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RibleylAdsit win
D·38 team race
By Falisa Pipkin
Photo by Anthony DePalmer
PLAST ER CITY . CA; NOV . 5
Jim Ribley and Roger Adsit
teamed to win the Dirt Riders
Unlimited Team Scrambles, Gila
Monster Hunt; eig h t 17 -rnile
loops in the given three hours . .
.. ·J im Valov and Ad sit had a b attle
going on toward th e smo keborrrb, but
soon - after Adsit was ahead . Along
with th e first rider a t th e smokebornb,
the G reg Meyer/Romie Taylor team
were hot on Ads it 's tra il. But as bad
luc k wou ld have it , they went out with
engi ne p roblem s.
. The te am of Claude Maynard and
Pa t Flanagan wer e in with the first 10
riders at the sm oke bornb , making dust
fC?r the others to follow. Right after th e bomb , though. Flanagan's from tire
bl ew. Flanagan h ad to back track to
ho me check and tag With Maynard .
From last pos ition he managed to fly
In with the swing of things . again
amidst th e first -10 riders. Flanagan/
Maynard crept up to fifth overall .
The Charley W elk /Matt Hope team
led th e first three laps , building a six
m inute advantage . As W elk was go ing
into th e fou rt h lap . he turned hi s
head , h itting a berm and tw isted
hi m self like a pretze l. Adsi t soo n
regained the lead after W elk wen t out
on t h e four th lap . The Randy
Hollenbeck/Paul Trelkeld team d iced
the whole eight laps with Adsit/Ribley.
in terch a ngi ng posi tions through th e
first two laps. After that it was Adsit/
li!-ibley over Hollenbeck /Trelkeld .
After a lon g absence 'R ick Secor,
teamed with Paul Eddy, gav~ the war
a tough battle. lodging between Adsit/ .
Ribley and Hollenbeck/Threlkeld in
second place on the fourth lap . On the
fifth lap Secor made way for Gr eg
Meyer and Don Campbell who were
perched b etween Hollenbeck and
Secor.
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