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; _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._ ._._~._._._._.-._._._._._._._._._ ~_.- =Western hotline . . . won overall for the night, Malone got second place money and Wright captured a very strong third. • SRA Lone Pine Enduro OLANCHA, CAL, JULY 5 Torn Spurlock brought his winning ways all the way to Olancha and easily zeroed the course that organizers were betting would l3 le( o u "' -' e( o ._-----------------------------------_. Steve Lawrence; of Odessa, Texas, blasts the S RA dunes, but ends up pushing home (forgot to fill the tank). > III III o I- o ~ FMF's Bill Rubly (Mail grabs the holeshot on Val Tamietti (3) and Dave Carlson (F7) at Ascot MX. take the winner down at least two points today. The likeable young Husky rider lost a total of three seconds at the two tie-breakers to tame the high desert course. Sipping a cool one at the finish line , with his sponsors from Windsor Products. Tom reckoned that it was the best course he had ridden in a while. He said it would have made a good short D-37 enduro as it' had him really pushing to keep the times. Second placewent to the father/son team of Jack and Mike Dawkins as they slipped back to two poin ts, Jack was fresh from an overall win at the SRA Spring Fling Enduro and was bound to make it two in a row, but couldn't quite keep up with Spurlock. The Lone Pine Enduro is run on lands bordering the north shore of Owens Lake, just about 15 miles south of Lone Pine. While it 's still desert, the terrain is different from the southern Mojave in its barren rugged way . Honest-to-gosh sand dunes spot the area and its lack of worn trails make it unique to desert riders. The courses made good use of every inch of the competition area trying for the 60 miles needed for the event. Loop one wound through Centennial Flats and inched up and down the moon-like terrain before heading into the hills for a short bout with loose sand and shale. The very first hill had about 10 riders still stymied when the sweepers got there. Most were ready to call it off when the 12 year old sweeper on his SL 70 scooted over the top and disappeared into the sunshine. The other sweep rider stayed and watched as each one then did the deed in turn. From there the course wound aro un d I and hit a couple of interesting sand hills and headed back into the pits for beer and gas. The only . incident to mar the 1 organization of the event was that the band didn't make it for the trophy presentation and Jamboree at "Dirty J Sock" on Saturday night. "Dirty Sock" is a sulfur hot springs about four 'm iles from the pit area where the Saturday party was planned As it turned out, a good loud stereo provided by SRA No. 1 Jim Burd did the job adequately, but many locals who don't do it to bands very often would rather have had the Beatles, Well, maybe next year. • Buffington bushwhacks South Bay By James Brammer SAN DIEGO, CAL.,JULY 3 Driving into the comers with great force, causing the bike to skitter sideways through the turns, 17year old Bryan Buffington won c: "' z CI J lC 16 "' lC i the Scratch Main at South Bay Park Speedway Saturday night. RobinHood was within ten yards of Buffington for second at the finish with Skip Kenne dy in third. Almost failing to make the program, Buffington was the third substitute rider. He rode in the spot vacated by Denny Scopletti, who advanced to the San Bernardino Bandits' team this week. Buffington also won a dice with Doug Skiles for second spot in his heat, won by Brad Oxley. In the Handicap Main, won by Mark