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SoCal Tulteys Run Wild at Hare and Hound ,; o Z ~ w Z W ..J ...and a guy named Pfutzenreuter won on a Bultaco (If You Believe That, You'll Believe Anything.) U >- U The winner and still turkey. Er, that is Pfutzenreuter and pfriend. Actually. why is this turkey laughing? We mean ...ah. the hell with it. Congrats, Larry. by Alice Rhea RED MOUNTAIN, CAL., Nov. 19, 1972 - So Cal MC hired the big watering truck in the sky to make a couple of passes over their Hare and Hound course. The result was beautiful traction and no dust on a C0UTse what was fun and challenging. So Cal, at the prompting of BLM, abandoned their traditional Red Rock Canyon course with the famous So Cal Downhill, but in spite of the necessity of moving to Red Mountain, So Cal managed to find plenty of land with enough challenge to keep the hot shoes happy. About a mile past the smoke bomb a real, honest-to-goodness pile of smoking, (and pollut:ing... Ed.) tires - at the first get-ott, Tom Brooks (DKW) had a fantastic lead. But Tom had inju.red his rib cage while doing hand-stands at school and after getting off pretty hard, he packed it in and didn't show up for the count at the pits. Rich Mark, now an Expert on his 450 Husky, had a really good start, running second righ t after the bomb, with Larry Pfutzenreuter (BuI) right on his ~rear tire. But the inexperienced Husky was just no match for the smalIer but well-trained Bul and Pfutz went roaring by in the sandwash. Sometime later Rich seized it up, but vows to have it shaped in time for Barstow to Vegas. So Cal's unusual starting technique, putting the banner. up and leaving it while they marked tank cards, baffled a few riders. But at precisely 1,0 a.m. the banner dropped and those who were - paying atten tion streaked away. A.C. Bak ken (1-1 us) afte r a somewhat bad start, moved up to third overall at the pits, behind Pfutz and Cannacfy (Hon). But SaltzJT!an (I-Ius) had pitted and went roaring by while A.C. was working on his brake lever. The two of them diced it out halfway around the second loop until A.C. flung his chain and had to stop to look for it. A.C. got things rUJlIling just about the time Kurt Lohmeyer (Bul), first Novice, came along and by that time he was so far Ken Mark ling smokes through the pits, look in' good. A lot of spectacular stuff goes on out there in the desert. Just because doesn't mean it isn't dynamite racing. back he decided he migh t just as well enjoy the neat riding and great weather. He gave Lohmeyer on-the-race training un til just before the finish when he saw an Expert or two and felt duty-bou.nd not to be last Expert. Larry Roeseler (Baja),' the kid who always looks well-scrubbed, even after the dustiest race, led the Trail race all the way, finishing well ahead of second place Wayne Cook (Baja). Of cou.rse, Larry had the advantage in that jeff jeffries, when he decided to get off, waited until Wayne was right behind him and poor Wayne really had his hands full trying to avoid disaster. jeff is lucky Wayne didn't use him for traction. Gene Cannady had moved his Honda into second place leaving the pits, but got off hard somewhere on the second loop and at the finish line had moved back to seventh overall, giving his number two spot to Bill Saltzman. Doug Winchell (Bull. the pride of the Invaders, took second 250 Expert at third overall, just ahead of Allen Lund (Bul) and Terry Davii(Yam). Bill Friant (Puc) was first in his class at sixth overall, which he evidentally felt was a pOol' showing as he explained that he wasn't feeling too red hoI. He Wow. A wheelie. It"S not a spt!ctenor Spoil later proved it by not being able to catch a helpless little turkey. jerry jones, the only front ruoner today who is in strong con ten tion for that coveted Number One Heavyweigh t plate, added more points to his pile and, although he was abJe only to hang in there for eighth overall, he stilI finished well in his·c1ass. Todd Cornish (Hus) recently transferred from Amateur and really got with the program today for a ninth overall. Not too bad for a kid. (I was going to say 'little' kid, but somehow Todd's 6'4" frame just doesn't fit the description!) Forrest Wright (Hus) injured his knee at the Mint 400 and made his comeback today with a tenth overall. Despite the huge entry (So Cal said they gave out more than 600 Novice tank cards) there were very few trai'! bikes at the finish line ...or did I leave too soon? J saw Mitch Mayes going back into the pits with prob'lems, and I heard that the course really ate tires and chains, and some of the 250 and Open class guys said it really wasn't a TraiIbike cou.rse ...but still, it does seem kinda' odd that there weren't more of you.