"Push Horace, we 've only go t 40 m iles to go . . . ..
CaEsAr was ambitious
By Ron Schneiders
RANDSBURG, CAL., DEC . 14-15
The Last Chance Enduro was an
ambitious project. The California
Enduro Association is a club with
only 10 active members, but they
staged an enduro that was two
days long and covered 236 miles,
much of it in new, or at least
fresh , territory. They also instituted a class for "C" riders.
The no tion of a lie" rider class is not
new . It's been proposed every year or so
for the past I 0, but District 3 7 has
steadfastly resisted the notion until just
recently when it be came painfully
Do n't ask me how, bu t one second after I sn app ed this o ne th e guy
almost ran o ver me. I'm no t sure what the other two guys were d oing.
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obvious that unless something was done
to encourage new riders, the District
enduros were going to follow the
time-honored tracks of Catalina and Big
Bear into oblivion. The announcement
of a "C" class had an immediate effect.
The CEA had about 410 entries for its
two-day event as opposed to about 230
for the last District en duro. Abo ut 51 %,
including "C" and Sunday-Only riders,
finished .
The "C" riders ro de the first loop
each day, a distance of about 62 miles ,
over terrain that was neither very easy
nor imp ossible. From what I saw of it, I
would say it was slightly more difficult
than the average second loop of a famil y
enduro . The schedules, however, were
not in any way designed for "C" riders
and in fac t several "A" riders to ld me
that they had to really h ustl e to keep on
time.
The course went in a generally
west-southwest direction fr om the pits
just outside of Randsburg toward the
Rand Mountains and back again . The
loop was the same bo th days but was
ridden backwards on Sunday.
The second loop was designated as
only fo r " B" and "An riders and it was
on this lo op that thi ngs went slightly
wro ng . This lo op was about 62 miles
long and nobody could hold th e
schedule. I came close to getting a
universal quotation: " It was a great hare
and hound."
In setting the schedules the club
made three mistakes. First, they rode
the course two weeks ago , when it was
set . With excellent tr action an d no d ust,
Th is little guy was able t o rid e because they had a C Class. He ran o ut
of steam and holl ered "Dad, Dad ! Wait for me! " But Dad wa s lo ng gon e.
