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Going right to work, the leaders two miles past the bomb were Smith, Lee Scheff ers(Ho n)and Ken Upp(K TM). These three riders were all within 10 second s of each other. Ashcra ft was fourth and Gary Charte rs. off 10 anothe r great ride, was runnin g fifth. First Amate ur was speedst er Dale v Criske. Second Amate ur .. as Roger , lela. having a great ride. The Novice /Beg inner banne r droppe d about 20 minute s later. First Novice past the bomb was Steve Swinburne, 250cc rider. Open classer Mike Hauss was second with anothe r 250cc rider, Ron Hether ington , Jr., running third. Bill McInn es was fourth. Steve Klien was runnin g fifth oerall and first C bike. In the Beginn ers it was 250cc rider Ron Hall on the throttle runnin g first . Second was Vet. Mark Townsend having a great ride. Third was Harold AII("n runnin g with the top riders. There were over 200 riders a II going for it today. Two of these riders were Cleyon Loon sfoot of the Invade rs and Don Huddle ston of the Desert Rats. These two spee dsters were dicing it out every in ch of the co u rse . andat one point they got lost togethe r. Trying to find the course again they even crashe d togeth er! Howar d McCas land. who is numbe r four Open, was out today on a 250 Honda . This is the first time McCas land has been on a 250<:c when he hit something - he didn 't know what ! Mc Caslan d got off hard and once again broke his co lla r bone. He was seeing stars when MIke Mulcon ery and Dave Wasde n stoppe d to help. Speedy recovery to you Howar d. and many thanks to Mike a nd Dave, Meanw hile the leaders , Smith and Ashcra ft were dicing back and forth for the lead, exchan ging it many , times this last loop. Doug Winch ell (Kaw) had a terrible bomb run but started pickin g guys off and was startin g to close in on the leaders . Ken Oviaat was runnin g first Open Amate ur and Ken wasn't slowin g down a bit, even though he didn't have any back brakes! David Kerstin g runnin g first Vet Amate ur was having a great ride today. Russ Jones and Jim Bringh urst hada bauleg oingon in the 250<:c Vet Expert class. Mike Hauss, riding out of Tracy's motorcycle shop, was runnin g first Novice . As the riders came to the end of the Iine and the checke red it was Ashcra ft in the lead. Smith had gotten off hard about 15 miles out from the finish . hiuing a bush and doing a Flying W. Howev er the overall win was to be Smith' s as Ashcra ft was disqua lified for gelling on , a road before check one: Smith said his ride was beautif ul and he liked the course . Lots of fun. Hard riding Scheffe rs was second overall . After recove ring from his bomb run. Winch ell (Kaw) took a well earned third overall and first 250cc today. Winch ell said this was his first class win since 1975. He said his bike ran beautif ul; he couldn 't get over how well it handle d. First Open Senior (ho hum!) was Charte rs. With todav's first in class, that makes eight w{ns in a row for Gary. Congra tulatio ns to you Gary , just to finish eight desert races is an acco m p lish me nt but to get eight firsts is outstan ding! Fifth overall was the first C bike with speedst er Tom Elias aboard . Sixth was Ted Hurmi cut, Ted was sidewa ys a lot and he had some good dicing going on betwee n him self and Elias. Seven th was Richar d Jackso n, who took a first in th e Open Vet class today. Eighth overall was second 250cc Steve Zollinger. Steve had a great ride today except he said Ron Conwa y made him go faster than he wanted ! Conway (Hon) was ninth and he put all the blame on Zolling er! Compl eting the top 10 this weeken d was hard chargi ng Darrin Kelsey (Hon), Ken Oviatt kept his great ride going today withou t brakes and took first Open Amate ur. Anothe r top notch rider who also kept his lead well in hand today was David Kerstin g who took first 250cc Vet Amate ur. First Vet Expert was Jim Bringh urst, who said he really had to work hard to over take Russ Jones. Russ took second in class today a n d said. he "i ust got tired in the last section . Everything was going great today until Bringh urst passed me!" First C bike Amate ur was Bryan Charte rs. First Open Vet Amate ur went to jan Merrison. First Open Senior Amate ur was Bill Healy. First 250cc Senior was Expert Ron Surber. Both th ese Seniors had a top notch ride today. First Senior C bike was Lou Monte rone, Lori Farmer (Hon ) was first girl in for the checke red today . Lori thanks Lakew ood Honda for their help. " T hey are good to me," said Lori . First Open Novice was Mike Hauss, who had a super ride and caught manv Amateu rs and Experts ! Second Novice, first 250cc , was Steve Swinburne. In to take first in the C bike class was anothe r top rider, Steve Klien. First Open Vel Novice was Steve Tomps on , who kept his super ride going for a first. In the 250<:c Vet Novice class it was Lester Stiffler in for the honor of first in class. Laurie Hamm el took to Wome n's Amate ur honors . It was a great race put-on by some great people! Many thanks to Ben and Nancy Latta of the Rovers M.e. Results are unoffic ial. Full mer gra bs CRC Bob cat End uro By Sy lveste r Boga rd RED MOUN TAIN, CA , MAR. 14 Bill Fullm er, Jr. surpri sed all the big bore endur o enthu siasts by powe ring his ITl75 Yama ha to the overa ll victor y at the Califor nia Racing Club's Bobcat Enduro . Two factors made his win even more notewo rthy. The first was finishing the last eight miles on a flat rear tire caused by hitting the railroad track crossin g a little too hot and the second wasthe course itself. CRC course layout Honch o Larry Langle y was dumbf ounded when he learned that a small bore bike had taken the overall win. He though t it was definit ely a "big bike" course. Fullme r may also have been on the receivi ng end of a little luck when the check leading into the "specia l test" on the second loop had to be thrown out because the checke rs' pens became inoper able when a heavy rainsto rm moved into the area to hinder the 600 riders. Most of the riders though t th e min added a " un iq ue " flavor to the enduro , even though most got soaked throug h and throug h . At least there was no dust. Fullme r reporte dlvcam e into th e "check -in" a minute earlv but since the check was reverte d to observ ation status, the early points weren' t counte d agains t him. Second overall and first 250cc A was Rick Daniel who droppe d Just two points in a fine ride. Rick may have been the overall winner if the " ch eck-in had been counte d. DMG Maico rider Grant Palens ke droppe d three points for third overall , edging out Team Mugen 's Bob Bal entine. Balent ine was riding with sponso r AI Baker and Countd own Engine ering's Jerry Counts , who was tutorin g Bob in the fine art of enduro timeke eping. First " B" rider was 250cc pilot Bob Farr in at seventh overall , first 250 B dropp ing just five points . Right behind Farr was anothe r B rider, this time a Vetera n, firema n John Jacobsen (Hus), First C rider was Mark Amend ola, droppi ng five measle y points for II th overall to rate a "who was that guy" remark s from th e compe tition. The C riders won't have Mark to chase anymo re; he was promp tly transfe rred to B rider status by points keeper Art J ensen, who figured that any C rider who finishe d 61 positio ns in front of the next C rider really wasn 't a e. It wasn 't cheatin g - it was reporte dly Amendola's first enduro , probab ly not his last: As the first riders headed out north toward s Charli e's place, the rain clouds were already gather ing but most hoped the rain would hold off until after the event, especia lly the checke rs, but to no avail. Soon after th e first numbe rs started co m ing in off the finish of the 37-mile first loop, the heaven s opened up, makin g riding very interes ting. In the one-lo oper ranks, Shauna Hopkin s (H o n ) had a perfect 0.0 ride to lead all the one-loo p-only riders. Shaun a just edged out Rod Blinzle r (250cc C -16), Mike Beck (125cc C • 16), SCDlt Jacobs en (Mini C) , Sean Keast (Mini C) , and Robert J. Wranosky (Mini A) who all droppe d just one measle y second on their one loop tour. Anothe r notable ride was turned in by Dana Bell who decided to sign up this year in the men's 200 B Veteran class. Dana trophie d again so she earned a transfe r to A ride status. She won't get too many rides .a s an A becaus e she will be forced to take a break to deliver her child. At the other end of the scale is Super- Senior (over SO years) Jesse Goldbe rg (KTM) , all the way from Nevada to compe te. He blew the drawer s off of about 586 other, younge r riders in a fine ride to 14th overall , first Super- Senior. While the course took away points, it was rideabl e for the C riders. The sand hills with all the canyon s, ridges and even a steep sandy downh ill to make things interes ting kept the riders from getting cold in the pourin g rain. After a long reset to get everyo ne back on time, the course eld east out