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I Desert hotline :I t man age d to kee p his bike together an fin ish . In at fift h, Mo rgan still had so re sid u a l i l ls, lik e COl wires th wo uld n't stay together an d a gas C' that wouldn't stay on. Eric Spae th ( 125 li o n ) made it p as Lee Wilson III o n th e second loop t earn first small-bo re honors at sixt overal l. Like Wood, Sp aeth 's cla ss pa in lead was m ade safe r when the num be tw o m an, Gary Pras ter, didn ' t fini sh Wilson (I 75 lI us) was righ l behin . Sp a et h a t t h e finis h, tak in g firs sm all-bo re Am ate ur. Mi k e Martin (4 00 Yam) led th No vices all the way to fini sh ei((h t overall. Exper t lIe ath Hibbard (401 Yam ) was sandwiched between Marti and the on ly other Novice to ma ke th lap 10, J ohn Bosan ko , wh o won hi class on a 250 Hon da, Phil St umbo (25 0 CZ) fin ished 11th l!') ..... O'"l ...-4 " l<: w u w J: « C L..-_---'=-==---=:.....::::==---=---'---' -'-_.=:...._-= Z -'--=- ""-""---=="-2.._ _"-2.....!:.._......::::..2.l ::i The sight of another club's jersey up ahead brings out a passing desire. 0-37 desert: Jackrabbits hare & hound By Jim Stewart LUCE RNE V ALLEY, CAL , SEPT. 2 1 With a minu te's lead at the b om b, Mitch Mayes made a wrong tum. The J ackrabbits laid ou t th eir loop s using th e smo ke bomb run twice - tu rni ng right for th e first loop an d le ft fo r th e second. Yo u guesse d it - Mayes wen t left the first tim e, and even go t tw o che ck marks before being stopped. Th is was all BR Yamaha ride r Bren t Wallingsford needed to get his firs t overall win. Nevada rid er J ack J o hnson m ad e o ne o f his rare ap p earanc es in the Moj ave to p lace seco nd overall , first 400 Expert. Nex t to reach the fin ish was Mo no-m ounted Invader Do ug' Winch ell, second 400 Expert. 18 P i c k i n g up second 250 Expert ( Wa l lingsford was first) was Larry Roescler (lI us). Roeseler o utrode Ron Wright, who was th ird Heavyweight Expert. Bruce Ogilvie (H-D) pic ked up another top place, sixth overall, third 25 0. Back among th e small-bores i t was Max Eddy (Pen ) ta king the 175 Expert cl ass, while Ch arlie Hami ll (Pen) d id t he same to th e Trail Experts. Ed Zo vjs was first yellow st ripe to get th e che cker while J . Harrison on an other 400 was second Juni or o verall be h in d him. AI Drak e was th e fast est o f th e Over 4 0 class. Afte r Smo kebo rnb J unior drop ped out wi th transm issio n prob lems. the Novice class was taken ove r by Ken Wi nk le r . Terry Honecutt and Ron Andrews were the next 400 Novices behind Win kler, Dawn Grant (Hus) aga in won th e Wornens' Divisio n, wh ile Rich ard Bux ter and h is fas t Yama ha were to p -honored in T rail Novice. As usu al, the dirt road lead in g into th e race was ba d, esp ecially so becaus e o f the flas h floo ds of a wee k ago . Still , bad road o r not, th e deser t is worth keep ing op en. • Resul ts in Results Secti on . Balentine . agam By Dale Brown ADE LANT O. CA L.. SE PT . 2 1 It see ms as tho ugh every time Bob Balen tine sh ows up at the DRA , he wins overall and thi s weekend 's 60 -m iler at Adelan to was no ex ception. At the start , it was Wayne G arrett (400 Y a m ) leading, follo wed by Am ateur Dean Miller (25 0 Yam ). Garrell is usually in the lead when he brea ks an d he w as leadi ng when he threw the chain. Balentine (4 0 0 KTM) h ad o nly a fair start an d started wo r kin g his way up, acco mp anied by Bill Co nro y (400 CZ) . Conroy seized and it wasn't lon g before Balentin e was pas t everyone , ex cep t Miller . Wh en the two riders came in to si gh t o f the p it s, Balentine moved aro u nd Mille r an d too k th e lead . Other than so me minor switc hing aro und in th e pits, Balen tine was home free, taking the ove ral l win. with nearl y a minute to spare . Miller su ffere d a fla t tire on t he second loo p bu t his runne r-up spot was secure. Exc ep t fo r t wo DN Fs, Dean h as fin ished every race as first Am ateu r sinc e he transferred to th e class in J uly . Third and fourth went to th e 29 Palm s duo. J amie Avels and Dave Wood , both on 400 Yamahas. Wood had m o ved ahead of Co nro y in t he points standings and he extended his lead with Conroy's DNF. Morgan Malocco (4 00 Yam ) finally