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I III J I, Hi Mountain Enduro :;; By Ron Schneiders Photos by Ellen Schneiders ~ w SAN LUIS OBSIPO, CAL., Feb. 14, 1971 - Five hundred fortunate ride'S (out of 1700 applicants) started in today's 21st annual ve'Sion at' the Hi-Mountain Enduro. This enduro is one of those glamour events that everyone wants to ride, but the U.S. Forest Service rigorously limits the number of entrants to 500, so the entry period for the event was a mere 2 hours instead of days as is normal with most enduros. A really nice starting area was picked. Flat, grassy plain thilt looked more like a city park or golf course than a race area. It was just inside the Forest Service gate leading to the La panza Campground off of Route 58. Z w The first man went off at 8 :01 a.m. on a 20 mph schedule. No fancy time-keeping in this run, just a straight 20 mph for the whole thing, 103 miles, with 30 minutes out for lunch, ~ c.J > c.J We staned off in a Southeasterly direction and were on a narrow trail in practically no time, starting to climb. In Eastern enduro fashion no limes was used, just arrows to mark the turns. For two or three miles we rode a trail next to a barbed wire fence. I mean right next to it. My left handlebar grip was often less than a foot from the barbs and at 30 mph that is a little worris·ome. We went close to ten miles on that first trail and then came out onto the asphalt. We hit one check just after the asphalt and there figured to be another one just after we turned back into the dirt, so everyone played it close, dawdling along the asphalt at 20 per. After a few miles we turned back onto the dirt but there wasn't any check. Instead there was this hill. I think it's called Jed's Hill, or something like that but it looked like someone had overturned a coal car bull of motorcycles. There were bikes going up, coming down, sideways, doing wheelies and just plain abandoned where _they had dug themselves in. In short, it was a mess. My partner never even slowed down. He just picked and threaded his way to the top without even breathing hard. I wasn't so lucky. Halfway up my line was blocked by a 360 Yamaha. My buddy came back down to help and we hauled the bike to an adjacent rut and we just got started when the engine flooded. ..And so on. After two more attempts I went around the hill, figuring that I was ou t of it, because there isn't an enduro club in the world that wouldn't have a check at the KNIEVEL TO JUMP ALL-TIME RECORD FOR Evel Knievel has signed with. California's Ontario Motor Speedway to perform February 27 and 28, 1971, during the NASCAR Grand National 500..Knievel will attempt to jump his Harley-Davidson XR-750 Sportster over a lotal of 19 automobiles, which would better his present record of 18 automobiles. Fanfare Productions of Hollywood will film the record-breaking attempt as an integral part of their feature mm "Evel Knievel" starring George Hamilton. Several additional sequences for the movie will also be flimed at the Ontario event. J WEST TO RIDE HUSKY. PARAMOUNT, CAL., Feb. 10, 1971 Jim West, factory sponsored rider for AJS, is reported today to have signed a long·term contract with Husqvama says Norton- Villiers spokesman Mike Jackson. "Jim returned his machines to us toda y and thanked us for the cooperation we had given him in the past, but added 'I've been offered a five-year contract with Husky plus a trip to Europe''', Jackson states. . There were no hard feelings between West and AJS and their only commitment to each other was a verbal contracL No replacement for West has been determined as yet for the AJS team, but, says Jackson, "we do have a few people in mind." Med-International, distributors for Husky, would not confirm the contract. RUNYARD RECOVERING Mike Runyard, reported as having broken his leg auring a Selma, Alabama mo tocross race Feb. 7, is recovering nicely after h" actually severed an artery in his leg, reports his Whittier sponsors, Kagay Cycle Sales of Whittier. After the artery was severed, a blood clot formed which caused great concern for the doctors. At one time they even considered amputation. However, the injury now appears to be healing nicely ~ja t1IB 1IarlBTDarlbtlD Wins ""'·-II~ Hare Scrambles Feb. 14, 1971 100 Am/Ex. Class 1st Terry Clark - Baja 100 (4th overall) 2nd Mitch Mayes - Baja 100 (7th overall) 4th Jim Sumners - Baja 100 (20th overall} European Scrambles Feb. 7,1971 100 Am/Ex. class 1st Mitch Mayes·Baja 100 2nd Jim Summers-Baja 100 5th Randy Milligan·Baja 100 in! top of the hill. Wrong again. There wasn't any check so I was still in the race, although some forty minutes behind. The rest of the morning section was good. fast trailing and it wasn't possible to pick up much time. There were a couple 0 f pretty good downhills to and Runyard should be back in action in two or three weeks. The Montesa rider is in the South while competing in the Winter-AMA series in Florida during which he won the first two meets in the series. His machine, rumored to be a prototype, is actually a modfied one built by Kaga y, designed to cut 32 pounds off the total weight. LACKEY INJURED? Brad Lackey was reported to have broken his wrist last weekend while racing in Northern California. American-Jawa, Lackey's CZ sponsors, were unable to confirm the report which came from a Puyallup, Washington promoter who said Lackey could not appear as advertised at one of his motocross races in the near future. The promoter did not know the extent of the fracture. . DEPT. OF CORRECTION The Hare 8< Hound by Blythe M.C. listed in last issue's Calendar under Feb. 14. should actually have been listed under the March 14 date. Torsten Hallman Racing, Inc. We~1 ClllIsI Disl. 10. PENTON Mot.rcycles Laguna Salada 200 Feb. 6,1971 0-125 class 1st Larry Roesler/ Earl Roesler-Baja 100 • ' .._ Torsten Hallman special deslCn lulMrs & ;acinc equlpmenl U.S.DIsI. lor T.elleborc 1Io10.c.oss II'es For deale' Info. write or call 53-45 Tlmken SI.; La IIesa, Cal. '2041 (4) 460-1..2 See the Baja 100 and the entire Harley-Davidson Motorcycle line. HARLEY-DAVIDSON MOTORCYCLE DEALERS' ASSOCIATION of Southern California, Inc. 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