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cont'd, (na me wi th held by request ) slipped a nd fell tw ice whil e walking this sectio n! The Novi ce riders also took th eir share of lumps -- esp ecially in trap t wo. T he winn er of th is class was Ra ym ond So ff'a (Bul) who is consisten tly finis h ing at the top . Gary Go d win (Suz) finish ed seco nd foll owed b y Keith Pagel [Mo n ], The nex t AT A pain ts m ee t wiII be hosted b y the San Die go Trials Riders at Bernardo, California on Ran ch o Feb ru a ry 16 . It's nea r a winery so it should be a lu lu . • Resu lts in Results Section. 00 HSMX at Adelanto By Phil Carpenter A DELANTO, CAL., JAN . 2 7 Th e we ather was hot and so w as the ac tio n for a record cro wd of spe ctat ors at 395 Cycle Park 's fo urth Su nday Moto cross. Desert Jim Wright (12 ), Steve Fortune (1) and Charley Soderstrom /2x) hook it under t he proverbial blanket in the mone y race at Elsinore. Winner Dan McWhorter is long gone . O.K. an d they ex changed grins ab o ut th e episode. Jim Throne to ok one he ck of a header off h is Maico b u t go t goin g again and it was Dave Rees who will get to take ho m e first p lace tr op h y. My be lo ved BSAs a re st ill aro u nd b u t a ride r of one in th e m o ney class near ly was n 't. J e rry Pe ters straightened o ut t he track a t t he t op o f the hill fro m the start and wen t clean through the fen ce breaking th e top steel pipe and walked aw ay fro m it . He lined up again though to give it another try . T ransfers were done very fairly. One from ea ch heat , firs t an d seco nd from the semi an d th ird an d fo u rth went to a co nsolation wh ich also p aid off t o everyone, You ca n ' t gri pe a bo u t how that purse is di vid ed up . It was Dan McWhorter again, on th at Montesa th at sp ort s disc b ra kes and a Trackmas ter frame. His he at was t he best for sheer act io n as Don Grigsb y and Ch arlie Soderstrom w ere right in there. Come t he Main Mark Reiche rt a nd Steve Fortu ne were the fir st t o th e top of t h e hill off th e start ; Do ug Ha nnon an d Scott Sm it h both left th e co u rse on op p o site sides and th e race was on . McWh or te r took o ff an d it became a proces sion with n o w ay anyo ne co u ld ca tch him . Some rid ers got a little psyched when it lo oked li ke it was Danny Hac kie sign ing in. Nope, it wasn ' t Danny b u t those were hi s leathers, and 10 an d be hold , two minu tes late r up co m es an ot he r rider in another set of Hackie's lea thers. He m ust have h ad a garage sa le ! Resu lt s in Results Sectio n. Whaley by an eyelash over Schreiber dropping b u t 46 m arks. Matt Pritch ard, top Kawasaki rider in this p art of the co u n try, fin ished sec o nd with 75 m arks fo llo wed by Dean Pagel ( Bul) . Had it rain ed as p re d ic ted, the sco res wo u ld have soare d o u t of sigh t. As it was , t he re was m ore th an en o ugh m ud an d wate r to test t he ri d e rs witho ut r ai n . The water a t sections two a nd th ree was due to nat u ral runn in g sp rings, but the water at eigh t was graciously p rovided by owner Donald Rau c h w ho m erel y asked Cr ig Hu nter a (Secti o n Chairm an ) ho w m an y th o usands of gallo ns of wa ter he wa nted th er e. At tr ap three th er e we re at least th ree m aj o r obstacles, all bound ed b y n atu ral terrain . The firs t an d m o st difficult was a bould er that rese m bled a large be ach bal l, su rro unded by natural bo undaries (u n movable ro cks ). 11,e Experts were required t o ne gotiat e a difficult rocky p ath t o it, ju mp the " ro u nd b o uld e r, " th en turn immediately to th e left t o avoid a ro ck wall . Anothe r line attempted was to lo o p t he fro n t w heel a ro u nd it but t his was also difficult since they had on ly fo ur fee t to accomplish a 9 0 d egree tu rn, The Am at eu rs had i t " eas ier" - th ey merel y ha d to j u mp up to a tw o foot ro ck , turn immediately to the left th e n jum p th e " roun d boulde r " a 'la infamo us Superm an. The few Ex perts a nd Am at eu rs t ha t hadn't "fivcd it" a t this p o in t still had to battle m ud a nd water up two roc ky st aircases. One Expert High ca p tu re d th e Race Day School T eam . Trophy (Ho liday Honda o f Barsto w ). Po in t lead e rs Phi l Ru e and Terry Duc ker led t he sch ool to victory with first places in the 10 0 an d 125 Nov ice Divisions. T yrone Brown 's move fro m No vice to Am ateur o n ly gave him new faces to beat as he co p ped sec ond p lace in the 12 5 Amate ur divi sion to lead Victorville High to victory ove r Apple Val ley in the second of th e three-race se ries . Victorville m oto cro ss team ca p ta in J ay Burgu m co p ped seco n d in th e 100 No vice while Larry Burns (Pen ) took second pl ace trophy in the 250 Beginner to push Victorville 's lead fo r the Pe rp e tu al B and B Yam aha trophy, Su zu kis led t he Ken ned y High te am to victory over Barstow in thei r t hre e -race series as Ric hard Hernandez wrapp ed u p fir st pl ace in the 12 5 Begin ne r and Eddie Go n za les t o o k the winner 's circle for th e 2 5 0 Nov ice class. Mike Ho oper (lion) totaled th e m o st po ints for Bars tow b y wrappi ng up firs t in th e 12 5 Ex pert , edging out Randy Weiss (Su z ) of Rid gecr est. The cours e was run bac kw ards fo r t he first time to give newc o m e rs a be tter st ab at th e 4 0% brass, • Res ults in Results Secti on. i~ s &L Yamaha « i » » ~ » ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ » .~ North tops Corona 5938 Pacif ic Blvd . Hunt ington Park, CA . i« YZ t25s now ID stock « & a fu ll li ne of Yamaha M X models . 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