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L king in third place was Walt aber who was riding hurt as he separated his shoulder a couple of weeks prior while play riding. Walt rigged up a sling and decided to give it a try. Fourth was young Rick Munyon on his Honda MR-l 75 . Way back in eighth place was Reggie Krong on his four sto ke Honda XL-305 (that's a 250 bored out). Reggie was just hoping for a good finish to insure him another top ten placing. Saturday dawned cold with the wind blowing like hell, Gusts of over 70 mph were recorded on some of the ridges. More than one rider was blown clean off the trail. Luckily the speeds and terrain were moderate on the first two loops which were designed for the "C" riders, tough enough so they had to work their tails off yet still be reasonable. The "A" and "B" riders enjoyed the loops but were looking forward to the third loop figuring it had to be much tougher. Many riders were still on zero. The third loop started right u p a very long steep uphill which gave the riders fits as the wind kept trying to blow them back down the Qill. Sometimes the wind succeeded. As it turned o u t , most of the loop was moderate with o ne or two good hills. The enduro h ad turned out to be exactly as advertise d: a run. Checks were ti m ekeepers tech nicall y accurate b ut placed so they were relatively easy to ze ro . By the end of the first day there we re an estimated 25 riders still on zero. Ridiculo us . Yer a nu mber of riders were no longer in contention for the n u mb er one plate. Dave Ekins had problems and dropped some points. Walt Taber crashed hard while trying to p ass a slower rider and lunched his good shoulder. Walt finished Saturday but hung it up. Down 10 points or so, he knew he was out of it and it was useless to continue: Rick Munyon drop ped one point and all he could do was ho p e Sunday would be harder so he could have a chance to nullify his bad luck by riding hard. Team Montesa was down a total of one point as Fred Hayes managed to insert his bike in the path of a rampaging Husky and get knocked down just before the last check. Dave Evans and Roy Sheridan were still clean. After a restless night's sleep, Sunday dawned bright, clear and bitterly cold. But the wind had died down considerably. Thank God for little favors. CEA ran the course backwards from Saturday and smart ri ders had the trouble spots all mapped in their living ::~mputer (brain). Again the averages were IDodc~!~ and the checks we re still sp ot on. D isa;t~r stnick Jlu~erous rid~rs in clu ding the Enduro gq;::d :i: !.>.urn~ng chec ks (arriving at said checkj:;Cl.'1 t before proper ti me) became p o pular. Riders were on edge as the t ie breake r check had to be encountered and the way things we re going, seconds wo uld determine the winner. How right they were. As the riders finished the 212 mile enduro, scores were compared and the Greenhorn winner Tom Getzfried became an early favorite when he disclosed he lost only one second at the tie breaker. District 37 referee Stan' Baldwin was out riding with Tom; on his first enduro since he got hurt earlier in the year. He told me Tom was nailing each check right on the 30 second mark just like clockwork. Stan dropped one point when the rear tire went nat on his TI500 Yamaha. Tom was also mounted on Yamaha's newest thumper: Since Tom was riding on number four he had a long wait as the riders came in to compare scores. Spurlock came in. He was down two points. Burnt a check too. He was wondering how the top contenders were doing. None except Reggie Krong had placed high. When the riders were in, the unofficial res ults looked like this: 1. Tom Getzfried, 500 Yam (fo ur stroke) I second; 2. Harry Keast, 250 Pen (ring ding) 2 seconds; 3. Terry Swets, 360 Bul (another ring ding) 3 seconds; 4. Reggie Kro ng, 305 Hon (four stroke) 4 seconds. Reggie 's fourt h , overall (again unofficial) will bring him 300 important points. Tom Spurlock will have to finish ninth or better to beat Reggie for the number one plate. With a loss of two points, it doesn 't seem possible. Reggie apparently has swept from eighth place all the wa y to the number one spot. The Last Chance has aga in lived up to its name. • • alco Win No. fPlate for 1976 * IIC overall HI6H POINT Motocross Rider lor 1915 F ran k Cooper, Maico Distributor, cong ratu lates Bill Rubry after his big win. In background is Rubly's prize, a new Ford van. Bill Rub ry is riding a Maico 450, and a Maico 250, against CMC's 7,000 licensed mot ocross riders in Southern Californ ia on five tracks: Carlsbad, Ascot , Irwinda le, Chula Vista and Sadd leback . 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