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SWITlER RALLIES 10 CHERRY CREEK WIN
By Terry Newfarmer
JERICO, UTAH, May 16,1971 -Only
170 ben t-wheel finisher pins had been
given out in ten years of racing until this
year, when the Cherry Creek Hare and
Hound saw 203 finishers, led home by
J.N. Roberts' Mint 400 teammate, Max
Switzer of Las Vegas, Nev.
Why so many finishers in a race that
is regarded as one of the toughest? In
contrast to earlier years, most of the
349 riders came set up for 90 miJc
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blast across the sage saw Gerher in
front,
trailed by his course-long
companion, J. Christiansen, then Dennis
Packard and Switzer. Somehow Fuller
had got gas, and crashed his way back to
13th place. But ahead lay the fringes of
the Jerico Sand Dunes, where the course
had enough vegetation to hold planning
speeds down, but not enough to keep
the sand from being anything but
bottomless.
By the check in the middle of the
sand, Switzer had only Gerber left in
front, and Fuller was still charging up
from behind. (Christiansen, 250 leader
Woody Lawhon and others near the
front walked out of the sand, as later
did Fuller.)
ace Preston Gerber took the lead.
By
then Switzer was picking off the
competition, moving up to 7th place.
After passing through the pits, a long
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Then out on the sage flat and road
that was the home stretch, Utah lost its
bid to win its own famous race for the
first time in years when Gerber went
end-over-end in the effort to hold off
Switzer.
Bent fork tubes and an injured
shoulder kept Gerber from getting going
again until Packard had come by, and
the battle for overall honors was over.
Said David Spencer, SLMC race
chairman: "There were too many
finishers for a race where the tradition is
that it's an accomplishment to finish,
but I would run the race the same way
again, because hot weather would have
made the race twice as tough."
(Results on page 24)
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