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;1 I: Dltsert hotline ~ t 1C') l'0') ~ .. .. \ • The Amateur/Experts leave for 150 Checker miles. What's a Checker mile? The bumps started before you even got out of the pits. Mayes: First to the Checkers' checkered Dave Wood talked his WI!:'( up to Expert, rode his WI!:'( into nirith overall. D.C. Williams in hot pursuit of Dean Modesett, the eventual class winner. By Dale Brown PAR KER, A RIZ., OCT . 11 ~lit ch Mayes (3 60 Hus) led all the way to win th e 25th An nual Ch~ck Ch ase , eight minu tes faster over th e ISO-mil e course th an second-place Larr y Roeseler. Mit ch led it t o th e sm okebornb , with Cordi s Bro o ks (25 0 Bul) righ t behi nd him . Co rd is sta yed in 16 • • second until he ran out o f gas a few m iles fro m t he first gas sto p . The half-gallo n o f gas he carried o n h is belt didn 't do the tric k and he en de d up p us hi ng it for a mi le . Mayes' fell ow Sled Rid er, Brent Wallin gsford pushed h is 250 Mo no in t o seco nd . over th re e mi n u tes behind Mayes at the 50-m ile po int. Wallingsfo rd 's rear ti re co uld n't ho ld air th rough th e second gas pi t , so he limped into th e fini sh behind th e firs t few Novices. Roesel er got b y Wallingsf or d just past th e first gas st op and hel d second for th e du ration . Sco t lia rd en (3 60 lI us) fr om Nevad a . ac hi eved th ird by the seco nd pit an d st ayed th er e. An d y Kirker (25 0 Hu s) stayed be hind Harde n all the wa y and fini shed fourth , last o f th e Hus ky sweep . Bru ce Ogilvi e had a te rrific start going to th e first o f tw o sm o kebo rnb s. Ru nn in g off to th e left. his 2 50 Harl..., fo und a di tc h. an d Bru ce stalled e· maIchine. It too k him nearly a m in u te to . - z ;: o a: w '" .J « o get o ut o f the sq ua re- walled ra vin e an d once he go t ou t of th e th ic k d u st . he pass ed rid ers like a shark through tuna to fin ish fif th, th ird 250 . Doug Win chell ha d a go o d ride go ing until th e m o nos hoc k o n h is 4 0 0 Yam ah a lost all sembl ance of dam pin g. By th e end o f the race he was wit h ou t fi rst gea r as wel l. b u t he e nded up sixth . Gary Charte rs (250 Suz] is ge n.ine q uick la tel y a n d t h is t im e wa s se ve n t h 0 'e r all. Bro oks decid ed to Sl ay in the r~r·c . passed a IOl o f ride rs wh o '. 1 \'1 him walking and finis hed t; ph t il'. Dave Wo o d had to plead , cajole, < t o get h is stewar d to mov e him UjJ fro m Novice claseifica tiori . Dave, 1 DK A Expert. wa s finall y reclassified Exp er fo r t his race and he p ro ved hr dese rved it by fin ish ing a stro ng ui n t ov rall , . uf\n ing = da- top 20 f · t begi.nning. • •• ••• • • • Dean \ Ioclesett ( 175 KTI 1) rounded o ut the t o p 10 finish ers. First in class, " Dyno Dc ano " spent so m e time raci ng w it D.C. Willb m s ( 125 Yam ) wh o c . .I.Jl \' fin ished t ' ; .... ...c: ; ti (ln~ a Ft ~ , ..... k : ,k l , abo _:,v Mono , d":i firs t A l l,' k v l .. U \\' ...s . , )t. 1.. vt of I n n f + . .. r -ve-r a" , hf' ( r,... ... r ' Fi o sk ,." t: r.l " 1(" • 1 i..:IU u 1" t \. ' l ,\ ~t " .' ...h .; "",I. start , th en su rged fo rward through the dust to gain the No vice lead shortly be fore th e seco nd gas stop . Ken Clayton (4 00 Yam) fo llowed Froeli c h m ost o f th e way , garn eri ng a second o veral l Nov ice . a nd first in cl ass. Bo\, Balen tin e, who co ul d h ave P' " .ded Maves wi th so me sti ff J' u e ti t . ' I. f("ll n e ar th e sta r t a nd \) i.r- 1.-s r11 ri ll- race , rte r. ;I ' l d e nde d in Pa rker. !.... f~ .H: W.lte r Marina. rr 1 l , J ~ 1I I n to th e st art J() \I .' 1 t I,. O ' r.ll· • ... ~. o f' 1 . 1' ~ i cv •m d , The st art ;f' - un d , w h ; c ti e -u p fo r C d H