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the Husky of Scot Harden right with him on time. Morgan Malocco had been among the leaders early on, but suffered a flat near Colonet and was trying to make it back up. Steams continued his Class 21 lead, as did other early leaders. From Mike's, the coune went the familiar route down Mike's road to Highway 5, where the course turned east again to San Matais Pass, down aCl'08 Diablo Dry Lake and to San Felipe, site of check three. Kelly was the first rider to San Felipe, But Oltilvie was only a minute behind, and ahead on elapsed time. Behind them both - yet ahead of them both - was the Harden/Wallingsford Husky. Harden had a minute on Roesder and two on Kelly. FIShback arrived shortly thereafter, his exhaust pipe coming apart. Co· rider Chuck Miller took off with a new pipe, but chain problems would later cause him several lengthy delays. Steams' fine ride came to an end at. Diablo Dry Lake. After his engine tied up, Steams removed the cylinder and discovered that the top half of the piston was welded to the head, and the connecting rod was easily pulled out of the lower end. It would be easy going for the Pfeiffen from then on, with 'the Rick Schumaker/Mark Zoller KTM about 15 minutes behind them. In Class 20, the Pfeiffer/Goodwin team still led, nine minutes up on the Jim Mattox/Oren Beck Yamaha. In Class 50, Erl and Luther had the lead at San Felipe. Petenon and Douglas lost time when Peterson crashed over a cliff and bent the rear axle, which meant extra time required to change a "destroyed" rear tire at San Matais. They came into San Felipe even with the Steve Bell/Denby Dailey Husky. The Richard Jackson/Steve Szekula Husky was right with them on time from a rear start. Class 58 still showed Bishop and Watkins up front, three minutes ahead of McGraw and Maynard. Leaving San Felipe, the course ran along the beach and up to EI Crucero before turning and heading west back up to San Matais. At the fourth check, Kelly still led, Ogilvie was still ahead of him on time, and Harden was ahead of both on time. But just past EI Crucero, Wallingsford got off hard. bending the bike and hurting himself enough that the couldn't continue racing. Harden got back on the bike, but they had lost almost 10 minutes. On the way up through Valle de Trinidad to El Rayo, the fifth check, Roesder and Kelly diced back and forth. Finally, past Trinidad, Roeseler took the lead for good. He crossed the finish line in Ensenada at 12:50. The race was hard on tires, and there were no center knobs left on the rear tire of the Roeseler/Ogilvie machine. "I was doing full drifts down the pavement (coming into Ensenada)," grinned Larry. It was his fint race since injuring his shoulder at the Las Vegas 400 in April. "It feels pretty good; a little stiff, a little sore, but it feels good. I've just been pre-running all week; lIOrt of a last·minute job to get in shape," said Roeseler. "Pretty good," said Ogilvie when asked how the day had gone. "One problem. On the way up to Mike's I almost hit a car head on, and went off the road and fell off. I kind of lost my concentration and enthusiasm for a 'little bit and dropped a couple of minutes to everyone in that section. But I got going again coming down from Mike's and had a good run down to San Felipe and bad up to Crucero. When I gave the bike to Larry we were 50 seconds in the lead. " After riding nearly all the way. Kelly gave the second place Huslty to 9w~ 10th ANNIVERSARY HONDA. r~ '. '}... ~ t.·., J"; ~ ',,-1: "~ '1..~ ~n..'\~~..:: '1J1ij'J ~' , . lII\\/jo, \'" I. , •. -, I • I~\ij~r I~ ~ I.. t J~II • \~ ., ~ I. " \' . II Questions? ~c.o (213) 74lHS131 ea.t. Open 8'30 PM I•. ~ SlIPERCROSS SERIES -----------------------. 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