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on a t times. There were p lenty of roc ks a nd wh en the rai n started th ese rocks got a lillie slip pery. Upp jus t kept ex tendi ng h is lead a nd hi s bi g bik e responded to hi m wi th ease today. He urged it on for the nex t 50 m iles. Ashc raf t stayed on the throttle and hel d seco nd. Anot her rider havi ng a good ride tod ay wa s C li ff Roberts. Cliff ended the race with a ban g by fa ll ing down th e hill co mi ng int o th e fin ish. Lori Fa rm er wa s having a great ride this second loop. O n th e first loo p Lo ri and Dia ne H o lem a n were dici ng it ou t and they both en ded u p in a d itc h. Bot h got goi ng agai n a nd were now enjoying this seco n d loo p of a very demanding ra ce. T akin g th e checkered, it was Up p all the way . Upp was happ y. sayi ng the co urse was cha lle ngi n g an d fun . Ken wanted to than k j esse o f j esse's Cycle in Nevad a. 11 wa s j esse who worked o n th e bike a nd mad e this ride poss ib le. Also tha n ks to Ka lGard and GSM . Second was Ashcraft. Da n said it was a hard course to ma ke u p time on. T hird was a no the r KTM rider , Cra nda ll. Stea rns was fourth after jumping in fro nt of McCa sland on the hill coming into the fi nish . McCasland took fifth. Si xth was Dave Wasden . wea ring the miss ing In vader's ban n er! Firs t Open Vet a n d sevent h ovea ll wa s Sa ltz ma n . Eig ht h was first C bike rider El ias. Ninth was fi rst 250cc rider Ca u by, who ran o ut of gas just before the finis h. Lu cki ly Ti m was able to borrow enough for th e finish. Ro u n din g ou t th e to p 10 was th e sore bu t determined G ar y Charte rs for (as usu al ) first Open Senior. First O pen Ama teur was Ken Ovia tt after crash ing o n the first loop. Firs t C bi ke Amat eur was Mark Purser. Firs t 250cc Ama teur was Russ Kurisu. Top 250cc Vet wa s h ard rid ing Russ j on es. Postma kept hi s su per rid e goi ng today for fir st 250cc Senior. Walt Baehr too k first C bik e Expert hon ors in th e Senior class today. First O pe n Sen ior Am at eur was Bob Morris, wh o overtook Ron H eatherington, Sr. o n th e last la p to tak e th e win . Firs t Vet Am at eur was ha rd charging D. Cherherd . Ken Upp led all the way to win the Invade rs hare and hound. Upp flies to Invader H&H win By Shirley Upp L UCERN E VALLEY. CA. MAR. 21 Ken Up p (KT M). with th e help of J esse's Cycl e, got it together this weekend, winning th e In vaders M.e. Sa ucer R u n hare 38- and hound. From th e banner drop U p p took th e lead and onl y ext ended it to ta ke th e chec kered flag wi th over a two minute lead over th e next Open class rider. T he Invaders h ad a great co urse laid o u t. T he co urse had wh oop-dedoo s, sandwa shes. ro cks. hill s an d wi de open areas. Invader Bruce Franzen ca me over from Ar izona to help wi th th e race. Anothe r ded icat ed Invader. Wes An derson. Sr. ca me up from Mex ico. With cl ub dedi cati on lik e th is it's ony natura l this race wa s to be a good one. At 9:05 a.m . th e banner dr opped and U p p was off th e lin e like a bullet. gra bbi ng th e h ol esh ot do wn th e center of th e bo m b ru n. U p p sa id he never saw a n oth er bike the rest of th e race, Past th e bo m b it was Upp first wit h a no the r KRM rid er, Chris Cr anda ll . ri di ng .ouc.of jesse's Cvcle. vsecond.: Another hot rider as of la te is Lee Sch effers (Ho n) a nd he was th ird. Fo urt h was Chuck Stearns (Hon). Mu rra y Kapko was run ni ng fift h. Firs t 250cc at this point was hard chargi ng Cl iff T homas (Ya m) . Sevent h was Dan Ashcraft (H us ). Run'n in g eigh th an d seco n d 250cc after a good bo m b run , was Ti m Cauby. Ninth an d fir st Open Senior was Gary Cha rters. First Amateur was speedster j eff Benn ingto n. First C bike wa s Tom Elias a nd first Vet w-as Bill Sa ltzma n . T he No vice/Beginn er sta rt was a go od one as usual. T he 250cc riders were hot today! Mike Fitzgeral d (H us) was th e fir st rid er a quarter m ile past th e bomb an d also the fir st 250cc rid er. Second wa s a no the r 250cc spee ds ter, T roy Swa fford (Yam ). First Open wa s Ol iver Ra thl ien. Fi rst Beg inner wa s 250cc rider Ro bert Mar shall. Ou t for his first race. Beg in ne r Rodn ey Cha mber lin was hav in g a grea t ride unt il he go t a flat tire that slo wed h im down bu t d idn't disco ur age h im eno ug h to qui t a nd he went on for a good finis h. U p p co nt in ued to bui ld his lead _ a nd as he ca me in aft er the first loo p he ah d a comfortab le lead over second place Stearns. Third bike in was Ash cra ft. Leaving home ch eck, U p p had ove r a two m in ute lead o n Ashcraft , as Stearn s had stopped in th e p its to ma ke so me repairs. T h ird bik e o u t was Cra nda ll. Fourth was now Ca uby, wh o was runnin g firs t 250cc. T homa s didn't make it th ro ugh the rocks a n d was o ut of th e race with a £Iattire. Kap ko was now in fifth spot. Dave Wasde n was ha ving a grea t rid e an d ha d moved up to sixth . A lilli e sore aft er last week ) ge t-o ff, Charters was now sevent h a nd first O pen Sen ior rid er . After a terrib le bo m b run H oward McCa sland had worked hi s w-ay u p to eig h th. Seco n d 250cc wa s Ch arles Barney, wh o is rea lly h aving so me grea t rides la tel y! First C bike in was Eli as . Another C bik e rider having a su per rid e today was Ti m Sinclair who was o ne bik e beh in d Eli as. T hes e two speed sters really did some dici n g. First Open Vet was Saltzman. First Open Am at eur was J eff Bennin gt on . Fir st 250cc Amateur wa s Ra y Conway (Hon) . Ra y's aux il iary gas ta n k had co me loose an d Ray had to sto p for repairs. First C bike Amateu r was Mark Purser. First 250cc Se nio r in h ome check was Dick Post ma (KT M). Ron Bebo (Yam ) was seco nd; th ese two riders were pus hing eac h o the r to th e max . First gi rl was Lori Farmer. Fi rst Novice was i\like Fitzgerald. T h e seco n d loop wa s ro ugh a nd it hel ped to be in pret ty good shape. If not. you wo ul dfindit hard tohold _ First No vice was 250cc rider Fit zge ra ld who ga ve hi s Husky a real wor k ou t. First Open Novi ce was Ron Sh uler. Ron took a rock in his goggles o n th e first la p a nd after p utti ng new len s in. th en h e dro pped th e h am m er on th e last lap. Great rid e Ron. First C bike Novi ce was john Braasch. First Open Sen ior was hard riding Dave Wilcox o f th e Desert M.C. Best 250cc Sen io r Novice wa s Ro y Watson. Fir st Open Vet Novi ce was Steve Thompson. Ron Papro ski was first 250cc Novice. First Beginner was an other sp eedster. Robert Marsh a ll. First C bike Beginner was Dennis Smith. First Open Beginner was Tim Montgomery. First Vet Open Beginner was Mark Townsen d. Last but not !east , in the woman' s cla ss, Lori Farmer got first Expert a n d C. Waggon er first Novice. Hard riding Sh aron Dietz took first Begin ner. We had a special gu est a t thi s race, U lrich Burbah from Stu ttga rt, Germany. U lrich writes for M otoraad magazin e an d h e ca me over to cover mo torcvcl e stu nt rid ers a nd so me o ther type of mo torcycle ra ce. Not motocross, as th ey hav e that in Ger many . The In vaders were th e lu ck y hosts to th is distingu ished guest, Gl ad go ha ve yo u at a District 3i event Ul rich, hope you en joyed th is type of race. •