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Summit, just before the half-way poim, and the bike was a lillIe difficull to handle the rest of thedav. Still. the Cagiva proved its reliabi'lit)' in the deserts of Baja. Third in class wem to the Honda-motivated team of Steven Buckley and David Burgess. Class 30 With the largest field in the mOlOrcycleemries with II, the Class 30 riders also had one of the best finish rations. No less than 10 riders showed up at the arches' slarllfinish area. The winners, Steve Subith and Bill Harris, came from a second rear start to take the win. Dust was a major problem, as there was practically no wind umil after the top-runners had finished. In second place, Randall jordan rode the first and the last legs of the race, with co-rider Dennis Greene taking the controls of the Honda £rom Valle de Trindad 10 EI Chinero. Greene gOt lost coming down from the second summit, and ended up going the wrong way. When he saw the eventual fifth place finisher, the team of Dave Gruver/Art Day, going the other direction, he "figured out what was wrong and just dropped off the trail and ·cross-countried." This brought Greene out in from of Gruver's Honda, but he couldn't catch Subith. Rounding out the lOp five were james M. Sones and Donald L. Davis (Hon) in third, Dick Allen and Rick Shirey (Hon) in fourth, and the Gruver/Day emry in fifth. A surprise entry to many was the sixth-place rider David Aldana. He teamed with Denby Dailey 10 complete the course in six-hours, 38-minutes, and 25.27 se<;onds. Class 38 Richard jackson from Taft, Cali- Steve Subith checks the clock just . after winning Class 30. fornia was the first'Class 38 emry 10 cross the finish line. jackson started his Husky at the back of the pack, and although he got off a couple of times, worked his way through the field to win with a time of 5:50:07.64. "I caught the leader just over the Summit, then I lowsided and lost the footpeg. I got that fixed and started making time, when I hit a rock and endoed. After that, things wem a lot beller." A cut on the nose and a 10m jersey were the major injuries. Second in the class was the Honda of Dave Wood and john -Etcharl. Although they grabbed the lead early in the race, jackson managed 10 get by for the win. • Results CLASS 22: 1. Dan Smith/Dan Ashcraft (Hus) 5: 14:37.42; 2. Randy Morales (Yam) 5: 18:59.37; 3. B.ill BoyerlTed Van den Readt (Han) 5:47:58.29; 4. Ed Foland and Gordon Clark teamed-up to take second in Class 20. They experienced shock problems around the Summit. Paul Martin Ostbo/Jeff Milburn (Him) 6:26:03.46. CLASS 21: 1. Scan Pfaiffer/Kun Pfeiffar (Hus) 5:10:48.35: 2. Larry Duane/Craig Adams (Han) 5:25:20.62: 3. Dava Chase/8ran Howell (Hus) 5:35:21.19. CLASS 20: 1. Keith Senn/Kevin Senn (Yam) 5:49:04.04; 2. Ed Foland/Gordon Clark (Cag) 5:50:20.62: 3. Staven Buckley/David Burgess (Han) 6:21 :04.35; 4. Scan Anderson/Paul Palmer (Han) 6:52:20.14; 5. John Braasch Jr./Jim Wentz (Han) 6:52:20.14; 6. Arturo Vazquez Malo/Rick Kryger (Suz) 6:54:44;32; 7. Dana Jonas/Raben Miller (Hon) 7:39:31.05. CLASS 30: 1. Steve Subith/Bill Harris (Han) 2. Dennis Greene/Randall Jordan (Han) 5:59:31.31; 3. James M. Sones/Donald L Davis (Han) 6:00: 18.09; 4. Dick Allen/Rick Shiray (Han) 6:02:10.40; 5. Dave Gruver/Art Day (Han) 6:11:38.41; 6. Denby Dailey/David Aldana (Han) 6:38:25.27; 7.. Ron Lister/B. Falkenberg (Yam) 6:52:51.67; B. Mika Manin (Hus) 6:55:02.02. CLASS 38: 1. Richard Jackson (Hus) 5:50:07.64; 2. Da.. Wood/John Etchan (Han) 6;02:26.97; 3. Luis Farell/Pedro Martinez (Hon) 6:24:57.43; 4. Keith Seesbe (Han) 7:12:24.03; 5. Ramon Izauriata/Manuel Ruiz (Han) 7:16:23.02. 5:40:08.~; 13