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SUPER SQUIRT In a minute this guy is going to have to start pushing. "Come on, gas it. " "0000, ahh," fo r this run. After a lot of nail biting and gu essing, the Bar Benders West cam e u p win ners losi ng j ust seven p o in t s for th eir 10 best r id ers. Co ngratulations guys, that's a good ride. There were so me interesting side bets of the club competition, in fact the whole club ch allenge thing got started when Po mona Valley Dirt Ri ders (PV DR) , challenged Un ite d Ra cing Associatio n (URA) and the lo ser buys the party . T he cl ubs p ic ked the Ca ndy Ass for th e co mpetition and Jerry McNeal th ough t it was su ch a good idea he ma de it an in tegral part of the enduro. La te Saturday n igh t the PVDR wandered over into the Bar Benders area and an o th er bet was mad e, five cases of beer a nd six gallons of w ine. PVDR took a bad. one as both Bar Be nd ers and UR A beat them. It's going to be a good party. PVDR take n ote: Anne Green Springs Berry Frost wo uld b e m o st ap p reciate d , a nd lots of it. • Results 2. C l ub T eam s: 1. Bar Bend ers West {1 pt s} : U RA (12 p t S) , 3. L A CO (23 ptS) ' 4. Sham rocks (24 p h) : 5 . PV OR T rai ni n g Wheels (32 P ts ); 7. Slid ers (51 PtS)i 8. S F V M C Alrdales (77 Pt s) : 10. occs (175 (27 Pts ) ; 6 . A naheim H I (6 3 p ts ) : 9 . p t s). Notes on the Candy Ass. By John Ulrich Th e ph ilosoph y of the California Racin g Club (CRe) is, acco rd ing to CRC Presid ent J err y McNeal's right hand man Petey, to put on enduros that fam ilies can ride and enjo y. T he Can dy Ass enduro fit . that perfectly. To an ex perienc ed o ld hand at end u ro ing, rid ing the Cand y Ass was n o challenge. To th e n o n-e nduro rid er o u t to give it a tr y, it was challe n ging. To m en w ho w anted to t ak e their w ife a nd kids o u t for Sunday rid ing without having to worry about them, it was great. There must be a de ma nd for CRC end uro s, descr ibed as " pre tt y easy" by Pet e y . When AMA 0 -37 p uts o n one o f their ru ns , they are lucky to ge t 40 0 en tr ies, Ab out 1000 people paid close to 20 cen t s a mile to meander pas t Basque sheepherder ca m ps in th e middle o f n owhere, silhouette themselves aga inst the m orn in g su n alo ng high ridg es, fly o ff little jumps a nd bi g whoops w hile pre tendin g three hu ndred tho usa nd cheered th em on, a nd even have tim e to enjoy the v iew o n th e s!~ol1d 10 ~1? '_ _ _ __ _ . . _ It wasn' t hard t o rid e fa; t e no ug h to stay o n ti me. In fac t , in sp ite of havin g no watch , Team Crash lo st on ly five points, three on the firs t loop after stopp ing to ta ke p ic tures a nd promptly falling down while making up time a few minutes later, an d two on the sec o nd af t er p ush ing up the starting h ill and stopping a t the to p fo r more pictures. Each time the incidents jus t happened too close to checks for the time to be m ad e up. We zeroed all six o ther checks. T he prob lems w ith fir st lo op markin g at th e star t ca me about when so me peop le camp ed Fri day ni ght w here CRC ha d planned to ru n their finis h, says Petey. A q uick change ins tead of asking people to move broug h t the confusio n. Some riders co m p lai ned about the race route and ru le cha nges concernin g the Club Team A , and B rider co u rse requirements. A team of pho to grapher s wo rk ing fo r D r. Gib s on , a C al i fornia State Univers ity , F u llerto n bio l ogist co m pili ng a b o o k o n O RV use' o f th e Cal ifo rnia Desert, was there. A lone geologist was also seen on t he co urse at o ne point. What th is all mea ns, we aren't sure. The sa nitation facilities were grossly inadequate, with th e emphasis on th e "gro ss." Some may think that's u nd erst andabl e, since CRe ex pected o nly 500 ride rs (t hat's wh y m ost d idn ' t get th eir fi nis her pins a t the finish), b u t over 8 0 0 w er e m a i l e ntrie s . Full-to -th e-b rim porta-potties are not fun. Overall, a ride in th e sun su re beat sta y in g home in La Mirada, • Whoopie! Th e road crossings were fun if you gassed it. You sho uld have seen t he grin beh ind t his' s guys's fa ceplate. Ladies love to get into Bill Walters pants. And vice-versa. BILL W ALTERS LEATH ERS BW I_ We Have What t' o u N eed IJtIrcycie Accessories I Unlin~ed 4 136 Wood ruff Ave., Lakewood . Calif. (213) 429 -5961 445 So . V ictory srve . Burban k. Cali forn ia 9150 2 WARDS RIVERSIDE MOJAVE IBy Benelli I PAR ILLA CAPRIDLD MV AGUSTA 25D BIANCHI CAPRI SCOOTERS PARTS Warld's largosl i•• o.la" 'or lIalia. malarcyclos Robuill Engl. e Excha.g es COSMOPQlIT• • MO TORS. INC. Hatb o ro , Pa . 19040 11