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it to t he gas poin t at 53 mile s. 11,e
cour se con ti n ued on over a series 0 f
ri dg es and riders so m eti m es ha d to go
ov er, u nder or aro und thicket s and piles
of tree limbs and brus h. Anyon e who
has bec om e tangled in this octopu s-like
ob stacle can ap p reciate the di fficulty of
keeping o n on e 's m inute. The fm al
sections were re -run backwards over the
loop used earlier in the day . Only now
the ro ad ways were in ch es deep in
powder.
The fin ish line was a scene of
co n fu sio n an d a little hostility on the
part of " A" ride rs wh o knew th at there
were, serious di screpan cie s a t the chec ks
and in the m ilea ges. T he sky had fall en
in on the C.E.R. A. layout men who h ad
spent so much time , money and energy
in preparing what th ey had thought was
going to be a super enduro. This was to
be the enduro which would show
ev eryone that the club could handle a
National. In fact , C.E,R.A. had just
joined the A.M .A . and also just applied
for sanction to hold the National next
acutely
y ear. The situation was
embarrassing.
Strangely enough th ere were no
protests. The people m o st concerned "A" riders who were ridin g for points seemed to understand. The club passed
out apologies and cold be er at the finish
and the members who wore their red,
white and blue vests that day sh owed
considerable co u rage.
Out of the eight chec ks in the 110
mile course, three were retained and the
rest called o bservation points. All
trophies will be awarded - duplica te
trophies for t ies - and everything will
b e done to mo llify th ose who haven't
yet for given C.E.R.A. The District 36
Enduro Steward, Lynn Ritner, is going
to decide whether o r n o t na t ional po in ts
will be a warded.
Well , there was som e goo d news for
C.E .R.A. - they were given permission
to hold a National next year. So , maybe
in th e long run everything will work ou t
for the best. All the m istakes were made
last Sat urday and nothing, positively
nothing, will go wrong at the National
next year. C.E.R.A. promises yo u .
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Results pending.
5untarget Chukkar
Run
By Jan Newman
YAKIMA, WASH., OCT. 10
Sun target, one o f the Northwest's
newest mo to cross facilities, is
loc at ed near Yakima at the site of
a forme r , gun club. T he existi ng
clu bh ouse lends a t ou ch of luxury no t
often ass ociated with dirt b ikes. The
secon d floor snack bar an d deck offer a
view of the entire co u rse wh ich wi nds
up an d do wn th e h illsid e across th e w ay.
T he pits are terraced to provide fu ll
view for t he less en thu sia sti c sp ectators
who would prefer to wa tc h in th e
comfort o f th eir ve hi cles .
T he co urse itsel f is full o f up hills,
downhills, o ff ca mber turns , hum p s,
ju mps , et c. T he m ost o m in o us is a
double jump right smack in the middle.
This jump can b e taken safely tw o ways
- both humps at o nce o r a super slo w
roll over ea ch . There is an alt erna te
one-jump route to the righ t for the
super squeamish wh ich is perfectly legal.
This double ju mp took its toll. J im
J ago w was way ou t front in the first
250 "C" race when he pulled too hard
and accord ion ed his Yamaha seat. Dan
Wang ler (Suz) fell heir to the win
followed by Bill Wilson (Ma n ). In the
second mota Wan gler hit the co rn er first
and loa ked like a winner until the last
couple of lap s. Mike Crevling (Suz ) had
been working to the front. On the next
to last lap he pulled up to fly over the
double jump right beside Wangle r but
Dan w a s having none of that. On the
fin al lap repeat of the duo night, Mike
won out.
Ed Davis and Gary Rac ca, looking
like two peas in a pod, went 1-2 all the
way in the first 125 Pro rac e on
identical DG 's. Davis wen t mo st of th e
wayan a flat rear tire. Ed went wire to
wire in t he second round bu t "Racca
en countered problems early in th e first
lap wh ich left him picking his way
thro ugh the pack. Clin t Calh ou n (Han),
Bill Joyce (Ha n) and Pat J acob son
(Hon) fought it o ut for second. J o y ce
wo n an d took se cond place mo ne y wi th
his 3-2 record. Racca pulle d au t a th ird .
Ron Pomeroy (Bul) do minated t he
250 Pros. Lee Voss (Hus) ha d a solid
sec ond in th e first round. A bid fo r
th ird by Duke Coleman was ended
abru p tly when he crashed on th e double
jump an d pu t h is Hus ky out of
co mmission . Dave LaPierre (Suz) hel d
secon d in the final round until Voss
wen t so deep in to a com er o n t h e ins ide
they both went off t he track - Dave
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flying over the b ars on the way.
Ron Long (Mai ) was out fron t all t h e
way in the first Open B ra ce . The next
mota looked like a repeat until the ra ce
was st opped after two laps be cause of
an injured rider. On the restart Long got
the holeshot with Rick McUne (Suz ) in
hot pursuit. They goo fed and Jerry Cox
(Suz) emerged in fro nt. Rick re covered
to take th e win but Ron wound up
nursing a broken frame to fin ish.
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Resul ts in Results Section .
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By Sallee Hilton
HE LVETIA PARK, CAL. , OCT . 10
Over
make
Poin t
races .
300
their
win
The
riders sho wed up to
bid for the series High
at this first o f fou r
Mighty Mago o (Danny
Ch an dler) was last off the line in a field
of twenty 2 50 Expert s, and w ithin two
lap s ha d p iloted his flying KTM to thi rd
pl ace. Magoo pushed Mike Hersman
(Hus) o n aro un d John Minor's Suzuki
af t er several laps of' -the three of t hem
ri di ng as a sin gle unit. On ce by Min or,
Magoo kept the pressu re on Hersman to
ta ke over the lead ju st before the white
flag. Hersman m ade a mis ta ke th at c ost
h im the lead, laying it down in a turn;
b ut re covered in time to maintain his
secon d position, only because Minor
was dropping off the pa ce due to an
em ergency type situation - hi s pants
were fallin g down! He still man a ged a
third.
Minor again was out in fron t wh en
the sec ond moto go t o ff, but this t im e
Magoo didn't h ave as far to go to catch
up. It was Hersm an with th e ba d start
and ma king a hard d rive to ca tch up to
th e leade rs. Magoo began imm ediat ely
to reel Min or in and took ov er t he lead
wh ile flying off the second of the t wo
jumps o n th e back straight. As Mago o
was going away, Hersman was co ming
up close r to Minor, In t he wh ite flag lap
the two dic ed it o ut, bat tl in g fo r th at
second pl ace. In the fina l seconds
Hersm an got by.
In t he fn-st round o f the 125 Exp ert
class, Mike Prest on (Suz) sh o wed them
t h e w ay to go. The second and third
p lac e finis h ers weren 't as cu t and dri ed.
AI Hall (Ho n) and Dan a Wax ham (Suz)
ha d to co me fr o m further back in the
pac k and fight for their positions. Hall's
worst o bstacle was T om Bragd on (Yam)
who did n't wan t to give up second. The
t w o pl ayed swa psies for a while be fore
Bragdon fell out o f it . Waxham was by
t h en running fifth , an d pressin g Dave
Wood (Ha n) to give up fo urt h . Wood
an d Waxh am b oth went arou nd Bragdon
an d co n tinu ed the fight now fo r third.
It was in the white flag lap that Waxham
m anaged to take \yo ad.
The same four lined up just of f the
sec o n d mota start with Preston go ing to
the front aga in followed by Hall th en
Wood a nd Waxham. The first hal f was
like a p arade until Waxham put a
challeng e on Wood which fmall y p aid
off. The parade then con t in ued
following Preston, Hall , Waxham and
Wood to the finish.
Res ults in Results Section.
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