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Lucerne Valley - Red Mountain - Plaster City - Searchlight - Sidewinder Road - Superstition Mountain - Jean - Rand Mountains - Lucerne Valley - Red Mounta C(') 00 C"l Grant Palenske was fourth overall at the Frosty Desert enduro (file photo). Gary Charters was leading the 250cc .Sen ior riders. After Bill Saltzman mad e some repairs on the first loop he was now starting to turn on the gas and was leading the Open Vet riders. Art Knapp was giving the Open Seniors trouble. leading the class. Lori Farmer in top form was leading the Women 's class. Brian Harris led the .Novices. On the last loop Ashcraft stayed with Smith and was getting read y to make his move when Smith slowed and waved him on. Smith had a back flat a nd he knew it was too dangerous to continue at the pace thes e two had set for themselves. Taking the checkered with ease wa s Ashcraft. Smith came in for the second overall. Ogilvie had moved his stock Honda up to take third overall. Roeseler, after losing his clutch on the last loop, was able to hang on for a fourth. Crandall took fifth ahead of A.e. Bakken, who is getting in shape for Parker. After recovering from a bad start and a fall, Tom Kelly took seventh. In at eighth was Tim Sinclair for first in the250cc class. Getting used to his Open bike was Ted Hunnicutt, in for ninth. Taking the 10th spot was second 250cc rider Ed Pierce. Unofficial results Ashcraft takes D~37 Desert Classic By Shirley Upp LUCERNE VALLEY, CA, JAN. 23 Husky teammates Dan Ashcraft and Dan Smith turned it loose once again this weekend, and it was Ashcraft who pulled it out 20 a nd ended another near perfect ride with th e o vera ll win in th e Desert M.C.'s 18th Desert Classic. Every desert racer 's fanta sy came true thi s race. It rained Saturday night and with no dust, over 350 riders came out to enjoy this well marked co u rse. A mile past the bomb it was Ashcra ft , Chris Crandall (KTM) and Smith all very close. Husky rider Larry Roeseler was fourth. Ken Ov iatt was up with the front runners at fifth . The bomb run was a long uphill and the first five bikes were all big bore bikes. Sixth was 250cc speedster Byron Stathan with another 250cc ace Tim Sinclair at 'seven th . Bru ce Ogilvie on a stock XR500 Honda was running eig h th at thi s point in th e race. Th e Novi ce/Beginner race had Open riders #241 and #233 in th e lead. Brian Harris had his Racecraft Yam aha on th e move a nd was closing in on the lead ers. Coming in after one loop it was Ash craft with the lead but onl y by seconds as Smith was closing in on him. Ash craft was still in the pits as Smith pulled in for gas. Getting a faster pit, Smith was out of the pits about one second in front of Ashcraft. Roeseler had moved to third after overtaking Crandall. Ogilvie was starting to get the feel of his Honda and was now running fourth. Fifth and first 250cc was Mike Sixbery but Mike's good ride wasn 't to be. and after one loop he dropped out with bike problems. Crandall was in sixth position a nd Tim Sinclair had hi s 250cc geared up and ca me through seventh. In th e Amateur clas s th e lead er was 250cc rider Byron Sta rha n a nd in the C bik e class after one loop it was Bret Howell o n hi s H onda carryi ng the Sha m rock co lors th rough first. OPEN EX: 1. D.AsIlcralt; 2. D. Smith: 3 . B. Ogilvie. OPEN AM: 1. #245; 2. T. Epperson; 3 . #21 SA . OPEN NOV : 1. B. Harris; 2. J . Thomas; 3. R. Holtz. 250 EX: 1. T. Sinclair; 2 . E. Pierce Jr.; 3 . S. Zollinger. 250AM: 1. B. Stathan; 2 . E. Hallgath; 3 . K. Mann. 250 NOV: 1. F. Frenzel; 2. G. Johnston; 3. D. Nuckles. 250 BEG: 1. D. Dean : 2 . R. Sanders; 3 . B. Nordblad. 0-200 EX: 1. B. Howell; 2. J . Lawrence; 3. C. Hamill Jr. 0 -200 AM : 1. J . Braasch; 2. R. Waters. 0 ·200 NOV : 1. B. Wells; 2. D. Morgan. VET OPEN EX: 1. B. Saltzman; 2. Eckhart. VET OPEN AM : 1. C. Snyder; 2 . H. San M iguel; 3. S. Hollister. VET OPEN NOV: 1. #209: 2 . J . Farrand; 3 . S. cameron . • VET OPEN BEG: 1. B. VanDyke; 2. #210: 3 . W. Sanders. VET 250 EX: 1. T. Mattox; 2 . J . Vaughn; 3 . R. Jones. VET 250 AM : 1. R. Paprosk i. VET 250 NOV : 1. D. Wilson; 2. D. Bierma: 3 . R. Freeman. VET 250 BEG : 1. D. Alexander; 2. R. Curtsinger: 3 . 8 . Kann isto . SR OPEN EX: 1. A . Knapp ; 2 . W . Coopsr; 3 . C. Morris. SR OPEN AM : 1. #0136; 2. G. Gibbons; 3. B. Morris. SR OPEN NOV : 1. Bruns; 2. #0135; 3. #011 B. SR OPEN BEG: 1. P. Marsik; 2. R. Seymour; 3 . #0139. SR 250 EX: 1. G. Charters; 2 . A . Guzman: 3. D. Whitehorn . SR 250 AM : 1. R. Watson; 2. B. Healy. SR 0 ·200 EX: 1. L Gordon: 2. D. Kersting : 3. M . Tenev , SR 0-200 NOV : 1. Tom Burroughs. SR 0-200 BEG' 1. C. Henderson; 2. G. Theel. WOMEN EX: 1. L. Farmer; 2. D. Holaman; 3. J. Payne . WOMEN AM : 1. D. Engstrom; 2. C. Waggoner; 3 . #W8. • WOMEN NOV : 1. C. Sain . SIDEHACK : 1. Dala /Randy Jordan. Baker takes CRC Frosty Desert Enduro win By Jim Bowman LUCERNE VAL~EY, CA, JAN. 16 Baja winner Al Baker (Mugen USA) dropped just one point today to tie with four other riders for the overall victory at the California Racing Club's Frosty Desert family enduro. Baker earned the top honors by virtue of seconds lost to beat Dirt Bike magazine's Tom Webb, who rode a new Honda XR350, Scott Sam pso n (T rack ' n Travel KTM ), Grant Pal ensk e (Wheel sm ith Maicol O'Neal l J ones/ND/KR WI S pectrol Swallow T ir e) a nd AMA Region Six 250cc Enduro Cham p io n Ever ett Angle (H us). CRC enduro designer La rrv La ng - ley continues to experiment with course layouts and came up with a treat today on the first loop. Usually, the first loop is designed to allow riders of any skill level to finish, incl uding the three wheelers. Speed averages are typically 18 or 24 mph and quite a few of the one-loop-only riders zero the loop. T oday, the difference was the cho ice of an easy way or a hard way about 22 miles out. The hard way was a 12 mph section of rocks in a tight sandwash that was a lot of fun . It was a refreshing challenge for all the riders. We never did find out what the easy way was ' like because we couldn't find anyone who had taken that route. The one loop riders didn't seem to find it that difficult either. Michele Keast won the one-loop overall with a score of 0.2 with a three second margin over second place timekeeper Scott Jacobsen. All of the top 10 oneloop riders scored zero. A secret check greeted the two-loop riders as they hit the first possible check location on the second loop. This check was the check-in for the only special test of the day which was a 7.2 mile stretch with a speed average requirement of 36 mph. This test rolled in and out of rocks and sandwashes and allowed only the top five riders to lose just one point. The next five riders dropped two points each. The two-point scores were the most common and stretched back in the results past the magic number 29, which was the finishing position of none other than Bob Balentine. This was Bob 's first ride since he lost the lower section of his right leg while pre-running the Baja Internacional course. Bob seems to be back in the running with his fourth place Open AA Four-stroke finish and we hear he's gearing up for the Parker 400. You just can't keep a good man down. Dirt Rider magazine 's Bob Carpter won the B overall for the second enduro in a row, this time just three seconds a head of 250cc B winner Robert Burtis. Carpenter shouldn't be a B rider long at this rate as CRC watches the rider results pretty closely. Open C winner Bill Throckmorton sho uld know this by now as he and 250cc winner Darrell Norman scored so well that CRC has promoted them to the ranks of the B riders. Results 2 LOOP OVERALL: 1. AI Baker (Hon) ; 2 . Tom Webb (Hon); 3 . Scott Sampson (KTM); 4 . Grant Palenska (Ma i); 5. Everett Angla (Hus); 6 . Randy Kemp; 7 . Craig Lair; 8 . Mike Garrett; 9 . Jim 801l ingmo J r.; 10. Paul Clipper. 1 LOOP OVERALL: 1. Michela Keast 2. Scott Jacobsen; 3. Troy Skaggs; 4 . Scott Bristol; 5. Sean Keas t 6 . Shauna Hopkinl; 7. Kathy Herndon (C-A); 8. Billy Houston; 9 . Johny E. MacCarroll Jr.; 10 . Kenny Fickett. AA 4 -STROKE: 1. AI Baker (Hon); 2. Tom Webb (Hon). AA CLASS : 1. Scott Sampson (KTM) ; 2. Grant Palenske (Mai); 3. Everett Angle (Hus) . AA VET: 1. Mark Cook. AA SR: 1. Harry Keast . AA SUPER SR: 1. Bill Fullmer Sr . OPEN A: 1. John Owen; 2. Heath Hibbard; 3 . Brett Morgan. ~ 250 A : 1. Paul Clipper; 2. Mika Thompson; 3 . Robert Smith. 200A: 1. Kenny Kemp . 4 ·STROKE A : 1. Jim Bollingmo Jr.; 2. Gordon Hopkins. A VET OPEN: 1. Wayne Stanfield; 2. John Jacob· sen ; 3. Charles Brown. 250 A VET: 1. Bill Daniel. 200 A VET: 1. Dale Samford; 2 . Dana Bell . OPEN A SR: 1. Art Falls More; 2 . Mervyn M . Murray; 3 . Tom Merritt. 250 A SR: 1. Joe Holmes. A WOMEN : 1. Michele Keast; 2. Shauna Hopkins. A MINI: 1. Scott Jacobsen. OPEN B: 1. Bob Carpenter; 2. Jerry Vandermulen; 3 . John Turner . 250 B: 1. Robert Burtis; 2 . Bob Loenhorst; 3. Steve Riehle. 200 8 : 1. Barry Cavanagh; 2. Mike Hastings; 3 . Reed Valve Johnson. 4 -STROKE B: 1. Dirk Vandenburg; 2 . Bob Farr . OPEN B VeT : 1. Steve Peters; 2 . Ron Bresnik; 3 . Dave Kribell. 250 B VET: 1. Grag Silberg; 2. Larry Bott; 3. Michael Kat z. 200 B VET: 1. Geoff Holstead. OPEN B SR: 1. Thomas W. Bristol; 2. Bill Lucas; 3. Jaffrey Fort. 250 8 SR: 1. Johnny Sampson. 200 B SR: 1. Rick Sieman. OPEN B SUPER SR: 1. Bud Hedrick; 2 . 8i11 Helin. WOMEN B: 1. Wendy Smith; 2. Mary Barnatt. MINI B: 1. Mika Chamberlain Jr. OPEN C: 1. Bill Throckmorton; 2. Lawrence Weber; 3 . Karl Allen Balh. 250 C: 1. Darrell Norman; 2. Jay R. Poole; 3. Neil Ordway. . 200 C: 1. Richard A . Child: 2. Stava Geraci; 3 . James Weber. 125 C: 1. Steve Gaska . OPEN C FOUR·STROKE: 1. Cra ig Franz; 2 . Martin L Blais; 3. Jimmy McKinney. 250 C 4 -STROKE: 1. Shawn N. McGraw. 200 C 4-STROKE: 1. Jeff Elwood. OPEN C VET: 1. Jack Labrum; 2. Richard Cook: 3 . James Hawes.. 250 C VET: 1. Robert Keller; 2. Paul Spickler; 3. Larry Robertson. 200 C VET: 1. Tom Lavia; 2. Chuck Wilkie. OPEN C SR: 1. David Bushatz; 2 . Ken Crabtree. 250 C SR: 1. Kan Beach. C SUPER SR: 1. Martin Beck. 200 C-UNDER -16: 1. Troy Skaggs . 125 C-UNDER 16 : 1. William Tarry Hughes Jr. C MINI: 1. Pete Peterson; 2. Paul S. Jeffries. TEAMS 3 -MAN: 1. Scott Sampson/Randy Kemp /Ken Willahan. 2-MAN: 1. Tom Webb/Paul Clippsr. PARENT/CHILD: 1. Saan Kealt/Harry Keast . PARENT/CHILD 2 LOOPS: 1. Rick Daniel /Bill Daniel. HUSBAND /WIFE : 1. Gordon Hopkins /Kay Hopkins. Harden hot at D·38 Barking Spider By Loretta Pipkin CALEXICO, CA, JAN. 9 Team Husky's Scot Harden opened the D-38 racing season with the overall win in the Fudpucker Racing Team's Barking Spider Hare and Hound. Although he got a rough start on the first loop of 12 miles, Harden closed the gap by check one to dice with Leon Livingston, also Husky 500mounted. They played in the desert, but it was Harden blowing into home check with a one-minute lead over Livingston with Paul Eddy (Yam) third, three minutes back . Out on the second loop, a 25-miler run four tim es, Livingston seized . While Harden was flying , Craig Corda was moving into striking distance. Livingston got going again to place second, but Corda's luck did not hold as a rock hit his helmet at 60 mph. The Bell kept his head intact but it took a wh ack, deeply denting the fiberglass. Vets Monte Lee and Claude Maynard diced for four loops. " It was great," quipped Maynard, " bu t on the last one Lee just pulled away." Ed Mundy dogged both Vet leaders, waiting for a mistake that never came. Mundy took third in class. The 125s were hopping as Jamie Tucker and Kirk Hester moved from Amateur to Expert and finished 1-2. Roger Adsit took th e Senior class win, just ahead of W.e. Thornton. Skeeter Hollenbeck was back in action after a lengthy layoff and finished third. • Results OPEN EX: 1. Scot Harden (HuI); 2. Leon Livingston (HuI); 3. Randy Hollenbeck (Husl . OPEN AM : 1. Dave Cox(Yam); 2. Chuck Humphry (Vam); 3 . Roger Lopsz (Sull. OPEN NOV : 1. Bruce Smith (Vam); 2. James Hable (Hus); 3. King Thompson (Hus). 250 EX: 1. Paul Eddy (Vam); 2 . Matt Hops (Yam); 3. Gorden Clark (KIwI. . 250AM: 1. Rick Dennison(Vam); 2. Todd Kennedy (Vam); 3 . Mort Maynard (Hus). 250 NOV: 1. Lupe Garcia (Kaw); 2 . Ken Hodgdon (Vaml; 3. Ed Wagner (Hon). 125 EX: 1. Jamie Tucker (Suz); 2 . Kirk Hester (Suz). 125 NOV : 1. Dan Derosiers (Vam); 2 . Robert Bird . (Kaw) ; 3 . Dennis Laughlin (Vam). VET EX: 1. Monte Lee (Vam); 2 . Clauda Maynard (Hus); 3. Ed Mundy (Suz). VET AM : 1. Farrall Williams (Vam); 2 . Dick Dennison (Vam); 3. Frank Shorty (Vam). , VET NOV : 1. Laa Johnson (Vam); 2. Dave Berg (Hus); 3 . Bill Ennmon (Yam). SR EX: 1. Roger Adsit (Yam); 2 . W .C. Thornton (Mai): 3 . Skeeter Hollenbeck (Hus ), SR AM : 1. Dave Orozco (Suz]: 2. Jim Ads it (Suz). SR NOV : 1. Ted Scott; 2. Chuck Nelson (Vam ); 3 . AI Voakam (KTM) .

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