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-~ -- --- - - RACECRAFTERS r INTERNATIONAL .1I I: Da -= I Da e .... I I I I I _._-- --- t l!) l"- C'l I I SALE! l!) I I >- .., ;:l I I I • • Up to 500/0 off! I Motocrossy desert courses are Bill Conroy' s specialty. He won. Vance Schm id battled with his dad. got passed. but en ded up first Amate ur. The Great Team Race or Mitch finds the ditch On th e nex t lap the riders we re to change. Mit ch handed off to A. C. Bakken . Andy handed off to Amateur Mi ke Ec ka re t t , who d id a very nice jo b of h olding hi s posi t io n an d Dean handed it off t o hi s good buddy Ro ger Read . A.C. held the lead throu gh the second loo p and th er e was no real po siti on cha nge . Mit ch t ook ove r for th e third loop. He was havin g pro blems wi t h h is fron t brake and re ach ed down to fre e it. Whil e he was not looking he h it a di t ch o n th e trail th at knoc ked him o ut. and coo led his overall rid e. So now the lead wen t to Andy follo wed by " Wild Bill" Saltz man who passed Mo desett on the dry lak e fo r second overall. The ne x t Division One rider to co me in was t he Berse rko Bros . team o f Bird ie and Ge orge Zuber [Mo no]. And j ust to show it can be do ne, o ne of last years Trail aces ridin g an Open Mono Terry Rae was team ed up wit h Husky rider Mall Zoerb for fif th overa ll and second Op en . Th e n ext rider to co me in was A ma te u r St ev e S hoo k (Mono) . Following th em in we re Ama teurs Bud Ada ms . an d j o e -\I'esselman o n their Open ~ Io nos, and rounding it out 101 thi rd Open Amateur the team of Ro n Hurtig and Den n is Cline (Monos) . Right behind were a few more Div, II Experts, Frank Keepers (Hus) and "Maxed" Eddie (Pen) and to clean it u p in their class Kei th lI art (Mo n) . Then wi th no t t o o m uc h light be twee n t he m firs t Division One Am at eur l\Iick Ec kar t and for tenth overa ll second 25 0 Am at eur the team of Mar k Zo ller (Yam) and first Old Time r Ram on Lowe (Hus). The Trai l class today was smoked by 1\larc Cart wright (Pen) , with Ro bert Meyers (KTM) pulling in fo r second. In the Amateur Trail class it was a deserving young rider, "Little Joe" Lockart (Pen) . For the Novices it went like t his sixteenth overall t he team of Ken Miller (1\ lono), first 250 and his part ne r Gary Sta men (Mo no) firs t Open. Second Open we nt to the team of Dan ny Pierce (Bul) and " Slow Poke " Sin sle y (Mo no) and with jus t a fe w bikes bet ween them th e next Ope n riders the tea m of Bo b Carrol and Fred Col e b oth o n Mon os for th ird. Fo r th e next Divisio n One riders an d doi ng " great job Tom Booth and Norm Tarusagawa bo th we re ridi ng Yarnahas, • BRING THIS AD • I • Impact Drive rs I Now 5.95 RE G. 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The o n ly thi ng she wore, o n her nine p asse s d o wn strea ker row, was bo dy pa in t fro m head to toe. An d yes it d id ge t th e cro w d q u ite exci te d . Fo r her effor ts sh e wa s awarded th e cove ted Go lden Pel ican trophy by the referee " Big John". The weener class was wo n by the Ro ver s, t en of t he m streaked o n bikes stop p ing to shake hands, and cha t a long the way. In Sundays action the race was so mething t ha t Dist ric t riders have never experienced. it was a te am race fea turing a Le 1\ lans start. It d idn't matter w ho yo u learn ed up with because y o u won by abi lity o nly . Firs t to th e bo mb for th e Am a teur/ Expert cla ss was 1\lr. Mit ch ~laye s (Hu s ) followed by Fairway Yam ah a sponso red Andy Kirk er (25 0 :\Iono ) and soon to do ba tt le Gary Conners (Mono ). Fourth to the bomb was Kim :\IcK ean riding a I1us ky , and fifth was an Amate ur by th e na me o f Crisco. Well , th e firs t loop stayed j ust about th e ..' me excep t Kim go t a fla t, Crisco se ize d. and a mad man . by the name of Dean Mod ese tte (J 75 Pen ) ca me out of the dust. Take a ride to ou r vig Holly w ood sto re! I By Th e Weeni e Bros. CUDDY BACK D.L. , CA . JULY 6 H ug e A cc<'sso7')' Supermarke t I I I The Desert Baron s set a fast course that had most riders going WFO. MOS T BI K ES ---Meg ~ia~Pla~~~~o l ish _ _ $1.89 . §poke Wr~ ch ~ __. _ _ __ 89t I Seal ' NAir Tire Repair $3.95 I J any mo re bargains at our sto re. \I Larges t se lectio n of . cy cle acc esso ries in the west! RACECRAFTERS INTERNATIONAL 7932 Sun set Blvd . Hollywood. CA • •~ ~ • I L · · • 213-876-3600 ......~~ tNoIf6,mtI'" OIC_wUrDl. F - ~ • J 19