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Whe n he di dn 't and had to try a second tim e, much o f t he pack got a ju mp o n him . the d ust, May es waded t hrough m anueverin g a ro u n d in the close q uart ers un til th e bomb run hit a stretch of cho p py wash outs . He then got by th e crowd to run side-by-side with fello w Sled Rid er, Bren t Wallingsfo rd (250 Yam ). After th e bo mb , the course jump ed in to a sao d wa sh . Mayes was o n t he left a nd had a much wid er arc to turn in . Keep in g th e bike o n th e pipe in fif th , Mitch lost littl e speed ' whil e Wallingsford had to slo w to m ake a much sh arper turn. Th e ra ce bel ong ed to Mayes from th at point o n . A littl e wa ys ba ck, Ron Wright (4 0 0 Yam ) was ru nnin~ in th ir d, fo llo wed by I.arry Ro esel er (25 0 Hus) , When the co urse hi t its fi rst ro c ky section, Roesele r ju mped in fro n t a nd st arted to pull away . " I ju st let him go," Wright said la ter, ad m itting th at t here was rio way fo r h im t o st a y with La rry in t he tigh t stuff. Ro cks in ap proxima te ly th e same sec tio n ai r-co ndi t io ned the en gine cases of Ti m Bo wm an an d And y Kir ke r, who we re ru n ning in t he top 10 . Mayes had a h uge lead over Wallingsfo rd and Ro eseler as he co m pleted t he firs t 35 ·m ile lo op. Ro eseler pulled arou nd Wallin gsford within sight of th e home chec k a nd led into th e pits. They swap ped aro u nd in th e pits a nd Larry gave a fe w people a thri ll wh en he mea ndered o ff to o ne side of th e trail and ju mped a bi g ditch .Wallingsford had t he sam e t ro u bl e J Wrigh t had had , a nd he d ropped back fro m R o e se l er's pace o n the second loop . u Aft er Ro esel er ca me Wallingsfo rd , ; Wrigh t , Bill Salt zman (36 0 Hus) a nd fi rst Am at e ur Mike Ed mo nds on (4 0 0 Yam ). •T his was Ed mo ndso n's second win in a ro w. Larry J ordan (4 00 Yam) finis hed six th. Dou g Win ch ell (4 0 0 Yam ) lo st his p ipe o n th e firs t lo op a nd sti ll finis hed seve n t h . Doug said the b ike, ra n well, but he co uld n' t he ar an ything a ny mo re . Goat Breker (250 Kaw ) a nd Mark Zo ller (250 Yam) , bo th Amateurs, sp en t nearl y th e e ntire race in each o th er's co mpany. On th e firs t lo o p, o ne would ' take the lead a nd th en crash. Then t he othe r o ne would do it . T his went ba ck a nd forth for a wh ile . Mark led m ost of the second lo op, b u t abo ut a mile from t he ' finis h, he m isse d a turn and ch arg ed o ff in the wrong d irection. Afrai d o f m issin g a check , he do ubled back and dropped fro m eigh th t o 12t h . Go at , who was riding for o n ly th e secon d time as a n Amateur, won hi s class the fir st race th at he com pleted. J eff Kapla n ro un ded ou t th e t op 10 with a class w in o n a bo rro wed 175 Hu sk y. Aft er J eff broke his on Saturda y , he m an aged to ge t Ram Bob Te rrazas' bi ke. He then worked his wa y p ast Dea n Mo de sett , who appa rently cras he d a nd Max Ed dy ( 17 5 KT M) wh o fin ish ed sec o n d. Marc Cart wright had a fai rly easy time in nabbing fi rst Tr ailbike on hi s KT M. Th e o n ly real exc item en t was wh en Dou g Ma rtin ca ug h t hi m sleeping o n the secon d lo o p. Ma rc got o ut o f th at situa t io n, Mar tin pr obab ly DN F 'ed and Charlie I1amill (KT M) fin ish ed second. Vance Sch mid led th e Novice race all th e way to wi n easily . Van ce. aboard a 25 0 Mon o, is ran ked Ama te ur by