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rider, Minis and Women's Division went
o ne loop, "C" riders rode loops one and
two and "B" an d HAn riders rode all
three, The first lo op h ad an average
speed of 18 mph over terrain of sand
and whoopdie-doos, following the small
ridge of vo lcanie rock north east of
Soggy Dry Lake, incorporating sections
of past ORA and District 37 European
s crambles courses. This area really
suffers from the BLM's forced overuse
policy.
Loop two was very easy, or that 's
what you thought for the first few
m iles, only to realize all too soon why
i t's ca lle d the Gully Whomper. It
seemed like most of the second lo op
was agai nst the grain, co ntin ually
crossing wa ter run-o ff gullies, runnin g
from th e pits no rth of Soggy Dry Lake,
n orth to where it p ieked up a san dwas h
and headed the riders toward Hobb
Well. It took off through so me small
hills back toward the pits.
On the third loop the CRC did n o t
want the ri ders to w o rry abou t having
to d o dge any roc ks, so they sim p ly piled
all the rocks in to one valley and ran the
cou rse right thro ugh it . Mo st "A" rider s
really enjoyed this section, receiving the
challenge they h ad been see king. Things
settled down until near the end of the
loop when it was necessary to conq ue r
the infamous lava flow by Soggy Dry
Lake in order to be checked.
Th e International Rac ing Radio Crew
was monitoring the co urse at all times,
doing their usual super job. The
vo lunteers of IRRC ar e the type of
pe ople that desert riding is all abo u t. I
found out th at they do a great job of
rescuing Cycle News reporters too.
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Resul ts in Resul ts Section.
Root, Hansen Dice
at Dunes Night MX
By Denise Bearshear
VALENCIA , CA L., SEPT. 5
With everyone wondering about
how the new Suzuki 370 handles,
Fran k Giard ina set a pretty good
exam ple in the 500 Expert class.
Runnin g away with the lead in th e
second mo to, h aving taken third in the
fi r s t d ue to je ttin g pro blems, th e
Su zu k i ' s o ve r-abundan ce o f power
see med a bit hard to han dle fo r his first
time ou t on the bi ke. Russ McAfee
(Bul) p assed Frank half-way though, fo r
second ove rall. Giardina killed the
S u z uk i at the bottom of the big
drop-a-way on the In te rnational track,
losin g out completely. Mike Sixberry
(Mai) came thro ugh for the overall win,
with Strayer (CZ) in third.
J oe Root (Ossa) and Donny Hansen
(Mai) left a pack of 250 Experts trailing
as they diced it out to th e finish,
Hansen took the first m o t o , with Root
edging him out in the second moto for
the win. Tassano (Mai) hung in then: fo r
a consistent third.
The best looking class of the evening
was the combined 125 Ex~erts and
Intermediates. Jerry Shore (Hon), an
Intermediate, outrode the Experts to the
overall win. Close on his tail were
Honda m oun ted Egerman first Expert
and Miller second Expert.
The chieks had the guys worried as
Rh e Gliemi (Hon) kept her pig tail flyin g
all the way t o the checkered, ta king an
im pressive second over all in th e 125
Beginner class. Janene Turton (Bul)
made a comeback in the 125 Jun io r
class, after three months of recuperating
fro m a knee operation.
Disp roving th e common bel ief that
deser t racers can't t urn co rn ers Mark St eel e man eu vered h is sled (big
tank and all) to a second mo to win in
the 250 Begin ner class. No t far behind
was still another desert ace , Paul
Shaw. .. proving the belief!
In the 500 Ju nior class Bob Mills,
aboard a Yamaha Monoshock, daz zled
every one with his start. His front wheel
never touc he d the ground all the way up
th e sta rt hill until he turned the first
corn er. Heading down the straight-away
wasn't quite as eventful as Keeler (Su z)
put the pass on him. Keeler was later
passed by Dixon (Yam), the overall
vic t o r.
Definitely the favorite crash site of
th e nigh t was the finish line, more
specifically, abou t two yards in fron t of
it. See, there was this hole that liked to
grab front wheels . .. and needless to
say, a lot of guys took the checkered
minus their bike !
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Results in Results Section.
Beeline Motocross
By Bill Ramsey
WORLD
CHAMPIONSHIP
CHECK CHASE
PHOENIX, ARIZ., AUG., 30
Bob Wharton won the $500 Summer Sweep stakes Series at Beeline
Mo tocross Par k. Triple poin ts
were awarded as all of th e rider s
tried to improve their standi ngs.
Carl os Se rrano (Hon) j umped in to an
early first moto lead and started p ulling
away from the rest o f the pack. Bob
Wharto n (Hus) took over the second
spot o n lap three an d began eating away
at the 100 yard lead that Serrano had
built u p . Wharton to o k over the le ad on
lap nin e when Serrano lost the sea t o ff
his Elsie , but he held on for second
place. Roger Jones (CA) was right in
there at third.
Waymond Wl1liams fell in the firs t
moto but came on strong in the second,
leading until Wharton passed him on the
fourth lap. Jones got by two laps later
and that 's how the y finished: Wharton,
Jones and WIlliams.
Serrano pulled a holeshot in the last
moto and held the lead for all ten laps.
Wharton and Jones flew by Wl1liams' 125
Yamaha abo u t midway, with everyone
playing follow-the-leader to the finish.
"Super Otappy " Blose (Yam) and
(Hon) entered three classes and won five
of the six motes, quick kid. Mini
Be gin ner Bobby Downey [Ch ap] ,
doesn't look like a Begin ner anymore.
He has won every moto tha t he 's
entere d la tely. Bruce King (KTM) had it
all together and too k the 250 Am ateur
class with a first and a fourth .
On the injure d list are Experts Chuck
Lampe and Gary Hiekerso n. Hope you
guy s get better, we're anxious to see
yo u in action again. Everyo ne co me o n
out to the track, there's a new Fall Series
in the works.
Results in Resul ts Section.
River Run 1975
The 25th Annual
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By Gus
SUNNYMEAD, CAL. , SEPT. , 7
CHEC KERS MOTORCYCLE CLU B
The California Racing Clu b held
the second of three events in the
DeAnza Super I Series. Sportsman
classes received three foot trophies, and 100 percent payback went to
Experts.
125 Expert Kelly Callaway jumped
to the first moto lead, with Kevin
Callaway ni pping at his heels. Kelly's
lead didn't last long, as Floyd Burk J r.
berserked his way through and started
to run away w ith the race un til o ne of
the big bore Experts go t sideways and
took Burk w ith hi m. At the checkered
Kevin Callaway , Kelly Callaway, Floyd
Burk, an d Scot Clifton rounded out the
to p four.
Burk to o k the lead at the start of the
final moto , only to lose it, d o wn on the
back straigh t. Fro m that poin t Den nis
Haz le tt held th e lead to th e checkered
wi th Kevin Callaway second , Clift o n
third and Bur k m an aging fo urth. Top
money went to Kevin Callaway, second
place cas h went to Den ni s Hazlett.
Clifton missed out o n the cash with a
third o verall.
In the Veteran class John Wilso n and
L.G. Hearn swapped leads in all th ree
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