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'Calif or nla City Grand Prix '76 A legal de fe n. benefit run. (the only real Grand Prix) Racing Through Town & Desert PlUS add it ional $200 1st. ' $ 15 0 2nd. 5100 3rd overa ll Am-E x . No money to non-members. One t r o ph y ev ery f o u r entr ies - Beg. on ly. One trophy every f ive en t r ies - Saturday, May 1 a ll others 2" Super fi n ishi n g p ln L All Beg - PP - Mini En t ry li mi t 350 a race, f irm. MemberShip not reQu ired but must Sunday, May 2 hav e current class ifica tion ca rd. e it her Deser t . MX. Sc ramb les. etc . Send PhotocOPY or r ide Pte-Plate Expert. ORA member sh ip $1 5 Out o f st at e & No. Ca lif. $7.50 All Nov - Am - Ex $2,160 purse . plus contingen cies 1st overa ll Expe rt 1s t 0 ·200. 250 , Open Ex 2nd 0 ·200, 250. Open Ex 3rd 0·200 , 250, Open Ex $100 S100 S SO 25 1st overall Amateur S 75 S 50 S 25 1st overall Novice 1st 0·200. 250. Open Nov 2nd 0·200. 2S0 , Open Nov .J :.: UJ , - - , - - - , , " . ~ o ; . . . . . . L - III a ...J UJ Eve r wish you had a downpipe, courtesy of Goodtimes MX pipe smasher. th ird for . the d a y be hin d Witt an d • Layton. Re su lt s in Resu lt s Section. Good times at Goodtimes MX By Ed Beckley A BI LENE, TEX. , MAR. 2 0 Goodtimes MX Park , ne ar Phath on Lake added a new b erserko d rop-off th at made . Ior exciting racing. Dallas area ride rs made th e long t re k an d we re as t onis he d bv the use of n atu ral te rrain an d West Texa s talent. R ide rs like Gary T ome rlin and j o hn Poor are local riders wi th great skill s. In the 125 Ex per t s th e t op m oney posi tion ch anged as m an y as ten ti mes a lap with Gary To me rli n beco ming th e o vera ll win ne r , af ter a t igh t battle wi th A lan Spry (Yam) a nd J oh ri Po or (Ka w) . Po or sh in ed in th e 250 Ex pe rt s wi n n ing by 2 0 y ar ds in bo th m ot o s ov e r j e(f Beitel o f Eu less. • Re sults in R esults Section . DeviI's Den Enduro By Kenni & Scot t Spahr DEVIL 'S 'D E:-I, OK LA.• ~IAR . 14 Devil's Den St at e Park was the setti ng or t he seco nd 197 6 Black J ack Circu it En d u ro , and it has go t to be one of the n icest places ever to stage an event. Everyone involved, Tom' Brown and his people . the park rangers an d au th';rit ies see med pl eased wit h the turnout. T he first check was th ree mil es ou t hidden in th e t rees o ff the b lack top. Qui te a few rid er s h it this one early. A fte r th at th e course meandered thro ugh th e fo res t and it fast became apparen t that 18 m p h ave rage was go in g to be hard to main tain. On. loop one yo u crossed Lee Creek three t imes. It. was d ee p , swift, an d covere d with th e most di a bo lic rocks. Upside d o wn m o to rcycles getting the wate r p u mped out were th e ord er of th e day for the unw ary , unfo rtu nate o r un p repa red. Waterproofin g was a m us t -for this run and wa te r-wi ng s and a snorkle woul d have been n ice options. Lo op ~wo was r oads, m ore lit tle cree ks , m ud d y fire roads, logs , all those neat things that m ak e yo u wonder why you' re d o ing this to yp u rself. Lo o p three w as th e k iller. The creek had no t gone down any and some p eo pl e fro m the firs t loop were sti ll th er e to add t o th e wa te ry sce ne. Lo op th ree was esse ntially loop one ru n backwards w ith some m or e of the devil's handiwork th rown in fo r varie ty. T hi s e nduro w; s one o f ou r more difficul t w ith on ly 30 rid ers out o f 243 com p le t in g within th eir hour. With bad weath er th e week pri o r to the even t, Tom Bro wn did the bes t he co u ld b ut he co u ld n' t qui te get t he cr eek do wn in time. There wa s th e usu al gru m bling and co m plain ing b u t all in all everythin g w orked o u t pretty we ll. Tom my Denn is o f Lawren ce , Kans as, to ok p is second overall win this year w ith a 959 score. Vern S tree t won th e 2 0 l -u p A class and w as second overall wit h a 946 . jim Beckha m o n his new "shiftles s" Rokonwas th ird overall with a 929 . R oger Hall o f Ft. Smith was fourth ove ra ll and the "bad guy " o f the "W ' rid ers with a 926 in the 2 0 0cc B class. • I I I I I I I I I I I I I $ .l-< 0.. < M ail . entry w ith two 4 1h x 9 th sta mped self-.addressed ev elopes to : 80 ORA CAlifornia City Grand Prix P.O. Box 2605 California City. CA 93505 S 50 S 30 3rd 0 -200 . 250. Open Nov 1st Sen ior E x pert 1st Sen ior Amateur 1st Sen ior N ov ice 1st Powder Puff u ,-- $ Ent ry $20 mai l $4 for le gal de fense f u n d) Po stmark de term ines star t pos ition 11 sta rt posi tions are assigned. Members p r ocessed f irst. S 90 1st 0 ·200. 250, Open Am 2 n d 0·200, 250. Ope n Am 3rd 0·200 , 250, Open Am > UJ ( Incl ud~s 20 5 50 $40 $30 $40 In'o: 714-373-4847 Free Spectat ing & Camping ----------------------- I I I Nam e _ _ . __ _ _ _ - - _.Address I Cit y S t a te Zi P --=. Ph o ne Age I RIDING C LASS (Cir cle o ne) Beg-Nov-Am-Ex-Powder ~ ff-Ml ni-ol d 1' lmer-3 wheel I Ma ke and Size o f I MOT ORCYCLE RI DING IS A D A N G ER O U S A C T IV IT Y I So I hol d AT N O F AUL T the sp on so rs of t h iS ev e nt. the ir agents or the la ndowner s or I Ap plication for Entry DESERT RACING ASSOCIATION cALIFORNIA CITY GRA ND PRIX 4_ _ bl ke _ __ ~~~.ge~Sa ~~et h ed: n dl~~vUerr.e d r _ _ _ Cl u b :'~ReE;~ ' O~ ow N~i~;.r D;'°crrt~ ~~r;C·rt o r Anll~ry ~:.~ TR ANS PORT ATI O N In cue of In ju ry WITH TR AN S PORT ATION TO B E BO R NE FULLY BY ME . Si gn e d l O R A Rldin. No. I neve read .nd alJfee t o all the above C OST OF SUC H AID D.te OR I I I I --------------------------Parent's AODrOva l ( Re q ui r e d it entran t is under 18 ) Gary Witt (534) was first 125 , 250 and se co nd O pen. 39