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LTR-KONI MX 360As $1199. out the door 250 a 400 monos in stock FAIRWAY YAMAHA - Fairway Ford's Recreation Center 1350 Yorba Linda Blvd., Placent ia 213 -620 -9387 714-524· 1205 Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Hasten. Hasten's Honeymoon heist By Dale Brown ADELANTO, CAL., FE B. 2 A Saturday weddin g was fo llo wed by a Su nd ay win , as Kevin Hasten ro m pe d to first Overall in DRA's " Hasten 's Honernyoon " Har e 'n Hound . Hast en , who rides a 400 CZ o ut of Coast Mo to Cycle, too k the lead fro m Benny Padi lla (250 Yam ) jus t a ft er th e smo kebomb an d hel d it fo r the rest o f th e 60-mi le event, fi nis hin g with abou t a two -m in u te lead . Hast en 's bike m ight be th e fastest thi ng in t he Moj ave righ t now, with a 19 -too th co u n tersha ft sp roc ket :(stock is 14 ) and a five-sp ee d tran smi ssion (four is st oc k). Shirey (36 0 Yam ) hit th e smokebomb travelling together in around 10th pl ace. They both moved up, an d throu gh the pits, Shi rey was in th ird with Bale nti ne in fo urt h. Balen tin e got by in the pi ts, took up second o n Wright's demise and hel d it to the checkered n ag. J im lr by (4 00 Yam ), comin g th rough on the firs t loop behi n d Pad illa in fifth , powered J'as t to t ak e fourth. Morgan Mal occo (360 Yam ) decided he didn ' t like the way his 5 0 0 was ru nnin g and decided to put a 36 0 en gin e in th e fra me - o n race day ! He was runnin g in sixth, and it did his heart good to final ly pass Pad illa on the sec o n d loop. Then Padilla, n at tir e an d all, p assed him back. 'They di ced for much o f th e secon d loop until Malo cco finally wen t ahead to sta y on a rocky downhill, "The Old Co llege T ry Aw ard " goes to George Erl (250 Yam ). Whi le the banner was dr opping, th e genial p roprietor o f California Cycle Cen te r was rum m agin g th rough his van fo r repl acem ent sea l bo lts. Aft er run nin g d own Ron Burpo and gett ing his nu mber reco rded, he set o ff a fte r th e p ack. By th e end of th e ra ce , he ha d worked his way up to 4 2nd Overall, fifth 25 0 Amat eur. Overall Beginner winner Gary Battaglia (36 0 Yam ) had a hu ge lead a t the bom b. li e stre tc he d it out eno ugh to be able to st op o nce on the first loop to extra ct a b ro ken m o t o r mou nt bolt an d th ree times o n th e second loop to re mo unt his ch ain and still win with ease. J ess ~I cln t osh (3 6 0 Yam ) and Tom :lIc Bride ( I i5 Yam ) were ru nners-u p . In con t rast to the choppy fi rst loop, mos t ride rs rave d abo u t th e second loop. It was co mposed of so me wind ing sandw ash, fir ero ad an d a n ice u p and down tr ip through the moun tain s, 200 y ards fro m emerging abo u t Highway 395 before he ad in g back to th e finish. _ Results im Irby doing fine with his 400 onoshock through a sandwash on is way to fourth Overall . Padill a came up with a n at rear tire ' r o u n d th e t ime H as ten wen t p ast, an d bac ke d off just a bit. Dave Lap raik (250 Yam ) was one o f th e front-runners, bu t his bike suffe red mech an ical gre mlins on th e first lo o p. Ron Wright (4 00 Yam ) to ok up second posit ion and held it through the pit s. but re tired with echan ical prob lem s shortly the reafter. Bob Balent ine (25 0 lI us) and Ric k Walk before you run T hen let Ro lf Tibblin and M ickey Qu ade improve your d irt -riding sk i ll - t une y o ur b od . Begin ners t o pros. A ll m akes ot bikes accept ed - r ental s ava i lab le. T ui ti o n tel H~~qva'~~nat International Training Center 1320 Gra nd A ve . Su i t e 12. San M arcos . CA 9206 9 71 4 ·7 44·2 161 Crown Cycle (~Yamaha YZ80B specialist M ileafter mile ridein style R in Vera's leathers ide Track - .\l%cross - Desert Three modifica tion kits avail able. Co mple te sus pe nsio n m od ifi ca tio n . .l faiIOrd..,. 8904 E. 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