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fiG II IIIlI .... II: J ames Fastle p ut h is Chav-zed t hro ugh it s MX Borderland Motocross action By E. Wright EL PASO , TEX., OCT. 10 Ken J ohnson took over man agemen t of Borderland Motocross Park and held his first race October 10th with a ' $500 pu rse. Mr. Johnson laid out a n all new, challenging t ra c k and ra n a very good show - trying to p lease both spectators an d riders. A lo t of Experts t urned out an d provide d some very fine racing. In th e Open Ex pert, Pe t e Tanner, who has been out of racing for five m onths with a b ro ken leg, m ade a co meback an d ra n a strong fifth u ntil he p u lled off becau se of p ain in his leg. It won 't b e t oo lo ng until Pete w ill. be ba ck t o his old fo rm . Scott Lo gst on is st ill out o f action with a crushed an k le an d had to sett le fo r the job of sp ectator for th e day. J ames Fas tle , Albuquerque , Ne w Mexico (CZ), ca me . fro rn behind in bot h moto s t o w in the O pen Expert (on a 25 0) o ver Dennis Patton , EI Paso , wh o won the first m oto on a Yamah a, Dennis t r ied t o ri de all three Expert classes, bu t the heat got to him . He also hit a co u rse m arker a nd bro ke his finger. Andy Palafox a lmost m ade a sweep of t he 125 an d 250 Expert classes. Andy wo n the 250 ov erall on his potent KT M and the first . m o t o of th e 125 , b ut while in the lead in the second m o t o wit h o nly one lap t o go, h e ran o ut o f gas. His pit crew gassed him up and got h im go ing again to score en ough p o in ts for fifth overall. • Result s in Res ults Secti on. Capitol City Night Motocross By Greg Labbe A USTIN, TEX ., OCT. 1 Th e night moto cros s season IS be ginn ing to wind down n ow as evenings gro w ever ' cooler, so Cap it ol Cit y Night Mot o cross will be d on e fo r this season aft er th e last Friday ni ght race in Oc tober. It has been ni ce to be ab le t o ride in the coo l of th e eve ning t hro ugh ou t t he .su rnrner on a gene ral ly well pre pared a nd extremely well lit n igh t t rack; a nd we w ill all 100 k fo rward t o it s reo pen in g so metime th is nex t Mar ch or April (weat he r perm itt in g). In consist ency w as th e n ame o f th e game in th e 1 25 No vice bash. Amid th e crashing a n d b u rning o f h is pee rs, Do ug David emerged victorious, fo llowed by John Edgar and Ge ne Sharp . Of the 18 bikes in t he 250 Novice class, six were old silver-tanked Elsinores with a co uple . of them cra c kin g the top five or six in ea ch moto. The eventual third overall rider , Mark Hrn cir, won the third m o t o on one. It just go es to prove that you don't have to own the lat est trick equipment to get out there a nd ride . A lit t le desire can go a long way to overcoming motorcycle deficiencies, whether real o r imagined. . Jerry Kamp, on a 125 Ho nd a won a sp iri ted battle of m ix ed d isp lacements in th e In termediate cla ss over T im McCask ill (370 Suz) and Ch ris Sharp (250 Yarn }, Kurt J acobson edged o u t a na rrow victo ry over Gle n Meu lste in and his bro ther Kei t h Jacobson in the 10 0 Nov ice class. Mark Wheeless was t otall y do mi na n t in the Ex pe rt ranks , getting two of th e three ' h olesh ots an d winnin g all three motos with out ap paren t effo rt. T h ree di fferent riders finish ed second behind Wheeless. It was Bryan Bri ggs in m oto o ne, J erry Symank in mot o two, a nd Ch arlie Backus in t he third rno t o , • Bac kus en de d u p secon d ov erall. G.N.C. Qualifier at Austin MXPark By Gre g Labbe AU STIN, TEX., OCT. 3 On what m ay have been th e single • most perfect day of the yea r, Austin Motocro ss Park cel ebrat ed its second an niversary in style. Approxi mately 260 riders an d a horde o f attenda nt sp ec tators w er e treat ed to a ve ry full day o f m ot o cross t h r ills an d a free beer b us t. T he first o f m an y kegs, supplie d by D& L Suz uki, was tapped righ t a fte r the last Am at eu r m oto w as over a nd everyone laid back on the hill , suds in hand, to ' wat ch a fine Expert fiel d d u ke it ou t ove r a $ 75 0 pu rse. In what turned ou t to b e th e m ost thrilling finish of the d ay , David DiCo rte za p ped Mike Malone y b y n o m or e th an a n in ch a t the finish . DiC o rt e had to figh t his wa y through a hig h ly co m pe ti ti ve 12 5 In t ermed ia te field wh ile Mike Mal oney was in the lea d a nd pullin g away. DiCort e caugh t Maloney wit h two laps to go and the battle was on . Both rid er s w ere w id e open t h ro ugh every co rne r wi th in in ches o f each o t he r, bu t Maloney val iantl y battled DiCo rt es charge . T he n, com ing through that last off ca m ber co mer onto th e fro n t straight, DiC orte ap plied 110% t h ro ttle and pulled even wit h Malon ey as they ro c ket ed as one bike towards the finish. As the checkers broke the air everyone loo ked at ' one another in amazement. They wo u ld have cheered but di dn 't know who to cheer for. The announcer called Malo ney the victor b u t the scorers, w ho were rig ht down near the track, saw it diffe re ntly. Until the scorers gave t he wo rd , no o ne was sure . It was close! Maloney again had the lead ea rly in the secon d mot o but DiCorte was in second , qu ickly mo ve d to the fro nt, and w ent on to vict o ry. T he 125 Ex pert s fired up as those on th e hill w ere pro ceeding t o get soused an d enjoy the excit em en t o f Exp ert racing . T he favori t es o n th e line had to be Mel Newman on a Suzuki fr om San An gel o , Dicky Turnbo on a Yamaha from Lake Whitney and David Daniels on a Yamaha from New Braunfels, and various ge ntle m anly bets were being bantied a bo ut as the rubber band sn apped a n d the pack, led by Austinite Bo bb y Bullock roared to t um one . Newman was in third and quickly worked h is wa y into the lead, but Turnbo an d Daniels were ' not faring as we ll back in th e pack. Every one wait ed fo r th e paten t ed T u rnbo bla ze t hrough the pack bu t it never ca m e. Dicky struggled up to fi ft h an d the re he stayed. Newman agai n took the lead in the second m oto and cruised to overal l victory as Turnbo DNF'd. Henry Evans had to work hi s Penton har d in the second moto to move u p to t h ir d a nd finish second overall. Mel Newman (Su z) and Dic ky Turnbo (Hus) were at it again in the 250 class, swapping firs ts a nd seconds , b ut Turnbo took th e overall win with a solid second moto victory. Rob Mo rrison • (Hus) was third. Res ults in Resu lt s Section. The first Annual Crested Butte Mountain Enduro (or the perils of .Pearl Pass) By Do n Cleary CRESTED BUTTE, CO. , SEPT . 26 On ly abou t 90 hearty enduro riders p rep ared themselves Sunday mo rni ng for a co mbination mud , snow, sleet, and rain-filled d ay. Many riders, including Doug Drussel (R o k ), shared a p re-enduro fight of a Monarch Pass snowstorm enroute fro m Gar den Cit y , Kansas. _ The fun started with a ru n u p Cr est ed Butte Mountain, snaking up u nder th e ski lifts. So m e com m ented that the li fts should have bee n runnin g. Afte r crossing t he icy r iver a nd subsequ ent mud bank before check n umber three, a few riders didn't even b other with Pearl Pass . The o n es that di d p ro bab ly we re a bit sorry. Almost two fee t of the fluffy white stuff capped lo vely Pea rl. With id ea l co n di t ions, Pearl Pass is never kno wn as a joy ride, a nd wi th th is wh ite b lanket it was d efintely a "boggy boo." T he tr ue fa ct was that t he ch eckers for ch ec k n umber fo u r, leavin g at 4 :00 a.rn, to set up in t im e for the first rid er , almos t e n de d up in the Obi tuary Co lu m n . Wit hin a st one's throw of the su m m it, t hei r 4x4 too k a su d de n twist fo r the worst and hi gh -centered on a p recario us ledge, han gin g by le ss t han a thread. Pani c ke d th at num ber fo u r chec k wo u ld be n on -ex ist e nt , one o f the excited promote rs grabbed t he clocks , et , al., and p ro ce ed ed to sled his 360 H usky to the sight of n um ber fo ur. When h is ca rb froze fro m pl o win g snow, he narrowly edged o ut Tim T ho mpson (Bul) to the che ck. ~ t c..o r-- 0') ,....., C\I s-. 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