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SHAMROCKS M. C. GIVES EFFICIENT ENDURO . ... en ~ oi > ::;: By Vance GriffItts at the fmish. VICTORVILLE, CAL., April 25, 1971 A computer will score this run and if - At 9 Saturday evening before the Shamrock's enduro here snow was the system is proven to be feasible~ it will be available to other clubs. flying through the air. The Shamrocks Several of the Expert riders did well thought that it was a nice evening but the fmal scores will not be official compared to the previous weekend until the computer output is verified. when it rained, hailed, and snowed upon The words around camp was that Dave them as they were putting the finishing Evans and his Ossa had run up a very touches on the course. Take it as an small penalty and might be the winner. omen: cold bu different. Dave Holeman had a good score in spite I found out very early how fast a pace had been set for us after I had of the time he lost when his Maico ran stopped to take some pictures. I was out of fueL Dave Ekins and his little Harley breezed through the rocks and is trying to make up time and clipped a rock with my foot peg, removing it a contender. His teammate, Jack neatly and then really had problems Krizman, became over enthusiastic with keeping up. the roller coasters and crashed, breaking The first loop was composed of his wrist. Bill Adams completed the mainly pea-gravel wash beds at various course but thought it was a little rough. angles with a rock patch hill or two; a Dick Smith was doing well but lost his most enjoyable 50 miles. In fact, due route card between the last check and either to the excitement of riding the finish. Novice riders, John Calvert, number 1, or the length of the loop, wheelied his big Rickman Triumph Dave Holeman who had neglected to through the rocks and efided up with a top off his tank and ran out of fuel a competitive score. He from the finish of the first loop. Though there were .many flat tires Perhaps it w¥ because of only 4 of and a few people lost on the way to the the 500 riders were assigned to each event everyone questioned thought that number that caus~d a feeling of being this was the best enduro of the year. alone on parts of the second loop. At one poin t I found myself following little yellow flowers colored exactly as the yellow streamers. It was so well marked that looking for. a bush without a streamer rather than with one seemed a game. One rider said that the danger arrows were so frequent that he was lulled in to ignoming one and took a wild fligh t over a small gulley. The second loop had a tough side hill strewn with football like boulders paralleling a highway but no rider used the asphalt nor any tracks to the roadway though it was a great ~ w Z W ...J U >U WHEN I OES\f1N£O ~£.NTON. , OESlGNED 11" TO W\N. \f TM\S \S 'fME WMAl YOU ARE lOOl(ING FOP. SeE "T\o\E PUtTOM. YOU tAt...., . BUY OR '-=::"'-~, DO BEllER lMAM . . 8£ING ON A P£NTON. temptation. The closest thing to a bottleneck on the whole run was just above the third check on the second loop. Al temate paths were available though the going was rough. Some riders had difficulty with two rocky hills and a rocky ravine near the end of the second loop but the trail quickly turned into a faSt roller coaster to the finish' which allowed most riders to make up lost time. The third loop was started on familiar territory as a section of the first was used. I later talked to some riders who carne upon the 5 mile marker for the. second time and assuming they were lost cut across to)Vard a dust trail and re-rode a portion of the second loop. The instructions explicitly stated that some of the frrst lo.op would re rerun. The Shamrocks handled the checks beautifully with organized crews making color coded e.ntries on the rider cards. One well known rider was disqualified, however, whe.n the sharp eye of Shamrock Tom Center observed that the Noorton which started the event had mysteriously turned into a Yamaha _ _.......;N. . . l-J> • ....x.-_ _o-........ ALL I'ENTO\lS ARE INDIVIDUALLY MOD'filO AND OYNO· TUNED AT TME PENTON fACTORY AND 8ROUGHT UP TO OUR K\GlM t'ERFORMMCi£ STAMO"ROS.