The race co nsisted o f four fast
six- m ile lo ops, enjoyed b y ri de rs an d
spectators ali ke.
Unofficial Resu lt s in Result s Sectio n.
Desert Vipers
By Dale Brown
CALI FORNI A CITY , CAL J ULY II
Mitch Mayes returned fro m an
inj ury-forced layoff to begin a d ay
of rac ing at the Desert Vipe rs/
An tel op e Ramblers Du al Eur opean Scrambles with a win.
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the finish , Roeseler had the victory.
Mark Zoll ar (Hus) blas te d in to' claim
second , fo llo we d by Bru ce Ogliv ie, wh o
had slipped bac k one p o sition but was
st ill a strong th ird.
T he first- 250 Ama te ur to cross the
finish .line wa s Jody Bel knap (H us)
followe d by Mik e Alex ander (Ya m) ,
with R o y Fjastad (Yam ).
T he desert h ea t was just re ac h ing it s
peak whe n the Open class started off.
On t he exciting first loop of th e
Amateur /Expert r ace , Mitch Mayes
(Hus ) and Bill Saltzman (Hus ) were
di cing it out as t hey gassed it past th e
sp ec ta to rs. With each consecu t ive loop,
however, Mayes stre t ched out his lea d.
Saltzm an hung o n t o h is sec on d pl ace
position, m ai n taining a slight ed ge over
fast-m oving A. C. Ba kk en o n his ne w
Suzuki. Bob Gilb ert (KT M) finished
firs t Open Amateur, wi th J im Pay to n
(Hus) an d Jerry Sill (Ya m ) second and
third respectivel y.
T he C bi kes stormed off t he sta rt lin e
at 10 :00 a. m. Mik e Matlo ck (Yam) t o o k
th e overall win for the Ex perts ,
follo wed by pie-plater Mark Bar nes
(KT M), an d Ru ss J e nkins (Hu s) t oo k
third First Amateur was Mit c h Pa y t on
(Hu s), second goi ng to J im No rris (Suz)
an d th e third p osi tio n won b y Louis
Norton (Yam).
Rutte n
do m inate d
th e
Tom
Am at eur /Expert T rail bi ke class, ridin g
Charlie Hamill' s Yamaha. Darrin Kelsey
(Yam) cap t u re d th e seco n d p lace sp o t
fo llowed by Don Lyon (Su z) . Am ateur
Rus t y Blake (Yam) triu m phed ove r
Sco tt Mc Conneley (Yam) an d Jeff
Rob bins (Yam ), who foll owed as se co n d
a nd th ird Amateurs.
At high noo n th e Senior' s charged o ff
th e line. "Smo kebomb" Gaetz (Yam)
- to o k the overall win for t he Seniors,
David Doney (H od) was next, taking
first Trail bi kc Senior. Coming in t hird
to ta ke fir st C bike Se nior was Bob
Webb (Ya m) , fo urt h a nd fir st 250
Senior w as Ge orge Wal ker (e-A).
Bar bara T ies koetter (Suz) took th e
checkered flag
fo r th e Wo m e n' s
Divisio n, followed .b y Lynne tt e Zub er
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May es
(H us)
h it
th e
500
Ama te ur/Expe rt st ar t running third
behind Cordis Bro oks (Bul) an d J eff
Kir k (Yam) . Soon he h ad m oved past
Kirk a nd closed o n Bro oks. Th e p ass
ca me as th e two were p owering up a
gn ar ly san dwash. Bro oks gave chase for
a while, b u t h ad to back o ff wh en t he
rear tire went fl at. Mit ch led th e rest of
th e way, with a good lead on run ners-up
Kirk and Morgan Mal o cco (Yam). Other
th an tiring hi s h ands o n the Vip er s'
lon gish (fo r a Eu ro pean Scrambles)
16-mile co u rse, Mit ch felt he'd h ad a
good race. He won again over o n th e
Ra m ble r's side.
Bob G ilbe rt, on one of th e ne w
KT Ms, took first Ama te u r wi th a hi gh
overall pl aci ng.
'
Larry
Ro cseler,
Mayes'
Husky
team m ate, took the win in the 250
Amate ur/Expert clash . Roeseler did no t
have a good start, taking several kicks to
get underwa y. Wh ile h e was run ning in
t he twenties at the start, Brent
Wa llingsford,
making
his
first
a ppearance
on
a
Husky.
l\lar c
Cartwright (KT l\I). an d Bo b Ru tte n
dueled for the lead. Wall in gsfo rd kept it
for th e first lo op , holdi ng off Ru tte n b y
ta king the good lines on t he b ump y '
co urse. J ust before th e e nd o f t he first
lo op, Roeseler was b y everyone but
Wall ingsford. Moving o u t ' on to the
second loo p , Roeseler got by an d p ull ed
away to win handily. Walli ngsford to ok
second, wi th Cartwrigh t th ird At
seventh overal l, Br uce Jones (KTM) was
first A mateur.
In Division II ac tion, Ru ss J enki ns
(Ya m ) follo wed Am ateur Mitch Payto n
(Hus) for about 12 miles, then p assed
hi m and took his fi rst Ex pert victo ry.
Ed Rodine (Yam) also go t b y Payto n ,
but Mitch took the Amate ur lau rels.
Amateur Rusty Bla ke (Yam) b attled
with Bruce Ogilv ie (Yam) for th e 100
A mate ur/Ex pert win , a nd was leading
o n the fir st loo p. Ogilvie ac q ui re d a fl a t
in the ear ly goi ng , b ut was still firs t into
t he finish . But, th e Vipers had caug h t
him us in g an illegal firero ad an d
di squal ified him. Blak e got the wi n wi t h
a fi ne ride, an d Dar en Kelse y (Ya m) was
in nex t for first Exper t.
Nobody was surprised th at T rudy
Beck (KT M) had a b ig Jea d on the fir st
loop of · the \Y
omen' s Division race,
d espite stalling off the lin e. T rud y h ad a
flaw less ride , finish ing wi t h a h ealthy
lead over Barbara Tioes ke tter (Suz). A t
th ird, June Elias (Yam) too k fi st
r
Amateur. Juanit a Morris (Yam) finished
sixth ove rall, fir st Novice.
The Senior Division race was j ust like
the b a ttle, for firs t overall in a b ig race a
year or two ago . Smokebomb Gaetz
(Yam) and Art Kn app (H us) duel ed ,
with Kn app wi n ning. Jack Fr o elich (25 0
Yam ) was third. Amateur Arnie
Armstrong (Ya m ) and Novice Alan
Jo hnson (Yam) led th eir co lo r-ba r
divisions to th e finish.
In Novi ce ac t io n, Ric hard Bax ter
(Ya m ) started off t he morning with a
50 0 No vi ce win. Pan cho Sp ain (Mon)
be at Ton y Steffins (Yam ) by a scan t
five fee t o r so to wi n the 250 Nov ice
race. Mike Midkiff (Yam) had a good
time, winning the 17 5 No vice eve n t ,
while Bruce Elery (Yam) had h is way
with th e 100 class.
D-3 7' s new feat u re, a p o ints-p ay in g
Begi nner class, was wo n th is day by
James Lawrence Jr. on a small-bore
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