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Van Sickle, Kenny Armstrong, Bob De li p la ine and Cecil ' Sterns, a ll Seniors, really like this section .· John Porno , dropping back with problems had ''lim Lang and the cagey Red Aus tin to contend with. ~n Crossing Garlock Road th e co u rse wo u nd d own to th e sand ac cess road 1~4ing to T ro na Road a nd home. Bal entine kn ew th is sect ion by heart and. fle w th rough the mote-type turns witp exci ting speed. Larry was next t!Len th e wounded Harley. Crossin g Trona Ro a d , it took Bal entin e about 4 ~Js~conds to tak e th e checkered fla g ' aRd . th e overall win . Second Heavy Exper t was Larry Roeseler , th ird Bill Saltzma n . Bruce Ogilvi e was third o,:,~ra ll despite the flat and b agg ed a~.o t her firs t 250 Expe rt. Bri an W~ight, ridi ng ou t of Mission H ills Cy.~l e sho p , took a hard second ha ving to pass Bob Rutten who took third. B9.b sai d it was "O ne of th ose days." CEafty old "H awkeye" Charters a lmos t g~ve Gr egg Thomas heart failure , he 102ked back and th ere was Charters, first C Expert right on his ta il. Secon d C. Expert was Charlie H amill , th ird j am es Vin cent. ,A bad day for tr ail bikes; Jeff Robbins see med to be th e on ly.finisher ou.t o f b ig turn out. First Heavyweight Am at eur Tom Mattox w~s followed by N ate Scia qu a and Steve N ich olson . T he 250 Am at eur winner was David Alea no , second went to , Chuck Hermanson , thi rd didn't ;~?\v up . The C bik e Amateur cha m p a ~ }J,O t h overall was G reg g T ho mas , seco nd a nd third were Steve Krash and ;e W a sd en . First Sen ior Q'tv H: a vyweight was Bruce Lewellyn , Ken A'nn stro ng, then Bob Deliplaine. J ack ' FtiJelich first 250 Senior Expert , Marv V(a Sic kle second , Cecil Ste a rns thi rd , :/, u,)f o C(") I-< ~ ,.0 S ~ > o Z a • . r 'il.>l noviceIbegmner race ne eThe leader to th e bomb was an IT ~~ijt~ha , The leader had such a lead on ,s~cond place , th e spectator s began ttt wond er if the guy was a spectator, ~.lt was J im Squyres with a good 400 ~a,id lead on the next bik e , an Open cf#,s ridden by Bob Miller. Cra ig r ;m ms was next as the course shot up t~ awash past the bomb /banners a nd il<:.ad ed lef t to wa rd th e tr ack crossing a th e Spangler Mountains. Bill ii# Mossm an crossed the track ahead of Jiqn Magarro , Ton y Epperson , Adrian Ahuero a n d Ed Walters. ~ ossing th e rutty wash a n d ditch l<;.~tion , Eri c McC r acken, Ra lph ~jgh t and Jim Rother su ccessfu lly mad e. th e left turn in th e wash and h ' a (Ied towards the edge of t h e Sp~nglers . Skirting the back or th e mountains , Tim Eckart had a pie pt~ter in front and behind him as the racers hit the wh oops in the back s c Hon. Steve Priestly , Mik e Ingram and Chuck Short wer e passing and repassing each other with the first white stri pe James Bryan Short making his bid in th e fracus. The first C bike to rea'ch th e snarly downhill was 56 1C , t1l'~n Bob Cronkite and then th e seco nd C bik e rider Pat Cain. rossing the flat, but "d it chy" area th 1:'trail made a neat four foot dropoff in} o a sandwash. J im Hurley and th e " 2~q : Begi nner Matt Bishop got passed by Lou Ortali and James ,Soto , who had seen th is wash before a nd kn ew wlllt to expe ct. Don't know what happened to the leader Squyres, but whe n Miller got to the deep roll ers, he wa~ in the lea d and didn't have Craig T,imms riding sh otgun on his fender rl' anymore . Dave J ones got passed by a n Allied Su zuki ridden by first Trail NOvice Dan Theel. 'J Once in th e big wash before th e ro llers, Open Beginner Ron Baker, Ron Kandt and Mike Stephen got back by but Theel kept a head on his two hot co m pe tito rs, Oren Beck an d Cliff Thomas, three b ikes back. The stra ight sh ot to a nd beyond th e pipeline roadcrossing m a d e Mike Ste phe n, Dick Eva ns , Lee Midgley and J ohn Cline quite pleased . This was th e first tim e they had a cha nce to sit do wn for wh at seemed quite a whil e . Heading up th e long, fast sandwash , the fir e. road segment , the kn oll a nd the windy fast sandwash , Miller was stoked but silently pleading for his bik e to stay together . Bill Mossman could see Miller's dust but couldn't close the gap . Up and down th e wid e rises with th e fun windy trail , th e sudden abrupt shelves , then the long dust pocked fire road befoi e turning left in to th e flat area . Chuck Short , Brad Hunsinger, Chris Michael and Mike Stephan got the check , crosse d the flats int o the gold stubble and th e d itches a nd on to Garlock Road . The racers wound down the sa ndy access road th en filtered int o the pits. The first on e .loop fin isher was C bik er Mike W alter's then fir st Trail Novice Dan Theel , first 250 Beg inner Matt Bishop, second T ra il Novice Oren Beck , Cliff T ho mas right behind for third . James Short was next , and first Beginner Heavywei ght foll owed seco nd Henry Ogilsby, 250 Beginner Dennis Lovell , John Hura second C , Bruce Walters th ird. Dahleen Dorman first girl , Sandy Love secon d . Firs t Trail Beginner Bob Charters, The tracks were a welcome sight as the novic es h eaded b ehi nd th e mounta ins up th e canyon , down the gnarly downhill and into the roll ers for th e last tim e. Crossing T ro na, Diane Elias and Kathy Hopkins had a real ra ce going. Jay Cordary and Kenneth Nicols' were glad they were ahead of the girls, they don 't like to get invol ved in wom en 's battles. DuRay Endlich , Mike Cockrell, Frank DeMarco a nd Mark Nelson had a ' drag race up the long wid e wash , Lou Ortali and George Yule diced back and fort h for eighth overall , Ortal i fin all y getting by Ge orge , m aking up 18 positions to do it. J ohn Clin e , now in th ir d overall spo t wound d own the sa ndy road towards th e fin ish , Bob Miller was ac ross the road and heading ' for the c he cke r ed , first ' ove r a ll , firs t IOpp. page) Charlie Hamill leapt from the rocks to take first "C" Expert. IAbove left) Mike "Downhill" Alexander on the move, (Above) Bob Balentine had a good day at the Knights' event, (Below) Two Checkers on course, Heavyweight Bill Mossman and John Cline right behind for second and third . First 250 was Chuck Short , Lou Ortali second, J oe Sheehe third . Firs t C , fourth over a ll, Dave Jones, Jim Grou ch seco n d , R on Hermonson th ird . First Senior , Henry Price . Everyone enjoyed th e ra ce , everyone was gra tefu l th e wind stopped Sunday. The brand new obsce ne award go es to Steve Webb who stated he' hit th is burly rock so hard "The top of m y leathers blew apart ," Two th ings were in great abundance th is week , C bikes a nd Checkers. R eport er 's note: L et 's support th e Maywood G.P. We can make some kids happy th is Christmas, be on T . V. and ride a super course at th e same time so send the entries in now. Happy Th anksgiving . • 15