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U'J &I Di:lI ;iii!: Di:lI ...:::lI g =- g 10 r-.. O'l ~ "':!"' ~ >~ c;l - ;:l C c;l ""'"'; .: .: z: Morgan Malocco decided that two 15 -minute motos wasn't enough racing and came out to the desert. After 66 miles, and bike troubles, he was fourth. After 33 hard miles, Beginner Ray Roberts (Han) still had the energy for a mild cross-up on a road crossing near the pits . Happy New Year, Rick Shirey! By Dale Brown CA LI FO R N IA C IT Y . CAL .. jA;\;. 5 Rick -Sh irey started the new year off in style by winning the first DRA event of the '75 season. It was his first D RA Overall win. Shirey (3 60 YZM) h ad things his ow n wav for the duration o f th e 6 6-m ile race. Bill Conroy (400 Hu s) gave Shirey a st iff challe nge all th e w ay, but n eve r got in fr o n t . Back at the bomb, Sh irey h ad already p icked up the lead o ver Morga n Ma lo cc o (3 6 0 Yam ). Howard ~ lcCasl a nd (4 0 0 lIus) a nd Conroy. ~lcCasl a n d foule d a plug o n a n uphill sh o rt ly a fte r th e bomb and lost consid erab le t ime ge tting the b ike runnin g again . Conro y go t by Malo cco and closed in o n Shirey . Whe n th e co urs e got re a lly tigh t . Conro y was o n th e lea d er 's ta il, but ridin g in the dust Three riders in search of the Abominable Pit Crew. 18 took away th e edge h e n eed ed to merge in t o th e lea d . In to the pits a t the co ncl u sio n o f th e first lo op . Shirey held a five seco nd lead over Co nro y . A coup le of m in utes later. Malo cco, both ered b y c h a in problems. ca me th rough, ho tl y p u rsu ed by ~ lik e j o h nston (25 0 Pe n ). .\fter a lo ng pa use, the n ext rider wa s Kevin Hast en . Ha st e n 's 400 CZ h ad b een rel u ctan t ( 0 st art, but a fter a lo ng p ush b y a gro up th at in cluded h is wife , h e had been a madman th at made min cemeat o ut of (almos t) the res t of th e pack . Eric Spaeth (125 li o n ) hel d the d ua l ho nor of being first Amateur a nd firs t small-bore through the p it s. with Dav id T a yl o r (I25 lion ) hot on h is heels . Pat Kouri (4 0 0 lIus) was firs t Novi c e by . Shirey's lead was assu red o n the second lo op wh en Conro y sto pped to tigh te n an o ff e n d ing gas ga p tha t h ad Rick Shirey led all the way. been dre n ching him wi th p etro l. He f in i sh ed ab o u t 3 0 sec o nd s b ack. johnston moved up t o th ird , fir st 250 . .\la locc o . a n cx -mo ro cro sscr, was fourth de spite ch ain problems and a broken he ad b ol t. G us Pau ll (4 0 0 lIus) w as fifth, fo llowe d b y T ayl or (first sm all -b o re ). He ath lI ibbard (4 0 0 Hu s), Sp ae th (still firs t Amateur), Red Sand ers (4 0 0 Hus, firs t Open Am at eur), Wes Anderson (4 0 0 CZ). and Ko ur i (f irst Novi c e ], lI asten c ras hed hard on the second lo op. A fea tu re of a ll ' 75 DRA e vents will be m on ey . A t this race. Shirey pi cked up 10 0 ; Co nroy. j ohnst on an d Spaeth . S50 ; Taylor an d Kou ri. 52 5 , fo r r espect ive class win s a n d Overall posit io n . Five ri d ers wer e in h ot con te n tio n a t the bomb as the Beginners go t underway. but it was Terry Hannon (250 Hon ) wh o led th em o n the first lo op. William Mossman (25 0 Ha n ) got by o n th c seco nd loop to take the Ov er all win . a head o f Ha rmon and • Ro b ert Voi ght (25 0 Pen ]. Results in Results Se ction . 01