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Cordis romps desert days
By Lar ry Lan gley
Carl Cran ke posed for hi s 700th wo rk ing in t he paddock picture.
CALI FO RNI A CITY, MAR. 27-28
Desert racer Cordis' Brooks dominated the Shamro ck's MjC Two
Day Qualifie r on his South Bay
Bultaco sponsored Pursang. Co rdis
obviously had the special tests
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WIre as n? one cou even co~e
close to him. Bultaco rep Mike
Hannon was second overall, first
250, 61 points down from Cordis. Last
year's winner Carl Cranke won the 350
class for the only Penton class win but
joined teammates Eric Jensen and Kevin
La Voi in picking up the Manufacturer
Team Trophy aceing out the Bultaco
team of Mike Hannon , Ben Bower and
Charlie Bethards. The team results
might have been different h ad Cordis
been signed up on the team ยท but he
hadn 't submitted a letter o f intent
according to Hannon.
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The Club Team Trophy was won by
Pacifi c Performance f rom up north
which was composed of Fred Cameron
(Pen) Ru ss Powell (KT M) and Larry
T hompso n (KT M).
Day One
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Saturday dawned cold and windy ,
good fo r keep ing dust off the trail,
lo usy fo r the pit crews wh o would be
pitting in a central pit location near
Galileo Hill which was lo cated about 15
miles from the Lakeshore Inn where the
Start/Finish/Impound was located. For
the riders it was a 43 mil e ride t o the
firs~ ga~. At 7:31 t~e first riders rolled
their bikes to the line and fired them
up.
The un,:,sual roar ~f two four strokes
started thm!!" off "?th old desert salt
Stan Baldwin on his Yamaha TT-50.0
and ISDT veteran Gene Can ady on hIS
C&J fra med XL-350 Honda on number
one . . Mos.t .ri ders had ~o prob.lem
startmg within the one mmute: period,
Todd Martella (Hus) had the misfortune
to find his rear tire flat when he entered
i~pound te~ minutes before hi~ starting
time. That s enough to. dis courage
anyone. Todd got th e flat fix ed but go t
go ing quite late. Qu ite a few of th e
.ISDT hopefuls were present with th e
ex cepti on of the Penton family. A
surprisingly num ber of four st ro kes
were on hand inclu ding one of the most
fam ous racers o f all time, Dick Man n on
his DM fr am ed TT-500 Yamah a.
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