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cre w member said . " Peo ple forget , but
when we' re over in Europe , it's US vs.
th e world ."
Thin gs seem ed to be go ing smoot hly
when word.Filter ed int o check five that
Fra nk Ga llo's rear wheel was in d ire
need of spo kes. W ith a special test
locat ed bet ween chec k four a nd five.
the pit personn el wer e b uzzing with
a nticipat ion . Wh e n m inut e fo u r
appeared on th e flip ca rds a t chec k
five , and no riders had a ppeared, th e
worrying sta rt ed . Rid ers lost ? W as th e
section too rough 10 m ai ntain ' t he
ave ra ges? Or wa s the ke y t im e
m isc a lcul at ed ?
Fin all y
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unmistakable roar of a big-bor e two stroke ca me down th e hill and in ca me
Burl eson who wa s riding on minute
nin e! He was th e first rider in! Dick
pitted before th e check as normal.
However , 'ma ny of th e pit cre ws had
a lrea dy moved th eir rid er 's gas beyond
t he chec k to let th eir riders chec k in
befor e ga ssin g . Fina lly rid ers sta rted to
trickl e in a nd wer e astounded to find
th emselves lat e . Very few rid ers made
th e c he ck o n tim e, Obviou s ly
somet hing was wrong, Burleson was
deli ghted with th e turn of events a nd
his m aking th e check on time seemed
to pysch ou t his com pet itio n .
T he n Gall o ca me in , lat e . His rear
wheel was mi ssing m any of th e spo kes
a nd the rim had . obviously co me 10
grief with a roc k or log as it was very,
very fla t. Up t he trail out of th e check.
Ga llo came upon a Pent on wheel a nd
pulled off into t he woods for a q uic k
cha nge . However . for some reason t he
" fou nd" wheel wouldn' t fit a nd a ft er a
long del ay . Fra nk rode on wit h his
origi na l whee l wobh ling , in da nge r o f
collapsing.
Th e co u rse e nded o u ts ide of
McM innville a t th e Mulkey MX track
where the fin al speci a l test would ta ke
place. Rid er s wou ld run in motos of 10
riders each as they clocked in at th e
fin ish. The first moro lineu p included
most of th e Open cla ss co ntend ers,
includi ng Burleson , Messer , Br iggs ,
Carter , Fer o and local MX hero Ken
Maahs. When Bu rleson found ou t
a bo u t Gall o's rear wheel problem , he
kn ew he had a n exce lle nt cha nce to
ca p ture the overa ll.
After a prac tic e lap around the
cou rse , Dick d ecided 10 tape on a tearoff lens over his glasses. A m ud hole on
th e ba ck side of th e track a long with
th e kn owledge he would get a slow
sta rt due 10 his hav ing 10 be off th e
bike 10 kick it over p rob ably had a
little b it 10 do with his decision. T he
sta rt of th e mot o ha d the p ri ma ry kick
Yam ah as of John Fero and Chris Ca rte r
ge tti ng th e holesh ot while Burleson
predi ct ab ly got off ni nth , However ,
Bu rleson wasted no time in cu tt ing
through th e field p icking off rid ers a t
every turn unt il he was fifth halfway
through th e first la p . Dick swept past
Ma ico riders Barry Briggs a nd Bob
Messer , both very good m o tocrosscrs
a nd set his sight on Chris Carter who
was now leading . Ca rt er want ed the
rnoto win bad but a failing rea r brake
slowed hi m . sligh tly and Bu rleson
swept by and into the lead before the
end of t he firs t lap! He just was n't to be
denied . Dick -then proceeded to stre tc h
ou t a led that gre w eac h la p unt il he
held a n estima ted 20-second bul ge at
th e e nd. Th e m ot o ended with
Burleson first . Carter second, Messer
third . and Briggs fourth .
Mot o tWO look ed to d ecid e th e 350
cla ss with all three contenders heads
up , Cra nke , Hannon a nd Younkins .
At the start Younkins shot 10 th e lead
whil e Hann on and Cran ke too k
multiple kicks to get goi ng. Hannon
go t off to a littl e better sta rt than
Cranke and both m oved ra pi d ly
through the field, until they wer e
running second and third . Younkins
was gone , with a comfortable lead .
Hannon was holding off a pressuring
Crankc unt il a slower rider knocked
Hannon down j ust before the finish
and Cr a nke got by, Hannon got up
and fini shed third , livid with rage. He
thought th e slowe r rider . Penton mounted Tom Reese , was deliberately
block ing for Cra nke an d Younkins.
Hannon had a ngTy words with Reese
and for a mo me nt , it look ed like
punch es would be th rown , Mike reinj u red th e arm th at was hurt at th e
Gr eenhorn when he went down , Reese
apologized but claimed he wasn't
blocking and Hannon cooled off. The
collisi on turned OUt 10 be costly as
Mike ended up third behind Cranke
and Younkins, just two seco nds back of
Younkins. Mike's teammate , Ben
Bower. also had some terrible luck
when his Bultaco foul ed a plug on the
last lap , By th e time Ben changed th e
plug, his gold m edal was long gone,
Al Bak er , on an IT 400 Yamaha,
had the m isfortune 10 crash in th e
mud hole and was coated with mud
from head 10 roe . Desert ace Terry
Da vis was circ u la ting at a fai rly fast
clip b ut did miss a berm now and
th en ,
It looked like Bu rleson now had a
lock on th e ove ra ll and cla ss win but
Frank Gall o had a point to make,
Frank limped into th e finish and lined
up for his rnot o , When he was done,
he had better ed Burleson 's mota tim e
by two seco nds , broken rea r wheel and
a ll!
Bad lu ck d ep artm ent : La rs La rson
(Ma i) - rea r sproc ket bolts shea red
off 15 m iles fro m t he fin ish ; Kevin
La Voie ( Pe n) - Mu ffler ca me a pa rt ,
engine would n't ru n ; Earl Law (Oss)
- Flat tir es; Roy Cook ( Pen) - Rear
shoc k m ounts brok e , still fin ished on
silver.
Resu lts were d elayed as th er e was
ind ecisio n on wha t 10 do abou t chec k
five on Sund ay where th e ma jorit y of
th e rid ers were la re . T he decision was
fi n a lly m ade b y AI Eam es a fter
co nsu lting with th e club and other
personnel to ad d four minutes to the
rid ers' tim es a t th e chec k. Apparently
th e mil eage was fig u red wrong and it
was three mil es longer 10 th e chec k
th an th e cl u b figured whe n co m pu ting
the key tim es. In an adj ustment
situa tio n. everyo ne will not be satisfied
but something had to be done or most
of the ride rs wou ld lose their go ld .
Wh en t he results were finall y
co m p uted . Dick Burl eson reigned as
king of t he Open class and the overa ll
with a sco re of 1732 , Only Frank Gall o
might ha ve seriously cha llenged Dick.
J ohn Fero too k seco nd with a 1781 .
Carl Cr a nke took th e 350 class win .
while T om Pent on edged Mark Deyo
(Ya m) by JUSt five seconds 10 m a int a in
th e Penton ho ld on the 250 class . Max
Markowitz put in a g reat Su nday ride
10 m ove up from seve nth 10 th ir d .
T he 175 class turned ou t to be close
with Drcw Smi t h ta king the win bu t
on ly by four seco nds . Rod (Bad-ass)
Bush mad e up a hu ge d efi c it to tie
Dan e Leim bach for second j ust four
seconds back of Smi th ! Dane's brother
T ed won the 125 class ha od ily as Gr eg
Dav is had some pro blems which
dro pped him to thi rd . Ca n ' Ammount ed Bob Pearce too k seco nd. •
Results
OVERAll : Dick Burleson IHusI1 732.
OPEN CLASS : 1. Dick Burleson IHus) 1732. 2. John
Fero IYaml 17B1. 3. Bob Messer IMail 1SO . 4. Ken
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Maahs lHus) 1820. 5. Barry Higgins (M ail 1839 . 6. Chris
Carter (Yam) 1841. 7. Nate Pillsb ury l Mail l 868.
350 CLASS: 1. Carl Cranke IPenl 1786. 2. Gary
Younk ins (Pen) 1797. 3. Mik e Hannon IBull 1799. 4.
J erry Jackson ISuz) 2148 . 5, J eff Hammond tva rnl
2164.6. Mik e McGow an (Her) 3233.
250 CLASS : 1. Tom Pent on (Penl 1811. 2. Mark
Deyo IYaml 1816. 3. Max M arcowill lPen) 1836.4. J eff
Hill {PenI1852. 5. Bruc e Kenny ISUll 1856. 6. Bill Uhl
(Mai) 1858. 7. Larry Thomp son lYaml 1877. 8. Jim
Fogle IPenl 1879. 9. Ro n Bohn IHusl 1886. 10. Brad
Hadfield IHusl 2062.
175 CLASS : 1. Drew Sm ith (Her) 1869 . 2. Rod Bush
(PenI 1873. 2. Dane Leimbach IPenl1873 (tie), 4. Walt
Kemp IYam) 2271 .5. M ike Deya IYaml 2738.
125 CLASS: 1. Ted Leimbach (Penl. 2. Bob Pearson
IC-AI. 3. Greg Davis IHusl.
