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; III • ~ t , t' t' 0') l !') Q,) , c ;:j ~ Trophy w inners at the Santiam Spoke Spinners poker run. The photographer sent 1 .0.'s. but. alas . no room for them all . Rodney Gr eener took · first both motos for th e win in th e 125 Expert class. The com pe tition was heavy , but G reener had it all the wa y. Joey Sch lag took his first win in the 250 Expert race , riding a new Yamaha . Mik e Underhill took first overall in the Vets cla ss on a Yamaha . Kim Britz took the win away from jammin' Joyce in the Powder Puff competition. Riding a Honda , her 2·1 score gave her the overall. • Resul ts in Results Section. Santiam Spoke ~pinners Poker run an enduro By Action Oz LE BANON.OR ,.MAY22 If the powers that be ever need a club to train aspiring enduro riders , I'd like to nominate th e Santiarn Club. It was a neat run but it "wa rn't easy" . With 350 riders turning out for the event the already wet 30 miles got m uddyl . According to club president , T oni Boyd, the hard course was marked with an option al route which this rider thought meant easier - it d idn't , it meant harder than hard . So wha t did most of the hard course riders do they went for the suprem e test. On on e 300 -yard uphill there was a whole bunch of fis h trying togo upstream on slick. greasy, deep-vee- rutted terrain . At th e top of th is torture test were a whole passel of riders who decided to stop and smell the scenery. This would have be en O .K . and gone b y unacknowledged but a 62-year·old gentleman riding a 175cc Honda thumper came on up without stopping and he did it with trials tires. T his event was plenty tough and very p retty. At many points along th e way a rider could stop his bike , get off. walk around a nd enjoy a vast scenic view of a part of O regon that is rife with splendor. I full y bel ieve that part of the reason for the popularity of poke r runs is because you have the " beca use it's the re" syndrome as well as the ability to stop and enjo y the " beca use it's there" aspec t. The Spoke Spinners are a family type clu b and they are very concerned about the environment. At the riders m eeting , and printed on the la rge call out , cards by the sign up a rea , were requests to treat the flora and fauna with top consideration . This has to be continually stressed , lest we all lose the right to enjoy an event with such magnitude as this was . The club has 30 hard working members and they came up wit h 40 trophies and many other prizes such as tires, oi l, fenders, etc., do n a ted by th e area bike deal ers in a n d aroun d Le banon. As mentioned above. there was a rider aged 62 a nd there was also a little girl , three who rod e the event sitting on the tank of her dad's bike. The club was able to get permission from a large lumber concern to run its event over their private property and in Oregon everyone does his bit to preserve and still enjoy what we have , . • even pri vate industry . Resu lts in Results Section. Schmeckel& Herold take two each in Sand Hill Chal!lpionship ByT. Houser BRENTWOOD. CA , MAY 29 The Sa nd Hill R an ch Dou ble Poin t Championship was a giantsuccess! The doub le win for Conra d Sc hmeckel was out standing. Conrad fell in th e 250 Novice race whil e leading th e pack. . Now in last place he picked up his motor and stated to pass . He kept on until he was first again and led until the finish . Conrad also rode the Open Division . sponsored b y Steve Bevilacqu a , th e broken up expert. Conrad won this class also and will be moved up to Int erm edia te soon . Jo hn Herold, Vet s Intermediate, had a race he sho u ld be proud of. Herold . Jack Lewis, and Bob Co llins wer e really d ueling for first. While Lewis and Collins were reall y hot at it , Her old found a wa y past and zapped them both for t he win . Herold also won the Open Intermed iate class. At the White Rock National. an un identified rider leads Warren Reid through a turn. (Belowl Wonder whose gingham ta blecloth provided the checkered flag at White Rock? The 125 Expert was a fu ll class with Phil Crane winning th e firs t m oto . A litt le dust slowed down the pack behind him. Bob Geffert, "b ack to racing after a layoff. got second behind Crane. In the second moto , the dust was settled down thanks to a good watering job, Crane won this one also with Geffert taking second. . The 250 Expert winner . B ill Johnson . won the first m ot o with the ho t improved expert Phill Dou g las ge tting second, afte r a ferocious du el with Dave Mythen who took thi rd . The second moto was a repeat. The Open Expert winner , Greg Douglas took first on a KT M . Steve Eddy , the local rider f;om Antioch. took second. Mike Wester . who almost always wins the Odyssey race. had his work cut out for him Sunday . Dave Dixon . who has been on the ta ilpi pe of Wester the last "few Friday nights. finall y put it toget her. Wester had it wide open . but just.could not get past Dixon . Dixon won the final moto for th e Championshp win . In the 125 Novice .race, R and y McG innis was on the gas . He had a very bad start and rode like he was on fire . Randy had a new Suzuki and won th e first moto. Pointwise. this was a very close race . Mike Brown , on the slow Kawasa ki , rode his green machine fast enough to stay .up with the newer motors and a second overall . In Division II of the 125 Nov ice cla ss, Mark Long won the first one with J im Morten hot on his tail . riding his rear wheel. Ron McClean . riding a Suzuki , got a third in the first moto , but the second moto was quite different wit h Ron win ning a nd Mo rten getting second overall. ' We would like to give special thanks to the driver of the neat water truck . j ammin' Joyce's husband. He reallv d id a fantasti c jo b. Tom Anderso~ gives his personal thanks. . Ad di tion al thanks to the local shops for their support and their donations wh ich helped make the day a success: Dirt Factory of Co ncord, J & J Cycles o f Con cord, Con cord H o n d a in Con cord . Kawasaki Wes t in Concord , Cycle Cit y in Walnut Creek, Cycle Center in Hayward . Kawasaki-Maico of Dubl in , Dublin Yamaha in Dub lin . Dublin Honda in Dublin , Honda Suzu ki in Pit tsburg and Concord Yam aha in Concord. W e thank you. Bell takes two, Richter one at the White Rock National By Sallee Hilt on SACRAMENTO , CA , MAY 29&30 The 4th Annual White Rock National attracted nearly 600 riders who braved the first "really ho t" days of the yea r in Sacramento. T he Sportsma n riders were .co m peting for a 250 Maico p ri ze, and the pros were going for a $3 ,000 p urse . Local favorites , Pat Rich ter , Dann y Turner and Danny "Magoo" Ch a ndler had a n edge due to their familia ri ty with the track. After taking the win in th e first 250 mo to and a second in th e first 125 m oto Cha ndler crashe d hard in his second 125 run, sust ai ni ng a broken leg . Rich ter , on a 125 KTM for Moto-X Fox . won the 125 class with firs t and a second place finishes . Being fr om the cool north woods of Fortuna. Pat said 37