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j Desert Hotline ~ E o 00 0') ...-4 .... 0.. « $.0 Lee Scheffers _ .. fifth overe" MCOnd Open Expert et the Hoven' HftH. Balentine top dog at Rovers' Boner Run By Joyce May RED MOUNTAIN, CA, APR 15 KTM's Bob Balentine had an enjoyable Sunday ride through the early spring flowers as he cruised to an easy win at the ~ , 90 Rovers' Boner Run HtUi. With many of the top riders in Nevada for the Las Vegas "400," Balentine had things pretty much his own way for the day. The Rovers moved their stan area to a virgin section of land two miles nonh of sign·up. on the west side of Trona Road. It was covered with wild· flo~ and other heavy green ~owth, causmg the Raven to urge nders to pre-run the bomb. Once again the sheep were in the race course area, ~ut caused no major problems this time. When the banner dropped, the first of three waves of riders took off. Balentine had already pulled to a 50second lead by the time he got to the bomb. After the Amateur/Expen stan came the Novice stan (minus the Trailbikes), and then, as is the usual Rover practice. the Beginners &: Trail Novices finished the start line activity with their own stan. Out at the fa.rst check Balentine was the first rider through. In second was Amateur Vet rider Bill Carr followed by super fast Amateur Dan Smith. Founh was Vet Expen Bill Saltzman. Chris Austin (250cc) was next with open rider Rick Jones in the sixth position. Tom Schell, Jr. (l!5Occ Ex) flew through next followed by Darren _8 " .~t!=~~ ,.. <,2~c}.~q~ .Q~ ,~.craf~ (l!SOcc). Lee Scheffen (Open) rounded out the top 10. Amateur Open 1465 was next followed by the first C machine piloted by Kevin Hopkins. Balentine's now familiar orange and blue was visable ahead of the dust trail he produced as he moved through the low hills towards home check and athe piu. He had pitted and was on his way out on the second loop when the dust of the second machine, piloted by Saltzman, came into view. Amateur Carr was third overall, second Vet, followed by D. Smith who was now in founh, stiil well ahead of the next Amateur. Scheffen had moved up to sixth ove~ll with. the first l!50cc piloted by Austin commg through behind him. Hopkins, fint C, had pulled up into seventh overall position with Ashcraft, 1465 and second C Cliff Thomas fmishing out the top 10. Through home check it was Rich Varner (third "C") and Earl Roeseler (Sr Open), w~o was still holding down the fust Senior slot. Jones was still ahead of Monte Lee for the l!5Occ Vet lead while Amateur Chris Crandall 25rd overall, was well ahead of th~ !1ext Amateur C pilot, Steve Zollinger, m the 59th spot. The fint Trail machine through was ~ded by Amateur Mark Torgeson gomg past home check '4!1rd overall. rust Expen Trail was back in 60th and piloted by Bill Mattox. T. Willis (Open) had a tremendous lead over the next Novice rider. This wild Shamrock either whips the rest of the Novice herd by a good margin, or brealr.s. Second Novice rider was Ken Hansing (Open) with third overall Novic~ Tom McLeod, also on an open machine. Founh was the fint Novice l!50cc Richard Boling. The fint Novice C wasJim McGrath. The Beginnen came off the fa.rst loop and went directly past the checkered.. p~'" .~ . ~as considerable question which stan the first finisher had panicipated in. The next two fmishen were pie platen. The first district rider to take the checkered was 1426 (Open) followed by C riders Jerry Kerr. Mark Zela, Laird Schweibn. and Marc Yoakum. ~.L. Broolr.shi.re was the Beginner Senior leader while Novice Trail rider Robert Smith led his class The l!5Occ ~ c1aII was won by Jerry Gilpin. Fmt Vet 2SOCC. Richard Camesi squeezed out Open Vet Claud~ Wright. rlJ'R Beginner gal was Patrice Payne. Out at check four on the second loop Balentine was still cruising in lead. Saluman was second followed by Amateur Smith, Austin. Scheffers and Carr. Ashcraft led Hopkins, while Schell had moved back in to top 10. running ninth, while Amateur 1465 was 10th. Balentine remained in the lead with Saltzman about 45 seconds hehind in the second spot. Smith held O~ltO third.. In fourth was the steady nder. Austin (2SOcc) who held his spot throughout the race. Scheffers took fifth overall, second Open Expen followed by Ashcraft, second 250cc Expen. In seventh was Amateur Vet Carr. rust C Hopkins. waa next. followed by Schell (250cc) adn Thomas (C). First Amateur C was Rick Varner with Expert Senior Earl Rocscler retaining the overall senior lead. only two bikes ahead of fellow Open Senior Morris Norman who had moved up from quite a ways back. Monte Lee had taken over the lead in his c1aII. malting it four wins out of the last six races. Amateur 2SOa Many Po11ard and Tony Megia bawed it to the very end with Pollard earning the win honors. Trail Amateur Mark Torgeson kept the trailbilte lead. Other riders earning fust hODOn in class were: Jim Peterson (Sr Open Ex), Earl Wilson (Sr C Am), Bill Mattox (Trl Ex), and George Jaggard (Vet Open Am). The fint Expen gal, Lori Farmer. stretched her lead well in front of Diane Holeman. Amateur Alice Leroy was fint in her class. The Novice lead fell to Grant Colbert (l!50) when Willis once again DNF. The second Novice spot was held by Hansing (Open), with third spot held by Boling (250cc). Open rider 1155 was founh overall. Number V90 (Open Nov) was first Vet followed by IVIM (Open Nov). Fint Novice C spot was earned by McGrath. In the eighth overall slot was Jim Mattox (l!5Occ) who had moved through the ranlr.s into the top 10. Patrick Tobin earned the fint Vet l!5Occ tide. Gene Burgdorf finished with fint Novice Senior Open honon. Jack Overbolt took the fust Senior C spot with Pat Rice earning the first Senior l!5Occ honon. Livingston smokes D-38 Barking SplderHS By Loretta Pipkin PLASTER CITY, CA, APR. 6 Leon Livingston, mounted on a 465 Yamaha, notched the overall win in the Fudpucker Racing Team's Barking Spider Hare Scrambles at Plaster City West. It was a shon race in the Easter heat but well attended. About 54 miles were broken - ------ into two looP.'; the first being the shon one at 14 miles, and the second was l!0 miles, run twice. Bill Carr (Vet Ex) had the edge aver Livingston on the fust loop. After the first loop, Livingston renewed his effon and really IIIDOkecl it after what he thought was Carr's dust cloud. As he caught up he found it to be a much slower rider. "I really got on it then," said Livingston. "I knew Carr was fast but I couldn't believe he was that fast. I kept p n ' it and entered check one screaming. 'How far ahead is Carr?' The guy yelled back surprised. 'Hey man, you're the leader.' That's when 1 realized 1 must have passed him in the pit and didn't see him." Carr fmished second overall about four minutes behind Livingston. Don Mathews, a long time 1l!5cc Expen rider, has been doing very well among the l!5Occ throng. He grabbed the class win with a comfonable margin while the batde was between Mike Steams and Paul Eddy. Steams got a bad stan while Eddy got off nose fint at the same time. Regrouping, they had a good dice going when Eddy sucewnhed to a flat. Eddy got moving again only to pass Steams, broken down and sitting by the course. Ron Laffranchi was moving up and after what he thought was Eddy. He caught him but DOt fast enough to pass before home check. It turned out to be Open rider Dale Stevenson as Eddy had takm the fmish flag seconds before them both. Daryl Homes was fint 1l!5cc Novice, 17 spots ahead of the next two who had a race of their own. Mark Webber had led Scott Allen through home check the first two loops, front wheel to rear fender. On the finish lap Allen was the first one home with Webber on his fender..The flying Livingston had lapped them within view of home check. Webber must have been concentrating so hard on Allen he failed to realize it was the leader, as he took another lap. Bruce Cornell topped the Senior division with Les Wolf, Sr. a healthy second. In the Mini bike extra event Adrian Collins took home the gold. Mark Kilgore led all but the last loop when he overshot a comer. He recovered but not fast enough to catch Collins. Fudpucken Team gave a cool one to all finishen and a bottle of bubbly to the fint Expert. Amateur and Novice in. There was a drawing for prizes donated by Bryant's General Store, Mr. G's Pizza, ClairemoDt Cycle Supply, and Torco supplier Richard Law. The next District 58 race is Aprill!7, the Fools Gold plus 50 by Dirt Riden, and the Spons Committee race is May 4. Both races are scheduled for the Supentition area. For race informa· tion, call Raceline. 714/292-1094. For questions, call Fud at 714/427-5759. Results L-.lMngolDn lVomI; 2. Dole _ _ • OPEN EX: 1. .... lVoml: 3. JerTv _lVomI. 2!iO EX: 1. Donokl M-"- lVoml; 2. ...... Eddy lVom~ 3. Ron Ufhnc:hi lVomI. ~ EX: 1. RicIwd Dabbo lV~ 2. Dan See\<, Sr. 2!iO /WI: 1. Tom Scrimeigour lV....; 2. Gordan Oortt 1Huol. OPEN NOV: 1. John _ , Jr. lVom); 2. Norm ElIporman IV...,): 3. Rag.- Lopez lSuzl. 2!iO NOV: 1. Mort< Windoor lVom); 2. Dow PapoIl lHusl: 3. ~'" C_ISuzl. 125 NOV: 1. Doryl Hal.... IVoml: 2. lHan): 3. _ W~ lSuzl. VET EX: 1. Bill lVoml: 2. Ed My Richie King lSuzI. c.n s-t Allen (Suzl' 3. • VET AM: 1. Bob MM_lV~ 2. Gordan_ lVoml: 3. Ilnlce Inmon (Suzl. VET NOV: 1. Bob Huff lVomI. SA EX: 1. Bruce ComeII (V~ 2. 1M WoAf. Sr. lVoml: 3. HIrry _ (voml. IS::: /WI: 1. P.t (Voml; 2. Gory - . e..- SA NOV: 1. Ted Scott lSuz). MINI BIKE: 1. Adriln Colina lVomI; 2. Mort< KIgore • ~;il·~CoIIinolVomI.