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.. . M ~ .. Other places were less than enjoyable. The terrain was always changing. and kept everybody on their toes. .. sandwashes, the situation reversed as the northerners tried to figure out how to keep the front wheel from plowing in on every turn. The marking on the course was real ly great and it would have been obvious even if it had been otherwise. Riders on one part of the course could often see another part of the course. If the marking hadn't been very plain, the riders would have short circuited the course, missed checks and been very unhappy. Loop jwo started with a 27 miles of trail in the same area as loop one and then jumped out onto State Highway No. 33 (the reason for the street-legal requirement) for about 10 miles of pavement riding down to Quatal Canyon. The course then turned almost due east, running sometimes on a dirt road and sometimes in a wet sandwash. The object was to get to a snowy trail almost 6000 feet up in the pine trees near the Toad Spring camp. The patches of snow were not too long nor very deep, but the feet-down, death grip techniques of southern riders furnished the northerners with enough amusement to make the 1,000 mile drive to the enduro seem worthwhile. Eventually the trail dropped back down to Apache Canyon and followed Apache back out to Highway No. 33 and from there went n orth back to camp. The whole course was 116.9 miles long. There are no results available as yet because there were pr otests involving three checks. From the number of complaints it seems likely that there will be an adjustment on both the first check in the morning section (which was one minute off) and the first check in the afternoon section (which was two minutes off). In addition, Mike Hannon of the Bultaco Team protested Check K on distance, claiming it was 4.9 rather than 5.1 miles from the previous check. It doesn't seem likely that this one will be allowed. If Hannon's protest is upheld, he is the likely winner with a zero score. If it is not, the winner could be Husky's Ben Bower, or Bultaco 's Dave Ekins both of whom would have a score of minus one - they think I Also in there with very low scores are Mike Adams, Bob Steffan, Bob Keys, Hawley Slayton. High in the class lists will be Montesa's Roy Sheridan and D- ve Evans (about a seven points), Cosby Chestnut, and Bob Nickelson who is trying out Honda' new 175 enduro model. Last year's winner Jay Tullis had some really hard luck. Down in an impossible to get hole, he yelled to his companions that his clutch was inoperative. It turned out that the clutch didn't work because the frame had broken and the sagging engine stretched the clutch cable. Sounds like a shaggy dog story but at the momentJay and the guys who have to try to get his bike out aren't seeing any humor in it. Because this was a National Championship A and B riders had preference for the numbers. Only about 30 C riders were accepted before the 500 rider limit was filled. In the C class (C riders only rode the fl!'St loop) the overall winner is probably William Jones minus seven, 250 class. The 500 class winner is probably Allen Bensen and the 1 25 class winner is probably Dave Ogden. The Dirt Diggers have wo rk ed really hard to set up a more o r less permanent enduro site in this Ballinger Can yo n area.. The amount of paper work necessary and the number of permits required is staggering. But, in their third year now, it seems that they are well o n their way to establishing a great and nationally recognized California enduro which is something we have been badly needing since the Greenhorn's fall from grace. • Results will be available in a week. 1974113: GIVEAWAY! MX 125A . .. . $825.00 MX1 75A . . . .. . . $999.00 MX 250Z ! • • . $ 1.059.00 MX 360A $ 1099.00 .. OUT THE,. DOOR PRICES '. 10 10 W.Chapman Ave. Orange, CA 92668 714-633-0064 (Open Sundays) ~ 31 693.1 883 .. ~t21 : , . .,. WEST 8026 Freestone Awnue Santa Fe Springs. CA 90670 Wom laychlmpionl.na tlSO K......ly 11..1 Iboes 14" • 16" Boola $45. 11..llhoe $40. .... coo ........ Rout.2 Box 7S1.1530Wfotd IIotorW..,. Cotvnt. CA "120 n..~ •