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EDesert Hotline ~ t l' l' 0') ~ lonnie Peterson , one of the top motocrossers in the country when Edison introduced the sport. finished second at CRC's team race, along with Bulldog Fowler. (Above) Amateur Gary Davies teamed with veteran Heath Hibbard for the overall win. (Below) Changing trails to get out of the dust. (Bottom) Racing do~n pit road was i~credibly dusty. · Davi eS/H ibb ard:'~w" t 'he winning combination at eRe ·t e a m race By Jerry G. Welton I CALIFORNIA CITY, CA . SE PT. 4 ~~ rn ~0-r: Heath Hibbard and amateur Gary Davies took )") the,lead on the second loop and were unchal-e: lenged from that point on to take the CRC team "": race win atCalifornia City. '~ ~l 10 When the banner dropped after a one- hour ambulance delay it was Mark Zoller (400 Yam) leading the stampede to the bomb with Davies (400 Yam) following closely. Bill Conroy (400 Yam), " Bad" Br a d Henson (175 IT) and Lonni~ Peterso n (400 Yam) , were ~ll r~nmn.g ab,?ut parallel for the thu d. spot With Mike Co le (250 KT M) running fourth . Shortly after th~ smoke. the co urse swung up to the nght for a ways and then ~ooked ~o t~e l~ft a?d back .down creating a ha ir pin suuauon and It was here the problems began. After the leaders had gone through this section and started leading towards Galilee Hill, they began spreading apart . Conroy, still running approximately third . noticed he was being over co me by d ust. This dust ca me fro m about twenty" riders .who had cut this section short. Co nroy was rather upset by this and dropped out of t he race. . , Zoller began to stretch hIS lead slowly but surely over Davies and it was clear sailing the rest of the way around . /' As expected, the first ri d er to complete the first 25 miles was Zoller-iT doing so in approximately 22 mi nutes: d Forty-five seconds later came Davies . and not too far behind was Peterson.~ ~' Zoller pulled in and gave his bandolier I~ to partner Phil Stumbo (400 KTM) who wasted no time getting o.n course. Heath Hibbard (400 Yam) set sail out of the pits after Davies brought the team a ro u nd . Peterson handed off to fell ow Sodbust~r Chuck " Bulldog"~"l Fowler (400 Yam) a nd began chasing the leaders. Through nex t was Cole with teammate Dean Kirk (250 Hus) . . headll~g out for loop num~er two. A short tlm~ later. Henson.was In to trade c~ores with . TIm Plant (175 DMG ). Dlr~ctly behin d P~ant and Henson ~as novice Br et Cushing (250 H us). Mike Hood (2 50 Yam) took over for Bret at th is point and p roceded on his way. ' Shortly after leav ing the pits, at approximately the first checkpoin! . Stumbo's scooter dropped out of d ie :l race with unknown maladies. This moved the team of H ib ba rd and Da vies into the lead where they stayed forthe remai nder of th e race . JJ