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Po rt ing Special Petersen on a Yamaha. and Bru ce Cratty and St an Gre gory ridin g a Honda XL. Sachs engine rebu ild lout of b ike I $35 plus parts KT M engine rebuild (o ut o f b ike l $45 plus parts in bike add $10 , -,,' . ," Only the 125 class favorites emerged early as th e Action Cycle Yamaha Team o r Dan Pursel and Ron Gribb from Walled Lake, Michigan co nsisten tly turned th e fastest laps on a Yamaha YZC. About mid-afternoon a light snow began to fall and as the race wore on, both snow and wind steadily picked up. By the time the transition to darkness was complete (around 5:30 p. m.], the weather was in irrefutable control or the race. The snowy darkness s wrallowed up the most powerful headlight beam alo ng with the course markers and cycle tracks. The race officials called a swift halt to the contest before anyone wa s seriously hur t or hopelessly lost. As it was , the last or the bikes were no t rescued from the snow un til early Sunday morning . _ cycles 7181 C~·'Jr~~~' 7~'t.il9"l~~~r·I.'. . :-:,".-"". A riders' mee t in g was cal led wh en all the riders were assembled and a vo te was taken t o rest art the race at 6: 0 0 a.m . Sunday in th e original starting order. Each team was givenlap credit to t he last checkpoint reached by the 7:03 p.m , cut-off ti me. It was still dark when the race resumed Sunday morning, but dawn soon brought brilliant sunshine and crisp 10 degree temperatures. Exhausted bodies and a steady progression of broken cycle parts were nearly forgotten as the beautiful winter morning spurred the riders to some phenomenal lap times under 45 minutes. 8t49 Orange County Raceway Motorcycle Swap Meet March 14th., Sunday In spite o f the overnight delay that created some formidable scoring problems, race results were posted qu ickly. The Overall winner 20 I cc-Open was the Celli-Fero team by a seven minute margin over Bauerkemper and Stretch. Overall 0-200cc was even tighter as the Brickner-Dent team outran Cratty and Gregory by a mere 2 8A.• .-3P .• . 833-0989 lSll~lf~lI [t.3~~ Honda XL 250-350 Cheney Products America 215 Highland Ave ., Bur l ingame CA 94010 415-347-6106 jM Fisltb.ttk's YIMAIIA'(;:ON'f).\J'J.}.\ @ (714) 822-2252 9008 Sierra Ave., Fontana, Ca. WARDS RIVERSIDE MOJAJE 18, Benelh I PAR lllA CAP l O RIO MV AG USTA 250 BIANCHI CAPRI SCOOTERS Mik~ PARTS World's I. rves' in. enlory lor It. li.n motor.,.les Rebui ll Envine h chonVes COSllO.-oU1I1 MOTORS ute . Holl bor o P.l 1904 0 215 672 9100 re p. are as avai l. Patric k 's YAMAHA al CORDNA 30 110 1 E. 6th Street , Corona, CA (714) 735 · 7721 ~. Q After 18 ho urs in the saddle this rider pops a wheelie and plows some Nebraska snow on a bright morning afte r the bl izzard . minutes. Results in Results Section. cowtown In the northwest corner of Nebraska to wage their annual around-the-clock battle with the raw climate, the ru gged deeply-cut rangeland, th e frozen cowpies, and t he co nsu m ing fatigue that is the Chadron 24 Ho ur Endurance Race. In all, 76 riders paired off on 38 bikes to resolve who could circle the difficult 24 mile co ur se the most times between noon on Saturday and noon Sunday. In sp ite of an early evening bliz zard th at obliterated the course causing an unscheduled halt to locate lost riders, co mpet iti o n was fierce and those who participated in this exceptionally well run event were treated to some fine racing. By mid-afternoon the teams to bet on for the Open class win included Yamaha ISDT-candidate John Fero and his partner Rich Celli on a 500 Yamaha, Floyd Stretch and Bob Bauerkernper frorn the local cycle shop riding a 400 Monoshock, and Charles Specht and Milo Rust on another 400 Mono. The brother teams of John Dodd/Earl Soester and Gary Dodd/Al an Soester were running within striking distance or the front runners - a definite threat in a race or this duration. Steep, slippery uphills. deep drifts in the ravi nes, and crusted snow o n the open sections of t he course all favored the mo re powerful Open bikes and lap ti mes reflected this fac t. Even so , the slower paced battles in the smaller d isp lace men t classes were no less exciting. The 250 co ntest between Ve rn and Daryl Pete fis h riding a Honda MR and Bob McKeen an d Oll ie Todd on a Husky WR was not decided until after the tro ph ies we re awarded. The 175 class win was within reach o f at leas t four teams: Marv and Howard Felz on a Can-Am, Steve Brickner and Leon Dent on a Hon da MR: Do ug King and Herb In skiing this is a free fall but in motorcycles it s a crash . •