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winners by .O!l seconds. It was the
closest ftnish, according to this writer's
knowledge, in SCORE history.
Fourth overall, third in CI~ 21
went to the Adams/Tarling KTM, four
minutes behind the class winners after
Tarling reported getting lost for some
time. Fifth overall, third in Class 22,
was the Husky of Rick Finger and
Mike McGowen. Finger had to ride
five to six miles around Tres Pozos
with his hand on the gas tank opening
after he 10IIt the gas cap. It was replaced
with one from Chuck Miller's pre-run
bike. Finger rode a bike supplied by
Husqvarna, but was not an official
Team Husky entry because Husky has
apparently decided to only enter three
races: the Parker 400, Baja Internacional and Baja 1000. Husky's
humber one team, Brent Wallingsford
and Scot Harden, did not enter th~
event.
The Class !l0 battle was decided in
the last half of the race as the Jackson/
DeCamp Husky put on a strong charge
to overcome the initial advantage of
Shirey and Gaetz. The winning machine
lost its silencer packing early in the race
and Jackson had a hard time hearing
at tlie finish line and admitted to
being a little "dingy." However, later
they said the bike was jetted too rich
and the blown silencer leaned it out
enough to run nicely. Third went to
the MacDouglas/Lon Peterson Yamaha
and Sam Bass hung on to finish fourth
saying at the fmish line, "I was geared
too high. I couldn't pull top gear."
In Class 20 the lead changed hands
a couple of times in the last half of the
race. The Coutts/Whitener bike had
the lead at check four, but had their
problems, running out of gas. Oren
Beck and Rich Varner had their
Yamaha in the running despite a flat
tire earlier, but they lost time with a
fouled plug. Burke had been off the
pace in the early going but poured the
.
coal on after check four to move into
the lead and hold it to the finish. A
first-timer in SCORE racing, Burke
was as surprised as anyone else by his
win, and displayed good humor. "No
problems at all," he said about the
race, "except that somebody po~red
gas in my pants and I had to hurry and
get this thing completed'"
Second in class went to fellow SCORE
rookies Bill Holmes and Kevin Senn
(Hus), who put in a strong ride to
ftnish only two minutes back of Burke
despite losing a shift lever late in the
race and having to use a pair of vise
grips to shift. BecItIVamer and Coutts/
Whitener-finished third and fourth,
respectively.
The last finish line drama over a
class win lasted two minutes as Dick
Vick took the flag and then reached
for a watch. Miller was running right
behind him and had been slightly
ahead on elapsed time at check four.
But luck was not kind to Miller, and
he was hit with two flat tires 25 miles
from the end and finished second by
two minutes. Vick and Watkins, who
were hit by a rash of seizures at Parker,
had no such problems this day. "The
thing ran perfect, so perfect," said
Vick.
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Results
CLASS 22: ,. t.Ty _IJack Johnoon.
4:06:43.16 (V I; 2. I!nlce OgiMe/Chucl< Miller.
4:07:43.17 lV l; 3. Ricil FingerlMichaoi McGowen.
4:36:31 .60 (Hua); 4. Randy HolIeo _
(HUll; 5. Robert
EwingIPhiI Bird (KTMI; 6. Gory ~ B. Tilton
(HUll; 7. Bill ChunnlKen Sl