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,. 8 ,8 aOoo~oooooooooooooooooo~ C\ ~ . 1'en at "angto~n . §D.\•D. and tbe J:8assic o \\-\angtown . 8 8 11 8 sacra~;~t~979 O®jD 1 I >A~ DA'D . •• I 8 8 '\'\th Ann ua CA 0 0 . 8 8 8' 8 8 g 8 / 8 8 8 8 o e 8 o o The Los Gatos M.e. threw in this hairy high dive at their cross country. tried to pass Czebo tar for second on the last corner and ended up taking soil sa m ples. Chris Heiselman (Han) took third with Da vid La Pierre (Ka w) fourth . Bobby Danielson (Ha n) really cam e to life in th e second moto a nd won it easily. John Mattocks took second for a well earned first overall. Marty Ness (Kaw) led the first mota of the I2 5B class from sta rt to finish , despite a strong challenge from Tom H ilker (Yam). Pat Jaquish (Yam) ran in sec ond until he c r a sh ed and advanced Hilker into second. Mik e Tonak (Su z) fin ished fou rth . The second m ota was led by Jaquish from th e sta rt to the wire . He go t th e overa ll whe n Ness brok e two co rn ers fro m the finish. H ilker receiv ed seco n d a nd Tonak third. Davis snatches hairy Los Gatos cross country TT Pro duct io ns Photos by Pat Van Nuys HOLLISTER , CA , MAR . 11 With the upsurge of h are scrambles even ts in the north , the " N o H air , " th e " W ild Hare," erc. , it was in evitable . that th e ro uges of D·56 , th e Los Gatos M.C . would present th e first annual Pubic Hair Scrambles at H ollister ORV Park's Up pe r R anch . Scot t Davi s, on the big red Sel by Moto rs Ma ico , shaved th e com pe ti tio n with a razor sha rp b litz that look ed more like mot ocross than cro ss·country. The Experts wer e serio usly goi ng for it from the sta rt . Ga ry Vanderpool and Kevin Ingall s tan gled a nd went off th e bank on one of the ridge cli mbs; both of them rem ounted a nd got b ack into th e charge. By lap two , Charlie Ma rshall's Husky had lost both of its levers due to h is aggr essive r iding sty le o n a somewhat narrow track. Scott Da vis and Scott Austin , both rid ing Maicos, hooked up in what turned ou t to be a class ic dual , flyin g a long sid e by side and trading pos itions on th e twist y. tough track. Their elbow to elbow dice carried th em to a healthy lead in front of th e scra tc hi ng pack. Phil Dou glass was another front runn ing man on a Ma ico but a m issed pit stop left him high and d ry . Bill Flett came out for h is annu al dinosau r d a ng le and put his T riumph th rou gh its p aces. (T hat fla t tra ck type ro ad to th e top of th e ridge must ha ve been fu n!). Scott Aus tin 's q uest for victo ry fell short whe n he had no less than th ree close encounters of the wrong kind with out of shape ba ckrnarkers . Gary Vanderpo o l too k adv anta g e b y slip ping into second and Scott Davis plucked th e chec kers awa y from his rivals. Au sti n held on to third a head of co nsistent Steve Ferreri (Yam) with Kevin Inga lls (H us) coming from last place to fifth by th e end of the ch ase. The co urse was ro ugh and tricky and th e riders that fin ished a ppea red to be tired-out. O ne rider qu it on th e wh ite flag lap , not kn owing that he was still in contention within h is cla ss. Kat hy H al blieb hung on to th e finish in the I2 5cc Novi ce class a nd thoug h one place out of trophy, she took hom e a n ice finis he r p in and a pai r of MX socks th a nks to George Frost , a n honora ry club member who went out and hustled u p contingenci es for the ra ce. T he Los Gatos Cl ub thanks every one for th eir sup port a nd wants to remi nd riders tha t t he race sched u led for Easter Su nday h as been ca ncelled . 8 DAIDO/D.I.D motorcycle chain: used by more OPEN EXPERT: 1. Scott Davis (M ail; 2. Gary Vander- Crossfiel d (Suz): 3. Rich Rumsey (Sul) . OPEN NOVICE: 1. J ohn Haaker IHusl; 2. Ken Ramsey IHusl; 3. John Herold IMail. 250 EXPERT: 1. Fred Bellman IHusl ; 2. Ed M archini · IHusl; 3. J im Zock (Han !. 250 JU~ IOR : 1. John Sullivan lKaw); 2. 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