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Last year's winne r, Preston Gerber, stomped off his shift lever. It slowed him down to tenth place. . .Jackrabbit 100 winner almost crashes it away ... an d, we re it not fo r one sligh t miscalcul a tio n, would ha ve taken the Overall go ld. Blay lock roared righ I through th e third checkp oin t a t the start/finish line on th e first lap and this cos t him a ra ce. Righ t up front an d charging hard was Bob Sward of Poca tello, Idah o, on th e C o y o t e . Ta il-Eq ui ppe d Husk y fro m Intermountain Cycle. Leo n Sa ckman o n his su per-fas t KTM 250 was ho t o n Sward's tai l. . Round they wen t fo r three 33 mil e loops as th e tra ck became m o re de fined. ridi ng fas te r with eve ry lap . Blayl ock co n ti n ued to race alt ho ugh h e realized his ef fo rt was for n au gh t. Sw ard and Blayl ock were running very close fo r th e fin al lap and th ere was much anticip ation in the pits as the fini sh drew n ear. Coming in fo r th e chec ke red n ag, Sward pulled ahead of Blayl ock who had perhaps co m e to the concl usion th at h e was out o f it. The final straightaway with spectators every where was too much for Sward to resist and he pulled th e Husky up in to a gian t .wheelie. Wow ! Gas it ! I'm w inning! And t hen . . . Ba ing . .. baing . . . baing .. . over w en t t he H u s k y i n a gi ant c l a u d o f - d u s t -e nd o -s pe c t a c u l a r spectator-freaking -cras h! Blaylock motored calmly b y to fini sh altho ugh it d idn't count. Sward walked over to his sled (which was lay ing down idling perfectly - goes to show you what a well-tuned machine is cap ab le of after 100 m iles of torture). Getting back aboard, Sward made it to th e finish lin e just ahead of Leon ' Sackman who, rrealizing what was happening, was real ly pouring the co al to the Penton in v By Marty Gregory MOUN TAIN HOME , 10 ., APRIL 28 With a starting point set up around the eastern boundaries of the Bruneau Sand Dunes Park, the terrain involved in the Jackrabbit 100 was what was to be expected o f an Idaho Rabbit race . .. ro ugh! With very few rocky sectio ns but a constant undulation of shifting san ds and burned off sage brush snags the co urse m ad e standing up m os t the way man d atory. T his landscape for 100 m iles definitely separated the men from the boys. From th e Le Mans star t 25 5 determined des ert racers j umpe d o n t he ir scoo ters a nd the ra ce was underway a t exactly II :00 a.m. o n a clear and windy Sunday morning. Comi ng aro un d ahead of the p ack on the first lap was Dave Blaylock on a RedIi ne -framed Bul o ut of Utah . Dave had the jump on the rest of the guys l~" Bob " Coyote Tail" Sward almost lost his win when he crashed for the finish line crowd while try ing to impress them with a big wheel ie. .an eff or t to capitalize on th e endo o f Sw ard. The J ackrab bi t was o ver. Sward won in a very dramatic fashion and th e beer started to n o w. Of the 255 starters. over 150 finis hed. T he Moun tain Hom e Mo torcycle Association co uld breathe easily for another year. • 'nO TI<" T"C" 't" o TI<" T"C" o n ,' ,\1; o 't" I !~g~E~t:~AHI. t., 1" £ , T'i; o r~,)'r.!:: • BEFORE THEY GO UP AGAIN R egu la ~ Price $56.95 V IKI~~I~~I~~p: F'ROM'siZE'24 t~ 40" , $46.95 f ! c t b ~ 24020 Narbonne Ave.• Lomita, CA. 9071 7 . Phone (213) 534·2311 ,,0 n" 'tf.c.''tl;' ' 'te':! t~C' T"'" rx o r eo T"'" t'~ (.) n Cl r eo "t'l:: . Re su lts in the Resu lts section. .' Wow, look at that! Tha t's the trickest gas cap gasket we ever saw . . . Send $3.00 fo r 256 colo rful p a g e catalog w ith mo re than 55 00 items. RACI NG FORK OIL • BETTER HANDLING/DA~IPEN ING • PROTECrS FORKS (SE A LS· PA RTS O IL LOSS. ETC .) • WILL NOT FOAM OR VARN IS H • ME ETS FACTO RY SPECS. • SAE 5, 10. 20 . 30, 40 . 50 & ATF L UBRI·T ECH DISTRIBUTED B Y Sammy Tanner Dist ribu ting 1721 3 Ro se ton Avenue Artesia, CA 907 0 I 21 3/924-2 II I Lubricat ion Thr ough Technology Mik e Patrick 's -~ ~ »f' YAMAHA of CORONA 1101 E. 6t h St. - Coro na (714) 735-772 1 CMC SANCT ION W ITH THE BES T P.O. BO X 14 0 2 C O S TA MESA. CA . 92626 31