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W inne r Dan Smith (above) gives a thumb 's up salute in victory. (Below)
Racers take off for the start of the desert classic.
Chuck Miller (above) raises his arms as he crosses the Barstow-to-Vegas
finish line. Miller rode his Honda to second place, overall.
1985 AMA D-37/Coors Barstow-toVegas Hare and Hound
Smith rules desert
Randy Morales (above) finished f ifth 500cc Expert and sixth, ove ra ll .
Victor Dan Smith (below) recounts his second Barstow-to-Vegas w in .
BARST O W. CA. NOV . 30
Dan Smith, a 22-year-old professional motorcycle racer from Visalia, California, rode a
bra nd-new Husqvarna 500XC to victory in
the Barstow-to-Vegas H are a n d Hound, beatin g ou t H onda 's Chuck Miller,
26 of Huntington Beach Ca li, .
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Ior nia, for th e overa l! Win .
Three o f th e, top five, 500cc
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Expert clas s finishers co mpl eted th e
ra ce o n Husqvarnas, with H onda
riders Mill er and Ra nd y Mo ra les, 21,
o f Burba nk , Ca lifo rn ia . ro u ndi ng o ut
th e to p five.
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T hi rd pl ace went to Larry Roeseler , 28, of Sa n Diego , California ,
who was rid in g a Husqvarn a 510T X
four-st ro ke. Fo urt h wa s cla ime d by
Husq varna -rnounted Sco t H arden ,
• 29, of Escnd ido, Ca lifornia, wh o fin ish ed on a 500 XC si mila r to th e
wi n ner's.
Sm it h . a fac tory ri der for H usq varn a . won th e Ba rsto w-t o-Vega s
desert race in 1983 a nd cu rrently is
th e num ber on e Open Expert rider in
AMA District 37's desert divi sion.
First pl ace in the 250cc Expertcl!lss
went to Honda -mounted NeIl Ch~l Stma n , who defeated Morales for fifth
overall. Second place 250cc hon ors
went to Ph il Gorgone, 25. of Hacienda
H eigh ts, Ca lifornia (eigh th overa ll );
Sea n Bradley, a 15-yea r-o ld student at
Burroughs H igh School in Ridgecrest . Ca li fornia. fin ished th ird in th e
250cc Expe rt class (10th overall).
Other win ners incl uded: Jim Fish ba ck, Open Veteran class; Bo b Ash craft, Open Sen io r cla ss; Duane Summ ers, I75cc Ex p ert cla ss; Billy Sm ith .
250cc Veteran class; Matt Sch wei tzer.
Open Intermed ia te cla ss; T om Brad shaw. 250cc Int erm edia te cla ss; Dan a
Bell . Wom en 's Expe rt class ;and Larry
G ordon. I75cc Sen ior Expe rt class.
An in -depth story on th e Barstow to -Vega s classic and complete race
resu lts will a p pear in n ext week's
C ycl e N euis.
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