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Mint,set top time: ..... ~ ~ Nick Fran k/ T ra cy Mead got as far as Check Po int Th ree. we have more p articipation from b ikes and bike orienta ted m anufacturers." • one -legged brother Brian , th e o the r h al f of th e team . Toe splints fashione d fr om ch ai n o ile r ca p a nd du cting tap e go t h im Result s back in to th e ru n ning for Saturday 's DE L W E B BS MINT 40 0 DESER T RACE ' 1. Jack John son /Ma rk Maso n (Yam). 2 . R olf r a c e, ho wever .. . . Oth ers had much Tib bll n /M ltch Mayes (H u s) . 3 . Sc ott diff i culty ke ep ing t ires and wheels Harden /Ma x Sw itzer (H us ). 4 . Ben Ma ze /M ike Maze (Bul). 5. Bob Gr ossi/Howar d Utsey in tact. (Hus) . 6. Mickey Quade/N.A . Nielson (Hus ), Saturday dawned a perfect rac e day , i' . W .R. CooklSteve Holla day (Hon) . 8. Prest on Petty / D i ck Mil le r I f-ion }, 9. James cr isp an d cool. The start of th e 12 m ile S um ners / Ter ry D a vi s ( Y am ). 10. Rick co urse was o n t he asp halt surface o f 't he Sh irey / John Ga et z (Yam) . 11. Tucker Hendrix/David Robinson ( Y am ). 1 2 . Larry International Speedrome Ro ad Race Feli x /Gl enn W iensz {Hu s } , 13. B ill a nd Dr ag S tr ip . Man y were not used t o P u tman /M ike P il z ( Hu s) . 14 . P h il Sh ipley /Willie Ship ley (Hu S) . 15. K en such traction and sp ec tacu la r w heelie s T ubbs /M ike Hen sel (HUSj _ 16 . L . we re ab u nda n t as th e fla g dr op ped . Roese ler /JaCk Kniebel ccz i , 1 7. J .J . D eJ e SUS/K i m Tu c k er (Hus). 18 . cnas , Roger Wel ch ' s warnings at ri d er's C urn utt /Ken F r o s t ( H us) . 19 . J . Me Da ol el/John Silkey (Yam) . 2 0 . Robt . m eetin g n o tw ithst anding. It wasn't h ard Ma xwell/Dan K lahr (Pe n) . to s p o t th os e n ot f amiliar with r oadracin g as th e fee t wen t d own for th e sweeping turns on th e p avemen t , ot he rs wen t h e elin g into it like "Mini-Ago stinis. " This was soon ove r, h o w ev er . a s t h e rea l se r ious d ir t began . . .. The laps were tu rn ed in the 20s by t he faster riders m ean ing t ha t th ere was By Geor ge M. Barksda le Ii tt le slow-poking . First aro u nd th e c o u r s e for l a p one w as th e Welchel /B rown Indian, well in the lead LA S VEGAS, NEV. , MAR. 14, 15, 16 This second a nnua l Mini-Min t was but soon t o hlow an engine (just lik e san ctioned as a "W orld Champ ion. last year ). The J eff Ward/John Gless hi " f f Honda scrambled the spokes o f a rear S 'P o r y oung racers rom seven wh eel b ut af t e r a quick chan ge st ill to 15 years . They co mpeted as managed a secon d in cla ss. First ov e rall two ride r team s t o o ne m ini cy cle a nd went to 10 0cc Ex pert Yam a ha ridde " rode for ' 10 lap s ove r a well m arked by Win eb a rger/Ahlstrom wh ich was co ur se . This all owed for fast lap tim es awarde d after the leade r was found to for t he little m ac hi n es as th eir you ng be ove rb ore d . . . (Won't the se dotin g p ilots did not hav e to was te an y time parents who try to rely o n " c ub ic de ciding whi ch way to go. The Clark bucks " ever learn th at th is is not the Count y J eep Posse and the Oasis way to go.) Motorcycle Club .d id such a n ex cellen t T he re w as co nside rab le drama to be job of communica tio n and patrol th at found am ong the "also -tans" as well. Grcg Ginte r broke an a rm trying to n o competitor th at go t in t o trouble h ad to wait longer than 15 m inu t es fo r make up an ho ur h e lo st when his chain assistance . . ran off o f th e sprock e t an d T ony Those who drove in from the L.A . Vinc enti h is partne r tr ied to hitch hike area Thursday n ight had mi sgivings fro m out to the bike to finish th e race . Brian all th e rain, snow and h igh winds wh ich Masterso n hammere d on a Yamaha fo llowed along. Fr iday ab ou t signup an d spark pl ug so c ke t to the stump of hi s inspec tio n t ime th ings app ro ached the Suzu ki foo tpeg to accommodate his ideal an d ride rs an d crew s h ad to o n ly only le g a nd finished the race with it. concen trate o n last m in u te preparati o n s (A t least th ey make good relia bl e sp ark an d p re-ridi ng t he co urse wh ich was plug wre nches, says he. ] part ially o pe ned. Severa l of the teams R e g ret t ab I y a II 0 f th e " su p e r-organiza tion " we saw o n ra ce lik e th e two there repre se nting L.A. P.D . " Broken Spokes man" were a ble to day was sorely abse n t Sunday a t the .. st u dy" d ifficu lt sec t io ns to better awards ba nq ue t held at the Mint Ho tel ne gotiat e sam e at speed o n race d ay. - 4 0 0 or more peop le scramb ling for Considerable difficulty was to be h ad 20 0 p laces m ade for a gri m sce n e. It w as i n the w ay of fra m e (an d body) n ot w ith out i t s ligh te r m o me nts, breaking : r osswashes, whoop-de-do os , however. Suc h th ings as the six foot 15 yea r old go in g up to receive th e fo ur bi g ro cks, fast hard dirt, and eve n asphalt - no sand, but equally bad fist foo t mi n i-leathers that he'd won in th e and go lf ball sized loose gravel th at hid dr awing, or 65cc Novice rid er J oe football sized rocks. Lohnes moving up a class for nex t ye ar Torco Team rider, Sean Masterson by w inning th e Grand Pri ze , a Y am aha will testify to this for he ca me close to YZ 80. • • bemgr-pla cedeoc .." evcn ~ . stat.us with ,:hi s ..·• •"~"."."Re sU'l t s' raJ tla!J tr we ek ... • "1 , The1975 Mini-Mint zeerr IIIV,OIDI .lAUI1IIEn OUT on nil ROAD YOU .IIIOULD KnoW nBOUT At the races . in the pits a nd in print , yo ur customers can spot the d is tinctive SCOTT ba nd o n the bes t ride rs in the world . 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