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.......... . . ,., " , Desert hotline ~ Bowman/Brooks combo plays . . winning t une the worse. It q uic kly broke down into talcum powder. The leaders quite naturally moved off to the side and the choice of a proper trail became more and more cr ucial. . On the fifth loop, Brooks had moved within striking distance of Wallingsford. Coming into the pits they were nearly dead even. Going out of the pits, this time with Bowman and Roeseler up , they were still dead even. Using the power and top spe ed of the five-speed 400 CZ, Bowman pulled out about 15 seconds in the four miles to the first check over Roeseler's 250. After that he stretched it out to a minute. Bowman and Brooks picked up about $100 apiece for the win, while Roeseler and Wallingsford got $50 each for second overall and first 250. Balentine and Winchell finished third. They had been up with the leaders until their pipe broke, killing the bike 's top end. They rode the whole race on Bob's KTM, after Winchell had wo rke d all week replacing a transmission that was only suitable for reloading shotgun shells and then seized the bike Saturday after riding only 100 yards. Open Experts took the next four spots. Jamie Avels an d Dave Wood (400 Yam) had a nice un even tfu l ride for fourth, followed by Rick Shirey / Heath Hibbard (400 Yam), Benny Padilla /Rich Mark (Yam/Suz) and Art Knapp/Howard McCasland (360 Hus) . Miller and Johnston fini shed eighth. Mike had seized his bike (again!) and had to ride Dean's Mono, whic h he didn't get along with very well. They garnered secon d 250. Finishing II th overall , Amateurs Allen Meek (KTM) and Ron Hedtke (Hon) swept the 0-200 class. Eric Spaeth an d Gary Praster were leadin~ but were passed by Tom Kelly (Yam ) wh o had his spark pl ug break in half. Bob Ro mine had to go fetch h im in order to continue on. Then Praster seized, leaving the win to Meek and Hedtke. The Novice teams of Chuck Loyd/Dave Jensen (250 Yam) and Monty Lee /Neal Crane (25 0 Bul/Suz) battled for the entire six lo ops, with the Loyd an d Jcnscn getting the nod by a .slim margin. By Dale Brown CAUFORNIA CITY, CAL., DEC . 7 After running in second for much of the race, Cordis Bro oks and Tim Bowman combined to surge into the overall win in the DRA Team Race . Running in a hitherto unused area near Cal City , Art Knapp (360 Hus) looked to be leading at the bomb, but got off course and fell back from the point. Brent Wallingsford (250 Yam) led the charge to the marked trai l. Jamie Avels (400 Yam) was up the re at first but slowly dropped back. Bill Conroy (400 Yam) moved up in hot pursuit of Wallingsford, only to break a frame tab and lose his seat and gas tank when the course went up on a ridge. Brooks (360 Bul) moved to within a minute of Wallingsford as the race neared the completion o f its first 20-mile loop. Going through the pits, most riders gave the bandoleer to their partners. Wallingsford handed off to teammate Larry Roeseler (25 0 Hus) as Brooks went straight through . Dean Miller (250 Yam) was running in third, but Bob Balentine (400 KTM) pas sed him just before the end of the loop and Miller crashed trying to get out of the KTM 's dust. Doug Winchell and Mike Johnston (250 Vil) too k over for th eir partn ers in th ir d an d fourth , respectively . Cordis moved u p to within sight of Roeseler by the end of the second loop. Winchcll stayed clo se to the leading pair. . Bowman (400 CZ) took over fro m Brooks an d rode the nex tt wo loops for his team narrowing the gap a little each time. . The course was fast and dusty to start with, and the virgin terrain made it all With all the space in the desert. Tony (25) Steffins and an unidentified rider behind are as dose as two peas in a pod. 8