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the trail for a pass in th e last loo p and
did a high speed en do ,
Boyd Taylor on a n ew . ~M- 2~0
Su zuki moved up several posrti ons In
the last loop for a-not-far-behind seco nd
pla ce, an d he is th e winner of th e 250
Amateur class.
Kevin Florence was seco nd pl ace in
the 250 Amateur class fin ishing 8 th
overa ll. Kevin 's bro ther, Ron apparen tl y
sigh ted a gila monst er too and flipp ed at
full bore w hic h would be at aro und 70
mph with the lap tim es as th ey were.
He's okay bu t in the DNF class.
I went poking around in the bushes
after the race to see if novice riders do
exist. Found one, Steve Reynolds. He
won the 125 Novice class on a
Monoshock Yamaha, but fo r guidance
he had qualified asso ciates all mounted
o n simil ar machinery . His associates.
Danny Waters won the 125 Am ateur
class and T u cker Hendrix was first in
the 12 5 Exp ert clas s an d fourth place
overall.
The club, Dirt Riders Unlimited, have
it together with a large work force
paying attention to every detail, but
fo remost policy at all times is to leave
the desert clean .
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Results pending.
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Thornburg leads
Gila, Monster hunt
By James Brammer
SAN DIEGO, CAL., NOV. 9
Gila monsters are frightening.
They ap pear as mini-dinosaurs in
the deserts o f the Southwest and
Mexic o. For the Dirt Riders
Unlimited District 38 desert race billed
as a Gila Monster Hunt , 13 7 lusty racers
made the 10 o'cl ock start fo r a 90-mile
event: Apparently monster sightings
were made, for in 2 8 minu tes Arnie
Gruner and eventual winner Bill
Thornburg were back ha ving completed
the first of 3 , thirty-mile loops.
They didn 't slow o n the second loop
either, but Gruner seized his Grand Prix
Husqvarna o n the start of the third
loop . and he went into the DNF class .
Thornburg went on to win on his much
older 400 Husqvarna, but it may have
been a gila monster he hit when he left
Weary, but happy, Bill Thornburg won the 0-38 Gila Monster Hunt.
Kevin Florence took second in the 250 Amateur class, fin ishing eighth overall.
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