L _ Valley - Red Mountain - Plaster City - Se..-chHcht - Sldewlnller Roa,
Desert Hotline
OPEN NOV: 1. John Robinson tYarn)/Walt Jellison
(Yaml; 2. Norm Elsperman (YamllGeorge Ryan IYam);
3. Steve Stienberg (Husl.
250 NOV: 1. Mike McCurry (Yaml; 2. Jerry Anderson
(Husl/Mike HeinkellSuzl; 3. Gavin Hammen (Yam),
125 NOV: 1. Terry Strauwald (Suzl/Eddy Pendleton
(Suz); 2. Scon Reams (Yam)/Andy Foster (Suz); 3,
Randy Byers ISOlI.
VET EX: 1. Bill Reams IYam)/Scan King ISuzl; 2.
Roger Adsit (Yarnl/Bob Larson IHool; 3. Mike Harper
IYam).
VET AM: 1, William Rogers ISul)/Dennis Hussong
ISOl); 2. Bob Reed IYam)lSteve Rhoades (Yami.
VET NOV: 1. Bob Huff IYaml/Jim Richmond IHusl; 2.
Robert Kuester (Hus)fRoger Boehs (Yam); 3, Frank
Sherfy IYaml/Dav
Tripes blows'em
away at Wild
Y1arty Tripes flew at the Wild
Uzard Chase.IRle photo)
Mathews/Stearns
hang on for IVMC
team win
By Loretta Pipkin
"SUPERSTITION MT., CA. OCT. 19
Don Mathews and Mike Steams
notched the overall win in the
Jmperial Valley M.C. team race
held here today. The course was
laid out in a lopsided figure eight, the
p part 23 miles long and bottom half
10 miles. Each rider was to take the 53
niles before changing partners.
Marty Tripes was the first rider in
tn the top by one and a half minutes.
,Hter refueling and doing the next 30
niles, Tripes gained another two
illnutes over Don Mathews. Jim
\,jichols took off for Marty and
\fathews turned it over to the feisty
YIike Stearns. Stearns was smokin' but
.ould not catch Nichols by the end of
he fi rst loop.
Nichols hung in there for about 20
'iles before Stearns finally got past
'tim. You could see Stearns flying
1cross, the lakebed toward home
check, Nichols in hot pursuit, when
roddenly 100 yards out, no sound. He
wasted for a ways and dropped a gear.
'he Maico choked and died rolling to
< stop at the checkered flag. Semi·
shocked, Stearns sat there for a minute
fooking down and said, "I think there
is something wrong with my bike."
Nichols flew in for second as Stearns
klcked the bike again. It spun with a
wretched sound leaving no doubt it
had given up a piston.
Leon Livingston/Randy Hollenbeck
took third while Ric Secor (solo)
copped fourth on a I 75cc enduro bike.
Dale Stevenson/Morgan Malocco were
fifth. Bill Reams/Scott King topped
the Vets Expert class with Roger
Adsit/Bob Larson right behnd them
for second.
Mike McCurry riding solo in the
250cc Novice class took home the tirst
place gold. Bruce Cornell/Jack Neeley
were first Senior Experts and eighth
overall. Next IVMC race is a point to
on
November
16.
For
'Point
mformation. call Raceline or Dan
'Cavin at 714/352·3649 after 6 p.m.
Results
OPEN EX: 1. Jim Nichols (Vaml/Marty Tripes (Vam);
2, Leon Livingston (Yaml/Randy Hollenbeck (Hus); 3.
Dale Stevenson (Varni/Morgan Malocco IYaml.
250 EX: 1. Mike Stearns (Mai)/Don Mathews (Yam);
:2. Ric Secor (Yam); 3. Randy Morse (Suz),
125 EX: 1. Rob NOfgaard l~uz)/Oaryl Holmes (Yam).
OPEN AM: 1. Roger Lopez ISuzl/AIan Klumph tHonl;
2. Mark Peters (SUlI/Joe Stidman (Suzl,
250 AM: 1, Gordon Clark IHusl; 2. Tom Scrimgeour
(Suzl/Nick Frank ISuzl; 3. Darryl Richardson IHonl.
125 AM: 1, Ge
