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...............................;.•..."""" .. ORKS CLOTHES. Novice/Beginner ra ce No soo ne r had the d ust cleared, th e banner d ropped for the secon d wave. The first bike into the narrow ca nyon / wash 'was a 250cc Yamaha ridden . by Lou Ortal i of th e Viewfinders. Clea ring .the wash , blast ing over th e hardpan hill , Ortali maintain ed a lO·yard lead on seco nd pl ace Ken O viatt. Scott Dinger was the next , th en Rich Buchm a n n headed for th e sky as his C bik e cres ted th e bank exiting th e was h . La st week 's leader Mike Rya n cross ed th e ro ad with Pat Cain right ,behind . Back in th e pack , An dy Co ssio , a Trailb ike Beginner, had three more Beginners in his pa th ; Harold Andrews, J r .. Chuck Lagma n , and Bob Fr eeman , an Open Begi n ner who was in th e small wash just before the rollers an d chec k one. Ed Regehs took th e check behind Fr eeman then headed into the flat land cross' co u ntry. Dave .West picked up th e sm a ll sandy wash , Dave Chase was in th e deeper sa nd ahead. Scott Anderson had na vigat ed th e left a nd rig hthand . turn th en began upshifting down the straight. Beginner Ma rk Beau lieu go t off in this sec tion and was busy putting his sea t ( b ike type ) back on wh en Art Gu zman sai led by. Dan Su tton , Pat H enesey a nd Harold Cooper , a ll Beginners. picked u p th e fir eroad and disappea red past th e big rock of the right. Dave Jones saw th e rig ht turn a rrows a nd got on the binders, Gene Pet ers had made the turn and was flying up th e long mining ro ad to the ~l ~ . . Mik e Smith turned right up th e na rrow wash right behind Ste ven Gu nni ng . Gunnin g followed Jim Sh ort as they first-and-second-geared th eir way out into th e fla ts. Brian Bu rski fishtailed up the red ro ck uphill. Ryan Grosz was on the rid ge, enjoying th e new terra in . 'Ma rt y Bishop arc hed Pete Postel hit th e d irt mound in th e middle of th e narrow wash and ge t airborne . O rt a li blew a tire and began to melt in to the pack. Oviatt had a commanding lead but Rich Sm iley on th e C bike kep t him in sight. Al Ba ker-sponsored Novice , Rod Rod erick ha d his 250 cc bike screa m ing as the cou rse too k them ac ross BMR , check th ree and the crossgrai n . Heading up the wash toward BMR , #732 chased Gary White a nd Tim Jasper . Ned Pr it chett was soon to pick . up th e choppy trail known as "Kid ney Bel t Flats." J.R. Strachen re ached the foothills ahead of Steve Kn ight. Mark Nelson didn't get carried away on the windy, gnarly, access road . ' Mark Nelso n could see Ma yes Mountain to th e right and the pits. C learing the road and last check Pa u l Pa lm er, Clint W ood . and Gordon O b la nd er headed for home , Gail Sulli van , Nancy Caselli and Judi Combs tried but th e lon e survivor was Sa ndy Love . T he second loop had a bunch of riders who DN F. Oviatt took th e seco nd loop with ea se , Sm iley was in . for second " Rod erick third . The course was well marked, had lots of va rie ty. The fast stuff was safe a nd fast ; no plac e to ge t in trou ble. A welco me back to District to Cordi s Br ooks, Dean . Modesett and J im Bro wn . Congratul a tions to Roy Mehus (Yamah a of Buen a Pa rk ) rid ing his first ever dez event. T he upper of the week: Cory T im ms is a pappa ; a baby girl Cassa ndra . The downer is th a t Garry Wi llen s, hom e after do ing well last week, woke the next morning 10 find his new 4x4 truck _. , • a nd new bi~~. ripped.off. No riders demand more from their gear and clothing than the m embers o f'leam Honda.They've got winning on th eir mtnds, and the name Honda· line" is an important part of this competitive philosophy. In fact, 'Ieam Honda has played a major role in the design of most Hondaline motocross products. 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