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(; Da a: ... Da ~ • g l!') r-, O"l ..- O"l C'J ... c, -< rl Cranke had a mud splattered ieto ry sm ile at the end of 2 days. That big X means trouble ahead as this rider found out. wo-Day again An' ah' one an 'n a two. The Army provided th is ensemble for t h e six day competitors to e nj oy . adva n tage as th e lo ca l Te xans and West vie w ed the rain w ith t otal dejec ti o n. Cranke, Higgins, Smith, and the Pentons j ust ke p t o n cooking wh ile calib re r id e rs baked non-national clu tc hes a n d buried b ikes. Billy Uhl (C· Al was o n go ld and within sigh t o f th e award s banquet when his engi ne refused t o co n tin ue. The Leimbach bro t hers, Danc a nd Ted . were the o n ly IOOcc riders t o finish the tw o -day , as th eir Pen tons brought them to go ld a nd bronze respectivel y. Overall win ne r Cran ke ca me in a fter tw o-days o n a m otorc ycl e and said , " It was a fun run ". Injuries were kept to a minimum be cause the first d ay was conside re d so ea sy a nd the second da y provid ed a soft muddy landing spo t , Bill Kasson {Pen} was one of th e few misfortunate when hi s fo ot struc k a ro ck o n th e first day . The Arm ies facilit ies were first rate and th e sm all number o f accidents can be att rib u t ed to three yea rs ex peri en ce by th e 6th Cava lry Brigade and the Fort Ho od Dirt Riders who host ed t h is event. The cl ub team w it h th e lo w est score was the Can -Am Cl ub o f fo rmer Wo rld Motocr oss Ch ampion J eff Smith , N an :\IcDuff, and Paul Dan ik, The Smith Can Am team turned in a low sco re almo st half that of their closest competitors, the Tom Choa ts Fo rd Team, but it was la ter found th at th e Can-Am club was coaste rs not san ctioned. Army o ffici als close t o the Penta gon rep o rt ed th e Club Aw ar d would be given to the second place team . unle ss they weren ' t sanc tioned. The Fo rt Ho od Two-Da y came t o a fittin g end when "'(alcolm Sm ith p ulle d in to th e fin al chec k o nly to fin d t hat his support crew wasn 't th ere to trans po rt h is bike ba ck to th e impound . So a ft er 338 mil es c razy Malcolm ho p pe d bac k o n his bike an d blazed off for the d ista nt impound area. He was im mediately arre sted by the m ilitary poli ce fo r riding a d irt bike o n base str ee ts. " A h h com e o n guy s, I'm wit h • th e two-day . " Results: OVERALL: Carl Cranke (Pen) Gold. IOOec : 1. Dane Le imbach (Pen) Gold . 2 . Te d Leim bach (Pen) Bran . 125cc: 1. Tom Pen t o n (Pen) G old. 2 . Gary Edmond (C -A) Gold. 3. Carl Stuart (Pen ) G old. 4 . Bob Po wers (Pen) suv . 5. R ic k Munyon ( Pen ) Bran. " 175cc: 1. Dan Young (Pen) G old . 2. Ma x M arkowitz (Oss) Gold . 3. Jeff Gerber ( Pen ) Gold. 4. Ken W ill iams (Pen ) S ttv . 5 . Jeff Smith (C-A ) Si lv. . 250cc : 1. Jack Penton (Pen ) G o ld. 2 . Eri c Je nse n (Pen) G o ld . 3. Ken Maahs (Hus) G old . 4. T o m Shaw ( C-A ) G old . 5 . Don Cutle r (OS5) Gold. 3 5 0 cc: 1. Ca rl Cranke (Pe n ) Gold. 2. K evin LaVO Ie (055) Gold. 3 . Jim Si m mo ns (R o k) G old . 4 . Be n Bo wer (Hus) G ol d . 5 . Ron Bi Shop (Rok) snv. 500cc : 1. Barry H iggins (Ma i ) G o ld . 2 . Malcolm S m it h (Hus) Gold. 3. Gordon You n g (Hus) Gold . 4 . Mike Hannon (Bul) SHv. 5. John Fero ( Y a m ) Si lv . MANUFA C TUR ER S : 1. Pe nton I m port s. 2. ·Pe nton East . 3. Y an kee Ossa. Bultaco Headquarters Suzuki Sports Center 4200 Saviors Rd ,. Ox nard, CA Best select ion of parts. bikes , d vn o tun in g 805 -488 ·26 19 or 80 5 -642-8458 r motorcycle decals " 7" x 2" on cle ar vin y l. Vamaha , Honda. SUZUk i. H Od.lka, Kawasak i. Bu ttaco, & others. 8 ~ ea. Sa ve $ purchase 6 .- $3.9 0 postpa id . Dea le rs pri ces avai la ble. Chec k s or money orde r. Spect rum G raph ic s. 581 Crest \ . Rd •• Orango. CA 92668. ~ 11