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.._ __._._._._._. ._. _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._.-. Westernho go? But it was neal. He had it wellmarked , so you didn't kill yourself," he said. Crawford still managed a hard crash on the third lap. Crawford plans on returning, as he said he enjoyed it , and believes it is good training for motocross. " In a motocross you get nervous on the starting line . Here you don't get tired all at once. You don't get tired from tenseness. At first I thought , hey , you're not going to get tired , but after 60 miles it starts getting you. I think it's good training for motocross ," he said. There were 26 I entries for the race, onl y two of which were casualties, one a broken foot and the other a separated shou lder. Neither injury even occurred on the first lap. It is possibl e the rid ers took it easy on the first lap after being cautioned at the rid er 's me eting that there were no mineshafts on the course. Results in Results Section . 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Ca 95361 Frames Shocks 1 209-847-5934 Swing Arms Wheels ~~j@RedJAnds Suvdti ....... ' .:.:.:. Salt·.. &: .'H' r\ in ' :;:;::: 30 ~::::::: ~::::::: ,::::::: t· ···· : Fa.., U p~; ~hil Onl n, An~ ~ hn ,· 829 W. Cuh"n A\t'. Redl a ndv C;,\ 92:17:1 71 4-79.1-211-11 eighth lap, Lunde made his move and swooped the lead away from Elliott. At practically the same time Smith set Domann back a slot. When the race was over Tim Lunde had a nice check in his possession . Elliott got the second place payback and Tony Wanket the third. If X marks the spot, then Texan Rick Blackwell made his mark during the Open Pro race. Rick is riding for Cross Up Products and has a giant X on the front of his jersey, something none of the other riders got a cha nce to see, when Rick smoked the first moto. Bob Elliott (Suz) never got a chance to get by. T .]. Warren (Mon), Luke Messer (Mai), Scott Miller (Yam) and another DG rider Lance Moorewood mixed it up for most of I the moto with Messer , Miller , and Warren getting the edge on Moorewood and David Gerig (Suz). Bob Elliott excels in getting moto holeshots and did it again, winning the second moto and the overall . Messer and Blackwell kept after him but never quite got the chance to pass the Suzuki ace. Warren was disappointed when Bob Maxwell moved his new Maico in and took over fourth. On the last lap , Scott Miller moved in and bumped Warren back one more notch. David Gerig was advancing on the leaders and looking as if he might end up in the money when a broken foot peg put him out for the rest of the race. Elliott got the overall , Blackwell and Messer the next money. Results in Results Section. Halford grabs ADRA Vulture i By John Ehrhart WICKENBURG , AZ, SEPT. 18 Jim Halford won his second race in a TOW by completing the 100 miles of the Third Annual Vul - ture in three hours, 36 seconds. Halford, starting from the last expert row in the timed race, took the lead in distance on the last la p by passing Dave Miller. Miller had taken the lead on the first lap and used his front-row starting position to stretch his lead in the dustless air out front. He still finished only 2:20 down from Halford. Halford had expected to be out front much sooner, by the third lap , but the dust slowed him . He still liked the course. "Excellent; definitely a challenge," he said after the race. He was impressed by a rider who hadn't raced for about six years . "Mark Draugel was the only one I raced with for any length of time . He stayed with me for two thirds or three quarters of a lap . Then he missed a corner and I motored by. I raced with him severa l years ago when I raced a 125, " said Halford . Draugel fin ish ed fourth overall. Another rider would have liked to trade places with Draugel since he was looking forward to a dice with Halford. Dave Crawford. best known for his motocross exploits as an expert in the Phoenix area , didn't get the chance to play . Ha lford passed Crawford while he was getting some gas . Then Crawford 's chain broke on the last lap. As a motocrosser, Crawford had some thoughts on desert racing before the race. "I've been wanting to do it for a long time. But I'm going to do something different for a motocrosser: cool it and not pla y like the other MXers and crash," he said, referring to stories he had heard of another motocrosser , Roger Jones, last year at the Snowflake race. Jones went for the lead right away , and th e resulting crashes event ually put him out with a broken gas tank . , Armed with this knowl ed ge and th e fac t that th er e wer e 4300 mineshafts waiting if on e got too wildl y off course , he took it easy th e first lap . " I was kind of worried , how do you know wher e to on the ground between Kawasaki's Gary La Plante and Honda's Mark Eggar. The thunder was finally quieted on the final section of the day where Eggar dropped two points, Gary only one to win the trial. Other action saw Greg Lersch finish third expert, and Jeff Fish took fourth. - Greg Byers glided to another amateur win, over Rick Bieniak. After a four month lay -off from the "trials world" Barry McMahan returned on form to fini sh third amateur. Paul Oswald tumbled into fourth spot. Novice winner David Moon transferred to amateur with his one point novice win. Snowden Mathews and Scott Head tied for second place. Scott missed the ride-off so Snowden 'fi n ished second with Scott third novice . Bruce Davis put it together for fourth spot. S.D .T.R. put on a simple, straight ' forwa rd trial which drew praise from the riders . Ten sections, five loops made for a comfortable time schedule. In the senior class, " Mea n" Marv Russell won over Carrol Harris. Beginner action saw Glen Baldwin as winner and Mike T incup as runnerup. Results in Results Sect ion. Steffen scores in Elsinore series By A ndi Gangewer ELSINORE, CA , SEPT. 17 The final evening of the Hemet Cycle Center High Point Trophy series was over and the riders in contention huddled around the Elsinore sign-up booth to see the results . Three overall high point trophies were given ou t , and then the two riders in each class received a trophy. Joe Steffen received a huge trophy for the overa ll high po int series, and will carry a number on e plate for his bike. Joe rides a 250 Yamaha in the expert class. Mike Montgomery , an expert on a 500 Yamaha , was the number two overall. winner. The

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