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evival of . hedistrict run t -,.....; ,.....; Quality / products for the rider who knows of the Prospectors ' ch oice of sp eed averages which were set very, very low. The hill section, fo r in stance , w as set at 12 mph wh ich was tortuously slow for the be tt er rid ers. Some who we re dressed for har d-work riding da mn near fro ze to death. One consequence of ultra-slow schedules is th at the time - keeping and layout must be ultra precise. At 12 mph a difference of 0. 2 mil es is equal to o ne minute. The Bultaco team protested the check in that sectio n as b eing o ne te nth of a m ile o ff. The Pro sp ect o rs, who were equally aware of the im portan ce of the sm all erro rs, accepted the p rotest and the S10 fee an d agreed to ta ke a mem ber of the Bultaco team out and show him tha t th e m ileage was righ t. "Then," o ne of th em said gleef ully , "We'r e go ing to spe nd your . m on ey !" When you get th e resu lts yo u'll find au t wh o was righ t. . The second loop was both tougher an d faster th an the first . Very few " B" riders co ul d kee p the schedule and in the 24 m ph section, even mos t of the "A" riders got behind. Th e lo op went in an easterly direction and go t ove r almost as far as Bessemer Min e Road. The highli gh t of the lo op was a sp ectacular down hill, of the no -c h an g in g-your-mind-after-vou-st ar t type. But th at w as only on e feature of wh at most rid ers agreed was a pretty chal lenging lo op. After struggling to the top o f the last hill , on e ride r co mme nted, " Whew! 1 thought it was nev er go ing to end. " With the " C" riders o nly going one loop, the fin ishin g ra te was very high (in excess of 75%), whic h the Prospectors regarded as a mixed blessing. They were giving away very classy finishing pins. In fact " fin ish ing pin " . is almost in adequat e. Th ese should be ca lled "comp leti on medallions " o r something sim ilar (" Cos t us $1.2 5 apiece and we had to give away alm ost 50 0 of them !" Earl Wilson cried) . There was general agreemen t th at th is was a very good run an d p ro bably th e best District run in some m onths. it was very well marked (in fact there wasn 't a single person who told me he got lost) for the first time in several years. There were 12 checks wh ich o n an 8 0·m ile ru n works out to a check abo ut every six an d on e half miles. Even so , there were some very low sco res. Depending on th e fate of Che ck " B" th ere may be as man y as fo ur zero scores, two o f whi ch were co llect ed by Mike Han n on and Dave Ekins. The official results will be • available in ab ou t two we eks. It looked like trials ride r territory in spots. I The n t he re wa s t h is easy sit-down stuff ... 1031 West Brooks St., Ontario, Califo mia 91762 (714) 986-4537 ,~~ montesa • MAlCD ~GOOP • • l/l a: w o w r u z l/l Z o a: > III l/l o f- o ~L:;;. ,;;"_.....,;,,.... ~" " ' _ " : : ' _';;;;" _" " ; ' ....;;.J 11