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Cycle News 1975 10 28

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GRAND PRIZE. 1976 Suzuki RM 370 00 C'l l-o Il.l ..c o ..... o o 1st ANNUAL @ " R iders 30 Years and older Big two day eve nt Grand Prix and Moto cross A ll new Indian Dunes tracks ull "",'-, A>" lOr- Veteran Rider Nationals practice 8:00 PM 1st Race 9:00 AM Sat : afternoon challenge race 10 top vet's vs 10 Hotsho es $400.00 Purse Sat.- Oct 25 tb Grand Prix $2 00.00 Purse to each class Larry Huffman of Sup erbot»l fam e will ann ounce Challenge Race Moto Ball game between events A ll this on th e all new International Track Sun. Oct. 26 tb Motocross Wayne Garrett led. then broke in nearly every race he entered until he finally won one. to take fourth, firs t Amat eur and first 250. Kell y , ri ding a Sh ell-Motors-tuned machine , finished sixth, firs t small-bore, Ric h Mar k rode a new RM 3 70 Su zu ki in a methodical manner, ta king seventh . Wes Finkle (40 0 Yam) finished eighth overall an d firs t Novice. Dean Miller (250 Yam) and Red Sanders (400 Yam) rounded out the top ten. Gu s Paull to o k th e Senior win, as per usual practice. Gus will prob abl y pic k up h is third Nu mbe r One plate in th ree year s. Don Lockridge ro de his 25 0 Mono for o nly the second time and picked up first Senior Novi ce. Th e usu al cries of "th at was no Be g inner!" accompanied Donald Crodea 's over all be gin ner win. If Crodea , aboar d a 250 Ho nd a, made all the' chec ks, he won' t be a Beginner any more (au to matic tran sfer to No vice ). The course looped through the twistin g canyo ns of th e Rand Mountains until the racer s ap proach ed Camp C, whe re it tu rn ed into a drag race to the fini sh. The fu rthest p ar t of the loop, be tween th e dry la ke th at is Camp C and Koehn Dry La ke, is proposed to be ad ded to the present Tortoise Pre serve pu t enou gh unless m otorcy cl ist s pressure on the BLM to keep it open for ra cing. All race s, endures, etc. that start North of Gal ilee Peak use th e are a. It is com prised mainly of narro w, 'twi st ing ca nyons with steep wal ls, har dly the ar ea to find tortoises. Ron Burpo took a BLM ra nger to the area and neither o f them co uld even find a tortoise. Christine Perry, a member of the BLM Deser t Planning st aff, and the fo un der of th e T o rt oise Preserve, proposed las t J une that t he entire Rand Moun ta in are a be included in th e tortoise preserve. Although that was whittled down to the a re a m enti on ed previousl y" motorcyclists will have to fight to keep that area open for rid in g. T he BLM proposals ar e open fo r pub lic co m men t un til November 17. The ad dress is: 1695 Spruce St ., Riverside , Cal. 9 250 7. • Results in Re sults Section. 0-37: Cordis Brooks wins Snake Chase Cordis Brooks (25 0 Bul) wo n the Desert Vip ers ' 4th Annual Sn ake Ch ase after. Mit ch Maye s broke wh ile leading. The • fu ll story will appear ne xt we e k. Mo lly Blue will be at In dian Dun es, Octob er 26t h f or th e Vet eran Nationals to present th e trophies, as well as give away Molly Blu e Tsshirts, and Molly Blu e products. Veteran s will ride the all new International Track R egular AME Motocross all new Shadow Glen Track All ages All classes Gates op en both days at 7:00 am 1st race 9:00 am For more info: call AME (213) 881-5778 ~ New Post Entry $12.00 Per Class A.M.E. Per Event ~ T. V. coverage of Sun day event~ Blackie L ewis Vete ran of th e Year WHITTIER HONDA Motor cycle Trailers Bell Helmets Full Bore Products 14324 E. Whittier Blvd . 1213) 698-0065 Complete stock of parts and accesso ries for str eet and dirt; DSS~ 17

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