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,. .. the Gamblers' Motorcycle Racing Asso ciat ion of N ev a d a h are scrambles. The course was rough a nd challe nging although it cou ld h ave been a little better m arked and a little lighter on the ca ctus. C asey Folk s quipped . " the Novices were looking a ll over fo r places to crash ." At th e bomb it was wh o else? J ack J ohnson screaming th e black Husky 390 like no o ne else a ro u nd her e does . Moapa to Vegas victor Leroy Kyge r came by next followed by Harden . Sid Tarb ett and 250cc shoe Kevin Dav is. Fift een mi les out Kyge rwas tryin g to make time on J ohnson . receiving pressure fr om Harden and pushing h is big in ch Yamaha to the limit. T his leth al combination proved to be too much for the exu ber ant Kyger . re su lting in a bad crumble. Halfway through J ohnson led Hard en by mere sec onds as the two rubbed tires whi le wa itin g for th ei r helmet cards to be checked. Sid Tarbert , who usu all y just rides the m aj or off- road ra ces . smoked in third foll owed by a sur prisin g Kevin WeIch on the orange . d esert -pre pped . Open class Can -Am. ' Leroy Kyger pitted in fift h , took off a nd returned soon a fter. retirin g with a fading m onosh ock . F ir st 250cc th rough wa s a b ack-on-form Kevin Da vis push ing his KTM hard agai n after a su m mer of grea t rides. a d etuning. ha rd ge t-off and su bsequen t . lackluster performances. Jeff Harper reco ve red from a disasterous sta rt a nd tuc ked his H o nda right beh in d Kevin Davis fo r secon d ' 250cc at the t u rn . At th e finish of th e two 40 ·mile-p lu s loops it was H arden narrowl y edging Husky teammate Jack J ohnson . . T ho se gu ys go so fa st that a bo b b le or wr ong cho ice of gea ring m eans t he ' race . Jack got a little out of th e groove and S c~t swooped by for the win. Next case . Sid Tarbert held his Husky and himself togethe r for third and Kevin W elch hung tough for fourth . Kevin Da vis a nd Jeff H arper d uel ed for the .250cc brass the entire second lap with H arper closin g ' a t times but never passing th e KTM p ilo t. -The Southern Nevada First Aid crew got a good workout tending to th e r id ers that received the po rc u pine t rea t me n t fr om t he cacr us -Ia de n course and are thanked accordin gly. A big thanks to the Gam blers M.C . : " Big" Bob Maichle , " Bu ltaco" Bob Gabriel . Craig Mojeske and the rest of the club that put their time a nd effo rt to prod uce th is fine ra ce. The Gambl ers would like to invite everyo ne to their Championsh ip pointto-poin t ha re and hound Nov. 4 . wh ich according to G am b ler presid ent " Bo b -O" Maichle , "wi ll m ak e th e Moapa to Vegas lo ok like a peanut ru nl" ' ,- Results OPEN EXPERT: 1. Scot Harden IHusl; 2. Jack J ohnson tHus); 3. Sid Tarbett IHu sl . 250 EXPERT: 1. Kevin Davis IKTM I; 2. 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