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·.. .......•.•.•..............................•••••••••...•...••....•.......... ............................................................................................................................................................ 1st on the Newest Ifk Be ALL ta£.'II~I-l~I;l®@lG4 ~ ,. - ~\\~~~ , ~ PRE ~-:J\.t". ~ PRIX ~~ ~~~ :?i~ ~~ . ~ l'- ....q-\l '1:£0 .? fOYi'. D/~ ~ ~ Go ~ml:". ~~~y 1l ~ ~ ~ 0 oft? A,: \."'~ .J-.f;;' ~~~t1I. -Spo r tsma n cnt ry $8 Expe r t entry $15 post only Cash payback,to Experts average for a 0 -37 En duro. rough by fam ily endu ro standards. UEA wins CRe Candy Ass By larry langle y BARS TOW , CA, FE B. 20 California Racing Club 's (CR C) Can dy Ass Enduro h as been a popular event for the .last four-years , p artly d u e to the club challenge. CRC offers a huge five foot trophy to the best club at the enduro. Each club c.an enter one or more 15 ma n teams ":llh t he ten best enduro sc? res c~>Untmg tnw:,~ds t he c ha~,plO~s h lP·" I n a dd ition . C RC runs.a specia l test for the club team s afte r th e e n d ~ ro ', Eac .h team runs a co urse an? their lime IS taken when th e tenth rid er crosses the finish ing line . Spec ia l tests in p revio us yea rs were pretty tough as. they h a ~ a couple of very cha llengmg uphills in cluded . T his year's test was shorter and was totall y in view of th e pits. a llowi.ng fo r spe ctat ing. The crowd lov~d It. . Club teams were sp lit five to a m inute a nd started in a lternat in g rows. At 8:0 1 a .m . th e first five m an team left the lin e and em barked on th e gr ea t club cha lle nge. T he first loop was m ildl y cha llengi ng, just about rig!Jt for a family en d uro . It was easily zero ed by the better rid ers a nd th e minis had to really hu stl e in a' couple of section s to stay on time. They weren't cruising along . bored. The second . loop was a n entire ly d ifferent story. The sched ule read 24 mph . 30 mph and back to 24 mph. Riders familiar with th e a rea suspect ed CRC was heading them into th e tight rock y areas in th e hills south of th e pit a rea - .which was absolutely right . The 30 mph section had most riders down on points when they hit the fir st check. Only John Townsend (KTM) of AAA Cycle zeroed it. T h ings didn't let up: T he terrain got tighter even th ough th e average "d ro ppe d" to 24 mph . The next ch eck had all th e good riders down a minimum of three m inutes lat e. It' wasn't reall y.r ou gh terrain , just extremely tigh t canyons , washes a nd rocky ' trails. Fin all y th e a ver age dropped toI ~ I]' p h, i1 n1 t p ~ H?urse1 let . out into t he open desert . The ho t shoes were ab le to get back on tim e. An other check was 'wa iting but th is one caught m a ny of the fast guys early! Good ' chec k. Fro m there on in it was fairly easy bu t not mu ch cha nce to pick u p lost minutes if you were runnin g la te . After what seemed forever , th e club specia l test got under wa y. When the dust. had cleared , th e Ridge Riders fro m Ve ntura had set fas test tim e with th e Uni ted En du ro Ass. (U EA) behind t hem bv a few 's econds. Sin ce two poi nts a 'position would be added on to th e club team score , a good fin ish was essential to have a cha nce for th e five foot trop hy. A co u ple of get-offs highlighted th e speci a l tests, ' on e by fas t Sen ior Tom Getzfrid a nd th e othe r by UEA's Dick T ho mas. who ha d th e m isfortune of ha ving his throttle cable stick o n one of the rocky d ownhills. After all the clubs had run the test . everyone. ret ired to a signup for fre e beer. When all the scores had been co m p uted , th e trophy was awarded to th e UEA . wh ich finally won in its fourth year of, trying. The UE~ had been second every previous yea r. T he UEA team sco re was 72 points with t he two -time-winners. Barbenders , in at 83 points for second. Former winner s, the Trainin g Wheels, came in thi rd. The ten -rider average was _· seve n points , a far cry · from last year's average of 2.7 . The fast second loop was th e factor in this year's race. Un offi cia l end uro 'overa ll winner was W alt Tabor with four po int s. Walt edge d o u t teammate Ch ris Hamtp on (CRC 's Numb e r On e end u ro rider ), Larry Langl ey. a nd Te r ry Swet s at t he ti e b r eak e rs. Ham pton , La ng ley, and Swets a ll lost four. poi nts. ,, • FMX PISTONS HONDA GL-1000 RING & PIN ION 4.0:1 RAT IO Your biggesl performance . gain for the Gol dWlng $169.951 151 VELOCITY STACKS GAUGES FASTE NERS HARDWARE Tu GeeEnterprisesInc; 731 EAST CYPRESS. MONROVIA. CA L fFORN IA 91016 (213) 359-2415 DEALERS - CALL OR WRITE FOR LATEST CATALOG Show no fears - Shift the gears