Some enduro riders gave B to V a try. That story next week.
Barstow to Vegas
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Dave Cheney (Yam), Wayne Cook
(Honda) and A.C. Bakken (Husky) had
stayed in the same positions since State
line and Bill Staats, riding a 350 Honda,
had moved into seventh overall for first
Amateur.
Steve Holladay (Yam), Art Knapp
(Hus) and Morris Norman (Hus) came in
one at a time and suddenly it was like
somebody opened the floodgates.
Riders were pouring in a dozen at a time
and didn't slow back down to a trickle
for three hours, when it started getting
dark.
Sam Dempsey showed up on the
same 750cc Triumph he and brothers
Gene and Wally had ridden to second
place in the Baja 1000, finishing
twentieth overall, but certainly not the
only big bore snorter to finish. Ron
Sloan rode his Triumph in fo....a finish in
spite of breaking both shocks before the
second check, and replacing them with
Cumutts only to lose a bolt somewhere
along the trail. With the rough course it
is tiring to ride without suspension, even
if you have been racing every weekend,
something Ron Sloan 'can't do because
he is too busy trying to save the desert
so the rest of us can ride. Nice to see
him get after it again.
One brave soul showed up with a
step-through 90cc Suzu!
