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ba nner drop ped
sharp ly at
10
o 'clock, th e Am ate urs and Experts
headed fo r t he bomb , almost havin g a
disaste r as a rid er was riding ba ck from
t h e b o m b, wh ile t hey were go ing
to wards it. It is lucky for this dum m y
t h a t he d id not cro ss paths with
Smokebomb Gaetz. who new p ast th e
bo mb first.
In through th e pits, it was Ronnie
Wright and his 400 monoshock in th e
lead. wiith Larry Roeseler running a
ve ry cl o s e s e cond over all. Dick _
Allen-sponsored Wright pi cked up ye t
another overall wi n by the time the
chec ke red nag dropped, m aking this his
third overall win in a row. Roescl er
hung in for seco nd overall.
After riding a 250 Husky for the past
few mo n th s, Bob Balentine finally got a
ride on an open bike aga in th is
weeken d. Balentine was running third
over through the pits, an d tha t is h ow
all
he fini sh ed.
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Bru ce Ogilv ie was n u m b er t wo in a
class last year, the trail class. This yea r
he , alo ng wit h Roeseler, st arted rid ing
250s. The 2 50 steward made h im an
Amate u r a nd as o ne he was no t exactly
b lowing everyone a way. Bu t n o w as a n
Expert , it is a diffe re nt sto ry . Last week
Roesele r and Ogi lvie we re t he second
and third 250 Experts. This wee k they
were firs t an d second 250 Experts.
His master's got a match ing cast .
Following the Harley riders was Alle n
May fo r fi f t h ove rall, thir d Open
Expert. Eddie Wh it eside fin ished fo u rth
25 0 Expert in one of hi s best rides.
Wh it esid e is one of t he few fa st 250
ride rs left, who sti ll ride o ne o f those
strange 250 Yamahas with two shocks
holdi ng the back up .
Bob Rutt en was hot on Bill Friant's
tai l coming t hrough the pits for the 175
class lead. Passing Friant on th e se cond
loo p , Rutt en went ahead an d mo ved up
to 10th overa ll. Friant still en d ed up
seco n d . Rutt e n i s riding o ne of
Hodaka 's new 12 5s and had a lot m o re
lu ck th an hi s teammat e in th e 100 class.
Chris We ber , who had h is b ike fall o ff
his trai le r o n th e way to th e race . th en
di d a n u mber o n h is b o d wh ile run n ing
first Trail Expert.
Ch arli e Hamil o nc e agai n do minat ed
th e tr ail cl ass , fin ishing quite a w ay s
ahea d of Mar c Cartwrigh t. a lso o n a
Penton .
D. C. William s di d not e n te r a ny wi ne
d rin ki ng co n test t his wee ken d. and had
no problems in Ret tinR first 175 Am at e u r.
This is Willia ms' 12th transfe r rid e. He is
ve ry a nxio us to ge l hi s re d stick er . a nd
so a re the rest of the 175 Am at eurs.
I was un ahle to ge t th e n am es o f the
top fini shers in the Novice cl ass. becau se
o f th e di sappea ran ce o f t he Ma yw o od
me m ber in cha rge o f the sign up forms.
Co mplete results will be lat e co m ing.
Novi ce n u m ber 10 H3 on a monoshoc k
was first overa ll, with a h uge lead.
Uth e r lop fini sh ers th at I di d gel
incl ude d . who else hut Tr udy Beck once
again firs t in th e Women 's Divisio n .
Geo rge Wal ker firs t Ol d T imer Ex p e rt.
wi th J e r r y I1er rin seco nd . Ge o rge
Harvey II I. second Ope n Am a te ur. and
Willie Evelan d first Old Time r T rai l
No vic e.
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