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DDMC Does II Righi The Firsl TilDe the only sandwash they had ever seen that had fifty-foot long black skid marks on the surface! The afternoon course had much the same type of terrain as the morning, but in addition there was quite a long tour through the playground area_ This is an area of steep, almost bald hills topped by "tery narrow razorback ridges. Great fun to ride, but not for the faint .hearted! If you go off one of those trails, they might not find you until the flash floods in the spring wash your body down to the river. Not many enduro courses in this area have been as well planned and executed as this one, to judge from the comments of riders. The schedule speeds were abou t as close to perfect as one could hope. This mean t that besides being in teresting frpm a terrain standpoin t, the event was a great timekeepers' event. It's seldom that the two coincide. Since this was the club's first event of this type, one migh t have expected the times and mileages to be sporadic, but even in. this area, the Dirt Diggers did a good job. There is some question about the location of two checks, (They were possibly about .4 miles off in location) but this was the only beef that I heard. No one puts on an event such as this without quite a bit of cooperation from the Forest Service. The Los P'adres Forest Service apparently pulled out all stops in their efforts to help. They helped the Din Diggers find the trail they needed and even performed a valuable liaison service between the club and some private landowners whQ,se land was used in the even t. They required only a nominal (and reasonable) $300 performance bond in marked con trast to the wildly exorbitant $3000 required of the Shamrocks when they staged a similar event in the Angeles National Forest. The Forest Service kept a close eye on the run today and were quite happy with the results. One ranger told me that based on this run, he felt there would be no problems with similar runs in ,the future. An enduro rider could > :; .., ~ w Z W ..J U >- U • "Are they r.eally going in there? Maybe thy're off course." hardly hear more welcome news. About 440 riders started the event and 50% finished. This was lower than expected by the Dirt Diggers who planned to have 70% finishers. What they did not plan, though, was the weather. I t was ridiculously hot and the . heat wiped out many of the riders. At one check the Dirt Diggers brought out five gallons of water for thirsty riders. The first 20 riders consumed the five gallons and the next few finished all the beer, soda and Gatorade that the checkers had brough t for their own use. Maybe next year they can hold the run a bit earlier in the season. Results will be announced in two weeks and a trophy presen tation will be held at the Mignight run. On, the Dirt Diggers did foul up on one poin t. They caugh t two clowns changing course markers. They wouldn't tell me what they did to them, but they did admit that they were still alive. A serious mistake, but after all it's their first Enduro. Helpl 'USFS checks spark arresters on all bikes entered. If the rod wouldn't go in.' One of the best things.about the Penton is its frame design. But there are a lot of guys who can't Steffan, Patton, Ekins try to figure out what time it is. Don't Bultacos come with chronometers? bear to be without a four·stroke engine. Rich DeGraw combined the best of both worlds with a Honda·engine Penton. Engine fits like it was made for the bike. Setup sports front and rear disc brakes. It finished fourth in the A 250 class at the Buckeye National Enduro.