Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

latber. Nevada· Soatber. CaJllor.la·Arlzo.a-Soatber. Nevada· Tim BLM Recreat ion Area in design in g a th ree loo p enduro. T he first loop left the p its by way of th e wide sand wash and we n t towa rds th e mou nta in s. At a lmos t th e. th ree mile odo me ter chec k th e co urse left the wash a nd led into the mud flow s befor e em p tying o u t o nto a fire ro ad wh ere th e first chec k, a tie brea ker, was. Mos t A a nd B rid ers had littl e troub le makin g this check close to th e 30 seco nd ma rk. The co u rse went ba ck o u t into the desert , th ro ugh the -ve llow d irt hi lls, d own in to the roc ky can yo ns , then back towards th e pits. Many rid ers had no trouble zero in g ou t the loo p wi th th e excep tio n of th e fin ish . Several top A riders, including ISDE gold meda list Chip Howell , D-38 numb er one La rry Wo odruff, D-38 number two john Ow en , CRC n urn ber2 Vet T om Co leand D-38 number o ne Seni or Al Nourian burned th e finis h chec k of loop o ne. All rid ers ci ted th e lack of a 20-m ile marker , whi ch is agai ns t D-38 end uro rules, as the reasonfor the co m p la int a bo u t th e chec k's m ilea ge. Th e club said th e mar ker was knocked down but n o riders on the first rows reme m bered seeing it. Re-m il eagin g from the 15m ile ma rk er lat er proved the check wa s off a lmost , b ut n o t q u ite, I1 10th o f a m ile. T he check stayed in , cost ing Howell th e ove rall. Loop two went out towards the sand hills before turnin g back towards horn e by wa y o f th e rocky mesas a n d tight ca nyons . T he same fire roa d used in loo p o ne was used to lead th e rid ers back to th e fini sh . Ag ain th e tie-breaker chec k was on this roa d. O n ly a few made the tie-brea ker on time in min ut es a nd seconds. The sta rt and first co u p le miles of the th ird loo p was the sa me as th e first, exce p t th e tra il led stra igh t u p the wash in stead of cutti ng off and p icked u p th e end of loop one and proceeded backw ards. Some new, difficult terra in was ad ded in to ma ke thi ngs interesting and scrub o ff so me points. A section evidently used for man y desert races fini sh ed out the loop. Yamaha-mounted Howell posted fast time on the third loop but lost the o vera ll wh en he burn ed the first loo p finish. Even so, Chip ca rne in fourth o vera ll. Cl airem ont Cycl e Supply spons ore d Den is Sa n ford came in wi th a 3.66 on his IT250, just three seco nds behind Howell for fifth . Fi rst Vet Dennis Montgomery (Yam), Tim Crowder (250cc B), D-38 number one Vet Gu y Biggs (YZ465 ), Can -Am support rid er L arry Wo odruff and 250cc A Ga ry Co nrad ro u nded o u t _ the top 10. O pen classer Phillip C rab tree dropped I I po ints for first C. E.S. Lan dworthy su rv ived we ll enoug h t to earn a meri t a wa rd for bein g first Su per Senior finish er. Robin Kerb er was th e on ly woman to finis h a ll three loops. 250 C VET: 1. Quan trell : 2 . Fr ank Coo k; 3 . Dane Wagn er . 200 C: 1. Bern ie Knau s; 2. Mi ke Ooir an. 200 C VET: 1 . Jon Marlin . 200 C SA: 1 . Roy Breakwe ll . 125 C: 1. STeve Bart ley. 3-MAN A/ B TEAM : 1. Sanford/Crowdy/ Eddy. 3-MAN C TEAM : 1 . Biery /Gates/Crabtr ee. 2-MAN A / B TEAM: 1. Biggs/ Ytu rralde; 2 . San ford / Crowc:ler 3 . M ontgom ery /B iggs. ; 2 -M A N C TEAM : 1. Biery/Crabtr ee. Mouse mashes Minis, Larson loses Magic Mountain Pros By Lee Taylor VAL EN CIA , CA, MAR . 21 T h e California Racin g Club once more brough t th e crea m o f Cal ifornia racers together for the running of th e Magi c Results OVERA LL/FIRST B: 1. Mark Yt urr ald e. OVERAL L/FIRST A : 1. Pau l Eddy. OVERALL /FIRST C: 1. Phil Crabtr ee . OPEN A/ AA: 1. Bob Niles; 2. Chi p Howell. OPEN A VET: 1. Guy Biggs; 2. Tom Cole. 20012 50 A & A VET: 1. Pau l Eddy; 2 . Dennis M ontgom ery . OPEN 8 ; 1. M ark Ytu rralde; 2. Stan Pon er. OPEN B VET: 1. Denn is Husso ng; 2. R W . Stouffer. OPEN1250 B SR: 1. Gra nt Brown; 2. Richar d Gehri ng. 250 B: 1. De nis Stan ford . 250 B VET: 1. Robert Falk enb urg . 200 B: 1. M ike Kr ug. . 200 B VET: 1. Steve Hill erm an . OPEN C: 1. Phill ip Crabtree: 2. Troy Harge r; 3 . M ike Amdor. OPEN C VeT : 1. Br uc e Lew is; 2. Dan Hacker; 3 . Tim McGa rv ie . OPEN C SR : 1. Norman Ni le s; 2. Thoma s Brun; 3 . Frank Schubar. 250 C: 1. TodMcKay; 2 . RodVan Hypte ; 3 . Randy Kna us. Includes Tire & Installation • Mountain Gran P rix a t Indi an Dunes. As if added ince nt ives were needed , racers were rewa rded for the ir pa rticipa tio n with fin ish er pins, tickets to Mag ic Mo untai n, T-s hirts , caps a n d Yamaha gi ft certificates, court esy of th e So ut hern Ca lifo rnia Ya maha Dealers. Mini Intermediate ace Mo use Mc Coy , wi th a Honda factor y rid e under h is belt , qui te sim p ly sto le th e show. Not on ly di d " T he Mouse" dash of f the line with the holesh ot , but he cont in ued to roar through th e desert an d led th e Minis h orn e a fter their 50 m inute race . T hroughou t the com bin ed class of Min is, some heavy d ices were.goin g down. Expert racer Frank Ray wa s engaged in a duel wi th Beginner Ton y Costa . Ray won o u t a n d went on hi s way to fifth overa ll a nd top hon ors for th e Ex perts. Novice Troy Welt y a lso en co u n tered hea vy a ction from the Begi n ner ra n ks in the perso n of j eff Cl ark. Welty broke away to ta ke the No vice second, leavin g Cla rk to figh t for h is fo urth p la ce fin ish for hi s di vision . O ne of the hairiest encounters of the race sha ped up between Beginners Robert Ma kimot o and David Shi er, fig hti ng for top honors in their division . T he se two were ha n dl eba r clash in g all over the course, with Makimo to winni ng o u t in th e en d a nd Shi er cla im ing th ird p lace. Bv the end of the race, "T he Mouse" led the wa y home cheered on by hi s o w n ba nd of groupi es wea r in g " Mo use" T -shirt s. Intermediate Lance j ohnson scored secon d overall, an d th ird overa ll we nt to In ter media te jim Wardel l. As expected, the Pros an d Expert s brought everyone ou t of their vans and wh at ensue d had to be seen to be believed . Ph il La rso n-foug h t from th e 250cc Pro start to the fin ish , workin g hi s wa y up throug h a n angry pack int o the lead and hom e to top ho nors. Larson had 500cr Pro Tim Locey o n h is ta il a nd 250cc Pro j ohn Whelchel hounding them bo th . As if th is wasn 't troub le enoug h, Bob Schu lz, Ra ndy No rm an a n d Wh e lch el fo rm ed a " terrible trio" a nd took on th e desert track three a breast, in tim ida ting every com pe titor in sig h t. 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