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By George Rau, Jr.
SAN ANTONIO, TEX., July 31,1972Every year with the Texas weather at its
worst, the Sidewinder Enduro Club of
San Antonio hosts their annual enduro.
This year, as in years past, the course
consisted mostly of sand. Like 99%
sand. As hoped for by the club, typical
Texas weather prevailed making the
course super dry. And in some cases,
extremely dusty.
With all of these good points let's not
forget the many trees, heavy brush,
cactus, 'barbwire fences and up to 5 ft.
high grass, in which there was hidden
numerous pot holes.
The name of the game was' real tigh t
riding and with the aforementioned
obstacles one had to haul to maintain an
average speed of 24 mph.. All of this and
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95 degree temperature, and not one
rider versed a single complain t.
Except maybe the fellow that had a
suspected broken hip. (Ron Schneiders,
eat your heart out.)
In addition to the usual trophies for
the first three places, a Senior class was
added. The only requirement was to be
over 40 years old. The winner being
Jimmy Fojtik on a Bultaco. Jimmy was
also the Open class winner. Speaking of
senior citizens, 57 year.old Troy Taylor
waS the 250 class winner. Ken Sharp,
riding a 450 Husky, was the overall
winner with 29 poin ts lost.
No Enduro is an Enduro without its
oddities and happenings. The humorous
part, for the spectators any;-vay, was the
last 300 ft. before the Imish. A fairly
steep grassy downhill, to a very short
straight into a small ravine. The
approach to the ravine accoun ted for
some varied riding styles. Everything
from a nosedive to a flying W. Only
thing hurt was pride. The odd
happening was when Scott Apple's
lOOcc Honda caugh t fire and was
burned to a crisp. Somehow he still
managed a third in class.
Most Enduro riders could eat a horse
after a .good ride and today was no
exception. We didn't have any horses
available, but local BSA dealer kinny
Pierce,
beller
known
as
·'Mr.
Motorcycle" in San Antonio, provided
the ridets with a barbecue that was
appreciated by all.
MAVRICK
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