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Kent Cleft) and Scott Pfeiffer made It a clean sweep for the year In Clan 21. (Continued from page 9) me again I can have all the lights in the world but I'm not going to get by in the dust.' So I never looked. back." Ogilvie, who was riding with 20 stitches in his lower lip as the result of hitting a car in a pre-running accident, tried to stay with Harden but was 12 minutes baa at San Felipe and would lose another 10 minutes before the finish. Following San Felipe the Balterl Balentine effort was hit with troubles, reportedly suffering transmission difficuIties and then dropping two valves to DNF after a fine riding effort. In Ensenada, Harden crossed the finish line at 12: 18 a.m. Saturday morning. Both Scot and Brent favor rough courses and long distances and Harden said, "I'd rather have races like this than like every one they've had except for '79, when we went to La Paz. This was a good race. I like to see them where they have to ride five or six hours at night." Said WalIingsford, "No problems at all; just a couple of mandatory wheel changes. I rode really conservatively the first section and the same with the second section. I just hung in there." Oscilvie brought the second-place machine in 20 minutes later, but disappointment showed through his face. "I'm more disappointed than tired. I just didn't ride good enough. That's what it amounts to." Said partner Roeseler, "The traffic was really bad. I almost hit a car and almost hit a cow. I kept the pace, but Scot and Brent did a good thing when they switched and gave Brent a break. I 'got fatigued and SCot made up a lot of time." The next finisher, Scott Pfeiffer, had plenty of trouble in the fmal miles with a transmission that had lost third gear and was locking up on occasion. He'd been pushing as hard as he could since he'd seen a light behind him at EI Rayo and he figured that Kelly and Smith had recovered from their earlier troubles. Pfeiffer flattened a tire 15 miles before the finish, but stiII brought it across the line in good shape. Their effort was sponsored by Premier Yamaha. . Dan Smith, making' his first appear· ance in Baja, brought the second place Class 21 Husky in next. A flu tire through the Three Sisters and lights that fell off marked Smith's half of the race, although he closed up the Pfeif· fers' lead to only 1I minutes at the finish. The bike that Pfeiffer saw at EI Rayo was not Smith, but rather Mark Miller on the Class 20·winning Husky. He eventually let Smith by,. and went on to finish. Both riders reported no trouble, and they even fmished on the same rear tire they started with. On elapsed time, the two were only one minute behind their 250cc teammates Kelly and Smith. Wayne Martin brought the Class 22 Malcolm Smith Products Husky he copiloted with Kent Richardson into the finish next for a third in class. Martin reported little in the way of problems - no crashes or flats, just one burntout bulb and one near-crash at San Felipe, and some time lost at Punta Blanca. After their problems with their lights at the south end of the course, and a spark plug that fell apart, Pfeiffer brought the runner-up Class 20 machine to the finish, two hours back of Ashcraft and Miller. Class !lO winner Max Switzer reported a trouble-free ride after taking the bike over at Punta Prieta. The Dempsey brothers had been right with him, but they dropped back and finished 40 minutes later. Bishop finished right before dawn on Saturday for the apparent Class 38 win, but following the SCORE decision to disqualify their entry, the win went to the runners·up. Montclair Yamahasponsored Gray, Q.uackenbas and Scott were the winners with the trio of J.D. Hetzel, Gary Page.andJohn Kaplan (Hus) the only other finishers. A special note of recognition should go to Richard Jackson, who soloed the entire race to finish fourth in Class 30 on a Kern Sportcycle Husky. A truly outstanding effort. • Results CLASS 22: 1. Scot ~ Wlilingolord IHuol 17:14:06.81; 2. t.ry R_1IIrual OgiMi lYomi 17:38:52.03; 3.· Kent RlcherdeonIWeyne Merlin (HueJ 19:56:24.22; 4. Philippe ComutJHubert Auriol IC-Al: 5. EduIrdo GeetelumlJelf Jenzen lHuIl; 8. Peut Thr1IIkIIIdfT'm _ (HueJ; 7. DIIIIid ARnoId/Chrie _IHanI; 8. ffIncole Bourrtll/S_ Simone lYoml; 9. Morgen MeIoa:biChuck S-.. lHanI; 10. Eric ~ Peceud IC-A); 11. Bill PriceIPet Remey lHuIl CLASS 21: 1. Kent _/Sooll _lYeml19'27: 41.28; 2. Tam KeIy/DIn 5miIh lHuol19:38:08.18; 3. Peul Eddy/Gardan CIIrtt lVeml21:43:07.71; 4. R i c k _ I MerIt ZOller IKTMI; 5. Rob KennedyIOen Ven Adt.. lHan); 8. Gory Oeter/John o.-ero.n HiIlon IHUIl. CLASS 20: 1. Den IHUIl ----------------------t., _ YAMAHA 0 T~O THIS COUPON GOOD FOR , .... 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