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"ada- Northern California-Northern Nevada-Oregon·Washington-ldaho-Utah-A
OPEN EX: 1. Phil Dou glas (M aij; 2 . Rob SuUiff lYam);
3. Troy OaHarreralYaml.
OPEN JR: 1. Bill Cooley (Suzl; 2. Chris Riddle lYam>.
250 EX: 1. Doug Noell ($uzl; 2. Kent 0 - , CHon
);
3. Duke Dowell (Hon).
.
250 JR: 1. GaryFargo lYam); 2. Mike Subocz (Hon l.
VET NOV : 1. Peter Bierwith (Mall: 2. Tom
W ",kleman (Ma ij; 3. Don Careron (KTMI.
125 NOV : 1. Brait Lafayette lYam) .
250 NOV : 1. Bert EIworthy;2. ChrisMilx:heIl; 3. M ike
Cartaon(KTMl.
OPEN NOV : 1. Rich Ramsay (Hull; 2. lMry S mi1h
lYam>; 3. Rock Gerow (Mall.
OT NOV : 1. Churd< SuUiff lYam); 2. Ed W",d (Mail;
3. Kart.Ryt« (KTMl.
Showers soaks up
Sawmill Enduro
•
win
By J im Bowman
LOWER LAKE. CA . DEC . 6
Frank Showers soaked up the
overall, 250cc class win, and
more than likely, a great deal of
water at the rain -drenched Distr ict 36 Sawmill Enduro today. The
event began in .a drizzle that later
turned into a dow npour and prevented
157 of the 243 rid ers from finishing the
event .
Showers' scor e of two was no t earned
without competition . Craig Fator,
Da n Neilson and Jeff H enning pla ced
on e, two and three in the Open A
cla ss. all with th e tie -score of three
(actual places determined by seconds).
Taz Harvey's score of 4.160 was also
qui te close , a nd perhaps more
awesome . Harvey piloted his lesser
powered 200cc m issle to within two
points of the overall, seven po ints
ahead of second pla ce in 200cc A a nd
18 points ahead ofthird.
Although the d eteriorating trail
conditions troubled some A riders,
tho se riders suffered much less than
the later starting Band C riders. Kirk
R atzel lost 98 points more than his
class winner. Pet er Prichard (200 cc .
B). but still placed second in class . A
sim iliar point spread also occured
between second and third place in the
250cc B class.
T he Novice (C) class was the last
class to start, an d as a result , those
riders fou nd lit tle traction or com fort
a head . O nly five C riders were
fortunate enough to finish within the
allo tted one hour time , and because of
this, most C rider trophies were
awarded based on how far the rider
rod e before being disqualified (one
hou r late) or quitting.
The troubles th e North Ba y Motorcycle Club had in putting on this
enduro have ruled out the possibility
of a 1982 Sawmill . In 1981 , the club
suffered three pos tponements - one
bec ause of late paperwork, one
bec ause of en vironmentalist intervention , and th e last , because of ra in.
It was only by luck sim ilia r to the p ro verbial flip-of-the-coin that the Saw mill was allowed to start on this m isty
morning .
Some club members are hoping for
a 1983 Sawmill Enduro , while others,
bitter from fru stration and criticism .
prefer to wait for 1984. Only one thing
is certain; Beca use the club is still
cleaning up after th e 1981 enduro.
and 1982 is her e. there will be no time
to break trail an d plan a Sawmill
Enduro for 1982.
Results
OVERA LL: 1 . Frank Sho w ers IKT M ).
200 A; 1. Taz Harvev (Honl: 2 . Man Cullins (Yam l: 3.
Tony Pellegino (Han ).
- 250 A:. 1. Frank Showers IKTM) ; 2. Peter Duba ldi
IHus); 3. J eff Irwin (Yaml.
OPEN A : 1. Craig Fator (S uz); 2. Dan Neilson IHu s); 3.
J eff Hnn ning IKTMI .
200 B: 1. Peter Prichard ; 2. Kirk Ratzel; 3. Robert
Lively.
250 B: 1. Wayne Rudi IKaw); 2. Mik W ilbur IMai); 3.
e
Greg Atk ins.
OPEN B: 1. M ike Vincelli ; 2. Tom Cummings (Husl ; 3.
Don Cameron (KTM ).
200 C: 1. Larry J ohns (Yam); 2. Steve Ehlens IKawl;
3. Larry Cen i (Suzl.
.
250 C: 1. J oh n Burnell (Yam); 2. M arty Rossi (Yaml :
3. Chris Lopez (Hon) .
OPEN C: 1. Rick DeCarly (Bull; 2. Qay;d Barham '
(Yam); 3. J im W etzler.
OT A : 1. George N ielson (Husl: 2. Charles M Ofgan
(Y a m ).
o r B: 1. Dale Sw anson IKTM); 2. Charles Beatie
(Husl; 3. Bob Gob bi lYam).
OT C: 1. Ivan Harv