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. ., Luc_ V.lley - Red Mountain - PIHter City - S..rchllcht - SIde."'r Rosd - Motocross stars maze .... 00 0"> .... Desert Hotline America's top berm busters have been cleverly stashed into a box by the crafty Gordon L Banks, and it's your job to get them outl You'll have to look every which way, but we know you can do it. Banks also included the title of the maze, and for good measure, the name of America's weekly motorcycle newspaper. For those who may have missed one or two last week, the answers are at the bottom of the page, with the location of the first letter of each name revealed. We'lI.run the answers to this puzzle next week, along with another session of intellectual isometrics. 1. Motocross stars 2.1Merk) Bamett 3. lMike) Ball 4.lTom) Benolkin 6.1Goatl Breker 6. IRick) Burgett 7.1Donnie) C8ntlllloupi B. CyclelNews) 9.1Cycle) News 10.lTony)~USte~ 11.1Erlc) Eeton 12. (Jim) Ellis 13. (Arlo) Englund 14. lBroc) Glover 27.lWerren) Reid 16.1Mike) Guerre 2B.lJohn) SevlUki 16. Bob Henneh 29. (Gary) Semics 17. (Donny) Hen..n 30. (Derrelll Shultz 1B. (Kentl Howerton 31. (Merty) Smith 19.1Mike) Kenler 32. (Frank) StIlIcy 20. (AllIn) King 33. (Rex) StllIten 21. (Bred)lJIckey 34. (Chuck) Sun 36. (Denny) Swertz 22.1Denny) laPorte 23. (M8rty) Moates 36. (Marty) Tripes 24. (BrilIn) Myerscough .37. (Jeff) Werd 26. (Johnny) O'Mere 3B. (Jim) Weinert 26. (Jim) Pomeroy 39.1Steve) WI.. MOT 0 C R 0 $ '$ $ TAR $ H OZTLUHSCIMESUOA RTRSNESNAHONWAN ERE ASH TIM S W E C B,N TAN VRGGI E F RT Y U A RWII PUOLATNACRH OSETAOMOOBZTLGB POW 5 LCRNRVI AVRIIS I EAWE LAV I T R KB IPS A0 NAF E T 5 IDS lAbove) A CRC enduro rider styles. (Balow) Bob Balentine starts on his way to winning the AMA H. . Scrembles Championship round. 5 EE 0 AE TB RN T E R GEL C G C 5 RYE R W 0 L E L N L IYHT IMTZRAEUURI EATONARAMOR NA$ Y0 REM 0 PEW 5 D D B R • Answers to last week's puzzle 113456789101111131415 7.1Greggl Hansford F-14 R0 A10 RAC E RS E N01 J ,[ B.(WIII Hertog B-10 A 9. ON IT , E L0 o CH 1 10 NA;O 10. (M8rk) Jones A-14 (Eddie) Lawson G-2 C B0 R AT I S HA A C10 WWT 11. (John) Long G-8 o E S AR N 5 LR E R SON R 12. (Randy) M8mo1e N-14 E RW GNH AiT o GIP Ie I B ~ta 13.lAnton) Meng J-6 f T AG OC ;0 0 R0 F 5 NAHH 14. (Frank) McTeggert J-3 G S LAHGN o L , C 5 E' NO C 16. (Creig) Morris L 12 H NO T GN I L LABNw I NA 16.1Chuck) Parma J-8 I I E CHA I G NIA E5 5 5 A L 17. IRon) Pierce N-6 J R EMEM RAP E LC o 01 L A 1B.lKenny) Roberts A-1 I A LL G T ON IH KIN 10 L R EiH 19. (Rich) Schlechter A-10 20. Sharp L ~ eN E P 5 I R I 10 MA!C C 21. (Rusty)Sheene A-10 ~ 0 B E RT B I E T LC AiH 5 '22. (Barry) SpencerL-7L-7 M (Freddie) N E C I E I P A 1M o E NAMIG 23. Cycle Eo" o f E R I A I o G5 T I E BiO'K 24. News F-12 • , o I 1. Road Racers A 1 2. (Deve) Aldene H 9 3. (Kork) Balington H-10 4.lWes) Cooley B-9 6. (Greeme) Crosby L-14 o o 6.~)F1M11Ni 26 ~1 Balentine takes AMAHare Scrambles Championship round By Joyce May LUCERNE VALLEY. CA. APR, 18 Bob Balentine and his big red Honda teamed up to easily win the D-37 round of the Western Region AMA National Hare Scrambles Championship in the race sponsored by the Huntington Beach M.e. Although- the ovemi~ht campers awakened to a relatively mild moming. by the time riders arrived from the L.A. basin with stories of heavy raillS. the desert winds had picked up and were blowing cold. Threatening c1ou.ds began to build up all around, The 9 a,m. start was postponed to 10 to accommodate late arrivals. and then postponed again when a rider broke his leg practicing the bomb run and had to be transported to the hospital. The 224 entries sat on the start line and waited, The skies continued to darken until a very cold rain began. Very few of the riders or spectators were dressed for this kind of weather. Finally the banner went up at 10:45 for the first start. It was a deadengine. straddle the front wheel affair. with almost as many variations as there were riders. The banner dropped and Balentine was on his bike and off in a split second. The response of his Honda even surprised him. The rain had stopped in time for the first start. but now became twice as bad as the second starters sat on the line waiting, Not only was it raining. but there was hail mixed in with it. As soon as this group took off a hurricane-type wind began to blow. tearing out the ribboning on the motocross section of the course just before the pits, As the leaders dropped into a sandwash just past the bomb. Balentine and Husky-mounted Dan Smith diced ' back and forth for the lead. but once they were out of the wash. Balentine began to pull away, By the fim check Balentine was wellentrenched in the lead. followed by Smith. Veteran Bill Saltzman. Howard McCasland and Morgan Malocco, Amateurs Chris Candall and Ken Oviatt were running eighth and ninth overall. '