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N so « ~ w Z w oJ ~ o . . . came from the W8tlIn lIIlCI thent he "'IIO~ return. Marinated Marshmallow Marathon By Scotty Schafer Photos by Don Schafer LIVERMORE, CAL., AUG. 12 Troy Durham garnered the top 125 spot at the Sand Hill Ranch GP Marathon today, motoring his Penton for thirty-three laps over the mud-and-dust-<:hoked (right, mud and dust) coune in the alloted two hour race time. Frank Bryan and Brian Marchrank dOllll"d Durham's tracks in the early going, but were nearly a half-hour back at the finish. Teener Wayne Smith and pre-teener Mike Perdue bounced a 100 Yammie around the lntemationakalibre coune to snag a ruth behind the Dave King team. The five water crossing and knee-deep mud (or whatever that slick, gooey, slightly odorous black stuff is out behind cattle barns) sucked up more than one bike, although crashes were as safe as falling into a vat of marinated marshmallows. The Sixty-niner team, headed by Ken Morgan, kept a steady pace on their super-quiet VR to unoff"Jcially earn the gold in the 250 class. Even with the arty hand-lettered track number plates and a pair of checkpoints, the mud made scoring tricky at best - it took four hours to figure the 125 results and the lame and maimed reporter boys made it hack to LA without waiting for the official 250 and Open class winner postings. The course was dynamite. It was predictable, and therefore easily memorized; relatively slow for a GP, being whoopdied and muddied; plenty wide for the fast riders to lap the slow ones (there were no Novice/Amateur/ Expert classes). and easily accessible for spectating. It's also facing closure by the Board of Supervisors. Evidently those neighbors/politicos have never stook in a creek bottom with their buckle boots slowly drowning, revving hell out of a 400 CZ whose sunken chamber is imitating a rapid-fire Bic Banana, with a crowd of spectators to heft the 200 kilo (lots of mud added) machines out of the hog wallow, only to have the PigPen kid go down 30 yards later as the serious-minded sadists watered down the track between the mudholes! It was surreal; it was like the coat-and-tie cocktail party that turned into a lemon-meringue and Wallbanger orgy. It was that good - and it may not happen again, as land closure can affect private property as wdl as public. • CMC Sunnyvale By Steve Castillo Photos By Bob Anderson SUNNYVALE,CAL,AUG.5 125 Seniors Eddie Brown and Mike Amaral were the main stars at CMC North's motocross production. Brown, on board one ·of the new Honda 125's, and Amaral, on his Suzuki, staged a fantastic second moto duel that had spectators to their feet throughou t the moto. It started with Pat Wilson in the lead, also on a new Ronda. Wilson looked comfortable, but just behind him were Brown and Amaral waiting to make their moves. Before Wilson knew it, the pair were by him, and all he could do was try and catch up. Brown had the lead, but Amaral wasil. 't about to let him get off so easy. Amaral started series of charges that got him by Brown several times and each time Brown would again take over the lead. This went on for several laps until Brown was able to add a few seconds to his lead over Amaral. Brown ended up the winner with Amaral second an"d Wilson third. And all the way up from Madera came the Franklins. Now Sunnyvale is a long way from Madera, but the Frnaklins made the long trip anyway. Three out of the four Franklin brothers picked up either some money or some brass. The youngest brother Don, picked up third in the 100 J uDior class on his well-worn Honda. In the 250 Senior class, brother Jim took secon.d on his Husky to Ron Self aboard a Maico. Self completely demolished the 250 Senior class once again. Jack Franklin did all his brothen in by winning the Open Senior class on his Husqvama, second went to a guy who .aIso travels a long way, Bryan Poulos from Sacramento. Third went to Jeff Mu1Iins riding a Kawasaki. Jim F.-nldin _ from MIIden to be second 250 Senior lit Sun.",... Eddie Brown took the 125 Senior on his.-wHondL RESULTS MINI: 1. Neal Snarr (Hon). 2. Chuck Foster tHod). 3. Sle.. Vlchlrs (Hon). 100 JR: 1. Joe P.den (Hon), 2. Neal Snar, (Vam). 3. Don Franklin (Hon). 125 JR DIV I: 1. Milo Marsh (Suz). 2. Malt St~rt tHus). 3. Kent Classen (SUZ). 125 JA OlV II: 1. Ken Gullberl (Husl. 2. RObin McKinney (HOn). 3. Mike Sutter (Suz). 250.JR DIV I: 1. Phil Kemper (CZ). 2. Da.e Arc_ (HuSI. 3. Ric Ellis (CZ). 250 JR DIV II: 1. John Swan (Vam). 2. Scoll Hickson (CZI. 3. Tom Quirk (CZ). OPEN JR: 1. Charles Longmire (SUZ). 2. Dennis Qor",." (Mai). 3. Jim SulUnger (CZ). 125 INT: 1. Phil Bryson (SUZ\. 2. Bob Greflerl (Hon). 3. Andy Croft CHon. 250 INT: 1. Dua... Joice (Vam). 2. Rudy Leon (CZ). OPEN INT: 1. Cheri.. Vollenweider (CZ). 2. RId< T1mmOSlJCZ), 125 SR: 1. Ed Ie Brown (Hon). 2. Mike Amara' (Suz). 3. Pet Wilson tHon). 250 SR: 1. Ron self lMeII. 2. Jim Franklin (Hus). 3. Duene Doran Bul). OPEN SR: 1. Jock Franklin (Husl. 2. Bryan Poulos (CZ). 3. Jeff Mullins (~). •