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MOTOCROSS ~j~ $1500 ~M~ Purse MARCH 17 Featuring 3 pro classes : 125-250 & 500 1st pro race : 10 a.rn, All Jr & Int classes : 100-125·250-500 See the best motocross professionals in the West tackle the roughest track in the West. - Marc Camp: wire to w ire 0-200 class wi n ner. All day spectator price: $2.00 per adult Sideslip and wind drift set up Tom Sawyer win Or b ring you r b ike and trail ride and watch : $3.00 per motorcycle By Terrence W. Rezek SOG G Y D RY LA KE, CAL., MA R . 3 The Lucerne Valley was cold arid windy, storm clouds were breaking and the day held a promise of being clear. As it turned ou t, it was a politician 's promise. Four races wer e sc hed uled today, th e first race , 0-20(} Beginners, Po wder Pu ffers, a nd Mini's, was o n t he line at 8 a.rn. • •a nd off a t 8 :0 1! Ma rc Ca mp w as ri gh t o n t ime all the way arou nd, ho ld in g th e lead successfu lly a way from Tony Starnes for al l th re e lap s of th e n in e mi le co u rse . Bill Perkins d id th e sa me to Mark Sha der , taking numb er 3 and firs t 1 DO, leav ing fourth a nd second 100 fo r Mark. Firs t Powder Puffer an d eighth o vera ll was Leslie Klug, She was di cin g for fift h o n t he firs t la p but seemed to tire lat er in th e ra ce. See m s she 's been flir ting with p en eumonia a fter a sk i tr ip last week ! T he 25 0 and Open Beginner s we re nex t a nd b y th e secon d lap, separate races had d evel oped. Cliff Ra y a nd Marvin Christen se n fough t co n tin uo usly for th e e n tire race wi t h l\larvin lea ding all th e w ay except at the fin ish line. Cliff nipped in to take fir", afte r a great race! On th e first lap De nnis T ipton w as con tendi ng wit h Randy Wilso n fo r t he third spot, but De n n is DN F'd a nd Randy fell beh in d C.H . Kerkh oven an d Ed Mundy wh o d eveloped t heir ow n battle o n ly fifteen seconds behi nd t he lea ders. The y swapped p osit ions for th e re mainder o f the race, C.H. go t th ere fir st a nd Ed had to se tt le fo r fo u rt h. Chris Kallen was a fte r the firs t Novice m oney aga in today a nd survived a b rief challenge from J amie A vels only to los e in t he last few seconds to Ed Rodine. Do n McElfresh rode a fine race moving up eac h lap and fin all y taking third o ve r Phil St u m bo who w as o n the first under 25 0 b ik e. Dal e McKinney brough t a Spanish flavor to th e results, herding his Bul in to fi fth just ah ead of Mich ael Lyn ch . Mik e Lew is put a no t he r 175 in the top te n at the seve n t h spot with th e big H usky of George Ha rvey snap p in g at h is heels. Ken Lo e t rer le hau led h is BSA into n in th a nd Ed J o h n s finished up th e to p ten o f th e a ll sizes Novice race , By t h e time the Combin ed Amateur/Expert eve n t reached th e line a t 1 1:30, th e weather had d eter iora ted. The wind had swit ch ed all th e w ay around to the East a nd w as blowing a d isgusting m ixture of Big Bear snow a nd Soggy Dry Lake Flakes acro ss th e co u rse. It w as a lso blowing sm all ro cks. careless ch ild re n . unattended m in ib ikes, o and unstable p h o t ographers aro u nd like so m an y tumblew eed s. However, Wayne Cooke had the sideslip a nd wi nd d rif t a n gles all worked ou t for h is Tom Sawyer Ho nda a nd blowing sideways off a j u mp didn't seem to affect h is airspeed at all. His E lsin ore sports a very trick swingarm by Red lin e with mi d -mounted sho ck s an d , altho ugh he th ough t" 1 was goi ng to loo p I t jumpin' in to the wi nd, this setup reall y keeps the rea r w hee l on th e gro u n d a nd makes a smooth ride. ,. Wa yn e led wir e-to -wire b u t no t withou t so m e arg uerne nts from Mark Adent a nd Art Knapp. A ll t h ree bu mped handleb ar s at diff er en t time s in a narro w sa ndwash h alfw ay aro u nd th e cou rse, Ade n t eve n tually sei ze d Art 's Hus ky, wh ich b y th e way , had a pa ir of experimental long-st roke Cu rnu tts on the back. Even though they lo o k u nfi ni sh ed (no t having a ny external sp ri ngs) t hey apparently work w ell and Art was as enth use d about them as Wayne was about his swing-arm m o d. The big d iffer e nce was that thi s la tt er me th od only needs to have the u p per sho ck m o un t m oved forward. Chuck Pettigre w rode a borrowed Yamaha to th ird. His o nly co m m e n t was .. It su re doesn't handle lik e a Coo per ." I wasn't su re if that was a complim ent o r a complaint. • Direct ions to Saddlebac k : Newpon Fwy . to Chapman Ave., east to Santiago Canyon Blvd.. tu rn right 1% miles to entrance opposite state fire sta t ion . 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