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(Above) Sonora Pass - a celebration of season's end ing.
(Below) AHA! Caught red-handed - laying a trap, or removing one?
thewounded seemed to ha ve become
that wa y by st riki ng thei r noses agains t
unyield in g surfaces like cross bars ,
granite and trees . There were more
blo ody faces her e than at th e local
beer joint on Sa turday night.
T he ob st acl es never stop ped co ming
at you ; long stret chs of rock -str ewn
ridges, a few uphills and downhill s to
break up th e handl e-b ar-grip -close
woods paths an d som e muddy wat er
crossings . T he n ca me th e trestl e. You
always kn ow that th e Sonora Pass M/C
is going to run th e course over th e
trestl e - it' s almost a tradition . T he
trestle hangs out from a cliffside , it is
very high and is paved wit h lengths of
railroad tie. Boards wh ich are about
18 inc hes wid e are laid end to end for
a road way on th e ties. The trestle is
about as lon g as a basketball court and
riders tend to slow down wh en th ey
'Cross.
T he speed average was 24 m ph and
the abandoned ra ilro ad grade whidi
followed was posted a t 30 mph . Aft er
this last hurdle there was fir e road all
the wa y home , and one needed that
fire road to ge t back on h is m inute .
A you ng Husky rid er named Ch a rlie
Marshall led with a -I sco re at th e
finish . This was Charlie's first ru n as
an A rider. Geor ge Hen drix (H us) and
John Trout (IT 400 ) both were down
by -2 in th e un official results.
T he re wer e a t least two p ro tests:
The key tim e at ch eck four may have
been off (o ne of th e chec ke rs was usin g
his wrist wat ch to flip the cards . Not
exac tly
illegal ,
b ut
not
very
con fide nce- inspi ring ei the r) The same
probl em is alledged at check five
where the time may be off by a minute
and / or th e flip cards were in error
according to th e protestee .
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Results pending.
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