October 9, 1973
Page 32
This was one of the Little Tut1'y's easier sections.
LittleTuffy En
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'URA has people' J1ke Joe Striss and
Larry Langley promo ting their enduros.
Now when URA promotes a family
enduro it is easy - wilen they promote
'a tough enduro it's usual! d~manding of
even an "AU rider. However, once a year
URA lets Joe and Larry out of their
cages to diabolically layout (their soon
to become classic), Little Tuffy Enduro.
"A" riders were told it would be tough
..,d fun; "B" riders were told it would
be tought and very little fun; "C" riders
were called on the phonc and told how
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hard it was going to b~ and were asked
for varification as to whether or not
they still wante.d to ride. Would we call
Joe and Larry sadists - if so, what do.s
'that make us and the 500 entries Masochists, Joe and Larry say!
The normally well organized URA
group again proved that hard work,
cooperation and lots of course marking
time pays off. Compared to last year's
run I think it .was a little harder but
marked much better. All the ch.cks
seemed to be managed well and all but
one seemed to be right on.
The course itself started on a fun
road that wound around Red Mountain,
then turned to cross 395 at the Aero'
station; from this we climbed up sev.ral
steep hills to finally reach (;overnment
peak at about six milcs out. A sign
pointing down at this point showed you
wh~re to go. It was fantastic!
A
downhill that as you looked got steeper
and steeper until the only way to see
the run was to just push on over the
side. As I was taking some, pictures at
the top of the hill'a guy on a CZ looked
over my shoulder at this downhill and
said "Mah Gawd, there must be some
mistake."
This was only the beginning you see,
because at the end of the first loop the
course ran along th. base of Red
Mountain then straigh up on a rough
rocky road that ended at the saddl.
between the two peaks of the mountain.
Now, last year they ran us up this way
but we turned Idt at th. top and went
down a narrow rock canyon. wi th a
speed average of 2 MPH. However, this
year at the same spot you went straight
about 100 more feet to go down a super
steep powder/shale hill that emptied
into a canyon that was harder than.last
year's and had a higher speed average. I
scratch my helmet when I think about
that one. Well, they said it was going to
be tough. We finished that loop only to
go out on the s.cond. It was shorter but
still very hard in some sections. Th.re
were a couple of uphills, one of which
was a loose powdery shale that off.red
no groove at all, so therefore very little
traction. At one point there were bodi.s
allover this particular downhill.
Surprisingly there was a larg.
finishing percentage. I hear .as high as
70%, also, very few injuries considering
the terrain. The injuries were taken care
of by Service Search and Rescue assisted
most ably by IRRC radio crew. Quite a
professional way to run any type of
racing, even t.
Sampling the view of some of the
rid.rs; Carl Price (three points down)
said ii was tough but very interesting
and fun. Dave Evans said he was a little
hot in points but he stil! enjoyed
himself along with his daughter D.bbie,
who also finished. Attendance as far as
Southern California riders was
tremendous. The teams present were
Mettco Team, Bultaco Team, Iron
Horse, P.M.C., Bar Benders, etc. Overall
an impressive turnout.
In summary I think this again was a
well prepared and executep enduro.
URA r.putation as race promoters is
r.ceiving widespread approval as a club
who do.s what they say they are going
to do. R.gardl.ss of what oth.r Cycle
News contributors say about URA "the
proof is in the pudding". P.S. The Li ttle
Tuffy was tough!
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At least the down"ill was marked.
