they emerged in the pits almost immediately. The comments before the race ran from "Tn ere is nothing to it," to "It's a fast course, not a riders course, just ~o fast and hope to be able to hold on." By 8:00 a.m. the practice was over and there were big holes torn in the course. The first race of the day was the 100cc Novices. They c'harged off the line, and five minutes later the leaders came racing through the dust, past the crowd and the checkers and out, ",ith the entire pack behind them. Bill Buker, No. 372, built up a good lead and looked like money in the bank. Second man was Larry Roeseler, No. 189. Both riders were on Harley-Davidsons. They were able to keep up the pace and come over the finish line in the same order, Buker first and Roeseler second. In the 100cc Expert class, Terry Clark No.2, on a Harley-Davidson, led the race through the pits with Jack Morgan, second. Clark increased his lead throughout the, seven lap race and came in for the win, making it seven in a row for the young Harley star. Jack Morgan, No. I, was second and Rich Marks, No. 45, was third. They were both on Hodakas. Jeff Wright, No.4, was fourth, . on a Rickman. First Amateur went to Gregg Hawks, No. 96. After the race Clark said "The course was too short, and there were not enough hills and stuff." .... The large crowd of Combined 125cc and 250cc Novices went off next. There must have been over a hundred of them. The big gun was Darrell Brassfield, No. 320, who grabbed the lead on the third loop and held it all the way for the win on his "long" Yamaha. Dave Kersting, No. 689, was second on a Bultaco. In the dust it was hard to detennine the first 125cc rider, but Kenny Young, No. 535mx, was right up there on his Yamaha. The 250cc and 125cc Experts and Amateurs were run next. Tom Poteet, No. 4x, crashed on the way to the first tum and bent his bike a little; which put him out of the race,. This was the start of a bad day for him. Larry Bergquist, DESERT WIN No. 888, had the lead on his Bultaco and held it all the way to the finish line. Mike Patrick moved into second spot on his Yamaha and Wes Anderson Jr., Bultaco, was third. Gary Griffin took fourth ancr- Mitch Mayes was the first 125 in on a Yamaha. Greg Winkle, No. 155, was the first 250 Amateur in. By now it was noon -and really hot, and th.e 500cc Novices went off in a big cloud of dirt. There were ...iders all over the p'lace and everyone moved back in the pits for the wild ones. By the halfway point John Taylor, No. 199, had taken command and held a good lead. Gary Dean, No. 178, was trying to catch him but couldn't do it. Taylor took the win and Dean was second. Both were on Yamahas. . The big boys were up _next and the desert's best were - there. Fast and , smooth Poteet led for two laps 'but had to drop out while still holding ,a good lead when his super-tuned Bultaco would· not make a hill. J.N. Roberts, No.. 8, on a Tracy-tuned Huskywas now the leader with Rich Thorwaldson, No. 117, second on a Rickman. These two went through the race like this until the last lap when Rich caughtJ. N. napping and passed him just before the hill section, J. N. sa'Y him, repassed, and turned it on. He came in for the win with room to spare. Thorwaldson pulled in second. Both of them had both hands bloody from broken blisters which had been the size of quarters. Neither of them wear gloves and they were really getting with it on that choppy course. They were both glad it was over, as neither one would let off, but both were having trouble holding on. Whitey Martino, No. I, was third on a Husky. Duffy Hambleton was fourth. First Amateur went to Peter Colbert, No. 155, (I think). Whith all the lapping going on, it was hard to keep track of any but the first four. • The big bikes had to wait a little too long on the starting line and three of the riders got impatient and started up and took off. But the Crestline M.C. would have no false start and, held the banner up until the three came back and got turned around, which the other riders were glad to see. (Results on page 22) * STEVE'S BULTACO 'CYClE CITY ~ 34198 Coast Highway Dana Point. Calif. 92629 aU'UK' (714) 496-1001 South Orange County TrilllllPh Headquaners, Mike Patrick's • • ,,,- YWHA of COlONA 1101 E. 6th St. - Corona (714) 135-11n , This adjustable main jet means: 1. MAXIMUM HORSE POWER 2. EASY ADJUSTMENT FOR ALTITUDE CHANGES. 3. NO MORE RE·JETTlNG WHEN EXHAUST SYSTEM IS CHANGED 4. MAXIMUM ACCELERATION AND SPEED Available for the following: Yamaha-(HT·l) (AT ·1) (CT.!) (D'H) (RT·l) Hodaka Su per Rat - Please state model. $8.95-Tax ,; Postage Paid. -Henry Cullen P.O. 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