CRC Cock's
Crow Enduro
By Larry Langley
BARSTOW, CAL., SE PT. 12
Th e weekend ' tropical storm
almost claimed ano ther victim
wh en BLt\1 notified CRC Hon ch o
J erry McNeal Friday night th at his
annual Cock's Cro w Enduro was go ing
to be canceled for safety reasons. The
B LM is a ss u m i ng the ro le of
"protecting" the desert users from flash
floods . Funt u nately a fter a Sat urday
m orning co nference, BLM relent ed on
the condition it didn't ra in Saturday
night. The weath er fron t cleared and the
en duro was on . Why BLM d idn't wait in
th e first pl ace and see how the weat her
was going to be is a mystery. Omen of
things t o come? Po ssibly .
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Sunday dawned bri gh t an d clear and
a desert rider's paradise; we t sa nd with
100% traction. Absolute ecstasy . . . 600
riders showed up to sam p le the
morning's delight and the firs t riders set
out at 7:01 a.m, for an enjoyable
morning. With no dust it was an
outright pleasure riding. T urns we re as if
a giant berm was placed fo r ea ch rider,
just lean it over and gas it !
The firs t loop it self turned o ut to be'
relatively easy and with the added
traction most riders had no problem
maintaining t h e averages. Speeds ranged
from 18 mph to 24 mph , mostly over
easy terrain. The second loop start ed
out at a brisk 21 mph aver age over the
ro cky ridges abundant in the are a,
tu rn ed to 24 mph in th e hills an d th e
race was o n . CR C', favorite trail was
used at th e fa st average and would have
caught most rid ers late ex cept t he check
crew got lo st an d nev er m ad e it to their
c hec k . O h we ll .. . the average
unexpectedly turned to 12 mph which
