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Torrance, Ca. 90508 (213) 320-9260 The pre-race publicity indicat~d 500 riders had shown u-p at the first such NRA-sponsored event at ''The Old Reservation" (a phrase made famous by Indian Dunes' PR man, John Grout), so it was figured the turnout on Sunday would approach 500 once again. ~~ ********** FACTORY OUTLET FOR PREMIER HELMETS STREET-DESERT-MX ~ PREMIR YAMAHA 19721 BEACH BLVD. HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA. (714) 536-7555 - AU illues To begin your advertising campaign Is a phone call To the advertising department at Cycle News 213- 427-7433 i~~'it ~~~ ~::~E ,... , , ", " 18 AND SHI"ER CONTROLS FOR HONDA 750', FOR BRoCHURE, PRICE AND INFO SEND SEL.F ADDRESSED, STAMPED ENVEL.OPE TO' GRAND PRIX CAFE ACCESSORIES, BOX 1130 PARAMOUNT, CAL.IF. w....al. Numbet- Two dewoured • VALENCIA, CAL., ocr. 21 Well, the figuring was right: 500 riders brought, dragged, carried and drove their bodies to the Dune. for the Sunday festivities. There were marvelous sandwashes, super whoop-de-doos, some portions of the International MX track, and most important of all, the Santa Clara River. You wouldn't believe it - unless you saw it with your own eyes. Experts and Intermediates bogged down to their knees in mud - when they were lucky enough to be standing. A few sank from view and almost required a lifeguard to rescue them. There were three ways to get through Waterhole Number Two: left side, right side, or right down the middle, damn the torpedoes, full sp~ed ahead! The second of the suggested approaches worked the best - the right side. Few riders got stuck on that side, save for a couple of poor souls last seen sinking from view. Those on the left side became instant subjects of laughter for a crowd of spectators, which grew by the minute; laughing echoed through the park as rider after rider became mired up to their enj!ines in the mud. Since I enjoyed myself at the expense of the Expert and Intermediate riders, we'll list their results first. Keep in mind the Experts were competing for an 80 percent cash payback, while other classes received 100 percent finisher trophies, with the top 10 percent in each class receiving championship-sized trophies. John Rice (Mnk), took the top money in 125 Expert, with second place cash going to Eddie Cole (Pen). Finishing third was Brad Eijze (Puc). In the 250 Expert event, top cash went to Jeff Blix (Yam). More cash went to Tim Dawson (Pen), Randy / Stubbs (Yam) and Russell McAfee (BuI). Ken Zahrt (Bul) took top Open Experl cash. Second place went to Greg Osborne (CZ); and third elace money was earned by Jim Borden (Hus). Brad Smith (CZ), was number one Open Intermediate; Vic Curte (Hus), was first 250 Intermediate. Richard Williams (Pen), fmished first 125 Intermediate, with second place going to Craig Spurney (Yam). While we enjoyed many laughs at their expense, the poor old Experts and Intermediates didn't hit the track until after every other class had churned Waterhole (mudhole?) Number Two into a disaster area. These are unofficial results. There is a possibility of corrections aU the way through by the time official results come out in a week. R.ndy Stubbs spllIsh-wh_lies his way to third place 250 Expert. number of moton:ydes. COInplete official standings will be published at a later date in the results pages. Race number four included all the 100 and 125 Novice riders. The top three finishers were all 125 Novice riders, first overall going to Ed Boggs (Han); second to George Corcoran (Han); third to Mike Guin (Hon). First 100 Novice to get the checkered was Mark Raiche (Hon). The 250.()pen Novices did their thing, with first overall honors going to Rick ISieman, mounted on a Honda. Sieman was competing in the 250 Novice class, with the top four places alI going to the same category. Ron Haase (Yam) fmished second overall; Chuck Hebbert (Hon) third; Steve Roark (BuI) fourth. Top Open Novice rider was Gerry Cook, riding a Maico. Opening the early morning show were the minibikes and Powder Puffs, with the top five: Jan Kline (Han) for first overall, first powder puff; Kent Myers (Hon) second overall, first minibike; Clayton Raiche (Han) third overall, second minibike; Kim Herbert (Hon) fourth overall, second powder puff and Madelene Almeida (Yam) futh overall and third powder puff. Listing the top seven fmishers in 100-125 Beginners, we found no 100 Beginners. Maybe the official results will list where the fll'st 100 Beginner finished overall. Here's how it went in 125 Beginners: L Dan Feiler (Hon). 2. Chris Fortier (Hon). 3. Bobby Wade (Suz). 4. Randy James (Suz). 5. Joe Claw (Han). 6. Charles Starr (Han). 7. John Holt (Suz). Rounding out the morning were the 250 and Open Beginner riders, who got started at e1eve"- The top three slots went to 250 Beginners. First was earned (We mean that honestly.), by Vern McMahon (Hon). Second went to Chuck Carroll (CZ) and third to Mike Orndoff (Mai). Finishing fourth overall, first Open Beginner was Steve Canady (CZ). We've kidded them quile a bit, but the NRA is to be commended for running a fine program. Perhaps the only criticism we might offer would be to start signups earlier. A few riders misse:d the: first race due to a giant bottleneck, which developed at the entrance gate and lasted through much of the morning. ,•