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; .._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._.-._._._._._._._._."_._._._._._._._._._._._._. =Western hotline s ' CRC Candy Ass g t· Enduro: The Great Club Challenge By Lar ry Lang ley Photos by Larry, Bobby and Randy Lang ley BARSTOW. CA , FEB. 11 The United Enduro Association swept to a convincing win in California Racing Club's annual ,Club Challenge at the Candy Ass r ': . . .... -- ...,.- .. ) ..~ #, ". .. . ;:". ." tr/; -' .4O J' -;. '~. ," ,, ~ .J . (Above) Club teams start the CRC special test. (Below) The env elo pe please ... the winners ar e _ the U EA . .. , , , ' . . ,J Family Enduro. The challenge is where each club enters up to 15 riders and the scores of the 10 best in each club count towards the championship. In addition there is a "special test " at the end of the enduro just for the c1ub teams where each club team tackles a two mile course for time with an interesting twist : The club team's time is taken when their 10th rider crosses the finish line. The RidgeridersM .C. edged out the UEA in the special test by three seconds but the UEA dropped only 14 points for their 10 best riders during . the enduro compared to 24 for the Ridgeriders. Former champions Barbenders M.C . took third. The UEA club team was composed of Tom Webb (C-A) , Jerry Counts (C-A) , Larry Langley (Hus) , Bobby Piche (Suz), Dick Johnson (C-A) , Ed Mazenko (Suz) , Sam Orrick (Suz). Tom King (KTM) , Bob Pryer (Suz), Pooch (Hus) , Jim Olson (Hus) , B.]. Olson (Hus), Dan Cline (KTM) , Tom Chow (KTM) and Bob Ashlock (Hus). The popular event drew around 1000 riders and is one of CRC's best draws of the year. Pits were located at Sidewinder Road just south of Barstow. The snow from the previous week had melted off and in the space of the short time period. the ground dried completely out, leaving good old dust for the riders to be burdened with . The 20 club tearns were positioned on minutes 1 through 60 with five riders per minute and the first team left at 8:01 a.rn . The first loop was really easy with a whole bunch of zeros . The. third check was the tiebreaker and it was located right at the top of a hill . More than one rider had to "trials" ride up the hill slowly to avoid arriving early. Five one loopers zero/zeroed the loop. Marlene Simpson (200 W I A), Naney Wilhelm (200 W I B). Joni Wilhelm ( 125 W /B), Melanie Mahan (200 WI A) and Don Phillips (200 C-16) all performance the perfect score. First Mini was Daniel Crocker who tied with Denny Trippel with just one second lost . The second loop was 21 mph for a few miles then 24, mph for the rest of the loop. CRC surprised the riders with "mileage markers" which helped keep the riders' speedometers in calibration during the long section. CRC clocked the enduro during the snow and probably felt tha t there might be a big difference in speed ometers when the snow melted off. The first check was located a 3.5 miles out and many riders thought that they were in the tough section but the course eased up afterwards a bit and riders who weren't right on their timekeeping hit the next check early. The real fast section was located near the end.of, the enduro with iusr