Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

i Desert Hotline ~ E o ex> (j) (Above) "!ew Y~maha off-road teamster Rick Munvon rode the Silver Dollar. (Belowl Eight minutes must already have gone by in the CRC enduro Minute numero 20 leaves the UEA Silver Dollar start line. Palenske victorious at UEA Silver Dollar enduro By Mike Klinger LUCERNE VALLEY, CA,JAN. 6 "In the spec;;ial test section on loop two, we don't think even Burleson (King Richard) could zero that check," boasted UEA 20 members Larry Langley and Jerry Counts as we talked through portions of the course at the Saturday sign-up. United Enduro Association put on their first of two outstanding and tough enduros for the year. this one being the ever popular Silver Dollar Enduro held at Anderson Dry Lake. UEA members explained that they wanted to put on an enduro that was more challenging then others but not make it as treacherous as a District event. They accomplished this 100% since no rider zeroed the entire two loops. . Top overall honors went to DMG Maico-mounted Grant Palenske. Palenske turned in a fantastic score of ~. I 71 points lost over a total of 85 speedometer miles which worked out to a total of 66 actual miles after four resets to complicate matten. Following AA rider Palenske (District ~7 A riders competed in .an AA class) was Bob Keirns who was beat out of the top spot by a matter of seconds and also by the removal of check C in loop one which had the mileage fouled up. Keirns lost ~.217 points and rides Open A. Another AA rider, Tom Webb, placed third overall and lost only 4.175 points with Dave Janiec (4.226) and Ken Cater (4.246) round· ing out the top five finishers overall for the event. No one zeroed the entire event, but for the one loop contenders, there was a clean score. Steve Jensen, who rides in the B 125cc class, did score a perfect 0.00 for the day as he hit each of the five checks on loop one without a second to spare. A matter of seconds and inches gave Scott Sampson (C 200cc) the second overall position as he lost one second over the ~2-mile loop. There was a tie for -third overall between a B Woman. Kay Hopkins. and enduro ace Larry Stefan (A Mini). Both riders lost only four seconds on the course. Mike Sullivan (C 200cc) and Terri Zawasky (B Woman) were tied for fifth. The weatherman said that the tem· peratures were ranging in the 20's in the high desert so everyone knew that the 8 a.m. start would be a freezer. Fortunately the low clouds kept the wind down and what warmth there was stayed around. Loop one immediately funneled the six riders per minute into a ravine all the way to the three-mile marker. Exactly threetenths of a mile or one minute later, in a steep gorge. check A was hidden. What a surprise! The course then wandered through the outlying f~t~ills, over to the Soggy Dry Lake VICInity, back across Anderson and five checks later loop one ended. The route sheet did not really designate a break period between loops, just a five·mile, 25 minute reset that proved to be a gas SlOp before everyone tackled loop two. With this section being a reset, Check F fell less than thr~e miles off the start of loop two. ThlS also baffled a lot of people. Live and learn. Seven interesting miles into the second loop, reset 12 was'encountered. A five minute wait in the middle of the desert to regroup your thinking be· cause this was the calm before the storm. The storm hit as a special test section. This section was 18 mph over the roughest course and the sharpest rocks known to man. The swingarms crashed on the rocks as did the skid plates. When the sign said "tight squeeze," UEA meant it. At some points, the bikes had to be brought to a dead stop, leaned to the left around a boulder six feet tall and then leaned to the right and then push the bike through. Needless to say the check at . the end of this special section was not cleaned. Sources have said that the third overall rider. Tom Webb. might have turned in the best time through this section. Webb was spotted only as a flash over this terrain. The A and AA riders then switched off to their own hilly course for a couple of miles and the rest of the pack continued down into gullies and more ravines. All riders then met again at the 7~ mile marker which began reset 14 for 18 minutes. only two miles from the finish. Some confusion was raised as many entrants finished extremely early at the final check. Check I, the I hh check of the enduro. All the finishers were greeted by joyful UEA metpbers and awarded a honest· to-goodness silver dollar which commemorates each and everyone's efforts. Over 400 riders made the Silver Dollar Enduro a success as did the 1l0% effort of the United Enduro Association: They still put up their catchy signs throughout the course ("no swimming," "next services 2114 miles" and "Whooaaaaar") again, makes it fun. The Tuff E' Nuff in September should be a real blast! Results OVERALL: ,. Gran. Palenske IMoiI. 3.'7'; 2. Bob Keirns. 32'7; 3. Tom W_. 4.'75; 4. Dave Janiec. 4.226; 5. Ken Cater. 4.246. WOMEN: 1. Pam Lohmons; 2. - . Ajay. OPEN B: 1. Glwy Bennott; 2. Dick Lord. OPEN C; 1. Paul Porker; 2. Mervyn Murray. 250 A: 1. &ian 01...,; 2. Ron W_. 250 B:,. Kurt Monis. 250 C: 1. Ed Black; 2. R. Daniel; 3. B. Daniel. 200 A: ,. Kevin Stool; 2. Craig Lair. 200 B: ,. Dave Janiec; 2. FTed Kuhn. 200 C: 1. C. Clart<; 2. Dan Hamlin. A SA: 1. Don McNai_; 2. Erick Lehmann. B SR: ,. Neil Koiat; 2. G.R. Overen. C-SR: 1. Jim Meskimen; 2. Dan Billburrow. C-oPEN: 1. Dale _om; 2. Tat>ane Rier. C-25O: ,. Bob LaFo<; 2. S.... Beouchamp. C-200: 1.200: 1. Scon Sampson; 2. Mik. Sullivan. 8-125: , . Steve Jen...,; 2. Christine Bore. 8-200: ,. John Brann. 8-WOMEN: 1. Kay Hopkin.; 2. Terri lawasky. A-MINI: 1. Larry Stolen; 2. Jerry Ru_1. 8-MINI: 1. Mick _ ; 2. Rod Evan•. C-MINI: 1. John Jacobson; 2. Craig Whit•. C-I25: , . Stove Soling; 2. Ted Lawrenca. Garner Palenske' takes CRC enduro #1 By DeVore Fortney LUCERNE VALLEY. CA, DEC. 17 Emerging through the haze of dust known as Anderson Dry Lake before the winter rains, came a whole procession of winners of various degrees trying to grab that last bit of glory as the 70s came to an end. With so many "number ones" up for grabs there was a bit of oneupsmanship going on. David Lawton, a 250cc A rid~r, .got the immediate glory by takmg first overall for the day. David's been lurking in the background fora wh!le ~ow so I'm sure this win was very satlSfymg. Overshadowing David's win was Gamer Palenske taking number one for the year. Riding out of DMG Maico, Gamer managed to stay on top of the points throughout the year despite a strong effort by last year's winner Harry Keast. Harry was

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