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That is exactly what the riders got. Laying out a course in . Lucern e Va IIey an d trymg to run it ove r so me new terrain is qui te a chore, but t he St ump umpers di d as good a job as co uld be d one. In St um pj um pe r fashio n , th ey up held th eir title of "Night Life Kings" by wi nning the t ug-a-war contest. They also won all of the beer put up for the winner of the event, but I am sure that it was just a coincedence. Ho;;-could they have known they would win all of that beer, and then be th e o nly riders who didn't have to race the next day wi th a big head ? So far th is year, n o o ne single rider has dominated in th e desert . Cordis Broo ks an d Do ug Winchell have won more overalls this year th an anyone, (four each). while A.C. Bakken has wo n three . Mark Adent, Jim Fishback an d Mitch Mayes have a ll won two each before turning to so me other type of com peti ti on, Bob Balentine and Andy Kirker have both won one . The only o ther rider to win overall this year is Kevin Hasten , a newcomer to the winner 's circle, with two wins on his 400 C Z. After co mi ng off his bike in the last D istrict race while leading, he migh t have been in fl uenced t o ride a lit tle mo re carefully this week. What ever h is method, it worked for h im this weekend, taking the overall and letting the riders in front of him d o the crashing. Coming through the pits with a pie plate taped to his forks , it was Al Baker with the lead. Battling with the pie plater was A .C. Bak ken , followed b y CMC sponsored Hast en . Bake r crashed with someone in the p its, en di ng his ride. Hasten then pas sed Bakk en , who got a flat, an d witnessed t he checke red flag being waved at h im fo r th e th ird time in his life. Bakken, flat an d all, hung on for second o verall, sec o nd 4 00, which he has done on n umero us other occasions. Cordis Brooks picked up an other first 250 Expert, while Wayne Cook fo llowed in for second, j ust like at the last di str ict race. Bo th ride rs are on the Nu mber One trail, with Cook havin g the slight advantage on points right now. Dean Modesett has been th e to p rider in the 175 Expert cl ass for abo ut the last four weekends. He is try in g, and so far succeeding, in his effort to m ake up for lost time at the firs t of the year when he did not race. Si nce starting agai n, he has already take n about six firsts in this class, and is in co ntention for Number One. Charlie Hammill, riding out of D&R Cycle, also is starting to pick up qui te a few firsts only in the 100 class, especially with Ogilive, Roeseler, and Rutten out with various injuries. Doug Martin, now riding as an Expert, picked up a second Trail Ex pert, ah ead of Terry Raye on his one-of-a-kind 100 Monark, who dropped a position from last week's finish of second. Stu Goodell, riding a '70 Husky , showed the rest of the Open A mateurs that an antique Husky can still do the job by riding in lor first in this class. This is Goodell's first firs t and o ne of his first transfer rides. John Schvermann was first Novice last week, and was first thro ugh th e pits this weekend, but unloaded on the second loo p, da maging his back. Mar k Brown then took over the Novice lead, and held it to the finish. Desert Baron Lind Griffin g (YZ) was the fastest Pow d er Puff today, after a di ce wi th Trudy Beck ended with Trud y getti ng sick and fa lling bac k abo ut twe n ty places. R emem ber next weekend is a point-to-point Hare an d Ho un d , so yo u'll be finish ing a ways f rom th e plac e you started, b ut pi tting where you started. • Dean Modesett blew away the 175 troops one more time. Nevada pie-plater Jack Johnson was styl ish and fast. 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