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J - CRANKE & JENSEN DO IT FOR THE 4th TIME IN A ROW!!!! BAJA 500-1000, PARKER 400 AND NOW THE MINT 400!!!! himself and settled for a second knowi ng that Mota Two would be different. The dropping of the gate fo und Burkhart, Parker. Zettner a nd Davis read y to fight each other in additio n to the mud. But, for Burkhart . he also had to fight with me chanical p ro ble m s brought on b y nature (wat er splashed into the kill switch ). wh ich ulti mately lost hi m the race . And in th e distance. o ne co u ld see Parker slingin g mud to Davis ... Davis, in tum (not wanting to be gree dy) , letting it spl ash on to Zeltner, who - through all calculations - ca rr ied an extra five pounds of ge n tle cycle soil to his third place win. J o h n n y Caughman (Ha n) a rel ative newco mer to Cyclerama's soil - kept the 100s in hot pursuit through both motos, Ray Geis (Yam), Fred Uall and Kyle Powell d idn't q u ire know who to wa tch o u t fo r. Ma la O ne saw a final lap battle betwee n Geis and Ha ll, bu t . Ge is would n' t su rre nder to the attack an d Uall set tled rel uctan tl y fo r a t hi rd . Mota Two saw Mi ke Sturdivan t (Ya m) pick off one man af te r ano the r (incl ud in g , Hall who succu mbed to mechanical problems) and finish ed his ra cing day wi th 6-3 wins for fourth overal l. With Hall, unfortunately out of the wa y, Powell surged forward and dared anyone to tr y to take second away (in cl ud in g Sturdivant), and in doing so, Po well's 4-2 brought second overall. For Mo ta ONe, mini-biker Clay Cauthorn (Ya m ) whipped expertly thro ugh the firs t tu rn slush hole and took an early lead with Fr ank Tello close at his heels. Taking a bit more time and patiently instigating the trouble spots, Kexl Kid J De Davis (Ya m ) held tight to third, leaving J aime Killion (Yam) with a secure fourth. Mota Two created disappointment for Cauthorn who took a slow start off the gate and was unable to meet Tello's surge to first. Cauthorn fini shed the day with 1· 3 wins an d second overall. Tello, knowing he had this mo ta safely u nder his hel met (and first overall with 2-1 ), could be see n periodically glancing over his shoulder just fo r sec urity. • Results in Results Se ction. Mike Jones breaks losing streak at Mineral Wells By Diane Polley Penton Cross-Country and Mota -Cross Sportcvcles in 125. 175. 250 and 400cc, MI NE RAL WELLS. TX. , APRI L 25 The Texas Hillclimbers Assocati on invited hillclimbers back to the Moline Ran ch near Mineral Wells to christen a completel y redesigned 350 foot hill. The bott om was steeper and the 5 0 fo ot flat at 2 00 fee t was eliminated. Even th ough this m ad e the hill abo u t 5 0 fe et short e r it was harder t o top. In an e f fo r t to m ake it easier to use exhibition type t actics t he T HA permitted rider s to t ake bo th regu lar class or both exh ib ition runs at o ne tim e. Only o ne ride r took advan tage of it . In th e firs t half Henry Poll ey o n a 750 Triumph u sed chai ns on his bi ke . eve n t hough his ti mes did n ot pl ace he reall y ca used a lot of co m m en t. T o m Hairst on, wh o had quick cha nge wh eels , tried his own inve nt ion. lie made a tir e with nut s an d bolts fo r a st udded effect for his , 1GOO Triu mp h and used it on his first run in the Ex hibition class and fo r the second t ry he used a chain . It is n ice to see people try in g new id eas even tho ug h it ta kes a wh ile to ge t used 10 the m. Mike J on es finally seemed to get the feel o f his new 10 0 0 Triump h a nd without any tricks powered his bike over in 7.4 9 sec o nd s in the 1500 class for a first, and just to show he rea lly knew how to do it he set a 7.32 se conds tim e in the Exhibition class for top timof the da y . The only other rider to ge t in th e sevens was Gary Chandler on an 800 Triumph with 7.70 seconds for first W h at a tea m ! Carl Cran ke of Placer ville and Eric Jensen of Los Angeles ha ve teamed up on the light weig ht Pen ton motorcycl e to put together 4 stra ight w ins in th e li ght w eig ht clas ses at th ese classic off-road races. Th eir last big w in was the M int 400 descr ibed by som e as " the toug hest cross-c ountr y race ever" , Cran ke and Jensen t eam ed up on a 175cc Penton to sweep the light weight class after using th e 125cc Penton in their previous Parker and Baja w ins. 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