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".•••••••••••••••••, J'rI' , ,: Lockhart/ Hopkins d uel was t he race going on between Rick Sch u maker a nd Mark Cott e r. T he two 25 0cc Iliers diced a ll arou nd th e course. Br uce J ones ha d a slim five bike lead on t he m for first. T he last lap tu rned the nea t st u ff into either po wder or chop. T hose m aking a ll th ree loops were cons id ered heroes. Timms m aintai ned th e lead for th e ove ra ll. Bill Saltzm an made up a bunch of pos iti ons to tak e secon d, Morris Norman a su pe r thi rd. Class winner Charlie H am ill fini shed three bik es ahead of "C" class rival Gary " H awkeye" Charters. 427 c was th ird . Lockh art was first Trail Expert due to Hopkins sliding out . Steve Webb took third . Cliff Thom as looked to his right just as Dennis Marchand passed him on th e left. Mark Davidson took th ird. T rudy Beck , riding injured had a good bomb run but developed a front nat. Not cha nci ng further injury, she dropped out. This put the Yamaha rid er Ch erry Stockton in the driver's sea t. Sh e a nd Sheila Hopkins b lasted around th e ent ire three loops. Cherry hold ing on for th e win . Diane Blauer was aced out by Lorni Re bec , wh ile Winon a Ri ch ardson had a race going with Debbie Hopki ns . Novice/Beginner race Kirk Kandt , pre tending to be La rry Roesel er, had a who p ping lead o n Rick Zajic , Chris Boesen and "Cras h" Con ger. Clearing the canyon. T om Tusko a nd Dan Ashcraft opene d up their bikes and n ew alo ng the top of the Searles . Number 430c had full yrecovered Pat Cai n on his tai l as the racers sta rt ed riding /fall in g down the sa ndy downhill. Gary Covin gt on a nd T om J on es were ninth a nd 10th in positi on . J eff Moell er was hound ed by Pet e Postel ; Dou g Mitch ell had to race his lea th ers off to keep a head of Dou g Hennin ger as th e course shot up th e was h / bank. heading for th e tracks. (I Heading ac ross t he vall ey it was a a u tious drag race with Mike Ea sley. Bob Schneide r . James Draves a nd sec ond Beginner Tim J asper. " O nce acro ss th e tracks. Gin o Prudholm and Chuck Pri ce were neck and neck hea d ing across t he flats in to tli'e Sp angl ers . Geor ge Kander was in Mike Martin's d ust; Mike was tryin g to get ou t of Tom J ones' clutter. Ned Prit ch ett a nd Paul W a rsaw new by as if dust d oesn 't bother t hem a t a ll. George Yule had a good battle goi ng with Trace W illis. They traded po~i tio ns a ll th e way to Charlie's. Begin ners Mike Bird , Rya n G rosz, C bike Novice Ma rk Torgerson a nd Beginner T im Jasper flood ed t he fireroad . Eric Cruz a nd Lloyd Britt had Beg inn"rs Pa t Henesey, Er ic Nicholson a nd Ken Flegal rid ing herd on thei r fenders . Circli ng arou nd th e high hill. the young racers charged up t h ~ sa ndy wash, new over the big jump ani! headed for th e pits. Lin da Sh atka followed su it head ing for th e pit row a hea d of 77 . 73 , Nan cy Caselli an d Sand y Love . The three loo ps took their toll . Form er sixt h place man Da n Ash cr aft took t he overa ll, m aybe! Dou g Mitch ell a nd Dan d iced th roughout the ra ce. Dou g thought the c hec kered nag was th e fin ish . Slowin g down ~ shc ra ft took th e lead . Only th e ~ffi c i a l results will tell th e slOry. All th e ra cers reall y enjoyed th e cdu rse, t he mark ings a nd ribbon WNe superb. For a sma ll clu b . th ese guys reall y ge t out a nd ta ke ca re of busi ness. T ha nks 10 Rescu e 3 . withou t them a dese rt race wo u ld not be o ne , Re-sults in Result s Sec tion . Hangtown, Calif.. 125'cc National Trabuco Canyon 125cc National 250cc National Houston 125cc National Omaha 125cc National 1-2-3 1-2-3 (both races) 1-2 1-2 Dunlop's long history of success at major AMA Championship road races and motocross events tells you why more cycles ride .on Dunlop than any other tire in the world. At Dunlop, we believe that a motorcycle is only as good as its tires. That's why we offer a full range of race-proven tires for all types of motorcycles and motorcycling. Available at your UN~OP motorcycle dealer. ~ ~,~'!:.~ F::ffD po 8 0... : l{)I;l. B ull",lll. New Yor k 1~ 2.J O More motorcycles ride on Dunlop tires than any other tires in the world KAWASAKI MOTORCYCLES Dual Purpose AND off-road clearance Sale! -C:::. r: ~~ ~i " I) ' , we ship "".• anywhere W AS NOW new ' 7 7 K0100 mini MX•• ••• • 5 525 5425 Mw·77 KE100dlrt 585 4 79 new·77 K0 125 .. 799 649 new ' 77 K0 17s .. 869 699 197 8 KE126 1purpose 1 19 78 KE17 5 OWlI purpose 1 197 8 KL250 4-c ycle e nduro 1 __ ·7 ~_ l ree I _ . ..;"'.:..:c1"' 9 " -8 9 9'---l ne w__ s_ _ . ._._ .. 2.:..5 .:..:.; rt rt........... Similar savings on most other model s _HOLLYWOOD iiiiii KAWASAKI 1339 N. Highland Ave. 213·466-8451 Hollywood, CA 90028 19