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o " '" C> Q. N .<; ~ '" :;: ~ W Z W ...J U >- U A rider makes the last water crossing to the finish line. Burned Out Forest Site Of Sawmill Enduro (Continued from Cover) Five checks were used with key times of 8:47,9:22,10:17,12:24, and 1:05. The average speed to maintain was 18 miles per hours over the entire course. Riders are penalized 1 poin t for any minute late at a check or 2 points for up to one minute early. For over one minute early, it's 2 points for the first and 5 for each additional minute. Bob Keys' number 3 would add to the key time. Checkers say that he arrived at the noon check and finish on time. That means he arrived at the noon check in Soda Creek Section at 10:20 (10:17 + 3) or at the finish at 1 :08 (1 :05 + 3). Bob Keys, Sr., finished second place in the Sawmill run last year, only three points behind 1970 winner Marvin Hurlbert. The results are reversed this time with Hurlbert four poims behind Keys. The Keys outsmarted a field of 563 riders for their win, an increase of 200 riders over last year's run. A t the finish 368 riders checked in though some were over the maximum time permitted officially complete the to run. Dean Sullivan, number 85 arrived at the finish with a broken righ t rear shocks, a Oat tire on the rear with the inner tube out and associated woes as missing bolts from fender braces. He had, ridden 65 miles with a broken shock alid a f)at tire. Three riders who ·would have won trophies were disqualified for not having spark arresters. Marvin Hurlbert with a score of 10 points from Sebastopol led the 1-2-3 finishers in the "B" Open class to the fIrst place team award with a team score of 34 points. Wayne Davis and Steve Archer were the other team members. The Nelson brothers topped the "A" Open class. John's score of 10 points won first with Garve's 19 points for second. With a heavy'frost on the outside of sleeping b"gs and a thin layer of ice on still water, the run started at 8:01 in crisp clean mountain air. The sponsors of the run, the North Bay Motorcycle Club of Santa Rosa apologizes for the Make us your last stop on the way to the desert and Elsinore or Perris. fine weather and blames the weather for the high number of finishers. They had billed it as a mud run, but though patches of snow were in the woods off the course, th e course was extremely dusty. Perhaps the club was fortunate for they had agreed to restore the park HUSQVARNA to existing conditions before the run to receive permission to hold the run. Now they have complaints from the authorities that the motorcycles left ruts that must be covered. Smokey the Bear's assistants were on hand at the start and all road crossing oMerving the run in their interests. A grim reminder of their interests is the many miles of burnl redwoods from a rITe of more than six years ago.. Distributed by racific Coast Ho,"a 'l 2073 W. Pacific Coasl Hwy, Lomita, Ca. Ph: (213) 326-3810 Open 7 days Med-International 4790 Palm Ave., La Mesa, Calif. 92103 SUL."~C:O sales service parts sonn~ kenyon's .,. cycle I. V.Eaterprises European Scrambles March 14th orth of Adelanto 0% Tro ies and Finisher ins. (l. IIItIcI • ."... SPECIALI T 2594 Middlefield Road Mt. View, California 94040 (415) 961-4399 .. Up and Overl JOHN DESOTO 'SUPER PANTS' congratulations to AMERICA'S NUMBER 1 MOTOCROSS 1970 Inter-Am Series Proving conclusively that Arthur: Browing Motocross Leathers do go the FASTEST Imported and Distributed exclusively by... ARTHUR BROWNING Racing Leathers £ ' ~MIIJD CR. . . EI'VG/IVE E A S . INC