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00 ~ II) ..0 o .... u o DOESN'T T. MU(H· mliN AT RIVERSIDE. JUST BE THE 1ST THERE IS. Class 20 - 12 5cc or un d er . Bruce McDouga l of Orang e, CA won on a 125cc Ho nda . Class 21 - 250cc o r under. Ken Zah rt of Wood lan d Hills, CA won on a 250cc Bultaco . STODDA RD VALLEY, CAL., S EPT . 22 The first ' loop of th is enduro can be described in one word: d usty . It wasn ' l too di fficult (whic h is how family end uro first loo ps are supposed to be) but if you weren 't ou t in fro nt of your minute you ' coul dn'd see much . CRC had problems with thei r Want the best for yo ur cycle? Sure yo u do . Here 's wha t t he experts use: GUMOUT CHAIN LUBE - better because i ~ penetrates, pro tects and lubricates your chain all in one step . Class 20 and 21 winners used it. GUMOUT CARB CLE ANE R. Ju st add it to your tan k. Absorbs moisture and dissolves gum depos its in yo ur carburet o r as you ride. Great for 2 or 4 cycle engines. Winners in all classes used it. THE BESITHERE IS. Gu rnc ut, Cle vel a nd , Oh io 44 104 Gumout pr oducts a t tho race were handled by F.A.I.R. BAYAREA BULTACO Ser~ice ....T~ r.)D"~ ~l mW 0 ~ Sales . A ccessorzes ' 1352 Centine la, W.L.A. ",~ ~ i/. 213 ·826 -7856 "-~ . Se we Save Save at ~ !~l \r~ro fo r nearest l oc~t~one : (21 3) 334-5195 SAMMY TANNER DISTRIBUTING 8.tnklmtflcard M tstltfch. rp 100% Finll'1dng 16 22726V.ntullI Blvd.. Wood l.,d Hill" CA91364 (2 1 3 1 3 40·2 1 ~ 1 LUIBI-TECH 213 924 2111 Couldn't see the cocks forthe. ..etc. By Larry Langley · The guy who cro sses the fi nish line first is ca lled a winner. And it tak es the best of everything t o do it. You might get there without Guniout.But if you 're runn ing to win, why chance it. A winner wo n't. He wants the best performance . . . and Gumout gives it. 2441 Long Beach Blvd., Long Beach(2 blocks south of Willow) Join the DaleBrown Discount Club Try us forallhardto get Suzuki parts ' C GC C R ocks row Enduro: Class 22 - 2 51cc or over . James Wein ert of Mission Viejo, CA wo n o n a 4 50cc Kaw asa ki. Winners for the Class 20, Class 21, and the 'C 22 at the lass S.C.D.R.E. AC/Delco World Championship Off·Road Road Race, Sept. 27·29, 1974. dale brown suzuki I t . jiMfishbACk's ~ YAMAHA o/ [?©~~j.\~.j.\ @ (714) 822-2252 9008 Sierra Ave., Fontana, Ca. Salem's Moto rcycles , In c. 3839 N . 7t h sr, Phoeni x, AZ 8 5014 602·265 ·79 77 . CMC SANCTION WITH THE BEST P .O. BO X 140 2 C O S TA MESA . CA . 9262·6 first check. Most riders had 2.8 mi les on th eir odo meters at t h e t hree mile check so they d ialed in an error factor of .2 • every three only to find th e check .2 miles off. Clint Sweet (CR C's crack layout chief) was incredulous bu t began to b elieve it may indeed h ave been off after t he 50th rid er co mplai ned . Mos t of CRC 's che cks were righ t o n. Sin ce the first chec k was th rown out, th at left o nly one other secret check to score the first loo p ers. Pow d er Puffer Gail Cumberl and zeroed the loop an d also the tieb reake r fo llowed by Na ncy J ohnson who o nly lost three seco nds . J eff Fra ncis was th e o nly o t he r one loo per to zero the lo op , losin g 15 seconds. Jeff was in the und er 16 class. While th e first lo op was a li ttle lacking in checks, the second h ad five. Th r ee times t RC led th e riders down an easy trail and t he n off of a cliff in to a check. It re q uired a lot of skill, luck, an d work to zero th e loop. A lo t of ne at ridge running an d win d y washes with speeds just about right we re ru n fast enough to keep you humping to stay on . time b ut j ust short of hare an d h o und. After all was said and done B class r ider Raymond . Rieger (Pen) had unofficial ly won the ' Coc ks Crow enduro, los ing j ust 2 1 secon ds between two tieb reaker ch ecks. Righ t behind him was another B 250cc rider, J im Dut ches, who l ost 32 seconds. Interestingly enough, J im rode his daught er Elizabeth buddy up on th e first loop so th ey will ta ke the buddy up class also . The only rider to zero the enduro was Charl es Brown, an Open B ' class rider o n a 360 Ya maha . Charlie lost 4 2 seconds. Charlie sign ed up as a C class rider but Jerry ' McN eal instantly reclassified him up a notch stati ng th at no C class ride r should have zeroed the run. What happen d to t he A rid ers ? They got totally sk u nke d in the top t hree. T here was a lack of co mmunicati ons on t he course. A rider bro ke h is co llarbone and it too k t hree ho urs to get him • o n hi s way to the h ospital.