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I f~'TOPSl Lucerne VeIIeJ -.ed MDaitai - ........ CItJ -1.en:lillPl-lld••1i lin Roed - ....ratIlIoIi MD. l... - ' - - .... ~ i ,\\.XI,\\. ! Desert Hotline E i NOTHING!!! ! back up in third where he mnained for the day. jobDIDIl retook the lead with Harden in tow as they completed lap one. Mikr Wrlch (Kmn's ~ brother) made the tum founh ovrrall, flJ'lt l!5Occ, whI= hr cirwlatrd for the day UDChaJ· Imged. JOOy Maedrr acrramed through fifth ovrrall, flJ'llt 1l!5cc whilr Don Fulkr followed with a arc:urr Ovrr 50 cIasa Irad. Vallry Cyclr tramata Bobby David· son (Yam) toured the COIl%'R at sevrnth ovaall, second l!5Occ Exprrt for the day as Kevin Gashirr shadowed David· son on his Yamaha watet'JlU1Dprr for an righth ovrrall, second 1l!5cc Exprn placing. Glrnn Wiachmryrr (Hus) gassed ninth ovrrall, third l!50cc Exprrt and Danny Andrrson rounded out the top 10 runnrn, running third 1l!5cc Exprrt on his Randy Chamhen·prrpped Kawasaki Uni-Tralt. Mranwhilr at thr front of the pack Hardrn was waiting for a mistaltr by Johnson which camr four milrs from the fmiah whm Jack tipped ovrr in a sandwash. Hardm held it on to the checltrn and rrliahed his good fortune at the finish, saying, "Oner Jack is in front of you it's usually all ovrr brcauar he is nrarly impoeaiblr to pUll." Don FuUa forged by JOOy Maedrr for fifth ovaall and rncouraged aU drsrrt racrn to vmrurr north to F'illmorr, Utah for his club's raer (Sugarloafrn M.C.) Mar. 8. MRAN 1l!5cc ItiqaJin aDd HuIky suppon rida Daryl FOlks had an off·day (for himl) but managed to nip Danny Andrnon for ninth Oft'rail, third 1l!5cc Exprrt and was brrathing down Krvin Gashla's radiator at the finish. Glrnn WlSChmryrr dropped to 11th ovrraI1. Ty BothwrU is jogging somr mrmorirs of his forma apred with his blistrring ridrs in the Amatror class. Although staning 10 minurrs brhind the ExpetU Ty has hem erping com· pany with thr whirr pIarrs and will soon he wraring ORr hitnlrlf. 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CA 92020. • L I (114) 442·9723. DEALER INQUIRlI;:S WELCOME .-.-._._._._.~ MAI--' ORDER T-SHIRTS Redwlwhite Sllksc:reen .. quent. __ 5 __ _M_ rjb __ L_ Q_XL_ _ ",--_ArM. Ene. - CA ...... f t _ Send to: CYC~ NEWS Prod. P.O. Box" Long Beech. CA.., (213) 427-7433 2 .. _ .... ~ .. ovrraI1. Thr Southrm Nenda Voluntrrr Res· cur group trrated two amously injured ridal With thm usual apatiar and Betty Johnscm Oack's mom) and the rat 0{ the fiDr cnw arr thaDlted ac· cordingly. • Scot tWrden won the Gemb'-a here ICnImblel for the third y88\', Harden hat trick. Gamblers MRAN HS By Chuck Harper and Marie.. Muconno Photo by Wayne 0.1es SEARCHLIGHT, NV, FEB. 15 For the third successive season Husky factory ace Scot Harden captured the overall honon at the Gamblers M,e. sixth annual SO·miIr harr scramblrs at Srareh· light. Mikr Wdch continued his succSul transformation from the 1l!5cc ranks. blasting his Can·Am suppon l!5Occ to top quana-Iita laurrIs and founh ovaall. JOOy Maedrr (Yam) survivrd onr of his patrntrd do or dir ridrs to RCUrr sixth ovrraU, flJ'llt 125cc. FiUmorr, Utah's Don FuUa floggrd his RI:R Srrvicrs Yamaha for fifth ovaaU. fint Ova 50. Sam Baas piloted tbr Las Vrgas "400" -backed Husky to his RCOIld Ova 58 c1Ul1 win of 1981 with a 16th overalUinish. • • • • • • __ . _ • J Thr Gamblrn laid out thm counr with a 90% finisher goal in mind. Thr circuit consisted primarily of wrll put together, fun and fast motocro. trails. tight twisting sandwashea and of counr somr rocks and silt to Itrrp Results OPEN EX: 1. S- _ ltbI; 2. Jodt ~ w.Ich e-I. 2IiO EX: 1. _ w.Ich tc.t.I; 2. . - , ~ IVaN; 3. GIonn ..._ .._ lHuol. 125 EX: 1. Jody _ IVaN; 2. _ GoiIIIlor IVaN; 3.llIryl..-lHuII. OIlER 3D EX: ,. Dan _ IVaN; 2. e-..lHuol: 3. Jan 0Inn ae-t. OIlER 38 EX: ,. San loa CHuoI; 2. """ _ _ _ ~ IMIiI; 3. Ka1 Guio IHuII. OPEN AM: ,. AngIIo ........ lMoiI; 2. "." e.1Vaal; 3. Jim_1HuII. 2IiO AM: ,. Ty _ IHuII; 2. Do.- SIopI-. IVaN; 3. ~ F" 1 odDlV. . 125 AM: 1. fIDwd ltbI; 2. Sella .....-. lHanI; 3. e-_1HuII. OIlER 3D AM: 1. GIoy ~ lHuol: 2. Mort< Hordy IVaN; 3. Ed sw..1V..... OIlER 38 AM: 1. S - """-' lHuol: 2. DonniI --1SuII; 3. GIonn ...... 1HuII. OPEN HD/: 1. JaIIn IlIlIy lHuol: 2. Lyn _ I""; 3. Mort< Suaon CHuII. 2IiO HD/: 1. Jim SIopI-. lSuz!; 2. Soupy FulIor I.,.; 3.1lIcIwd SlwnwllSuz!. 125 HD/: 1. IlIcIwd SNw CSud: 2. """ _ lSuzl: 3. lion CGKlHonl. OIlER 3D HD/: 1. • SllIIIn*> ICAI. OIlER 38 HD/: 1. s.gIo EIiIDndo lHuoI. 100 EX: I. _ _ 1SurI; 2. Sella ........ 1V8ml. 100 AM: 1. """ Odom ISurI; 2. PouIIClIne CSud. 100 HD/: 1. Doug o..ha IVaN; 2. Do.- . CSud; 3. $WI T8\IlOr CSud. 80 EX: ,. IIr,.n . . - CSurI; 2. GeaIge ClorIl (HonI; 3. Sella ChrilI-.IIC8wI. . 80 AM: 1. I(IlIy ~ ae-t; 2. ~ _ lSuzl. 80 HD/: 1. _ ~ CICMwI; 2. Joe LMIe ISuII; 3. v.... CaIiono 0lIl. _ __ 1Sull;2._ JR IIAM8IIlO EX: 1. C'-d IMIiI; 3. _ ntetyone hooest. The two 4O-milr loop format was met with joy from the Novitts and most Amatrun, howner, the dirhard ExpetU werr still frothing at the finish to go ORr or two morr tounl After Bryan Folka (Suz), Krvin HNita (Suz), and MiU and Krlly Brrxman (Kaw) copped Mini honon. the big·bikr camagr began. Maico Wrsr/Vrgas Cydr/Moto-X Fox/Dunlop-aponsored Jack Johnson shot his Mqa l! into the kad at the md of thr long, four·tnik smoke run. Scot Hardm puUed his Tram Huskyl Malcolm Smith/S~.n Cyclr-assilted 450XC within sight of Johnson as thr two Iradrn suprrcroued ovrr thr undulating tarain. Out of nowhrrr "Mr. Consiatmt" Kmn Wrlch blasted his big·barr TQJIl Maico by Hardm aDd then johnson in ORr frU swoop. Wdch was rraUy on the gas but the atJ'anrly rocky Retion that he had puRd the premin _ than Nnada drsrrt rattn in qt¥fl\ ffipft i'ift 1't'fW\ ,Rft . ..-r r_ . I _ _ JR "' ~c. __ . . _ lfIOoIn HD/: 1. lion ........ _ . . . . __ _. __